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Chicago Bears 19 at Detroit Lions 0

Sunday, September 17, 1978

Chicago Bears 19, Detroit Lions 0

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Chicago Bears (3-0-0)0712019
Detroit Lions (1-2-0)00000

Scoring

CHIDET
2ndCHIWalter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)70
3rdCHIBob Thomas 28 yard field goal100
CHISafety, Hart tackled Landry in end zone120
CHIJames Scott 40 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)190

Team Stats

CHIDET
First downs1515
Rush-yards-TDs45-185-127-143-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT9-12-151-1-113-27-144-0-0
Sacked-yards1-106-50
Net pass yards14194
Total yards326237
Fumbles-lost1-13-2
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards5-357-47

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roland Harper CHI 19 98 0 31 2 -1 0 2
James Scott CHI 4 91 1 40
Walter Payton CHI 22 77 1 16 1 3 0 3
Bob Avellini CHI 9 12 151 1 1 52 3 1 0 0
Golden Richards CHI 2 58 0 52
Robin Earl CHI 1 9 0 9
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dexter Bussey DET 11 85 0 24 4 40 0 14
Greg Landry DET 8 14 88 0 0 20 1 19 0 19
Horace King DET 14 49 0 14 1 11 0 11
Freddie Scott DET 1 -10 0 -10 4 48 0 17
Luther Blue DET 3 33 0 20
Gary Danielson DET 5 13 56 0 0 0
Jesse Thompson DET 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
Brian Baschnagel CHI 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0
Steve Schubert CHI 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0 5 4 0.8 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
Luther Blue DET 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
James Hunter DET 1 0 0 0
Jesse Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 2 47 23.5 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Leonard Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 2 49 24.5 0 0