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1978 Chicago Bears Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1978 Chicago Bears.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Bob AvelliniB. Avellini	264	141	53.4	1,718	6.5	5	1.9	16	6.1	61	26	208	54.8
Mike PhippsM. Phipps	83	44	53.0	465	5.6	2	2.4	10	12.0	35t	6	55	38.1
Vince EvansV. Evans	3	1	33.3	38	12.7	0	0.0	1	33.3	38	2	25	42.4
Roland HarperR. Harper	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Bob ParsonsB. Parsons	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Chicago	352	186	52.8	2,221	6.3	7	2.0	28	8.0	61	34	288	45.9
Opponents	436	239	54.8	2,857	6.6	16	3.7	17	3.9	58t	40	351	71.1

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Walter PaytonW. Payton	16	333	1,395	4.19	87.2	76	11
Roland HarperR. Harper	16	240	992	4.13	62.0	31	6
Bob AvelliniB. Avellini	13	34	54	1.59	4.2	10	2
Mike PhippsM. Phipps	6	13	34	2.62	5.7	10	0
Vince EvansV. Evans	3	6	23	3.83	7.7	13	0
Robin EarlR. Earl	16	3	17	5.67	1.1	9	0
Art BestA. Best	16	2	11	5.50	0.7	6	0
Bob ParsonsB. Parsons	16	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Brian BaschnagelB. Baschnagel	16	2	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Chicago	16	634	2,526	3.98	157.9	76	19
Opponents	16	568	2,174	3.83	135.9	67	15

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Walter PaytonW. Payton	16	50	480	9.60	30.0	61	0
Roland HarperR. Harper	16	43	340	7.91	21.2	33t	2
James ScottJ. Scott	15	42	759	18.07	50.6	59	5
Golden RichardsG. Richards	15	27	379	14.04	25.3	52	0
Greg LattaG. Latta	16	15	159	10.60	9.9	21	0
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	13	4	51	12.75	3.9	19	0
Brian BaschnagelB. Baschnagel	16	2	29	14.50	1.8	22	0
Bo RatherB. Rather	6	1	16	16.00	2.7	16	0
Mike CobbM. Cobb	13	1	7	7.00	0.5	7	0
Robin EarlR. Earl	16	1	1	1.00	0.1	1	0
Chicago	16	186	2,221	11.94	138.8	61	7
Opponents	16	239	2,857	11.95	178.6	58t	16

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Brian BaschnagelB. Baschnagel	20	455	22.75	0	36	0
Len WalterscheidL. Walterscheid	11	335	30.45	0	81	0
Wentford GainesW. Gaines	10	240	24.00	0	37	0
Mike MorganM. Morgan	5	110	22.00	0	24	0
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	4	80	20.00	0	27	0
Robin EarlR. Earl	3	48	16.00	0	20	0
John SkibinskiJ. Skibinski	3	36	12.00	0	20	0
Mike SpiveyM. Spivey	2	34	17.00	0	23	0
Greg LattaG. Latta	2	14	7.00	0	8	0
Jerry MuckensturmJ. Muckensturm	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
Chicago	61	1,358	22.26	0	81	0
Opponents	52	1,136	21.85	0	43	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	27	229	8.48	21	73t	1
Virgil LiversV. Livers	10	31	3.10	0	13	0
Len WalterscheidL. Walterscheid	3	24	8.00	0	11	0
Brian BaschnagelB. Baschnagel	1	2	2.00	1	2	0
Chicago	41	286	6.98	22	73t	1
Opponents	45	295	6.56	23	21	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Bob ParsonsB. Parsons	96	3,549	37.0	54	8	18	0	32.2	45	295	--
Chicago	96	3,549	37.0	54	8	18	0	32.2	45	295	--
Opponents	93	3,438	37.0	61	0	0	3	32.8	41	286	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Bob ThomasB. Thomas	26/28	17/22	0/0	7/7	9/11	1/4	0/0	44	77
Chicago	26/28	17/22	0/0	7/7	9/11	1/4	0/0	44	77
Opponents	28/32	16/19	0/0	4/4	6/8	6/7	0/0	45	76

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Doug BuffoneD. Buffone	3	22	7.33	16	0	--	--
Gary FencikG. Fencik	4	77	19.25	59	0	--	--
Wentford GainesW. Gaines	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Virgil LiversV. Livers	3	86	28.67	60t	1	--	--
Doug PlankD. Plank	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Don RivesD. Rives	2	8	4.00	8	0	--	--
Terry SchmidtT. Schmidt	2	23	11.50	23	0	--	--
Len WalterscheidL. Walterscheid	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Chicago	17	216	12.71	60t	1	--	--
Opponents	28	312	11.14	63t	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Bob ThomasB. Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26/28	17/22	0	0	77
Walter PaytonW. Payton	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	66
Roland HarperR. Harper	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	48
James ScottJ. Scott	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Bob AvelliniB. Avellini	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Mike SpiveyM. Spivey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Virgil LiversV. Livers	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Tommy HartT. Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2
Mike PhippsM. Phipps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Chicago	29	19	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	26/28	17/22	0	1	253

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