1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	H	New York Jets	27	14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	51716
Sat	8/11/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	13	6	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	45085
Sat	8/18/1979	H	Cincinnati Bengals	17	13	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53831
Sat	8/25/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	7	10	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	43541
Sun	9/2/1979	H	Green Bay Packers	6	3	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	56515
Sun	9/9/1979	H	Minnesota Vikings	26	7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53231
Sun	9/16/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	20	24	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64056
Sun	9/23/1979	A	Miami Dolphins	16	31	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	66011
Sun	9/30/1979	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	17	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55258
Sun	10/7/1979	A	Buffalo Bills	7	0	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	73383
Sun	10/14/1979	H	New England Patriots	7	27	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54128
Sun	10/21/1979	A	Minnesota Vikings	27	30	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	41164
Sun	10/28/1979	A	San Francisco 49ers	28	27	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	42773
Sun	11/4/1979	H	Detroit Lions	35	7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	50108
Sun	11/11/1979	H	Los Angeles Rams	27	23	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	51483
Sun	11/18/1979	H	New York Jets	23	13	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53635
Thu	11/22/1979	A	Detroit Lions	0	20	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	66219
Sun	12/2/1979	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	0	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	69508
Sun	12/9/1979	A	Green Bay Packers	15	14	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	54207
Sun	12/16/1979	H	St. Louis Cardinals	42	6	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	42810
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/23/1979	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17	27	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	69397

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ted Albrecht	64	LOT	6-4	250	25	California	16	16
Tony Ardizzone	63	C	6-3	247	23	Northwestern	16	0
Bob Avellini	7	QB	6-2	210	26	Maryland	7	3
Brian Baschnagel	84	WR	5-11	184	25	Ohio State	16	11
Lynn Boden	60	LOG	6-5	263	26	South Dakota State	10	1
Doug Buffone	55	MLB	6-3	230	35	Louisville	16	2
Gary Campbell	59	RLB	6-1	205	27	Colorado	16	16
Mike Cobb	87	TE	6-5	248	24	Michigan State	16	15
Jack Deloplaine	33	FB	5-10	205	25	Salem	5	1
Robin Earl	39	FB	6-5	242	24	Washington	13	2
Allan Ellis	48	RCB	5-10	181	28	UCLA	8	4
Vince Evans	8	QB	6-2	205	24	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	4	3
Gary Fencik	45	SS	6-1	196	25	Yale	14	14
Wentford Gaines	36	CB	6-0	185	26	Ferrum JC; Tennessee Tech; Cincinnati	16	0
Kris Haines	83	WR	5-11	183	22	Notre Dame	2	0
Dan Hampton	99	LDE	6-5	268	22	Arkansas	16	16
Al Harris	90	DE	6-5	259	23	Arizona State	4	0
Tommy Hart	53	DE	6-3	234	35	Morris Brown	15	0
Mike Hartenstine	73	RDE	6-3	254	26	Penn State	16	16
Bruce Herron	51	LB	6-2	220	25	New Mexico	16	0
Tom Hicks	54	MLB	6-4	237	27	Illinois	15	14
Noah Jackson	65	LOG	6-2	264	28	Tampa	15	15
Dan Jiggetts	62	OT	6-5	270	25	Harvard	16	0
Lee Kunz	57	LB	6-2	224	22	Nebraska	16	0
Greg Latta	88	TE	6-3	225	27	Morgan State	15	2
Dennis Lick	70	ROT	6-3	265	25	Wisconsin	16	16
Virgil Livers	24	RCB	5-8	183	27	Western Kentucky	13	12
Willie McClendon	37	RB	6-1	205	22	Georgia	16	0
Mark Merrill	50	LB	6-4	238	24	Minnesota	9	0
Jerry Meyers	74	DE	6-4	253	25	Northern Illinois	6	0
Jerry Muckensturm	58	LLB	6-4	220	26	Arkansas State	16	16
Dan Neal	52	C	6-4	252	30	Kentucky	16	16
Jim Osborne	68	LDT	6-3	259	30	Southern University	16	16
Alan Page	82	RDT	6-5	255	34	Notre Dame	16	16
Bob Parsons	86	P	6-5	232	29	Penn State	16	0
Walter Payton	34	HB	5-10	203	26	Jackson State	16	16
Lonnie Perrin	25	RB	6-1	222	27	Illinois	9	0
Mike Phipps	16	QB	6-3	208	32	Purdue	12	10
Doug Plank	46	FS-SS	5-11	197	26	Ohio State	16	16
Golden Richards	83	WR	6-0	181	29	Brigham Young; Hawaii	5	5
Ron Rydalch	76	DT	6-4	250	27	Utah	16	0
Terry Schmidt	44	LCB	6-0	177	27	Ball State	16	16
Steve Schubert	85	WR	5-10	184	28	Massachusetts	14	0
James Scott	89	WR	6-1	192	27	Trinity Valley CC	10	10
John Skibinski	30	FB	6-0	222	24	Purdue	1	1
Revie Sorey	69	ROG	6-2	264	26	Illinois	16	16
Mike Spivey	47	CB	6-0	198	25	Colorado	16	0
Bob Thomas	16	K	5-10	177	27	Notre Dame	16	0
Lenny Walterscheid	23	FS	5-11	190	25	Southern Utah	15	2
Harry Washington	81	WR	6-0	180	23	Grays Harbor JC; Colorado State	6	0
Rickey Watts	80	WR	6-1	203	22	Tulsa	16	6
Dave Williams	22	FB	6-2	200	25	Colorado	14	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Dan Hampton	DT	Arkansas
1	9	Al Harris	DE	Arizona State
2	39	Rickey Watts	WR	Tulsa
3	66	Willie McClendon	RB	Georgia
6	147	John Sullivan	LB	Illinois
7	174	Lee Kunz	LB	Nebraska
8	203	Rick Moss	DB	Purdue
9	230	Jerome Heavens	RB	Notre Dame
10	257	Joe Restic	DB	Notre Dame
11	286	Bob Wright	T	Cincinnati
12	312	Dave Becker	DB	Iowa

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	59	84	65	98	306
Opponents Totals	48	72	50	79	249

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		262	140	98	24	93/253 36.8%	/ %	100	816
Opponents Totals		272	100	148	24	87/242 36.0%	/ %	104	864

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Walter Payton	16	0	0		0	0		0	96
Bob Thomas	0	34	37	91.9	16	27	59.3	0	82
Dave Williams	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Rickey Watts	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
James Scott	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Brian Baschnagel	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Vince Evans	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Hicks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Willie McClendon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Golden Richards	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Schmidt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Schubert	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	37	34	37	91.9	16	27	59.3	1	306
Opponents Totals	31	27	31	87.1	12	20	60.0	0	249

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Thomas	16	27	59.3	1	44	1/1	4/7	9/11	2/7	0/1
Team Totals	16	27	59.3	1	44	1/1	4/7	9/11	2/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	12	20	60.0			1/1	7/7	2/5	2/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Payton	369	1610	4.4	43t	14
Dave Williams	127	401	3.2	16	1
Willie McClendon	37	160	4.3	33	1
Robin Earl	35	132	3.8	12	0
Vince Evans	12	72	6.0	17	1
Mike Phipps	27	51	1.9	12	0
Jack Deloplaine	7	18	2.6	6	0
Doug Buffone	1	14	14.0	14	0
Lonnie Perrin	5	14	2.8	5	0
Bob Avellini	3	10	3.3	5	0
John Skibinski	3	10	3.3	4	0
Rickey Watts	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	627	2486	4.0	43t	17
Opponents Totals	519	1978	3.8	63t	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Phipps	255	134	52.5	113	1535	6.0	11.5	68t	9	3.5	8	3.1	15	145	1390	69.6
Vince Evans	63	32	50.8	26	508	8.1	15.9	65t	4	6.3	5	7.9	8	75	433	66.1
Bob Avellini	51	27	52.9	21	310	6.1	11.5	54t	2	3.9	3	5.9	8	58	252	60.1
Walter Payton	1	1	100.0	0	54	54.0	54.0	54t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	54	158.3
Bob Parsons	2	1	50.0	1	22	11.0	22.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	22	89.6
Brian Baschnagel	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	373	195	52.3	162	2429	6.5	12.5	68t	16	4.3	16	4.3	31	278	2151	69.2
Opponents Totals	458	222	48.5	207	2908	6.3	13.1	55t	21	4.6	29	6.3	47	380	2528	57.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Williams	42	354	8.4	54t	5
Walter Payton	31	313	10.1	65t	2
Brian Baschnagel	30	452	15.1	54t	2
Rickey Watts	24	421	17.5	68t	3
James Scott	21	382	18.2	64	3
Greg Latta	15	131	8.7	25	0
Robin Earl	8	56	7.0	19	0
Mike Cobb	6	91	15.2	38	0
Willie McClendon	6	27	4.5	13	0
Golden Richards	5	107	21.4	52t	1
Steve Schubert	2	29	14.5	15	0
Jack Deloplaine	2	13	6.5	15	0
Lonnie Perrin	1	27	27.0	27	0
Doug Buffone	1	22	22.0	22	0
John Skibinski	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	195	2429	12.5	68t	16
Opponents Totals	222	2908	13.1	55t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Schmidt	6	44	7.3	20t	1
Gary Fencik	6	31	5.2	17	0
Tom Hicks	3	85	28.3	66t	1
Allan Ellis	3	67	22.3	24	0
Doug Plank	3	33	11.0	22	0
Virgil Livers	2	41	20.5	30	0
Doug Buffone	2	11	5.5	11	0
Wentford Gaines	1	38	38.0	38	0
Gary Campbell	1	32	32.0	32	0
Lenny Walterscheid	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jerry Muckensturm	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	29	402	13.9	66t	2
Opponents Totals	16	240	15.0	78	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bob Parsons	92	3486	37.9	54	1	6	26	404	2962	31.8
Team Totals	93	3486	37.5	54	1	6	26	404	2962	31.9
Opponents Totals	90	3406	37.8	64		12	12	334	2832	31.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Schubert	25	10	238	9.5	77t	1
Lenny Walterscheid	14	5	96	6.9	14	0
Brian Baschnagel	0	3	0			0
Team Totals	39	18	334	8.6	77t	1
Opponents Totals	54	12	404	7.5	77	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lenny Walterscheid	19	427	22.5	44	0
Rickey Watts	14	289	20.6	83t	1
Brian Baschnagel	12	260	21.7	32	0
Steve Schubert	2	45	22.5	27	0
Lonnie Perrin	1	13	13.0	13	0
Willie McClendon	1	12	12.0	12	0
Greg Latta	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bruce Herron	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	51	1054	20.7	83t	1
Opponents Totals	59	1252	21.2	56	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jim Osborne	10.5
Alan Page	10.0
Mike Hartenstine	8.0
Dan Hampton	4.5
Gary Campbell	4.0
Lenny Walterscheid	4.0
Jerry Muckensturm	3.0
Wentford Gaines	1.0
Bruce Herron	1.0
Team Totals	47.0	380.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	278.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Brian Baschnagel	0	0	1	0	1	0
Gary Campbell	0	0	0	1	1	0
Robin Earl	3		0	0	0	0
Vince Evans	1		0	0	0	-2
Gary Fencik	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wentford Gaines	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dan Hampton	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Hartenstine	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bruce Herron	1		0	0	0	0
Tom Hicks	0	0	0	2	2	0
Virgil Livers	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerry Muckensturm	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jim Osborne	0	0	0	1	1	0
Alan Page	0	0	0	1	1	0
Walter Payton	7		2	0	2	0
Mike Phipps	2		1	0	1	-3
Doug Plank	0	0	0	1	1	17
Revie Sorey	0	0	1	0	1	0
Lenny Walterscheid	2		1	0	1	0
Rickey Watts	1		0	0	0	0
Dave Williams	4		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	21	14	7	14	21	12
Opponents Totals	25	14	11	13	24

Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Doug Gerhart	Receivers
Dale Haupt	Defensive Line
Hank Kuhlmann	Running Backs/Special Teams
Jim LaRue	Defensive Backs
Ken Meyer	Offensive Coordinator
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Coordinator