1979 Chicago Bears

1979 Chicago Bears Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Mike Phipps	255	134	52.5	1535	6.02	68t	9	3.5	8	3.1	15	145	69.6
Vince Evans	63	32	50.8	508	8.06	65t	4	6.3	5	7.9	8	75	66.1
Bob Avellini	51	27	52.9	310	6.08	54t	2	3.9	3	5.9	8	58	60.1
Bob Parsons	2	1	50.0	22	11.00	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	89.6
Walter Payton	1	1	100.0	54	54.00	54t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	158.3
Brian Baschnagel	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	373	195	52.3	2429	6.51	68t	16	4.3	16	4.3	0	0	69.2

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Dave Williams 42 354 8.4 5 54t Walter Payton 31 313 10.1 2 65t Brian Baschnagel 30 452 15.1 2 54t Rickey Watts 24 421 17.5 3 68t James Scott 21 382 18.2 3 64 Greg Latta 15 131 8.7 0 25 Robin Earl 8 56 7.0 0 19 Mike Cobb 6 91 15.2 0 38 Willie McClendon 6 27 4.5 0 13 Golden Richards 5 107 21.4 1 52t Steve Schubert 2 29 14.5 0 15 Jack Deloplaine 2 13 6.5 0 15 Lonnie Perrin 1 27 27.0 0 27 Doug Buffone 1 22 22.0 0 22 John Skibinski 1 4 4.0 0 4 TOTALS 195 2429 12.5 16 68t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Walter Payton 369 1610 4.4 14 43t Dave Williams 127 401 3.2 1 16 Willie McClendon 37 160 4.3 1 33 Robin Earl 35 132 3.8 0 12 Vince Evans 12 72 6.0 1 17 Mike Phipps 27 51 1.9 0 12 Jack Deloplaine 7 18 2.6 0 6 Doug Buffone 1 14 14.0 0 14 Lonnie Perrin 5 14 2.8 0 5 Bob Avellini 3 10 3.3 0 5 John Skibinski 3 10 3.3 0 4 Rickey Watts 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 TOTALS 627 2486 4.0 17 43t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Len Walterscheid 19 427 22.5 0 44 Rickey Watts 14 289 20.6 1 83t Brian Baschnagel 12 260 21.7 0 32 Steve Schubert 2 45 22.5 0 27 Lonnie Perrin 1 13 13.0 0 13 Willie McClendon 1 12 12.0 0 12 Greg Latta 1 8 8.0 0 8 Bruce Herron 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 51 1054 20.7 1 83t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Steve Schubert 25 238 9.5 10 1 77t Len Walterscheid 14 96 6.9 5 0 14 Brian Baschnagel 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 TOTALS 39 334 8.6 18 1 77t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Bob Parsons	92	3486	37.9	54	6	26	1	54	404	31.8
TOTALS	92	3486	37.9	54	6	26	1	54	404	31.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Bob Thomas	1/1	4/7	9/11	2/7	0/1	16/27	44	34/37	82
TOTALS	1/1	4/7	9/11	2/7	0/1	16/27	44	34/37	82

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Doug Buffone	--	--	2	11	5.5	0	11
Gary Campbell	--	--	1	32	32.0	0	32
Allan Ellis	--	--	3	67	22.3	0	24
Gary Fencik	--	--	6	31	5.2	0	17
Wentford Gaines	--	--	1	38	38.0	0	38
Tom Hicks	--	--	3	85	28.3	1	66t
Virgil Livers	--	--	2	41	20.5	0	30
Jerry Muckensturm	--	--	1	5	5.0	0	5
Doug Plank	--	--	3	33	11.0	0	22
Terry Schmidt	--	--	6	44	7.3	1	20t
Len Walterscheid	--	--	1	15	15.0	0	15
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	29	402	13.9	2	66t

Incognito ready to welcome Bears fans
Belleville News-Democrat | November 21, 2008
St. Louis Rams right guard Richie Incognito on Thursday welcomed Chicago Bears fans set to invade the Edward Jones Dome this Sunday.

St. Louis Rams' Richie Incognito says Chicago Bears fans likely to outcheer Rams fans at Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 21, 2008
With the Bears coming to town for a noon kickoff Sunday, it's Richie Incognito's turn to criticize the hometown fans.

STEELERS 27, BENGALS 10: Dominant defense sparks Steelers
Chicago Sun-Times | November 21, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense found the best way to pay tribute to him.