Sunday, October 25, 1981
New England Patriots 22, Washington Redskins 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-6-0) | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| Washington Redskins (2-6-0) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| NWE | WAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | John Smith 25 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NWE | John Smith 22 yard field goal | 6 | 0 | |
| WAS | Joe Washington 13 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Tony Collins 6 yard rush (kick failed) | 12 | 7 |
| NWE | John Smith 46 yard field goal | 15 | 7 | |
| WAS | Mike Nelms 75 yard punt return (Mark Moseley kick) | 15 | 14 | |
| 3rd | WAS | Mark Moseley 34 yard field goal | 15 | 17 |
| WAS | Joe Theismann 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 15 | 24 | |
| 4th | NWE | Sam Cunningham 4 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 22 | 24 |
| NWE | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-126-2 | 32-85-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-306-0-2 | 14-23-162-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 283 | 145 |
| Total yards | 409 | 230 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-75 | 5-82 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 17 | 30 | 306 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 5 | 112 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 22 | 103 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 4 | 83 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 5 | 66 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 3 | 45 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Washington | WAS | 14 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 97 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 14 | 23 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 15 | 40 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 2 | 38 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Lee | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 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 | |||
| Mark H. Murphy | WAS | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Nelms | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Neal Olkewicz | WAS | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Otis Wonsley | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||