NFL game summary for 10/29/1978:

Gary Danielson engineered 75-yard scoring marches on Detroit's first two possessions and the defense stymied a pair of fourth quarter Chicago drives as the Lions won their second straight game. Horace King's one-yard plunge climaxed the first march, which gave Detroit a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Danielson, who completed 20 of 32 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns, finished the second drive with an eight-yard pass to Jesse Thompson. Chicago closed the Detroit margin to 21-17 in the third quarter on Roland Harper's two-yard run, which concluded a six-play, 89-yard drive. Early in the fourth quarter, the Bears drove to the Lions' 14 but Bob Avellini was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-one play. On its next offensive series, Chicago advanced to the Detroit 28. On fourth down, Walter Payton was thrown for a six-yard loss. Payton, the NFC's leading rusher, carried 18 times for 89 yards.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	144.8 (14)	111.1 (27)	255.9 (24)	12
DEFENSE	138.1 (13)	138.1 (6)	276.2 (7)	21
OFFENSE	151.6 (11)	143.9 (16)	295.5 (14)	19
DEFENSE	140.6 (14)	144.2 (9)	284.9 (9)	16

Line: Bears by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (3-6-0)	7	14	0	0	21
Chicago Bears (3-6-0)	3	7	7	0	17

( 7- 0) DET Horace King 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) ( 7- 3) CHI Bob Thomas 28 yard field goal (14- 3) DET Jesse Thompson 8 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) (14-10) CHI Bob Avellini 9 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) (21-10) DET David Hill 2 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) (21-17) CHI Roland Harper 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)

                     DET             CHI
First Downs:         23              21
Rushes-yards:        38-134          34-167
Yards/rush:          3.5             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-33-190-1     15-27-213-1
Sacked-yards:        1-9             2-22
Net pass yards:      181             191
Net yards/pass:      5.3             6.6
Total net yards:     315             358
Total plays:         72 (52% run)    63 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     5-67            6-46

Attendance: 53,378

Passing:
DET: Gary Danielson, 20 of 32 for 190 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Tom Skladany, 0 of 1 for 0 yards CHI: Bob Avellini, 15 of 27 for 213 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
DET: Horace King, 16 for 79 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 16 for 55 yards; Lawrence Gaines, 2 for 3 yards; Gary Danielson, 2 for -5 yards; Jesse Thompson, 1 for 10 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for -8 yards CHI: Walter Payton, 18 for 89 yards; Roland Harper, 12 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Bob Avellini, 4 for 15 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
DET: David Hill, 6 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Freddie Scott, 5 for 72 yards; Horace King, 4 for 12 yards; Luther Blue, 2 for 21 yards; Jesse Thompson, 2 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 1 for 15 yards CHI: Walter Payton, 7 for 119 yards; Golden Richards, 3 for 37 yards; Roland Harper, 2 for 30 yards; Greg Latta, 1 for 21 yards; Mike Cobb, 1 for 7 yards; Steve Schubert, 1 for -1 yards
Kick returns:
DET: Freddie Scott, 1 for 29 yards; Luther Blue, 1 for 20 yards; Nat Terry, 1 for 18 yards; Jesse Thompson, 1 for 0 yards CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 46 yards; Wentford Gaines, 1 for 34 yards; Mike Spivey, 1 for 23 yards
Punt returns:
DET: Jesse Thompson, 1 for 10 yards CHI: Steve Schubert, 2 for 22 yards
Interceptions:
DET: Walt Williams, 1 for 2 yards CHI: Gary Fencik, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
DET: Tom Skladany, 6 for 251 yards CHI: Bob Parsons, 3 for 107 yards
Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/1