| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1979 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 53231 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Kramer 2 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 34 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | James Scott 56 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Safety, Ted Brown fumbled ball out of end zone | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 43 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 26 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Doug Cunningham |
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 44 | FB | Chuck Foreman |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 72 | RDT | James White |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | SS | Tom Hannon |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 25 | RCB | Nate Allen |
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Mike Cobb |
| 16 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 22 | FB | Dave Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 58 | LLB | Jerry Muckensturm |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 46 | SS | Doug Plank |
| 23 | FS | Lenny Walterscheid |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 23 | 182 | 7.9 | 43t | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 1 | 117 | 6.2 | 0 | 49.7 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 14.6 | |||
| Vince Evans | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 88 | 12.6 | 1 | 141.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Cunningham | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 1 | |
| Walter Payton | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 9 | 365 | 40.6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Ted Brown | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Allen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Rickey Watts | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Chicago Bears | |
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