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Record: 7 - 9 (pythagorean: 7 - 9, .443) Coaching: Neill Armstrong 7 - 9 1978 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Walter Payton 1978 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 3-18 (74) - Brad Shearer, Texas, DT   6-1 (139) - John Skibinski, Purdue, RB   6-20 (158) - Mekeli Ieremia, Brigham Young, DE   7-19 (185) - Herman Jones, Ohio State, WR   8-18 (212) - George Freitas, California, TE   9-22 (244) - Mike Martin, Kentucky, LB   10-21 (271) - Ben Zambiasi, Georgia, LB   11-20 (298) - Walt Underwood, USC, DE   12-19 (325) - Lew Sibley, Louisiana State, LB
Schedule & Results   Top
Week Opponent Score Week 1 SLC 10 at CHI 17 Week 2 CHI 16 at SFO 13 Week 3 CHI 19 at DET 0 Week 4 MIN 24 at CHI 20 Week 5 OAK 25 OT at CHI 19 Week 6 CHI 14 at GNB 24 Week 7 CHI 7 at DEN 16 Week 8 CHI 19 at TAM 33 Week 9 DET 21 at CHI 17 Week 10 SEA 31 at CHI 29 Week 11 CHI 14 at MIN 17 Week 12 ATL 7 at CHI 13 Week 13 TAM 3 at CHI 14 Week 14 CHI 7 at SDG 40 Week 15 GNB 0 at CHI 14 Week 16 CHI 14 at WAS 10
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 253 4459 29 136 99 27 262   352 186 2221 7 28 34 288   634 2526 19   101 958 22 8 -- DEFENSE 274 4680 33 128 134 20 282   436 239 2857 16 17 40 351   568 2174 15   101 801 32 -- 16     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 41 286 1   OPP: 45 295 0   OWN: 61 1358 0   OPP: 52 1146 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 96 3549 8 0 18   OPP: 96 3437   OWN: 26 29 17 22   OPP: 28 32 16 19
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Bob Avellini 13 264 141 53.4 1718 6.51 5 16 26 208 54.8   34 54 1.6 2 10   0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Phipps 6 83 44 53.0 465 5.60 2 10 6 55 38.1   13 34 2.6 0 10   0 0 0.0 0 0 Vince Evans 3 3 1 33.3 38 12.67 0 1 2 25 42.4   6 23 3.8 0 13   0 0 0.0 0 0 Roland Harper 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   240 992 4.1 6 31   43 340 7.9 2 33t Bob Parsons 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   1 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Walter Payton 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   333 1395 4.2 11 76   50 480 9.6 0 61 Robin Earl 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 17 5.7 0 9   1 1 1.0 0 1 Brian Baschnagel 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 0 0.0 0 0   2 29 14.5 0 22 Art Best 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 11 5.5 0 6   0 0 0.0 0 0 James Scott 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   42 759 18.1 5 59 Golden Richards 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   27 379 14.0 0 52 Greg Latta 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   15 159 10.6 0 21 Steve Schubert 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 51 12.8 0 19 Mike Cobb 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 7 7.0 0 7 Bo Rather 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 16 16.0 0 16   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Steve Schubert 13 27 229 8.5 21 73t 1   4 80 20.0 27 0 Virgil Livers 13 10 31 3.1 0 13 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Lenny Walterscheid 14 3 24 8.0 0 11 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Brian Baschnagel 16 1 2 2.0 1 2 0   20 455 22.8 36 0 Wentford Gaines 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   10 240 24.0 37 0 Mike Morgan 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 110 22.0 24 0 John Skibinski 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 36 12.0 20 0 Robin Earl 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 48 16.0 20 0 Greg Latta 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 14 7.0 8 0 Mike Spivey 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 34 17.0 23 0 Jerry Muckensturm 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 6 6.0 6 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Bob Thomas 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 7/7 9/11 1/4 0/0 44 17 22 26 28 Bob Parsons 16 96 3549 54 0 8 18 32.2 37.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Gary Fencik 16 0.0 0   4 77 59 0 Don Rives 16 0.0 0   2 8 8 0 Terry Schmidt 16 0.0 0   2 23 23 0 Doug Buffone 15 0.0 0   3 22 16 0 Doug Plank 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Lenny Walterscheid 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Virgil Livers 13 0.0 0   3 86 60t 1 Wentford Gaines 11 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Ted Albrecht 15 0 1 0 0 0 Lionel Antoine 9 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Avellini 13 5 0 0 -11 0 Brian Baschnagel 16 1 2 0 0 0 Doug Becker 1 0 0 0 0 0 Art Best 16 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Buffone 15 1 0 0 0 0 Gary Campbell 16 0 0 2 0 0 Mike Cobb 13 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Devlin 6 0 0 0 0 0 Robin Earl 16 0 0 0 0 0 Vince Evans 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Fencik 16 0 1 1 13 0 Wentford Gaines 11 2 0 0 0 0 Roland Harper 16 2 0 0 0 0 Tommy Hart 16 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Hartenstine 16 0 0 3 10 0 Bruce Herron 15 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Hicks 9 0 0 1 3 0 Noah Jackson 16 0 1 0 0 0 Dan Jiggetts 16 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Latta 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Lick 16 0 0 0 0 0 Virgil Livers 13 0 0 1 0 0 Jerry Meyers 16 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Morgan 5 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Morris 10 2 0 0 -50 0 Jerry Muckensturm 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Neal 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Osborne 15 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Page 10 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Parsons 16 2 2 0 -17 0 Walter Payton 16 5 1 1 0 0 Mike Phipps 6 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Plank 14 0 0 2 0 0 Bo Rather 6 0 0 0 0 0 Golden Richards 15 1 0 0 0 0 Don Rives 16 0 1 1 0 0 Ron Rydalch 12 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Schmidt 16 0 0 1 0 0 Steve Schubert 13 0 0 0 0 0 James Scott 15 1 0 0 0 0 Jeff Sevy 14 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Shearer 15 0 0 0 0 0 John Skibinski 16 0 0 1 0 0 Revie Sorey 16 0 1 0 0 0 Mike Spivey 16 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Thomas 16 0 0 0 0 0 Lenny Walterscheid 14 0 0 1 0 0

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