1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 7-9-0 .438

Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Dale Haupt	Defensive Line
Hank Kuhlmann	Special Teams
Jim LaRue	Defensive Backs
Ken Meyer	Offensive Coordinator
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Coordinator
Doug Scovil	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	H	Oakland Raiders	13-14	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54758
Sat	8/12/1978	H	St. Louis Cardinals	14-26	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52732
Sat	8/19/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	3-27	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	47685
Thu	8/24/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	7-16	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	54844
Sun	9/3/1978	H	St. Louis Cardinals	17-10	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52791
Sun	9/10/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	16-13	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	49502
Sun	9/17/1978	A	Detroit Lions	19-0	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	65982
Mon	9/25/1978	H	Minnesota Vikings	20-24	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53561
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Oakland Raiders	19-25	L	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52848
Sun	10/8/1978	A	Green Bay Packers	14-24	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56267
Mon	10/16/1978	A	Denver Broncos	7-16	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75008
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19-33	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	68146
Sun	10/29/1978	H	Detroit Lions	17-21	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53378
Sun	11/5/1978	H	Seattle Seahawks	29-31	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	50697
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Minnesota Vikings	14-17	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43286
Sun	11/19/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	13-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	46022
Sun	11/26/1978	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14-3	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	42373
Mon	12/4/1978	A	San Diego Chargers	7-40	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	48492
Sun	12/10/1978	H	Green Bay Packers	14-0	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	34306
Sat	12/16/1978	A	Washington Redskins	14-10	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	49774

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
64	Ted Albrecht	LOT	6-4	250	24	California	15	15
79	Lionel Antoine	LOT	6-6	255	28	Southern Illinois	9	1
7	Bob Avellini	QB	6-2	210	25	Maryland	13	12
84	Brian Baschnagel	WR	5-11	184	24	Ohio State	16	1
51	Doug Becker	LB	6-0	222	22	Notre Dame	1	0
25	Art Best	RB	6-1	205	25	Notre Dame; Kent State	16	0
55	Doug Buffone	LLB	6-3	230	34	Louisville	15	15
59	Gary Campbell	RLB	6-1	205	26	Colorado	16	16
87	Mike Cobb	TE	6-5	248	23	Michigan State	13	0
50	Chris Devlin	LB	6-2	228	25	Penn State	6	1
39	Robin Earl	RB	6-5	242	23	Washington	16	0
8	Vince Evans	QB	6-2	205	23	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	3	0
45	Gary Fencik	SS	6-1	196	24	Yale	16	16
36	Wentford Gaines	CB	6-0	185	25	Ferrum JC; Tennessee Tech; Cincinnati	11	0
35	Roland Harper	HB	5-11	208	25	Louisiana Tech	16	16
53	Tommy Hart	LDE	6-3	234	34	Morris Brown	16	16
73	Mike Hartenstine	RDE	6-3	254	25	Penn State	16	15
51	Bruce Herron	LB	6-2	220	24	New Mexico	15	1
54	Tom Hicks	MLB	6-4	237	26	Illinois	9	9
65	Noah Jackson	LOG	6-2	264	27	Tampa	16	16
62	Dan Jiggetts	OT	6-5	270	24	Harvard	16	0
88	Greg Latta	TE	6-3	225	26	Morgan State	16	16
70	Dennis Lick	ROT	6-3	265	24	Wisconsin	16	16
24	Virgil Livers	RCB	5-8	183	26	Western Kentucky	13	13
74	Jerry Meyers	DE	6-4	253	24	Northern Illinois	16	0
29	Mike Morgan	RB	5-11	218	22	Wisconsin	5	0
63	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	36	Holy Cross	10	0
58	Jerry Muckensturm	LB	6-4	220	25	Arkansas State	16	5
52	Dan Neal	C	6-4	252	29	Kentucky	16	16
68	Jim Osborne	LDT	6-3	259	29	Southern University	15	15
82	Alan Page	RDT	6-5	255	33	Notre Dame	10	10
86	Bob Parsons	P	6-5	232	28	Penn State	16	0
34	Walter Payton	FB	5-10	203	25	Jackson State	16	16
15	Mike Phipps	QB	6-3	208	31	Purdue	6	4
46	Doug Plank	FS	5-11	197	25	Ohio State	14	13
80	Bo Rather	WR	6-1	182	28	Michigan	6	2
83	Golden Richards	WR	6-0	181	28	Brigham Young; Hawaii	15	14
57	Don Rives	MLB	6-2	229	27	Texas Tech	16	6
76	Ron Rydalch	RDT	6-4	250	26	Utah	12	5
44	Terry Schmidt	LCB	6-0	177	26	Ball State	16	16
85	Steve Schubert	WR	5-10	184	27	Massachusetts	13	1
89	James Scott	WR	6-1	192	26	Trinity Valley CC	15	14
75	Jeff Sevy	OG	6-5	267	28	DeAnza JC; California	14	0
72	Brad Shearer	RDT-LDT	6-3	254	23	Texas	15	2
30	John Skibinski	RB	6-0	222	23	Purdue	16	0
69	Revie Sorey	ROG	6-2	264	25	Illinois	16	16
47	Mike Spivey	RCB	6-0	198	24	Colorado	16	3
16	Bob Thomas	K	5-10	177	26	Notre Dame	16	0
23	Lenny Walterscheid	FS	5-11	190	24	Southern Utah	14	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	74	Brad Shearer	DT	Texas
6	139	John Skibinski	RB	Purdue
6	158	Mekeli Ieremia	DE	Brigham Young
7	185	Herman Jones	WR	Ohio State
8	212	George Freitas	TE	California
9	244	Mike Martin	LB	Kentucky
10	271	Ben Zambiasi	LB	Georgia
11	298	Walt Underwood	LB	Southern California
12	325	Lew Sibley	LB	Louisiana State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	30	55	93	75	0
Opponents Totals	71	69	47	81	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		262	136	99	27	87/248 35.1%	/ %	101	958
Opponents Totals		282	128	134	20	81/238 34.0%	/ %	101	801

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bob Thomas	0	26	28	92.9	17	22	77.3	0	77
Walter Payton	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Roland Harper	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
James Scott	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bob Avellini	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Virgil Livers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Schubert	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Spivey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Hart	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	29	26	29	89.7	17	22	77.3	1	253
Opponents Totals	33	28	32	87.5	16	19	84.2	0	274

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Thomas	17	22	77.3	0/0	7/7	9/11	1/4	0/0
Team Totals	17	22	77.3	0/0	7/7	9/11	1/4	0/0
Opponents Totals	16	19	84.2	0/0	4/4	6/8	6/7	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Payton	333	1395	4.2	76	11
Roland Harper	240	992	4.1	31	6
Bob Avellini	34	54	1.6	10	2
Mike Phipps	13	34	2.6	10	0
Vince Evans	6	23	3.8	13	0
Robin Earl	3	17	5.7	9	0
Art Best	2	11	5.5	6	0
Bob Parsons	1	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Baschnagel	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	634	2526	4.0	76	19
Opponents Totals	568	2174	3.8	67	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Avellini	264	141	53.4	107	1718	6.5	12.2	61	5	1.9	16	6.1	26	208	1510	54.8
Mike Phipps	83	44	53.0	29	465	5.6	10.6	35t	2	2.4	10	12.0	6	55	410	38.1
Vince Evans	3	1	33.3	1	38	12.7	38.0	38	0	0.0	1	33.3	2	25	13	42.4
Bob Parsons	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Roland Harper	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	352	186	52.8	138	2221	6.3	11.9	61	7	2.0	28	8.0	34	288	1933	45.9
Opponents Totals	436	239	54.8	180	2857	6.6	12.0	58t	16	3.7	17	3.9	40	351	2506	71.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Payton	50	480	9.6	61	0
Roland Harper	43	340	7.9	33t	2
James Scott	42	759	18.1	59	5
Golden Richards	27	379	14.0	52	0
Greg Latta	15	159	10.6	21	0
Steve Schubert	4	51	12.8	19	0
Brian Baschnagel	2	29	14.5	22	0
Bo Rather	1	16	16.0	16	0
Mike Cobb	1	7	7.0	7	0
Robin Earl	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	186	2221	11.9	61	7
Opponents Totals	239	2857	12.0	58t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gary Fencik	4	77	19.3	59	0
Virgil Livers	3	86	28.7	60t	1
Doug Buffone	3	22	7.3	16	0
Terry Schmidt	2	23	11.5	23	0
Don Rives	2	8	4.0	8	0
Wentford Gaines	1	0	0.0	0	0
Doug Plank	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lenny Walterscheid	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	216	12.7	60t	1
Opponents Totals	28	312	11.1	63t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bob Parsons	96	3549	37.0	54	0	8	18	295	3094	32.2
Team Totals	96	3549	37.0	54	0	8	18	295	3094	32.2
Opponents Totals	96	3437	35.8	61		10	25	286	2951	30.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Schubert	27	21	229	8.5	73t	1
Virgil Livers	10	0	31	3.1	13	0
Lenny Walterscheid	3	0	24	8.0	11	0
Brian Baschnagel	1	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	41	22	286	7.0	73t	1
Opponents Totals	45	23	295	6.6	21	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Brian Baschnagel	20	455	22.8	36
Lenny Walterscheid	11	335	30.5	81
Wentford Gaines	10	240	24.0	37
Mike Morgan	5	110	22.0	24
Steve Schubert	4	80	20.0	27
Robin Earl	3	48	16.0	20
John Skibinski	3	36	12.0	20
Mike Spivey	2	34	17.0	23
Greg Latta	2	14	7.0	8
Jerry Muckensturm	1	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	61	1358	22.3	81
Opponents Totals	52	1146	22.0	43

SACKS	NO	YDS
Alan Page	11.5
Tommy Hart	7.5
Mike Hartenstine	6.0
Jim Osborne	4.0
Gary Campbell	3.0
Doug Buffone	2.0
Jerry Meyers	2.0
Ron Rydalch	2.0
Bruce Herron	1.0
Brad Shearer	1.0
Team Totals	40.0	351.0
Opponents Totals	34.0	288.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ted Albrecht	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Avellini	5		0	0	0	-11	0
Brian Baschnagel	1		2	0	2	0	0
Doug Buffone	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Campbell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gary Fencik	0	0	1	1	2	13	0
Wentford Gaines	2		0	0	0	0	0
Roland Harper	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hartenstine	0	0	0	3	3	10	0
Tom Hicks	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Noah Jackson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Virgil Livers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Meyers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jon Morris	2		0	0	0	-50	0
Bob Parsons	2		2	0	2	-17	0
Walter Payton	5		1	1	2	0	0
Doug Plank	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Golden Richards	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Rives	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Terry Schmidt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
James Scott	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Skibinski	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Revie Sorey	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Spivey	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lenny Walterscheid	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	11	11	16	27	-52	0
Opponents Totals	32	16	15	8	23		1