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1983 Chicago Bears
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 311 points (19.4/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 301 points (18.8/g), 5th.
Differential of 10 points (0.6/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.1, Offense: -2.5, Defense: 1.5, SoS: -1.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Ditka (8-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Ed Hughes
Defensive Coordinator: Buddy Ryan
Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 20 | 21 | 401 | 251 | 150 | 1 | 18 | 317 | 185 | 132 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 10 | 14 | 358 | 263 | 95 | 3 | 17 | 347 | 262 | 85 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | L | OT | 1-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 31 | 34 | 21 | 493 | 304 | 189 | 5 | 21 | 332 | 248 | 84 | 6 |
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | L | OT | 1-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 19 | 22 | 15 | 330 | 227 | 103 | 2 | 27 | 461 | 245 | 216 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 2-3 | Denver Broncos | 31 | 14 | 22 | 423 | 246 | 177 | 4 | 16 | 246 | 200 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 23 | 23 | 425 | 186 | 239 | 5 | 15 | 368 | 177 | 191 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | L | 2-5 | @ | Detroit Lions | 17 | 31 | 25 | 427 | 309 | 118 | 21 | 366 | 195 | 171 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 3-5 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 6 | 15 | 272 | 86 | 186 | 1 | 14 | 225 | 116 | 109 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | L | 3-6 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 38 | 25 | 382 | 243 | 139 | 4 | 21 | 396 | 204 | 192 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | L | 3-7 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 21 | 15 | 284 | 170 | 114 | 2 | 18 | 284 | 123 | 161 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | W | 4-7 | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 14 | 19 | 335 | 112 | 223 | 2 | 14 | 263 | 143 | 120 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | W | 5-7 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 0 | 22 | 346 | 73 | 273 | 1 | 8 | 132 | 60 | 72 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 27 | boxscore | W | 6-7 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 3 | 16 | 324 | 133 | 191 | 1 | 20 | 290 | 218 | 72 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | L | 6-8 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 31 | 16 | 358 | 274 | 84 | 2 | 20 | 512 | 328 | 184 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 7-8 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 13 | 16 | 303 | 93 | 210 | 18 | 255 | 206 | 49 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | boxscore | W | 8-8 | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 21 | 23 | 369 | 133 | 236 | 3 | 18 | 338 | 222 | 116 | 7 | ||