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1977 Chicago Bears

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (18.2/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 253 points (18.1/g), 19th.
 Differential of 2 points (0.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 15th.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.6, Offense: 0.0, Defense: -3.6, SoS: -3.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jack Pardee

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 255 4655 930 5.0 247 161 305 1844 11 18 5.6 94 599 2811 18 4.7 141 35 17 12
Team Defense 253 4285 948 4.5 241 182 377 2127 7 18 5.3 106 544 2158 14 4.0 124 31 13 11
Lg Rank Offense 13 3 10 25 21 20 11 12 4 1 6 1 15 20
Lg Rank Defense 19 22 17 22 19 1 20 17 19 20 18 18 19 16

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 18 boxscore W 1-0 Detroit Lions 30 20 16 300 40 260 20 363 195 168 1
2 Sun September 25 boxscore L 1-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 13 16 18 285 184 101 2 17 348 215 133 4
3 Sun October 2 boxscore L 1-2 New Orleans Saints 24 42 19 415 218 197 3 18 314 168 146
4 Mon October 10 boxscore W 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 24 23 14 431 231 200 4 22 416 239 177 4
5 Sun October 16 boxscore L OT 2-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 16 22 17 303 133 170 2 22 396 201 195 2
6 Sun October 23 boxscore L 2-4 Atlanta Falcons 10 16 17 249 131 118 5 11 217 90 127
7 Sun October 30 boxscore W 3-4 @ Green Bay Packers 26 0 21 419 44 375 1 17 197 96 101 1
8 Sun November 6 boxscore L 3-5 @ Houston Oilers 0 47 10 125 -16 141 2 19 489 234 255 3
9 Sun November 13 boxscore W 4-5 Kansas City Chiefs 28 27 24 431 184 247 3 24 358 184 174 3
10 Sun November 20 boxscore W 5-5 Minnesota Vikings 10 7 18 366 23 343 2 11 188 102 86 4
11 Thu November 24 boxscore W 6-5 @ Detroit Lions 31 14 18 425 253 172 5 15 218 150 68 3
12 Sun December 4 boxscore W 7-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 0 17 274 133 141 1 9 135 21 114 2
13 Sun December 11 boxscore W 8-5 Green Bay Packers 21 10 25 348 114 234 3 16 276 115 161 1
14 Sun December 18 boxscore W OT 9-5 @ New York Giants 12 9 13 284 172 112 2 20 370 117 253 3
Playoffs
Division Mon December 26 boxscore L 9-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 7 37 15 224 143 81 7 20 365 132 233 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
7 Bob Avellini 24 QB 14 14 9-5-0 154 293 52.6 2004 11 3.8 18 6.1 75 6.8 4.8 13.0 143.1 61.3 23 200 5.71 3.84 7.3 3 4
15 Mike Phipps 30 3 0 3 5 60.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.7 64.6 3 26 -2.63 -2.63 37.5
86 Bob Parsons 27 P 14 0 4 4 100.0 61 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 15.3 15.3 15.3 4.4 118.7 0 0 15.25 15.25 0.0
35 Roland Harper 24 FB 11 10 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
84 Brian Baschnagel 23 KR 10 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 25.4 14 9-5-0 161 305 52.8 2070 11 3.6 18 5.9 75 6.8 4.9 12.9 147.9 61.8 26 226 5.57 3.79 7.9 3 4
Opp Total 14 182 377 48.3 2334 7 1.9 18 4.8 6.2 4.41 12.8 166.7 54.4 27 207 5.3 3.6 6.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
34 Walter Payton*+ 23 RB 14 14 339 1852 14 73 5.5 132.3 24.2 27 269 10.0 2 75 1.9 19.2 2121 16 11
35 Roland Harper 24 FB 11 10 120 457 0 19 3.8 41.5 10.9 19 142 7.5 0 34 1.7 12.9 599 0 1
39 Robin Earl 22 te 14 3 56 233 1 34 4.2 16.6 4.0 6 32 5.3 0 20 0.4 2.3 265 1 1
22 Johnny Musso 27 14 0 37 132 2 13 3.6 9.4 2.6 3 13 4.3 0 21 0.2 0.9 145 2 0
7 Bob Avellini 24 QB 14 14 37 109 1 21 2.9 7.8 2.6 109 1 8
25 Art Best 24 14 0 6 20 0 6 3.3 1.4 0.4 20 0 2
80 Bo Rather 27 WR 13 9 2 8 0 10 4.0 0.6 0.2 17 294 17.3 2 42 1.3 22.6 302 2 1
84 Brian Baschnagel 23 KR 10 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 4 50 12.5 0 25 0.4 5.0 50 0 1
8 Vince Evans 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 3
89 James Scott 25 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 809 16.2 3 72 3.6 57.8 809 3 1
88 Greg Latta 25 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 335 12.9 4 37 1.9 23.9 335 4 0
85 Steve Schubert 26 PR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 119 14.9 0 32 0.6 9.2 119 0 4
83 Steve Rivera 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.3 2.3 7 0 0
Team Total 25.4 14 599 2811 18 73 4.7 200.8 42.8 161 2070 12.9 11 75 11.5 147.9 4881 29 36
Opp Total 14 544 2158 14 4.0 154.1 38.9 182 2127 11.7 7 13.0 151.9 4285 21 27

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
85 Steve Schubert 26 PR 13 0 31 291 1 70 9.4 410
84 Brian Baschnagel 23 KR 10 4 3 54 0 42 18.0 23 557 1 84 24.2 661
8 Vince Evans 22 7 0 13 253 0 30 19.5 253
23 Len Walterscheid 23 14 0 6 59 0 18 9.8 3 59 0 37 19.7 118
25 Art Best 24 14 0 6 127 0 29 21.2 147
24 Virgil Livers 25 RCB 14 14 6 46 0 21 7.7 46
22 Johnny Musso 27 14 0 5 100 0 33 20.0 245
35 Roland Harper 24 FB 11 10 3 44 0 22 14.7 643
39 Robin Earl 22 te 14 3 2 38 0 23 19.0 303
34 Walter Payton*+ 23 RB 14 14 2 95 0 68 47.5 2216
46 Doug Plank 24 FS 11 11 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Team Total 25.4 14 47 471 1 70 10.0 57 1273 1 84 22.3 6625
Opp Total 14 42 0 52 1010 1 19.4

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
86 Bob Parsons 27 P 14 0 80 3232 58 2 40.4
16 Bob Thomas 25 K 14 0 9 6 10 6 5 2 2 27 14 51.9% 30 27 90.0%
Team Total 25.4 14 9 6 10 6 5 2 2 27 14 51.9% 30 27 90.0% 80 3232 58 2 40.4
Opp Total 14 29 21 72.4% 26 26 100.0% 93 3636 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
34 Walter Payton*+ 23 RB 14 14 0 11 5 0 0
7 Bob Avellini 24 QB 14 14 0 8 3 -17 0
48 Allan Ellis* 26 LCB 14 14 6 23 0 11 0
85 Steve Schubert 26 PR 13 0 0 4 2 0 0
8 Vince Evans 22 7 0 0 3 2 0 0
45 Gary Fencik 23 SS 14 14 4 33 0 23 0
24 Virgil Livers 25 RCB 14 14 2 29 0 29 0 0 1 1 0 0
46 Doug Plank 24 FS 11 11 4 32 0 20 0
39 Robin Earl 22 te 14 3 0 1 2 5 0
73 Mike Hartenstine 24 LDE 14 11 0 0 3 0 0
84 Brian Baschnagel 23 KR 10 4 0 1 1 -9 0
25 Art Best 24 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
50 Waymond Bryant 25 RLB 13 12 0 0 2 0 0
80 Bo Rather 27 WR 13 9 0 1 1 0 0
23 Len Walterscheid 23 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
55 Doug Buffone 33 LLB 13 0 1 12 0 12 0
59 Gary Campbell 25 lb 14 2 0 0 1 0 0
35 Roland Harper 24 FB 11 10 0 1 0 0 0
54 Tom Hicks 25 MLB 12 5 1 9 0 9 0
70 Dennis Lick 23 RT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
22 Johnny Musso 27 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
87 Billy Newsome 29 RDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Don Rives 26 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
76 Ron Rydalch 25 RDT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
89 James Scott 25 WR 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
75 Jeff Sevy 26 t 12 2 0 0 1 0 0
69 Revie Sorey 24 RG 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
71 Roger Stillwell 26 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.4 14 18 138 0 29 0 0 36 31 -21 0
Opp Total 14 26 27 14 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
34 Walter Payton*+ 23 RB 14 14 14 2 16 96
16 Bob Thomas 25 K 14 0 27 14 69
88 Greg Latta 25 TE 14 14 4 4 24
89 James Scott 25 WR 14 14 3 3 18
22 Johnny Musso 27 14 0 2 2 12
80 Bo Rather 27 WR 13 9 2 2 12
7 Bob Avellini 24 QB 14 14 1 1 6
84 Brian Baschnagel 23 KR 10 4 1 1 6
39 Robin Earl 22 te 14 3 1 1 6
85 Steve Schubert 26 PR 13 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.4 14 18 11 1 1 31 27 14 255
Opp Total 14 14 7 1 26 21 1 253