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Chicago Bears 31 at New Orleans Saints 34

Sunday, September 18, 1983

Chicago Bears 31, New Orleans Saints 34 (OT)

1234OTFinal
Chicago Bears (1-2-0)73714031
New Orleans Saints (2-1-0)73147334

Scoring

CHINOR
1stCHIWillie Gault 8 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick)70
NORHokie Gajan 3 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick)77
2ndNORMorten Andersen 21 yard field goal710
CHIBob Thomas 27 yard field goal1010
3rdNORHoby Brenner 15 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Morten Andersen kick)1017
NORKenny Duckett 25 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Morten Andersen kick)1024
CHIWalter Payton 49 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)1724
4thCHIWillie Gault 56 yard pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick)2424
NORJohnnie Poe 31 yard interception return (Morten Andersen kick)2431
CHIWillie Gault 21 yard pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick)3131
OTNORMorten Andersen 41 yard field goal3134

Team Stats

CHINOR
First downs2121
Rush-yards-TDs34-189-128-84-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-33-377-3-326-40-303-2-3
Sacked-yards8-736-55
Net pass yards304248
Total yards493332
Fumbles-lost3-23-3
Turnovers56
Penalties-yards11-1116-50

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walter Payton CHI 2 2 77 2 0 56 28 161 1 49 2 27 0 25
Willie Gault CHI 4 103 3 56
Jim McMahon CHI 11 17 172 1 1 60 1 9 0 9
Ken Margerum CHI 2 86 0 60
Emery Moorehead CHI 4 82 0 36
Vince Evans CHI 7 14 128 0 2 0 2 11 0 0
Jay Saldi CHI 4 37 0 16
Dennis McKinnon CHI 1 20 0 20
Brian Baschnagel CHI 1 18 0 18
Dennis Gentry CHI 3 8 0 6
Matt Suhey CHI 2 4 0 6
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ken Stabler NOR 25 39 279 2 3 30
Hoby Brenner NOR 6 105 1 30
Wayne Wilson NOR 21 72 0 20 2 14 0 17
Jeff Groth NOR 7 74 0 24
Kenny Duckett NOR 5 53 1 25
Lindsay Scott NOR 4 40 0 17
Eugene Goodlow NOR 2 17 0 10
Hokie Gajan NOR 7 12 1 5
Russell Erxleben NOR 1 1 24 0 0 24

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
Brian Cabral CHI 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Fisher CHI 0 0 0 0 3 16 5.3 0 0
Leslie Frazier CHI 1 5 0 0
Willie Gault CHI 0 0 0 0 2 38 19.0 0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0
Dan Hampton CHI 1.0 0 0 0 0
Al Harris CHI 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hartenstine CHI 3.0 0 0 0 0
Terry Schmidt CHI 2 -1 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
Bruce Clark NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Kenny Duckett NOR 0 0 0 0 3 143 47.7 0 0
Tony Elliott NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Groth NOR 0 0 0 0 4 23 5.8 0 0
Rickey Jackson NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Lewis NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Rich Mauti NOR 0 0 0 0 3 66 22.0 0 0
Derland Moore NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Whitney Paul NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Johnnie Poe NOR 2 60 1 0
Jim Wilks NOR 2.0 0 0 0 0
Dirt Winston NOR 1 0 0 0