| Washington Redskins at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1983 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 46114 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 71 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Virgil Seay 39 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 5 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 43 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 2 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Pete Holohan 23 pass from Ed Luther (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Wes Chandler 27 pass from Ed Luther (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 43 FG | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 37 FG | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Art Monk |
| 80 | WR | Virgil Seay |
| 66 | LOT | Joe Jacoby |
| 68 | LOG | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 73 | ROG | Mark May |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Todd Liebenstein |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 77 | RDT | Darryl Grant |
| 72 | RDE | Dexter Manley |
| 55 | LLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 28 | LCB | Darrell Green |
| 22 | SS | Curtis Jordan |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 32 | RCB | Vernon Dean |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 75 | ROT | Andy Gissinger |
| 85 | TE | Eric Sievers |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 11 | QB | Ed Luther |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 91 | NT | Rick Ackerman |
| 79 | RDE | Gary Johnson |
| 57 | LOLB | Linden King |
| 58 | LILB | Mike Green |
| 54 | RILB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 51 | ROLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 22 | LCB | Gill Byrd |
| 49 | SS | Andre Young |
| 28 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | RCB | Danny Walters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 29 | 93 | 3.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Jeff Hayes | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Sherman Smith | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 46 | 25 | 54.3 | 1 | 324 | 7.0 | 39t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 74.9 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Ed Luther | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 6 | 314 | 8.7 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 61.3 |
| Pete Holohan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Brown | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Art Monk | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Virgil Seay | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Rick Walker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mark Murphy | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Neal Olkewicz | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Danny Walters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jeff Hayes | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 50 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bruce Laird | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Miles McPherson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Charles Mann | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Linden King | 1.0 |
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