Sunday, October 4, 1981
Chicago Bears 21, Minnesota Vikings 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (1-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Minnesota Vikings (3-2-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Ted Brown 8 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Rick Danmeier 43 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Ahmad Rashad 15 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 17 |
| CHI | Brian Baschnagel 16 yard pass from Vince Evans (Hans Nielsen kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Vince Evans 4 yard rush (Hans Nielsen kick) | 14 | 17 |
| MIN | Joe Senser 11 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| 4th | CHI | Brian Baschnagel 7 yard pass from Vince Evans (Hans Nielsen kick) | 21 | 24 |
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-89-1 | 34-134-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-43-307-2-1 | 20-38-223-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 307 | 211 |
| Total yards | 396 | 345 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 7-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vince Evans | CHI | 26 | 43 | 307 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Margerum | CHI | 10 | 140 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 20 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 6 | 69 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Matt Suhey | CHI | 6 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dave Williams | CHI | 4 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Anderson | CHI | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Emanuel Zanders | CHI | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ted Brown | MIN | 24 | 97 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 20 | 38 | 223 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 7 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 4 | 60 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 5 | 44 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 2 | 30 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gary Fencik | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Fisher | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Williams | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mardye McDole | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Nord | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||