1977 Chicago Bears season
















1977 Chicago Bears season
Head coachJack Pardee
General managerJim Finks
OwnerGeorge Halas
Home fieldSoldier Field
Results
Record9–5
Division place2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish
Lost NFC Divisional (Dallas) 37-7

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The 1977 Chicago Bears season was their 58th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9–5 record, which was their first winning season since 1967 and earned them a wild card spot against the Dallas Cowboys, who eventually beat the Bears en route to a Super Bowl victory. This was their first postseason appearance since winning the 1963 championship. They secured this by winning their last six games, including among others the last of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ record run of twenty-six losses.


Walter Payton was the star of the team as he led the entire NFL in rushing (1,852 yards), 275 of those 1,852 came on a November 20 game against their division rivals the Minnesota Vikings and he did it despite coming down with the flu and a dark rainy day at Soldier Field.


A week after the Dallas playoff loss, Coach Pardee stunned the team by resigning to take the head coaching position of the Washington Redskins (George Allen having been fired after the Redskins were eliminated from the playoffs by a Bears overtime victory over the New York Giants in the last game of the regular season).




Contents





  • 1 Offseason

    • 1.1 NFL Draft



  • 2 Roster


  • 3 Regular season

    • 3.1 Schedule


    • 3.2 Playoffs


    • 3.3 Game summaries

      • 3.3.1 Week 1


      • 3.3.2 Week 4


      • 3.3.3 Week 10


      • 3.3.4 Week 11



    • 3.4 Standings



  • 4 Postseason

    • 4.1 NFC Divisional Playoff



  • 5 Awards and records


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Offseason



NFL Draft



Roster










1977 Chicago Bears final roster



Quarterbacks

  • 7 Bob Avellini


  • 8 Vince Evans


  • 15 Mike Phipps

Running backs



  • 25 Art Best


  • 35 Roland Harper


  • 22 Johnny Musso


  • 34 Walter Payton

Wide receivers



  • 84 Brian Baschnagel


  • 80 Bo Rather


  • 83 Steve Rivera


  • 85 Steve Schubert


  • 89 James Scott

Tight ends



  • 81 Chuck Bradley


  • 39 Robin Earl


  • 88 Greg Latta



Offensive linemen

  • 64 Ted Albrecht T


  • 79 Lionel Antoine T


  • 65 Noah Jackson G


  • 62 Dan Jiggetts T


  • 70 Dennis Lick T


  • 52 Dan Neal C


  • 53 Dan Peiffer C


  • 75 Jeff Sevy G


  • 69 Revie Sorey G

Defensive linemen



  • 60 Wally Chambers DT


  • 73 Mike Hartenstine DE


  • 87 Billy Newsome DE


  • 68 Jim Osborne DT


  • 76 Ron Rydalch DT


  • 71 Roger Stillwell DE



Linebackers

  • 50 Waymond Bryant


  • 55 Doug Buffone


  • 59 Gary Campbell


  • 54 Tom Hicks


  • 58 Jerry Muckensturm


  • 51 Mel Rogers


  • 57 Don Rives

Defensive backs



  • 43 Craig Clemons SS


  • 48 Allan Ellis CB


  • 45 Gary Fencik SS


  • 24 Virgil Livers CB


  • 46 Doug Plank SS


  • 47 Mike Spivey


  • 23 Len Walterscheid

Special teams



  • 86 Bob Parsons P


  • 16 Robert R. Thomas K



Reserve lists



Practice squad




Rookies in italics

Active, Inactive, Practice squad



Regular season



Schedule













































































Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
1
September 18, 1977

Detroit Lions
W 30–20

51,530
2
September 25, 1977
at St. Louis Cardinals
L 13–16

49,878
3
October 2, 1977

New Orleans Saints
L 24–42

51,488
4
October 10, 1977

Los Angeles Rams
W 24–23

51,412
5
October 16, 1977
at Minnesota Vikings
L 16–22

47,708
6
October 23, 1977

Atlanta Falcons
L 10–16

49,407
7
October 30, 1977
at Green Bay Packers
W 26–0

56,002
8
November 6, 1977
at Houston Oilers
L 0–47

47,226
9
November 13, 1977

Kansas City Chiefs
W 28–27

49,543
10
November 20, 1977

Minnesota Vikings
W 10–7

49,563
11
November 24, 1977
at Detroit Lions
W 31–14

71,373
12
December 4, 1977
at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
W 10–0

48,948
13
December 11, 1977

Green Bay Packers
W 21–10

33,557
14
December 18, 1977
at New York Giants
W 12–9 (OT)

50,152


Playoffs












Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
Divisional
December 26, 1977
at Dallas Cowboys
L 7–37

62,920


Game summaries



Week 1























1234Total
Lions733720
• Bears
7200330

  • Date: September 18


  • Location: Soldier Field • Chicago, Illinois


  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.


  • Game attendance: 51,530


  • Game weather: 73°F • Wind 8














































[1]




Week 4























1234Total
Rams1330723
• Bears7701024

  • Date: October 10


  • Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois


  • Game start: 8:00 p.m.


  • TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford














































[2]




Week 10






















1234Total
Vikings00707
Bears0100010

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois



  • Date: Sunday, November 20


  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.


  • Game weather: 48°F, wind 21 mph


  • Game attendance: 49,563

  • Pro-Football-Reference.com



Game information









Week 11























1234Total
• Bears00171431
Lions070714

  • Date: November 24


  • Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI


  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST


  • Game attendance: 71,373


  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)





































  • Walter Payton 20 Rush, 137 Yds, 4 Rec, 107 Yds

[3]




Standings































































NFC Central

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W

L

T

PCT

DIV

CONF

PF

PA

STK

Minnesota Vikings(3)		9
5
0
.643
6–1
8–4
231
227
W1

Chicago Bears(4)		9
5
0
.643
6–1
8–4
255
253
W6

Detroit Lions
6
8
0
.429
2–5
4–8
183
252
L1

Green Bay Packers
4
10
0
.286
2–5
4–7
134
219
W1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2
12
0
.143
0–4
2–11
103
223
W2


Postseason



NFC Divisional Playoff




Dallas Cowboys 37, Chicago Bears 7



















1234Total
Bears00077
Cowboys71017337

at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas



  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST


  • Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), mostly cloudy


  • Game attendance: 62,920


  • Referee: Gordon McCarter


  • TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier




Safety Charlie Waters led the Cowboys to a 37–7 victory by setting an NFL playoff record of 3 interceptions. Dallas built a 17–0 halftime lead, with the aid of running back Doug Dennison’s 2-yard touchdown run and quarterback Roger Staubach’s 28-yard scoring pass to tight end Billy Joe Dupree. In the second half, running back Tony Dorsett recorded two rushing touchdowns and Efren Herrera added two more field goals. The Bears were limited to 224 total yards and did not score until the fourth quarter when the game was already out of reach.



Awards and records


  • Walter Payton, NFL MVP

  • Walter Payton, led NFL in rushing (1,852 yards)

  • Walter Payton, Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player


  • Walter Payton, Led NFL in Total Yards, (2,216)


References




  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com


  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com


  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-27.




External links


  • Chicago Bears on Pro Football Reference

  • Chicago Bears on jt-sw










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