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1977 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Pardee (9-5-0)

Points For: 255 (18.2/g) 13th of 28

Points Against: 253 (18.1/g) 19th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9

SRS: -3.59 (18th of 28), SOS: -3.73

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 7-37 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Sid Gillman

Other Notable Asst.: Fred O'Connor (Offensive Backs)

Stadium: Soldier Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

Executive VP/General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	255	4655	930	5.0	35	17	247	161	305	1844	11	18	5.6	94	599	2811	18	4.7	141	97	852	12
Opp. Stats	253	4285	948	4.5	31	13	241	182	377	2127	7	18	5.3	106	544	2158	14	4.0	124	83	731	11
Lg Rank Offense	13	3			15	20	10		25	21	20	11	12		4	1	6	1
Lg Rank Defense	19	22			19	16	17		22	19	1	20	17		19	20	18	18

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	30	20	16	300	40	260		20	363	195	168	1
2	Sun	September 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	13	16	18	285	184	101	2	17	348	215	133	4
3	Sun	October 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		New Orleans Saints	24	42	19	415	218	197	3	18	314	168	146
4	Mon	October 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Los Angeles Rams	24	23	14	431	231	200	4	22	416	239	177	4
5	Sun	October 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	16	22	17	303	133	170	2	22	396	201	195	2
6	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4		Atlanta Falcons	10	16	17	249	131	118	5	11	217	90	127
7	Sun	October 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	Green Bay Packers	26	0	21	419	44	375	1	17	197	96	101	1
8	Sun	November 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Houston Oilers	0	47	10	125	-16	141	2	19	489	234	255	3
9	Sun	November 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5		Kansas City Chiefs	28	27	24	431	184	247	3	24	358	184	174	3
10	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Minnesota Vikings	10	7	18	366	23	343	2	11	188	102	86	4
11	Thu	November 24	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Detroit Lions	31	14	18	425	253	172	5	15	218	150	68	3
12	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	0	17	274	133	141	1	9	135	21	114	2
13	Sun	December 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Green Bay Packers	21	10	25	348	114	234	3	16	276	115	161	1
14	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	9-5	@	New York Giants	12	9	13	284	172	112	2	20	370	117	253	3
		Playoffs
Division	Mon	December 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	37	15	224	143	81	7	20	365	132	233	3

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Avellini	24	QB	14	14	9-5-0	154	293	52.6	2004	11	3.8	18	6.1	75	6.8	4.83	13.0	143.1	61.3	23	200	7.28	5.71	3.84	3	4
2	Bob Parsons	27	TE	14	0		4	4	100.0	61	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	15.3	15.25	15.3	4.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	15.25	15.25	0	0
3	Mike Phipps	30	QB	3	0		3	5	60.0	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	1.0	1.00	1.7	1.7	64.6	3	26	37.50	-2.63	-2.63	0	0
4	Brian Baschnagel	23	WR	10	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
5	Roland Harper	24	FB	11	10		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	161	305	52.8	1844	11	3.6	18	5.9	75	6.8	4.11	12.9	131.7	61.8	26	226	7.85	5.57	3.79	3	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Avellini	24	QB	1	1	0-1-0	15	25	60.0	177	1	4.0	4	16.0	34	7.1	0.68	11.8	177.0	55.3	3	34	10.71	5.11	-0.61	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	15	25	60.0	143	1	4.0	4	16.0	28	7.1	-0.68	11.8	143.0	55.3	3	34	10.71	5.11	-0.61

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Walter Payton	24	RB	14	14	339	1852	14	73	5.5	132.3	24.2	27	269	10.0	2	75	1.9	19.2	366	5.8	2121	16	11	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	James Scott	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	50	809	16.2	3	72	3.6	57.8	50	16.2	809	3	1
3	Roland Harper	24	FB	11	10	120	457	0	19	3.8	41.5	10.9	19	142	7.5	0	34	1.7	12.9	139	4.3	599	0	1
4	Greg Latta	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	335	12.9	4	37	1.9	23.9	26	12.9	335	4	0
5	Bo Rather	27	WR	13	9	2	8	0	10	4.0	0.6	0.2	17	294	17.3	2	42	1.3	22.6	19	15.9	302	2	1
6	Robin Earl	22	RB	14	3	56	233	1	34	4.2	16.6	4.0	6	32	5.3	0	20	0.4	2.3	62	4.3	265	1	1
7	Johnny Musso	27	RB	14	1	37	132	2	13	3.6	9.4	2.6	3	13	4.3	0	21	0.2	0.9	40	3.6	145	2	0
8	Steve Schubert	26	WR	13	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	119	14.9	0	32	0.6	9.2	8	14.9	119	0	4
9	Bob Avellini	24	QB	14	14	37	109	1	21	2.9	7.8	2.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	37	2.9	109	1	8
10	Brian Baschnagel	23	WR	10	4	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	4	50	12.5	0	25	0.4	5.0	5	10.0	50	0	1
11	Art Best	24	RB	14	0	6	20	0	6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.3	20	0	2
12	Steve Rivera	23	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
13	Vince Evans	22	QB	7	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	599	2811	18	73	4.7	200.8	42.8	161	2070	12.9	11	75	11.5	147.9	760	6.4	4881	29	36

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Walter Payton	24	RB	1	1	19	60	0	11	3.2	60.0	19.0	3	33	11.0	0	20	3.0	33.0	22	4.2	93	0	1
2	Steve Schubert	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	69	13.8	1	34	5.0	69.0	5	13.8	69	1	0
3	James Scott	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	0	15	3.0	29.0	3	9.7	29	0	0
4	Greg Latta	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	25	12.5	0	16	2.0	25.0	2	12.5	25	0	1
5	Robin Earl	22	RB	1	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	6.0	2.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.0	15.0	3	7.0	21	0	0
6	Roland Harper	24	FB	1	1	5	11	0	6	2.2	11.0	5.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	6	2.8	17	0	0
7	Bob Avellini	24	QB	1	1	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	27	81	0	16	3.0	81.0	27.0	15	177	11.8	1	34	15.0	177.0	42	6.1	258	1	3

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Avellini	24	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	3	-17	0	0.0	0
2	Allan Ellis	26	LCB	14	14	6	23	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Gary Fencik	23	SS	14	14	4	33	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dennis Lick	23	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Virgil Livers	25	RCB	14	14	2	29	0	29	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Billy Newsome	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
7	Walter Payton	24	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	11	5	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
8	Ron Rydalch	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.5	0
9	James Scott	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Revie Sorey	24	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Waymond Bryant	25	RLB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.5	0
12	Jim Osborne	28	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
13	Doug Buffone	33	LLB	13	11	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
14	Mike Hartenstine	24	LDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
15	Doug Plank	24	FS	11	11	4	32	0	20	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
16	Roland Harper	24	FB	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bo Rather	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Don Rives	26	LB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tom Hicks	25	MLB	12	5	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Brian Baschnagel	23	WR	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-9	0	0.0	0
21	Jerry Muckensturm	24	LB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Robin Earl	22	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0.0	0
23	Jerry Meyers	23	DE	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Gary Campbell	25	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jeff Sevy	27	T	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
26	Johnny Musso	27	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Steve Schubert	26	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Art Best	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Vince Evans	22	QB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
30	Roger Stillwell	26	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Len Walterscheid	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	18	0	0		36	19	-21	0	27	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Avellini	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Doug Buffone	33	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Gary Fencik	23	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	0
4	Greg Latta	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Virgil Livers	25	RCB	1	1	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Walter Payton	24	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Ron Rydalch	25	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Jerry Meyers	23	DE	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						3	0	0	0	2		0

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