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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions - October 16th, 1983
Chicago Bears 17 at Detroit Lions 31
Sunday, October 16, 1983
Chicago Bears 17, Detroit Lions 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (2-5-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions (3-4-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| CHI | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Billy Sims 3 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DET | Dexter Bussey 14 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 14 |
| CHI | Bob Thomas 23 yard field goal | 3 | 14 | |
| DET | Eddie Murray 35 yard field goal | 3 | 17 | |
| CHI | Ken Margerum 12 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DET | Ulysses Norris 20 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4th | CHI | Matt Suhey 10 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 17 | 24 |
| DET | Eric Hipple 8 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 31 |
Team Stats
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-118-0 | 34-171-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 28-46-336-2-0 | 11-28-202-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-27 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 309 | 195 |
| Total yards | 427 | 366 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-70 | 8-81 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vince Evans | CHI | 28 | 45 | 336 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 86 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 9 |
| Ken Margerum | CHI | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Pat Dunsmore | CHI | 5 | 73 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 5 | 62 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Emery Moorehead | CHI | 4 | 53 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 2 | 38 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Matt Suhey | CHI | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Eric Hipple | DET | 7 | 16 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 4 | 86 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 5 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 46 | ||||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 15 | 77 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 9 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 4 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Ulysses Norris | DET | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Hartenstine | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hutchison | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Rains | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 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 | |||
| Mike Dawson | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug English | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| William Gay | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Green | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||