Thursday, November 24, 1977
Chicago Bears 31, Detroit Lions 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (6-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Detroit Lions (5-6-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| CHI | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DET | David Hill 16 yard pass from Greg Landry (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | CHI | Bo Rather 42 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 7 |
| CHI | Walter Payton 75 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 29 yard field goal | 17 | 7 | |
| 4th | CHI | Bob Avellini 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 24 | 7 |
| DET | Ed O'Neil 52 yard fumble return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| CHI | Walter Payton 8 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 31 | 14 |
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-172-2 | 31-68-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-21-260-2-2 | 20-39-184-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 5-34 |
| Net pass yards | 253 | 150 |
| Total yards | 425 | 218 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-14 | 7-46 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 20 | 137 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 107 | 1 | 75 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 14 | 21 | 260 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bo Rather | CHI | 2 | 56 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| James Scott | CHI | 4 | 48 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Musso | CHI | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Greg Landry | DET | 16 | 26 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| David Hill | DET | 6 | 64 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Hill | DET | 5 | 45 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 11 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Horace King | DET | 12 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 4 | 13 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Marv Hubbard | DET | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Vince Evans | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virgil Livers | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Plank | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Jauron | DET | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Payton | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||