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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears - October 29th, 1978
Detroit Lions 21 at Chicago Bears 17
Sunday, October 29, 1978
Detroit Lions 21, Chicago Bears 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (3-6-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chicago Bears (3-6-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Horace King 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 28 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DET | Jesse Thompson 8 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 3 |
| CHI | Bob Avellini 9 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| DET | David Hill 2 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Roland Harper 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 21 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-134-1 | 34-167-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-33-190-2-1 | 15-27-213-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 2-22 |
| Net pass yards | 181 | 191 |
| Total yards | 315 | 358 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-67 | 6-46 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Horace King | DET | 16 | 79 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 20 | 32 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 5 | 72 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 16 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 6 | 60 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tom Skladany | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 18 | 89 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 119 | 0 | 61 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 15 | 27 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 12 | 63 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Golden Richards | CHI | 3 | 37 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Mike Cobb | CHI | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Luther Blue | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nat Terry | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walt Williams | DET | 1 | 2 | 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 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Fencik | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wentford Gaines | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Spivey | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||