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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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Parsons 92 3,486 37.9 6 26 1 54 404 31.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bob Thomas 1/1 4/7 9/11 2/7 0/1 16/27 34/37 82 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Doug Buffone 2 11 0 Gary Campbell 4.0 1 32 0 Allan Ellis 3 67 0 Gary Fencik 6 31 0 Wentford Gaines 1.0 1 38 0 Dan Hampton 4.5 Al Harris 1.0 Mike Hartenstine 8.0 Bruce Herron 1.0 Tom Hicks 3 85 1 Virgil Livers 2 41 0 Jerry Muckensturm 3.0 1 5 0 Jim Osborne 10.5 Alan Page 10.0 Doug Plank 3 33 0 Terry Schmidt 6 44 1 Len Walterscheid 4.0 1 15 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:
08-01-1979placed Lionel Antoine on injured reserve
12-1979Doug 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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