Sunday November 4, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/04/1973:



Bobby Douglass scored four touchdowns from inside the 2-yard line, passed for 118 yards and carried the ball 19 times for 100 yards. The Chicago defense held Green Bay to seven yards in the last half after trailing 17-10 at halftime and limited the Packers to minus 12 yards passing. Chicago's Ike Hill returned a punt 72 yards which proved to be the longest in the NFC during 1973.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Chicago BearsOFFENSE156.1  (10)103.6  (20)259.7  (17)22
DEFENSE159.9  (21)139.1  (14)299.0  (19)18
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE115.7  (21)74.4  (25)190.1  (26)13
DEFENSE149.3  (15)112.4  (6)261.7  (10)18

Line: Packers by 3

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (3-5-0)7314731
Green Bay Packers (2-4-2)7100017

( 7- 0) CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
( 7- 7) GB  MacArthur Lane 5 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Chester Marcol kick)
( 7-14) GB  Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
( 7-17) GB  Chester Marcol 25 yard field goal
(10-17) CHI Mac Percival 10 yard field goal
(17-17) CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
(24-17) CHI Bobby Douglass 2 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
(31-17) CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)
                     CHI             GB
First Downs:         21              8
Rushes-yards:        52-230          32-110
Yards/rush:          4.4             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-15-118-0     3-16-17-1
Sacked-yards:        1-11            4-29
Net pass yards:      107             -12
Net yards/pass:      6.7             -0.6
Total net yards:     337             98
Total plays:         68 (76% run)    52 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             1.9
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             0-0
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     6-66            6-81

Attendance: 53,231
Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 10 of 15 for 118 yards
GB: Scott Hunter, 3 of 15 for 17 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Jerry Tagge, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
CHI: Carl Garrett, 20 for 72 yards; Bobby Douglass, 19 for 100 yards and 4 TDs; Jim Harrison, 10 for 52 yards; Joe Moore, 2 for 5 yards; Gary Kosins, 1 for 1 yard
GB: John Brockington, 16 for 66 yards; MacArthur Lane, 13 for 53 yards; Scott Hunter, 2 for -5 yards and 1 TD; Perry Williams, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Craig Cotton, 3 for 34 yards; Earl Thomas, 2 for 26 yards; Carl Garrett, 2 for 25 yards; Roger Lawson, 2 for 18 yards; George Farmer, 1 for 15 yards
GB: MacArthur Lane, 3 for 17 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
CHI: Carl Garrett, 3 for 60 yards
GB: Ken Ellis, 4 for 133 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for 29 yards; Larry Krause, 1 for 27 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 6 for 89 yards
GB: Jon Staggers, 3 for 20 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Garry Lyle, 1 for 23 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 4 for 161 yards
GB: Ron Widby, 7 for 297 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Mac Percival, 1/2
GB: Chester Marcol, 1/1




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