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Washington Redskins 28 at St. Louis Cardinals 10

Sunday, September 17, 1978

Washington Redskins 28, St. Louis Cardinals 10

1234Final
Washington Redskins (3-0-0)7147028
St. Louis Cardinals (0-3-0)300710

Scoring

WASSTL
1stSTLJim Bakken 20 yard field goal03
WASTony Green 99 yard kickoff return (Mark Moseley kick)73
2ndWASJean Fugett 14 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)143
WASMike Thomas 9 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)213
3rdWASClarence Harmon 9 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)283
4thSTLMel Gray 27 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)2810

Team Stats

WASSTL
First downs1619
Rush-yards-TDs46-255-126-132-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT6-14-61-2-017-41-217-0-1
Sacked-yards1-142-21
Net pass yards47196
Total yards302328
Fumbles-lost1-00-0
Turnovers01
Penalties-yards9-563-40

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Riggins WAS 16 108 0 26 1 13 0 13
Mike Thomas WAS 16 78 1 11
Clarence Harmon WAS 9 49 0 16 2 25 1 16
Joe Theismann WAS 5 12 59 2 0 16 3 6 0 0
Jean Fugett WAS 1 14 1 14
Reggie Haynes WAS 1 13 0 13
Frank Grant WAS 1 7 0 7
Billy Kilmer WAS 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
John McDaniel WAS 1 2 0 2
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Pat Tilley STL 7 123 0 43
Jim Hart STL 16 40 174 0 1 26
Mel Gray STL 1 27 1 27 2 44 0 26
Wayne Morris STL 12 48 0 13 2 9 0 6
Jim Otis STL 6 31 0 15 3 25 0 12
Steve Jones STL 7 26 0 10 2 2 0 2
Dave Stief STL 1 1 43 0 0 43
Jim Thaxton STL 1 14 0 14

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Brad Dusek WAS 1 11 0 0
Tony Green WAS 0 0 0 0 1 99 99.0 1 0 1 27 27.0 0 0
Lemar Parrish WAS 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
J.T. Smith WAS 0 0 0 0 4 33 8.3 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Willard Harrell STL 0 0 0 0 3 10 3.3 0 0
Wayne Morris STL 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Willie Shelby STL 0 0 0 0 4 94 23.5 0 0 2 24 12.0 0 0