| Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1983 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 64692 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 8 pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Hokie Gajan 3 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Morten Andersen 21 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bob Thomas 27 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Hoby Brenner 15 pass from Ken Stabler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Kenny Duckett 25 pass from Ken Stabler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Walter Payton 49 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 56 pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Johnnie Poe 31 interception return (Morten Andersen kick) | 24 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Willie Gault 21 pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick) | 31 | 31 |
| 5 | New Orleans Saints | Morten Andersen 41 FG | 31 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 28 | 161 | 5.8 | 49t | 1 |
| Vince Evans | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jim McMahon | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 172 | 10.1 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 93.3 |
| Vince Evans | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 128 | 9.1 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 42.3 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 77 | 38.5 | 56t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 3 | 279 | 7.2 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 70.4 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Gault | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 56t | 3 |
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Margerum | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jeff Groth | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Kenny Duckett | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 25t | 1 |
| Lindsay Scott | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Terry Schmidt | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Leslie Frazier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Johnnie Poe | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Dennis Winston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 50 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Willie Gault | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Willie Gault | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 61 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Mike Hartenstine | 3.0 |
| Brian Cabral | 1.0 |
| Dan Hampton | 1.0 |
| Al Harris | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Jim Wilks | 2.0 |
| Bruce Clark | 1.0 |
| Tony Elliott | 1.0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1.0 |
| Reggie Lewis | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1.0 |
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