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Denver Broncos 14 at Chicago Bears 31

Sunday, October 2, 1983

Denver Broncos 14, Chicago Bears 31

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Denver Broncos (2-3-0)007714
Chicago Bears (2-3-0)14100731

Scoring

DENCHI
1stCHIMatt Suhey 13 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)07
CHIWillie Gault 15 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick)014
2ndCHILeslie Frazier 11 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)021
CHIBob Thomas 19 yard field goal024
3rdDENNathan Poole 15 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick)724
4thDENRick Upchurch 15 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick)1424
CHIWillie Gault 72 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick)1431

Team Stats

DENCHI
First downs1622
Rush-yards-TDs15-46-139-177-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT21-40-271-1-216-26-246-2-4
Sacked-yards9-710-0
Net pass yards200246
Total yards246423
Fumbles-lost1-02-0
Turnovers24
Penalties-yards6-3510-77

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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