NFL game summary for 10/14/1979:

Steve Grogan tossed three touchdown passes to lead New England past Chicago. Grogan (20 of 35 for 244 yards) gave the Patriots a 14-0 lead on scoring passes to Harold Jackson and Stanley Morgan following Chicago fumbles. Grogan's third touchdown pass was a four-yarder to Russ Francis. John Smith's field goals of 21 and 29 yards completed New England's scoring. Chicago's Doug Buffone intercepted 2 passes to set a club career record of 24.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	168.7  (6)	184.0  (10)	352.7  (5)	15
	DEFENSE	97.5  (2)	136.0  (5)	233.5  (3)	16
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	171.0  (3)	108.8  (27)	279.8  (22)	13
	DEFENSE	141.7  (18)	124.3  (3)	266.0  (5)	11

Line: Patriots by 3½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Patriots (5-2-0)	14	0	3	10	27
Chicago Bears (3-4-0)	0	7	0	0	7

( 7- 0) NE  Stanley Morgan 10 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(14- 0) NE  Harold Jackson 19 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(14- 7) CHI Dave Williams 54 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(17- 7) NE  John Smith 21 yard field goal
(24- 7) NE  Russ Francis 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(27- 7) NE  John Smith 29 yard field goal

                     NE              CHI
First Downs:         25              5
Rushes-yards:        47-142          22-73
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-35-244-2     8-15-144-0
Sacked-yards:        2-26            5-48
Net pass yards:      218             96
Net yards/pass:      5.9             4.8
Total net yards:     360             169
Total plays:         84 (55% run)    42 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     5-42            9-66

Attendance: 54,128

Passing:
NE: Steve Grogan, 21 of 35 for 244 yards and 3 TDs (2 int)
CHI: Bob Avellini, 5 of 10 for 101 yards and 1 TD; Mike Phipps, 3 of 5 for 43 yards

Rushing:
NE: Don Calhoun, 14 for 27 yards; Sam Cunningham, 11 for 22 yards; Horace Ivory, 10 for 55 yards; Allan Clark, 6 for 8 yards; Steve Grogan, 4 for 23 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 7 yards; Mosi Tatupu, 1 for 0 yards
CHI: Walter Payton, 15 for 42 yards; Robin Earl, 4 for 22 yards; Dave Williams, 3 for 9 yards

Receiving:
NE: Harold Jackson, 4 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Horace Ivory, 4 for 44 yards; Stanley Morgan, 4 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Russ Francis, 4 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Don Calhoun, 3 for 26 yards; Allan Clark, 1 for 15 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 12 yards
CHI: Dave Williams, 2 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Greg Latta, 2 for 35 yards; Robin Earl, 2 for 20 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 1 for 18 yards; James Scott, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Allan Clark, 2 for 60 yards
CHI: Len Walterscheid, 3 for 89 yards; Rickey Watts, 2 for 43 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 4 for 37 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Doug Buffone, 2 for 11 yards

Punting:
NE: Eddie Hare, 4 for 149 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 7 for 268 yards

Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 2/2

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