DEN 14 @ CHI 31 - 1983 NFL

1983 Week 5

Denver BroncosDEN

14-31

Chicago BearsCHI

Sun, October 2, 1983 · 1:00PM · Soldier Field

Surface: astroturfLine: Chicago Bears -1.5O/U: 34.5 (over)

DEN: Dan Reeves · CHI: Mike Ditka

DEN

Team Stats

CHI

1st Downs

15-46

Rushing

39-177

21-40-271

Passing

16-26-246

246

Total Yards

423

Scoring

1st Quarter

Matt Suhey 13 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)

Willie Gault 15 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick)

2nd Quarter

Leslie Frazier 11 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DEN
Passing
Steve DeBerg	17/30	235	1	1	6	79.2
John Elway	4/10	36	0	1	3	10.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
John Elway	3	10	0	5	0
Sammy Winder	9	20	0	7	0
Nathan Poole	2	16	1	15	0
Rick Parros	1	0	0	0	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Rick Upchurch	6	2	22	1	15
Dennis Smith	1	0	0	0
Sammy Winder	4	2	22	0	13
Nathan Poole	2	1	6	0	6
Steve Watson	10	5	90	0	25
James Wright	7	5	65	0	23
Zach Thomas	2	2	22	0	18
Rick Parros	2	2	18	0	9
Dave Preston	1	1	14	0	14
Clint Sampson	2	1	12	0	12
Ron Egloff	1	0	0	0	0
CHI
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Jim McMahon	15/23	174	1	3	0	62.9
Vince Evans	1/3	72	1	1	0	81.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Jim McMahon	2	28	0	20	0
Vince Evans	4	4	0	2	0
Walter Payton	23	91	0	8	0
Matt Suhey	6	27	1	13	0
Willie Gault	1	22	0	22	0
Calvin Thomas	2	4	0	3	0
Dennis Gentry	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Walter Payton	3	3	16	0	8
Matt Suhey	5	5	89	0	52
Willie Gault	5	3	98	2	72
Calvin Thomas	2	1	6	0	6
Jay Saldi	1	1	16	0	16
Emery Moorehead	3	2	14	0	9
Dennis McKinnon	1	1	7	0	7
Ken Margerum	2	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DEN
Steve Foley			0	2			0	0
Mike Harden			0	1			0	0
Dennis Smith			0	1			0	0
Dave Studdard			0					1
CHI
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Leslie Frazier			0	1			0	0
Terry Schmidt			0	1			0	0
Todd Bell			3	0			0	0
Al Harris			2	0			0	0
Mike Hartenstine			2	0			1	0
Dan Hampton			1	0			0	0
Mike Singletary			1	0			0	0
Willie Gault			0	0			0	1
Walter Payton			0	0			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DEN
Rich Karlis	2/2	-	0	0	-	-
Luke Prestridge	-	-	6	250	41.7	-
CHI
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Bob Thomas	4/4	1/1	0	0	-	-
Bob Parsons	-	-	3	101	33.7	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DEN
Zach Thomas	2	27	0	1	2	0
Steve Wilson	4	112	0	0	0	0
CHI
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Willie Gault	1	25	0	3	29	0
Anthony Hutchison	1	11	0	0	0	0

DEN

Expected Points Added

CHI

-18.5Total18.5

-18.5Off Total6.0

-16.3Off Pass0.1

-2.3Off Rush4.2

-6.0Def Total18.5

-0.1Def Pass16.3

-4.2Def Rush2.3

5.0

Starting Lineups

DEN

QBJohn Elway

RBSammy Winder

FBRick Parros

WRSteve Watson

WRRick Upchurch

TEJames Wright

LTDave Studdard

LGKeith Bishop

CBill Bryan

RGPaul Howard

RTKen Lanier

DEN at CHI, 1983 NFL game