Sunday, October 16, 1977
Chicago Bears 16, Minnesota Vikings 22 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (2-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Minnesota Vikings (4-1-0) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 30 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 38 yard field goal | 0 | 13 |
| CHI | Bo Rather 9 yard pass from Bob Avellini (kick failed) | 6 | 13 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Bob Thomas 38 yard field goal | 9 | 13 |
| CHI | Greg Latta 2 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 16 | 13 | |
| 4th | MIN | Fred Cox 21 yard field goal | 16 | 16 |
| OT | MIN | Stu Voigt 11 yard pass from Paul Krause | 16 | 22 |
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-170-0 | 41-195-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-22-155-2-0 | 17-31-212-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-22 | 2-11 |
| Net pass yards | 133 | 201 |
| Total yards | 303 | 396 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-41 | 6-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 24 | 122 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 14 | 22 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Scott | CHI | 5 | 77 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 4 | 34 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bo Rather | CHI | 3 | 33 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 14 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 26 | 150 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 16 | 30 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 4 | 76 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 5 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 2 | 26 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 6 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| 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 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Art Best | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Allan Ellis | CHI | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Musso | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 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 | |||
| Mark Kellar | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Manfred Moore | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||