| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
| QB | Mike Phipps | 32 | 9 | 10 | 134 for 255, 1,535 yards, 9 td, 8 int, & 27 rushes for 51 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Walter Payton* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 369 rushes for 1,610 yards, 14 td, & 31 catches for 313 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Dave Williams | 25 | 2 | 12 | 127 rushes for 401 yards, 1 td, & 42 catches for 354 yards and 5 td | |
| WR | Brian Baschnagel | 25 | 3 | 11 | 30 catches for 452 yards, 2 td | |
| WR | James Scott | 27 | 3 | 10 | 21 catches for 382 yards, 3 td | |
| TE | Mike Cobb | 24 | 2 | 15 | 6 catches for 91 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Ted Albrecht | 25 | 2 | 16 | | |
| LG | Noah Jackson | 28 | 4 | 15 | | |
| C | Dan Neal | 30 | 6 | 16 | | |
| RG | Revie Sorey | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Dennis Lick | 25 | 3 | 16 | | |
| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
| LDE | Dan Hampton | 22 | Rook | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Jim Osborne | 30 | 7 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Alan Page | 34 | 12 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Mike Hartenstine | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LLB | Jerry Muckensturm | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Tom Hicks | 27 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Gary Campbell | 27 | 2 | 16 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LCB | Terry Schmidt | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Virgil Livers | 27 | 4 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Gary Fencik | 25 | 3 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Doug Plank | 26 | 4 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
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