NFL game summary for 10/28/1979:

Mike Phipps threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to James Scott with 1:29 left and Walter Payton rushed for three touchdowns. Payton led all rushers with 162 yards on 23 carries. San Francisco's Steve DeBerg completed 26 of 41 passes for a career-high 348 yards and three touchdowns in a game that had the lead change hands six times.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	162.9  (5)	130.1  (26)	293.0  (19)	19
	DEFENSE	130.8  (14)	147.1  (6)	277.9  (7)	15
San Francisco 49ers	OFFENSE	115.8  (21)	219.5  (3)	335.2  (8)	19
	DEFENSE	126.9  (12)	230.8  (27)	357.6  (26)	12

Line: Bears by 2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (4-5-0)	7	7	7	7	28
San Francisco 49ers (1-8-0)	3	14	3	7	27

( 7- 0) CHI Walter Payton 6 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
( 7- 3) SF  Ray Wersching 28 yard field goal
( 7-10) SF  Paul Hofer 27 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick)
(14-10) CHI Walter Payton 7 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(14-17) SF  Freddie Solomon 1 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick)
(14-20) SF  Ray Wersching 19 yard field goal
(21-20) CHI Walter Payton 7 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(21-27) SF  Freddie Solomon 6 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick)
(28-27) CHI James Scott 48 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick)

                     CHI             SF
First Downs:         20              28
Rushes-yards:        37-207          30-107
Yards/rush:          5.6             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-19-155-1     26-41-348-2
Sacked-yards:        1-10            0-0
Net pass yards:      145             348
Net yards/pass:      7.2             8.5
Total net yards:     352             455
Total plays:         57 (64% run)    71 (42% run)  
Yards/play:          6.2             6.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     7-50            6-40

Attendance: 42,773

Passing:
CHI: Mike Phipps, 10 of 19 for 155 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
SF: Steve DeBerg, 26 of 41 for 348 yards and 3 TDs (2 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Walter Payton, 23 for 162 yards and 3 TDs; Dave Williams, 9 for 43 yards; Mike Phipps, 5 for 2 yards
SF: Wilbur Jackson, 10 for 42 yards; O.J. Simpson, 9 for 29 yards; Paul Hofer, 9 for 25 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 1 for 7 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Greg Latta, 4 for 20 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 28 yards; James Scott, 1 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Mike Cobb, 1 for 38 yards; Dave Williams, 1 for 12 yards; Walter Payton, 1 for 9 yards
SF: Freddie Solomon, 8 for 94 yards and 2 TDs; Paul Hofer, 4 for 64 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 4 for 56 yards; Mike Shumann, 2 for 48 yards; Bob Bruer, 2 for 28 yards; Ken MacAfee, 1 for 16 yards; O.J. Simpson, 1 for 14 yards; James Owens, 1 for 12 yards; Dwight Clark, 1 for 6 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 1 for 5 yards; Phil Francis, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 4 for 106 yards; Rickey Watts, 1 for 15 yards
SF: James Owens, 1 for 23 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Steve Schubert, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Doug Plank, 1 for 11 yards; Jerry Muckensturm, 1 for 0 yards
SF: Gerard Williams, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 2 for 75 yards
SF: Dan Melville, 2 for 75 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Ray Wersching, 2/2

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