| Chicago Bears at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1978 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 48492 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 60 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego Chargers | 17 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Lydell Mitchell 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Larry Burton 16 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 42 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick failed) | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 44 FG | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 37 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Virgil Livers 60 interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Larry Burton 34 pass from James Harris (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 40 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Vince Evans | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Woods | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 37t | 1 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Clarence Williams | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff Olander | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 1 | 25 | 2.1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 4.9 |
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Vince Evans | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 56.2 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 2 | 269 | 11.2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.4 |
| James Harris | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 63 | 12.6 | 34t | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104.2 |
| Cliff Olander | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Jefferson | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Larry Burton | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 34t | 2 |
| Pat Curran | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Middleton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 9 | 304 | 33.8 | 40 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clarence Williams | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Wilbur Young | 1.0 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
| Rick Middleton | 1.0 |
| Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| Bob Horn | 1.0 |
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