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Chicago Bears 42 at New Orleans Saints 17

Sunday, December 21, 1975

Chicago Bears 42, New Orleans Saints 17

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Chicago Bears (4-10-0)71471442
New Orleans Saints (2-12-0)0100717

Scoring

CHINOR
1stCHIBob Avellini 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)70
2ndNORRod McNeill 6 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)77
CHIGreg Latta 13 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)147
NORRich Szaro 19 yard field goal1410
CHIGreg Latta 5 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)2110
3rdCHIVirgil Livers 40 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)2810
4thCHIGreg Latta 20 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)3510
CHIWalter Payton 54 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)4210
NORAndrew Jones 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)4217

Team Stats

CHINOR
First downs1917
Rush-yards-TDs42-195-229-68-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-23-268-3-210-30-143-0-3
Sacked-yards1-53-14
Net pass yards263129
Total yards458197
Fumbles-lost3-13-2
Turnovers35
Penalties-yards11-901-14

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walter Payton CHI 25 134 1 54 5 62 0 26
Bob Avellini CHI 15 23 268 3 2 57 1 1 1 1
Bob Grim CHI 2 72 0 57
Greg Latta CHI 5 67 3 20
Bo Rather CHI 1 4 0 4 1 54 0 54
Roland Harper CHI 7 23 0 8 2 13 0 11
Johnny Musso CHI 6 33 0 16
Mike Adamle CHI 2 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Larry Cipa NOR 10 30 143 0 3 28 4 0 0 0
Henry Childs NOR 4 67 0 28
Andrew Jones NOR 14 31 1 11 1 12 0 12
Steve Rogers NOR 4 28 0 22 1 2 0 2
Don Herrmann NOR 1 28 0 28
Larry Burton NOR 2 23 0 21
Paul Seal NOR 1 11 0 11
Rod McNeill NOR 7 9 1 6

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Craig Clemons CHI 1 33 0 0
Earl Douthitt CHI 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0
Larry Ely CHI 1 2 0 0
Virgil Livers CHI 1 40 1 0 1 21 21.0 0 0 2 19 9.5 0 0
Walter Payton CHI 0 0 0 0 2 104 52.0 0 0
Doug Plank CHI 0 0 0 0 2 18 9.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Rod McNeill NOR 0 0 0 0 5 163 32.6 0 0
Tom Myers NOR 1 0 0 0 3 8 2.7 0 0
Steve Rogers NOR 0 0 0 0 2 36 18.0 0 0
Greg Westbrooks NOR 1 21 0 0