1979 Chicago Bears 11-5 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Chicago 62 73 90 74 6 305 Opponent 26 83 47 30 0 186 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 305 186 1-0 29 Green Bay 7 65ø 15-25 First Downs 256 229 1-1 10 Minnesota 13 59ø 0-5 Rush 118 82 1-2 20 @Dallas 31 80ø 15-25 Pass 127 137 1-3 7 @Miami 19 82ø Pen 11 10 2-3 24 Tampa Bay 7 64ø 5-15 Penalties 80 88 3-3 23 @Buffalo 10 54ø 15-25 Yards 557 616 3-4 7 New England 14 51ø 5-15 4-4 13 @Minnesota 0 50ø 10-20 Rushing Att 624 437 5-4 17 @San Francisco 6 65ø Yards 2574 1862 6-4 37 Detroit 20 42ø 10-20 Ave 4.1 4.3 7-4 34 Los Angeles 10 51ø 5-15 TD 15 6 8-4 13 New York (A) 0 48ø 10-20 9-4 24 @Detroit 3 70ø Passing Att 328 467 10-4 24 @Tampa Bay 10 79ø 0-5 Rain Comp 184 217 11-4 16 @Green Bay 10 29ø 0-10 % 56.1 46.5 11-5 7 St.Louis 26 22ø 10-20 Light Snow Int 13 31 % 4.0 6.6 TD 16 13 % 4.9 2.8 Yards 2451 2694 Sacked 48 45 Punt Return 45 47 Yards 337 307 Ave 7.5 6.5 Kick Return 50 70 Yards 1101 1468 Ave 22.0 21.0 Punts 81 87 Yards 3049 3351 Ave 37.6 38.5 FG Att 27 20 Made 17 16 % 63.0 80.0 Third Downs 240 218 Made 99 74 % 41.3 33.9 Fourth Downs 26 24 Made 10 7 % 38.5 29.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 20 35 Lost 13 18 Turnovers 26 49 Net Offense 4722 4251 Per Play 4.7 4.5 1979 Chicago Bears Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Payton 370 1771 4.8 36 69 43 9 Williams 43 3 545 12.7 5 27 51 4 Williams, 130 393 3.0 10 23 16 2 Baschnagel 32 2 503 15.7 4 25 47 2 McClendon 37 122 3.3 2 5 29 0 Payton 32 2 370 11.6 2 20 53 3 Earl 30 111 3.7 4 6 12 2 Watts 22 4 255 11.6 0 14 18 4 Phipps 35 88 2.5 0 8 6 2 Scott 20 4 376 18.8 6 16 56 2 Evans 9 75 8.3 2 6 15 0 Latta 14 3 130 9.3 0 7 16 0 Perrin 5 6 1.2 0 0 4 0 Earl 8 0 83 10.4 0 6 18 1 Avellini 4 5 1.3 0 1 2 0 Richards 6 0 119 19.8 2 6 44 0 Skibinski 3 3 1.0 0 0 2 0 McClendon 3 0 18 6.0 0 2 9 0 Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Schubert 2 0 24 12.0 0 2 13 0 624 2574 4.1 54 118 43 15 Cobb 2 0 28 14.0 0 2 14 0 Neal 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 184 19 2451 13.3 19 127 56 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Payton 1 1 100.0 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 116.7 Phipps 252 145 57.5 1866 12.9 56 23 15 5 2.0 28 12 4.8 88.5 Evans 56 29 51.8 428 14.8 47 5 3 6 10.7 12 3 5.4 55.4 Avellini 19 9 47.4 145 16.1 32 2 1 2 10.5 8 1 5.3 51.3 328 184 56.1 2451 13.3 56 30 19 13 4.0 48 16 4.9 79.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Thomas 36 32 88.9 27 17 63.0 40.0 0.0 41 83 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Parsons 81 3049 59 9 1 16 47 307 31.6 37.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Waltersche 23 543 23.6 40 0 Schubert 41 18 307 7.5 79 2 Baschnagel 5 108 21.6 29 0 Waltersche 4 0 30 7.5 14 0 Watts 20 416 20.8 99 1 45 18 337 7.5 79 2 Perrin 2 34 17.0 24 0 50 1101 22.0 99 1 Fumbles Payton 8 Phipps 5 Waltersc 3 Williams 2 Evans 1 Earl 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Hartenst 12 Osborne 14 Osborne 8 Fencik 9 Hampton 5 Hicks, T 3 Page 12 Hampton 12 Page 7 Schmidt 8 Page 5 Page 2 Hampton 10 Hartenst 10 Hampton 4 Muckenst 5 Fencik 5 Muckenst 2 Osborne 6 Page 9 Muckenst 4 Campbell 5 Hartenst 4 Hartenst 2 Muckenst 4 Waltersc 2 Hartenst 3 Plank 5 Schmidt 3 Buffone 2 Hicks, T 1 Muckenst 1 Hicks, T 2 Hartenst 4 Muckenst 2 Livers 2 Schmidt 1 Ellis, A 4 Plank 2 Payton 1 Buffone 1 Hampton 4 Buffone 2 Scott, J 1 Hicks, T 4 Ellis, A 1 Baschnag 1 Osborne 3 Rydalch 1 Albrecht 1 Buffone 3 Herron 1 Schmidt 1 Kunz 1 Waltersc 1 Ellis, A 1 Hart 1 Meyers 1 Fencik 1 Page 1 Hicks, T 1 Plank 1 Livers 1 Merrill 1 Waltersc 1 Latta 1 Lick 1 Hampton 1 Tackles Fencik 74 Hampton 64 Osborne 50 Waltersc 20 Herron 14 Gaines 9 Schmidt 73 Muckenst 64 Buffone 43 Campbell 18 Spivey 14 Hart 8 Page 70 Hicks, T 63 Ellis, A 36 Harris 16 Rydalch 11 Meyers 5 Hartenst 65 Plank 55 Livers 34 Kunz 15 Merrill 9 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Schmidt 7 55 7.9 17 0 Fencik 7 79 11.3 27 0 Hicks, T. 4 155 38.8 62 1 Ellis, A. 3 71 23.7 24 0 Plank 3 62 20.7 36 0 Buffone 2 11 5.5 11 0 Osborne 1 0 0.0 0 0 Muckenstr 1 4 4.0 4 0 Waltersch 1 11 11.0 11 0 Campbell 1 31 31.0 31 1 Livers 1 28 28.0 28 0 31 507 16.4 62 2 1979 Chicago Bears Coach: Neil Armstrong Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Evans, Vince 2 B 1 3 QB Phipps, Mike 3 B 1 3 QB Avellini, Bob 2 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Payton, Walter 1 1 5 369 1610 43 4.4 5 31 313 65 10.1 RB Williams, Dave 2 1 4 127 401 16 3.2 7 42 354 54 8.4 RB McClendon, Willie 2 1 5 37 160 33 4.3 1 6 27 13 4.5 KR RB Earl, Robin 2 1 4 35 132 12 3.8 2 8 56 19 7.0 RB Perrin, Lonnie 2 1 4 7 18 5 2.6 1 1 27 27 27.0 KR RB Skibinski, John 2 1 1 3 10 4 3.3 3 1 4 4 4.0 WR Baschnagel, Brian 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 30 452 54 15.1 RET WR Watts, Rickey 0 0 5 1 -6 -6 -6.0 4 24 421 68 17.5 KR WR Scott, James 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 5 21 382 64 18.2 WR Richards, Golden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 5 107 52 21.4 WR Schubert, Steve 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 29 15 14.5 RET WR Haines, Kris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Washington, Harry 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Latta, Greg 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 2 15 131 25 8.7 KR TE Cobb, Mike 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 91 38 15.2 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Neal, Dan 5 5 5 C Ardizzone, Tony 4 4 5 G Sorey, Revie 8 8 5 G Jackson, Noah 7 7 4 G Boden, Lynn 4 4 3 T Lick, Dennis 7 7 5 T Jiggetts, Dan 4 4 5 G-T Albrecht, Ted 5 5 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Page, Alan 8 7 0 5 5 10 0 DT Osborne, Jim 7 6 0 5 5 10 0 DT Rydalch, Ron 5 5 0 1 5 0 0 DT Meyers, Jerry 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 DE Hartenstine, Mike 6 5 0 4 5 8 0 DE Hampton, Dan 6 6 0 3 5 5 0 DE Hart, Tommy 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 DE Harris, Al 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 ILB Hicks, Tom 6 4 3 0 4 0 3 OLB Muckenstrum, Jerry 6 5 2 1 5 3 1 LS OLB Campbell, Gary 5 4 2 2 5 4 1 OLB Buffone, Doug 5 4 2 0 5 0 2 OLB Herron, Bruce 3 2 1 1 5 1 0 KR LB Kunz, Lee 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 LB Merrill, Mark 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 CB Schmidt, Terry 6 0 6 0 5 0 6 CB Ellis, Allan 6 0 6 0 2 0 3 CB Livers, Virgil 5 0 5 0 4 0 2 CB Gaines, Wentford 4 0 4 1 5 1 1 CB Spivey, Mike 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 S Fencik, Gary 9 2 7 0 4 0 6 S Plank, Doug 7 2 5 0 5 0 3 S Walterscheid, Len 4 1 3 3 4 4 1 RET Special Teams K Thomas, Bob P Parsons, Bob