NFL game summary for 11/14/1976:

Walter Payton became the first player to pass the 1,000-yard mark in '76, gaining 109 yards on 18 carries to reach 1,008 as the Bears evened their season record at 5-5. Chicago took advantage of two Packers' fumbles for a 14-0 first quarter lead but Green Bay closed to within one point in the third period before Roland Harper sealed the victory with a 16-yard touchdown run.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Green Bay Packers	OFFENSE	128.6  (21)	117.0  (25)	245.6  (26)	32
	DEFENSE	158.0  (20)	140.2  (7)	298.2  (15)	15
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	163.8  (9)	105.0  (27)	268.8  (20)	17
	DEFENSE	128.4  (10)	159.7  (14)	288.1  (11)	24

Line: Bears by 9

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Green Bay Packers (4-6-0)	0	10	3	0	13
Chicago Bears (5-5-0)	14	0	7	3	24

( 0- 7) CHI Walter Payton 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
( 0-14) CHI Mike Adamle 4 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
( 7-14) GB  Ken Payne 27 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Chester Marcol kick)
(10-14) GB  Chester Marcol 19 yard field goal
(13-14) GB  Chester Marcol 27 yard field goal
(13-21) CHI Roland Harper 16 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(13-24) CHI Bob Thomas 46 yard field goal

                     GB              CHI
First Downs:         16              16
Rushes-yards:        33-82           45-202
Yards/rush:          2.5             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-28-205-1     9-19-79-2
Sacked-yards:        3-26            3-32
Net pass yards:      179             47
Net yards/pass:      5.8             2.1
Total net yards:     261             249
Total plays:         64 (51% run)    67 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             3.7
Fumbles-lost:        5-3             0-0
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-54            12-96

Attendance: 52,907

Passing:
GB: Lynn Dickey, 13 of 24 for 181 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Carlos Brown, 2 of 4 for 24 yards
CHI: Bob Avellini, 9 of 19 for 79 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
GB: John Brockington, 17 for 71 yards; Willard Harrell, 9 for -9 yards; Eric Torkelson, 7 for 20 yards
CHI: Walter Payton, 18 for 109 yards and 1 TD; Roland Harper, 13 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Johnny Musso, 10 for 38 yards; Mike Adamle, 2 for 5 yards; Greg Latta, 1 for -5 yards; James Scott, 1 for -7 yards

Receiving:
GB: Steve Odom, 6 for 92 yards; Ken Payne, 3 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Ollie Smith, 2 for 24 yards; John Brockington, 1 for 20 yards; Willard Harrell, 1 for 8 yards; Rich McGeorge, 1 for 6 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 4 yards
CHI: Greg Latta, 4 for 40 yards; Roland Harper, 1 for 20 yards; Johnny Musso, 1 for 9 yards; James Scott, 1 for 8 yards; Mike Adamle, 1 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Walter Payton, 1 for -2 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Mike C. McCoy, 3 for 40 yards; Steve Odom, 1 for 23 yards; Bob Hyland, 1 for 11 yards
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 33 yards; Mike Adamle, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Johnnie Gray, 5 for 51 yards
CHI: Virgil Livers, 3 for 19 yards

Interceptions:
GB: Johnnie Gray, 2 for 67 yards
CHI: Doug Plank, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
GB: David Beverly, 4 for 141 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 6 for 256 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 2/3
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/1

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