1978 Chicago (6-5) 0 3 10 0 13 1978 Minnesota (5-6) 7 3 0 6 16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3:13 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 7 pass to Tucker (Danmeier) (9-66-4:01) 0-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 13:37 Chicago FG Thomas 27 (9-61-4:25) 3-7 2 8:53 Minnesota FG Danmeier 22 (9-64-4:25) 3-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 8:21 Chicago TD Payton 6 run (Thomas) (11-76-6:00) 10-10 3 4:15 Chicago FG Thomas 35 (7-24-3:25) 13-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1:34 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 3 pass to Miller (no good) (10-52-2:32) 13-16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chi Min First Downs 21 16 Rushes 44-212 25-84 Passes 31-13-139 29-15-203 Sacked 2-5 0-0 Fumble 3 2 Penalties 5-45 2-15 Turnovers 0 2 Time 39:23 20:37 Third Down 13-18 5-11 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 346 287 Injuries: McNeill(Min-0) < Chicago > < Minnesota > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Avellini 31 13 139 2 1 0 0 55.7 Tarkenton 29 15 203 0 2 1 2 83.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Payton 22 125 5.7 8 4 16 1 Miller,R 9 33 3.7 3 0 8 0 Harper,R 19 76 4.0 4 3 18 0 Foreman 5 19 3.8 0 0 6 0 Avellini 3 11 3.7 0 0 5 0 Young,R 7 19 2.7 0 0 7 0 44 212 4.8 12 7 18 1 McClanahan 2 9 4.5 0 0 9 0 Tarkenton 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Kellar 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 25 84 3.4 3 0 9 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Payton 4 0 40 10.0 4 0 12 0 Tucker,B 5 0 61 12.2 5 0 21 1 Harper,R 3 0 25 8.3 2 0 11 0 White,S 3 0 66 22.0 1 2 34 0 Richards 3 0 45 15.0 1 1 36 0 Miller,R 2 0 12 6.0 2 0 9 1 Scott,J 2 1 21 10.5 2 0 17 0 Rashad 2 0 15 7.5 1 0 10 0 Latta 1 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Young,R 2 0 36 18.0 2 0 21 0 Foreman 1 0 13 13.0 1 0 13 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Payton 3 0 0 Foreman 1 0 0 Latta 0 2 0 Young,R 1 0 0 Schmidt 0 1 0 Goodrum 0 1 0 Sorey 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Baschnagel 4 78 19.5 28 0 Miller,K 3 92 30.7 32 0 Washington, 1 18 18.0 18 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Schubert 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Miller,K 2 2 5 2.5 5 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Thomas,B 2-2 35 1-1 7 Danmeier 1-1 22 1-2 4 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Parsons 6 183 30.5 1 2 0 43 Coleman,G 5 153 30.6 0 1 0 45 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Buffone 9 0 0 1 0 0 1-0 Blair 12 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Page 6 0 1 1 2 1 0-0 Hannon 9 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Livers 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Bryant,B 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Walterschel 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Wise 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hart,T 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright,N 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Meyers 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 White,J 4 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Schmidt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Siemon 4 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Devlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Marshall,J 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Fencik 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Sutherland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hartenstine 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Mullaney 2 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 Campbell,G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tingelhoff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Plank 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith,L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rives 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Studwell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rydalch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Krause 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Muckensturm 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Eller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Shearer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Miller,K 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Herron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hilgenberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Holloway 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 McNeill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play KO 14:49 Chi Baschnagel ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own36 14:35 Chi Avellin-Harper 11 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Run-Payton,W 1 10 own47 13:59 Chi Payton 3 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic 2 7 50 13:52 Chi Avellin-Harper 7 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp43 13:13 Chi Sk-White -3 Bas L-Cross/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 2 13 opp46 12:40 Chi Harper 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Basic 3 9 opp42 12:34 Chi Avellin-Payton X 3W1 Screen 4-2 M Dbl-Scott,J 4 9 opp42 12:28 Chi Pen15(Jackson) --- Pt-side --- Return 4 24 own43 12:22 Chi Parsons 41,Miller 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 11:58 Min Foreman 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own19 11:34 Min Tarkent-Rashad 10 Bas S-Hitch 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 own29 11:30 Min Tarkent-Tucker X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own29 11:01 Min Foreman 6/F Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Dbl-Young 3 4 own35 10:33 Min Tarkent-Young 21 Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Basic/Lr/A 1 10 opp44 10:05 Min Young 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Dbl-Young 2 8 opp42 9:40 Min Foreman 3 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/A 3 5 opp39 9:40 Min Pen5(Tucker) Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Pass/Lr/A 3 10 opp44 9:37 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Pass/Ll/A 4 10 opp44 9:31 Min Coleman 19,Schubert --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own25 8:50 Chi Harper 7 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 own32 8:12 Chi Payton 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic 3 1 own34 7:18 Chi Harper -1 Bas Dive 5-3 tM Stuff 4 2 own33 7:18 Chi Pen5(Team) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 7 own28 7:14 Chi Parsons 43,Miller 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 6:37 Min Tarkenton 5 Bas L-Cross 4-3 tM Basic/A 2 5 own39 5:59 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas L-Straight 4-3 Z Pass/A 3 5 own39 5:46 Min Tarkent-White 25/Pen Bas L-Cross 4-3 sZ Pass/Ll 1 10 opp21 5:07 Min Young 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 9 opp20 4:17 Min Tarkent-Tucker 11 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Basic 1 9 opp9 4:14 Min Tarkent-Tucker X Bas S-Flat/sec 4-2 M Dbl-Young/Ll 2 9 opp9 3:21 Min Miller 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass/Bz1/Lr/A 3 7 opp7 3:13 Min Tarkent-Tucker 7/TD Bas M-Seam 4-1 Z Pass/A 0-7 KO 3:02 Chi Baschnagel ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 2:11 Chi Payton 5 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own34 1:20 Chi Payton 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Payton,W 3 1 own38 0:19 Chi Avellin-Richards 36 Bas S-Slant 5-3 Z Stuff 1 10 opp26 0:14 Chi Avellin-Latta 8 Bas S-Out/sec 5-3 Z Basic 2 2 opp18 0:09 Chi Avellin-Latta X 2T2 S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 3 2 opp18 0:00 Chi Payton 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 opp14 14:22 Chi Payton 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 6 opp10 14:14 Chi Avellin-Richards X Bas M-Fade/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 opp10 13:37 Chi Harper 0 3W2 Sweep-L/RB 4-3 sZ Basic 4 6 opp10 13:33 Chi FG Thomas 27/G --- FG --- watchfakes 3-7 KO 13:18 Min Miller ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 12:35 Min Tarkent-White 34 Bas L-Cross 4-3 M Dbl-Young 1 10 opp35 11:58 Min Miller 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Basic/A 2 5 opp30 11:23 Min Miller 8 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Pass/A 1 10 opp22 10:53 Min Tarkent-Rashad 5 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Dbl-Young 2 5 opp17 10:18 Min Young 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 3 4 opp16 9:40 Min Miller 8 Bas Draw 3-3 tM Pass/Bz1/A 1 8 opp8 9:35 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Dbl-Rashad 2 8 opp8 8:57 Min Miller 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 3 5 opp5 8:53 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Basic/Lr/A 4 5 opp5 8:48 Min FG Danmeier 22/G --- FG --- watchfakes 3-10 KO 8:38 Chi Baschnagel ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 8:35 Chi Avellin-Harper X Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own20 8:00 Chi Avellin-Payton 12/F Bas S-Slant/RB 4-2 M Pass 1 10 own32 7:11 Chi Avellini 1 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 own33 6:18 Chi Avellin-Payton 11 Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 own44 5:24 Chi Payton 7 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic 2 3 opp49 4:32 Chi Harper 2 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 1 opp47 3:43 Chi Avellin-Scott 4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp43 3:40 Chi Avellin-Payton X Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 opp43 3:40 Chi Pen5(Team) Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 15 opp48 2:50 Chi Payton 10 3W2 Trap-R 4-2 Z Pass 3 5 opp38 2:18 Chi Avellin-Payton 5 Bas S-Flat/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp33 2:09 Chi Avellin-Richards X Bas M-Seam 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 opp33 1:57 Chi Sk-Mullaney -2 Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic 3 12 opp35 1:17 Chi Avellin-Richards 5 Bas Screen 4-2 M Dbl-Scott,J 4 7 opp30 1:11 Chi Parsons 28,Miller 0 --- Pt-pooch --- WatchFake 1 10 own20 1:03 Min McClanahan 0 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run-McClanahan 2 10 own20 0:55 Min McClanahan 9 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 MoDbl-Young/Lo 3 1 own29 0:44 Min Kellar -1 Bas Dive 4-3 dZ Basic 4 2 own28 0:40 Min Coleman 19,Schubert --- Pt-side --- Block 1 10 opp47 0:33 Chi Avellin-Scott X Bas B-Post/SG/PBK 4-2 sZ Pass 2 10 opp47 0:00 Chi Avellini 5 Bas L-Out/SG/sec 4-2 M Dbl-Richards KO 14:45 Min Miller ret of 32 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 14:38 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Dbl-Rashad/Lr 2 10 own34 14:29 Min Tarkent-White X Bas L-Out 3-2 Z Pass/Bz1/A 3 10 own34 14:24 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas S-Hitch 3-2 dZ Pass 4 10 own34 14:21 Min Coleman 42,Schubert --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own24 13:41 Chi Harper 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 own25 13:02 Chi Harper 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 3 5 own29 12:54 Chi Harper 10 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own39 12:15 Chi Avellini 5 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own44 11:35 Chi Avellin-Payton 12/F Bas M-Out 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp44 10:55 Chi Harper 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 7 opp41 10:20 Chi Harper 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 opp39 9:39 Chi Payton 16 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp23 9:00 Chi Avellin-Scott 17 Bas M-Seam/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 1 6 opp6 8:27 Chi Avellin-Latta X 3RB S-Out/PBK 4-3 tM Run-Payton,W 2 6 opp6 8:21 Chi Payton 6/TD 3RB OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 10-1 KO 8:11 Min Washington ret of 18 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own33 7:47 Min Foreman 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Foreman 2 8 own35 7:40 Min Young 7/F Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass/A 1 10 opp42 7:04 Chi Payton 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 2 8 opp40 6:26 Chi Payton 9 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp31 5:49 Chi Harper 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic 2 8 opp29 5:07 Chi Payton 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp18 4:58 Chi Avellin-Scott X Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 opp18 4:54 Chi Avellin-Harper X Bas S-Flat/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 3 10 opp18 4:15 Chi Payton 0 3W1 Pitch-R 4-2 M Dbl-Scott,J/Bz1 4 10 opp18 4:09 Chi FG Thomas 35/G --- FG --- Block 13-1 KO 3:58 Min Miller ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 3:31 Min Young 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 own35 3:07 Min Tarkent-Tucker 9 Bas M-Seam 4-3 tM Dbl-Foreman/A 1 10 own44 3:02 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas S-Out 4-3 M Pass/Lo 2 10 own44 2:38 Min Tarkent-Foreman 13 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Pass/A 1 10 opp43 2:13 Min Foreman 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 ZoBasic/A 2 5 opp38 1:46 Min Young -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Stuff 3 6 opp39 1:19 Min Tarkent-White X Bas L-Cross 4-2 ZiPass/Lr/A 4 6 opp39 1:13 Min Coleman 28,Schubert --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own11 1:07 Chi Avellin-Harper 7 Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 2 3 own18 0:27 Chi Payton 3 2T2 Dive 4-3 Z Basic 3 0 own21 0:00 Chi Payton 0 2T2 Overtop 5-3 tM Stuff 1 10 own21 14:21 Chi Payton 9/F 2T2 Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 1 own30 13:44 Chi Harper 2 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Run-Payton,W 1 10 own32 13:39 Chi Avellin-Scott X 2T2 S-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own32 13:29 Chi Harper 7 2T2 Pitch-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 3 own39 12:38 Chi Harper 0 2T2 Trap-L 4-3 sZ Run 4 3 own39 12:38 Chi Pen5(Latta) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 8 own34 12:34 Chi Parsons 41,Miller 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 12:09 Min Tarkent-Tucker 13 Bas M-Straight 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own38 12:05 Min Tarkent-INT-Buffone Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 M Pass/Lo/A 1 10 opp49 11:13 Chi Harper 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp46 11:09 Chi Avellin-Richards X Bas S-Flat/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 3 7 opp46 10:15 Chi Payton 5 3W1 Draw/SG 4-2 sZ Pass 4 2 opp41 10:12 Chi Parsons 23,Miller 0 --- Pt-side --- WatchFake 1 10 own18 10:07 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas L-Hitch/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 2 10 own18 9:30 Min Miller -4 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 tM Dbl-Young/A 3 14 own14 8:53 Min Tarkent-White 7 Bas M-Seam 3-1 dZ Pass/Li 4 7 own21 8:49 Min Coleman 45,Schubert --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own34 8:00 Chi Avellin-Richards 4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic 2 6 own38 7:04 Chi Harper 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 4 own40 6:11 Chi Payton 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 own44 5:15 Chi Payton 2 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 8 own46 4:20 Chi Harper -1 Bas Sweep-L/SI 4-3 sZ Basic 3 9 own45 4:12 Chi Avellin-Scott X 3W1 Screen/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 4 9 own45 4:06 Chi Parsons 7,Miller 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own48 3:31 Min Miller 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 MoPass/Lo 2 8 50 2:56 Min Miller 5 Bas Draw 3-2 tM Pass/Bz1 3 3 opp45 2:35 Min Miller 4 Bas Draw 5-2 sZ Pass/Li 1 10 opp41 2:26 Min Tarkent-Young 15 Bas S-Out 5-2 Z Run/Lo 1 10 opp26 2:19 Min Pen10(Goodrum) Bas Trap-L 3-2 Z Pass/A 1 20 opp36 2:14 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas S-Flat/sec 3-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 20 opp36 1:58 Min Tarkent-Tucker 21 Bas M-Seam 3-2 Z Pass/A 1 10 opp15 1:50 Min Young 3 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp12 1:44 Min Tarkent-Miller 9 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 tM Pass/A 1 3 opp3 1:34 Min Tarkent-Miller 3/TD Bas S-Flat 5-4 M Stuff 13-1 KO 1:25 Chi Baschnagel ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 1:25 Chi Payton 10 Bas Pitch-R/HO 4-2 Z Pass 2 0 own22 1:11 Chi Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-2 Z 3 0 own32 1:11 Chi Payton 9 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 own32 0:53 Chi Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-2 Z 2 10 own41 0:53 Chi Harper 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 Z Basic 1 10 own41 0:33 Chi Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-2 Z 2 10 opp48 0:23 Chi Avellin-Richards X Bas L-Slant 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 opp48 0:09 Chi Harper 18 Bas Pitch-R 3-3 M Dbl-Richards 1 10 opp30 0:00 Chi Avellin-Payton X Bas M-Out/SG 3-3 MoDbl-Richards Game