| Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1979 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 41164 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 46 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 43 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Brian Baschnagel 54 pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 2 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 55 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Stu Voigt 3 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 23 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 23 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 2 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 27 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rickey Young 17 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick blocked) | 27 | 23 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rickey Young 5 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 27 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 23 | 111 | 4.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Dave Williams | 19 | 56 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 200 | 12.5 | 0 | 106.2 | |||
| Bob Avellini | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 3 | 48 | 3.7 | 1 | 35.6 | |||
| Walter Payton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 43 | 19 | 44.2 | 1 | 218 | 5.1 | 4 | 81.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| James Scott | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Cobb | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Sammy White | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Kurt Knoff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 9 | 342 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Rickey Watts | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 0 | ||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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