| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1967 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 55606 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 37 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jack Concannon 1 run (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Doug Buffone 1 opponents fumble recovery (Mac Percival kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 9 pass from Karl Sweetan (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 97 kickoff return (Mac Percival kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 32 FG | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 47 FG | 27 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 11 run (Garo Yepremian kick failed) | 27 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 67 | LOG | George Seals |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 70 | ROT | Bob Pickens |
| 84 | TE | Austin Denney |
| 11 | QB | Jack Concannon |
| 40 | HB | Gale Sayers |
| 47 | FL | Johnny Morris |
| 29 | FB | Ronnie Bull |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 73 | LDT | Frank Cornish |
| 76 | RDT | John Johnson |
| 81 | RDE | Marty Amsler |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 53 | RLB | Jim Purnell |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 24 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 46 | RCB | Curt Gentry |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Bill Malinchak |
| 52 | LOT | Bill Cottrell |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 14 | QB | Karl Sweetan |
| 24 | HB | Mel Farr |
| 87 | FL | John Henderson |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gale Sayers | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jack Concannon | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 75 | 4.4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 30.3 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 33 | 6 | 18.2 | 1 | 100 | 3.0 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 37.2 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Brian Piccolo | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 1 |
| John Henderson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Curt Gentry | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 120 | 60.0 | 97t | 1 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 50 | 0 | |
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