| Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1975 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 33371 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Avellini 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rod McNeill 6 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Greg Latta 13 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 19 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Greg Latta 5 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Virgil Livers 40 interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Greg Latta 20 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 35 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 54 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 42 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Drew Jones 1 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 42 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 85 | WR | Henry Childs |
| 67 | LOT | Phil LaPorta |
| 62 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 13 | QB | Larry Cipa |
| 36 | RB | Drew Jones |
| 27 | RB | Rod McNeill |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 60 | LLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Rick Middleton |
| 29 | LCB | Maurice Spencer |
| 24 | SS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 30 | RCB | Ernie Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 25 | 134 | 5.4 | 54t | 1 |
| Johnny Musso | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Drew Jones | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Steve Rogers | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Larry Cipa | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 2 | 268 | 11.7 | 3 | 108.3 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Larry Cipa | 30 | 10 | 33.3 | 3 | 143 | 4.8 | 0 | 10.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Greg Latta | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 3 | |
| Walter Payton | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | |
| Larry Burton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 18 | 18.05 | 18 | 0 |
| Drew Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Rogers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Craig Clemons | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Larry Ely | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Greg Westbrooks | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 7 | 338 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Virgil Livers | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Doug Plank | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Walter Payton | 2 | 204 | 102.0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Douthitt | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rod McNeill | 5 | 163 | 32.6 | 0 | ||
| Steve Rogers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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