1978-79 Chicago Bears Stats

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1978-79 Chicago Bears Stats
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Team Statistics Bears Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 282
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 128 - 134 - 20
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 81 / 238
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4680
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 1044 - 4.5
Total Rushing Yards 2526 2174
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 634 - 4 568 - 3.8
Total Passing Yards 2221 2506
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 186 - 352 - 28 - 6.3 239 - 436 - 17 - 5.8
Sacks 34 40
Field Goals 17 / 22 16 / 19
Touchdowns 29 33
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 19 - 7 - 1 - 1 15 - 16 - 0 - 2
Turnover Ratio 5

1978-79 Bears Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Bob Avellini264 141 1718 53.40% 6.50 5 1.90% 16 6.10% 61 26 208 54.8
Mike Phipps83 44 465 53.00% 5.60 2 2.40% 10 12.00% 35 6 55 38.0
Vince Evans3 1 38 33.30% 12.70 0 0.00% 1 33.30% 38 2 25 42.4
Roland Harper1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Parsons1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6

1978-79 Bears Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Walter Payton333 1395 4.2 76 11
Roland Harper240 992 4.1 31 6
Bob Avellini34 54 1.6 10 2
Mike Phipps13 34 2.6 10 0
Vince Evans6 23 3.8 13 0
Robin Earl3 17 5.7 9 0
Art Best2 11 5.5 6 0
Brian Baschnagel2 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Parsons1 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Bears Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
James Scott42 759 18.1 59 5
Walter Payton50 480 9.6 61 0
Golden Richards27 379 14.0 52 0
Roland Harper43 340 7.9 33 2
Greg Latta15 159 10.6 21 0
Steve Schubert4 51 12.8 19 0
Brian Baschnagel2 29 14.5 22 0
Bo Rather1 16 16.0 16 0
Mike Cobb1 7 7.0 7 0
Robin Earl1 1 1.0 1 0

1978-79 Bears Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Bob Thomas0-0 7-7 9-11 1-4 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Bears Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Bob Parsons96 3549 54 37.0 0 45 295 18 32.2

1978-79 Bears Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Steve Schubert27 21 8.5 73 1
Virgil Livers10 0 3.1 13 0
Len Walterscheid3 0 8.0 11 0
Brian Baschnagel1 1 2.0 2 0

1978-79 Bears Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Brian Baschnagel20 0 455 22.8 36 36
Len Walterscheid11 0 335 30.4 81 81
Wentford Gaines10 0 240 24.0 37 37
Mike Morgan5 0 110 22.0 24 24
Steve Schubert4 0 80 20.0 27 27
Robin Earl3 0 48 16.0 20 20
John Skibinski3 0 36 12.0 20 20
Greg Latta2 0 14 7.0 8 8
Mike Spivey2 0 34 17.0 23 23
Jerry Muckensturm1 0 6 6.0 6 6

1978-79 Bears Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Tommy Hart0 0 0 0.0 1 0

1978-79 Bears Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Virgil Livers3 86 28.7 60 1
Gary Fencik4 77 19.2 59 0
Terry Schmidt2 23 11.5 23 0
Doug Buffone3 22 7.3 16 0
Don Rives2 8 4.0 8 0
Wentford Gaines1 0 0.0 0 0
Doug Plank1 0 0.0 0 0
Len Walterscheid1 0 0.0 0 0

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