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Chicago Bears at Washington Redskins

December 16, 1978
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chicago BearsChicago (7-9)	7	0	7	0	14
Washington RedskinsWashington (8-8)	0	3	0	7	10

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter		Chi	Was
Chi	Walter Payton 44 run (Bob Thomas Kick)	7	0
2nd Quarter		Chi	Was
Was	FG Mark Moseley 33	7	3
3rd Quarter		Chi	Was
Chi	Steve Schubert 73 punt return (Bob Thomas Kick)	14	3
4th Quarter		Chi	Was
Was	Jean Fugett 17 pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley Kick)	14	10

Team Stats

	ChicagoChi	WashingtonWas
First downs	10	16
Rushing	8	6
Passing	2	8
Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	214	305
Net Yards Rushing	170	124
Rushing Plays	40	31
Average Gain	4.2	4.0
Net Yards Passing	44	181
Att - Comp - Int	10-6-3	31-21-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	0-0	2-17
Gross Yards Passing	44	198
Avg. Yds/Att	4.4	6.4

	ChicagoChi	WashingtonWas
Punts - Average	6-34.0	7-38.3
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-89	3-12
Kickoff Returns	1-21	3-87
Interception Returns	2-59	3-26
Penalties - Yards	6-45	5-45
Fumbles - Lost	0-0	1-1
Field Goals	0-1	1-1
Third Downs	4-13-30%	3-14-21%
Total Plays	50	64
Average Gain	4.3	4.8

Passing

Chicago BearsChicago	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Mike PhippsM. Phipps	10	6	44	4.4	0	3	16	0	0	30.8

Washington RedskinsWashington	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Joe TheismannJ. Theismann	21	13	107	5.1	0	1	18	1	9	55.1
Billy KilmerB. Kilmer	10	8	91	9.1	1	1	17t	1	8	98.3

Rushing

Chicago BearsChicago	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Walter PaytonW. Payton	16	90	5.62	44t	1
Roland HarperR. Harper	22	74	3.36	11	0
Mike PhippsM. Phipps	2	6	3.00	5	0

Washington RedskinsWashington	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Mike ThomasM. Thomas	16	65	4.06	16	0
John RigginsJ. Riggins	10	44	4.40	14	0
Joe TheismannJ. Theismann	1	13	13.00	13	0
Benny MaloneB. Malone	4	2	0.50	3	0

Receiving

Chicago BearsChicago	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Roland HarperR. Harper	3	21	7.00	16	0
James ScottJ. Scott	2	16	8.00	14	0
Walter PaytonW. Payton	1	7	7.00	7	0

Washington RedskinsWashington	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Danny BuggsD. Buggs	5	68	13.60	18	0
Mike ThomasM. Thomas	5	44	8.80	14	0
Jean FugettJ. Fugett	4	41	10.25	17t	1
John RigginsJ. Riggins	3	14	4.67	8	0
Johnnie McDanielJ. McDaniel	2	20	10.00	12	0
Clarence HarmonC. Harmon	1	11	11.00	11	0
Ricky ThompsonR. Thompson	1	0	0.00	0	0

Kickoff Returns

Chicago BearsChicago	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Brian BaschnagelB. Baschnagel	1	21	21.00	0	21	0

Washington RedskinsWashington	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Tony GreenT. Green	2	58	29.00	0	32	0
Ike ForteI. Forte	1	29	29.00	0	29	0

Punt Returns

Chicago BearsChicago	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	2	89	44.50	3	73t	1

Washington RedskinsWashington	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Tony GreenT. Green	3	12	4.00	1	10	0

Punting

Chicago BearsChicago	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Bob ParsonsB. Parsons	6	204	34.0	53	0	3	12

Washington RedskinsWashington	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Mike BraggM. Bragg	7	268	38.3	44	0	2	89

Kicking

Chicago BearsChicago	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Bob ThomasB. Thomas	2/2	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	39B	2

Washington RedskinsWashington	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Mark MoseleyM. Moseley	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	--	4

Defense

Chicago BearsChicago	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Gary FencikG. Fencik	1	59	59.00	59	0
Don RivesD. Rives	1	0	0.00	0	0

Washington RedskinsWashington	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Lemar ParrishL. Parrish	2	23	11.50	23	0
Dave ButzD. Butz	1	3	3.00	3	0

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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
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Houston	0	17	0	7	24

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