| Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1983 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 58210 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 78 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago Bears | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Matt Suhey 13 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 15 pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Leslie Frazier 11 interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Nathan Poole 15 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 19 FG | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Rick Upchurch 15 pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 72 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| DEN | Nathan Poole | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15t | 1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Parros | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 23 | 91 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 13t | 1 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| CHIB | Vince Evans | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| CHIB | Calvin Thomas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIB | Dennis Gentry | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Steve DeBerg | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 235 | 7.8 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 79.2 |
| DEN | John Elway | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 36 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10.8 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 3 | 174 | 7.6 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.9 |
| CHIB | Vince Evans | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 72 | 24.0 | 72t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Watson | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Wright | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15t | 1 |
| DEN | Zach Thomas | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Parros | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DEN | Clint Sampson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Nathan Poole | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 52 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 72t | 2 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIB | Emery Moorehead | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| CHIB | Jay Saldi | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CHIB | Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIB | Calvin Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Foley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Harden | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DEN | Dennis Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CHIB | Leslie Frazier | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| CHIB | Terry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 57 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Zach Thomas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Steve Wilson | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Zach Thomas | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| CHIB | Anthony Hutchison | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| CHIB | Todd Bell | 3.0 |
| CHIB | Al Harris | 2.0 |
| CHIB | Mike Hartenstine | 2.0 |
| CHIB | Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
| CHIB | Mike Singletary | 1.0 |
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