| New York Giants at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 53041 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 42 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 25 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Larry Brown 17 run (Curt Knight kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Larry Brown 2 run (Curt Knight kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 44 FG | 0 | 23 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Otto Brown EZ blocked punt recovery (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 78 | ROG | Wayne Walton |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Duhon |
| 24 | RB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 21 | LCB | Otto Brown |
| 20 | LS | Scott Eaton |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 45 | RCB | Pete Athas |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Boyd Dowler |
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Snowden |
| 62 | LOG | Ray Schoenke |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 60 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 76 | ROT | Walt Rock |
| 87 | TE | Jerry Smith |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 43 | RB | Larry Brown |
| 31 | RB | Charley Harraway |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 64 | LDT | Manny Sistrunk |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 89 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 16 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 23 | RS | Brig Owens |
| 41 | RCB | Mike Bass |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 25 | 129 | 5.2 | 34 | 2 |
| Charley Harraway | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Brunet | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 4 | 162 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.6 | |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 27.1 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 54 | 3.9 | 0 | 13.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jerry Smith | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Myron Pottios | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Bass | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Brig Owens | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Richmond Flowers | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ted Vactor | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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