Sunday, November 8, 1981
Cincinnati Bengals 40, San Diego Chargers 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (7-3-0) | 10 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 40 |
| San Diego Chargers (6-4-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| CIN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Isaac Curtis 4 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CIN | Jim Breech 43 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Wes Chandler 26 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 7 |
| CIN | Steve Kreider 10 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| CIN | Charles Alexander 1 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| CIN | Louis Breeden 102 yard interception return (Jim Breech kick) | 31 | 7 | |
| SDG | Rolf Benirschke 47 yard field goal | 31 | 10 | |
| 4th | CIN | Jim Breech 33 yard field goal | 34 | 10 |
| CIN | Pete Johnson 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 40 | 10 | |
| SDG | Wes Chandler 51 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 40 | 17 |
| CIN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 29 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-124-2 | 22-136-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-33-356-2-1 | 20-41-352-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 6-41 |
| Net pass yards | 337 | 311 |
| Total yards | 461 | 447 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-45 | 11-67 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 18 | 28 | 288 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 8 | 147 | 1 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 4 | 97 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 20 | 42 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Steve Kreider | CIN | 3 | 41 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Dan Ross | CIN | 2 | 38 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Charles Alexander | CIN | 8 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Turk Schonert | CIN | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Jack Thompson | CIN | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Verser | CIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| M.L. Harris | CIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Hargrove | CIN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 194 | 2 | 51 | ||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 20 | 40 | 352 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dwight Scales | SDG | 3 | 102 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | SDG | 17 | 90 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| James Brooks | SDG | 4 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Kellen Winslow | SDG | 3 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Louis Breeden | CIN | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bryan Hicks | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Simmons | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Verser | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 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 | |||
| James Brooks | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wyatt Henderson | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron B. Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike H. Williams | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||