| Washington Redskins at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1981 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 47592 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 75 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 10 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 9 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 21 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ricky Thompson 34 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 58 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick blocked) | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 47 FG | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 50 punt return (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Art Monk 79 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Greg LaFleur 27 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Dave Stief 6 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 7 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Rick Walker 20 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick failed) | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ricky Thompson 10 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 30 | 40 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Art Monk |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Thompson |
| 73 | LOT | Mark May |
| 66 | LOG | Joe Jacoby |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 61 | ROG | Melvin Jones |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 40 | FB | Wilbur Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 76 | RDT | Mat Mendenhall |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 55 | LLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 23 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 89 | TE | Greg LaFleur |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 69 | RDE | Rush Brown |
| 59 | LOLB | Calvin Favron |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 52 | ROLB | Charlie Baker |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 44 | RCB | Tim Collier |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Wilbur Jackson | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Connell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 1 | 388 | 10.5 | 79t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126.9 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 226 | 10.3 | 58t | 3 | 2 | 18 | 129.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ricky Thompson | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 34t | 2 |
| Art Monk | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 20t | 1 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Clarence Harmon | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gregg McCrary | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 58t | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Greg LaFleur | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Connell | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 51 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 69 | 23.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Roy Green | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Coy Bacon | 2.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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