| Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1997 Location: Landover, MD |
| Venue: Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Attendance: 75261 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Scott Blanton 22 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | James Jenkins 1 pass from Gus Frerotte (Scott Blanton kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Scott Blanton 50 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Terry Allen 1 run (Scott Blanton kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 51 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Scott Blanton 45 FG | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Darryl Pounds 22 interception return (Scott Blanton kick) | 7 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Herman Moore |
| 87 | WR | Johnnie Morton |
| 72 | LOT | Ray Roberts |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 64 | ROG | Jeff Hartings |
| 71 | ROT | Larry Tharpe |
| 86 | TE | David Sloan |
| 19 | QB | Scott Mitchell |
| 20 | HB | Barry Sanders |
| 44 | FB | Tommy Vardell |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Porcher |
| 95 | NT | Mike Wells |
| 94 | UT | Luther Elliss |
| 93 | RDE | Kerwin Waldroup |
| 58 | SLB | George Jamison |
| 57 | MLB | Stephen Boyd |
| 59 | WLB | Reggie Brown |
| 23 | LCB | Bryant Westbrook |
| 28 | SS | Ron Rice |
| 27 | FS | Mark Carrier |
| 1 | RCB | Corey Raymond |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Henry Ellard |
| 86 | WR | Leslie Shepherd |
| 68 | LOT | Joe Patton |
| 77 | LOG | Tre' Johnson |
| 55 | C | Jeff Uhlenhake |
| 75 | ROG | Bob Dahl |
| 67 | ROT | Shar Pourdanesh |
| 84 | TE | Jamie Asher |
| 12 | QB | Gus Frerotte |
| 21 | RB | Terry Allen |
| 47 | FB | Larry Bowie |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Kenard Lang |
| 99 | LDT | Ryan Kuehl |
| 93 | RDT | Marc Boutte |
| 96 | RDE | Rich Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Greg Jones |
| 53 | MLB | Marvcus Patton |
| 50 | RLB | Derek Smith |
| 26 | LCB | Cris Dishman |
| 37 | SS | Jesse Campbell |
| 24 | FS | Stanley Richard |
| 28 | RCB | Darrell Green |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Terry Allen | 31 | 94 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Brian Mitchell | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Larry Bowie | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Frank Reich | 28 | 10 | 35.7 | 2 | 110 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Scott Mitchell | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.6 |
| Matt Blundin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Gus Frerotte | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 0 | 247 | 6.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Johnnie Morton | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Herman Moore | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Glyn Milburn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Michael Westbrook | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Brian Mitchell | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Bowie | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Terry Allen | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leslie Shepherd | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Henry Ellard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jamie Asher | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| James Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Darryl Pounds | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22t | 1 |
| Jesse Campbell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 4 | 2 | 69 | 17.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Brian Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 82 | 16.4 | 46 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | ||||
| Scott Blanton | 6 | 378 | 63.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 41 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Brian Mitchell | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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| Washington Redskins | |
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