Sunday, September 19, 1971
Washington Redskins 24, St. Louis Cardinals 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (1-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (0-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| WAS | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | WAS | Larry Brown 1 yard rush (Curt Knight kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | STL | Jackie Smith 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| STL | Jim Bakken 25 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 3rd | WAS | Chris Hanburger 16 yard fumble return (Curt Knight kick) | 14 | 10 |
| WAS | Jerry Smith 31 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 4th | STL | Jackie Smith 9 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 17 |
| WAS | Curt Knight 25 yard field goal | 24 | 17 |
| WAS | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-148-1 | 38-117-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-17-65-1-0 | 10-27-138-2-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 65 | 138 |
| Total yards | 213 | 255 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 6-39 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Brown | WAS | 18 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Harraway | WAS | 13 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Smith | WAS | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Kilmer | WAS | 6 | 17 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charley Taylor | WAS | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Boyd Dowler | WAS | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | WAS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Richie Petitbon | WAS | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jackie Smith | STL | 5 | 63 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MacArthur Lane | STL | 19 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cid Edwards | STL | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Williams | STL | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 5 | 15 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Beathard | STL | 5 | 12 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Roland | STL | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | STL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | STL | 1 | 15 | 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 | |||
| Speedy Duncan | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brig Owens | WAS | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richie Petitbon | WAS | 3 | 66 | 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 | |||
| Mel Gray | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Roland | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Stallings | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Norm Thompson | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Willingham | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||