Schedule Playoffs Game summaries Week 1 Week 2 Jim Hart completed 12 straight passes, one of 10 yards for a second-quarter touchdown, while directing St. Louis to victory over Chicago 16–13. The veteran Hart who completed 16 of 24 passes while suffering two interceptions, contributed balance to a crisp Cards attack and
Jim Bakken booted three field goals.
Week 3 vs New Orleans Saints Archie Manning scored on runs of 8, 2 and 11 and threw a 35-yard Touchdown pass to
Chuck Muncie as the Saints gain a road victory. The Saints also got TDs on a 52-yard fumble recovery by
Bob Pollard and a 57-yard interception return by
Jim Merlo.
Week 4 Week 6 • Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois • TV Station: CBS • Announcers:
Vin Scully,
Alex Hawkins With about two minutes to go,
Chicago appeared to have a one-point victory over
Atlanta. But the Bears' Steve Schubert fumbled a punt deep in his own territory, Atlanta recovered and
Haskel Stanback plowed in moments later from the two-yard line for the Falcons victory. Chicago had taken a 3–0 lead on Bob Thomas' 40-yard field goal, but
Nick Mike-Mayer come back with shots of 32, 44, and 21 yards to put Atlanta ahead 9–3. Brian Baschnagel's 84-yard kickoff return resulted in the Bears only touchdown.
Week 7 Walter Payton's 205 tied
Gale Sayers record for most rushing yards in a game that was set in 1968. "I didn't want to break Sayers' record because Sayers is a super guy. What's a record? I just want to win the game" Payton said it after scoring touchdown runs of 1 and 6 and setting up
Johnny Musso's 3-yard touchdown run in a rout over the Packers.
Week 8 • The Astrodome in Houston, Texas • TV Station: CBS • Announcers:
Frank Glieber and Johnny Morris Houston's big play offense, dormant throughout the season sprang to life on touchdown bombs of 85 and 43 yards to
Ken Burrough and a 75-yard free kick return and a 61-yard touchdown run by
Billy Johnson as the Oilers dazzled Chicago 47–0. Houston's first two big plays, Johnson's run and Burrough's 85-yarder we're delivered over a span of 2:55 in the second quarter and helped the Oilers to a 17–0 halftime lead and never looked back. Coach Jack Pardee call the loss "The worst thing I've ever been associated with in any form". This loss turns out to be a turning point in the Bears season. They would not lose a game again in the 1977 regular season.
Week 10 Week 11 •
Walter Payton 20 Rush, 137 Yds, 4 Rec, 107 Yds
Standings ==Postseason==