| Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1976 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 44459 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 31 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Allan Ellis 22 interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 21 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Jon Keyworth 13 pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 19 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Otis Armstrong 11 run (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Riley Odoms 12 run (Jim Turner kick) | 28 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 12 | 120 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 26 | 116 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Kiick | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 21t | 1 |
| CHIB | Johnny Musso | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 4 | 98 | 4.5 | 1 | 22.7 | |||
| DEN | Craig Penrose | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 2.8 | ||
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 17 | 2 | 11.8 | 2 | 64 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| CHIB | Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| CHIB | Johnny Musso | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Randy Poltl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ross Brupbacher | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Allan Ellis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| CHIB | Virgil Livers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 11 | 358 | 32.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | ||
| CHIB | Virgil Livers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Harvey Goodman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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