| New York Jets at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1979 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 53635 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 18 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rickey Watts 21 pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dave Williams 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dave Williams 6 pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick failed) | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 24 FG | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 1 run (Toni Linhart kick) | 13 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 21 | FB | Clark Gaines |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 53 | RLB | Mike McKibben |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 80 | WR | Rickey Watts |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 60 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 87 | TE | Mike Cobb |
| 16 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 22 | FB | Dave Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 58 | LLB | Jerry Muckensturm |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 48 | RCB | Allan Ellis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| Kevin Long | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie McClendon | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 20 | 53 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 2 | 202 | 8.4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 68.4 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 117 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 121.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jones | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rickey Watts | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Doug Plank | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Herron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Marty Lyons | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
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