05-08-2005 RFK Memorial Stadium Temp:60 Wind:0-5 MVP:Washington 1981 St. Louis Cardinals (4-5) 0 6 7 0 13 1981 Washington Redskins (6-3) 7 7 14 3 31 1 Washington TD Riggins 9 run (Moseley) (5-65-1:54) 10:22 0-7 2 St. Louis FG O'Donoghue 37 (8-60-2:52) 12:51 3-7 2 Washington TD Theismann 5 pass to Washington (Moseley) (10-80-3:38) 9: 3-14 2 St. Louis FG O'Donoghue 26 (10-75-4:11) 4:51 6-14 3 St. Louis TD Anderson,O 10 run (O'Donoghue) (8-64-3:12) 9:58 13-14 3 Washington TD Theismann 19 pass to Metcalf (Moseley) (11-73-5:10) 4:38 13-21 3 Washington TD Metcalf 4 run (Moseley) (7-49-2:01) 0:21 13-28 4 Washington FG Moseley 19 (8-39-5:27) 2:48 13-31 StL Was First Downs 23 26 Rushes 27-162 42-194 Passes 45-21-240 25-16-271 Sacked 4-30 1-4 Fumble 2 1 Penalties 13-118 4-45 Turnovers 2 2 Time 27:06 32:54 Third Down 5-16 3-9 Fourth Down 1-2 1-1 Net Offense 372 461 Injuries:Pollard(StL- 0), Brooks(Was- 1), Riggins(Was- 1), Bostic(StL- 1), Olkew 1981 St. Louis Cardinals Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Anderson,O 17 125 7.4 6 6 28 1 Gray,M 4 0 47 11.8 0 3 14 0 Morris 7 27 3.9 0 2 7 0 LaFleur 4 0 70 17.5 0 4 24 0 Lomax 3 10 3.3 0 0 7 0 Morris 3 0 24 8.0 0 1 15 0 27 162 6.0 6 8 28 1 Tilley 3 1 36 12.0 0 3 13 0 Green,R 2 1 32 16.0 0 2 17 0 Anderson,O 2 1 10 5.0 0 0 7 0 Mitchell 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Combs 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Marsh 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 21 4 240 11.4 0 14 24 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Lisch 2 1 50.0 5 5.0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 56.3 Lomax 43 20 46.5 235 11.8 24 4 0 1 2.3 4 0 0.0 53.9 45 21 46.7 240 11.4 24 5 0 1 2.2 4 0 0.0 53.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts O'Donoghue 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 37 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Birdsong 6 260 49 0 0 2 5 33 37.8 43.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Mitchell 6 70 11.7 23 0 Mitchell 2 0 4 2.0 5 0 6 70 11.7 23 0 2 0 4 2.0 5 0 Fumbles Anderson 1 Lomax 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Greer 1 Williams 3 Dawson 1 Ahrens 1 Lomax 1 Junior 1 Greene,K 1 Williams 1 Greer 1 Greer 1 Nelson 1 Wehrli 1 Tackles Williams 11 Griffin 5 Wehrli 4 Dawson 3 Mays 2 Gillen Ahrens 8 Greer 4 Greene,K 4 Johnson 2 Favron 1 Brown Junior 6 Nelson 4 Green,R 3 Baker 2 Radford 1 Willia Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Wehrli 1 3 3.0 3 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 1981 Washington Redskins Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Washington 22 116 5.3 3 5 21 0 Washington 5 0 65 13.0 0 4 24 1 Metcalf 6 27 4.5 1 2 12 1 Monk 3 0 68 22.7 2 3 30 0 Riggins 5 24 4.8 0 1 9 1 Thompson,R 2 0 24 12.0 0 2 13 0 Theismann 2 12 6.0 0 0 7 0 Warren 2 0 17 8.5 0 2 12 0 Giaquinto 3 7 2.3 0 0 5 0 Seay 2 0 53 26.5 1 2 31 0 Wonsley 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Metcalf 1 0 19 19.0 0 1 19 1 Harmon 2 4 2.0 0 0 4 0 Riggins 1 0 25 25.0 1 1 25 0 Claitt 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 16 0 271 16.9 4 15 31 2 42 194 4.6 4 8 21 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Theismann 25 16 64.0 271 16.9 31 1 4 1 4.0 1 2 8.0 110.6 25 16 64.0 271 16.9 31 1 4 1 4.0 1 2 8.0 110.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Moseley 4 4 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 19 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Connell 3 121 47 0 0 2 2 4 39.0 40.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Nelms 1 29 29.0 29 0 Nelms 5 0 33 6.6 11 0 Metcalf 1 17 17.0 17 0 5 0 33 6.6 11 0 2 46 23.0 29 0 Fumbles Washingt 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Milot 2 Manley 3 Butz 1 Hickman 1 Butz 1 Murphy 1 Hickman 1 Mendenha 1 Olkewicz 1 Mendenha 1 Hickman 1 Brooks 1 Peters 1 White 1 Tackles Milot 10 Peters 5 Cronan 2 Kaufman 1 Manley 1 Murphy 8 Parrish 3 White 2 Brooks 1 Mendenha 1 Butz 6 Dusek 3 Lavender 2 Lorch 1 Bryant 1 Olkewicz 6 Bacon 3 Jordan 2 Lowry 1 Hickman 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Peters 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 StL Mitchell return of 23 KO-deep 1 10 own23 14:50 StL Lomax to Morris 5 Screen bas-Z 2 5 own28 14:25 StL Lomax sacked by Brooks B-fly bas-Z 3 12 own21 13:48 StL Lomax to Gray,M 12 M-slant pas-dZ 1 10 own33 13:14 StL Anderson,O 10 trapL bas-M dlR 1 10 own43 12:44 StL Pen-StL10 offtackleR bas-M 1 20 own33 12:37 StL Lomax to Tilley X M-out pas-M dlI 2 20 own33 12:30 StL Lomax to Green,R X B-fly pas-dZ/Bz1 3 20 own33 12:27 StL Lomax to Anderson,O X L-out pas-dM 4 20 own33 12:20 StL Punt Birdsong 43,Nelms 11 Pt-deep 1 10 own35 12:16 Was Theismann sacked by Greer L-hitch bas-sZ 2 14 own31 12:08 Was Theismann to Monk 26 L-hitch bas-Z 1 10 opp43 11:32 Was Washington 9 dive pas-Z/Bz2 2 1 opp34 11:03 Was Theismann to Riggins 25 M-cross run-M agg 1 9 opp9 10:30 Was Riggins 9 TD dive run-M 0-7 KO 10:22 StL Mitchell return of 2 KO-deep 1 10 own6 10:18 StL Morris 7 offtackleR pas-M 2 3 own13 9:43 StL Morris -1 offtackleL run-M/Bz1 3 4 own12 9:11 StL Lomax to Tilley 12 M-cross dou-Z 1 10 own24 8:41 StL Anderson,O 28 draw bas-M 1 10 opp48 8:04 StL Anderson,O 2 Fmb offtackleL run-dZ 1 10 own46 7:56 Was Washington 5 dive dou-dZ 2 5 opp49 7:28 Was Washington 4 dive bas-Z 3 1 opp45 6:53 Was Riggins 0 overtop run-M 4 1 opp45 6:21 Was Punt Connell 35,Mitchell 0 Pt-side 1 10 own10 6:17 StL Anderson,O 1 dive bas-dZ 2 9 own11 5:48 StL Anderson,O 5 trapL dou-M 3 4 own16 5:12 StL Anderson,O 12 offtackleL pas-Z 1 10 own28 4:39 StL Morris 6 offtackleR pas-M dlL 2 4 own34 4:08 StL Lomax to Anderson,O X L-cross dou-Z/Bz1 3 4 own34 4:05 StL Lomax to Morris X M-cross bas-M 4 4 own34 4:01 StL Punt Birdsong 44,Nelms 5 Pt-deep 1 10 own27 3:57 Was Washington 21 sweepR run-Z dlI 1 10 own48 3:21 Was Riggins 3 dive bas-M 1 10 opp34 3:14 Was Riggins 6 offtackleR pas-dZ 2 4 opp28 2:43 Was Washington 10 offtackleR run-Z 1 10 opp18 2:09 Was Pen-Was10 pitchR pas-M 1 20 opp28 2:00 Was Riggins 6 trapR pas-Z 2 14 opp22 1:31 Was Theismann to Monk X M-out pas-vZ agg 3 14 opp22 1:22 Was Theismann 7 L-hitch pas-dZ 4 7 opp15 0:47 Was FG Moseley 32 no good FG 1 10 own20 0:43 StL Lomax to LaFleur 24 M-slant run-Z 1 10 own44 0:06 StL Lomax to Morris 15 S-flat run-vZ 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp41 15:00 StL Morris 2 sweepL run-Z 2 8 opp39 14:51 StL Lomax to Green,R 15 S-hitch run-Z 1 10 opp24 14:13 StL Pen-StL10 S-cross bas-M dlR 1 20 opp34 14:05 StL Anderson,O 7 pitchR pas-M 2 13 opp27 13:29 StL Lomax to Anderson,O 7 S-cross pas-Z 3 6 opp20 12:59 StL Lomax to Gray,M X M-hitch pas-dZ 4 6 opp20 12:51 StL FG O'Donoghue 37 good FG 3-7 KO 12:46 Was kick downed KO-deep 1 10 own20 12:46 Was Theismann to Monk 30 L-cross dou-dZ 1 10 50 12:11 Was Theismann to Washington 16 Screen run-dZ 1 10 opp34 11:38 Was Washington -2 pitchL dou-Z/Bz1 2 12 opp36 11:08 Was Pen-StL6 S-cross bas-M 1 10 opp30 11:03 Was Theismann 5 sweepL run-M/Bz2 2 5 opp25 10:54 Was Theismann to Washington X M-slant dou-M 3 5 opp25 10:46 Was Washington 9 sweepL pas-M 1 10 opp16 10:17 Was Washington 5 offtackleR run-M 2 5 opp11 9:46 Was Washington 6 offtackleR bas-Z 1 5 opp5 9:13 Was Theismann to Washington 5 T M-hitch run-Z 3-14 KO 9:08 StL Mitchell return of 8 KO-deep 1 10 own16 9:02 StL Lomax to Tilley 11 Screen pas-dZ/Bz1 c 1 10 own27 8:31 StL Anderson,O 9 trapL dou-M agg 2 1 own36 7:57 StL Lomax to LaFleur 18 M-straight bas-Z 1 10 opp46 7:25 StL Lomax 1 M-slant pas-M/Bz1 2 9 opp45 6:53 StL Morris 2 dive run-vZ 1 10 opp28 6:45 StL Lomax to LaFleur 21 M-slant run-Z 1 7 opp7 6:08 StL Anderson,O -4 pitchR run-Z 2 11 opp11 5:30 StL Lomax 2 M-fade pas-Z/Bz1 3 9 opp9 5:00 StL Lomax to Gray,M X M-hitch pas-Z 4 9 opp9 4:51 StL FG O'Donoghue 26 good FG 6-14 KO 4:46 Was kick downed KO-deep 1 10 own20 4:46 Was Theismann to Thompson,R 11 M-cross bas-vZ 1 10 own31 4:13 Was Theismann to Washington X B-post bas-M 2 10 own31 4:05 Was Theismann to Monk X B-post bas-Z 3 10 own31 3:58 Was Theismann to Seay X S-flat pas-Z dlR 4 10 own31 3:55 Penalty Pt-deep 1 10 own20 3:51 StL Pen-StL10 M-cross bas-Z 1 20 own10 3:40 StL Anderson,O 7 dive pas-dM 2 13 own17 3:10 StL Lomax to Green,R X L-cross pas-M dlI 3 13 own17 3:00 StL Lomax to Gray,M 14 M-hitch pas-dM 1 10 own31 2:22 StL Lomax to Anderson,O 3 Screen bas-Z 2 7 own34 2:00 StL Lomax to Gray,M X B-post bas-Z/Bz1 dl 3 7 own34 1:54 StL Lomax to Tilley X L-out pas-M 4 7 own34 1:46 StL Punt Birdsong 49,Nelms 3 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 1:42 Was Theismann to Washington 24 S-slant run-Z 1 10 own44 1:30 Was Theismann to Monk INT Wehrl L-out pas-M 1 10 own36 1:13 StL Lomax sacked by Milot M-out dou-Z/Bz1 dl 2 18 own28 1:04 StL Lomax to Gray,M 7 Screen pas-dM 3 11 own35 0:56 StL Lomax to Gray,M X M-out pas-M dlO 4 11 own35 0:47 StL Punt Birdsong 49,Nelms 3 Pt-deep 1 10 own19 0:41 Was Giaquinto 2 pitchL run-M dlL 2 8 own21 0:05 Was Washington 8 dive pas-Z 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Was Metcalf return of 17 KO-deep 1 10 own18 14:51 Was Theismann to Monk 12 L-slant run-Z 1 10 own30 14:23 Was Theismann to Washington 12 S-cross run-Z 1 10 own42 13:50 Was Theismann to Warren 12 S-out bas-Z 1 10 opp46 13:17 Was Washington 10 Fmb pitchL dou-Z 1 10 own36 13:10 StL Lomax to Tilley 13 M-straight dou-Z con 1 10 own49 12:35 StL Lomax to Green,R X L-hitch bas-Z 2 10 own49 12:29 StL Anderson,O 5 trapL pas-Z 3 5 opp46 11:53 StL Lomax to LaFleur 7 M-cross dou-Z 1 10 opp39 11:29 StL Lomax to Green,R 17 S-hitch run-dM 1 10 opp22 10:51 StL Lomax to LaFleur X M-cross bas-Z dlO 2 10 opp22 10:43 StL Anderson,O 12 pitchR dou-Z dlI 1 10 opp10 10:06 StL Anderson,O 10 TD pitchR dou-Z dlI 13-14 KO 9:58 Was Nelms return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own27 9:48 Was Giaquinto 5 trapR pas-M 2 5 own32 9:17 Was Washington 6 sweepL bas-M 1 10 own38 8:43 Was Theismann to Washington 8 S-out run-Z 2 2 own46 8:17 Was Washington -2 trapL run-M/Bz2 3 4 own44 7:47 Was Theismann to Warren 5 M-hitch dou-Z 1 10 own49 7:40 Was Washington 4 offtackleR run-M 2 6 opp47 7:09 Was Washington 4 trapL run-M/Bz2 3 2 opp43 6:33 Was Washington 2 trapR run-Z 2 8 opp41 5:58 Was Theismann to Thompson,R 13 M-cross bas-M 1 10 opp28 5:24 Was Metcalf 9 sweepR run-Z 2 1 opp19 4:50 Was Theismann to Metcalf 19 TD M-cross run-M agg 13-21 KO 4:38 StL Mitchell return of 15 KO-deep 1 10 own17 4:30 StL Lomax to Marsh 11 S-out bas-dZ dlO 1 10 own28 4:02 StL Lomax to Anderson,O X Screen run-dZ 2 10 own28 3:54 StL Lomax 7 S-slant pas-Z 3 3 own35 3:47 StL Morris 5 offtackleR run-M/Bz2 1 10 own40 3:10 StL Anderson,O 3 draw pas-M 2 7 own43 2:41 StL Lomax to LaFleur INT Peters M-cross dou-Z 1 10 opp49 2:31 Was Pen-StL15 offtackleR run-Z 1 10 opp34 2:22 Was Theismann to Washington X M-slant pas-Z dlL 2 10 opp34 2:15 Was Pen-Was5 Screen pas-Z 2 15 opp39 2:09 Was Theismann to Metcalf X M-hitch pas-M 3 15 opp39 1:59 Was Theismann to Seay X L-cross pas-dM 4 15 opp39 1:54 Was Theismann to Seay 31 L-hitch pas-dZ 1 8 opp8 1:06 Was Harmon 4 dive run-M 2 4 opp4 0:28 Was Metcalf 4 TD pitchL run-Z 13-28 KO 0:21 StL Mitchell return of 2 KO-deep 1 10 own11 0:17 StL Anderson,O 5 sweepL pas-Z 4th Quarter 2 5 own16 15:00 StL Anderson,O 11 trapR dou-Z dlI 1 10 own27 14:23 StL Morris 6 sweepL bas-M 2 4 own33 13:54 StL Anderson,O 2 trapR key-Z/Bz1 dl 3 2 own35 13:20 StL Lomax to LaFleur X S-slant pas-M 4 2 own35 13:16 Penalty Pt-deep 1 10 50 13:10 StL Lomax to Tilley X B-post pas-Z 2 10 50 13:03 StL Lomax to Morris X S-cross pas-Z/Bz1 3 10 50 12:58 StL Lomax to Green,R X M-cross pas-M 4 10 50 12:49 StL Punt Birdsong 34,Nelms 0 Pt-side 1 10 own16 12:45 Was Metcalf 4 trapR run-M 2 6 own20 12:00 Was Metcalf 12 trapL bas-M 1 10 own32 11:08 Was Harmon 0 dive run-vZ 2 10 own32 10:20 Was Pen-StL5 trapL dou-Z 2 5 own37 10:20 Was Metcalf -2 pitchR run-M 3 7 own35 9:31 Was Wonsley 5 dive bas-vM 4 2 own40 8:48 Was Punt Connell 47,Mitchell-1 Pt-deep 1 10 own12 8:43 StL Pen-StL5 dive bas-vZ 1 15 own7 8:43 StL Lomax to Morris 4 Screen pas-M con 2 11 own11 8:32 StL Lomax to Morris X M-slant pas-Z 3 11 own11 8:25 StL Lomax to Tilley X M-cross pas-Z 4 11 own11 8:20 StL Punt Birdsong 41,Nelms 11 Pt-deep 1 10 opp41 8:15 Was Giaquinto 0 pitchR run-M agg 2 10 opp41 7:31 Was Washington 7 offtackleR bas-M agg 3 3 opp34 6:43 Was Washington 3 dive run-M 2 7 opp31 5:56 Was Claitt -1 offtackleR run-M 3 8 opp32 5:14 Was Theismann to Seay 22 M-cross run-Z 1 10 opp10 4:29 Was Pen-StL5 dive bas-M/Bz3 1 5 opp5 4:29 Was Washington 4 dive dou-sZ 2 1 opp1 4:22 Was Washington -1 trapR run-M dlL 3 2 opp2 3:36 Was Metcalf 0 sweepR run-Mi 4 2 opp2 2:48 Was FG Moseley 19 good FG 13-31 KO 2:43 StL Mitchell return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own32 2:35 StL Lisch to Mitchell 5 M-out pas-Z con 2 5 own37 2:24 StL Lisch to Stief X S-out pas-Z 3 5 own37 2:17 StL Lomax sacked by Hickman Fmb B-post pas-M 4 13 own29 2:02 StL Lomax to Gray,M 14 M-out pas-Mo con 1 10 own43 2:00 StL Lomax to Combs 5 L-out pas-M con 2 5 own48 1:45 StL Lomax to Gray,M X Screen pas-Z 3 5 own48 1:41 StL Lomax to Harrell X S-out pas-M 4 5 own48 1:36 StL Lomax sacked by Milot L-out pas-Z/Bz2 1 10 opp41 1:27 Was Washington 3 dive run-Mi 2 7 opp38 0:37 Was Washington 1 dive run-Z