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1981 AFC Championship GameCincinnati Bengals 27, San Diego Chargers 7Sunday, Jan. 10, 1982 - Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati, OH)1981 AFC Divisional PlayoffsSan Diego Chargers 41, Miami Dolphins 38 (OT)Saturday, Jan. 2, 1982 - Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)The Chargers lost to Cincinnati in AFC Championship game oncoldest day in NFL history. Temperature in Cincinnati dipped tonine-degrees-below-zero with wind chill factor measuring 59-below zero. Cincinnati won coin toss and elected to kick off, forcingSan Diego to go into wind in first quarter. Bengals movedahead 10-0 before teams switched directions in second periodand Chargers scored on their first possession on 33-yard screenpass from Dan Fouts to Kellen Winslow and Cincinnati led 17-7at halftime. Chargers were statistical leaders in first half, but threeturnovers inside Bengals’ 33-yard line proved costly. San Diego turned ball over tostart third quarter leading to another Cincinnati score, and three-yard touchdownpass from Ken Anderson to Don Bass culminated 8:08 drive in final period to clinchBengals victory. Wes Chandler led all receivers with six catches for 79 yards andChuck Muncie led all rushers with 23 carries and 94 yards.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSan Diego Chargers 0 7 0 0 7Cincinnati Bengals 10 7 3 7 27Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD CINCIN 1 6:55 Breech 31 yd field goal (10-51, 6:12) 0 3CIN 1 7:54 Harris 8 yd pass from Anderson (Breech kick) (2-12, 0:55) 0 10SD 2 1:26 Winslow 33 yard pass from Fouts 7 10(Benirschke kick) (6-55, 2:58)CIN 2 5:03 Johnson 1 yd run (Breech kick) (7-55, 3:21) 7 17CIN 3 7:13 Breech 38 yd field goal (8-39, 4:52) 7 20CIN 4 8:08 Bass 3 yd pass from Anderson (Breech kick) (14-68, 7:04) 7 27Attendance — 46,302Team Statistics SD CINTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 18 19Rushing 11 8Passing 7 11Penalty 0 03RD DOWN EFF 5-12-42% 5-11-46%TOTAL NET YARDS 301 318Total Plays 61 59Average / Play 4.9 5.4NET YARDS RUSHING 128 143Total Plays 31 36Average / Play 4.1 3.9NET YARDS PASSING 173 175Sacked - Yards Lost 2-12 0-0Gross Yards 185 175ATT-COMP-INT 28-15-2 23-15-0Avg. / Play 5.8 7.6SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDMuncie 23 94 4.1 11 0Brooks 6 23 3.8 9 0Fouts 1 6 6.0 6 0Cappelletti 1 5 5.0 5 0SD CINPUNTS No. and Avg. 2-29.5 3-30.6Blocked 0 0TOTAL RETURN YARDS 139 64Punt Returns 1-7 0-0Kickoff Returns 7-132 1-40Interception Returns 0-0 2-24PENALTIES No. and Yds 2-15 3-25FUMBLES No. and Lost 4-2 3-1TOUCHDOWNS 1 3Rushing 0 1Passing 1 2Returns 0 0EXTRA POINTS 1-1 3-3FIELD GOALS 0-2 2-2FINAL SCORE 7 27TIME OF POSS 29:42 30:18CINCINNATIRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDJohnson 21 80 3.8 11 1Anderson 5 39 7.8 13 0Alexander 9 22 2.4 4 0Collinsworth 1 2 2.0 2 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN Rt Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtFouts 28 15 185 2-12 1 33t 2 56.4 Anderson 22 14 161 0-0 2 19 0115.9Thompson 1 1 14 0-0 0 14 0118.8Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDChandler 6 79 13.2 25 0Winslow 3 47 15.7 33t 1Joiner 3 41 13.7 21 0Brooks 2 5 2.5 4 0Sievers 1 13 13.0 13 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDNonePunting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgRoberts 2 59 29.5 0 0 32Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDChandler 1 7 7.0 0 7 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDBrooks 4 87 21.8 36 0Beaudoin 2 38 19.0 19 0Shaw 1 7 7.0 7 0Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDRoss 5 69 13.8 19 0Alexander 3 25 8.3 16 0Collinsworth 2 28 14.0 16 0Curtis 2 28 14.0 15 0Johnson 1 14 14.0 14 0Harris 1 8 8.0 8t 1Bass 1 3 3.0 3t 1INT No Yds Avg Lg TDKemp 1 24 24.0 24 0Breeden 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgMcInally 3 92 30.6 0 0 35Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDNoneKO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDVerser 1 40 40.0 40 0The Chargers traveled to Miami’s Orange Bowl to face AFC EastDivision champion Miami and won epic struggle, 41-38, on 29-yard Rolf Benirscke field goal at 13:52 mark of first overtimeperiod. San Diego jumped out to early 24-0 lead, only to haveDolphins close gap under direction of substitute quarterback DonStrock. score was 24-17 at halftime and in second half Dolphinsknotted score at 24 and again at 31 before assuming their firstlead, 38-31, on 12-yard run by Tony Nathan. But late in fourthquarter after Dolphin turnover, Dan Fouts threw eight-yard TDpass to James Brooks with 58 seconds left in regulation to tie game, 38-38. Withfour seconds left Dolphins had chance to win it but Miami’s 43-yard field goal try wasblocked by Kellen Winslow, sending game into overtime. In OT Benirschke missed27-yard attempt and Uwe Von Schamann had another attempt blocked, this time byLeroy Jones. Ultimately, Chargers’ game-winning drive was highlighted by receptionsof 20 and 29 yards by Wes Chandler and Charlie Joiner, respectively. Fouts set divisionplayoff passing records for completions, attempts and yards, as did Winslow with13 catches. Chandler had 56-yard punt return for touchdown for Chargers, first-everpunt return for touchdown in AFC divisional playoff game. Chargers broke total 15divisional playoff team records and tied two others.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TotalSan Diego Chargers 24 0 7 7 3 41Miami Dolphins 0 17 14 7 0 38Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD MIASD 1 5:11 Benirschke 32 yd field goal (9-64, 5:11) 3 0SD 1 7:36 Chandler 56 yd punt return (Benirschke kick) 10 0SD 1 11:02 Muncie 1 yd run (Benirschke kick) (7-29, 3:16) 17 0SD 1 13:29 Brooks 8 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (3-11, 0:48) 24 0MIA 2 6:29 Von Schamann 34 yd field goal (10-63, 3:34) 24 3MIA 2 12:15 Rose 1 yd pass from Strock (Von Schamann kick) (7-39, 3:59) 24 10MIA 2 15:00 Nathan 25 yd run off lateral from Harris after 15 yd 24 17pass from Strock (Von Schamann kick) (4-63, 0:30)MIA 3 4:10 Rose 15 yd pass from Strock (Von Schamann kick) (8-74, 4:10) 24 24SD 3 10:45 Winslow 25 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (6-60, 2:24) 31 24MIA 3 13:32 Hardy 50 yd pass from Strock (Von Schamann kick) (6-83, 2:47) 31 31MIA 4 :07 Nathan 12 yd run (Von Schamann kick) (2-15, 0:54) 31 38SD 4 14:02 Brooks 9 yd pass from Fouts (Benirschke kick) (10-82, 3:41) 38 38SD 5 13:52 Benirschke 29 yd field goal (6-74, 2:25) 41 38Attendance — 73,735Team Statistics SD MIATOTAL FIRST DOWNS 33 25Rushing 10 3Passing 21 21Penalty 2 13RD DOWN EFF 8-15-53% 8-16-50%TOTAL NET YARDS 564 466Total Plays 85 78Average / Play 6.6 6.0NET YARDS RUSHING 149 78Total Plays 29 28Average / Play 5.1 2.8NET YARDS PASSING 415 388Sacked - Yards Lost 2-18 3-29Gross Yards 433 417ATT-COMP-INT 54-33-1 41-30-2Avg. / Play 7.4 7.8SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDMuncie 24 120 5.0 18 1Brooks 3 19 6.3 14 0Fouts 2 10 5.0 8 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtFouts 53 33 433 2-18 3 47 1 99.0Muncie 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 39.6Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDWinslow 13 166 12.8 31 1Joiner 7 108 15.4 39 0Chandler 6 106 17.7 47 0Brooks 4 31 7.8 9t 2Muncie 2 5 2.5 8 0Scales 1 17 17.0 17 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDEdwards 1 35 35.0 35 0Buchanon 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgRoberts 4 161 40.3 3 0 47SD MIAPUNTS No. and Avg. 4-40.3 5-42.0Blocked 0 0TOTAL RETURN YARDS 189 140Punt Returns 2-64 1-12Kickoff Returns 6-90 6-98Interception Returns 2-35 1-30PENALTIES No. and Yds 8-45 7-44FUMBLES No. and Lost 3-3 2-1TOUCHDOWNS 5 5Rushing 1 1Passing 3 4Returns 1 0EXTRA POINTS 5-5 5-5FIELD GOALS 2-4 1-3FINAL SCORE 41 38TIME OF POSS 37:44 36:08MIAMIRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDNathan 14 48 3.4 12t 1Franklin 9 6 0.7 3 0Woodley 1 10 10.0 10 0Hill 3 8 2.7 4 0Vigorito 1 6 6.0 6 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtStrock 42 28 397 0-0 4 50t 1118.8Woodley 5 2 20 3-29 0 15 1 12.5Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDNathan 8 108 13.5 27 1Harris 6 106 17.7 30 0Hardy 5 89 17.8 50t 1Rose 4 37 9.3 15t 2Cefalo 3 62 20.7 23 0Vigorito 2 12 6.0 8 0Hill 2 3 1.5 2 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDBlackwood 1 8 8.0 8 0Small 0 22 -- 22 0HISTORYPunt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDChandler 1 56 56.0 0 56t 1Punting No Yds Avg TB I20 LgOrosz 5 210 42.0 1 0 45MEDIA GUIDE | 239KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDBrooks 5 75 15.0 33 0Beaudoin 1 15 15.0 15 0Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDVigorito 1 12 12.0 0 12 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDVigorito 4 67 16.8 21 0Walker 1 18 18.0 18 0Hill 1 13 13.0 13 0