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Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
@
Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
Date
October 16, 1978
Kickoff
09:00 PM ET
06:00 PM PT
Score
CHI 7 — DEN 16 F

Stadium

Capacity: 76,125

Inaugurated: 01/01/1948

Broadcast

Announcers

Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell

Summary

CHI and DEN combined for 279 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Walter Payton led CHI with 157 rushing yards while Rob Lytle paced DEN with 41. Through the air, Roland Harper topped CHI with 54 receiving yards while Rick Upchurch led DEN with 60.

Expected Points Summary

CHI
Total-9.00
Off-11.61
Def0.99
ST3.14
DEN
Total9.00
Off-0.99
Def11.61
ST-3.14

Team Stats

Stat CHI DEN
First Downs 15 18
Rush-Yds-TDs 40-210-0 36-135-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 15-26-170-1-2 15-24-183-1-1
Sacked-Yards 3-33 1-10
Net Pass Yards 137 173
Total Yards 347 308
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Turnovers 3 3
Penalties-Yards 16-147 8-85

Expected Points Detail

CHI
Offense
Pass: -12.49
Rush: -2.37
TO: -5.62
Defense
Pass: 0.27
Rush: 2.50
TO: 3.53
Returns
KO: 3.35
KR: -0.56
P: 0.30
PR: 0.37
FG/XP: -0.32
DEN
Offense
Pass: -0.27
Rush: -2.50
TO: -3.53
Defense
Pass: 12.49
Rush: 2.37
TO: 5.62
Returns
KO: 0.56
KR: -3.35
P: -0.37
PR: -0.30
FG/XP: 0.32

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat CHI DEN
First Downs 15 18
Rush-Yds-TDs 40-210-0 36-135-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 15-26-170-1-2 15-24-183-1-1
Sacked-Yards 3-33 1-10
Net Pass Yards 137 173
Total Yards 347 308
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Turnovers 3 3
Penalties-Yards 16-147 8-85

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Broncos Jim Turner 45 yard field goal 0-3
3 Bears Roland Harper 33 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) 7-3
4 Broncos Jon Keyworth 4 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) 7-10
Broncos Otis Armstrong 9 yard pass from Craig Morton 7-16

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