Sunday, September 20, 1981
| WAS | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 24 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Redskins | Mark Moseley 21 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| Redskins | Ricky Thompson 34 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 3 | |
| Cardinals | Roy Green 58 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed) | 10 | 9 | |
| 2nd | Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 47 yard field goal | 10 | 12 |
| Cardinals | Stump Mitchell 50 yard punt return (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 19 | |
| Redskins | Art Monk 79 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 19 | |
| Cardinals | Greg LaFleur 27 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 26 | |
| 4th | Cardinals | Dave Stief 6 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 33 |
| Cardinals | Ottis Anderson 7 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 40 | |
| Redskins | Rick Walker 20 yard pass from Joe Theismann (kick failed) | 23 | 40 | |
| Redskins | Ricky Thompson 10 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 30 | 40 |
| WAS | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-133-0 | 37-107-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-37-388-4-1 | 12-22-226-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-18 |
| Net pass yards | 388 | 208 |
| Total yards | 521 | 315 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-67 | 8-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 25 | 37 | 388 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 4 | 128 | 1 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Wilbur Jackson | WAS | 22 | 104 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ricky Thompson | WAS | 7 | 106 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 3 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 52 | ||||||
| Rick Walker | WAS | 3 | 41 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Harmon | WAS | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mike Connell | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg McCrary | WAS | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 4 | 115 | 1 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 12 | 22 | 226 | 3 | 0 | 58 | ||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 20 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 13 | 60 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Dave Stief | STL | 2 | 35 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Greg LaFleur | STL | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Neil Lomax | STL | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Connell | WAS | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Moseley | WAS | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Birdsong | STL | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 0 | ||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | STL | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |