| Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1978 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75008 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 64 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Roland Harper 33 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jon Keyworth 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Otis Armstrong 9 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 7 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 22 | 157 | 7.1 | 76 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Art Best | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Penrose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 170 | 6.8 | 33t | 1 | 3 | 33 | 77.1 |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 109 | 8.4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 81.9 |
| Craig Penrose | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 74 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 33t | 1 |
| James Scott | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Wentford Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Wentford Gaines | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Alan Page | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
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