Sunday, November 15, 1981
Washington Redskins 30, New York Giants 27 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (5-6-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| New York Giants (5-6-0) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| WAS | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Johnny Perkins 6 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| WAS | Ricky Thompson 9 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NYG | Louis Jackson 4 yard rush (pass failed) | 7 | 13 |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 25 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| 3rd | NYG | Leon Bright 1 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 20 |
| WAS | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 20 | |
| 4th | WAS | Don Warren 3 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 24 | 20 |
| NYG | John Mistler 27 yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick) | 24 | 27 | |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 49 yard field goal | 27 | 27 | |
| OT | WAS | Mark Moseley 48 yard field goal | 30 | 27 |
| WAS | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 29 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 50-184-1 | 27-96-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-38-242-2-1 | 9-24-177-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 3-25 |
| Net pass yards | 234 | 152 |
| Total yards | 418 | 248 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-49 | 3-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 25 | 38 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 26 | 82 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Joe Washington | WAS | 19 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 5 | 76 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 5 | 43 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rick Walker | WAS | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Thompson | WAS | 2 | 18 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leon Perry | NYG | 11 | 67 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Earnest Gray | NYG | 2 | 65 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Phil Simms | NYG | 6 | 17 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||
| Johnny Perkins | NYG | 3 | 47 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Louis Jackson | NYG | 13 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Scott Brunner | NYG | 3 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| John Mistler | NYG | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Gary Shirk | NYG | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 3 | 7 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Darryl Grant | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark H. Murphy | WAS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Nelms | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 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 | |||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvin Garrett | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brian Kelley | NYG | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe McLaughlin | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Pittman | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||