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Chicago Bears 14 at Minnesota Vikings 17

Sunday, November 12, 1978

Chicago Bears 14, Minnesota Vikings 17

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Chicago Bears (3-8-0)707014
Minnesota Vikings (7-4-0)7100017

Scoring

CHIMIN
1stCHIWalter Payton 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)70
MINChuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)77
2ndMINChuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)714
MINRick Danmeier 25 yard field goal717
3rdCHIWalter Payton 19 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)1417

Team Stats

CHIMIN
First downs1518
Rush-yards-TDs42-186-233-90-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-18-66-0-324-37-245-0-1
Sacked-yards3-192-22
Net pass yards47223
Total yards233313
Fumbles-lost2-14-2
Turnovers43
Penalties-yards4-405-35

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walter Payton CHI 23 127 2 19 2 11 0 11
Roland Harper CHI 17 49 0 8 3 13 0 9
Mike Phipps CHI 8 18 66 0 3 18 1 10 0 10
Golden Richards CHI 2 24 0 15
James Scott CHI 1 18 0 18
Brian Baschnagel CHI 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 24 37 245 0 1 24 4 -6 0 0
Rickey Young MIN 7 17 0 6 9 84 0 16
Chuck Foreman MIN 18 54 2 12 5 34 0 15
Sammy White MIN 4 46 0 17
Bob Tucker MIN 2 41 0 24
Robert Miller MIN 4 25 0 13 1 8 0 8
Ahmad Rashad MIN 3 32 0 17

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 14 14.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Robin Earl CHI 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Wentford Gaines CHI 0 0 0 0 2 55 27.5 0 0
Virgil Livers CHI 0 0 0 0 2 13 6.5 0 0
Don Rives CHI 1 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
Bobby Bryant MIN 1 0 0 0
Mark Kellar MIN 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Fred McNeill MIN 1 1 0 0
Kevin Miller MIN 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0 2 9 4.5 0 0
Harry Washington MIN 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Nate Wright MIN 1 0 0 0