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1980 Chicago Bears: 7-9-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (199 points scored, 99 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (105 points scored, 165 allowed) Head Coach: Neil Armstrong

304 points scored (17th of 28 teams), 264 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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:   209   404   2,395   (28)   5.48   13   25    579   2,440   ( 4)    4.2   22    4,835    (24)      39
Defense:   238   451   2,892   ( 8)   5.82   20   17    506   2,015   (14)    4.0   10    4,907    (10)      31

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 8  Vince Evans          QB    13   6'2   212   25    4   Southern California
15  Mike Phipps          QB     7   6'3   209   32   11   Purdue
16  Bob Thomas           K     16   5'10  175   28    6   Notre Dame
22  Dave Williams        RB    16   6'2   217   26    4   Colorado
23  Len Walterscheid     DB    15   5'11  190   26    4   Southern Utah
26  Matt Suhey           RB    16   5'11  212   22    R   Penn State
29  Vaughn Lusby         DB     2   5'10  181   24    2   Arkansas
30  John Skibinski       RB    16   6'0   222   25    3   Purdue
34  Walter Payton        RB    16   5'11  202   27    6   Jackson State
35  Roland Harper        RB    12   6'0   210   27    5   Louisiana Tech
36  Wentford Gaines      DB     8   6'0   185   27    3   Cincinnati
37  Willie McClendon     RB    16   6'1   205   23    2   Georgia
43  Mike Ulmer           DB     3   6'0   190   25    1   Doane
44  Terry Schmidt        DB    16   6'0   177   28    7   Ball State
45  Gary Fencik          DB    15   6'1   197   26    5   Yale
46  Doug Plank           DB    15   6'0   202   27    6   Ohio State
47  Jonathan Hoke        DB    11   5'11  175   23    1   Ball State
48  Allan Ellis          DB    16   5'10  177   29    7   UCLA
49  Dave Becker          DB    11   6'2   190   23    1   Iowa
51  Bruce Herron         LB    15   6'2   220   26    3   New Mexico
52  Dan Neal             C     16   6'4   255   31    8   Kentucky
53  Paul Tabor           C     16   6'4   241   23    R   Oklahoma
54  Tom Hicks            LB    14   6'4   235   27    5   Illinois
55  Otis Wilson          LB    16   6'2   222   23    R   Louisville
57  Lee Kunz             LB    16   6'2   225   23    2   Nebraska
58  Jerry Muckensturm    LB    15   6'4   220   27    5   Arkansas State
59  Gary Campbell        LB    16   6'1   220   28    4   Colorado
62  Dan Jiggetts         OT    15   6'4   270   26    5   Harvard
64  Ted Albrecht         OT    16   6'4   250   26    4   California
65  Noah Jackson         OG    16   6'2   265   29    6   Tampa
68  Jim Osborne          DT    16   6'3   245   31    9   Southern
69  Revie Sorey          OG    16   6'2   260   27    6   Illinois
70  Dennis Lick          OT    16   6'3   265   26    5   Wisconsin
71  Rocco Moore          OG     7   6'5   276   25    1   Western Michigan
72  Brad Shearer         DT    13   6'3   247   25    2   Texas
73  Mike Hartenstine     DE    16   6'3   243   27    6   Penn State
76  Ron Rydalch          DT    16   6'4   260   28    6   Utah
80  Rickey Watts         WR    15   6'1   203   23    2   Tulsa
81  Robin Earl           TE    16   6'5   240   25    4   Washington
82  Alan Page            DT    16   6'5   225   35   14   Notre Dame
83  Kris Haines          WR    16   5'11  180   23    2   Notre Dame
84  Brian Baschnagel     WR    16   6'0   184   26    5   Ohio State
85  Bob Fisher           TE    16   6'3   240   22    R   Southern Methodist
86  Bob Parsons          P     16   6'4   225   30    9   Penn State
87  Mike Cobb            TE     4   6'5   243   24    4   Michigan State
89  James Scott          WR    15   6'1   190   28    5   Trinity Valley C.C.
90  Al Harris            DE    16   6'5   240   23    2   Arizona State
99  Dan Hampton          DE    16   6'5   255   23    2   Arkansas

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Vince Evans          278  148   53.2  2,039   7.33  13.8  11   4.0   16   5.8    26   205    66.2
Mike Phipps          122   61   50.0    630   5.16  10.3   2   1.6    9   7.4     7    69    40.0
Walter Payton          3    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
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          46    367    8.0    1
James Scott            36    696   19.3    3
Brian Baschnagel       28    396   14.1    2
Rickey Watts           22    444   20.2    2
Dave Williams          22    132    6.0    0
Robin Earl             18    223   12.4    3
Bob Fisher             12    203   16.9    2
Matt Suhey              7     60    8.6    0
Roland Harper           7     31    4.4    0
John Skibinski          5     18    3.6    0
Kris Haines             4     83   20.8    0
Mike Cobb               2     16    8.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter Payton         317  1,460    4.6    6
Roland Harper         113    404    3.6    5
Vince Evans            60    306    5.1    8
Willie McClendon       10     88    8.8    1
Dave Williams          26     57    2.2    0
John Skibinski         13     54    4.2    0
Matt Suhey             22     45    2.0    0
Mike Phipps            15     38    2.5    2
Bob Parsons             2      4    2.0    0
Rickey Watts            1    -16  -16.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Williams          27    666   24.7    1
Matt Suhey             19    406   21.4    0
Bob Fisher              3     32   10.7    0
Len Walterscheid        1     12   12.0    0
Rickey Watts            1     12   12.0    0
Willie McClendon        1     11   11.0    0
Robin Earl              1     11   11.0    0
Bruce Herron            1      5    5.0    0
Kris Haines             1      0    0.0    0
Mike Ulmer              1     -2   -2.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Len Walterscheid       33    239    7.2   11    0
Vaughn Lusby            4     14    3.5    1    0
Rickey Watts            2     20   10.0    0    0
Matt Suhey              1      4    4.0    0    0
Doug Plank              1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Parsons 79 3,207 40.6 10 16 0 46 415 32.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bob Thomas 1/1 5/5 4/8 3/4 0/0 13/18 35/37 74 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Gary Campbell 3.0 3 36 0 Allan Ellis 1 0 0 Gary Fencik 1.0 1 8 0 Dan Hampton 11.5 Mike Hartenstine 6.0 Tom Hicks 1.0 1 8 0 Jerry Muckensturm 3.0 2 2 0 Jim Osborne 8.0 Alan Page 9.5 1 0 0 Doug Plank 1 20 0 Terry Schmidt 1 0 0 Len Walterscheid 1.0 4 84 1 Otis Wilson 2.0 2 4 0

1980 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 LB Otis Wilson 110 Louisville 2 46 RB Matt Suhey 148 Penn State 4 103 OG Arland Thompson 17 Baylor 5 130 C Paul Tabor 16 Oklahoma 6 156 DB Mike Guess Ohio State 7 183 WR Emanuel Tolbert SMU 8 215 OG Randy Clark 94 Northern Illinois 9 242 QB Turk Schonert 72 Stanford 10 269 DB Willie Stephens Texas Tech 11 296 DB Chris Judge Texas Christian 12 323 TE Robert Fisher 22 SMU

Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL (Bill Roe)


Transactions:

05-08-1980Broncos signed Golden Richards as a free agent
07-21-1980traded Tommy Hart to Saints for past considerations
08-18-1980traded an unspecified draft pick to Raiders for Henry Williams


1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/07/80 at Green Bay Packers L 6-12 (OT) 0-1-0 09/14/80 vs New Orleans Saints W 22-3 1-1-0 09/21/80 vs Minnesota Vikings L 14-34 1-2-0 09/28/80 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-38 1-3-0 10/06/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23-0 2-3-0 10/12/80 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-13 2-4-0 10/19/80 vs Detroit Lions W 24-7 3-4-0 10/26/80 at Philadelphia Eagles L 14-17 3-5-0 11/03/80 at Cleveland Browns L 21-27 3-6-0 11/09/80 vs Washington Redskins W 35-21 4-6-0 11/16/80 vs Houston Oilers L 6-10 4-7-0 11/23/80 at Atlanta Falcons L 17-28 4-8-0 11/27/80 at Detroit Lions W 23-17 (OT) 5-8-0 12/07/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 61-7 6-8-0 12/14/80 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 14-17 (OT) 6-9-0 12/20/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 14-13 7-9-0

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