| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 65982 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 28 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Safety, Greg Landry tackled in end zone by Tommy Hart | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | James Scott 40 pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 19 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 19 | 98 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 22 | 77 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| CHIB | Robin Earl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Horace King | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Greg Landry | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 1 | 151 | 12.6 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 109.7 |
| DET | Greg Landry | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 88 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 75.9 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 56 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | James Scott | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 40t | 1 |
| CHIB | Golden Richards | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 52 | 0 |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 7 | 280 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 8 | 342 | 42.8 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Steve Schubert | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Steve Schubert | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CHIB | Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| CHIB | Ron Rydalch | 2.0 |
| CHIB | Tommy Hart | 2.0 |
| CHIB | Mike Hartenstine | 1.0 |
| CHIB | Doug Buffone | 1.0 |
| DET | Ken Sanders | 1.0 |
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