| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 20, 1977 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 49563 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 24 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 37 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Matt Blair 10 blocked punt recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 52 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 62 | ROG | Ed White |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 54 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | SS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Steve Schubert |
| 89 | WR | James Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 53 | C | Dan Peiffer |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 88 | TE | Greg Latta |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 39 | RB | Robin Earl |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| Offense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 76 | RDT | Ron Rydalch |
| 87 | RDE | Billy Newsome |
| 58 | LLB | Jerry Muckensturm |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 50 | RLB | Waymond Bryant |
| 24 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 40 | 275 | 6.9 | 58 | 1 |
| Robin Earl | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Musso | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Avellini | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 116 | 4.8 | 0 | 29.2 | |||
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 41.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Sammy White | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Tom Hicks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Plank | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Vince Evans | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
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