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Denver Broncos 14 at Chicago Bears 31
Sunday, October 2, 1983
Denver Broncos 14, Chicago Bears 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (2-3-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago Bears (2-3-0) | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| DEN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Matt Suhey 13 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CHI | Willie Gault 15 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | CHI | Leslie Frazier 11 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 21 |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 19 yard field goal | 0 | 24 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Nathan Poole 15 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4th | DEN | Rick Upchurch 15 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 24 |
| CHI | Willie Gault 72 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 31 |
Team Stats
| DEN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 15-46-1 | 39-177-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-40-271-1-2 | 16-26-246-2-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 9-71 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 246 |
| Total yards | 246 | 423 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-35 | 10-77 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 17 | 30 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 5 | 90 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| James Wright | DEN | 5 | 65 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 9 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| John Elway | DEN | 4 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Nathan Poole | DEN | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | DEN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Willie Gault | CHI | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 98 | 2 | 72 | ||||||
| Matt Suhey | CHI | 6 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 52 | ||||||
| Jim McMahon | CHI | 15 | 23 | 174 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 23 | 91 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Vince Evans | CHI | 1 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jay Saldi | CHI | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Emery Moorehead | CHI | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Thomas | CHI | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Harden | DEN | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Smith | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zach Thomas | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Wilson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Todd Bell | CHI | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leslie Frazier | CHI | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Hampton | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al Harris | CHI | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hartenstine | CHI | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hutchison | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry Schmidt | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Singletary | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||