1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Jack Pardee |
| Bob Bowser | Special Assistant |
| Ray Callahan | Offensive Line |
| Brad Ecklund | Offensive Line |
| Clyde Emrich | Strength |
| Ross Fichtner | Defensive Backs |
| Sid Gillman | Offensive Coordinator |
| John Hilton | Special Teams/Receivers |
| Fred O'Connor | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/30/1977 | N | New York Jets | 20-6 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19057 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55163 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-13 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 52909 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39992 | |
| Thu | 8/25/1977 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 36598 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1977 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-23 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45074 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1977 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 57027 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 30-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51530 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-16 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49787 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | New Orleans Saints | 24-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51488 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1977 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-23 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51412 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 16-22 | L | OT | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47709 |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 10-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 49407 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 26-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56002 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 0-47 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47226 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 28-27 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 49543 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 49563 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1977 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 71373 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-0 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 48948 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 33557 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | New York Giants | 12-9 | W | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 50152 |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Mon | 12/26/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-37 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62920 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ted Albrecht | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | California | 14 | 12 |
| Bob Avellini | 7 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 84 | WR | 5-11 | 184 | 23 | Ohio State | 10 | 4 |
| Art Best | 25 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Notre Dame; Kent State | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Bradley | 81 | TE | 6-6 | 243 | 27 | Oregon | 7 | 0 |
| Waymond Bryant | 50 | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Tennessee State | 13 | 12 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 33 | Louisville | 13 | 11 |
| Gary Campbell | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 2 |
| Wally Chambers | 60 | LDT | 6-6 | 250 | 26 | Eastern Kentucky | 4 | 1 |
| Craig Clemons | 43 | SS | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Iowa | 12 | 2 |
| Robin Earl | 39 | RB | 6-5 | 242 | 22 | Washington | 14 | 3 |
| Allan Ellis | 24 | LCB | 5-10 | 181 | 26 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Vince Evans | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Fencik | 45 | SS-FS | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Yale | 14 | 14 |
| John Gilliam | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | South Carolina State | 2 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 208 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 10 |
| Mike Hartenstine | 73 | LDE | 6-3 | 254 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Hicks | 54 | MLB | 6-4 | 237 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 5 |
| Noah Jackson | 65 | LOG | 6-2 | 264 | 26 | Tampa | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Jiggetts | 62 | OT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Harvard | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Lick | 70 | ROT | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Virgil Livers | 24 | RCB | 5-8 | 183 | 25 | Western Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Meyers | 74 | LDE | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 3 |
| Jerry Muckensturm | 58 | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Arkansas State | 14 | 4 |
| Johnny Musso | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 1 |
| Dan Neal | 52 | C-OG | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 87 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Osborne | 68 | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 28 | Southern University | 14 | 12 |
| Bob Parsons | 86 | P-TE | 6-5 | 232 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 203 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Peiffer | 53 | C | 6-3 | 251 | 26 | Ellsworth CC; Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Phipps | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 30 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Plank | 46 | FS | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Ohio State | 11 | 11 |
| Bo Rather | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 182 | 27 | Michigan | 13 | 9 |
| Steve Rivera | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | California | 3 | 0 |
| Don Rives | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 26 | Texas Tech | 14 | 9 |
| Mel Rogers | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 231 | 30 | Florida A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Rydalch | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Terry Schmidt | 44 | SS | 6-0 | 177 | 25 | Ball State | 10 | 1 |
| Steve Schubert | 85 | WR | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | Massachusetts | 13 | 1 |
| James Scott | 89 | WR | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Trinity Valley CC | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Sevy | 75 | LOT | 6-5 | 267 | 27 | DeAnza JC; California | 12 | 2 |
| Revie Sorey | 69 | ROG | 6-2 | 264 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Spivey | 47 | CB | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Stillwell | 71 | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Marin JC; Stanford | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 16 | K | 5-10 | 177 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 23 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Southern Utah | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 15 | Ted Albrecht | T | California |
| 2 | 43 | Mike Spivey | DB | Colorado |
| 3 | 61 | Robin Earl | RB | Washington |
| 6 | 140 | Vince Evans | QB | Southern California |
| 7 | 182 | Gerald Butler | WR | Nicholls State |
| 9 | 238 | Nick Buonamici | DT | Ohio State |
| 10 | 266 | Dennis Breckner | DE | Miami (Florida) |
| 11 | 294 | Connie Zelencik | C | Purdue |
| 12 | 322 | Terry Irvin | DB | Jackson State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 50 | 56 | 37 | 109 | 3 | 255 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 73 | 37 | 77 | 6 | 253 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 247 | 141 | 94 | 12 | 64/209 30.6% | / % | 97 | 852 | |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 124 | 106 | 11 | 79/224 35.3% | / % | 83 | 731 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Payton | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Bob Thomas | 0 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 69 |
| Greg Latta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| James Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Musso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bo Rather | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Avellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 255 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 21 | 29 | 72.4 | 1 | 253 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Thomas | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 47 | 0/0 | 6/9 | 6/10 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 47 | 0/0 | 6/9 | 6/10 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 29 | 72.4 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 8/10 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Payton | 339 | 1852 | 5.5 | 73 | 14 |
| Roland Harper | 120 | 457 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 56 | 233 | 4.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Johnny Musso | 37 | 132 | 3.6 | 13 | 2 |
| Bob Avellini | 37 | 109 | 2.9 | 21 | 1 |
| Art Best | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bo Rather | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 599 | 2811 | 4.7 | 73 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 544 | 2158 | 4.0 | 61t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Avellini | 293 | 154 | 52.6 | 121 | 2004 | 6.8 | 13.0 | 75t | 11 | 3.8 | 18 | 6.1 | 23 | 200 | 1804 | 61.3 |
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 118.8 |
| Mike Phipps | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 | -21 | 64.6 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Roland Harper | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 305 | 161 | 52.8 | 126 | 2070 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 75t | 11 | 3.6 | 18 | 5.9 | 26 | 226 | 1844 | 61.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 377 | 182 | 48.3 | 177 | 2334 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 85t | 7 | 1.9 | 18 | 4.8 | 27 | 207 | 2127 | 54.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Scott | 50 | 809 | 16.2 | 72t | 3 |
| Walter Payton | 27 | 269 | 10.0 | 75t | 2 |
| Greg Latta | 26 | 335 | 12.9 | 37t | 4 |
| Roland Harper | 19 | 142 | 7.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Bo Rather | 17 | 294 | 17.3 | 42t | 2 |
| Steve Schubert | 8 | 119 | 14.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Rivera | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 2070 | 12.9 | 75t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 2334 | 12.8 | 85t | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Ellis | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Fencik | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Plank | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Hicks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 138 | 7.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 57t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Parsons | 80 | 3232 | 40.4 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 216 | 2876 | 35.1 |
| Team Totals | 82 | 3232 | 39.4 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 216 | 2876 | 35.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 93 | 3636 | 39.1 | 69 | 11 | 22 | 471 | 2945 | 31.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Schubert | 31 | 9 | 291 | 9.4 | 70t | 1 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 6 | 1 | 59 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 6 | 1 | 46 | 7.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 3 | 2 | 54 | 18.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Doug Plank | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 13 | 471 | 10.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 15 | 216 | 5.1 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Baschnagel | 23 | 557 | 24.2 | 84t | 1 | |
| Vince Evans | 13 | 253 | 19.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Art Best | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Johnny Musso | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 68 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1273 | 22.3 | 84t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1010 | 19.4 | 76t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Rydalch | 9.5 | |
| Billy Newsome | 5.0 | |
| Jim Osborne | 4.0 | |
| Jeff Sevy | 2.0 | |
| Waymond Bryant | 1.5 | |
| Doug Buffone | 1.0 | |
| Mike Hartenstine | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Meyers | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Muckensturm | 1.0 | |
| Doug Plank | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 207.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26.0 | 226.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Avellini | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -17 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |
| Art Best | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waymond Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Vince Evans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hartenstine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Lick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Musso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Rives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Rydalch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sevy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Revie Sorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Stillwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 31 | -21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 3 |
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