1980 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (7-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1980 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears chalked up 304 points, and the solid defense surrendered 264. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 1,460 yards for Chicago.
Vince Evans threw for 2,039 yards. Walter Payton topped all receivers, hauling in 46 balls, while James Scott added 696 receiving yards.
Len Walterscheid snatched 4 opponent throws.
Neill Armstrong coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vince Evans | 278 | 148 | 53.2 | 2039 | 7.3 | 11 | 4.0 | 16 | 5.8 | 89 | 26 | 205 | 66.2 |
Mike Phipps | 122 | 61 | 50.0 | 630 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 9 | 7.4 | 56 | 7 | 69 | 40.0 |
Walter Payton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 404 | 209 | 51.7 | 2669 | 6.6 | 13 | 3.2 | 25 | 6.2 | 89 | 33 | 274 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Payton | 317 | 1460 | 4.6 | 69 | 6 |
Roland Harper | 113 | 404 | 3.6 | 13 | 5 |
Vince Evans | 60 | 306 | 5.1 | 58 | 8 |
Willie McClendon | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 48 | 1 |
Dave Williams | 26 | 57 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 |
John Skibinski | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
Matt Suhey | 22 | 45 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
Mike Phipps | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 9 | 2 |
Bob Parsons | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Rickey Watts | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
Totals | 579 | 2440 | 4.2 | 69 | 22 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Payton | 46 | 367 | 8.0 | 54 | 1 |
James Scott | 36 | 696 | 19.3 | 64 | 3 |
Brian Baschnagel | 28 | 396 | 14.1 | 37 | 2 |
Rickey Watts | 22 | 444 | 20.2 | 89 | 2 |
Dave Williams | 22 | 132 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Robin Earl | 18 | 223 | 12.4 | 28 | 3 |
Bob Fisher | 12 | 203 | 16.9 | 56 | 2 |
Matt Suhey | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 21 | 0 |
Roland Harper | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 |
John Skibinski | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
Kris Haines | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 |
Mike Cobb | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 209 | 2669 | 12.8 | 89 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Parsons | 79 | 3207 | 40.6 | 61 |
Totals | 79 | 3207 | 40.6 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Walterscheid | 33 | 239 | 7.2 | 25 | 0 |
Rickey Watts | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
Vaughn Lusby | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
Matt Suhey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Doug Plank | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 277 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Williams | 27 | 666 | 24.7 | 95 | 1 |
Matt Suhey | 19 | 406 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
Bob Fisher | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
Rickey Watts | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Len Walterscheid | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Robin Earl | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Willie McClendon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bruce Herron | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Kris Haines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Ulmer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 1153 | 20.6 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Walterscheid | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 36 | 1 |
Gary Campbell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
Otis Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Jerry Muckensturm | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Doug Plank | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Gary Fencik | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Tom Hicks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Terry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Allan Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Page | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 162 | 9.5 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Plank | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
Walter Payton | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Fencik | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Campbell | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Osborne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alan Page | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Len Walterscheid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Becker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Muckensturm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kris Haines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Scott | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
Terry Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rickey Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Otis Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Suhey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Phipps | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Vaughn Lusby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vince Evans | 4 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |||
Bob Parsons | 2 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bob Thomas | 13 | 35 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||||
Vince Evans | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Walter Payton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Roland Harper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Robin Earl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
James Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Rickey Watts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Mike Phipps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Bob Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Alan Page | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
Willie McClendon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dave Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Len Walterscheid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 304 |