NFL game summary for 11/28/1976:

Three Bob Thomas field goals and a Bob Avellini to James Scott touchdown pass gave the Bears their first season sweep over the Packers since 1963. Walter Payton, with 110 yards for his sixth century game of the season, set up Thomas's first field goal with a 23-yard gain to the Green Bay 30, and the Avellini-Scott combination made it 10-0 at the end of the first half with their 49-yard connection. Green Bay tied the game in the third period before Thomas added the winning points with 31 seconds left in the quarter.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	162.5  (8)	100.2  (28)	262.6  (22)	20
	DEFENSE	131.0  (8)	160.2  (18)	291.2  (13)	32
Green Bay Packers	OFFENSE	125.9  (23)	119.5  (23)	245.4  (26)	40
	DEFENSE	156.7  (18)	132.7  (6)	289.5  (11)	19

Line: Bears by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (6-6-0)	10	0	3	3	16
Green Bay Packers (4-8-0)	0	3	7	0	10

( 3- 0) CHI Bob Thomas 40 yard field goal
(10- 0) CHI James Scott 49 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(10- 3) GB  Chester Marcol 45 yard field goal
(10-10) GB  Ken Payne 11 yard pass from Carlos Brown (Chester Marcol kick)
(13-10) CHI Bob Thomas 22 yard field goal
(16-10) CHI Bob Thomas 25 yard field goal

                     CHI             GB
First Downs:         16              11
Rushes-yards:        53-201          31-82
Yards/rush:          3.8             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-12-97-0       9-25-189-2
Sacked-yards:        3-25            1-12
Net pass yards:      72              177
Net yards/pass:      4.8             6.8
Total net yards:     273             259
Total plays:         68 (77% run)    57 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             5-2
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     4-40            5-40

Attendance: 56,267

Passing:
CHI: Bob Avellini, 7 of 12 for 97 yards and 1 TD
GB: Carlos Brown, 5 of 17 for 125 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Randy Johnson, 4 of 8 for 64 yards

Rushing:
CHI: Walter Payton, 27 for 110 yards; Roland Harper, 14 for 57 yards; Johnny Musso, 4 for 23 yards; Mike Adamle, 4 for 8 yards; Bob Avellini, 4 for 3 yards
GB: John Brockington, 13 for 15 yards; Eric Torkelson, 8 for 19 yards; Carlos Brown, 4 for 22 yards; Willard Harrell, 3 for 18 yards; Randy Johnson, 2 for 5 yards; Dave Osborn, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Roland Harper, 4 for 26 yards; James Scott, 3 for 71 yards and 1 TD
GB: Ollie Smith, 4 for 121 yards; Ken Payne, 3 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Rich McGeorge, 2 for 40 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 42 yards; Roland Harper, 1 for 22 yards
GB: Mike C. McCoy, 2 for 50 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 13 yards; Bob Hyland, 1 for 11 yards; Dave Osborn, 1 for 9 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Steve Schubert, 2 for 9 yards; Bill Knox, 1 for 0 yards
GB: Johnnie Gray, 2 for 26 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Allan Ellis, 2 for 22 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 5 for 181 yards
GB: David Beverly, 4 for 138 yards

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

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