1978 Chicago Bears: 7-9-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (143 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (110 points scored, 153 allowed) Head Coach: Neil Armstrong
253 points scored (20th of 28 teams), 274 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 186 352 1,933 (26) 5.01 7 28 634 2,526 ( 4) 4.0 19 4,459 (22) 36
Defense: 239 436 2,506 (15) 5.26 16 17 568 2,174 (12) 3.8 15 4,680 (12) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 13 6'2 206 25 4 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 3 6'2 216 23 2 Southern California 15 Mike Phipps QB 6 6'3 211 30 9 Purdue 16 Bob Thomas K 16 5'10 174 26 4 Notre Dame 23 Len Walterscheid DB 14 5'11 185 24 2 Southern Utah 24 Virgil Livers DB 13 5'9 178 26 4 Western Kentucky 25 Art Best RB 16 6'1 205 25 2 Kent State 29 Mike Morgan RB 5 5'11 218 22 R Wisconsin 30 John Skibinski RB 16 6'0 218 23 R Purdue 34 Walter Payton RB 16 5'11 205 25 4 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 16 6'0 209 25 4 Louisiana Tech 36 Wentford Gaines DB 11 6'0 185 25 1 Cincinnati 39 Robin Earl RB 16 6'5 245 23 2 Washington 44 Terry Schmidt DB 16 6'0 176 26 5 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 16 6'1 192 24 3 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 14 6'0 201 25 4 Ohio State 47 Mike Spivey DB 16 6'0 194 24 2 Colorado 50 Chris Devlin LB 6 6'2 228 24 3 Penn State 51 Bruce Herron LB 15 6'2 220 24 1 New Mexico 51 Doug Becker LB 1 6'0 222 22 R Notre Dame 52 Dan Neal C 16 6'4 248 29 6 Kentucky 53 Tommy Hart DE 16 6'4 246 33 11 Morris Brown 54 Tom Hicks LB 9 6'4 225 25 3 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 15 6'1 227 34 13 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 16 6'2 231 27 6 Texas Tech 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 16 6'4 226 25 3 Arkansas State 59 Gary Campbell LB 16 6'1 218 26 2 Colorado 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 16 6'4 276 24 3 Harvard 63 Jon Morris C 10 6'4 250 36 15 Holy Cross 64 Ted Albrecht OT 15 6'4 255 24 2 California 65 Noah Jackson OG 16 6'2 273 27 4 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 15 6'3 251 29 7 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 16 6'2 259 25 4 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 16 6'3 268 24 3 Wisconsin 72 Brad Shearer DT 15 6'3 254 23 R Texas 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 16 6'3 257 25 4 Penn State 74 Jerry Meyers DE 16 6'4 245 24 3 Northern Illinois 75 Jeff Sevy OT 14 6'5 261 27 4 California 76 Ron Rydalch DT 12 6'4 257 26 4 Utah 79 Lionel Antoine OT 9 6'6 267 28 6 Southern Illinois 80 Bo Rather WR 6 6'1 189 28 6 Michigan 82 Alan Page DT 10 6'4 245 33 12 Notre Dame 83 Golden Richards WR 15 6'0 180 27 6 Brigham Young 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 16 6'0 184 24 3 Ohio State 85 Steve Schubert WR 13 5'10 188 27 5 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons P 16 6'4 232 28 7 Penn State 87 Mike Cobb TE 13 6'5 248 22 2 Michigan State 88 Greg Latta TE 16 6'3 200 26 4 Morgan State 89 James Scott WR 15 6'1 191 26 3 Trinity Valley C.C.
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Avellini 264 141 53.4 1,718 6.51 12.2 5 1.9 16 6.1 26 208 54.8
Mike Phipps 83 44 53.0 465 5.60 10.6 2 2.4 10 12.0 6 55 38.1
Vince Evans 3 1 33.3 38 12.67 38.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 2 25 42.4
Roland Harper 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Bob Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 50 480 9.6 0 Roland Harper 43 340 7.9 2 James Scott 42 759 18.1 5 Golden Richards 27 379 14.0 0 Greg Latta 15 159 10.6 0 Steve Schubert 4 51 12.8 0 Brian Baschnagel 2 29 14.5 0 Bo Rather 1 16 16.0 0 Mike Cobb 1 7 7.0 0 Robin Earl 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 333 1,395 4.2 11 Roland Harper 240 992 4.1 6 Bob Avellini 34 54 1.6 2 Mike Phipps 13 34 2.6 0 Vince Evans 6 23 3.8 0 Robin Earl 3 17 5.7 0 Art Best 2 11 5.5 0 Bob Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 Brian Baschnagel 2 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Brian Baschnagel 20 455 22.8 0 Len Walterscheid 11 335 30.5 0 Wentford Gaines 10 240 24.0 0 Mike Morgan 5 110 22.0 0 Steve Schubert 4 80 20.0 0 Robin Earl 3 48 16.0 0 John Skibinski 3 36 12.0 0 Mike Spivey 2 34 17.0 0 Greg Latta 2 14 7.0 0 Jerry Muckensturm 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Schubert 27 229 8.5 21 1 Virgil Livers 10 31 3.1 0 0 Len Walterscheid 3 24 8.0 0 0 Brian Baschnagel 1 2 2.0 1 0 |
1978 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 74 DT Brad Shearer 34 Texas 6 139 RB John Skibinski 44 Purdue [pick acquired from KC] 6 158 DE Mekeli Ieremia 2 Brigham Young 7 185 WR Herman Jones Ohio State 8 212 TE George Freitas California 9 244 LB Mike Martin Kentucky 10 271 LB Ben Zambiasi Georgia 11 298 DE Walt Underwood USC 12 325 LB Lew Sibley LSU
Traded draft picks: #1 to LA via CLE (Elvis Peacock), #2 to SF (Walt Downing), #4 to KC (Pete Woods), #5 to CIN (Rob Hertel)
Transactions:
| 04-12-1978 | traded Wally Chambers to Buccaneers for Tampa's #1 pick in the 1979 draft and Bob Moore (acquired 4/14/78) |
| 04-20-1978 | traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Tommy Hart |
| 05-02-1978 | traded Chicago's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Chiefs for Houston's #5 pick and Kansas City's #6 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 07-20-1978 | Roger Stillwell retired |
| 08-03-1978 | Dan Peiffer retired |
| 08-08-1978 | Billy Newsome retired |
| 08-23-1978 | traded Chicago's #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Bengals for Mike Cobb |
| 08-28-1978 | placed Johnny Musso on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | placed Waymond Bryant on injured reserve |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed Doug Becker on waivers from Steelers |
| 09-1978 | traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1979 draft and #3 pick in the 1980 draft to Cowboys for Golden Richards |
| 09-06-1978 | traded Alvin Maxson to Steelers for past considerations |
| 10-11-1978 | claimed Alan Page on waivers from Vikings |
1978 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 17-10 1-0-0 09/10/78 at San Francisco 49ers W 16-13 2-0-0 09/17/78 at Detroit Lions W 19-0 3-0-0 09/25/78 vs Minnesota Vikings L 20-24 3-1-0 10/01/78 vs Oakland Raiders L 19-25 (OT) 3-2-0 10/08/78 at Green Bay Packers L 14-24 3-3-0 10/16/78 at Denver Broncos L 7-16 3-4-0 10/22/78 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 19-33 3-5-0 10/29/78 vs Detroit Lions L 17-21 3-6-0 11/05/78 vs Seattle Seahawks L 29-31 3-7-0 11/12/78 at Minnesota Vikings L 14-17 3-8-0 11/19/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 13-7 4-8-0 11/26/78 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 14-3 5-8-0 12/04/78 at San Diego Chargers L 7-40 5-9-0 12/10/78 vs Green Bay Packers W 14-0 6-9-0 12/16/78 at Washington Redskins W 14-10 7-9-0
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