| Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1973 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51159 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 26% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 47 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 12 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Harrison 44 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 10 FG | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Earl Thomas 5 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Harrison 5 run (Mac Percival kick) | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Anderson 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Otis Armstrong 36 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 30 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 42 FG | 33 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 82 | WR | Earl Thomas |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 80 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 26 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 60 | RDT | Wally Chambers |
| 71 | RDE | Tony McGee |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 20 | RLB | Jimmy Gunn |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 25 | LS | Craig Clemons |
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 42 | WR | Billy Van Heusen |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 51 | RLB | Mike Simone |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 23 | RS | Maurice Tyler |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Harrison | 18 | 98 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Carl Garrett | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Gary Kosins | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Moore | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Charley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 | 2 | 91.4 | |||
| Gary Huff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 2 | 326 | 8.4 | 1 | 75.4 | |||
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Carl Garrett | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bobby Anderson | 13 | 143 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fred Forsberg | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 277 | 46.2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Randy Montgomery | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Pete Duranko | 1.0 |
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