NFL game summary for 11/11/1979:

Walter Payton ran two yards for a touchdown with 1:12 left in the game to give the Bears a come-from-behind victory. Payton's decisive score was set up by Virgil Livers' interception of a Jeff Rutledge pass. The Rams' Wendell Tyler was the game's leading rusher with 129 yards on 17 carries.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	143.9  (13)	177.4  (14)	321.3  (10)	29
	DEFENSE	105.3  (2)	134.0  (3)	239.3  (2)	21
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	167.1  (2)	133.3  (25)	300.4  (19)	21
	DEFENSE	123.5  (9)	164.2  (11)	287.7  (7)	22

Line: Even

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Rams (5-6-0)	9	7	7	0	23
Chicago Bears (6-5-0)	0	7	7	13	27

( 3- 0) LA  Frank Corral 27 yard field goal
( 9- 0) LA  Jim Jodat 13 yard return of blocked punt (kick failed)
(16- 0) LA  Terry Nelson 18 yard pass from Jeff Rutledge (Frank Corral kick)
(16- 7) CHI Dave Williams 7 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick)
(16-14) CHI Rickey Watts 68 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick)
(23-14) LA  Wendell Tyler 63 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)
(23-17) CHI Bob Thomas 38 yard field goal
(23-20) CHI Bob Thomas 35 yard field goal
(23-27) CHI Walter Payton 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)

                     LA              CHI
First Downs:         16              19
Rushes-yards:        40-245          35-82
Yards/rush:          6.1             2.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-15-95-2       16-33-239-0
Sacked-yards:        2-19            5-49
Net pass yards:      76              190
Net yards/pass:      4.5             5.0
Total net yards:     321             272
Total plays:         57 (70% run)    73 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          5.6             3.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     7-54            5-45

Attendance: 51,483

Passing:
LA: Jeff Rutledge, 6 of 11 for 71 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Bob Lee, 1 of 4 for 24 yards
CHI: Mike Phipps, 16 of 33 for 239 yards and 2 TDs

Rushing:
LA: Wendell Tyler, 17 for 129 yards and 1 TD; Cullen Bryant, 14 for 66 yards; Elvis Peacock, 5 for 22 yards; Jeff Rutledge, 3 for 28 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 1 for 0 yards
CHI: Walter Payton, 18 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Dave Williams, 12 for 38 yards; Mike Phipps, 3 for 1 yard; Robin Earl, 2 for 2 yards

Receiving:
LA: Terry Nelson, 2 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Cullen Bryant, 2 for 26 yards; Ron Smith, 1 for 17 yards; Preston Dennard, 1 for 11 yards; Wendell Tyler, 1 for 8 yards
CHI: Rickey Watts, 6 for 147 yards and 1 TD; Dave Williams, 5 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Brian Baschnagel, 2 for 29 yards; Steve Schubert, 1 for 15 yards; Walter Payton, 1 for 9 yards; Mike Cobb, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
LA: Drew Hill, 3 for 59 yards; Elvis Peacock, 1 for 17 yards; Wendell Tyler, 1 for 16 yards
CHI: Len Walterscheid, 3 for 64 yards; Rickey Watts, 1 for 13 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Eddie Brown, 3 for 10 yards
CHI: Steve Schubert, 1 for 9 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 1 for 11 yards; Tom Hicks, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
LA: Ken Clark, 4 for 181 yards
CHI: Bob Parsons, 7 for 256 yards

Field Goals:
LA: Frank Corral, 1/2
CHI: Bob Thomas, 2/2

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