Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears - December 20th, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 | |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DEN | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broncos | Fred Steinfort 46 yard field goal | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | Bears | Walter Payton 19 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| Bears | Roland Harper 4 yard rush (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Bears | Gary Fencik 69 yard interception return (John Roveto kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| Broncos | Riley Odoms 6 yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 21 | ||
| Bears | Al Harris 44 yard interception return (John Roveto kick) | 10 | 28 | ||
| Broncos | Rick Upchurch 25 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 17 | 28 | ||
| 4 | Bears | Walter Payton 7 yard pass from Vince Evans (John Roveto kick) | 17 | 35 | |
| Broncos | Rick Upchurch 39 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 24 | 35 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve DeBerg | DEN | 14 | 26 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 103.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 8 | 23 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Reed | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Rick Parros | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 102 | 2 | 39 | |||||
| Steve Watson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 23 | |||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Wade Manning | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vince Evans | CHI | 10 | 20 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 62.1 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Brian Baschnagel | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Rickey Watts | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 25 | |||||
| Ken Margerum | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Brooks Williams | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Bears Starters
Broncos Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
