NFL game summary for 12/21/1975:

The Bears erupted for their highest point total of the season as rookie quarterback Bob Avellini threw three touchdown passes to tight end Greg Latta and rookie runner Walter Payton rushed for 134 yards, including a 54-yard scoring dash.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	112.2  (23)	121.2  (24)	233.4  (25)	37
	DEFENSE	154.0  (17)	182.8  (21)	336.8  (19)	22
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	121.1  (21)	108.9  (26)	230.0  (26)	35
	DEFENSE	133.5  (11)	163.4  (13)	296.8  (11)	36

Line: Saints by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (4-10-0)	7	14	7	14	42
New Orleans Saints (2-12-0)	0	10	0	7	17

( 7- 0) CHI Bob Avellini 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Rod McNeill 6 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)
(14- 7) CHI Greg Latta 13 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(14-10) NO  Rich Szaro 19 yard field goal
(21-10) CHI Greg Latta 5 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(28-10) CHI Virgil Livers 40 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)
(35-10) CHI Greg Latta 20 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(42-10) CHI Walter Payton 54 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(42-17) NO  Andrew Jones 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)

                     CHI             NO
First Downs:         19              17
Rushes-yards:        42-195          29-68
Yards/rush:          4.6             2.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-23-268-2     10-30-143-3
Sacked-yards:        1-5             3-14
Net pass yards:      263             129
Net yards/pass:      11.0            3.9
Total net yards:     458             197
Total plays:         66 (63% run)    62 (46% run)  
Yards/play:          6.9             3.2
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             3-2
Turnovers:           3               5
Penalties-yards:     11-90           1-14

Attendance: 33,371

Passing:
CHI: Bob Avellini, 15 of 23 for 268 yards and 3 TDs (2 int)
NO: Larry Cipa, 10 of 30 for 143 yards (3 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Walter Payton, 25 for 134 yards and 1 TD; Roland Harper, 7 for 23 yards; Johnny Musso, 6 for 33 yards; Mike Adamle, 2 for 0 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 4 yards; Bob Avellini, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
NO: Andrew Jones, 14 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Rod McNeill, 7 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Steve Rogers, 4 for 28 yards; Larry Cipa, 4 for 0 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Greg Latta, 5 for 67 yards and 3 TDs; Walter Payton, 5 for 62 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 72 yards; Roland Harper, 2 for 13 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 54 yards
NO: Henry Childs, 4 for 67 yards; Larry Burton, 2 for 23 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for 28 yards; Andrew Jones, 1 for 12 yards; Paul Seal, 1 for 11 yards; Steve Rogers, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Walter Payton, 2 for 104 yards; Earl Douthitt, 1 for 30 yards; Virgil Livers, 1 for 21 yards
NO: Rod McNeill, 5 for 163 yards; Steve Rogers, 2 for 36 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 2 for 19 yards; Doug Plank, 2 for 18 yards
NO: Tom Myers, 3 for 8 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 1 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Craig Clemons, 1 for 33 yards; Larry Ely, 1 for 2 yards
NO: Greg Westbrooks, 1 for 21 yards; Tom Myers, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 4 for 159 yards
NO: Tom Blanchard, 7 for 338 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 0/1
NO: Rich Szaro, 1/2

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