Sunday, December 16, 1979
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Bears 42| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (5-11-0) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Chicago Bears (10-6-0) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| STL | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CHI | Dave Williams 11 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | CHI | Walter Payton 5 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3rd | STL | Pat Tilley 13 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed) | 6 | 21 |
| CHI | Rickey Watts 83 yard kickoff return (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 28 | |
| 4th | CHI | Walter Payton 4 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 35 |
| CHI | Rickey Watts 35 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 42 |
| STL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-90-0 | 45-201-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-32-77-1-2 | 19-35-255-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 9-54 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 23 | 255 |
| Total yards | 113 | 456 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 3-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Pat Tilley | STL | 3 | 52 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Theotis Brown | STL | 6 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | STL | 5 | 28 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 14 | 39 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Richard Osborne | STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 33 | 157 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Mike Phipps | CHI | 18 | 33 | 233 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 6 | 103 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Dave Williams | CHI | 8 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 3 | 36 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | CHI | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Doug Buffone | CHI | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bob Parsons | CHI | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Willie McClendon | CHI | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Carl Allen | STL | 1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Greene | STL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lee Nelson | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 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 | |||
| Allan Ellis | CHI | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wentford Gaines | CHI | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||