Sunday, September 12, 1976
Detroit Lions 3, Chicago Bears 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (0-1-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chicago Bears (1-0-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DET | Errol Mann 27 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd | CHI | Johnny Musso 3 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 4th | CHI | Bob Thomas 27 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-109-0 | 43-114-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-35-166-0-0 | 8-17-143-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-32 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 134 | 126 |
| Total yards | 243 | 240 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-43 | 8-65 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Horace King | DET | 15 | 57 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 4 | 85 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Joe Reed | DET | 11 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 4 | 12 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 8 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Dennis Franklin | DET | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Hill | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Greg Latta | CHI | 2 | 87 | 0 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 25 | 70 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 7 | 16 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 7 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Bob Parsons | CHI | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Johnny Musso | CHI | 6 | 19 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bo Rather | CHI | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Adamle | CHI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | CHI | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Horace King | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Garth Ten Napel | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virgil Livers | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||