NFL game summary for 12/05/1976:

Bob Avellini tossed three third-quarter touchdown passes and Walter Payton broke a Chicago season rushing record as the Bears picked up their seventh win, the most since 1968. Seattle carried a 7-6 lead in to the second half but Avellini, completing seven of 10 passes for 152 yards in the third period, threw a pair of scoring passes to James Scott and another to Roland Harper within a three-minute period. Payton set a personal high of 183 yards rushing and eclipsed Gale Sayers's season rushing record of 1,231 yards set in 1966.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	165.7  (8)	97.8  (28)	263.5  (23)	23
	DEFENSE	126.9  (6)	161.6  (19)	288.5  (12)	36
Seattle Seahawks	OFFENSE	103.3  (28)	186.8  (7)	290.2  (16)	40
	DEFENSE	195.6  (27)	177.7  (24)	373.2  (27)	25

Line: Bears by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (7-6-0)	0	6	21	7	34
Seattle Seahawks (2-11-0)	0	7	0	0	7

( 6- 0) CHI Johnny Musso 2 yard rush (kick failed)
( 6- 7) SEA John McMakin 14 yard pass from Jim Zorn (John Leypoldt kick)
(13- 7) CHI James Scott 63 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(20- 7) CHI James Scott 30 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(27- 7) CHI Roland Harper 39 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(34- 7) CHI Randy Burks 55 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Bob Thomas kick)

                     CHI             SEA
First Downs:         23              16
Rushes-yards:        48-259          23-105
Yards/rush:          5.4             4.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-28-270-1     15-34-188-3
Sacked-yards:        2-20            1-7
Net pass yards:      250             181
Net yards/pass:      8.3             5.2
Total net yards:     509             286
Total plays:         78 (61% run)    58 (39% run)  
Yards/play:          6.5             4.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             4-2
Turnovers:           1               5
Penalties-yards:     8-79            8-58

Attendance: 60,510

Passing:
CHI: Bob Avellini, 12 of 24 for 209 yards and 3 TDs (1 int); Virgil Carter, 2 of 4 for 61 yards and 1 TD
SEA: Jim Zorn, 15 of 34 for 188 yards and 1 TD (3 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Walter Payton, 27 for 183 yards; Roland Harper, 10 for 35 yards; Johnny Musso, 6 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Mike Adamle, 2 for 16 yards; Larry Schreiber, 1 for 3 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 for 2 yards; Bob Avellini, 1 for -3 yards
SEA: Sherman Smith, 15 for 71 yards; Don Testerman, 5 for 30 yards; Jim Zorn, 2 for 2 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
CHI: James Scott, 3 for 106 yards and 2 TDs; Roland Harper, 3 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Walter Payton, 2 for 30 yards; Mike Adamle, 2 for 18 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 14 yards; Randy Burks, 1 for 55 yards and 1 TD; Greg Latta, 1 for 5 yards
SEA: Steve Largent, 4 for 47 yards; John McMakin, 3 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Sam McCullum, 2 for 32 yards; Ron Howard, 2 for 28 yards; Sherman Smith, 2 for 17 yards; Don Testerman, 2 for 10 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 43 yards
SEA: Don Dufek, 4 for 64 yards; Oliver Ross, 2 for 36 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Steve Schubert, 5 for 49 yards
SEA: Lyle Blackwood, 2 for 27 yards; Dave Brown, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
CHI: Waymond Bryant, 2 for 6 yards; Virgil Livers, 1 for 18 yards
SEA: Al Matthews, 1 for 20 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 5 for 219 yards
SEA: Rick Engles, 7 for 260 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 0/2

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