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1979 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Neill Armstrong (10-6-0)

Points For: 306 (19.1/g) 18th of 28

Points Against: 249 (15.6/g) 3rd of 28

Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1

SRS: -0.04 (14th of 28), SOS: -3.60

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 17-27 vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Meyer

Defensive Coordinator: Buddy Ryan

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Kuhlmann (Running Backs/Special Teams)

Stadium: Soldier Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

Executive VP/General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000

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	306	4637	1031	4.5	29	13	262	195	373	2151	16	16	5.3	98	627	2486	17	4.0	140	100	816	24
Opp. Stats	249	4506	1024	4.4	43	14	272	222	458	2528	21	29	5.0	148	519	1978	9	3.8	100	104	864	24
Lg Rank Offense	18	24			2	4	24		26	26	20	6	20		2	5	11	15
Lg Rank Defense	3	6			6	22	8		11	5	15	2	6		9	9	2	9

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 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Green Bay Packers	6	3	17	300	117	183	2	9	149	72	77	1
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Minnesota Vikings	26	7	15	329	93	236	2	13	159	71	88	1
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	24	14	318	118	200	2	26	420	206	214	3
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Miami Dolphins	16	31	16	240	155	85	2	23	389	196	193	1
5	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	17	11	234	152	82	3	18	373	159	214	3
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Buffalo Bills	7	0	15	258	18	240	2	7	106	42	64	2
7	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		New England Patriots	7	27	5	169	96	73	2	25	360	218	142	2
8	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	30	23	496	292	204	4	15	267	213	54	2
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	28	27	20	352	145	207	2	28	455	348	107	2
10	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Detroit Lions	35	7	21	308	147	161		11	199	117	82	5
11	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Los Angeles Rams	27	23	19	272	190	82		16	321	76	245	3
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		New York Jets	23	13	19	254	108	146		20	320	180	140	3
13	Thu	November 22	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6	@	Detroit Lions	0	20	14	220	142	78	3	18	331	225	106	3
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	0	10	164	17	147	1	13	238	131	107	5
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6	@	Green Bay Packers	15	14	16	267	106	161	2	19	306	251	55	5
16	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-6		St. Louis Cardinals	42	6	27	456	255	201	2	11	113	23	90	2
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 23	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	27	15	241	142	99	3	18	315	176	139	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	Mike Phipps	32	QB	12	10	9-1-0	134	255	52.5	1535	9	3.5	8	3.1	68	6.0	5.31	11.5	127.9	69.6	15	145	5.56	5.15	4.48	2	2
2	Vince Evans	24	QB	4	3	0-3-0	32	63	50.8	508	4	6.3	5	7.9	65	8.1	5.76	15.9	127.0	66.1	8	75	11.27	6.10	4.06	0	0
3	Bob Avellini	26	QB	7	3	1-2-0	27	51	52.9	310	2	3.9	3	5.9	54	6.1	4.22	11.5	44.3	60.1	8	58	13.56	4.27	2.66	0	1
4	Walter Payton	26	RB	16	16		1	1	100.0	54	1	100.0	0	0.0	54	54.0	74.00	54.0	3.4	158.3	0	0	0.00	54.00	74.00	0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Bob Parsons	29	P	16	0		1	2	50.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	11.0	11.00	22.0	1.4	89.6	0	0	0.00	11.00	11.00	0	0
6	Brian Baschnagel	25	WR	16	11		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
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	195	373	52.3	2151	16	4.3	16	4.3	68	6.5	4.69	12.5	134.4	69.2	31	278	7.67	5.32	4.33	2	3

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	Mike Phipps	32	QB	1	1	0-1-0	13	30	43.3	142	0	0.0	2	6.7	31	4.7	1.73	10.9	142.0	30.1	1	0	3.23	4.58	1.68	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	13	30	43.3	142	0	0.0	2	6.7	40	4.7	1.73	10.9	142.0	30.1	1	0	3.23	4.58	1.68

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	26	RB	16	16	369	1610	14	43	4.4	100.6	23.1	31	313	10.1	2	65	1.9	19.6	400	4.8	1923	16	7	PB,AP-2
2	Dave Williams	25	FB	14	12	127	401	1	16	3.2	28.6	9.1	42	354	8.4	5	54	3.0	25.3	169	4.5	755	6	4
3	Brian Baschnagel	25	WR	16	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	452	15.1	2	54	1.9	28.3	30	15.1	452	2	0
4	Rickey Watts	22	WR	16	6	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	24	421	17.5	3	68	1.5	26.3	25	16.6	415	3	1
5	James Scott	27	WR	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	382	18.2	3	64	2.1	38.2	21	18.2	382	3	0
6	Robin Earl	24	RB	13	2	35	132	0	12	3.8	10.2	2.7	8	56	7.0	0	19	0.6	4.3	43	4.4	188	0	3
7	Willie McClendon	22	RB	16	0	37	160	1	33	4.3	10.0	2.3	6	27	4.5	0	13	0.4	1.7	43	4.3	187	1	0
8	Greg Latta	27	TE	15	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	131	8.7	0	25	1.0	8.7	15	8.7	131	0	0
9	Golden Richards	28	WR	5	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	107	21.4	1	52	1.0	21.4	5	21.4	107	1	0
10	Mike Cobb	24	TE	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	91	15.2	0	38	0.4	5.7	6	15.2	91	0	0
11	Vince Evans	24	QB	4	3	12	72	1	17	6.0	18.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	6.0	72	1	1
12	Mike Phipps	32	QB	12	10	27	51	0	12	1.9	4.3	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	27	1.9	51	0	2
13	Lonnie Perrin	27	RB	9	0	5	14	0	5	2.8	1.6	0.6	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.1	3.0	6	6.8	41	0	0
14	Doug Buffone	35	LB	16	2	1	14	0	14	14.0	0.9	0.1	1	22	22.0	0	22	0.1	1.4	2	18.0	36	0	0
15	Jack Deloplaine	25	RB	5	1	7	18	0	6	2.6	3.6	1.4	2	13	6.5	0	15	0.4	2.6	9	3.4	31	0	0
16	Steve Schubert	28	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	29	14.5	0	15	0.1	2.1	2	14.5	29	0	0
17	John Skibinski	24	RB	1	1	3	10	0	4	3.3	10.0	3.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	1.0	4.0	4	3.5	14	0	0
18	Bob Avellini	26	QB	7	3	3	10	0	5	3.3	1.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	627	2486	17	43	4.0	155.4	39.2	195	2429	12.5	16	68	12.2	151.8	822	6.0	4915	33	21

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	26	RB	1	1	16	67	2	12	4.2	67.0	16.0	3	52	17.3	0	31	3.0	52.0	19	6.3	119	2	0
2	Rickey Watts	22	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	42	14.0	0	19	3.0	42.0	3	14.0	42	0	0
3	Brian Baschnagel	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	38	12.7	0	15	3.0	38.0	3	12.7	38	0	0
4	Dave Williams	25	FB	1	1	10	23	0	12	2.3	23.0	10.0	2	4	2.0	0	4	2.0	4.0	12	2.3	27	0	1
5	Greg Latta	27	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	6	3.0	0	4	2.0	6.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
6	Willie McClendon	22	RB	1	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	6.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
7	Mike Phipps	32	QB	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	29	99	2	18	3.4	99.0	29.0	13	142	10.9	0	31	13.0	142.0	42	5.7	241	2	1

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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	Gary Campbell	27	RLB	16	16	1	32	0	32	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
2	Dan Hampton	22	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.5	0	AP DRoY-3
3	Mike Hartenstine	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
4	Jerry Muckensturm	26	LLB	16	16	1	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	3.0	0
5	Jim Osborne	30	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	0
6	Alan Page	34	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	0
7	Walter Payton	26	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Doug Plank	26	FS	16	16	3	33	0	22	0	1	17	0	0.0	0
9	Terry Schmidt	27	LCB	16	16	6	44	1	20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Revie Sorey	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Gary Fencik	25	SS	14	14	6	31	0	17	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Tom Hicks	27	MLB	15	14	3	85	1	66	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Virgil Livers	27	RCB	13	12	2	41	0	30	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dave Williams	25	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Brian Baschnagel	25	WR	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Phipps	32	QB	12	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0
17	Rickey Watts	22	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Allan Ellis	28	DB	8	4	3	67	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Vince Evans	24	QB	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	0.0	0
20	Doug Buffone	35	LB	16	2	2	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Robin Earl	24	RB	13	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Len Walterscheid	25	DB	15	2	1	15	0	15	2	1	0	0	4.0	0
23	Wentford Gaines	26	DB	16	0	1	38	0	38	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
24	Al Harris	22	DE	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Bruce Herron	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	29	0	2		21	8	12	0	47	1

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	Gary Campbell	27	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Allan Ellis	28	DB	1	1	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Dan Hampton	22	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
4	Mike Hartenstine	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Alan Page	34	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dave Williams	25	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						1	0	0	0	3		0

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