1983 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Ditka (8-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1983 Chicago Bears Roster
1983 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Bears scored 311 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 301. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 1,421 yards for Chicago.

Jim McMahon passed for 2,184 yards, and Vince Evans spent time under center, too. Walter Payton topped pass catchers, hauling in 53 balls, while Willie Gault added 836 receiving yards. Matt Suhey and Emery Moorehead provided receiving help also.

Leslie Frazier intercepted 7 opponent throws. Mike Hartenstine led the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 51 sacks.

Mike Ditka coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim McMahon	295	175	59.3	2184	7.4	12	4.1	13	4.4	87	42	266	77.6
Vince Evans	145	76	52.4	1108	7.6	5	3.4	7	4.8	72	11	92	69.0
Walter Payton	6	3	50.0	95	15.8	3	50.0	2	33.3	56	0	0	95.8
Matt Suhey	1	1	100.0	74	74.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	74	0	0	158.3
Totals	447	255	57.0	3461	7.7	21	4.7	22	4.9	87	53	358

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter Payton	314	1421	4.5	49	6
Matt Suhey	149	681	4.6	39	4
Jim McMahon	55	307	5.6	32	2
Vince Evans	22	142	6.5	27	1
Dennis Gentry	16	65	4.1	17	0
Willie Gault	4	31	7.8	22	0
Bob Parsons	1	27	27.0	27	0
Calvin Thomas	8	25	3.1	9	0
Anthony Hutchison	6	13	2.2	5	1
Ken Margerum	1	7	7.0	7	0
Emery Moorehead	5	6	1.2	5	0
Brian Baschnagel	2	2	1.0	2	0
Totals	583	2727	4.7	49	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter Payton	53	607	11.5	74	2
Matt Suhey	49	429	8.8	52	1
Emery Moorehead	42	597	14.2	36	3
Willie Gault	40	836	20.9	87	8
Ken Margerum	21	336	16.0	60	2
Dennis McKinnon	20	326	16.3	49	4
Jay Saldi	12	119	9.9	16	0
Pat Dunsmore	8	102	12.8	24	0
Brian Baschnagel	5	70	14.0	24	0
Calvin Thomas	2	13	6.5	7	0
Dennis Gentry	2	8	4.0	6	0
Jim McMahon	1	18	18.0	18	1
Totals	255	3461	13.6	87	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Thomas	38	35	92.1	25	14	56.0	77
Totals	38	35	92.1	25	14	56.0	77

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Parsons	79	2916	36.9	54
Ray Stachowicz	12	447	37.2	48
Jim McMahon	1	36	36.0	36
Totals	92	3399	36.9	54

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dennis McKinnon	34	316	9.3	59	1
Jeff Fisher	13	71	5.5	11	0
Willie Gault	9	60	6.7	12	0
Totals	56	447	8.0	59	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Gault	13	276	21.2	38
Anthony Hutchison	17	259	15.2	28
Dennis Gentry	7	130	18.6	28
Rickey Watts	5	79	15.8	21
Dave Duerson	3	66	22.0	24
Dennis McKinnon	2	42	21.0	25
Brian Baschnagel	3	42	14.0	19
Todd Bell	2	18	9.0	18
Mike Richardson	1	17	17.0	17
Dan Rains	2	11	5.5	11
Brian Cabral	2	11	5.5	6
John Janata	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	58	953	16.4	38

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leslie Frazier	7	135	19.3	58	1
Terry Schmidt	5	31	6.2	32	1
Mike Richardson	5	9	1.8	6	0
Gary Fencik	2	34	17.0	20	0
Otis Wilson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Singletary	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	21	215	10.2	58	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mike Hartenstine	12.0
Steve McMichael	8.5
Al Harris	6.0
Dan Hampton	5.0
Jim Osborne	5.0
Mike Singletary	3.5
Todd Bell	3.0
Richard Dent	3.0
Otis Wilson	2.0
Brian Cabral	1.0
Tyrone Keys	1.0
Gary Campbell	1.0
Totals	51.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Steve McMichael	37	37	0		0	2	0	0	1
Richard Dent	12	12	0		0	0	0	0	1
Mike Singletary				0	0	4	15	0	0
Jim McMahon					4	3	0	0	0
Mike Richardson				0	0	2	7	0	0
Al Harris					0	2	0	0	0
Walter Payton					5	2	0	0	0
Jim Osborne					0	1	0	0	0
Willie Gault					1	1	0	0	0
Dan Rains					0	1	0	0	0
Todd Bell					0	1	10	0	0
Mike Hartenstine					0	1	10	1	0
Jimbo Covert					0	1	0	0	0
Gary Fencik				0	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis McKinnon					2	1	0	0	0
John Janata					0	1	0	0	0
Dave Simmons					0	1	0	0	0
Leslie Frazier				0	0	1	3	0	0
Jay Hilgenberg					0	1	0	0	0
Vince Evans					4	0	0	0	0
Anthony Hutchison					1	0	0	0	0
Matt Suhey					5	0	0	0	0
Brian Baschnagel					1	0	0	0	0
Ken Margerum					1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Gentry					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	49	49	0	0	25	27	45	1	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	35	0			77
Walter Payton	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Willie Gault	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Dennis McKinnon	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Matt Suhey	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Emery Moorehead	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Jim McMahon	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Ken Margerum	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Terry Schmidt	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Leslie Frazier	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Hartenstine	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Anthony Hutchison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Vince Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	14	21	1	0	0	2	1	0	14	35	0	0	0	311