Walter Jerry Payton
Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 25, 1954 in Columbia, MS
College: Jackson St. (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 128 (26th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1993
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1978 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | 24-040 | CHI | STL | W 17-10 | 26 | 101 | 3.88 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1978-09-10 | 24-047 | CHI | @ | SFO | W 16-13 | 21 | 62 | 2.95 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1978-09-17 | 24-054 | CHI | @ | DET | W 19-0 | 22 | 77 | 3.50 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1978-09-25 | 24-062 | CHI | MIN | L 20-24 | 24 | 58 | 2.42 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1978-10-01 | 24-068 | CHI | OAK | L 19-25 | 27 | 123 | 4.56 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1978-10-08 | 24-075 | CHI | @ | GNB | L 14-24 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1978-10-16 | 24-083 | CHI | @ | DEN | L 7-16 | 22 | 157 | 7.14 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 1978-10-22 | 24-089 | CHI | @ | TAM | L 19-33 | 15 | 34 | 2.27 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 1978-10-29 | 24-096 | CHI | DET | L 17-21 | 18 | 89 | 4.94 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | 1978-11-05 | 24-103 | CHI | SEA | L 29-31 | 18 | 109 | 6.06 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 | 11 | 1978-11-12 | 24-110 | CHI | @ | MIN | L 14-17 | 23 | 127 | 5.52 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | 12 | 1978-11-19 | 24-117 | CHI | ATL | W 13-7 | 20 | 34 | 1.70 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 13 | 13 | 1978-11-26 | 24-124 | CHI | TAM | W 14-3 | 27 | 105 | 3.89 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 14 | 14 | 1978-12-04 | 24-132 | CHI | @ | SDG | L 7-40 | 17 | 50 | 2.94 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 1978-12-10 | 24-138 | CHI | GNB | W 14-0 | 18 | 97 | 5.39 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | 16 | 1978-12-16 | 24-144 | CHI | @ | WAS | W 14-10 | 16 | 90 | 5.63 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 Games | 333 | 1395 | 4.19 | 11 | 50 | 480 | 9.60 | 0 | 11 | 66 | |||||||