Week 5, 1979

played in Chicago, IL

60 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	6	0	14	-	20
Chicago Bears	7	3	0	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:44 CHI - Bruce Hardy 8 pass from Steve Brown (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 12:08 CHI - Pat Leahy 31 field goal
2Q: 05:47 STL - Toni Linhart 47 field goal
2Q: 02:30 STL - Toni Linhart 35 field goal
4Q: 14:38 STL - Alfred Jenkins 14 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 10:03 CHI - Terry Carrol 39 pass from Steve Brown (Pat Leahy extra point)
4Q: 03:05 STL - Roy Green 15 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:44 CHI - Bruce Hardy 8 pass from Steve Brown (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 12:08 CHI - Pat Leahy 31 field goal
2Q: 05:47 STL - Toni Linhart 47 field goal
2Q: 02:30 STL - Toni Linhart 35 field goal
4Q: 14:38 STL - Alfred Jenkins 14 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 10:03 CHI - Terry Carrol 39 pass from Steve Brown (Pat Leahy extra point)
4Q: 03:05 STL - Roy Green 15 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)

Team Statistics STL CHI
Record 1-4 2-3
First Downs 16 21
- by Rushing 3 3
- by Passing 11 17
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 266 345
- Offensive Plays 62 70
- Yards per Play 4.29 4.93
Net Rushing Yards 81 81
- Rushing Attempts 21 24
- Yards per Rush 3.86 3.38
Net Passing Yards 185 264
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 22 - 0 43 - 27 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 185 286
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 4.51 5.74
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 8.8
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 7/54
Punt Returns/Yards 4/46 4/20
Kick Returns/Yards 3/57 3/69
Interception Ret./Yards 2/9 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 27:34 32:26

Team Statistics	STL	CHI
Record	1-4	2-3
First Downs	16	21
- by Rushing	3	3
- by Passing	11	17
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	266	345
- Offensive Plays	62	70
- Yards per Play	4.29	4.93
Net Rushing Yards	81	81
- Rushing Attempts	21	24
- Yards per Rush	3.86	3.38
Net Passing Yards	185	264
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 22 - 0	43 - 27 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	185	286
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	4.51	5.74
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	8.8
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	7/54
Punt Returns/Yards	4/46	4/20
Kick Returns/Yards	3/57	3/69
Interception Ret./Yards	2/9	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 24
Time of Possession	27:34	32:26

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:35	0:57	OWN 31	3	0	Punt
1	5:27	1:09	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
1	1:23	0:28	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	12:02	6:23	OWN 15	10	55	Field Goal
2	3:45	1:21	OPP 46	3	28	Field Goal
2	0:47	0:46	OWN 20	1	43	Missed FG
3	15:00	2:11	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
3	8:42	4:16	OWN 20	10	32	Punt
3	3:07	0:52	OWN 46	3	-1	Punt
3	2:04	2:33	OPP 23	6	23	Touchdown
4	9:44	2:04	OWN 20	5	13	Punt
4	6:33	3:35	OWN 27	7	73	Touchdown
4	2:04	0:36	OWN 28	3	8	Punt
4	0:45	0:45	OPP 17	2	-2	Game

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:25	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
1	7:38	2:11	OWN 24	4	17	Punt
1	4:18	2:55	OWN 22	6	30	Punt
1	0:55	3:53	OWN 42	8	44	Field Goal
2	5:39	1:54	OWN 20	4	21	Interception
2	2:24	1:37	OWN 19	5	38	Punt
2	0:01	0:01	OWN 46	1	7	Half
3	12:49	4:07	OWN 30	8	33	Punt
3	4:26	1:19	OWN 10	3	6	Punt
3	2:15	0:11	OWN 28	1	-5	Fumble
4	14:31	4:47	OWN 33	8	67	Touchdown
4	7:40	1:07	OWN 18	3	-1	Punt
4	2:58	0:54	OWN 22	3	4	Punt
4	1:28	0:43	OWN 9	4	10	Interception

Game MVP: Joe Montana, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Billy Taylor	9	27	3.00	6	0
Ed Jenkins	7	52	7.43	33	1
Joe Montana	4	2	0.50	2	0
Roland Hooks	1	0	0.00	0	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Otis Armstrong	12	50	4.17	31	1	0
Arnold Morgado	12	31	2.58	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	41	22	185	0/0	2	43	0	81.8

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Brown	43	27	286	3/22	2	39	2	78.2

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Alfred Jenkins	6	10	82	13.67	48	43	1
WR Freddie Scott	5	9	28	5.60	0	8	0
WR Benny Malone	4	7	27	6.75	5	11	0
RB Ed Jenkins	3	3	15	5.00	2	7	0
WR Roy Green	2	8	21	10.50	0	15	1
TE Al Chandler	1	1	3	3.00	2	3	0
WR Melvin Wilber	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
TE Brooks Williams	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terry Carrol	8	13	129	16.13	61	39	1
WR Ronnie Talley	5	6	57	11.40	11	14	0
WR Ken Grandberry	3	9	42	14.00	4	17	0
RB Otis Armstrong	2	4	-1	-0.50	0	0	0
WR J.D. Hill	2	3	20	10.00	4	11	0
FB Bill Olds	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Arnold Morgado	2	3	10	5.00	0	8	0
TE Boyd Brown	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Tom Stropka	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	1

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Terry Schmidt	1	0	0.00	0
OLB Dave Lewis	1	9	9.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Recov	Force
Kenyon Hill	1	0
Al Chandler	0	1
Ron Rydalich	0	1
Marvin Switzer	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov
Otis Armstrong	1	0
Vinny Hoover	1	0
Steve Brown	1	0
Alberto White	0	1
Joe Campbell	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	8	347	43.4	40.9	51	4

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ray Guy	7	342	48.9	33.7	64	3

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	2/3	1/2	0/1	47	2/2

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	4	46	11.5	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Hoover	4	20	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	2	39	19.5	0
Freddie Scott	1	18	18.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Grandberry	3	69	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Cooney	12	4	0.0	20	41
S John Sanders	9	0	0.0	15	30
OLB Dave Lewis	5	2	0.0	16	27
S Marvin Switzer	4	1	1.0	13	24
CB Terry Schmidt	4	3	0.0	19	40
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	1	0.0	19	27
DE Kenyon Hill	2	0	1.0	11	29
DE Ron Rydalich	2	0	0.0	19	35
OLB Bob Breunig	2	0	0.0	8	12
ILB Richard Wood	2	0	0.0	4	5
DT Kent Kremer	1	2	1.0	12	17
S Ray Brown	1	2	0.0	4	17
DT John Grant	1	1	0.0	15	29
CB Roger Wehrli	1	1	0.0	17	40
DT Gary Johnson	1	0	0.0	17	36
S Tony Peters	1	0	0.0	20	31
CB Rufus Bess	1	0	0.0	10	24
DE Stan Lewis	0	1	0.0	18	28

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Brad Van Pelt	5	2	0.0	16	34
OLB Carl Ekern	5	1	0.0	15	33
S Craig Clemons	4	0	0.0	18	40
CB Charles Jefferson	4	0	0.0	15	34
OLB Linden King	2	1	0.0	6	6
DT Wilson Whitely	2	1	0.0	19	25
DT Wally Chambers	2	0	0.0	12	29
DE Gary Hrivnak	2	0	0.0	14	28
CB Maurice Cherpeski	2	0	0.0	7	23
CB Billy Joe Bridges	2	0	0.0	18	24
S Vinny Hoover	2	0	0.0	3	13
S Tim Gray	2	0	0.0	4	15
CB John Turner	2	0	0.0	14	24
S Kirk Robbins	1	2	0.0	16	33
OLB Charlie Weaver	1	1	0.0	8	10
WR Terry Carrol	1	0	---	---	---
DE Joe Campbell	1	0	0.0	12	28
TE Bruce Hardy	1	0	---	---	---
DE Dave Lindstrom	0	2	0.0	9	13

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kenyon Hill	1.0	1	0	29
S Marvin Switzer	1.0	0	0	24
DT Kent Kremer	1.0	0	0	17
DT John Grant	0.0	1	1	29
DT Gary Johnson	0.0	1	1	36

Chicago	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Joe Campbell	1	1	0	28
DT Wally Chambers	0	2	1	29
DT Brad Shearer	0	2	1	12
DE Kevin Calhoun	0	2	0	13
DE Gary Hrivnak	0	1	0	28
S Kirk Robbins	0	1	0	33
DT Wilson Whitely	0	1	0	25
CB Charles Jefferson	0	1	0	34

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S John Sanders	7	1	0	30
OLB Dave Lewis	5	0	1	27
ILB Mark Cooney	3	1	0	41
S Marvin Switzer	3	1	0	24
CB Terry Schmidt	2	0	1	40
CB Hugh Rodgers	2	0	0	27
OLB Bob Breunig	2	0	0	12
S Ray Brown	1	1	0	17
CB Rufus Bess	1	1	0	24
CB Roger Wehrli	1	0	0	40
S Tony Peters	0	1	0	31

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Carl Ekern	3	2	33
OLB Brad Van Pelt	3	1	34
CB John Turner	2	1	24
S Craig Clemons	2	0	40
CB Maurice Cherpeski	2	0	23
CB Billy Joe Bridges	2	0	24
S Tim Gray	2	0	15
OLB Linden King	2	0	6
CB Charles Jefferson	2	0	34
S Kirk Robbins	1	0	33
S Vinny Hoover	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Dennis Lick	1	6	15	33
Dan Dierdorf	1	4	14	32
Brooks Williams	1	2	11	14
Aaron Meyer	1	1	7	9
Al Chandler	0	1	9	16
Larry McCarren	0	1	20	37
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	1	17	31
Ron Coder	0	1	2	4

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alberto White	2	4	24	0	39
Ray Pinney	1	7	21	1	40
Jeff Sevy	1	4	23	0	41
Boyd Brown	1	1	10	0	21
George Youso	1	1	13	0	34
Mickey Marvin	0	3	18	1	35
Bill Olds	0	2	11	0	16
Bruce Hardy	0	1	13	0	14
Brett Moritz	0	1	12	0	23
Gene Sanders	0	0	9	1	18

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Benny Malone	2	16
Billy Taylor	2	16
Roland Hooks	1	27
Al Chandler	1	19
Freddie Scott	1	18

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Arnold Morgado	3	11
Bruce Hardy	2	17
Otis Armstrong	1	25
Brett Moritz	1	7

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Terry Schmidt	---	---	19	40	10	69
Larry McCarren	20	37	---	---	7	64
Mark Cooney	---	---	20	41	1	62
Ron Rydalich	---	---	19	35	8	62
Joe Montana	21	41	---	---	---	62
Tony Peters	---	---	20	31	10	61
Gary Johnson	---	---	17	36	7	60
Roger Wehrli	---	---	17	40	1	58
George Kunz	19	37	---	---	---	56
Roy Green	16	35	---	---	5	56
Ron Mikolajczyk	17	31	---	---	7	55
Freddie Scott	11	26	---	---	18	55
Benny Malone	11	27	---	---	16	54
Dennis Lick	15	33	---	---	---	48
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	19	27	1	47
Dan Dierdorf	14	32	---	---	---	46
John Sanders	---	---	15	30	1	46
Stan Lewis	---	---	18	28	---	46
Rufus Bess	---	---	10	24	12	46
John Grant	---	---	15	29	1	45
Dave Lewis	---	---	16	27	2	45
Billy Taylor	10	19	---	---	16	45
Al Chandler	9	16	---	---	19	44
Kenyon Hill	---	---	11	29	1	41
Marvin Switzer	---	---	13	24	3	40
Brooks Williams	11	14	---	---	13	38
Alfred Jenkins	12	25	---	---	---	37
Roosevelt Leaks	10	11	---	---	16	37
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	4	12	18	34
Ed Jenkins	10	18	---	---	2	30
Kent Kremer	---	---	12	17	1	30
Roland Hooks	1	1	---	---	27	29
Aaron Meyer	7	9	---	---	11	27
Jim Pietrzak	6	8	---	---	11	25
Ray Brown	---	---	4	17	1	22
Bob Breunig	---	---	8	12	2	22
David Carter	5	14	---	---	2	21
Randy Love	1	2	---	---	16	19
Ron Coder	2	4	---	---	11	17
Melvin Wilber	3	11	---	---	---	14
Marv Kellum	---	---	3	2	8	13
Richard Wood	---	---	4	5	4	13
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	11	11
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	8	8
Brandon Hermeling	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jeff Sevy	23	41	---	---	8	72
Steve Brown	24	46	---	---	---	70
Alberto White	24	39	---	---	4	67
Otis Armstrong	12	27	---	---	25	64
Craig Clemons	---	---	18	40	5	63
Ray Pinney	21	40	---	---	---	61
Mickey Marvin	18	35	---	---	5	58
Ken Grandberry	12	28	---	---	17	57
George Youso	13	34	---	---	8	55
J.D. Hill	19	30	---	---	5	54
Brad Van Pelt	---	---	16	34	4	54
Carl Ekern	---	---	15	33	5	53
Kirk Robbins	---	---	16	33	3	52
Charles Jefferson	---	---	15	34	3	52
Maurice Cherpeski	---	---	7	23	21	51
Terry Carrol	11	34	---	---	5	50
Wilson Whitely	---	---	19	25	4	48
Wally Chambers	---	---	12	29	6	47
Gary Hrivnak	---	---	14	28	5	47
Joe Campbell	---	---	12	28	5	45
Boyd Brown	10	21	---	---	13	44
Bruce Hardy	13	14	---	---	17	44
Billy Joe Bridges	---	---	18	24	1	43
Arnold Morgado	12	19	---	---	11	42
Brett Moritz	12	23	---	---	7	42
John Turner	---	---	14	24	2	40
Ronnie Talley	14	25	---	---	---	39
Bill Olds	11	16	---	---	8	35
Vinny Hoover	---	---	3	13	19	35
Gene Sanders	9	18	---	---	8	35
Dave Lindstrom	---	---	9	13	8	30
Charlie Weaver	---	---	8	10	9	27
Brad Shearer	---	---	9	12	4	25
Harold McLinton	---	---	6	8	9	23
Tom Stropka	1	12	---	---	10	23
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	7	13	1	21
Tim Gray	---	---	4	15	1	20
Reece McCall	5	4	---	---	11	20
Linden King	---	---	6	6	5	17
Rick Dvorak	---	---	3	6	1	10
Ray Guy	0	0	---	---	8	8
Al Chesley	---	---	0	0	8	8
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ray Preston	---	---	0	0	4	4
Sam Wyche	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sam Adkins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	22	4.4
Middle	12	53	4.4
Right	2	8	4.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	36	6.0
Middle	15	31	2.1
Right	3	14	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	41	22	1	2	1	4	11	2	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Brown	43	27	2	3	2	6	3	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	6	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	124	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	40	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	10	1	15	1.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	3	0.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	96	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	10	170	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	17	4.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Alfred Jenkins	10	6	0	82	1	25
WR Freddie Scott	9	5	1	28	0	26
WR Roy Green	8	2	0	21	0	35
WR Benny Malone	7	4	0	27	0	27
RB Ed Jenkins	3	3	0	15	0	18
WR Melvin Wilber	2	1	0	9	0	11
TE Al Chandler	1	1	0	3	0	16
TE Brooks Williams	1	0	0	0	0	14

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terry Carrol	13	8	0	129	2	34
WR Ken Grandberry	9	3	2	42	0	28
WR Ronnie Talley	6	5	0	57	0	25
RB Otis Armstrong	4	2	0	-1	0	27
WR J.D. Hill	3	2	0	20	0	30
WR Arnold Morgado	3	2	0	10	0	19
FB Bill Olds	2	2	0	7	0	16
TE Boyd Brown	1	1	0	2	0	21
WR Tom Stropka	1	1	0	12	0	12
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	0	8	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ed Jenkins	2	3	1.50	7.43
Joe Montana	2	-2	-1.00	0.50
Roland Hooks	1	0	0.00	0.00

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Otis Armstrong	2	1	0.50	4.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	4	3	35	8.75	4.51

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Brown	3	2	19	6.33	6.65

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roy Green	2	2	21	10.50	2.63
WR Benny Malone	1	0	0	0.00	3.86
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	14	14.00	8.20

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
WR J.D. Hill	1	1	11	11.00	6.67
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Roland Hooks	1	0
Billy Taylor	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	12	6	3

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Brown	14	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Scott	6	4	3
WR Benny Malone	3	1	0
WR Roy Green	2	0	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	0

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ken Grandberry	4	1	1
WR Terry Carrol	4	3	3
WR J.D. Hill	2	1	1
WR Ronnie Talley	2	1	1
RB Otis Armstrong	1	0	0
FB Bill Olds	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)