Chicago Bears

8-8-0 • 3rd in NFC Central •
Logo for the 1983 Chicago Bears

PPG

19.4

20th

OPP PPG

18.8

5th

RUSH YDS/G

170.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

216.3

17th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Chicago Bears were 8-8 in 1983. They finished 3rd in the NFC Central and 7th in the NFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/18
 		vs
GB logo GB
W
23-21
Sun
12/11
 		@
MIN logo MIN
W
19-13
Sun
12/4
 		@
GB logo GB
L
28-31
Sun
11/27
 		vs
SF logo SF
W
13-3
Sun
11/20
 		@
TB logo TB
W
27-0

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,184

McMahon

McMahon

RUSH YDS

1,421

Payton

Payton

REC YDS

836

Gault

Gault

1983 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Lions logo Lions
9 7 0 .563
Bears logo Bears
8 8 0 .500
Packers logo Packers
8 8 0 .500
Vikings logo Vikings
8 8 0 .500
Buccaneers logo Buccaneers
2 14 0 .125

1983 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 311 5,830 1,083 5.4 2,727 583 4.7 3,461 447 7.7 53 358 308 154 136 18 107 869
Team Rank 20th 6th 6th 5th 1st 5th 2nd 17th 23rd 4th 23rd 9th 17th 3rd 26th 17th 19th 18th
Opponent 16 301 5,132 1,023 5.0 2,000 482 4.1 3,516 490 7.2 51 384 286 113 154 19 86 687
Opponent Rank 5th 8th 6th 15th 11th 9th 15th 12th 10th 15th 6th 22nd 4th 10th 8th 9th 24th 26th
Net +10 +698 +60 +0.4 +727 +101 +0.5 -55 -43 +0.6 +2 -26 +22 +41 -18 -1 +21 +182
Net Rank 12th 5th 7th 6th 3rd 8th 4th 14th 19th 6th 15th 18th 8th 4th 21st 14th 27th 26th

Gallery

Walter Payton