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Denver Broncos 24 at Chicago Bears 35

Sunday, December 20, 1981

Denver Broncos 24, Chicago Bears 35

1234Final
Denver Broncos (10-6-0)3014724
Chicago Bears (6-10-0)01414735

Scoring

DENCHI
1stDENFred Steinfort 46 yard field goal30
2ndCHIWalter Payton 19 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick)37
CHIRoland Harper 4 yard rush (John Roveto kick)314
3rdCHIGary Fencik 69 yard interception return (John Roveto kick)321
DENRiley Odoms 6 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick)1021
CHIAl Harris 44 yard interception return (John Roveto kick)1028
DENRick Upchurch 25 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick)1728
4thCHIWalter Payton 7 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick)1735
DENRick Upchurch 39 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick)2435

Team Stats

DENCHI
First downs1915
Rush-yards-TDs19-76-041-170-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT22-49-278-3-310-20-118-2-2
Sacked-yards6-561-7
Net pass yards222111
Total yards298281
Fumbles-lost1-01-0
Turnovers32
Penalties-yards9-7411-101

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Rick Upchurch DEN 6 102 2 39
Steve DeBerg DEN 14 26 190 2 0 39
Steve Watson DEN 6 82 0 23
Dave Preston DEN 6 25 0 8 5 55 0 20
Craig Morton DEN 8 23 88 1 3 23
Ron Egloff DEN 3 21 0 11
Rick Parros DEN 3 20 0 10
Larry Canada DEN 5 17 0 8
Rob Lytle DEN 4 14 0 6
Haven Moses DEN 1 12 0 12
Riley Odoms DEN 1 6 1 6
Tony Reed DEN 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Vince Evans CHI 10 20 118 2 2 25 6 50 0 14
Walter Payton CHI 19 62 0 10 3 42 2 19
Roland Harper CHI 15 48 1 11 1 2 0 2
Rickey Watts CHI 2 42 0 25
Ken Margerum CHI 3 28 0 15
Brian Baschnagel CHI 1 10 0 10
Brooks Williams CHI 1 4 0 4

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Canada DEN 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Mike Harden DEN 0 0 0 0 4 69 17.3 0 0
Aaron Kyle DEN 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Dennis Smith DEN 1 65 0 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 0 0 0 0 2 14 7.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Gary Fencik CHI 1 69 1 0
Jeff Fisher CHI 0 0 0 0 3 21 7.0 0 0
Al Harris CHI 1 44 1 0
Emery Moorehead CHI 0 0 0 0 3 51 17.0 0 0
Mike Singletary CHI 1 -3 0 0
Brooks Williams CHI 0 0 0 0 1 35 35.0 0 0