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1980 Chicago Bears

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 304 points (19.0/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 264 points (16.5/g), 4th.
 Differential of 40 points (2.5/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.

Coached by Neill Armstrong (7-9-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 6 12 18 268 167 101 4 12 214 100 114 1
2 Sun September 14 box W 1-1 New Orleans Saints 22 3 15 333 115 218 1 13 219 128 91 2
3 Sun September 21 box L 1-2 Minnesota Vikings 14 34 16 266 173 93 3 12 282 121 161 1
4 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 38 13 200 101 99 7 23 443 280 163 2
5 Mon October 6 box W 2-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 0 18 273 100 173 1 13 147 68 79 3
6 Sun October 12 box L 2-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 13 12 234 73 161 6 16 236 144 92 2
7 Sun October 19 box W 3-4 Detroit Lions 24 7 16 341 171 170 2 13 241 176 65 1
8 Sun October 26 box L 3-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 17 17 238 106 132 2 21 305 167 138 1
9 Mon November 3 box L 3-6 @ Cleveland Browns 21 27 20 275 189 86 1 31 432 262 170 2
10 Sun November 9 box W 4-6 Washington Redskins 35 21 17 364 210 154 2 22 408 281 127 4
11 Sun November 16 box L 4-7 Houston Oilers 6 10 14 326 148 178 1 20 330 93 237 1
12 Sun November 23 box L 4-8 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 28 18 283 151 132 2 18 326 239 87 2
13 Thu November 27 box W 5-8 @ Detroit Lions 23 17 21 302 124 178 19 313 164 149
14 Sun December 7 box W 6-8 Green Bay Packers 61 7 33 594 327 267 19 266 185 81 3
15 Sun December 14 box L 6-9 Cincinnati Bengals 14 17 17 216 100 116 5 17 294 140 154 1
16 Sat December 20 box W 7-9 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 13 21 322 140 182 2 16 451 344 107 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 304 4835 1016 4.8 286 209 404 2395 13 25 5.5 121 579 2440 22 4.2 139 39 14 26
Team Defense 264 4907 1003 4.9 459 238 451 2892 20 17 5.8 149 506 2015 10 4.0 285 31 14 25
Lg Rank Offense 17 24 18 27 28 27 17 20 5 4 2 5 17 12
Lg Rank Defense 4 10 8 6 8 10 22 8 14 14 6 18 24 13

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Vince Evans 25 QB 13 10 148 278 53.2 2039 11 4.0 16 5.8 89 7.3 5.1 13.8 156.8 66.2 26 205 6.0 4.0 8.6
Mike Phipps 33 qb 7 6 61 122 50.0 630 2 1.6 9 7.4 56 5.2 2.0 10.3 90.0 40.0 7 69 4.3 1.4 5.4
Walter Payton*+ 26 RB 16 16 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bob Parsons 30 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 209 404 51.7 2669 13 3.2 25 6.2 89 6.6 4.1 12.8 166.8 57.7 33 274 5.5 3.2 7.6
Opp Total 16 238 451 52.8 2892 20 4.4 17 3.8 6.4 5.2 12.2 180.8 71.9 46 379 5.8 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Walter Payton*+ 26 RB 16 16 317 1460 6 69 4.6 91.3 19.8 46 367 8.0 1 54 2.9 22.9 1827 7 5
Roland Harper 27 FB 12 12 113 404 5 13 3.6 33.7 9.4 7 31 4.4 0 16 0.6 2.6 435 5 0
Vince Evans 25 QB 13 10 60 306 8 58 5.1 23.5 4.6 306 8 4
Dave Williams 26 RET 16 3 26 57 0 14 2.2 3.6 1.6 22 132 6.0 0 18 1.4 8.3 189 0 2
Matt Suhey 22 16 1 22 45 0 10 2.0 2.8 1.4 7 60 8.6 0 21 0.4 3.8 105 0 1
Mike Phipps 33 qb 7 6 15 38 2 9 2.5 5.4 2.1 38 2 6
John Skibinski 25 16 0 13 54 0 8 4.2 3.4 0.8 5 18 3.6 0 8 0.3 1.1 72 0 0
Willie McClendon 23 16 0 10 88 1 48 8.8 5.5 0.6 88 1 0
Bob Parsons 30 P 16 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 0.1 4 0 2
Rickey Watts 23 15 1 1 -16 0 -16 -16.0 -1.1 0.1 22 444 20.2 2 89 1.5 29.6 428 2 1
James Scott 28 WR 15 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 696 19.3 3 64 2.4 46.4 696 3 0
Brian Baschnagel 26 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 396 14.1 2 37 1.8 24.8 396 2 0
Robin Earl 25 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 223 12.4 3 28 1.1 13.9 223 3 0
Bob Fisher 22 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 203 16.9 2 56 0.8 12.7 203 2 0
Kris Haines 23 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 83 20.8 0 35 0.3 5.2 83 0 0
Mike Cobb 25 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 16 8.0 0 9 0.5 4.0 16 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 579 2440 22 69 4.2 152.5 36.2 209 2669 12.8 13 89 13.1 166.8 5109 35 23
Opp Total 16 506 2015 10 4.0 125.9 31.6 238 2892 12.2 20 14.9 180.8 4907 30 32

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Len Walterscheid 26 RET 15 2 33 239 0 25 7.2 1 12 0 12 12.0 251
Dave Williams 26 RET 16 3 27 666 1 95 24.7 855
Matt Suhey 22 16 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 19 406 0 31 21.4 515
Vaughn Lusby 24 2 0 4 14 0 4 3.5 14
Bob Fisher 22 16 2 3 32 0 15 10.7 235
Rickey Watts 23 15 1 2 20 0 11 10.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 460
Robin Earl 25 TE 16 13 1 11 0 11 11.0 234
Kris Haines 23 16 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 83
Bruce Herron 26 15 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Willie McClendon 23 16 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 99
Doug Plank 27 FS 15 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Mike Ulmer 26 3 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2
Team Total 26.2 16 41 277 0 25 6.8 56 1153 1 95 20.6 6539
Opp Total 16 46 0 58 1251 0 21.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Bob Parsons 30 P 16 0 79 3207 61 0 40.6
Bob Thomas 28 K 16 0 1 1 5 5 8 4 4 3 18 13 72.2% 37 35 94.6%
Team Total 26.2 16 1 1 5 5 8 4 4 3 18 13 72.2% 37 35 94.6% 79 3207 61 0 40.6
Opp Total 16 27 14 51.9% 31 30 96.8% 82 3198 39.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dave Becker 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Campbell 28 RLB 16 16 3 36 0 15 0 2 -1 0
Allan Ellis 29 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0
Vince Evans 25 QB 13 10 4 0 -3 0
Gary Fencik* 26 SS 15 15 1 8 0 8 0 3 52 0
Kris Haines 23 16 1 0 1 0 0
Tom Hicks 28 MLB 14 14 1 8 0 8
Vaughn Lusby 24 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Muckensturm 27 LLB 15 15 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Jim Osborne 31 LDT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Alan Page 35 RDT 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Bob Parsons 30 P 16 0 2 0 -11 0
Walter Payton*+ 26 RB 16 16 5 3 0 0
Mike Phipps 33 qb 7 6 6 0 0 0
Doug Plank 27 FS 15 15 1 20 0 20 0 3 17 0
Terry Schmidt 28 LCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
James Scott 28 WR 15 12 0 1 5 0
Matt Suhey 22 16 1 1 0 0 0
Len Walterscheid 26 RET 15 2 4 84 1 36 0 1 0 0
Rickey Watts 23 15 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Williams 26 RET 16 3 2 0 0 0
Otis Wilson 23 16 1 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 17 162 1 36 23 21 59 1 1
Opp Total 16 33 32 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Thomas 28 K 16 0 35 13 74
Vince Evans 25 QB 13 10 8 48
Walter Payton*+ 26 RB 16 16 6 1 42
Roland Harper 27 FB 12 12 5 30
Robin Earl 25 TE 16 13 3 18
James Scott 28 WR 15 12 3 18
Brian Baschnagel 26 WR 16 15 2 12
Bob Fisher 22 16 2 2 12
Mike Phipps 33 qb 7 6 2 12
Rickey Watts 23 15 1 2 12
Alan Page 35 RDT 16 16 1 1 8
Willie McClendon 23 16 0 1 6
Len Walterscheid 26 RET 15 2 1 6
Dave Williams 26 RET 16 3 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 22 13 1 1 1 35 13 1 304
Opp Total 16 10 20 30 14 264