| Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1977 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47709 |
| Weather: Temp: 54 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 30 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 38 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bo Rather 9 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick blocked) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 38 FG | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Greg Latta 2 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 21 FG | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Stu Voigt 11 pass from Paul Krause | 16 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Bo Rather |
| 89 | WR | James Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 53 | C | Dan Peiffer |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 88 | TE | Greg Latta |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 35 | RB | Roland Harper |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Jerry Meyers |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 76 | RDT | Ron Rydalch |
| 87 | RDE | Billy Newsome |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 57 | MLB | Don Rives |
| 50 | RLB | Waymond Bryant |
| 24 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 52 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 54 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | SS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 24 | 122 | 5.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 26 | 150 | 5.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 0 | 155 | 7.0 | 2 | 114.8 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 1 | 201 | 6.7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 60.6 | |
| Paul Krause | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | 152.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Bo Rather | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 240 | 34.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Art Best | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Kellar | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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