NFL game summary for 11/13/1977:

Bob Avellini threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Greg Latta with just three seconds remaining as the Bears won a see-saw battle. The Chiefs jumped to a 17-0 halftime lead via one-yard runs by Mike Livingston and Ed Podolak and a 37-yard field goal by Jan Stenerud. Walter Payton, who rushed for 192 yards, scored three second-half touchdowns to put the Bears ahead 21-20 with just 2:02 remaining in the game. The Chiefs then scored what appeared to be the winning TD on an Ed Podolak 14-yard run with 24 seconds left. But the Bears rallied. Brian Baschnagel returned the kickoff to the Chicago 43 and Avellini completed a 20-yard pass to Robin Earl before the last-second toss to Latta.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	133.2 (15)	120.9 (21)	254.1 (21)	23
DEFENSE	188.0 (28)	165.4 (22)	353.4 (26)	21
OFFENSE	195.2 (1)	120.6 (22)	315.9 (7)	19
DEFENSE	162.8 (24)	179.8 (28)	342.5 (25)	15

Line: Bears by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Kansas City Chiefs (2-7-0)	14	3	0	10	27
Chicago Bears (4-5-0)	0	0	7	21	28

( 7- 0) KC Mike Livingston 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (14- 0) KC Ed Podolak 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (17- 0) KC Jan Stenerud 37 yard field goal (17- 7) CHI Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) (17-14) CHI Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) (20-14) KC Jan Stenerud 21 yard field goal (20-21) CHI Walter Payton 15 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) (27-21) KC Ed Podolak 14 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (27-28) CHI Greg Latta 37 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)

                     KC              CHI
First Downs:         24              24
Rushes-yards:        45-174          49-247
Yards/rush:          3.9             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-27-185-2     11-23-193-2
Sacked-yards:        1-1             1-9
Net pass yards:      184             184
Net yards/pass:      6.6             7.7
Total net yards:     358             431
Total plays:         73 (61% run)    73 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             3-1
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     3-28            9-81

Attendance: 49,543

Passing:
KC: Mike Livingston, 16 of 27 for 185 yards (2 int) CHI: Bob Avellini, 11 of 23 for 193 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
Rushing:
KC: Ed Podolak, 29 for 102 yards and 2 TDs; John Brockington, 8 for 49 yards; Mark Bailey, 6 for 29 yards; Mike Livingston, 2 for -6 yards and 1 TD CHI: Walter Payton, 33 for 192 yards and 3 TDs; Robin Earl, 14 for 53 yards; Bob Avellini, 1 for 2 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
KC: Walter White, 7 for 92 yards; Ed Podolak, 4 for 48 yards; John Brockington, 2 for 22 yards; Mark Bailey, 2 for 13 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for 10 yards CHI: James Scott, 4 for 46 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 3 for 48 yards; Greg Latta, 2 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Walter Payton, 1 for 29 yards; Robin Earl, 1 for 20 yards
Kick returns:
KC: Mark Bailey, 2 for 31 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for 22 yards; Tony Reed, 1 for 18 yards CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 6 for 142 yards
Punt returns:
KC: Larry Brunson, 1 for 5 yards CHI: Steve Schubert, 2 for 35 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 1 for 42 yards
Interceptions:
KC: Gary Barbaro, 2 for 20 yards CHI: Allan Ellis, 1 for 11 yards; Gary Fencik, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 5 for 172 yards CHI: Bob Parsons, 3 for 131 yards
Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/2 CHI: Bob Thomas, 0/2