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Chicago Bears
1983 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	; Mike Ditka; (2nd season);
General manager	Jim Finks
Owner	; The McCaskey Family; (Family control since 1921; Virginia McCaskey since 1983);
Home field	Soldier Field
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd NFC Central;
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	; 2; RB Walter Payton; ; ; MLB Mike Singletary; ; ;
AP All-Pros	; 2; RB Walter Payton; ; ; MLB Mike Singletary; ; ;
	; ← 1982; ; ; Bears seasons; ; ; 1984 →; ;

The 1983 Chicago Bears season was their 64th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–8 record under second year head coach Mike Ditka, but missed postseason play. Jim McMahon was the quarterback, who completed 175 of 295 pass attempts. The Bears 1983 NFL Draft class was ranked #3 in NFL Top 10's greatest draft classes.^[3]

4 Game summaries
- 4.1 Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons
- 4.2 Week 2
  - 4.2.1 Week 3: at New Orleans Saints
  - 4.2.2 Week 4: at Baltimore Colts
  - 4.2.3 Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos
  - 4.2.4 Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles
  - 4.2.5 Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions
  - 4.2.6 Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
  - 4.2.7 Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  - 4.2.8 Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers
  - 4.2.9 Week 14: at Green Bay Packers
- 4.3 Week 15
- 4.4 Week 16

5 Roster and staff
- 5.1 Staff
- 5.2 Roster
  - 5.2.1 Depth chart

6 References

7 External links

1983 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1983 Chicago Bears draft
1	6	Jim Covert *	Offensive tackle	Pittsburgh
1	18	Willie Gault	Wide receiver	Tennessee
2	33	Mike Richardson	Cornerback	Arizona State
3	64	Dave Duerson *	Safety	Notre Dame
4	91	Tom Thayer	Center	Notre Dame
4	107	Pat Dunsmore	Tight end	Drake
8	203	Richard Dent ^†	Defensive end	Tennessee State
8	219	Mark Bortz *	Guard	Iowa
9	230	Rob Fada	Guard	Pittsburgh
9	235	Mark Zavagnin	Linebacker	Notre Dame
10	256	Anthony Hutchison	Running back	Texas Tech
11	286	Gary Worthy	Running back	Wilmington (OH)
12	313	Oliver Williams	Wide receiver	Illinois
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Preseason

The Bears were predicted to finish 7–9 and fourth in the division by Paul Zimmerman. Their prized new weapon would be Willie Gault, Dennis McKinnon (signed as an undrafted free agent by the Bears in 1983) and Jimbo Covert would help open bigger holes for Walter Payton but it was felt they were a few offensive lineman and a tight end away from being effective. The defense would be led by All-Pro Dan Hampton and new defensive backs Mike Richardson and Dave Duerson.^[4] The Bears started 1983 by losing 7 of their first 10, but won 5 of their last 6 to finish 8–8. The Bears would go 71–18 in regular season games from November 13, 1983, through October 2, 1989.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record
1	August 6, 1983	Buffalo Bills	W 27–17	Soldier Field	1–0
2	August 13, 1983	St. Louis Cardinals	L 24–27	Busch Stadium	1–1
3	August 20, 1983	Los Angeles Raiders	W 27–21	L.A. Memorial Coliseum	2–1
4	August 27, 1983	Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–17	Soldier Field	3–1

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 4, 1983	Atlanta Falcons	L 20–17	60,165
2	September 11, 1983	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–10	58,186
3	September 18, 1983	at New Orleans Saints	L 34–31	64,692
4	September 25, 1983	at Baltimore Colts	L 22–19	34,350
5	October 2, 1983	Denver Broncos	W 31–14	58,210
6	October 9, 1983	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–14	59,632
7	October 16, 1983	at Detroit Lions	L 31–17	66,709
8	October 23, 1983	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 7–6	45,263
9	October 30, 1983	Detroit Lions	L 38–17	58,764
10	November 6, 1983	at Los Angeles Rams	L 21–14	53,010
11	November 13, 1983	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–14	47,524
12	November 20, 1983	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 27–0	36,816
13	November 27, 1983	San Francisco 49ers	W 13–3	40,483
14	December 4, 1983	at Green Bay Packers	L 31–28	51,147
15	December 11, 1983	at Minnesota Vikings	W 19–13	57,880
16	December 18, 1983	Green Bay Packers	W 23–21	35,807

Standings

NFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions⁽³⁾	9	7	0	.563	7–1	8–4	347	286	W1
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	429	439	L1
Chicago Bears	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–7	311	301	W2
Minnesota Vikings	8	8	0	.500	4–4	4–8	316	348	W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	14	0	.125	1–7	1–11	241	380	L3

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	6	0	7	7	20
Bears	0	10	7	0	17

at Soldier Field, Chicago

Date: Sunday, September 4

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: 80°F, wind 12 mph

Referee: Chuck Heberling

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	3	7	0	10
Bears	0	10	0	7	17

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: September 11

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: 68°F, wind 11 mph

Referee: Ben Dreith

Box Score

CHI: Mike Hartenstine 2.0 sacks, Terry Schmidt INT

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Buccaneers	Bears
2					Buccaneers	20-yard field goal by Bill Capece	3	0
2					Bears	Walter Payton 73-yard touchdown reception from Jim McMahon, Bob Thomas kick good	3	7
2					Bears	50-yard field goal by Bob Thomas	3	10
3					Buccaneers	James Owens 1-yard touchdown run, Bob Capece kick good	10	10
4					Bears	Terry Schmidt 32-yard interception return, Bob Thomas kick good	10	17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							10	17

Week 3: at New Orleans Saints

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bears	7	3	7	14	0	31
Saints	7	3	14	7	3	34

at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: Sunday, September 18

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: Indoors, dome

Referee: Fred Wyant

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 4: at Baltimore Colts

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bears	0	3	3	13	0	19
Colts	0	13	0	6	3	22

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: Sunday, September 25

Game time: 2:00 p.m.

Game weather: 54°F, wind 7 mph

Referee: Jerry Seeman

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	7	7	14
Bears	14	10	0	7	31

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: Sunday, October 2

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: 68°F, wind 13 mph

Referee: Fred Silva

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	0	0	7
Eagles	0	0	3	3	6

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

Date: Sunday, October 23

Game time: 1:00 p.m.

Game weather: 50°F, wind 9 mph

Referee: Dick Jorgensen

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	14	3	14	7	38
Bears	0	3	0	14	17

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: Sunday, October 30

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: 43°F, wind 10 mph

Referee: Tom Dooley

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	7	0	14
Bears	0	14	0	3	17

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: Sunday, November 13

Game time: 1:00 p.m.

Game weather: 33°F, wind 8 mph

Referee: Bob McElwee

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	14	6	7	27
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0

at Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Date: Sunday, November 20

Game time: 1:00 p.m.

Game weather: 69°F, wind 12 mph

Referee: Red Cashion

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	3	0	0	0	3
Bears	3	7	3	0	13

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: Sunday, November 27

Game time: 12:00 p.m.

Game weather: 39°F, wind 18 mph

Referee: Pat Haggerty

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 14: at Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	0	14	28
Packers	14	7	0	10	31

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: Sunday, December 4

Game time: 1:00 p.m.

Game weather: 25°F, wind 6 mph

Referee: Ben Dreith

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 15

^[5]

Week 16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	7	7	0	7	21
• Bears	7	0	7	9	23

Date: December 18

Location: Soldier Field, Chicago

Game start: 12:00 p.m. CST

Game weather: 0°F, wind 13 mph

Referee: Red Cashion

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Roster and staff

Staff

Coaching Staff of 1983 season

Front office

Virginia Halas McCaskey – Owner

Michael McCaskey – Team president

Jerry Vainisi – General manager

Ray Earley – Equipment manager

Coaches

Mike Ditka – Head coach

Steve Kazor – Assistant head coach^[a]

Ed Hughes – Offensive coordinator

Buddy Ryan – Defensive coordinator

Position coaches

Ted Plumb – Offensive specialist

Johnny Roland – Running backs

Dick Stanfel – Offensive line

Dale Haupt – Defensive line

Jim LaRue – Secondary

Trainers

Brian McCaskey – Assistant trainer

Clyde Emrich – Weightlifting/Strength

Scouts

Jim Dooley

Pete McGrane – Video team

Roster

Complete Roster of 1983 season

Quarterbacks

9 Jim McMahon

8 Vince Evans

7 Bob Avellini

Offensive backs

34 Walter Payton RB

26 Matt Suhey FB

29 Dennis Gentry RB

33 Calvin Thomas RB

32 Anthony Hutchison RB

Receivers

83 Willie Gault

82 Ken Margerum

85 Dennis McKinnon

80 Rickey Watts

84 Brian Baschnagel

89 James Scott

Tight ends

87 Emery Moorehead

81 Jay Saldi

88 Pat Dunsmore

Kickers

16 Bob Thomas K

86 Bob Parsons P

19 Ray Stachowicz P

Offensive line

74 Jim Covert T

79 Kurt Becker G

52 Dan Neal C

65 Noah Jackson G

78 Keith Van Horne T

63 Jay Hilgenberg C

62 Mark Bortz G

71 Andy Frederick OL

67 Tim Norman T

67 Perry Hartnett G

69 Revie Sorey G

72 John Janata T

64 Rob Fada G

Defensive line

99 Dan Hampton DE

73 Mike Hartenstine DE

68 Jim Osborne DT

76 Steve McMichael DT

95 Richard Dent DE

98 Tyrone Keys DE

Linebackers

50 Mike Singletary MLB

55 Otis Wilson SLB

90 Al Harris WLB

53 Dan Rains LB

54 Brian Cabral LB

51 Kelvin Atkins LB

57 Dave Simmons LB

58 Jerry Muckensturm LB

59 Gary Campbell LB

Cornerbacks

21 Leslie Frazier

27 Mike Richardson

Defensive backs

44 Terry Schmidt

24 Jeff Fisher

20 Kevin Potter

43 Walt Williams

Safeties

25 Todd Bell SS

45 Gary Fencik FS

22 Dave Duerson FS

Reserve Lists

Rookies in italics

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Gary Fencik
Dave Duerson

WLB	MLB	SLB
Al Harris	Mike Singletary	Otis Wilson
⋅	⋅	⋅

SS
Todd Bell
⋅

CB
Mike Richardson
⋅

DE	DT	DT	DE
Dan Hampton	Steve McMichael	Jim Osborne	Mike Hartenstine
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Leslie Frazier
⋅

Offense

WR
Willie Gault
⋅

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Jimbo Covert	Noah Jackson	Dan Neal	Kurt Becker	Keith Van Horne
⋅	⋅	Jay Hilgenberg	⋅	⋅

TE
Emery Moorehead
⋅

WR
Ken Margerum
⋅

QB
Jim McMahon
Vince Evans

RB
Walter Payton
⋅

FB
Matt Suhey
⋅

Special Teams
PK Bob Thomas
P Bob Parsons
KR Anthony Hutchison
PR Dennis McKinnon

References

^ "1983 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ "1983 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

^ "NFLs top 10 draft classes in league history". National Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

^ Sports Illustrated. 1 Sept 1983

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-02.

External links

1983 Chicago Bears Season at www.bearshistory.com

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[2] "1983 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

[3] "NFLs top 10 draft classes in league history". National Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

[4] Sports Illustrated. 1 Sept 1983

[5] Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-02.

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1983 Chicago Bears season

Contents

1983 NFL Draft

Preseason

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 2

Week 3: at New Orleans Saints

Week 4: at Baltimore Colts

Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 14: at Green Bay Packers

Week 15

Week 16

Roster and staff

Staff

Roster

Depth chart

References

External links

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1983 Chicago Bears season

Head coach	Mike Ditka (2nd season)
General manager	Jim Finks
Owner	The McCaskey Family (Family control since 1921; Virginia McCaskey since 1983)
Home field	Soldier Field
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	2^[1] RB Walter Payton MLB Mike Singletary
AP All-Pros	2^[2] RB Walter Payton MLB Mike Singletary
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