NFL game summary for 09/12/1976:

Chicago's Johnny Musso bulled over from the 3-yard Iine following a 58-yard catch by Greg Latta and Bill Knox's recovery of a fumble on a blocked punt to give the Bears a 7-3 lead in the third quarter. The Bears' Mike Adamle recovered Detroit's James Hunter's fumble of another Chicago punt on the Lions' 33 which led to a Bob Thomas field goal in the fourth quarter. Herman Weaver booted the NFC's longest 1976 punt in the game, a 69-yarder.

Line: Lions by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (0-1-0)	0	3	0	0	3
Chicago Bears (1-0-0)	0	0	7	3	10

( 3- 0) DET Errol Mann 27 yard field goal
( 3- 7) CHI Johnny Musso 3 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
( 3-10) CHI Bob Thomas 27 yard field goal

                     DET             CHI
First Downs:         15              12
Rushes-yards:        27-109          43-114
Yards/rush:          4.0             2.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-35-166-0     8-17-143-0
Sacked-yards:        6-32            2-17
Net pass yards:      134             126
Net yards/pass:      3.3             6.6
Total net yards:     243             240
Total plays:         68 (39% run)    62 (69% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        3-3             0-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     7-43            8-65

Attendance: 54,125

Passing:
DET: Joe Reed, 11 of 23 for 91 yards; Greg Landry, 4 of 12 for 75 yards
CHI: Bob Avellini, 7 of 16 for 120 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 of 1 for 23 yards

Rushing:
DET: Horace King, 15 for 57 yards; Dexter Bussey, 8 for 24 yards; Joe Reed, 3 for 23 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 5 yards
CHI: Walter Payton, 25 for 70 yards; Roland Harper, 7 for 21 yards; Johnny Musso, 6 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Mike Adamle, 2 for 3 yards; Bob Avellini, 2 for -3 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
DET: Horace King, 5 for 42 yards; Ray Jarvis, 4 for 85 yards; Larry Walton, 2 for 17 yards; Dennis Franklin, 1 for 16 yards; David Hill, 1 for 11 yards; J.D. Hill, 1 for 2 yards; Bobby Thompson, 1 for -7 yards
CHI: Greg Latta, 2 for 87 yards; Steve Schubert, 1 for 23 yards; Walter Payton, 1 for 17 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 for 9 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 7 yards; Roland Harper, 1 for 3 yards; Ron Shanklin, 1 for -3 yards

Kick returns:
DET: James Hunter, 2 for 49 yards; Horace King, 1 for 13 yards
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 57 yards

Punt returns:
DET: James Hunter, 3 for 7 yards; Lem Barney, 1 for 6 yards; Garth Ten Napel, 1 for 0 yards
CHI: Virgil Livers, 3 for 2 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
DET: Herman Weaver, 7 for 320 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 9 for 331 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 1/2
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/2

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