| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1975 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 37772 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 10 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 36 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 4 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 41 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 5 run (Bob Thomas kick blocked) | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Marlin Briscoe 15 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Marlin Briscoe 59 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 21 | 19 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roland Harper 27 run (Bob Thomas kick failed) | 21 | 25 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 14 | QB | Joe Reed |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 80 | WR | Bo Rather |
| 79 | LOT | Lionel Antoine |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 51 | C | Dan Neal |
| 63 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 75 | ROT | Jeff Sevy |
| 86 | TE | Bob Parsons |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 35 | RB | Roland Harper |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| Offense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 60 | RDT | Wally Chambers |
| 84 | RDE | Rich Harris |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 54 | MLB | Larry Ely |
| 50 | RLB | Waymond Bryant |
| 48 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 45 | S | Craig Clemons |
| 46 | S | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 27 | 65 | 2.4 | 18 | 2 |
| Roland Harper | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Avellini | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 1 | 220 | 6.7 | 2 | 72.8 | |||
| Horace King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 204 | 10.7 | 0 | 55.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 2 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bo Rather | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Schubert | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Virgil Livers | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mike Weger | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Earl Douthitt | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Chicago Bears | |
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