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Chicago Bears 12 at New York Giants 9

Sunday, December 18, 1977

Chicago Bears 12, New York Giants 9 (OT)

1234OTFinal
Chicago Bears (9-5-0)3006312
New York Giants (5-9-0)300609

Scoring

CHINYG
1stCHIBob Thomas 32 yard field goal30
NYGJoe Danelo 38 yard field goal33
4thNYGJoe Danelo 19 yard field goal36
CHIRobin Earl 4 yard rush (kick failed)96
NYGJoe Danelo 27 yard field goal99
OTCHIBob Thomas 28 yard field goal129

Team Stats

CHINYG
First downs1320
Rush-yards-TDs37-112-153-253-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-26-186-0-112-33-121-0-2
Sacked-yards3-141-4
Net pass yards172117
Total yards284370
Fumbles-lost8-13-1
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards3-154-31

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Avellini CHI 17 26 186 0 1 35 3 5 0 0
James Scott CHI 5 83 0 26
Walter Payton CHI 15 47 0 14 6 23 0 14
Roland Harper CHI 13 37 0 8 1 17 0 17
Bo Rather CHI 1 35 0 35
Robin Earl CHI 6 23 1 7 1 2 0 2
Greg Latta CHI 2 19 0 18
Steve Rivera CHI 1 7 0 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Larry Csonka NYG 23 100 0 11
Doug Kotar NYG 14 95 0 32 1 3 0 3
Joe Pisarcik NYG 12 33 121 0 2 18 2 8 0 0
Bobby Hammond NYG 6 25 0 7 2 17 0 12
Willie Spencer NYG 8 25 0 6 1 6 0 6
Jim Robinson NYG 3 31 0 14
Ed Marshall NYG 2 28 0 16
Emery Moorehead NYG 2 24 0 18
Gary Shirk NYG 1 12 0 12

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
Allan Ellis CHI 1 0 0 0
Roland Harper CHI 0 0 0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0
Virgil Livers CHI 0 0 0 0 3 16 5.3 0 0
Johnny Musso CHI 0 0 0 0 2 56 28.0 0 0
Doug Plank CHI 1 12 0 0
Len Walterscheid CHI 0 0 0 0 1 37 37.0 0 0 3 27 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
Bobby Hammond NYG 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Ernie Jones NYG 1 0 0 0
Doug Kotar NYG 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Jim Robinson NYG 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Willie Spencer NYG 0 0 0 0 2 28 14.0 0 0
Jim Stienke NYG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0