NFL game summary for 09/15/1974:

Second-year quarterback Gary Huff, who won the job from Bobby Douglass, completed 10 passes for 183 yards, including two to wide receiver Charley Wade for 73 and 43 yards that set up both Bears' touchdowns. Carl Garrett scored from the one for Chicago's initial touchdown and Huff passed nine yards to Ike Hill for the other. The Bears' defense sacked Detroit passer Bill Munson five times as the Bears ended a six-game losing hangover from 1973.

Line: Lions by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (0-1-0)	0	0	2	7	9
Chicago Bears (1-0-0)	0	14	3	0	17

( 0- 7) CHI Carl Garrett 1 yard rush (Mirro Roder kick)
( 0-14) CHI Ike Hill 9 yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick)
( 0-17) CHI Mirro Roder 29 yard field goal
( 2-17) DET Safety, Jim Mitchell blocked punt out of end zone
( 9-17) DET Steve Owens 4 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)

                     DET             CHI
First Downs:         9               13
Rushes-yards:        26-89           42-98
Yards/rush:          3.4             2.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-28-106-2     10-19-183-2
Sacked-yards:        5-39            2-8
Net pass yards:      67              175
Net yards/pass:      2.0             8.3
Total net yards:     156             273
Total plays:         59 (44% run)    63 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          2.6             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             5-1
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     7-54            8-49

Attendance: 48,134

Passing:
DET: Bill Munson, 13 of 28 for 106 yards (2 int)
CHI: Gary Huff, 10 of 19 for 183 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
DET: Steve Owens, 15 for 46 yards and 1 TD; Altie Taylor, 7 for 34 yards; Bill Munson, 1 for 4 yards; Mickey Zofko, 1 for 2 yards; Jim Hooks, 1 for 2 yards; Jimmie Jones, 1 for 1 yard
CHI: Carl Garrett, 21 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Jim Harrison, 12 for 50 yards; Ken Grandberry, 5 for 11 yards; Gary Huff, 3 for 0 yards; Fred Pagac, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DET: Larry Walton, 3 for 36 yards; Steve Owens, 2 for 14 yards; Mickey Zofko, 2 for 13 yards; Altie Taylor, 2 for 8 yards; Charlie Sanders, 1 for 21 yards; Ron Jessie, 1 for 13 yards; Bob Pickard, 1 for 2 yards; Jim Hooks, 1 for -1 yards
CHI: George Farmer, 3 for 24 yards; Charlie Wade, 2 for 116 yards; Ike Hill, 2 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Carl Garrett, 2 for 6 yards; Jim Kelly, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
DET: Jimmie Jones, 2 for 49 yards; Mickey Zofko, 2 for 19 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 22 yards
CHI: Cliff Taylor, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
DET: Charlie West, 3 for 11 yards; Dick Jauron, 2 for 22 yards; Lem Barney, 1 for 7 yards
CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Dick Jauron, 1 for 26 yards; Ben Davis, 1 for 14 yards
CHI: Craig Clemons, 1 for 37 yards; Bill Knox, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
DET: Herman Weaver, 9 for 373 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 8 for 264 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 0/1
CHI: Mirro Roder, 1/1

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