STL 10 @ CHI 17 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 1

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

10-17

Chicago BearsCHI

Sun, September 3, 1978 · 2:00PM · Soldier Field

Surface: astroturfLine: Chicago Bears -3.5

STL: Bud Wilkinson · CHI: Neill Armstrong

STL

Team Stats

CHI

1st Downs

28-99

Rushing

45-194

17-33-152

Passing

8-19-72

236

Total Yards

243

Scoring

1st Quarter

Bob Thomas 29 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Jim Bakken 33 yard field goal

4th Quarter

Walter Payton 5 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
STL
CHI
Passing
Bob Avellini	8/19	72	0	0	3	53.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bob Avellini	1	0	0	0	0
Walter Payton	26	101	1	13	0
Roland Harper	18	93	1	13	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Walter Payton	4	3	22	0	8
Roland Harper	2	1	4	0	4
Bo Rather	5	1	16	0	16
Greg Latta	3	2	15	0	10
James Scott	4	1	15	0	15
Art Best	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
STL
CHI
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Virgil Livers			0	1			0	0
Terry Schmidt			0	1			0	0
Len Walterscheid			0	0			1	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
STL
CHI
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Bob Thomas	2/2	1/1	0	0	-	-
Bob Parsons	-	-	8	286	35.8	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
STL
CHI
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Steve Schubert	0	0	0	3	28	0
Len Walterscheid	0	0	0	1	11	0
Brian Baschnagel	2	42	0	0	0	0
Mike Morgan	1	24	0	0	0	0

STL

Expected Points Added

CHI

-7.0Total7.0

-3.0Off Total-1.5

-4.3Off Pass-9.6

-0.4Off Rush-0.6

1.5Def Total3.0

9.6Def Pass4.3

0.6Def Rush0.4

-5.3

Starting Lineups

STL

QBJim Hart

RBSteve Jones

RBWayne Morris

FBJim Otis

WRMel Gray

WRPat Tilley

LTKeith Wortman

LGBob Young

CTom Banks

RGTerry Stieve

RTDan Dierdorf

ARI at CHI, 1978 NFL game