1977 Chicago Bears roster and stats

1977 Chicago Bears: 9-5-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (147 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (108 points scored, 108 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 255 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 253 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 161 305 1,844 (21) 5.57 11 18 599 2,811 ( 1) 4.7 18 4,655 ( 3) 35 Defense: 182 377 2,127 (19) 5.26 7 18 541 2,157 (20) 4.0 14 4,284 (22) 31

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 14 6'2 206 24 3 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 7 6'2 216 22 R Southern California 15 Mike Phipps QB 3 6'2 211 29 8 Purdue 16 Bob Thomas K 14 5'10 174 25 3 Notre Dame 22 Johnny Musso RB 14 5'11 196 27 3 Alabama 23 Len Walterscheid DB 14 5'11 190 23 R Southern Utah 24 Virgil Livers DB 14 5'9 178 25 3 Western Kentucky 25 Art Best RB 14 6'1 205 24 R Kent State 34 Walter Payton RB 14 5'11 205 24 3 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 11 6'0 209 24 3 Louisiana Tech 39 Robin Earl RB 14 6'5 247 22 R Washington 43 Craig Clemons DB 12 5'11 191 28 6 Iowa 44 Terry Schmidt DB 10 6'0 176 25 4 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 14 6'1 192 23 2 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 11 6'0 201 24 3 Ohio State 47 Mike Spivey DB 14 6'0 194 23 R Colorado 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 175 26 5 UCLA 50 Waymond Bryant LB 13 6'3 239 25 4 Tennessee State 51 Mel Rogers LB 5 6'2 230 30 5 Florida A&M 52 Dan Neal C 14 6'4 248 28 5 Kentucky 53 Dan Peiffer C 14 6'3 251 26 3 Southeast Missouri State 54 Tom Hicks LB 12 6'4 225 24 2 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 13 6'1 227 33 12 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 14 6'2 231 26 5 Texas Tech 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 14 6'4 226 24 2 Arkansas State 59 Gary Campbell LB 14 6'1 218 25 1 Colorado 60 Wally Chambers DE 4 6'6 259 26 5 Eastern Kentucky 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 12 6'4 276 23 2 Harvard 64 Ted Albrecht OT 14 6'4 253 23 R California 65 Noah Jackson OG 14 6'2 273 26 3 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 251 28 6 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 14 6'2 259 24 3 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 14 6'3 268 23 2 Wisconsin 71 Roger Stillwell DT 5 6'6 258 25 3 Stanford 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 14 6'3 257 24 3 Penn State 74 Jerry Meyers DE 13 6'4 245 23 2 Northern Illinois 75 Jeff Sevy OT 12 6'5 261 26 3 California 76 Ron Rydalch DT 14 6'4 257 25 3 Utah 80 Bo Rather WR 13 6'1 189 27 5 Michigan 81 Chuck Bradley TE 7 6'6 239 27 3 Oregon 82 John Gilliam WR 2 6'1 187 32 11 South Carolina State 83 Steve Rivera WR 3 5'11 183 23 2 California 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 10 6'0 193 23 2 Ohio State 85 Steve Schubert WR 13 5'10 188 26 4 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons P 14 6'4 232 27 6 Penn State 87 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 250 29 8 Grambling 88 Greg Latta TE 14 6'3 230 25 3 Morgan State 89 James Scott WR 14 6'1 191 25 2 Trinity Valley C.C.

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Avellini 293 154 52.6 2,004 6.84 13.0 11 3.8 18 6.1 23 200 61.3 Mike Phipps 5 3 60.0 5 1.00 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 26 64.6 Bob Parsons 4 4 100.0 61 15.25 15.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Roland Harper 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Brian Baschnagel 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
James Scott            50    809   16.2    3
Walter Payton          27    269   10.0    2
Greg Latta             26    335   12.9    4
Roland Harper          19    142    7.5    0
Bo Rather              17    294   17.3    2
Steve Schubert          8    119   14.9    0
Robin Earl              6     32    5.3    0
Brian Baschnagel        4     50   12.5    0
Johnny Musso            3     13    4.3    0
Steve Rivera            1      7    7.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter Payton         339  1,852    5.5   14
Roland Harper         120    457    3.8    0
Robin Earl             56    233    4.2    1
Johnny Musso           37    132    3.6    2
Bob Avellini           37    109    2.9    1
Art Best                6     20    3.3    0
Bo Rather               2      8    4.0    0
Brian Baschnagel        1      0    0.0    0
Vince Evans             1      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Brian Baschnagel       23    557   24.2    1
Vince Evans            13    253   19.5    0
Art Best                6    127   21.2    0
Johnny Musso            5    100   20.0    0
Len Walterscheid        3     59   19.7    0
Roland Harper           3     44   14.7    0
Walter Payton           2     95   47.5    0
Robin Earl              2     38   19.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Steve Schubert         31    291    9.4    9    1
Len Walterscheid        6     59    9.8    1    0
Virgil Livers           6     46    7.7    1    0
Brian Baschnagel        3     54   18.0    2    0
Doug Plank              1     21   21.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Parsons 80 3,232 40.4 7 17 2 42 216 35.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bob Thomas 0/0 6/9 6/10 2/6 0/2 14/27 27/30 69 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Waymond Bryant 1.5 Doug Buffone 1.0 1 12 0 Allan Ellis 6 23 0 Gary Fencik 4 33 0 Mike Hartenstine 1.0 Tom Hicks 1 9 0 Virgil Livers 2 29 0 Jerry Meyers 1.0 Jerry Muckensturm 1.0 Billy Newsome 5.0 Jim Osborne 4.0 Doug Plank 1.0 4 32 0 Ron Rydalch 9.5 Jeff Sevy 2.0

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 OT Ted Albrecht 77 California 2 43 DB Mike Spivey 77 Colorado 3 61 RB Robin Earl 84 Washington [pick acquired from NYG] 6 140 QB Vince Evans 100 USC [pick acquired from TB] 7 182 WR Gerald Butler Nicholls State 9 238 DT Nick Buonamici Ohio State 10 266 DE Dennis Breckner Miami 11 294 C Connie Zelencik 14 Purdue 12 322 DB Terry Irvin Jackson State

Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Mike Watson), #4 to PIT (Laverne Smith), #5 to OAK (Lester Hayes), #6 to PHI (Wilbert Montgomery), #8 to NYJ (Ed Thompson)

Transactions:

01-1977	traded Gary Huff to Buccaneers for Tampa's #6 pick and Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft
05-02-1977	traded Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Chiefs for Tommy Reamon
05-03-1977	traded Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1977 draft and Chicago's #1 pick in the 1978 draft to Browns for Mike Phipps
05-27-1977	Virgil Carter retired
08-17-1977	Ross Brupbacher retired

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/26/77    at Dallas Cowboys          L 7-37

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs Detroit Lions           W 30-20       1-0-0
09/25/77    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 13-16       1-1-0
10/02/77    vs New Orleans Saints      L 24-42       1-2-0
10/10/77    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 24-23       2-2-0
10/16/77    at Minnesota Vikings       L 16-22 (OT)  2-3-0
10/23/77    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 10-16       2-4-0
10/30/77    at Green Bay Packers       W 26-0        3-4-0
11/06/77    at Houston Oilers          L 0-47        3-5-0
11/13/77    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 28-27       4-5-0
11/20/77    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 10-7        5-5-0
11/24/77    at Detroit Lions           W 31-14       6-5-0
12/04/77    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 10-0        7-5-0
12/11/77    vs Green Bay Packers       W 21-10       8-5-0
12/18/77    at New York Giants         W 12-9 (OT)   9-5-0

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