| Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 50697 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 69 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SEA | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 33 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 26 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 36 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 39 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 31 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 20 pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 21 | 16 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 6 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 28 | 16 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 7 run (Brian Baschnagel run failed) | 28 | 22 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Efren Herrera 34 FG | 31 | 22 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 2 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 31 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 31 | FB | Tony Benjamin |
| Defense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Ernie Price |
| 68 | LDT | Dennis Boyd |
| 66 | RDT | Bill Sandifer |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 38 | LCB | Cornell Webster |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 23 | 152 | 6.6 | 67 | 2 |
| Al Hunter | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Benjamin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 18 | 109 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Roland Harper | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Robin Earl | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 208 | 8.7 | 31t | 2 | 5 | 43 | 111.1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 3 | 177 | 7.1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55.3 |
| Bob Avellini | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 68 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 54.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Steve Largent | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 31t | 2 |
| Sam McCullum | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Benjamin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Roland Harper | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 20t | 1 |
| James Scott | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Cornell Webster | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 161 | 32.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 3 | 1 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Virgil Livers | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Wentford Gaines | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| John Skibinski | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerry Muckensturm | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Bill Gregory | 1.0 |
| Bill Sandifer | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Alan Page | 3.0 |
| Bruce Herron | 1.0 |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
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