| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1983 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 59632 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 57 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Darrin Nelson 56 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 32 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Tony Galbreath 52 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 6 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 30 FG | 23 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tony Galbreath | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 52t | 1 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 56t | 1 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Steve Dils | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 23 | 2 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 21 | 0 |
| CHIB | Vince Evans | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 27 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIB | Calvin Thomas | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Steve Dils | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 180 | 6.2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 53.8 |
| CHIB | Vince Evans | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 167 | 8.0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 78.9 |
| CHIB | Jim McMahon | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 35 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Sammy White | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Tony Galbreath | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Terry LeCount | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Bruer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| CHIB | Walter Payton | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 43 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 30 | 0 |
| CHIB | Emery Moorehead | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ken Margerum | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| CHIB | Pat Dunsmore | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| CHIB | Matt Suhey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Willie Teal | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Rufus Bess | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| CHIB | Otis Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 7 | 226 | 32.3 | 44 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bob Parsons | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Rufus Bess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Jarvis Redwine | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| CHIB | Anthony Hutchison | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 | 0 |
| CHIB | Dennis Gentry | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| CHIB | Willie Gault | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| MIN | Neil Elshire | 1.5 |
| MIN | John Turner | 1.0 |
| MIN | Randy Holloway | 0.5 |
| CHIB | Otis Wilson | 1.0 |
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