1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1983	H	Buffalo Bills	27-17	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54735
Sat	8/13/1983	A	St. Louis Cardinals	24-27	L	OT	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	31375
Sat	8/20/1983	A	Los Angeles Raiders	27-21	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	41032
Sat	8/27/1983	H	Kansas City Chiefs	20-17	W	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	56311
Sun	9/4/1983	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-20	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	60165
Sun	9/11/1983	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-10	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58186
Sun	9/18/1983	A	New Orleans Saints	31-34	L	OT	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	64692
Sun	9/25/1983	A	Baltimore Colts	19-22	L	OT	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	34350
Sun	10/2/1983	H	Denver Broncos	31-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58210
Sun	10/9/1983	H	Minnesota Vikings	14-23	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59632
Sun	10/16/1983	A	Detroit Lions	17-31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	66709
Sun	10/23/1983	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-6	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	45263
Sun	10/30/1983	H	Detroit Lions	17-38	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58764
Sun	11/6/1983	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-21	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	53010
Sun	11/13/1983	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	47524
Sun	11/20/1983	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27-0	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	36816
Sun	11/27/1983	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-3	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	40483
Sun	12/4/1983	A	Green Bay Packers	28-31	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	51147
Sun	12/11/1983	A	Minnesota Vikings	19-13	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	57880
Sun	12/18/1983	H	Green Bay Packers	23-21	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	35807

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Kelvin Atkins	51	LB	6-4	240	23	Illinois	13	0
Bob Avellini	7	QB	6-2	210	30	Maryland	2	0
Brian Baschnagel	84	WR	5-11	184	29	Ohio State	16	4
Kurt Becker	79	ROG	6-5	275	25	Michigan	16	14
Todd Bell	25	SS	6-0	208	25	Ohio State	15	15
Mark Bortz	62	DT	6-6	273	22	Iowa	16	0
Brian Cabral	54	RLB	6-1	217	27	Colorado	16	4
Gary Campbell	59	RLB	6-1	205	31	Colorado	6	4
Jim Covert	74	LOT	6-4	275	23	Pittsburgh	16	16
Richard Dent	95	RDE	6-5	264	23	Tennessee State	16	3
Dave Duerson	22	FS-SS	6-1	203	23	Notre Dame	16	6
Pat Dunsmore	88	TE	6-3	237	24	Drake	16	1
Vince Evans	8	QB	6-2	205	28	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	9	3
Rob Fada	64	LOG	6-2	272	22	Pittsburgh	5	3
Gary Fencik	45	FS	6-1	196	29	Yale	7	7
Jeff Fisher	24	FS	5-10	188	25	Southern California	8	3
Leslie Frazier	21	RCB	6-0	189	24	Alcorn State	16	16
Andy Frederick	71	ROT	6-6	265	29	New Mexico	16	6
Willie Gault	83	WR	6-1	181	23	Tennessee	16	13
Dennis Gentry	29	RB	5-8	182	24	Baylor	15	0
Dan Hampton	99	RDT-RDE	6-5	268	26	Arkansas	11	11
Al Harris	90	RDE-RLB	6-5	259	27	Arizona State	13	10
Mike Hartenstine	73	LDE	6-3	254	30	Penn State	16	16
Perry Hartnett	67	OG	6-5	275	23	Southern Methodist	2	0
Jay Hilgenberg	63	C	6-3	264	24	Iowa	16	8
Anthony Hutchison	32	RB	5-10	186	22	Texas Tech	16	0
Noah Jackson	65	LOG	6-2	264	32	Tampa	13	13
John Janata	72	OT	6-7	255	22	Antelope Valley JC; Illinois	15	0
Tyrone Keys	98	LDT-RDE	6-7	268	23	Mississippi State	14	4
Ken Margerum	82	WR	6-0	180	25	Stanford	15	9
Dennis McKinnon	85	WR	6-1	185	22	Florida State	16	4
Jim McMahon	9	QB	6-1	192	24	Brigham Young	14	13
Steve McMichael	76	RDT-LDT-RDE	6-2	265	26	Texas	16	11
Emery Moorehead	87	TE	6-2	220	29	Colorado	16	15
Jerry Muckensturm	58	LB	6-4	220	30	Arkansas State	1	0
Dan Neal	52	C	6-4	252	34	Kentucky	8	8
Tim Norman	67	OG	6-6	273	24	Illinois	1	0
Jim Osborne	68	LDT-RDT	6-3	259	34	Southern University	16	12
Bob Parsons	86	P	6-5	232	33	Penn State	14	0
Walter Payton	34	RB	5-10	203	30	Jackson State	16	16
Kevin Potter	20	S	5-10	188	24	Missouri	8	0
Dan Rains	53	RLB	6-1	222	29	Cincinnati	15	5
Mike Richardson	27	LCB	6-0	186	22	Arizona State	16	14
Jay Saldi	81	TE	6-3	227	29	South Carolina	13	5
Terry Schmidt	44	LCB-FS	6-0	177	31	Ball State	13	3
James Scott	89	WR	6-1	192	31	Trinity Valley CC	1	0
Dave Simmons	57	LB	6-4	218	26	North Carolina	13	0
Mike Singletary	50	MLB	5-11	232	25	Baylor	16	16
Revie Sorey	69	ROG	6-2	264	30	Illinois	3	2
Ray Stachowicz	15	P	6-0	185	24	Michigan State	2	0
Matt Suhey	26	RB	5-11	215	25	Penn State	16	13
Bob Thomas	16	K	5-10	177	31	Notre Dame	16	0
Calvin Thomas	33	RB	5-11	245	23	Illinois	13	0
Keith Van Horne	78	ROT	6-6	285	26	Southern California	14	10
Rickey Watts	80	WR	6-1	203	26	Tulsa	4	0
Walt Williams	43	CB	6-1	185	29	Ashland; New Mexico State	15	0
Otis Wilson	55	LLB	6-2	228	26	Syracuse; Louisville	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Jim Covert	T	Pittsburgh
1	18	Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee
2	33	Mike Richardson	DB	Arizona State
3	64	Dave Duerson	DB	Notre Dame
4	91	Tom Thayer	C	Notre Dame
4	107	Pat Dunsmore	TE	Drake
8	203	Richard Dent	DE	Tennessee State
8	219	Mark Bortz	DT	Iowa
9	230	Rob Fada	G	Pittsburgh
9	235	Mark Zavagnin	LB	Notre Dame
10	256	Anthony Hutchison	RB	Texas Tech
11	286	Gary Worthy	RB	Wilmington
12	313	Oliver Williams	WR	Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	55	104	40	112	0	311
Opponents Totals	78	63	83	71	6	301

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	32:11	308	154	136	18	79/229 34.5%	14/22 63.6%	107	869
Opponents Totals	27:49	286	113	154	19	73/217 33.6%	/ %	86	687

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bob Thomas	0	35	38	92.1	14	25	56.0	77
Willie Gault	8	0	0		0	0		48
Walter Payton	8	0	0		0	0		48
Dennis McKinnon	5	0	0		0	0		30
Matt Suhey	5	0	0		0	0		30
Jim McMahon	3	0	0		0	0		18
Emery Moorehead	3	0	0		0	0		18
Ken Margerum	2	0	0		0	0		12
Vince Evans	1	0	0		0	0		6
Leslie Frazier	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Hartenstine	1	0	0		0	0		6
Anthony Hutchison	1	0	0		0	0		6
Terry Schmidt	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	39	35	39	89.7	14	25	56.0	311
Opponents Totals	36	34	36	94.4	17	23	73.9	301

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Thomas	14	25	56.0	0	50	1/1	9/9	0/4	3/6	1/5
Team Totals	14	25	56.0	0	50	1/1	9/9	0/4	3/6	1/5
Opponents Totals	17	23	73.9			1/1	7/7	7/8	2/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Payton	314	1421	4.5	49t	6
Matt Suhey	149	681	4.6	39	4
Jim McMahon	55	307	5.6	32	2
Vince Evans	22	142	6.5	27	1
Dennis Gentry	16	65	4.1	17	0
Willie Gault	4	31	7.8	22	0
Bob Parsons	1	27	27.0	27	0
Calvin Thomas	8	25	3.1	5	0
Anthony Hutchison	6	13	2.2	5	1
Ken Margerum	1	7	7.0	7	0
Emery Moorehead	5	6	1.2	5	0
Brian Baschnagel	2	2	1.0	2	0
Team Totals	583	2727	4.7	49t	14
Opponents Totals	482	2000	4.1	71	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim McMahon	295	175	59.3	107	2184	7.4	12.5	87t	12	4.1	13	4.4	42	266	1918	77.6
Vince Evans	145	76	52.4	62	1108	7.6	14.6	72t	5	3.4	7	4.8	11	92	1016	69.0
Matt Suhey	1	1	100.0	0	74	74.0	74.0	74t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	74	158.3
Walter Payton	6	3	50.0	1	95	15.8	31.7	56t	3	50.0	2	33.3	0	0	95	95.8
Team Totals	447	255	57.0	170	3461	7.7	13.6	87t	21	4.7	22	4.9	53	358	3103	77.0
Opponents Totals	490	249	50.8	220	3516	7.2	14.1	74	15	3.1	21	4.3	51	384	3132	66.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter Payton	53	607	11.5	74t	2
Matt Suhey	49	429	8.8	52	1
Emery Moorehead	42	597	14.2	36	3			0	0
Willie Gault	40	836	20.9	87t	8
Ken Margerum	21	336	16.0	60	2
Dennis McKinnon	20	326	16.3	49t	4
Jay Saldi	12	119	9.9	16	0		0	0	0
Pat Dunsmore	8	102	12.8	24	0			0	0
Brian Baschnagel	5	70	14.0	24	0			0
Calvin Thomas	2	13	6.5	7	0		0	0	0
Dennis Gentry	2	8	4.0	6	0		0	0
Jim McMahon	1	18	18.0	18t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	255	3461	13.6	87t	21
Opponents Totals	249	3516	14.1	74	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leslie Frazier	7	135	19.3	58	1
Terry Schmidt	5	31	6.2	32t	1
Mike Richardson	5	9	1.8	6	0
Gary Fencik	2	34	17.0	20	0
Otis Wilson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Singletary	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	215	10.2	58	2
Opponents Totals	22	291	13.2	35	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bob Parsons	79	2916	36.9	54	0	5	21	261	2555	32.3
Ray Stachowicz	12	447	37.3	48	2	0	0	61	386	27.6
Jim McMahon	1	36	36.0	36	0	0	0	0	36	36.0
Team Totals	94	3399	36.2	54	2	5	21	322	2977	31.7
Opponents Totals	99	3821	38.6	60		10	25	447	3174	32.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dennis McKinnon	34	3	316	9.3	59t	1
Jeff Fisher	13	3	71	5.5	11	0
Willie Gault	9	1	60	6.7	12	0
Team Totals	56	7	447	8.0	59t	1
Opponents Totals	44	14	322	7.3	34	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Anthony Hutchison	17	0	259	15.2	28
Willie Gault	13	0	276	21.2	38
Dennis Gentry	7	0	130	18.6	28
Rickey Watts	5	0	79	15.8	21
Dave Duerson	3	0	66	22.0	24
Brian Baschnagel	3	0	42	14.0	19
Dennis McKinnon	2	0	42	21.0	25
Todd Bell	2	0	18	9.0	18
Brian Cabral	2	0	11	5.5	6
Dan Rains	2	0	11	5.5	11
Mike Richardson	1	0	17	17.0	17
John Janata	1	0	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	58	0	953	16.4	38
Opponents Totals	66		1229	18.6	61

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Hartenstine	12.0
Steve McMichael	8.5
Al Harris	6.0
Jim Osborne	5.0
Dan Hampton	5.0
Mike Singletary	3.5
Richard Dent	3.0
Todd Bell	3.0
Otis Wilson	2.0
Tyrone Keys	1.0
Gary Campbell	1.0
Brian Cabral	1.0
Team Totals	51.0	384.0
Opponents Totals	53.0	358.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Brian Baschnagel	1		0	0	0	0	0
Todd Bell	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Jim Covert	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Vince Evans	4		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Fencik	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leslie Frazier	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Willie Gault	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dennis Gentry	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Harris	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Hartenstine	0	0	0	1	1	10	1
Jay Hilgenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Anthony Hutchison	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Janata	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ken Margerum	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dennis McKinnon	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jim McMahon	4		3	0	3	0	0
Steve McMichael	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Osborne	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walter Payton	5		2	0	2	0	0
Dan Rains	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Richardson	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Dave Simmons	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Singletary	0	0	0	4	4	15	0
Matt Suhey	5		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	25	15	10	17	27	45	1
Opponents Totals	37	17	15	14	29		0

Jim Dooley	Research and Quality Control
Dale Haupt	Defensive Line
Ed Hughes	Offensive Coordinator
Jim LaRue	Defensive Backs
Ted Plumb	Receivers
Johnny Roland	Offensive Backs
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Stanfel	Offensive Line