1977 Chicago Bears: 9-5-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (147 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (108 points scored, 108 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee
255 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 253 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 161 305 1,844 (21) 5.57 11 18 599 2,811 ( 1) 4.7 18 4,655 ( 3) 35
Defense: 182 377 2,127 (19) 5.26 7 18 541 2,157 (20) 4.0 14 4,284 (22) 31
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 14 6'2 206 24 3 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 7 6'2 216 22 R Southern California 15 Mike Phipps QB 3 6'2 211 29 8 Purdue 16 Bob Thomas K 14 5'10 174 25 3 Notre Dame 22 Johnny Musso RB 14 5'11 196 27 3 Alabama 23 Len Walterscheid DB 14 5'11 190 23 R Southern Utah 24 Virgil Livers DB 14 5'9 178 25 3 Western Kentucky 25 Art Best RB 14 6'1 205 24 R Kent State 34 Walter Payton RB 14 5'11 205 24 3 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 11 6'0 209 24 3 Louisiana Tech 39 Robin Earl RB 14 6'5 247 22 R Washington 43 Craig Clemons DB 12 5'11 191 28 6 Iowa 44 Terry Schmidt DB 10 6'0 176 25 4 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 14 6'1 192 23 2 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 11 6'0 201 24 3 Ohio State 47 Mike Spivey DB 14 6'0 194 23 R Colorado 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 175 26 5 UCLA 50 Waymond Bryant LB 13 6'3 239 25 4 Tennessee State 51 Mel Rogers LB 5 6'2 230 30 5 Florida A&M 52 Dan Neal C 14 6'4 248 28 5 Kentucky 53 Dan Peiffer C 14 6'3 251 26 3 Southeast Missouri State 54 Tom Hicks LB 12 6'4 225 24 2 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 13 6'1 227 33 12 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 14 6'2 231 26 5 Texas Tech 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 14 6'4 226 24 2 Arkansas State 59 Gary Campbell LB 14 6'1 218 25 1 Colorado 60 Wally Chambers DE 4 6'6 259 26 5 Eastern Kentucky 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 12 6'4 276 23 2 Harvard 64 Ted Albrecht OT 14 6'4 253 23 R California 65 Noah Jackson OG 14 6'2 273 26 3 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 251 28 6 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 14 6'2 259 24 3 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 14 6'3 268 23 2 Wisconsin 71 Roger Stillwell DT 5 6'6 258 25 3 Stanford 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 14 6'3 257 24 3 Penn State 74 Jerry Meyers DE 13 6'4 245 23 2 Northern Illinois 75 Jeff Sevy OT 12 6'5 261 26 3 California 76 Ron Rydalch DT 14 6'4 257 25 3 Utah 80 Bo Rather WR 13 6'1 189 27 5 Michigan 81 Chuck Bradley TE 7 6'6 239 27 3 Oregon 82 John Gilliam WR 2 6'1 187 32 11 South Carolina State 83 Steve Rivera WR 3 5'11 183 23 2 California 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 10 6'0 193 23 2 Ohio State 85 Steve Schubert WR 13 5'10 188 26 4 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons P 14 6'4 232 27 6 Penn State 87 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 250 29 8 Grambling 88 Greg Latta TE 14 6'3 230 25 3 Morgan State 89 James Scott WR 14 6'1 191 25 2 Trinity Valley C.C.
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Avellini 293 154 52.6 2,004 6.84 13.0 11 3.8 18 6.1 23 200 61.3
Mike Phipps 5 3 60.0 5 1.00 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 26 64.6
Bob Parsons 4 4 100.0 61 15.25 15.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Roland Harper 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Brian Baschnagel 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD James Scott 50 809 16.2 3 Walter Payton 27 269 10.0 2 Greg Latta 26 335 12.9 4 Roland Harper 19 142 7.5 0 Bo Rather 17 294 17.3 2 Steve Schubert 8 119 14.9 0 Robin Earl 6 32 5.3 0 Brian Baschnagel 4 50 12.5 0 Johnny Musso 3 13 4.3 0 Steve Rivera 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 339 1,852 5.5 14 Roland Harper 120 457 3.8 0 Robin Earl 56 233 4.2 1 Johnny Musso 37 132 3.6 2 Bob Avellini 37 109 2.9 1 Art Best 6 20 3.3 0 Bo Rather 2 8 4.0 0 Brian Baschnagel 1 0 0.0 0 Vince Evans 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Brian Baschnagel 23 557 24.2 1 Vince Evans 13 253 19.5 0 Art Best 6 127 21.2 0 Johnny Musso 5 100 20.0 0 Len Walterscheid 3 59 19.7 0 Roland Harper 3 44 14.7 0 Walter Payton 2 95 47.5 0 Robin Earl 2 38 19.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Schubert 31 291 9.4 9 1 Len Walterscheid 6 59 9.8 1 0 Virgil Livers 6 46 7.7 1 0 Brian Baschnagel 3 54 18.0 2 0 Doug Plank 1 21 21.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 OT Ted Albrecht 77 California 2 43 DB Mike Spivey 77 Colorado 3 61 RB Robin Earl 84 Washington [pick acquired from NYG] 6 140 QB Vince Evans 100 USC [pick acquired from TB] 7 182 WR Gerald Butler Nicholls State 9 238 DT Nick Buonamici Ohio State 10 266 DE Dennis Breckner Miami 11 294 C Connie Zelencik 14 Purdue 12 322 DB Terry Irvin Jackson State
Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Mike Watson), #4 to PIT (Laverne Smith), #5 to OAK (Lester Hayes), #6 to PHI (Wilbert Montgomery), #8 to NYJ (Ed Thompson)
Transactions:
| 01-1977 | traded Gary Huff to Buccaneers for Tampa's #6 pick and Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 05-02-1977 | traded Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Chiefs for Tommy Reamon |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1977 draft and Chicago's #1 pick in the 1978 draft to Browns for Mike Phipps |
| 05-27-1977 | Virgil Carter retired |
| 08-17-1977 | Ross Brupbacher retired |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/77 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-37
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Detroit Lions W 30-20 1-0-0 09/25/77 at St. Louis Cardinals L 13-16 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs New Orleans Saints L 24-42 1-2-0 10/10/77 vs Los Angeles Rams W 24-23 2-2-0 10/16/77 at Minnesota Vikings L 16-22 (OT) 2-3-0 10/23/77 vs Atlanta Falcons L 10-16 2-4-0 10/30/77 at Green Bay Packers W 26-0 3-4-0 11/06/77 at Houston Oilers L 0-47 3-5-0 11/13/77 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 28-27 4-5-0 11/20/77 vs Minnesota Vikings W 10-7 5-5-0 11/24/77 at Detroit Lions W 31-14 6-5-0 12/04/77 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 10-0 7-5-0 12/11/77 vs Green Bay Packers W 21-10 8-5-0 12/18/77 at New York Giants W 12-9 (OT) 9-5-0
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