NFL game summary for 09/03/1978:

Roland Harper scored on a one-yard run with 1:56 remaining to give rookie head coach Neill Armstrong his first victory and spoil the NFL coaching debut of Bud Wilkinson. The Bears' Walter Payton rushed for 101 yards and tied Gale Sayers' club record of 20 games with at least 100 yards on the ground.

Line: Bears by 3½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (0-1-0)	0	3	0	7	10
Chicago Bears (1-0-0)	3	0	0	14	17

( 0- 3) CHI Bob Thomas 29 yard field goal
( 3- 3) STL Jim Bakken 33 yard field goal
( 3-10) CHI Walter Payton 5 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(10-10) STL Eason Ramson 1 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(10-17) CHI Roland Harper 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)

                     STL             CHI
First Downs:         16              19
Rushes-yards:        28-99           45-194
Yards/rush:          3.5             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-33-152-2     8-19-72-0
Sacked-yards:        2-15            3-23
Net pass yards:      137             49
Net yards/pass:      3.9             2.2
Total net yards:     236             243
Total plays:         63 (44% run)    67 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             3.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             1-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     5-27            4-57

Attendance: 52,791

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 17 of 33 for 152 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
CHI: Bob Avellini, 8 of 19 for 72 yards

Rushing:
STL: Wayne Morris, 13 for 33 yards; Steve Jones, 9 for 42 yards; Jim Otis, 4 for 18 yards; Jerry Latin, 2 for 6 yards
CHI: Walter Payton, 26 for 101 yards and 1 TD; Roland Harper, 18 for 93 yards and 1 TD; Bob Avellini, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
STL: Mel Gray, 5 for 83 yards; Pat Tilley, 4 for 24 yards; Steve Jones, 3 for 16 yards; Wayne Morris, 2 for 13 yards; Jimmy Childs, 1 for 12 yards; Jerry Latin, 1 for 3 yards; Eason Ramson, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
CHI: Walter Payton, 3 for 22 yards; Greg Latta, 2 for 15 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 16 yards; James Scott, 1 for 15 yards; Roland Harper, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Jerry Latin, 2 for 48 yards
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 42 yards; Mike Morgan, 1 for 24 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Pat Tilley, 2 for 8 yards; Tom Southard, 2 for -2 yards
CHI: Steve Schubert, 3 for 28 yards; Len Walterscheid, 1 for 11 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 1 for 9 yards; Terry Schmidt, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
STL: Steve Little, 6 for 217 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 8 for 286 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/1

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