| St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 14, 1975 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 35052 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 62 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Jones 16 pass from Jim Hart (Roger Wehrli run) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 40 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 29 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Jones 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Grim 24 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 10 run (Bob Thomas kick blocked) | 34 | 13 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bo Rather 48 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 34 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 34 | RB | Steve Jones |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 50 | MLB | Greg Hartle |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 31 | FS | Clarence Duren |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 80 | WR | Bo Rather |
| 79 | LOT | Lionel Antoine |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 51 | C | Dan Neal |
| 63 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 75 | ROT | Jeff Sevy |
| 86 | TE | Bob Parsons |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 35 | RB | Roland Harper |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| Offense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 60 | RDT | Wally Chambers |
| 84 | RDE | Rich Harris |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 54 | MLB | Larry Ely |
| 50 | RLB | Waymond Bryant |
| 48 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 45 | S | Craig Clemons |
| 46 | S | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 19 | / | / | 4 | 51 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| CHIB | 18 | / | / | 7 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 33 | 147 | 4.5 | 2 | |
| Steve Jones | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 190 | 4.0 | 3 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Roland Harper | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 67 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 172 | 9.1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.8 |
| Dennis Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 0 | 172 | 8.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.1 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 1 | 255 | 7.3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 84.8 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 1 | 268 | 7.4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 86.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| J.V. Cain | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 1 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Roland Harper | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| Walter Payton | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | |
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sevy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jeff West | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 5 | 166 | 33.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Virgil Livers | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Earl Douthitt | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |