| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1978 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 53561 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 60 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 33 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Matt Blair 49 opponents fumble recovery (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 3 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 27 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 32 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 29 FG | 24 | 13 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 24 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 17 | 81 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 21 | 1 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 24 | 58 | 2.4 | 6 | 2 |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 1 | 152 | 7.6 | 1 | 87.9 | |||
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 2 | 207 | 5.8 | 0 | 53.8 | |||
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Sammy White | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bob Tucker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIB | Golden Richards | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| CHIB | Greg Latta | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| CHIB | James Scott | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Doug Plank | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Wood | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 1 | |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| CHIB | Steve Schubert | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Sammy White | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| CHIB | Mike Morgan | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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