Sunday November 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/07/1971:



Chicago failed to cross Green Bay's 33-yard line until the fourth period when the Bears scored twice to tie the game at 14-14. Then a 62-yard kickoff return by Packer Dave Hampton and five consecutive runs for 24 yards by John Brockington set up Lou Michaels' winning field goal from the 22 with 59 seconds to play. Brockington rushed for 142 yards.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE164.6  (6)125.3  (24)289.9  (13)24
DEFENSE129.0  (15)183.1  (22)312.1  (19)20
OFFENSE101.1  (21)146.4  (17)247.6  (19)22
DEFENSE151.6  (18)186.0  (24)337.6  (23)30

Line: Bears by 6

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (3-4-1)0140317
Chicago Bears (5-3-0)0001414

( 7- 0) GB  Carroll Dale 31 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Lou Michaels kick)
(14- 0) GB  John Brockington 7 yard rush (Lou Michaels kick)
(14- 7) CHI George Farmer 30 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)
(14-14) CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
(17-14) GB  Lou Michaels 22 yard field goal
                     GB              CHI
First Downs:         13              16
Rushes-yards:        43-171          22-75
Yards/rush:          4.0             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-14-133-1      19-38-205-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      133             205
Net yards/pass:      9.5             5.4
Total net yards:     304             280
Total plays:         57 (75% run)    60 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-1
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     4-43            2-30

Attendance: 55,049

Passing:
GB: Scott Hunter, 7 of 14 for 133 yards and 1 TD (1 int) CHI: Bobby Douglass, 18 of 37 for 192 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Bobby Joe Green, 1 of 1 for 13 yards
Rushing:
GB: John Brockington, 30 for 142 yards and 1 TD; Donny Anderson, 9 for 26 yards; Dave Hampton, 2 for 0 yards; Perry Williams, 1 for 3 yards; Scott Hunter, 1 for 0 yards CHI: Don Shy, 10 for 15 yards; Jim Grabowski, 7 for 30 yards; Bobby Douglass, 5 for 30 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
GB: Donny Anderson, 3 for 50 yards; Rich McGeorge, 2 for 39 yards; Carroll Dale, 1 for 31 yards and 1 TD; John Spilis, 1 for 13 yards CHI: Bob Wallace, 4 for 48 yards; Don Shy, 4 for 47 yards; Jim Grabowski, 4 for 18 yards; George Farmer, 3 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Dick Gordon, 2 for 23 yards; Jim Seymour, 1 for 14 yards; Cecil Turner, 1 for 13 yards
Kick returns:
GB: Dave Hampton, 2 for 85 yards CHI: Ron Smith, 2 for 43 yards; Cecil Turner, 2 for 43 yards
Punt returns:
GB: Ken Ellis, 3 for 21 yards CHI: Ron Smith, 2 for 1 yard
Interceptions:
GB: Al Randolph, 1 for 34 yards; Willie Wood, 1 for 8 yards; Dave Robinson, 1 for 1 yard CHI: Ron Smith, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
GB: Donny Anderson, 5 for 170 yards CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 4 for 147 yards
Field Goals:
GB: Lou Michaels, 1/2 CHI: Mac Percival, 0/1


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