Sunday October 14, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/14/1979:



Steve Grogan tossed three touchdown passes to lead New England past Chicago. Grogan (20 of 35 for 244 yards) gave the Patriots a 14-0 lead on scoring passes to Harold Jackson and Stanley Morgan following Chicago fumbles. Grogan's third touchdown pass was a four-yarder to Russ Francis. John Smith's field goals of 21 and 29 yards completed New England's scoring. Chicago's Doug Buffone intercepted 2 passes to set a club career record of 24.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE168.7  (6)184.0  (10)352.7  (5)15
DEFENSE97.5  (2)136.0  (5)233.5  (3)16
OFFENSE171.0  (3)108.8  (27)279.8  (22)13
DEFENSE141.7  (18)124.3  (3)266.0  (5)11

Line: Patriots by 3½

Team1234F
New England Patriots (5-2-0)14031027
Chicago Bears (3-4-0)07007

( 7- 0) NE Stanley Morgan 10 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) (14- 0) NE Harold Jackson 19 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) (14- 7) CHI Dave Williams 54 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) (17- 7) NE John Smith 21 yard field goal (24- 7) NE Russ Francis 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) (27- 7) NE John Smith 29 yard field goal
                     NE              CHI
First Downs:         25              5
Rushes-yards:        47-142          22-73
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-35-244-2     8-15-144-0
Sacked-yards:        2-26            5-48
Net pass yards:      218             96
Net yards/pass:      5.9             4.8
Total net yards:     360             169
Total plays:         84 (55% run)    42 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     5-42            9-66

Attendance: 54,128

Passing:
NE: Steve Grogan, 21 of 35 for 244 yards and 3 TDs (2 int) CHI: Bob Avellini, 5 of 10 for 101 yards and 1 TD; Mike Phipps, 3 of 5 for 43 yards
Rushing:
NE: Don Calhoun, 14 for 27 yards; Sam Cunningham, 11 for 22 yards; Horace Ivory, 10 for 55 yards; Allan Clark, 6 for 8 yards; Steve Grogan, 4 for 23 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 7 yards; Mosi Tatupu, 1 for 0 yards CHI: Walter Payton, 15 for 42 yards; Robin Earl, 4 for 22 yards; Dave Williams, 3 for 9 yards
Receiving:
NE: Harold Jackson, 4 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Horace Ivory, 4 for 44 yards; Stanley Morgan, 4 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Russ Francis, 4 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Don Calhoun, 3 for 26 yards; Allan Clark, 1 for 15 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 12 yards CHI: Dave Williams, 2 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Greg Latta, 2 for 35 yards; Robin Earl, 2 for 20 yards; Brian Baschnagel, 1 for 18 yards; James Scott, 1 for 9 yards
Kick returns:
NE: Allan Clark, 2 for 60 yards CHI: Len Walterscheid, 3 for 89 yards; Rickey Watts, 2 for 43 yards
Punt returns:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 4 for 37 yards
Interceptions:
CHI: Doug Buffone, 2 for 11 yards
Punting:
NE: Eddie Hare, 4 for 149 yards CHI: Bob Parsons, 7 for 268 yards
Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 2/2


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