Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears - October 2nd, 1983
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Chicago Bears | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DEN | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bears | Matt Suhey 13 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| Bears | Willie Gault 15 yard pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2 | Bears | Leslie Frazier 11 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| Bears | Bob Thomas 19 yard field goal | 0 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Broncos | Nathan Poole 15 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| 4 | Broncos | Rick Upchurch 15 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| Bears | Willie Gault 72 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 31 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 17 | 30 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 25 | 79.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Elway | DEN | 4 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10.8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Dennis Smith | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Nathan Poole | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 25 | |||||
| James Wright | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 23 | |||||
| Zach Thomas | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| Clint Sampson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim McMahon | CHI | 15 | 23 | 174 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 62.9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Evans | CHI | 1 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 81.9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Matt Suhey | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 52 | |||
| Willie Gault | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 2 | 72 | ||||
| Calvin Thomas | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dennis Gentry | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jay Saldi | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Emery Moorehead | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Dennis McKinnon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Ken Margerum | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Bears Starters
Broncos Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
