1978 Chicago Bears Team Info
League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
National Football League (NFL) | Neill Armstrong (7-9) | 7-9 | – | Finished 3rd in the NFL’s National Football Conference Central Division | – |
Roster
Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
Ted Albrecht | T-G | October 8, 1954 | 6’4′ | 253 | California |
Lionel Antoine | T | August 31, 1950 | 6’6′ | 262 | Southern Illinois |
Bob Avellini | QB | August 28, 1953 | 6’2′ | 208 | Maryland |
Brian Baschnagel | WR | January 8, 1954 | 5’11’ | 187 | Ohio St. |
Doug Becker | LB | June 27, 1956 | 6’0′ | 220 | Notre Dame |
Art Best | RB | March 18, 1953 | 6’1′ | 205 | Notre Dame |
Doug Buffone | LB | June 27, 1944 | 6’3′ | 230 | Louisville |
Gary Campbell | LB | March 4, 1952 | 6’1′ | 218 | Colorado |
Mike Cobb | TE | December 10, 1955 | 6’5′ | 244 | Michigan St. |
Chris Devlin | LB | November 22, 1953 | 6’2′ | 226 | Penn St. |
Robin Earl | TE-RB | March 18, 1955 | 6’5′ | 242 | Washington |
Vince Evans | QB | June 14, 1955 | 6’2′ | 215 | USC |
Gary Fencik | DB | June 11, 1954 | 6’1′ | 194 | Yale |
Wentford Gaines | DB | February 4, 1953 | 6’0′ | 185 | Ferrum |
Roland Harper | RB | February 28, 1953 | 5’11’ | 208 | Louisiana Tech |
Tommy Hart | DE-LB | November 7, 1944 | 6’4′ | 245 | Morris Brown |
Mike Hartenstine | DE | July 27, 1953 | 6’3′ | 251 | Penn St. |
Bruce Herron | LB | April 14, 1954 | 6’2′ | 220 | New Mexico |
Tom Hicks | LB | December 18, 1952 | 6’4′ | 235 | Illinois |
Noah Jackson | G | April 14, 1951 | 6’2′ | 267 | Tampa |
Dan Jiggetts | T-G | March 10, 1954 | 6’4′ | 274 | Harvard |
Greg Latta | TE | October 13, 1952 | 6’3′ | 227 | Morgan St. |
Dennis Lick | T | April 26, 1954 | 6’3′ | 266 | Wisconsin |
Virgil Livers | DB | March 26, 1952 | 5’8′ | 176 | West. Kentucky |
Jerry Meyers | DE-DT | February 21, 1954 | 6’4′ | 249 | Northern Illinois |
Mike Morgan | RB | January 19, 1956 | 5’11’ | 207 | Wisconsin |
Jon Morris | C | April 5, 1942 | 6’4′ | 254 | Holy Cross |
Jerry Muckensturm | LB | October 13, 1953 | 6’4′ | 223 | Arkansas St. |
Dan Neal | C-G | August 30, 1949 | 6’4′ | 250 | Kentucky |
Jim Osborne | DT | September 7, 1949 | 6’3′ | 250 | Southern |
Alan Page | DT | August 7, 1945 | 6’4′ | 245 | Notre Dame |
Bob Parsons | TE-P | June 29, 1950 | 6’4′ | 234 | Penn St. |
Walter Payton | RB | July 25, 1954 | 5’10’ | 200 | Jackson St. |
Mike Phipps | QB | November 19, 1947 | 6’3′ | 208 | Purdue |
Doug Plank | DB | March 4, 1953 | 6’0′ | 200 | Ohio St. |
Bo Rather | WR | October 7, 1950 | 6’1′ | 184 | Michigan |
Golden Richards | WR | December 31, 1950 | 6’1′ | 181 | Hawaii |
Don Rives | LB | August 30, 1951 | 6’2′ | 225 | Texas Tech |
Ron Rydalch | DT | January 1, 1952 | 6’4′ | 260 | Utah |
Terry Schmidt | DB | May 28, 1952 | 6’0′ | 177 | Ball St. |
Steve Schubert | WR | March 15, 1951 | 5’10’ | 185 | Massachusetts |
James Scott | WR | March 28, 1952 | 6’1′ | 190 | Trinity Valley CC (TX) |
Jeff Sevy | T-G-DT-DE | October 24, 1951 | 6’5′ | 260 | California |
Brad Shearer | DT | August 10, 1955 | 6’3′ | 250 | Texas |
John Skibinski | RB | April 27, 1955 | 6’0′ | 222 | Purdue |
Revie Sorey | G | September 10, 1953 | 6’2′ | 260 | Illinois |
Mike Spivey | DB | March 10, 1954 | 6’0′ | 197 | Colorado |
Bob Thomas | K | August 7, 1952 | 5’10’ | 178 | Notre Dame |
Len Walterscheid | DB | September 13, 1954 | 5’11’ | 190 | Southern Utah |