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Detroit Lions 38 at Chicago Bears 17
Sunday, October 30, 1983
Stadium: Soldier Field (I), Start Time: 12:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 61%, wind 10 mph
Weather: 43 degrees, relative humidity 61%, wind 10 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (4-5-0) | 14 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Chicago Bears (3-6-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Scoring
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Vince Thompson 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Lions | Jeff Chadwick 21 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Bears | Bob Thomas 45 yard field goal | 14 | 3 |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 29 yard field goal | 17 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Lions | James R. Jones 8 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 3 |
| Lions | Leonard Thompson 40 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 31 | 3 | |
| 4th | Bears | Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 31 | 10 |
| Bears | Emery Moorehead 18 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| Lions | James R. Jones 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 38 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-192-4 | 31-139-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-19-216-1-0 | 22-39-257-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 1-14 |
| Net pass yards | 204 | 243 |
| Total yards | 396 | 382 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-67 | 12-82 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Eric Hipple | DET | 12 | 19 | 216 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 19 | 91 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 39 | ||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 3 | 68 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 7 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ulysses Norris | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 20 | 80 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jim McMahon | CHI | 11 | 16 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vince Evans | CHI | 11 | 23 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emery Moorehead | CHI | 6 | 74 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Matt Suhey | CHI | 5 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 4 | 58 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 3 | 42 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ken Margerum | CHI | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | CHI | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce McNorton | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Watkins | DET | 1 | 31 | 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 | |||
| Brian Cabral | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Gentry | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Harris | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hutchison | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Janata | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Black | DET | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bob Parsons | CHI | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Thomas | CHI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |