After all, it was on Jan. 20, 1982 that the Bears hired a former tight end named Mike Ditka, then the special teams coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, as the 10 th coach in franchise history.

Legendary Chicago Bears tight end and coach Mike Dikta had a 63-year run with ... That record was one Ditka had held since 1961, when he set an NFL record for receiving yards by a rookie tight ...

The Las Vegas Raiders tight end on Sunday broke Mike Ditka's record for single-season receiving yards by a rookie tight end (1,076), which the Pro Football Hall of Famer set in 1961 with the ...

The rookie year Mike Ditka enjoyed was like no other for an NFL rookie tight end for 63 years. Now, the rookie record set by Ditka for tight end receiving yards that year has fallen to Las Vegas ...

NEW ORLEANS — Brock Bowers has broken Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for yards receiving by a rookie tight end. Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders 13th overall out of Georgia, Bowers eclipsed Ditka ...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a guy in NFL history tougher than Mike Ditka, but Brock Bowers is making his case. On Sunday, Bowers claimed Ditka's 63-year-old NFL record for receiving yardage by a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn't set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had “no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL.” ...

On his third catch today in New Orleans, Bowers broke the record for most receiving yards for a rookie tight end in NFL history, which was set by Bears tight end Mike Ditka in 1961. Ditka gained 1,076 ...