| Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1984 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 54335 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 38 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Willie Gault 61 pass from Jim McMahon (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 72 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 26 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Matt Suhey 4 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 0 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Clint Sampson |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 54 | LOG | Keith Bishop |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 87 | TE | Jim Wright |
| 8 | QB | Gary Kubiak |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| 83 | HBK | John Sawyer |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 52 | LOLB | Ken Woodard |
| 55 | LILB | Rick Dennison |
| 58 | RILB | Steve Busick |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 23 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Willie Gault |
| 85 | WR | Dennis McKinnon |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Covert |
| 62 | LOG | Mark Bortz |
| 63 | C | Jay Hilgenberg |
| 79 | ROG | Kurt Becker |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 81 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 9 | QB | Jim McMahon |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 76 | LDT | Steve McMichael |
| 99 | RDT | Dan Hampton |
| 98 | RDE | Tyrone Keys |
| 55 | LLB | Otis Wilson |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 90 | RLB | Al Harris |
| 27 | LCB | Mike Richardson |
| 25 | SS | Todd Bell |
| 45 | FS | Gary Fencik |
| 21 | RCB | Leslie Frazier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gerald Willhite | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy Winder | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Elway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 72t | 1 |
| Matt Suhey | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Anthony Hutchison | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Calvin Thomas | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Donald Jordan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Scott Stankavage | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 58 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17.4 |
| Gary Kubiak | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 40 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31.9 |
| John Elway | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 19 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21.3 |
| Jim McMahon | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 93 | 11.6 | 61t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Don Summers | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gerald Willhite | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clint Sampson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Matt Suhey | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Gault | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Leslie Frazier | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Chris Norman | 9 | 351 | 39.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dave Finzer | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis Gentry | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Jim Ryan | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Todd Bell | 1.0 |
| Tyrone Keys | 1.0 |
| Otis Wilson | 1.0 |
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