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Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears

October 2, 1983
Soldier Field, Chicago, IL

	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver BroncosDenver (2-3)	0	0	7	7	14
Chicago BearsChicago (2-3)	14	10	0	7	31

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			Den	Chi
Chi	1:11	Matt Suhey 13 run (Bob Thomas Kick)	0	7
Chi	14:53	Willie Gault 15 pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas Kick)	0	14
2nd Quarter			Den	Chi
Chi	5:00	Leslie Frazier 11 interception return (Bob Thomas Kick)	0	21
Chi	13:53	FG Bob Thomas 19	0	24
3rd Quarter			Den	Chi
Den	12:45	Nathan Poole 15 run (Rich Karlis Kick)	7	24
4th Quarter			Den	Chi
Den	0:28	Rick Upchurch 15 pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis Kick)	14	24
Chi	0:52	Willie Gault 72 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas Kick)	14	31

Team Stats

	DenverDen	ChicagoChi
First downs	16	22
Rushing	3	15
Passing	10	6
Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	246	423
Net Yards Rushing	46	177
Rushing Plays	15	39
Average Gain	3.1	4.5
Net Yards Passing	200	246
Att - Comp - Int	40-21-2	26-16-4
Sacked - Yds Lost	9-71	0-0
Gross Yards Passing	271	246
Avg. Yds/Att	6.8	9.5

	DenverDen	ChicagoChi
Punts - Average	6-41.7	3-33.7
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	1-2	3-29
Kickoff Returns	6-139	2-36
Interception Returns	4-49	2-11
Penalties - Yards	6-35	10-77
Fumbles - Lost	1-0	2-0
Field Goals	0-0	1-1
Third Downs	5-16-31%	5-14-35%
Total Plays	64	65
Average Gain	3.8	6.5
Time of Possession	27:41	32:19

Passing

Denver BroncosDenver	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Steve DeBergS. DeBerg	30	17	235	7.8	1	1	25	6	46	79.2
John ElwayJ. Elway	10	4	36	3.6	0	1	14	3	25	10.8

Chicago BearsChicago	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim McMahonJ. McMahon	23	15	174	7.6	1	3	52	0	0	62.9
Vince EvansV. Evans	3	1	72	24.0	1	1	72t	0	0	81.9

Rushing

Denver BroncosDenver	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Sammy WinderS. Winder	9	20	2.22	7	0
Nathan PooleN. Poole	2	16	8.00	15t	1
John ElwayJ. Elway	3	10	3.33	5	0
Rick ParrosR. Parros	1	0	0.00	0	0

Chicago BearsChicago	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Walter PaytonW. Payton	23	91	3.96	8	0
Jim McMahonJ. McMahon	2	28	14.00	20	0
Matt SuheyM. Suhey	6	27	4.50	13t	1
Willie GaultW. Gault	1	22	22.00	22	0
Vince EvansV. Evans	4	4	1.00	2	0
Calvin ThomasC. Thomas	2	4	2.00	3	0
Dennis GentryD. Gentry	1	1	1.00	1	0

Receiving

Denver BroncosDenver	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Steve WatsonS. Watson	5	90	18.00	25	0
James WrightJ. Wright	5	65	13.00	23	0
Rick ParrosR. Parros	2	18	9.00	9	0
Zach ThomasZ. Thomas	2	22	11.00	18	0
Rick UpchurchR. Upchurch	2	22	11.00	15t	1
Sammy WinderS. Winder	2	22	11.00	13	0
Nathan PooleN. Poole	1	6	6.00	6	0
Dave PrestonD. Preston	1	14	14.00	14	0
Clint SampsonC. Sampson	1	12	12.00	12	0

Chicago BearsChicago	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Matt SuheyM. Suhey	5	89	17.80	52	0
Willie GaultW. Gault	3	98	32.67	72t	2
Walter PaytonW. Payton	3	16	5.33	8	0
Emery MooreheadE. Moorehead	2	14	7.00	9	0
Dennis McKinnonD. McKinnon	1	7	7.00	7	0
Jay SaldiJ. Saldi	1	16	16.00	16	0
Calvin ThomasC. Thomas	1	6	6.00	6	0

Kickoff Returns

Denver BroncosDenver	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Steve WilsonS. Wilson	4	112	28.00	0	32	0
Zach ThomasZ. Thomas	2	27	13.50	0	14	0

Chicago BearsChicago	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Willie GaultW. Gault	1	25	25.00	0	25	0
Anthony HutchisonA. Hutchison	1	11	11.00	0	11	0

Punt Returns

Denver BroncosDenver	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Zach ThomasZ. Thomas	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Chicago BearsChicago	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Willie GaultW. Gault	3	29	9.67	0	12	0

Punting

Denver BroncosDenver	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Luke PrestridgeL. Prestridge	6	250	41.7	57	0	3	29

Chicago BearsChicago	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Bob ParsonsB. Parsons	3	101	33.7	47	0	1	2

Kicking

Denver BroncosDenver	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Rich KarlisR. Karlis	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	2

Chicago BearsChicago	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Bob ThomasB. Thomas	4/4	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	19	--	7

Defense

Denver BroncosDenver	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Steve FoleyS. Foley	2	11	5.50	11	0	0.0
Mike HardenM. Harden	1	22	22.00	22	0	0.0
Dennis SmithD. Smith	1	16	16.00	16	0	0.0

Chicago BearsChicago	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Leslie FrazierL. Frazier	1	11	11.00	11t	1	0.0
Terry SchmidtT. Schmidt	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
Todd BellT. Bell	0	0	0.00	0	0	3.0
Dan HamptonD. Hampton	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Al HarrisA. Harris	0	0	0.00	0	0	2.0
Mike HartenstineM. Hartenstine	0	0	0.00	0	0	2.0
Mike SingletaryM. Singletary	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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