| Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1983 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 60165 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 84 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews 23 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Ken Margerum 8 pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 29 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Gerald Riggs 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Anthony Hutchison 2 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 21 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 20 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | William Andrews | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CHIB | Anthony Hutchison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2t | 1 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIB | Emery Moorehead | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 0 | 201 | 8.7 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 118.2 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 1 | 254 | 8.8 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 93.2 |
| CHIB | Vince Evans | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 21t | 1 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23t | 1 |
| ATL | Ben Young | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Alfred Jackson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 34 | 0 |
| CHIB | Emery Moorehead | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 31 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ken Margerum | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 1 |
| CHIB | Brian Baschnagel | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Bobby Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Ralph Giacomarro | 8 | 334 | 41.8 | 57 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Jeff Fisher | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 |
| CHIB | Dan Rains | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Dan Benish | 1.0 |
| ATL | Fulton Kuykendall | 1.0 |
| ATL | Andrew Provence | 1.0 |
| ATL | Mike Zele | 1.0 |
| CHIB | Jim Osborne | 4.0 |
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