| Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1978 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75008 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 64 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 33 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jon Keyworth 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 9 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 7 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 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 |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 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 |
| 47 | RCB | Mike Spivey |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 67 | LOG | Steve Schindler |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Craig Penrose |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 22 | 157 | 7.1 | 76 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Art Best | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Penrose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 170 | 6.8 | 33t | 1 | 3 | 33 | 77.1 |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 109 | 8.4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 81.9 |
| Craig Penrose | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 74 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 33t | 1 |
| James Scott | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Wentford Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Wentford Gaines | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Alan Page | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
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