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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings - October 21st, 1979
Chicago Bears 27 at Minnesota Vikings 30
Sunday, October 21, 1979
Chicago Bears 27, Minnesota Vikings 30| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (3-5-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Minnesota Vikings (4-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
Scoring
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Rick Danmeier 43 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| CHI | Brian Baschnagel 54 yard pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | CHI | Walter Payton 2 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 3 |
| MIN | Sammy White 55 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Stu Voigt 3 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 17 |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 23 yard field goal | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | CHI | Bob Thomas 23 yard field goal | 20 | 17 |
| CHI | Walter Payton 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 27 | 17 | |
| MIN | Rickey Young 17 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (kick failed) | 27 | 23 | |
| MIN | Rickey Young 5 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 27 | 30 |
Team Stats
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-204-1 | 21-54-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-30-302-2-3 | 19-43-218-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 292 | 213 |
| Total yards | 496 | 267 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-65 | 7-60 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 1 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 23 | 111 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 24 |
| Mike Phipps | CHI | 10 | 16 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 4 | 104 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Dave Williams | CHI | 19 | 56 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| James Scott | CHI | 4 | 66 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Mike Cobb | CHI | 2 | 32 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 5 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 2 | 27 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Willie McClendon | CHI | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 19 | 43 | 218 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 91 | 1 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 6 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 17 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 2 | 33 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 6 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Willie McClendon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry Schmidt | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Edwards | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Knoff | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||