| Washington Redskins at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1981 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 57683 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 38 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Neal Olkewicz 10 interception return (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 2 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Marcus Anderson 43 pass from Mike Phipps (John Roveto kick) | 24 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Art Monk |
| 73 | LOT | Mark May |
| 68 | LOG | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 61 | ROG | Melvin Jones |
| 66 | ROT | Joe Jacoby |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | HB | Joe Washington |
| 44 | FB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 99 | RDT | Wilbur Young |
| 72 | RDE | Dexter Manley |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 23 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 89 | WR | Ken Margerum |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 81 | TE | Robin Earl |
| 8 | QB | Vince Evans |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 90 | RDE | Al Harris |
| 55 | LLB | Otis Wilson |
| 57 | MLB | Lee Kunz |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 20 | RCB | Reuben Henderson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 23 | 126 | 5.5 | 20 | 2 |
| Joe Washington | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Otis Wonsley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Matt Suhey | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Vince Evans | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 83 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 37 | 8 | 21.6 | 4 | 131 | 3.5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2.3 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 | 43t | 1 | 2 | 18 | 156.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Washington | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Art Monk | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Ken Margerum | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Marcus Anderson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mark Murphy | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dave Butz | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Lavender | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Connell | 8 | 275 | 34.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Lenny Walterscheid | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tony Peters | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fisher | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Leslie Frazier | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Karl Lorch | 2.0 |
| Jeris White | 1.0 |
| Perry Brooks | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Osborne | 1.0 |
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