| St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 42810 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 21 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dave Williams 11 pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 5 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 13 pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick failed) | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rickey Watts 83 kickoff return (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 4 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rickey Watts 35 pass from Mike Phipps (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 71 | ROT | Joe Bostic |
| 87 | TE | Richard Osborne |
| 12 | QB | Steve Pisarkiewicz |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Dawson |
| 58 | LOLB | John Barefield |
| 50 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 33 | 157 | 4.8 | 30 | 3 |
| Dave Williams | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 28 | 5 | 17.9 | 2 | 65 | 2.3 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 9.8 |
| Jim Hart | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 95.8 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 233 | 7.1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.9 |
| Bob Parsons | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rickey Watts | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | |
| Dave Williams | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Walter Payton | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 1 | 78 | 78.0 | 78 | 0 |
| Ken Greene | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Wentford Gaines | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 8 | 243 | 30.4 | 40 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Lee Nelson | 3 | 0 | 83 | 27.7 | 77 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Rickey Watts | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 83t | 1 | |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Jerry Muckensturm | 3.0 |
| Alan Page | 1.0 |
| Mike Hartenstine | 1.0 |
| Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1.0 |
| Gary Campbell | 1.0 |
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