1980 Chicago Bears: 7-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 05-08-1980 | Broncos signed Golden Richards as a free agent |
| 07-21-1980 | traded Tommy Hart to Saints for past considerations |
| 08-18-1980 | traded 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