1976 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (7-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1976 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (7-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1976 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears scored 253 points, and the defense yielded 216. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 1,390 yards for Chicago.
Bob Avellini tossed for 1,580 yards. Roland Harper topped all receivers, hauling in 29 balls, while James Scott added 512 receiving yards.
The sticky-fingered defense created 47 turnovers. Ross Brupbacher intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Jack Pardee coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Avellini | 271 | 118 | 43.5 | 1580 | 5.8 | 8 | 3.0 | 15 | 5.5 | 63 | 24 | 225 | 49.4 |
| Virgil Carter | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 77 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| Bob Parsons | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 278 | 123 | 44.2 | 1705 | 6.1 | 9 | 3.2 | 15 | 5.4 | 63 | 24 | 225 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Payton | 311 | 1390 | 4.5 | 60 | 13 |
| Roland Harper | 147 | 625 | 4.3 | 28 | 2 |
| Johnny Musso | 57 | 200 | 3.5 | 11 | 4 |
| Mike Adamle | 33 | 93 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini | 18 | 58 | 3.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Scott | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Latta | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 578 | 2363 | 4.1 | 60 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Harper | 29 | 291 | 10.0 | 39 | 1 |
| James Scott | 26 | 512 | 19.7 | 63 | 6 |
| Greg Latta | 18 | 254 | 14.1 | 58 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 13 | 226 | 17.4 | 58 | 0 |
| Bo Rather | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Johnny Musso | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Randy Burks | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 123 | 1705 | 13.9 | 63 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Parsons | 99 | 3726 | 37.6 | 62 |
| Totals | 99 | 3726 | 37.6 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Livers | 28 | 205 | 7.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Knox | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 269 | 6.3 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Baschnagel | 29 | 754 | 26.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 11 | 179 | 16.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1087 | 21.3 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Brupbacher | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Allan Ellis | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Doug Plank | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Virgil Livers | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Waymond Bryant | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Clemons | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Wally Chambers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Hartenstine | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 24 | 203 | 8.5 | 28 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Plank | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hartenstine | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ross Brupbacher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Stillwell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Knox | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Waymond Bryant | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Rives | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Craig Clemons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Harper | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Parsons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Jiggetts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Rydalch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Fencik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Sevy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter Payton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Avellini | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Virgil Livers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Walter Payton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
| Bob Thomas | 12 | 27 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
| James Scott | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Johnny Musso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Roland Harper | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Mike Adamle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Bob Avellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Hartenstine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Burks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 253 |
