DEN 24 @ CHI 35 - 1981 NFL

1981 Week 16

Denver BroncosDEN

24-35

Chicago BearsCHI

Sun, December 20, 1981 · 1:00PM · Soldier Field

Surface: astroturfLine: Denver Broncos -3.0O/U: 34.0 (over)

DEN: Dan Reeves · CHI: Neill Armstrong

DEN

Team Stats

CHI

1st Downs

19-76

Rushing

41-170

22-49-278

Passing

10-20-118

298

Scoring

1st Quarter

Fred Steinfort 46 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Walter Payton 19 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick)

Roland Harper 4 yard rush (John Roveto kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DEN
Passing
Steve DeBerg	14/26	190	2	0	1	103.0
Craig Morton	8/23	88	1	3	5	21.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Tony Reed	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Preston	6	25	0	8	0
Rick Parros	3	20	0	10	0
Larry Canada	5	17	0	8	0
Rob Lytle	4	14	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Dave Preston	8	5	55	0	20
Rick Parros	1	0	0	0
Larry Canada	2	0	0	0
Rob Lytle	2	0	0	0
Rick Upchurch	15	6	102	2	39
Steve Watson	10	6	82	0	23
Ron Egloff	3	3	21	0	11
Haven Moses	3	1	12	0	12
Riley Odoms	3	1	6	1	6
Wade Manning	1	0	0	0	0
CHI
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Vince Evans	10/20	118	2	2	1	62.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Vince Evans	6	50	0	14	0
Walter Payton	19	62	0	10	0
Brian Baschnagel	1	10	0	10	0
Roland Harper	15	48	1	11	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Walter Payton	3	3	42	2	19
Brian Baschnagel	3	0	0	0
Roland Harper	1	1	2	0	2
Rickey Watts	4	2	42	0	25
Ken Margerum	7	3	28	0	15
Brooks Williams	1	1	4	0	4

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DEN
Aaron Kyle			0	1			0	0
Dennis Smith			0	1			0	0
CHI
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Gary Fencik			0	1			0	0
Al Harris			0	1			0	0
Mike Singletary			0	1			0	0
Rickey Watts			0	0			0	1
Brian Cabral			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DEN
Fred Steinfort	3/3	1/1	0	0	-	-
Luke Prestridge	-	-	7	263	37.6	-
CHI
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
John Roveto	5/5	-	0	0	-	-
Bob Parsons	-	-	6	210	35.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DEN
Rick Upchurch	0	0	0	2	14	0
Aaron Kyle	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Harden	4	69	0	0	0	0
Larry Canada	1	13	0	0	0	0
CHI
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Jeff Fisher	0	0	0	3	21	0
Emery Moorehead	3	51	0	0	0	0
Brooks Williams	1	35	0	0	0	0

DEN

Expected Points Added

CHI

-5.8Total5.8

-28.5Off Total-11.7

-28.7Off Pass-2.8

1.1Off Rush-7.4

11.7Def Total28.5

2.8Def Pass28.7

7.4Def Rush-1.1

11.3

Starting Lineups

DEN

QBCraig Morton

RBDave Preston

FBRick Parros

WRRick Upchurch

TERon Egloff

TERiley Odoms

LTDave Studdard

LGTom Glassic

CBill Bryan

RGPaul Howard

RTClaudie Minor

DEN at CHI, 1981 NFL game