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Sunday September 30, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/30/1973:



Bobby Douglass connected with two TD passes and Jim Harrison carried 18 times for 98 yards and scored twice. The Bears ran up a 30-0 lead before Bobby Anderson scored and Otis Armstrong took a 36-yard TD screen pass from Charley Johnson. The Bears continued their two-man FG team with Mirro Roder scoring from 47 and 42 and Mac Percival from 12 and 10. Anderson's 13 receptions tied a club record and were the most in a single game in the AFC in 1973.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Chicago BearsOFFENSE186.0  (5)102.0  (21)288.0  (13)8
DEFENSE188.0  (21)102.5  (4)290.5  (16)4
Denver BroncosOFFENSE134.0  (14)215.0  (2)349.0  (7)7
DEFENSE134.0  (12)211.5  (22)345.5  (21)2

Line: Broncos by 3

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (1-2-0)61014333
Denver Broncos (1-2-0)0001414

( 3- 0) CHI Mirro Roder 47 yard field goal
( 6- 0) CHI Mac Percival 12 yard field goal
(13- 0) CHI Jim Harrison 44 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)
(16- 0) CHI Mac Percival 10 yard field goal
(23- 0) CHI Earl Thomas 5 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick)
(30- 0) CHI Jim Harrison 5 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
(30- 7) DEN Bobby Anderson 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(30-14) DEN Otis Armstrong 36 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick)
(33-14) CHI Mirro Roder 42 yard field goal
                     CHI             DEN
First Downs:         19              25
Rushes-yards:        52-202          22-71
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-22-130-1      24-40-326-2
Sacked-yards:        1-7             4-31
Net pass yards:      123             295
Net yards/pass:      5.3             6.7
Total net yards:     325             366
Total plays:         75 (69% run)    66 (33% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             5-5
Turnovers:           1               7
Penalties-yards:     12-132          8-62

Attendance: 51,159
Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 8 of 21 for 130 yards and 2 TDs; Gary Huff, 0 of 1 for 0 yards (1 int)
DEN: Charley Johnson, 24 of 39 for 326 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Billy Van Heusen, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
CHI: Jim Harrison, 18 for 98 yards and 1 TD; Carl Garrett, 13 for 46 yards; Bobby Douglass, 10 for 28 yards; Gary Kosins, 6 for 19 yards; Joe Moore, 4 for 3 yards; George Farmer, 1 for 8 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 13 for 42 yards; Joe Dawkins, 4 for 29 yards; Otis Armstrong, 2 for 3 yards; Bobby Anderson, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD; Charley Johnson, 1 for 0 yards; Jerry Simmons, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Carl Garrett, 4 for 53 yards; Jim Harrison, 2 for 61 yards and 1 TD; George Farmer, 1 for 11 yards; Earl Thomas, 1 for 5 yards and 1 TD
DEN: Bobby Anderson, 13 for 143 yards; Haven Moses, 4 for 80 yards; Billy Van Heusen, 2 for 17 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 14 yards; Otis Armstrong, 1 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Jerry Simmons, 1 for 22 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for 14 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Cecil Turner, 3 for 49 yards
DEN: Otis Armstrong, 1 for 29 yards; Randy Montgomery, 1 for 22 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 2 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 3 for 25 yards; Maurice Tyler, 1 for 6 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Charlie Ford, 1 for 41 yards; Doug Buffone, 1 for 0 yards
DEN: Fred Forsberg, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 6 for 277 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 5 for 234 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Mac Percival, 2/2; Mirro Roder, 2/2




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