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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Washington Redskins at New England Patriots - September 3rd, 1978
Washington Redskins 16 at New England Patriots 14
Sunday, September 3, 1978
Washington Redskins 16, New England Patriots 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (1-0-0) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| New England Patriots (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| WAS | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | WAS | Mark Moseley 26 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd | NWE | Stanley Morgan 33 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 3 | 7 |
| WAS | Mike Thomas 15 yard pass from Joe Theismann (kick failed) | 9 | 7 | |
| 4th | NWE | Harold Jackson 45 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 9 | 14 |
| WAS | Brad Dusek 31 yard fumble return (Mark Moseley kick) | 16 | 14 |
Team Stats
| WAS | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-149-0 | 40-161-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-24-184-1-1 | 12-31-199-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 3-34 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 165 |
| Total yards | 324 | 326 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 5-55 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Thomas | WAS | 11 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Danny Buggs | WAS | 2 | 89 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 10 | 24 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 16 | 60 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Tony Green | WAS | 6 | 23 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Thompson | WAS | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Frank Grant | WAS | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 12 | 31 | 199 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 7 | 124 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 16 | 89 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 7 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 9 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Green | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron McDole | WAS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | WAS | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Nelson | NWE | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dwight Wheeler | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||