| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 66219 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 35 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 29 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leonard Thompson 22 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 80 | WR | Rickey Watts |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 67 | C | Wally Pesuit |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 32 | HB | Rick Kane |
| 36 | FB | Bo Robinson |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 71 | LDT | Dave Gallagher |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 55 | LLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 51 | RLB | James Harrell |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 40 | SS | Jimmy Allen |
| 44 | FS | Dave Parkin |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 2 | 121 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 29.0 |
| Bob Avellini | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 60 | 6.0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 77.1 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 3 | 244 | 8.1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 51.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dave Williams | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Rickey Watts | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| David Hill | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Plank | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 47 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 5 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Alan Page | 1.0 |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 4.0 |
| James Harrell | 1.0 |
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