| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (7-2-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| San Diego Chargers (3-6-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium |
| Start Time | 6:00pm |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 71 degrees, relative humidity 73%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Washington Redskins -4.5 |
| Over/Under | 52.5 (under) |
| WAS | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Redskins | Virgil Seay 39 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Chargers | Chuck Muncie 5 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Redskins | Mark Moseley 43 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| 3rd | Redskins | John Riggins 2 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4th | Redskins | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 24 | 7 |
| Chargers | Pete Holohan 23 yard pass from Ed Luther (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| Chargers | Wes Chandler 27 yard pass from Ed Luther (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 43 yard field goal | 24 | 24 | |
| Redskins | Mark Moseley 37 yard field goal | 27 | 24 |
| WAS | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-169-2 | 28-121-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-46-324-1-1 | 19-38-314-2-6 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 313 | 307 |
| Total yards | 482 | 428 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 8 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-53 | 4-24 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 25 | 46 | 324 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 7 | 106 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | WAS | 8 | 101 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 29 | 93 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Joe Washington | WAS | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jeff Hayes | WAS | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Seay | WAS | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Nick Giaquinto | WAS | 3 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rick Walker | WAS | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ed Luther | SDG | 19 | 36 | 314 | 2 | 6 | 39 | ||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | SDG | 16 | 83 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 4 | 103 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Pete Holohan | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Sherman Smith | SDG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 47 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Kellen Winslow | SDG | 2 | 31 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| James Brooks | SDG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Eric Sievers | SDG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Vernon Dean | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Mann | WAS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark H. Murphy | WAS | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Nelms | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Neal Olkewicz | WAS | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Washington | WAS | 1 | 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 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Linden King | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Laird | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Miles McPherson | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwight Scales | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Walters | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jeff Hayes | WAS | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Moseley | WAS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rolf Benirschke | SDG | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maury Buford | SDG | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | ||||