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1979 Chicago Bears
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 306 points (19.1/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 249 points (15.6/g), 3rd.
Differential of 57 points (3.6/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (0.9/g), 4th.
Coached by Neill Armstrong (10-6-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1979 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 4 | CHI | Dan Hampton HOF | DE | 12 | 1979 | 1990 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 157 | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | CHI | Al Harris | DE | 11 | 1979 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 1 | 18 | 0 | Arizona State | ||||||||
| 2 | 39 | CHI | Rickey Watts | WR | 5 | 1979 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 3 | -23 | 0 | 81 | 1547 | 8 | Tulsa | |||||
| 3 | 66 | CHI | Willie McClendon | RB | 4 | 1979 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 94 | 369 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 0 | Georgia | |||||
| 6 | 147 | CHI | John Sullivan | LB | 2 | 1979 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 7 | 174 | CHI | Lee Kunz | LB | 3 | 1979 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Nebraska | |||||||||||
| 8 | 203 | CHI | Rick Moss | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Purdue | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 230 | CHI | Jerome Heavens | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 257 | CHI | Joe Restic | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 286 | CHI | Bob Wright | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 312 | CHI | Dave Becker | DB | 1 | 1980 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Iowa | |||||||||||