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Atlanta Falcons 20 at Chicago Bears 17

Sunday, September 4, 1983

Atlanta Falcons 20, Chicago Bears 17

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Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0)607720
Chicago Bears (0-1-0)0107017

Scoring

ATLCHI
1stATLWilliam Andrews 23 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (kick failed)60
2ndCHIKen Margerum 8 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick)67
CHIBob Thomas 29 yard field goal610
3rdATLGerald Riggs 1 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick)1310
CHIAnthony Hutchison 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)1317
4thATLAlfred Jenkins 21 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick)2017

Team Stats

ATLCHI
First downs1821
Rush-yards-TDs31-132-136-150-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-23-201-2-021-30-273-1-1
Sacked-yards4-164-22
Net pass yards185251
Total yards317401
Fumbles-lost1-10-0
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards6-453-20

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
William Andrews ATL 22 95 0 15 3 43 1 23
Steve Bartkowski ATL 14 23 201 2 0 25
Alfred Jenkins ATL 3 48 1 21
Billy Johnson ATL 1 12 0 12 2 31 0 19
Alfred Jackson ATL 2 39 0 25
Gerald Riggs ATL 8 25 1 7 1 8 0 8
Ben Young ATL 3 32 0 12
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walter Payton CHI 20 103 0 20 8 96 0 34
Jim McMahon CHI 20 29 254 1 1 34 2 3 0 0
Emery Moorehead CHI 1 3 0 3 4 74 0 31
Matt Suhey CHI 9 34 0 18 3 18 0 8
Ken Margerum CHI 3 43 1 20
Brian Baschnagel CHI 3 42 0 24
Vince Evans CHI 1 1 19 0 0 19
Willie Gault CHI 1 4 0 4
Anthony Hutchison CHI 3 3 1 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dan Benish ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Butler ATL 1 0 0 0
Lynn Cain ATL 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Billy Johnson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 12 6.0 0 0
Fulton Kuykendall ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Provence ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Zele ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Jeff Fisher CHI 0 0 0 0 3 15 5.0 0 0
Willie Gault CHI 0 0 0 0 2 52 26.0 0 0
Jim Osborne CHI 4.0 0 0 0 0
Dan Rains CHI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0