Sunday September 21, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/21/1975:



Colts quarterback Bert Jones, whose father, Dub Jones, scored six touchdowns against the Bears in a 1951 game, had a pair of touchdown passes to Glenn Doughty among his 15 completions to make Baltimore coach Ted Marchibroda's debut a success and the first game of Bears' coach Jack Pardee a disappointment. Baltimore's defense had two interceptions and limited Chicago to 121 yards.

Line: Bears by 3

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (1-0-0)0217735
Chicago Bears (0-1-0)00707

( 7- 0) BAL Roosevelt Leaks 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
(14- 0) BAL Glenn Doughty 4 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)
(21- 0) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
(28- 0) BAL Glenn Doughty 7 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)
(28- 7) CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(35- 7) BAL Don McCauley 3 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
                     BAL             CHI
First Downs:         26              6
Rushes-yards:        49-168          18-47
Yards/rush:          3.4             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-24-177-0     8-20-87-2
Sacked-yards:        4-41            2-13
Net pass yards:      136             74
Net yards/pass:      4.9             3.4
Total net yards:     304             121
Total plays:         77 (63% run)    40 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             3.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     7-70            4-49

Attendance: 51,678
Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 15 of 24 for 177 yards and 2 TDs
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 8 of 20 for 87 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 22 for 50 yards; Bill Olds, 14 for 54 yards; Roosevelt Leaks, 5 for 14 yards and 1 TD; Bert Jones, 4 for 41 yards; Don McCauley, 4 for 9 yards and 2 TDs
CHI: Walter Payton, 8 for 0 yards; Bobby Douglass, 5 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Cid Edwards, 4 for 11 yards; Roland Harper, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Raymond Chester, 5 for 73 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 5 for 49 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 23 yards and 2 TDs; Roger Carr, 1 for 20 yards; Jimmie Kennedy, 1 for 12 yards
CHI: Greg Latta, 3 for 57 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 21 yards; Noah Jackson, 1 for 17 yards; Walter Payton, 1 for -4 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for -4 yards

Kick returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 1 for 25 yards; Robert Pratt, 1 for 22 yards
CHI: Virgil Livers, 5 for 91 yards; Jim Osborne, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 4 for 27 yards
CHI: Virgil Livers, 3 for 23 yards; Bill Knox, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Ray Oldham, 1 for 10 yards; Nelson Munsey, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 205 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 7 for 249 yards

Field Goals:




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