Week 16, 1979

played in Chicago, IL

20 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Oakland Raiders	3	3	10	3	-	19
Chicago Bears	0	0	7	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:45 OAK - Ray Wersching 47 field goal
2Q: 05:56 OAK - Ray Wersching 25 field goal
3Q: 10:32 OAK - Dave Casper 2 pass from Ken Stabler (Ray Wersching extra point)
3Q: 04:36 CHI - Tim Gray 24 interception return (Pat Leahy extra point)
3Q: 00:16 OAK - Ray Wersching 41 field goal
4Q: 01:51 OAK - Ray Wersching 49 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:45 OAK - Ray Wersching 47 field goal
2Q: 05:56 OAK - Ray Wersching 25 field goal
3Q: 10:32 OAK - Dave Casper 2 pass from Ken Stabler (Ray Wersching extra point)
3Q: 04:36 CHI - Tim Gray 24 interception return (Pat Leahy extra point)
3Q: 00:16 OAK - Ray Wersching 41 field goal
4Q: 01:51 OAK - Ray Wersching 49 field goal

Team Statistics OAK CHI
Record 13-2 9-6
First Downs 13 14
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 11 5
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 258 233
- Offensive Plays 63 65
- Yards per Play 4.10 3.58
Net Rushing Yards 65 104
- Rushing Attempts 21 30
- Yards per Rush 3.10 3.47
Net Passing Yards 193 129
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 27 - 1 33 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 199 141
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 4.60 3.69
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 5/40 11/85
Punt Returns/Yards 3/15 3/26
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 4/102
Interception Ret./Yards 3/0 1/24
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:54 29:06

Team Statistics	OAK	CHI
Record	13-2	9-6
First Downs	13	14
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	11	5
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	258	233
- Offensive Plays	63	65
- Yards per Play	4.10	3.58
Net Rushing Yards	65	104
- Rushing Attempts	21	30
- Yards per Rush	3.10	3.47
Net Passing Yards	193	129
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 27 - 1	33 - 15 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	199	141
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	4.60	3.69
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/15	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	5/40	11/85
Punt Returns/Yards	3/15	3/26
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	4/102
Interception Ret./Yards	3/0	1/24
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 26
Time of Possession	30:54	29:06

Drive Charts

Oakland Raiders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:08	OWN 26	3	9	Punt
1	10:56	4:17	OWN 28	9	42	Field Goal
1	3:16	2:38	OWN 20	4	31	Punt
2	12:49	2:25	OWN 24	5	15	Punt
2	8:50	2:59	OPP 34	6	26	Field Goal
2	1:49	0:51	OWN 3	3	8	Punt
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 4	1	-1	Half
3	12:47	2:26	OPP 21	5	21	Touchdown
3	5:16	0:52	OWN 20	2	3	Interception
3	4:24	2:00	OWN 20	4	2	Punt
3	1:44	1:36	OPP 33	3	9	Field Goal
4	14:28	1:25	OWN 45	3	3	Punt
4	10:14	3:38	OWN 18	8	51	Missed FG
4	3:33	1:49	OWN 42	6	26	Field Goal
4	0:23	0:23	OPP 36	1	-2	Game

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:52	1:56	OWN 28	5	9	Punt
1	6:39	3:23	OWN 32	6	13	Punt
1	0:38	2:49	OWN 2	6	11	Punt
2	10:24	1:34	OWN 20	3	8	Interception
2	5:51	4:02	OWN 26	6	26	Punt
2	0:58	0:34	OPP 48	4	19	Interception
3	15:00	2:13	OWN 35	3	-10	Punt
3	10:21	5:05	OWN 15	8	60	Interception
3	2:24	0:40	OWN 37	2	-4	Fumble
3	0:08	0:40	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
4	13:03	2:49	OWN 17	5	21	Punt
4	6:36	3:03	OWN 38	7	20	Downs
4	1:44	1:21	OWN 20	8	16	Downs

Game MVP: Dewey Selmon, Oakland Raiders

Rushing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jerry Eckwood	9	31	3.44	9	0
Horace Ivory	7	30	4.29	10	1
Ken Stabler	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0
Mike Voight	2	6	3.00	5	0
Ron Lee	1	1	1.00	1	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Otis Armstrong	22	79	3.59	21	2	0
Arnold Morgado	8	25	3.13	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Stabler	41	27	199	1/6	1	27	1	75.1

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Brown	33	15	141	2/12	0	25	3	19.9

Receiving Statistics

Oakland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Dave Casper	6	10	52	8.67	17	25	1
WR Cliff Branch	5	6	49	9.80	10	13	0
WR Gerald Tinker	3	5	15	5.00	0	6	0
WR Robbie Ramirez	3	5	44	14.67	14	27	0
FB Ron Lee	3	4	12	4.00	0	10	0
RB Horace Ivory	3	5	13	4.33	4	8	0
WR Ike Hill	1	1	2	2.00	2	2	0
WR Tommie Towns	1	3	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Mike Voight	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
RB Jerry Eckwood	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Roger Carr	5	10	31	6.20	0	7
WR J.D. Hill	2	7	34	17.00	1	25
FB Bill Olds	2	3	14	7.00	0	12
TE Bruce Hardy	2	2	12	6.00	2	9
RB Otis Armstrong	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
WR Ken Grandberry	1	3	23	23.00	0	23
WR Tom Stropka	1	3	5	5.00	0	5
WR Ronnie Talley	1	2	17	17.00	0	17

Interception Statistics

Oakland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Norm Thompson	1	0	0.00	0
CB Billie Hayes	1	0	0.00	0
CB Rod Perry	1	0	0.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Tim Gray	1	24	24.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Oakland	Recov	Force
Bob Pollard	1	0
Jack Tatum	0	1
Dewey Selmon	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov
Otis Armstrong	1	0
Steve Brown	1	0
Mickey Marvin	0	1

Punting Statistics

Oakland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chuck Ramsey	6	254	42.3	38.0	47	4

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ray Guy	7	298	42.6	37.6	63	2

Kicking Statistics

Oakland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ray Wersching	4/5	3/4	0/0	49	1/1

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

Punt Return Statistics

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gerald Tinker	3	15	5.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Hoover	3	26	8.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gerald Tinker	1	21	21.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Grandberry	3	85	28.3	0
Tom Stropka	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Oakland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jack Tatum	8	1	0.0	28	34
DT Jim Bailey	6	2	0.0	17	18
CB Billie Hayes	6	1	0.0	20	31
ILB Dewey Selmon	5	3	2.0	27	26
OLB Clyde Werner	5	2	0.0	23	19
OLB Jim Merlo	4	2	0.0	10	18
CB Rod Perry	4	0	0.0	23	28
DT Bob Pollard	3	1	0.0	21	18
DE L.C. Greenwood	2	1	0.0	20	27
OLB Jim Romaniszyn	2	0	0.0	4	5
S Prentice McCray	1	1	0.0	27	26
S Phil Wise	1	0	0.0	6	12
CB Norm Thompson	0	2	0.0	24	28
DE Ian Lyons	0	2	0.0	11	11
ILB Will Foster	0	1	0.0	3	8
DE Ken Johnson	0	1	0.0	22	24

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Craig Clemons	8	2	0.0	20	42
DT Wally Chambers	6	1	0.0	16	25
OLB Linden King	5	0	0.0	8	17
OLB Carl Ekern	4	3	0.0	16	37
OLB Brad Van Pelt	4	1	0.0	16	32
OLB Charlie Weaver	3	0	0.0	7	11
DE Joe Campbell	3	0	0.0	16	28
DT Brad Shearer	2	0	1.0	5	17
CB Billy Joe Bridges	2	2	0.0	14	21
DE Gary Hrivnak	2	1	0.0	12	29
CB Durwood Keeton	2	1	0.0	9	23
S Kirk Robbins	1	1	0.0	18	36
CB John Turner	1	1	0.0	15	24
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	---	---	---
WR J.D. Hill	1	0	---	---	---
S Vinny Hoover	1	0	0.0	2	3
S Tim Gray	1	0	0.0	6	11
OLB Ron Crosby	1	0	0.0	5	5
QB Steve Brown	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ray Preston	0	1	0.0	1	5
DE Dave Lindstrom	0	1	0.0	5	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Oakland	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Dewey Selmon	2.0	0	0	0	26
DE L.C. Greenwood	0.0	1	4	0	27
DE Henry Reed	0.0	0	2	1	24
DT Jim Bailey	0.0	0	1	0	18
DE Ken Johnson	0.0	0	1	0	24

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Brad Shearer	1.0	0	0	17
DE Joe Campbell	0.0	1	3	28
DT Wally Chambers	0.0	1	0	25
DT Rick Dvorak	0.0	1	0	16
DE Dave Lindstrom	0.0	0	1	14
DT Wilson Whitely	0.0	0	1	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Oakland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Billie Hayes	6	0	1	31
CB Rod Perry	3	0	1	28
OLB Clyde Werner	2	0	0	19
S Jack Tatum	1	2	0	34
OLB Jim Merlo	1	0	0	18
DT Bob Pollard	1	0	0	18
S Phil Wise	1	0	0	12
CB Norm Thompson	0	1	1	28

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Craig Clemons	6	0	0	42
OLB Brad Van Pelt	3	1	0	32
OLB Charlie Weaver	3	1	0	11
OLB Carl Ekern	3	0	0	37
OLB Linden King	3	0	0	17
CB Durwood Keeton	2	0	0	23
OLB Ron Crosby	1	1	0	5
S Tim Gray	1	0	1	11
DT Wally Chambers	1	0	0	25
CB Billy Joe Bridges	1	0	0	21
S Kirk Robbins	1	0	0	36
S Vinny Hoover	1	0	0	3
CB John Turner	1	0	0	24

Blocking Statistics

Oakland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Art Shell	3	5	1	19	0	41
Dave Lapham	1	5	0	15	0	40
Ted Albrecht	1	5	0	18	0	33
Thomas Brahaney	1	2	0	15	0	35
Dave Casper	1	1	0	20	0	40
Steve Young	0	1	0	8	0	3
Joe Devlin	0	0	0	19	1	38

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Sevy	3	7	24	1	30
Alberto White	2	4	25	1	33
Ray Pinney	1	3	26	0	32
Mickey Marvin	1	3	26	0	28
A.J. Pritchett	1	2	8	0	8
Rich Coady	0	4	22	0	31
Bill Olds	0	3	20	0	17
Clarence Hironaka	0	2	8	0	4
Boyd Brown	0	1	24	0	16
Bruce Hardy	0	1	13	0	25

Special Teams Tackles

Oakland	Tackles	STPlays
Phil Wise	2	7
Ron Lee	1	15
Ron Hornsby	1	14
Jerry Reese	1	12
Mike Voight	1	9
Dave Casper	1	5

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Otis Armstrong	2	8
Bruce Hardy	1	15
Roger Carr	1	8

Participation

Oakland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dave Lapham	15	40	---	---	11	66
Dave Casper	20	40	---	---	5	65
Ken Stabler	21	42	---	---	---	63
Art Shell	19	41	---	---	2	62
Jack Tatum	---	---	28	34	---	62
Thomas Brahaney	15	35	---	---	11	61
Joe Devlin	19	38	---	---	---	57
Prentice McCray	---	---	27	26	1	54
Dewey Selmon	---	---	27	26	1	54
Norm Thompson	---	---	24	28	1	53
Robbie Ramirez	12	25	---	---	15	52
Cliff Branch	14	36	---	---	1	51
Billie Hayes	---	---	20	31	---	51
Rod Perry	---	---	23	28	---	51
Ted Albrecht	18	33	---	---	---	51
L.C. Greenwood	---	---	20	27	2	49
Ken Johnson	---	---	22	24	---	46
Henry Reed	---	---	19	24	3	46
Clyde Werner	---	---	23	19	1	43
Ron Lee	11	17	---	---	15	43
James Hunter	---	---	13	12	16	41
Bob Pollard	---	---	21	18	1	40
Jim Bailey	---	---	17	18	3	38
Tommie Towns	11	22	---	---	1	34
Jim Merlo	---	---	10	18	5	33
Gerald Tinker	5	19	---	---	8	32
Mike Voight	6	15	---	---	9	30
Don McFarland	4	13	---	---	11	28
Ian Lyons	---	---	11	11	6	28
Jim Romaniszyn	---	---	4	5	18	27
Horace Ivory	10	17	---	---	---	27
Jim Bertelsen	0	0	---	---	26	26
Phil Wise	---	---	6	12	7	25
Jerry Reese	---	---	4	9	12	25
Jerome Moriarty	5	2	---	---	17	24
Jim Clack	7	7	---	---	9	23
Jerry Eckwood	10	13	---	---	---	23
Steve Young	8	3	---	---	11	22
Will Foster	---	---	3	8	8	19
Ike Hill	1	4	---	---	13	18
Ron Hornsby	---	---	1	0	14	15
Joe Ehrmann	---	---	7	7	---	14
Ray Wersching	0	0	---	---	11	11
Chuck Ramsey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Doug Burrell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jeb Blount	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Craig Clemons	---	---	20	42	6	68
Steve Brown	30	35	---	---	---	65
Otis Armstrong	24	29	---	---	8	61
Mickey Marvin	26	28	---	---	6	60
Alberto White	25	33	---	---	---	58
Carl Ekern	---	---	16	37	5	58
Ray Pinney	26	32	---	---	---	58
Kirk Robbins	---	---	18	36	2	56
Boyd Brown	24	16	---	---	15	55
Rich Coady	22	31	---	---	2	55
Durwood Keeton	---	---	9	23	22	54
Jeff Sevy	24	30	---	---	---	54
Brad Van Pelt	---	---	16	32	6	54
Bruce Hardy	13	25	---	---	15	53
Roger Carr	18	24	---	---	8	50
Bill Olds	20	17	---	---	11	48
Joe Campbell	---	---	16	28	4	48
Charles Jefferson	---	---	13	33	2	48
Gary Hrivnak	---	---	12	29	6	47
Wally Chambers	---	---	16	25	5	46
J.D. Hill	22	23	---	---	---	45
Wilson Whitely	---	---	15	20	6	41
John Turner	---	---	15	24	2	41
Billy Joe Bridges	---	---	14	21	5	40
Tom Stropka	8	16	---	---	14	38
Arnold Morgado	8	6	---	---	20	34
Linden King	---	---	8	17	7	32
Dave Lindstrom	---	---	5	14	8	27
Brad Shearer	---	---	5	17	5	27
Charlie Weaver	---	---	7	11	8	26
Ken Grandberry	5	10	---	---	10	25
Vinny Hoover	---	---	2	3	20	25
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	9	13	1	23
Ronnie Talley	8	9	---	---	6	23
A.J. Pritchett	8	8	---	---	7	23
Tim Gray	---	---	6	11	5	22
Rick Dvorak	---	---	3	16	2	21
Clarence Hironaka	8	4	---	---	5	17
Ron Crosby	---	---	5	5	6	16
Gene Sanders	7	6	---	---	3	16
Phil LaPorta	4	3	---	---	7	14
Ray Preston	---	---	1	5	7	13
Ray Guy	0	0	---	---	7	7
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	2	2
Sam Wyche	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sam Adkins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	10	40	4.0
Right	5	19	3.8
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	22	3.7
Middle	16	29	1.8
Right	8	53	6.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Stabler	41	27	2	0	2	3	5	0	1

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Brown	33	15	2	1	0	3	8	1	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	23	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	45	2.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	131	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	3	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	38	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	52	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	48	9.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Oakland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Dave Casper	10	6	0	52	1	40
WR Cliff Branch	6	5	0	49	0	36
WR Gerald Tinker	5	3	1	15	0	19
WR Robbie Ramirez	5	3	0	44	1	25
RB Horace Ivory	5	3	1	13	0	17
FB Ron Lee	4	3	0	12	0	17
WR Tommie Towns	3	1	0	7	0	22
WR Ike Hill	1	1	0	2	0	4
RB Mike Voight	1	1	0	2	0	15
RB Jerry Eckwood	1	1	0	3	0	13

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Carr	10	5	31	0	24
WR J.D. Hill	7	2	34	1	23
WR Ken Grandberry	3	1	23	1	10
FB Bill Olds	3	2	14	0	17
WR Tom Stropka	3	1	5	0	16
WR Ronnie Talley	2	1	17	0	9
TE Bruce Hardy	2	2	12	0	25
RB Otis Armstrong	1	1	5	0	29

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Horace Ivory	1	3	3.00	4.29
Mike Voight	1	5	5.00	3.00

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Stabler	5	4	13	2.60	4.85

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Oakland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Dave Casper	2	1	2	1.00	5.20
WR Gerald Tinker	1	1	6	6.00	3.00
WR Tommie Towns	1	1	7	7.00	2.33
FB Ron Lee	1	1	-2	-2.00	3.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Oakland	Rushes	Conversions
Ron Lee	1	0
Jerry Eckwood	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Otis Armstrong	3	3

Third Down Passing Statistics

Oakland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Stabler	13	9	4

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Brown	9	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Oakland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cliff Branch	3	2	2
TE Dave Casper	3	2	1
WR Gerald Tinker	2	1	0
WR Tommie Towns	2	1	1
FB Ron Lee	1	1	0
RB Horace Ivory	1	1	0
RB Mike Voight	1	1	0

Chicago	Targ	Catch
WR Roger Carr	3	0
WR Ken Grandberry	2	0
WR J.D. Hill	2	1
FB Bill Olds	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)