| San Diego Chargers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1981 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 52906 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 48 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Matt Suhey 7 run (John Roveto kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 18 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Roveto 31 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 22 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 2 run (John Roveto kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Wes Chandler 39 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Roveto 26 FG | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| 25 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 90 | RDE | John Woodcock |
| 57 | LLB | Linden King |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 48 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 28 | SS | Willie Buchanon |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| 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 |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| James Brooks | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 36 | 107 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Matt Suhey | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Vince Evans | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 43 | 13 | 30.2 | 2 | 295 | 6.9 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 39 | 17 | 43.6 | 0 | 219 | 5.6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 45 | 1 |
| Kellen Winslow | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Dwight Scales | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Margerum | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Cobb | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Reuben Henderson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jeff Fisher | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fisher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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