| Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1978 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 49502 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 71 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | O.J. Simpson 8 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 44 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 44 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 38 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 27 FG | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 16 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Bo Rather |
| 89 | WR | James Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 88 | TE | Greg Latta |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 35 | HB | Roland Harper |
| 34 | FB | Walter Payton |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 76 | RDT | Ron Rydalch |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Terry LeCount |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 62 | ROG | Walt Downing |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Cleveland Elam |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 75 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 21 | 62 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Avellini | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 27 | 108 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 1 | 115 | 5.2 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 31.4 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 32 | 12 | 37.5 | 3 | 112 | 3.5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Terry LeCount | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Doug Buffone | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 0 | 17 | 17L | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vern Roberson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Mike Morgan | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Walt Downing | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Ed Bradley | 1.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 1.0 |
| Jimmy Webb | 1.0 |
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