Walter Jerry Payton (Sweetness)
Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 25, 1954 in Columbia, MS
Died: November 1, 1999 in South Barrington, IL
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 (27th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Father of Jarrett Payton
9-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1993
1986 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1986-09-07 | 32-044 | CHI | CLE | W 41-31 | 22 | 113 | 5.14 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1986-09-14 | 32-051 | CHI | PHI | W 13-10 | 34 | 177 | 5.21 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -22.50 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1986-09-22 | 32-059 | CHI | @ | GNB | W 25-12 | 18 | 57 | 3.17 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 1986-09-28 | 32-065 | CHI | @ | CIN | W 44-7 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 1986-10-05 | 32-072 | CHI | MIN | W 23-0 | 26 | 108 | 4.15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 1986-10-12 | 32-079 | CHI | @ | HOU | W 20-7 | 22 | 76 | 3.45 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1986-10-19 | 32-086 | CHI | @ | MIN | L 7-23 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1986-10-26 | 32-093 | CHI | DET | W 13-7 | 21 | 67 | 3.19 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 1986-11-03 | 32-101 | CHI | RAM | L 17-20 | 19 | 61 | 3.21 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | 1986-11-09 | 32-107 | CHI | @ | TAM | W 23-3 | 20 | 139 | 6.95 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 1986-11-16 | 32-114 | CHI | @ | ATL | W 13-10 | 20 | 69 | 3.45 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 1986-11-23 | 32-121 | CHI | GNB | W 12-10 | 17 | 85 | 5.00 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 1986-11-30 | 32-128 | CHI | PIT | W 13-10 | 31 | 90 | 2.90 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 14 | 14 | 1986-12-07 | 32-135 | CHI | TAM | W 48-14 | 20 | 78 | 3.90 | 1 | 3 | 98 | 32.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 15 | 1986-12-15 | 32-143 | CHI | @ | DET | W 16-13 | 19 | 83 | 4.37 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 1986-12-21 | 32-149 | CHI | @ | DAL | W 24-10 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 16 Games | 321 | 1333 | 4.15 | 8 | 37 | 382 | 10.32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -11.25 | 11 | 66 | |||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |||
| 1 | 17 | 1987-01-03 | 32-162 | CHI | WAS | L 13-27 | 14 | 38 | 2.71 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | |