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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears - December 20th, 1981
Denver Broncos 24 at Chicago Bears 35
Sunday, December 20, 1981
Denver Broncos 24, Chicago Bears 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (10-6-0) | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Chicago Bears (6-10-0) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Scoring
| DEN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Fred Steinfort 46 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | CHI | Walter Payton 19 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 7 |
| CHI | Roland Harper 4 yard rush (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 3rd | CHI | Gary Fencik 69 yard interception return (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 21 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms 6 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| CHI | Al Harris 44 yard interception return (John Roveto kick) | 10 | 28 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch 25 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| 4th | CHI | Walter Payton 7 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick) | 17 | 35 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch 39 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 24 | 35 |
Team Stats
| DEN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-76-0 | 41-170-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-49-278-3-3 | 10-20-118-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-56 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 222 | 111 |
| Total yards | 298 | 281 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-74 | 11-101 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||