Week 8, 1981

played in St. Louis, MO

73 degrees, stormy, 26 mph wind

Washington Redskins	3	3	0	13	-	19
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	3	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:11 WAS - John Leypoldt 29 field goal
2Q: 00:21 WAS - John Leypoldt 23 field goal
3Q: 07:14 STL - Toni Linhart 21 field goal
4Q: 15:00 WAS - Tracy Porter 16 pass from Bert Jones (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 10:37 WAS - John Leypoldt 30 field goal
4Q: 00:59 WAS - John Leypoldt 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:11 WAS - John Leypoldt 29 field goal
2Q: 00:21 WAS - John Leypoldt 23 field goal
3Q: 07:14 STL - Toni Linhart 21 field goal
4Q: 15:00 WAS - Tracy Porter 16 pass from Bert Jones (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 10:37 WAS - John Leypoldt 30 field goal
4Q: 00:59 WAS - John Leypoldt 34 field goal

Team Statistics WAS STL
Record 5-3 4-4
First Downs 19 11
- by Rushing 3 2
- by Passing 15 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 363 188
- Offensive Plays 63 58
- Yards per Play 5.76 3.24
Net Rushing Yards 62 37
- Rushing Attempts 21 17
- Yards per Rush 2.95 2.18
Net Passing Yards 301 151
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 33 - 1 39 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 301 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 7.17 3.68
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 7/45 7/41
Punt Returns/Yards 1/1 1/15
Kick Returns/Yards 1/32 6/148
Interception Ret./Yards 2/28 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/4 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:44 25:16

Team Statistics	WAS	STL
Record	5-3	4-4
First Downs	19	11
- by Rushing	3	2
- by Passing	15	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	363	188
- Offensive Plays	63	58
- Yards per Play	5.76	3.24
Net Rushing Yards	62	37
- Rushing Attempts	21	17
- Yards per Rush	2.95	2.18
Net Passing Yards	301	151
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 33 - 1	39 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	301	163
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	7.17	3.68
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	7/45	7/41
Punt Returns/Yards	1/1	1/15
Kick Returns/Yards	1/32	6/148
Interception Ret./Yards	2/28	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/4	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 38	OWN 23
Time of Possession	34:44	25:16

Drive Charts

Washington Redskins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:56	OWN 32	6	12	Punt
1	8:27	1:24	OWN 41	4	19	Punt
1	6:04	5:00	OWN 36	8	52	Field Goal
2	11:40	2:35	OWN 7	5	60	Interception
2	7:19	1:44	OWN 38	3	-5	Punt
2	4:13	4:00	OWN 11	12	83	Field Goal
3	7:07	4:21	OWN 20	8	41	Punt
3	2:35	2:46	OPP 45	6	45	Touchdown
4	12:20	1:49	OPP 18	3	5	Field Goal
4	7:07	4:07	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
4	1:24	0:32	OPP 24	3	7	Field Goal

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:04	1:37	OWN 12	3	8	Punt
1	7:03	0:59	OWN 12	3	9	Punt
1	1:04	4:24	OWN 31	9	32	Punt
2	9:05	1:46	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
2	5:35	1:22	OWN 38	3	4	Punt
2	0:13	0:13	OWN 16	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	7:53	OWN 26	15	70	Field Goal
3	2:46	0:11	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
4	14:49	2:29	OWN 30	4	-10	Interception
4	10:31	3:24	OWN 43	6	18	Punt
4	3:00	1:36	OWN 6	6	18	Downs
4	0:52	0:52	OWN 45	4	15	Game

Game MVP: Bert Jones, Washington Redskins

Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Delvin Williams	12	47	3.92	11	1
Zachary Dixon	7	17	2.43	6	0
Randy Love	2	-2	-1.00	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Frank Pollard	12	29	2.42	11	1
Sherman Smith	3	6	2.00	3	0
Joe Montana	2	2	1.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bert Jones	42	33	301	0/0	1	28	1	94.5

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	39	24	163	2/12	0	23	2	49.4

Receiving Statistics

Washington	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tracy Porter	10	14	137	13.70	52	28	1
WR Mike Siani	7	7	25	3.57	0	6	0
WR Don McCauley	4	4	45	11.25	3	21	0
RB Delvin Williams	4	5	40	10.00	30	26	0
FB Roland Harper	3	3	15	5.00	10	13	0
WR Randy Burks	3	3	23	7.67	10	15	0
RB Andy Johnson	1	1	10	10.00	6	10	0
RB Zachary Dixon	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Orlando Whiteman	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Randy Love	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Billy Ryckman	5	6	34	6.80	6	17
WR Roy Green	5	8	43	8.60	10	23
WR Freddie Scott	3	4	25	8.33	7	11
TE Brooks Williams	3	6	23	7.67	6	13
TE John Sawyer	2	3	12	6.00	0	9
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	12	6.00	0	6
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	4	3	3.00	0	3
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
RB Sherman Smith	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
RB Billy Taylor	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
WR Melvin Wilber	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Washington	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Charles Romes	1	9	9.00	0
S Ken Greene	1	19	19.00	0

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Washington	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Washington	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Colquitt	5	210	42.0	35.0	55	3

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	6	254	42.3	38.8	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Washington	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	4/4	0/0	0/0	34	1/1

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	1/1	0/0	0/0	21	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Whiteman	1	1	1.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	1	15	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tony Greene	1	32	32.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	4	115	28.8	0
Freddie Scott	2	33	16.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Washington	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Neal Olkewicz	7	1	0.0	13	31
DE Cleveland Elam	5	1	1.0	16	37
OLB Brian Cabral	5	0	0.0	15	41
S Doug Greene	5	0	0.0	5	27
CB Carl Allen	4	2	0.0	12	34
S Tommy Jeffries	4	1	0.0	8	33
DE Mike Fultz	3	1	1.0	13	31
CB Tony Greene	3	1	0.0	13	27
S Tom Pridemore	3	0	0.0	13	33
OLB Bo Conway	2	1	0.0	7	4
S Charles Romes	1	0	0.0	14	32
WR Tracy Porter	1	0	---	---	---
DT O.J. Sanford	0	1	0.0	11	22
DE Jeff Merrow	0	1	0.0	10	26

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Cooney	12	2	0.0	19	35
CB Wayne Smith	7	3	0.0	17	35
S Bernie Jackson	7	0	0.0	16	40
OLB Bob Breunig	4	1	0.0	13	34
S Mike Jolly	4	0	0.0	15	37
DT Kent Kremer	3	2	0.0	9	21
DE Harvey Martin	3	1	0.0	11	30
OLB Marv Kellum	2	1	0.0	10	15
S Marvin Switzer	2	1	0.0	9	19
S John Sanders	2	0	0.0	12	30
OLB Tom De Paso	2	0	0.0	9	3
DT John Grant	1	1	0.0	13	13
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	1	0.0	17	38
DE Elvis Franks	1	1	0.0	10	12
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	0	---	---	---
DT Gary Johnson	1	0	0.0	9	30
WR Billy Ryckman	1	0	---	---	---
CB Rufus Bess	1	0	0.0	6	10
DT Dave Pear	0	1	0.0	12	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Washington	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike Fultz	1.0	1	3	1	31
DE Cleveland Elam	1.0	0	1	0	37
DT O.J. Sanford	0.0	1	0	0	22
DE Mike Butler	0.0	0	2	0	17
OLB Brian Cabral	0.0	0	1	0	41

St. Louis	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Stan Lewis	1	0	0	13
DE Keith Ferguson	0	2	0	29
DE Harvey Martin	0	1	0	30
DT Gary Johnson	0	0	1	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Washington	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Carl Allen	4	1	0	34
S Doug Greene	4	0	0	27
ILB Neal Olkewicz	4	0	0	31
S Tommy Jeffries	3	0	0	33
OLB Brian Cabral	3	0	0	41
CB Tony Greene	2	0	0	27
S Charles Romes	1	0	1	32
DE Cleveland Elam	1	0	0	37
DE Mike Fultz	1	0	0	31
S Tom Pridemore	1	0	0	33
S Ken Greene	0	1	1	33

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Bernie Jackson	7	0	0	40
CB Wayne Smith	7	0	0	35
ILB Mark Cooney	4	0	0	35
S Mike Jolly	4	0	0	37
OLB Bob Breunig	2	1	0	34
S Marvin Switzer	2	0	0	19
CB Rufus Bess	2	0	0	10
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	0	1	38
OLB Marv Kellum	1	0	0	15
DE Harvey Martin	1	0	0	30
S John Sanders	1	0	0	30
DT Kent Kremer	1	0	0	21

Blocking Statistics

Washington	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Keith Shelton	3	5	1	21	41
Dean Lang	2	4	0	14	28
Harris Richardson	2	3	0	20	35
Doug Dumler	1	6	0	21	41
Tom Luken	0	1	0	16	34
Roland Harper	0	1	0	11	17
Randy Love	0	1	0	8	11

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry McCarren	2	5	1	16	0	38
Ed Fisher	1	2	0	15	1	37
John Scully	1	2	0	16	1	37
Dan Dierdorf	0	3	0	13	0	31
Aaron Meyer	0	1	0	4	0	10
Roosevelt Leaks	0	1	0	10	0	11
Dennis Lick	0	1	0	14	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

Washington	Tackles	STPlays
Ralph Ortega	3	16
Zachary Dixon	2	11
Don McCauley	1	14
Randy Love	1	12

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Roosevelt Leaks	1	13
Billy Taylor	1	8

Participation

Washington	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Dumler	21	41	---	---	8	70
Brian Cabral	---	---	15	41	13	69
Harris Richardson	20	35	---	---	9	64
Bert Jones	21	42	---	---	---	63
Keith Shelton	21	41	---	---	---	62
Carl Allen	---	---	12	34	14	60
Cleveland Elam	---	---	16	37	---	53
Tom Luken	16	34	---	---	---	50
Don McCauley	11	24	---	---	14	49
Tommy Jeffries	---	---	8	33	8	49
Charles Romes	---	---	14	32	1	47
Tom Pridemore	---	---	13	33	1	47
Tracy Porter	15	32	---	---	---	47
Ken Greene	---	---	12	33	1	46
Mike Fultz	---	---	13	31	1	45
Neal Olkewicz	---	---	13	31	1	45
Mike Siani	14	30	---	---	---	44
Tony Greene	---	---	13	27	3	43
Dean Lang	14	28	---	---	---	42
Mike Barber	13	21	---	---	6	40
Doug Greene	---	---	5	27	8	40
Delvin Williams	14	25	---	---	---	39
O.J. Sanford	---	---	11	22	6	39
Jeff Merrow	---	---	10	26	1	37
Jim Obradovich	7	10	---	---	17	34
Roland Harper	11	17	---	---	5	33
Mike Butler	---	---	9	17	7	33
Ken Jones	7	15	---	---	9	31
Zachary Dixon	7	13	---	---	11	31
Randy Love	8	11	---	---	12	31
Orlando Whiteman	5	18	---	---	6	29
John Mendenhall	---	---	9	16	1	26
Ralph Ortega	---	---	4	6	16	26
Andy Johnson	0	1	---	---	23	24
Jack Cornell	5	8	---	---	9	22
Randy Burks	0	8	---	---	14	22
Bo Conway	---	---	7	4	8	19
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jim Hough	1	8	---	---	1	10
Melvin Jones	0	0	---	---	9	9
Craig Colquitt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Scott Hunter	0	0	---	---	4	4
Derrel Luce	---	---	1	1	2	4
Reggie Williams	---	---	2	0	---	2
Joe Pisarcik	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff McIntyre	---	---	0	0	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Jackson	---	---	16	40	14	70
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	17	38	12	67
Mike Jolly	---	---	15	37	12	64
Mark Cooney	---	---	19	35	5	59
Joe Montana	17	41	---	---	---	58
John Scully	16	37	---	---	5	58
Larry McCarren	16	38	---	---	1	55
Roy Green	15	34	---	---	6	55
Wayne Smith	---	---	17	35	1	53
Ed Fisher	15	37	---	---	---	52
Dennis Lick	14	36	---	---	1	51
Bob Breunig	---	---	13	34	3	50
Marvin Switzer	---	---	9	19	21	49
Harvey Martin	---	---	11	30	6	47
John Sanders	---	---	12	30	4	46
Dan Dierdorf	13	31	---	---	---	44
Freddie Scott	5	30	---	---	9	44
Frank Pollard	14	30	---	---	---	44
Keith Ferguson	---	---	12	29	3	44
Brooks Williams	12	18	---	---	13	43
Gary Johnson	---	---	9	30	3	42
Billy Ryckman	4	25	---	---	13	42
Marv Kellum	---	---	10	15	15	40
John Sawyer	10	13	---	---	15	38
Roosevelt Leaks	10	11	---	---	13	34
Kent Kremer	---	---	9	21	4	34
Alfred Jenkins	8	25	---	---	---	33
John Grant	---	---	13	13	4	30
Sherman Smith	3	8	---	---	19	30
Stan Lewis	---	---	9	13	6	28
Dave Pear	---	---	12	12	3	27
Elvis Franks	---	---	10	12	---	22
Aaron Meyer	4	10	---	---	7	21
Tom De Paso	---	---	9	3	8	20
Rufus Bess	---	---	6	10	3	19
Greg Koch	3	5	---	---	7	15
Billy Taylor	4	3	---	---	8	15
Walt Downing	1	4	---	---	7	12
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	3	6	1	10
Melvin Wilber	0	8	---	---	1	9
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mark Dennard	2	4	---	---	---	6
Tommie Ginn	1	3	---	---	1	5
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bill Troup	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	11	11.0
Middle	14	39	2.8
Right	6	12	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	8	4.0
Middle	12	26	2.2
Right	2	5	2.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bert Jones	42	33	4	2	1	1	3	1	1

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	39	24	1	1	1	2	7	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	26	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	20	153	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	101	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	21	4.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	28	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	72	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	63	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tracy Porter	14	10	0	137	2	32
WR Mike Siani	7	7	0	25	0	30
RB Delvin Williams	5	4	0	40	1	25
WR Don McCauley	4	4	0	45	1	24
WR Orlando Whiteman	3	0	0	0	0	18
FB Roland Harper	3	3	0	15	0	17
WR Randy Burks	3	3	0	23	0	8
RB Andy Johnson	1	1	0	10	0	1
RB Zachary Dixon	1	1	0	6	0	13
FB Randy Love	1	0	1	0	0	11

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	8	5	0	43	1	34
WR Billy Ryckman	6	5	0	34	0	25
TE Brooks Williams	6	3	0	23	0	18
WR Freddie Scott	4	3	1	25	0	30
WR Alfred Jenkins	4	1	0	3	0	25
WR Melvin Wilber	3	0	0	0	0	8
TE John Sawyer	3	2	0	12	0	13
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	0	12	0	30
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	0	6	0	11
RB Sherman Smith	1	1	0	4	0	8
RB Billy Taylor	1	1	0	1	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Randy Love	1	0	0.00	-1.00

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	1	-3	-3.00	2.42

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bert Jones	5	4	28	5.60	7.17

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	2	1	5	2.50	4.18

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Washington	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Don McCauley	1	1	4	4.00	11.25
WR Orlando Whiteman	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
FB Roland Harper	1	1	4	4.00	5.00
WR Randy Burks	1	1	4	4.00	7.67
WR Tracy Porter	1	1	16	16.00	9.79

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roy Green	2	1	5	2.50	5.38

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Washington	Rushes	Conversions
Delvin Williams	1	0
Zachary Dixon	1	0

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bert Jones	11	9	5

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	12	9	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tracy Porter	3	2	1
WR Mike Siani	2	2	2
FB Roland Harper	2	2	0
RB Andy Johnson	1	1	1
RB Delvin Williams	1	1	1
WR Orlando Whiteman	1	0	0
WR Randy Burks	1	1	0

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Alfred Jenkins	2	1	0
WR Billy Ryckman	2	1	1
TE Brooks Williams	2	1	1
WR Roy Green	2	2	1
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	1
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	0
TE John Sawyer	1	1	1
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)