1979 Chicago Bears: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (179 points scored, 103 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (127 points scored, 146 allowed) Head Coach: Neil Armstrong
306 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 249 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 195 373 2,151 (26) 5.32 16 16 627 2,486 ( 5) 4.0 17 4,637 (24) 29
Defense: 222 458 2,528 ( 5) 5.01 21 29 519 1,978 ( 9) 3.8 9 4,506 ( 6) 43
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 7 6'2 209 26 5 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 4 6'2 210 24 3 Southern California 15 Mike Phipps QB 12 6'3 203 31 10 Purdue 16 Bob Thomas K 16 5'10 175 27 5 Notre Dame 22 Dave Williams RB 14 6'2 215 25 3 Colorado 23 Len Walterscheid DB 15 5'11 189 25 3 Southern Utah 24 Virgil Livers DB 13 5'9 184 27 5 Western Kentucky 25 Lonnie Perrin RB 9 6'1 222 27 4 Illinois 30 John Skibinski RB 1 6'0 224 24 2 Purdue 33 Jack Deloplaine RB 5 5'10 205 25 4 Salem 34 Walter Payton RB 16 5'11 204 26 5 Jackson State 36 Wentford Gaines DB 16 6'0 186 26 2 Cincinnati 37 Willie McClendon RB 16 6'1 205 22 R Georgia 39 Robin Earl RB 13 6'5 240 24 3 Washington 44 Terry Schmidt DB 16 6'0 179 27 6 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 14 6'1 192 25 4 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 16 6'0 197 26 5 Ohio State 47 Mike Spivey DB 16 6'0 195 25 3 Colorado 48 Allan Ellis DB 8 5'10 174 28 6 UCLA 50 Mark Merrill LB 9 6'4 237 24 2 Minnesota 51 Bruce Herron LB 16 6'2 219 25 2 New Mexico 52 Dan Neal C 16 6'4 251 30 7 Kentucky 53 Tommy Hart DE 15 6'4 246 34 12 Morris Brown 54 Tom Hicks LB 15 6'4 235 26 4 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 16 6'1 217 35 14 Louisville 57 Lee Kunz LB 16 6'2 221 22 R Nebraska 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 16 6'4 219 26 4 Arkansas State 59 Gary Campbell LB 16 6'1 221 27 3 Colorado 60 Lynn Boden OG 10 6'5 260 26 5 South Dakota State 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 16 6'4 269 25 4 Harvard 63 Tony Ardizzone C 16 6'3 241 22 1 Northwestern 64 Ted Albrecht OT 16 6'4 250 25 3 California 65 Noah Jackson OG 15 6'2 270 28 5 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 16 6'3 246 30 8 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 16 6'2 263 26 5 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 16 6'3 265 25 4 Wisconsin 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 16 6'3 240 26 5 Penn State 74 Jerry Meyers DT 6 6'4 257 25 4 Northern Illinois 76 Ron Rydalch DT 16 6'4 256 27 5 Utah 80 Rickey Watts WR 16 6'1 204 22 R Tulsa 81 Harry Washington WR 6 6'0 180 23 2 Colorado State 82 Alan Page DT 16 6'5 228 34 13 Notre Dame 83 Golden Richards WR 5 6'0 180 28 7 Brigham Young 83 Kris Haines WR 2 5'11 183 22 R Notre Dame 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 16 6'0 180 25 4 Ohio State 85 Steve Schubert WR 14 5'10 186 28 6 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons P 16 6'4 225 29 8 Penn State 87 Mike Cobb TE 16 6'5 240 23 3 Michigan State 88 Greg Latta TE 15 6'3 235 27 5 Morgan State 89 James Scott WR 10 6'1 191 27 4 Trinity Valley C.C. 90 Al Harris DE 4 6'5 236 22 R Arizona State 99 Dan Hampton DE 16 6'5 252 22 R Arkansas
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Mike Phipps 255 134 52.5 1,535 6.02 11.5 9 3.5 8 3.1 15 145 69.6
Vince Evans 63 32 50.8 508 8.06 15.9 4 6.3 5 7.9 8 75 66.1
Bob Avellini 51 27 52.9 310 6.08 11.5 2 3.9 3 5.9 8 58 60.1
Bob Parsons 2 1 50.0 22 11.00 22.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 89.6
Walter Payton 1 1 100.0 54 54.00 54.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3
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 Dave Williams 42 354 8.4 5 Walter Payton 31 313 10.1 2 Brian Baschnagel 30 452 15.1 2 Rickey Watts 24 421 17.5 3 James Scott 21 382 18.2 3 Greg Latta 15 131 8.7 0 Robin Earl 8 56 7.0 0 Mike Cobb 6 91 15.2 0 Willie McClendon 6 27 4.5 0 Golden Richards 5 107 21.4 1 Steve Schubert 2 29 14.5 0 Jack Deloplaine 2 13 6.5 0 Lonnie Perrin 1 27 27.0 0 Doug Buffone 1 22 22.0 0 John Skibinski 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 369 1,610 4.4 14 Dave Williams 127 401 3.2 1 Willie McClendon 37 160 4.3 1 Robin Earl 35 132 3.8 0 Vince Evans 12 72 6.0 1 Mike Phipps 27 51 1.9 0 Jack Deloplaine 7 18 2.6 0 Doug Buffone 1 14 14.0 0 Lonnie Perrin 5 14 2.8 0 John Skibinski 3 10 3.3 0 Bob Avellini 3 10 3.3 0 Rickey Watts 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Len Walterscheid 19 427 22.5 0 Rickey Watts 14 289 20.6 1 Brian Baschnagel 12 260 21.7 0 Steve Schubert 2 45 22.5 0 Lonnie Perrin 1 13 13.0 0 Willie McClendon 1 12 12.0 0 Greg Latta 1 8 8.0 0 Bruce Herron 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Schubert 25 238 9.5 10 1 Len Walterscheid 14 96 6.9 5 0 Brian Baschnagel 0 0 ? 3 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 DT Dan Hampton 157 Arkansas [pick acquired from TB] 1 9 DE Al Harris 149 Arizona State 2 39 WR Rickey Watts 56 Tulsa 3 66 RB Willie McClendon 57 Georgia 6 147 LB John Sullivan 28 Illinois 7 174 LB Lee Kunz 48 Nebraska 8 203 DB Rick Moss Purdue 9 230 RB Jerome Heavens Notre Dame 10 257 DB Joe Restic Notre Dame 11 286 OT Bob Wright Cincinnati 12 312 DB Dave Becker 11 Iowa
Traded draft picks: #4 to CIN (Vaughn Lusby), #5 to DAL (Bob Hukill)
Transactions:
| 08-01-1979 | placed Lionel Antoine on injured reserve |
| 12-1979 | Doug Buffone retired |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/23/79 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17-27
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs Green Bay Packers W 6-3 1-0-0 09/09/79 vs Minnesota Vikings W 26-7 2-0-0 09/16/79 at Dallas Cowboys L 20-24 2-1-0 09/23/79 at Miami Dolphins L 16-31 2-2-0 09/30/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13-17 2-3-0 10/07/79 at Buffalo Bills W 7-0 3-3-0 10/14/79 vs New England Patriots L 7-27 3-4-0 10/21/79 at Minnesota Vikings L 27-30 3-5-0 10/28/79 at San Francisco 49ers W 28-27 4-5-0 11/04/79 vs Detroit Lions W 35-7 5-5-0 11/11/79 vs Los Angeles Rams W 27-23 6-5-0 11/18/79 vs New York Jets W 23-13 7-5-0 11/22/79 at Detroit Lions L 0-20 7-6-0 12/02/79 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 14-0 8-6-0 12/09/79 at Green Bay Packers W 15-14 9-6-0 12/16/79 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 42-6 10-6-0
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