| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1978 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 53378 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 53 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chicago Bears | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Jesse Thompson 8 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Avellini 9 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 2 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Roland Harper 2 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Horace King | 16 | 79 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 18 | 89 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 190 | 5.9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 86.7 | |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| CHIB | Bob Avellini | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 213 | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 65.8 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | David Hill | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Horace King | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Luther Blue | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 61 | 0 |
| CHIB | Golden Richards | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Roland Harper | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Greg Latta | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| CHIB | Mike Cobb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIB | Steve Schubert | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Walt Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| CHIB | Gary Fencik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Steve Schubert | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Nat Terry | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Wentford Gaines | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| CHIB | Mike Spivey | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | John Woodcock | 2.0 |
| CHIB | Gary Campbell | 1.0 |
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