GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: CHICAGO (5-7) at WASHINGTON (5-7)

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL CHICAGO 10
WASHINGTON 14 14:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FG WAS
SHAUN SUISHAM 23 YD

CHICAGO 10
WASHINGTON 17 11:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
CHICAGO 10
WASHINGTON 17 11:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CHI BALL ON CHI 29 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FG CHI
ROBBIE GOULD 22 YD

CHICAGO 13
WASHINGTON 17 6:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
CHICAGO 13
WASHINGTON 17 6:43 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 30 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL TD WAS
LADELL BETTS 16 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)

CHICAGO 13
WASHINGTON 24 2:41 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
CHICAGO 13
WASHINGTON 24 2:41 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CHI BALL ON CHI 40 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

CHICAGO 13
WASHINGTON 24

CHI BALL ON WAS 39 YD LINE
2ND AND 1</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FG CHI
ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD

CHICAGO 16
WASHINGTON 24 0:30 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
CHICAGO 16
WASHINGTON 24 0:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 46 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 0 0 10 6 16
WASHINGTON 0 7 7 10 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: WAS - TD, TODD YODER 21 YD PASS FROM TODD
COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
14:43. Drive: 1 plays, 21 yards in
0:07. Key plays: Springs 53-yard
interception return to Chicago 21.
WASHINGTON 7-0
3RD QUARTER: WAS - TD, MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN
SUISHAM KICK), 3:07. Drive: 5
plays, 63 yards in 3:07. Key plays:
Collins 54-yard pass to Portis on
3rd-and-2 to Chicago 1. WASHINGTON
14-0
CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 30 YD, 9:25. Drive: 10
plays, 75 yards in 6:28. Key plays:
Griese 35-yard pass to Berrrian on
3rd-and-7 to Washinton 49; Griese
20-yard pass to Olsen to Washington
30; 13-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Redskins' Landry to
Washington 13; Griese 10-yard pass
to Davis to Washington 12.
WASHINGTON 14-3
CHI - TD, BERNARD BERRIAN 17 YD PASS FROM
BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK),
11:37. Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in
1:03. Key plays: Griese 20-yard
pass to Clark to Washington 28;
Wolfe 11-yard run to Washington 17.
WASHINGTON 14-10
4TH QUARTER: WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 23 YD, 3:08. Drive:
12 plays, 64 yards in 6:31. Key
plays: Collins 4-yard pass to Betts
on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 43;
Collins 10-yard pass to Randle El
to Washington 43; Collins 33-yard
pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-11 to
Chicago 25; Collins 20-yard pass to
Cooley to Chicago 10. WASHINGTON
17-10
CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 22 YD, 8:12. Drive: 13
plays, 67 yards in 5:04. Key plays:
Griese 17-yard pass to Hester to
Chicago 47; Griese 16-yard pass to
Hester to Washington 37; 5-yard
illegal contact penalty on
Redskins' Torrence on 3rd-and-14 to
Washington 36; Griese 14-yard pass
to Hester to Washington 18; Griese
11-yard pass to Hester to
Washington 1. WASHINGTON 17-13
WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 16 YD PASS FROM TODD
COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
12:19. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in
4:07. Key plays: Collins 16-yard
pass to Moss to Washington 46;
Collins 13-yard pass to Randle El
to Chicago 41; Collins 15-yard pass
to Randle El on 3rd-and-4 to
Chicago 20. WASHINGTON 24-13
CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD, 14:30.
WASHINGTON 24-16

ATT: 82,213</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 0 0 10 6 16
WASHINGTON 0 7 7 10 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

14:43 WAS - TD, TODD YODER 21 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 21 yards in 0:07.
Key plays: Springs 53-yard interception return to Chicago 21.
WASHINGTON 7-0.

3RD QUARTER:

3:07 WAS - TD, MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards in 3:07.
Key plays: Collins 54-yard pass to Portis on 3rd-and-2 to Chicago 1.
WASHINGTON 14-0.
9:25 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 30 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 6:28.
Key plays: Griese 35-yard pass to Berrrian on 3rd-and-7 to Washinton
49; Griese 20-yard pass to Olsen to Washington 30; 13-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on Redskins' Landry to Washington 13; Griese 10-yard
pass to Davis to Washington 12. WASHINGTON 14-3.
11:37 CHI - TD, BERNARD BERRIAN 17 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in 1:03.
Key plays: Griese 20-yard pass to Clark to Washington 28; Wolfe
11-yard run to Washington 17. WASHINGTON 14-10.

4TH QUARTER:

3:08 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 23 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Collins 4-yard pass to Betts on 3rd-and-2 to Washington
43; Collins 10-yard pass to Randle El to Washington 43; Collins 33-yard
pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-11 to Chicago 25; Collins 20-yard pass to Cooley
to Chicago 10. WASHINGTON 17-10.
8:12 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 22 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards in 5:04.
Key plays: Griese 17-yard pass to Hester to Chicago 47; Griese
16-yard pass to Hester to Washington 37; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on
Redskins' Torrence on 3rd-and-14 to Washington 36; Griese 14-yard pass to
Hester to Washington 18; Griese 11-yard pass to Hester to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-13.
12:19 WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 16 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Collins 16-yard pass to Moss to Washington 46; Collins
13-yard pass to Randle El to Chicago 41; Collins 15-yard pass to Randle El
on 3rd-and-4 to Chicago 20. WASHINGTON 24-13.
14:30 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 56 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Griese 12-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 48; Griese
13-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 39; Griese 5-yard pass to Muhammad on
3rd-and-1 to Washington 34; Griese 1-yard run on 4th-an-1 to Washington 9.
WASHINGTON 24-16.

CHICAGO - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 22 15
Rushing 5 1
Passing 14 14
Penalty 3 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 356 345
Total offensive plays 77 61
Average gain per play 4.6 5.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 60 31
Rushing attempts 24 24
Average gain per rush 2.5 1.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-6 4-9
NET YARDS PASSING 296 314
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 1-10
Gross passing yards 309 324
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 51-29-2 36-25-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.2 5-41.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 35.5 39.4
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 16 65
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-16 3-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-60 4-59
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-55
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-49 7-48
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 1-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 1-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:19 28:41


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CHICAGO WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 17 35 2.1 7 0 C PORTIS 17 36 2.1 7 0
G WOLFE 3 13 4.3 11 0 M SELLERS 1 1 1.0 1 1
B GRIESE 4 12 3.0 8 0 T COLLINS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
J CAMPBELL 2 -2 -1.0 2 0
L BETTS 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B GRIESE 27-45-295 2 1 35 T COLLINS 15-20-224 0 2 54
R GROSSMAN 2- 6- 14 0 0 7 J CAMPBELL 10-16-100 0 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: B GRIESE 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: T COLLINS 1-10.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B BERRIAN 7 91 13.0 35 1 C PORTIS 6 86 14.3 54 0
D HESTER 5 67 13.4 17 0 C COOLEY 5 93 18.6 33 0
G WOLFE 4 37 9.3 13 0 A RANDLE E 4 60 15.0 22 0
M MUHAMMAD 4 27 6.8 8 0 L BETTS 4 26 6.5 16 1
D CLARK 3 33 11.0 20 0 S MOSS 3 29 9.7 16 0
G OLSEN 3 31 10.3 20 0 T YODER 1 21 21.0 21 1
R DAVIS 1 10 10.0 10 0 R CALDWELL 1 5 5.0 5 0
A PETERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 K MCCARDEL 1 4 4.0 4 0
M BRADLEY 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 2 55 27.5 53 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MAYNARD 6 229 38.2 1 1 42 D FROST 5 207 41.4 0 1 57

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 1 16 16.0 16 0 A RANDLE EL 3 10 3.3 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 4 60 15.0 23 0 R CARTWRIGHT 3 51 17.0 20 0
T YODER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R GOULD 1/1 3/4 S SUISHAM 3/3 1/3
Dist.: (48) 30 22 21 Dist.: (47) (37) 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
G WOLFE 1 0 0 0-0 T COLLINS 1 1 0 0-0
A BROWN 0 0 1 0-0 J CAMPBELL 1 0 0 0-0
B MCGOWAN 0 0 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 0 0 1 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B MCGOWAN 10 9 1 0-0 L FLETCHER 12 9 3 0-0
A BROWN 7 5 2 1-10 R DOUGHTY 7 5 2 .5-4
D MANNING 6 4 2 0-0 R MCINTOSH 6 4 2 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 5 5 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 5 4 1 1-5
B URLACHER 5 4 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 5 4 1 0-0
L BRIGGS 5 4 1 0-0 L LANDRY 5 3 2 0-0
C TILLMAN 4 3 1 0-0 A CARTER 5 2 3 .5-4
M ANDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 S SPRINGS 4 4 0 0-0
H HILLENMEYER 4 1 3 0-0 J EUBANKS 4 4 0 0-0
I IDONIJE 3 3 0 0-0 L TORRENCE 4 2 2 0-0
T MCBRIDE 2 1 1 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 4 2 2 0-0
A ARCHULETA 1 1 0 0-0 F SMOOT 3 2 1 0-0
D WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 2 2 0 0-0
T HARRIS 1 0 1 0-0 P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0
D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0
K GOLSTON 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 82,213</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CHICAGO 16
WASHINGTON 24 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 0 0 10 6 16
WASHINGTON 0 7 7 10 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

14:43 WAS - TD, TODD YODER 21 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 21 yards in 0:07.
Key plays: Springs 53-yard interception return to Chicago 21.
WASHINGTON 7-0.

3RD QUARTER:

3:07 WAS - TD, MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards in 3:07.
Key plays: Collins 54-yard pass to Portis on 3rd-and-2 to Chicago 1.
WASHINGTON 14-0.
9:35 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 30 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 6:28.
Key plays: Griese 35-yard pass to Berrian on 3rd-and-7 to Washinton
49; Griese 20-yard pass to Olsen to Washington 30; 13-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on Redskins' Landry to Washington 13; Griese 10-yard
pass to Davis to Washington 12. WASHINGTON 14-3.
11:37 CHI - TD, BERNARD BERRIAN 17 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in 1:03.
Key plays: Griese 20-yard pass to Clark to Washington 28; Wolfe
11-yard run to Washington 17. WASHINGTON 14-10.

4TH QUARTER:

3:08 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 23 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Collins 4-yard pass to Betts on 3rd-and-2 to Washington
43; Collins 10-yard pass to Randle El to Washington 43; Collins 33-yard
pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-11 to Chicago 25; Collins 20-yard pass to Cooley
to Chicago 10. WASHINGTON 17-10.
8:12 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 22 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards in 5:04.
Key plays: Griese 17-yard pass to Hester to Chicago 47; Griese
16-yard pass to Hester to Washington 37; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on
Redskins' Torrence on 3rd-and-14 to Washington 36; Griese 14-yard pass to
Hester to Washington 18; Griese 11-yard pass to Hester to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-13.
12:19 WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 16 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Collins 16-yard pass to Moss to Washington 46; Collins
13-yard pass to Randle El to Chicago 41; Collins 15-yard pass to Randle El
on 3rd-and-4 to Chicago 20. WASHINGTON 24-13.
14:30 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 56 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Griese 12-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 48; Griese
13-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 39; Griese 5-yard pass to Muhammad on
3rd-and-1 to Washington 34; Griese 1-yard run on 4th-an-1 to Washington 9.
WASHINGTON 24-16.

CHICAGO - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 22 15
Rushing 5 1
Passing 14 14
Penalty 3 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 356 345
Total offensive plays 77 61
Average gain per play 4.6 5.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 60 31
Rushing attempts 24 24
Average gain per rush 2.5 1.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-6 4-9
NET YARDS PASSING 296 314
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 1-10
Gross passing yards 309 324
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 51-29-2 36-25-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.2 5-41.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 35.5 39.4
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 16 65
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-16 3-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-60 4-59
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-55
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-49 7-48
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 1-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 1-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:19 28:41


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CHICAGO WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 17 35 2.1 7 0 C PORTIS 17 36 2.1 7 0
G WOLFE 3 13 4.3 11 0 M SELLERS 1 1 1.0 1 1
B GRIESE 4 12 3.0 8 0 T COLLINS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
J CAMPBELL 2 -2 -1.0 2 0
L BETTS 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B GRIESE 27-45-295 2 1 35 T COLLINS 15-20-224 0 2 54
R GROSSMAN 2- 6- 14 0 0 7 J CAMPBELL 10-16-100 0 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: B GRIESE 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: T COLLINS 1-10.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B BERRIAN 7 91 13.0 35 1 C PORTIS 6 86 14.3 54 0
D HESTER 5 67 13.4 17 0 C COOLEY 5 93 18.6 33 0
G WOLFE 4 37 9.3 13 0 A RANDLE E 4 60 15.0 22 0
M MUHAMMAD 4 27 6.8 8 0 L BETTS 4 26 6.5 16 1
D CLARK 3 33 11.0 20 0 S MOSS 3 29 9.7 16 0
G OLSEN 3 31 10.3 20 0 T YODER 1 21 21.0 21 1
R DAVIS 1 10 10.0 10 0 R CALDWELL 1 5 5.0 5 0
A PETERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 K MCCARDEL 1 4 4.0 4 0
M BRADLEY 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 2 55 27.5 53 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MAYNARD 6 229 38.2 1 1 42 D FROST 5 207 41.4 0 1 57

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 1 16 16.0 16 0 A RANDLE EL 3 10 3.3 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 4 60 15.0 23 0 R CARTWRIGHT 3 51 17.0 20 0
T YODER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R GOULD 1/1 3/4 S SUISHAM 3/3 1/3
Dist.: (48) 30 22 21 Dist.: (47) (37) 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
G WOLFE 1 0 0 0-0 T COLLINS 1 1 0 0-0
A BROWN 0 0 1 0-0 J CAMPBELL 1 0 0 0-0
B MCGOWAN 0 0 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 0 0 1 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B MCGOWAN 10 9 1 0-0 L FLETCHER 12 9 3 0-0
A BROWN 7 5 2 1-10 R DOUGHTY 7 5 2 .5-4
D MANNING 6 4 2 0-0 R MCINTOSH 6 4 2 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 5 5 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 5 4 1 1-5
B URLACHER 5 4 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 5 4 1 0-0
L BRIGGS 5 4 1 0-0 L LANDRY 5 3 2 0-0
C TILLMAN 4 3 1 0-0 A CARTER 5 2 3 .5-4
M ANDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 S SPRINGS 4 4 0 0-0
H HILLENMEYER 4 1 3 0-0 J EUBANKS 4 4 0 0-0
I IDONIJE 3 3 0 0-0 L TORRENCE 4 2 2 0-0
T MCBRIDE 2 1 1 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 4 2 2 0-0
A ARCHULETA 1 1 0 0-0 F SMOOT 3 2 1 0-0
D WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 2 2 0 0-0
T HARRIS 1 0 1 0-0 P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0
D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0
K GOLSTON 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 82,213</div>

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
CHICAGO 16
WASHINGTON 24 FINAL</div>

 

LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- Perhaps it was appropriate thatthree days after they laid a teammate to rest, it was a fellowdefensive back who has dealt with his own personal tragedy thatkept alive the Washington Redskins' playoff hopes.

Shawn Springs intercepted two passes in less than 30 secondslate in the first half and backup quarterback Todd Collins threwfor two touchdowns to power the Washington Redskins to a 24-16victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday.


Washington Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor died on November 27,about 24 hours after he was shot in an armed burglary attempt inthe bedroom of his Miami home. After an emotional 17-16 lossto the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, the Redskins traveled to hishometown one day later to attend the funeral proceedings, givingthe team just two days to prepare for this game.


Springs has dealt with his own personal issues this season inaddition to the loss of Taylor. His father, Ron, slipped into acoma last month after going into cardiac arrest due to hisbattle with Type 2 Diabetes and remains in that state, beinggiven little chance to survive by his doctors.


Thursday's contest was marred by a number of devastatinginjuries to two teams fighting for the playoffs. Chicagoquarterback Rex Grossman left with a left knee injury less thanfive minutes into the game, while counterpart Jason Campbellsuffered a dislocated patella tendon in the second quarter.

The Bears (5-8) appeared to mount their first serious scoringthreat after Alex Brown stripped Collins of the ball and fellowdefensive end Adewale Ogunleye recovered at the Chicago 47 with1:07 remaining in the first half.


Brian Griese completed consecutive passes of seven yards toMuhsin Muhammad and 15 yards to Bernard Berrian. However, theBears' signal-caller was intercepted by Springs on the next playwhen he attempted to hit Devin Hester on a deep pass.

Springs returned the interception 53 yards before being tackledby Hester at the Chicago 21.


One play later, the Redskins (6-7) quickly converted theturnover into points when Collins hit reserve tight end ToddYoder for a 21-yard TD. The scoring pass was the 36-year-old'sfirst since 2002, when he was a member of the Kansas CityChiefs.


Washington increased its lead to 14-0 on the first drive of thethird quarter.


After a pair of runs by Clinton Portis left the Redskins at3rd-and-2 at their own 45, Collins hit Portis with a screen passin the right flat. The running back weaved his way from rightto left virtually untouched for 54 yards, and Mike Sellersscored from a yard out two plays later.


Chicago answered with 10 unanswered points, capped when Berrianmade an incredible diving catch in the end zone to narrow thedeficit to 14-10. Each team exchanged field goals, but theRedskins finally put away the game when Collins found LadellBetts in the middle of the field for a 16-yard score, opening a24-13 lead.


Collins went 15-of-20 for 224 yards and two touchdowns for theRedskins, who won despite rushing for just 31 yards - theirfewest in a victory since 1974.

 

LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- Perhaps it was appropriate thatthree days after they laid a teammate to rest, it was a fellowdefensive back who has dealt with his own personal tragedy thatkept alive the Washington Redskins' playoff hopes.

Shawn Springs intercepted two passes in less than 30 secondslate in the first half and backup quarterback Todd Collins threwfor two touchdowns to power the Washington Redskins to a 24-16victory over the Chicago Bears on Thursday.


Washington Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor died on November 27,about 24 hours after he was shot in an armed burglary attempt inthe bedroom of his Miami home. After an emotional 17-16 lossto the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, the Redskins traveled to hishometown one day later to attend the funeral proceedings, givingthe team just two days to prepare for this game.


"It's been really tough," said Springs, who tapped his fist onthe plexiglass casing of Taylor's locker - with Sean's jerseyand gear still hanging inside - before talking with reporters."Monday was one of the toughest times ever in my life. Sean wasa very close friend and teammate. We loved him. It was justtough letting him go."


Springs has dealt with his own personal issues this season inaddition to the loss of Taylor. His father, Ron, slipped into acoma last month after going into cardiac arrest due to hisbattle with Type 2 Diabetes and remains in that state, beinggiven little chance to survive by his doctors.


Thursday's contest was marred by a number of devastatinginjuries to two teams fighting for the playoffs. Chicagoquarterback Rex Grossman left with a left knee injury less thanfive minutes into the game, while counterpart Jason Campbellsuffered a dislocated patella in the second quarter.

Bears defensive tackle Antonio Garay also left in the secondquarter with a right ankle injury suffered on a low block byRedskins offensive tackle Chris Samuels.


"Rex Grossman went down and he has a knee injury, that's aboutall we know right now," Bears coach Lovie Smith said. "AntonioGaray has an ankle injury. We'll evaluate them later on."

Campbell injured his right elbow midway through the secondquarter and yielded to Collins. Campbell returned on theRedskins' next possession but injured his knee three playslater, when defensive end Mark Anderson chased him down andtackled him, with most of his weight forcing the quarterback'sknee into the ground.


"I think the good news is that it's not ligaments," Redskinscoach Joe Gibbs said. "They think it's a kneecap."

The Bears (5-8) appeared to mount their first serious scoringthreat after Alex Brown stripped Collins of the ball and fellowdefensive end Adewale Ogunleye recovered at the Chicago 47 with1:07 remaining in the first half.


Brian Griese completed consecutive passes of seven yards toMuhsin Muhammad and 15 yards to Bernard Berrian. However, theBears' signal-caller was intercepted by Springs on the next playwhen he attempted to hit Devin Hester on a deep pass.

Springs returned the interception 53 yards before being tackledby Hester at the Chicago 21.


"The ball came my way," said Springs, who nearly missed the gamewith a sore back. "They was throwing the quick (routes) allgame, and I just wanted to make a quick jump on the ball."

One play later, the Redskins (6-7) converted the turnover intopoints when Collins hit reserve tight end Todd Yoder for a21-yard TD. The scoring pass was the 36-year-old's first sinceDecember 2, 2002, when he was a member of the Kansas CityChiefs.


"I don't know if I've ever had a better performance coming offthe bench, ever, for me," Gibbs said. "(Collins) made a lot ofkey plays for us."


Collins said the waiting was the hardest part.


"I can't say how many number of years, but I know I have beenpreparing as a No. 2 to get an opportunity in a game forprobably literally hundreds of games," he said. "This wasreally the first time where I was able to go in and get to playin a situation that really matters."


Washington increased its lead to 14-0 on the first drive of thethird quarter.


After a pair of runs by Clinton Portis left the Redskins at3rd-and-2 at their own 45, Collins hit Portis with a swing passin the right flat. The running back weaved his way from rightto left virtually untouched for 54 yards before getting pushedout of bounds at the Chicago 1.


"That was a big play by Clinton on that swing play," Gibbs said."The guys talked a lot about finishing in the second half, sothat was a big deal for us."


Portis finished with just 36 yards rushing on 17 carries butmade up for it in the passing game, making six catches for 86yards for the Redskins, who won despite netting just 31 yards onthe ground - their fewest in a victory since 1974.

Mike Sellers scored from a yard out two plays later.

Chicago responded with 10 unanswered points, capped when Berrianmade an incredible diving catch in the end zone to narrow thedeficit to 14-10. Each team exchanged field goals, but theRedskins finally put away the game when Collins found LadellBetts in the middle of the field for a 16-yard score, opening a24-13 lead.


"Everyone in the huddle on offense knew we wanted to finish,"said Collins, who went 15-of-20 for 224 yards. "We didn't wantto kick a field goal because I think that would have made it20-14. We wanted to get a touchdown so it wouldn't come down toone of those harrowing losses at the end, like what happenedlast week."


The emotionally-drained Redskins - who had lost four straightgames - are so weary that the past four days seemed like a week.But for one night, they showed signs of life.


"I felt like the guys were having a good time, which has been astruggle for us these past couple of weeks," Gibbs said."Emotionally, everything that has happened has made it hard foranybody to laugh or have some fun. I think today on the field,they were playing that way. They were back to being excitedabout it."


Chicago's Robbie Gould booted a field goal with 30 secondsremaining to account for the final margin.

 

NFL: CHICAGO at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 0 0 10 6 16
WASHINGTON 0 7 7 10 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

14:43 WAS - TD, TODD YODER 21 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 1 plays, 21 yards in 0:07.
Key plays: Springs 53-yard interception return to Chicago 21.
WASHINGTON 7-0.

3RD QUARTER:

3:07 WAS - TD, MIKE SELLERS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards in 3:07.
Key plays: Collins 54-yard pass to Portis on 3rd-and-2 to Chicago 1.
WASHINGTON 14-0.
9:35 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 30 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 6:28.
Key plays: Griese 35-yard pass to Berrian on 3rd-and-7 to Washinton
49; Griese 20-yard pass to Olsen to Washington 30; 13-yard unnecessary
roughness penalty on Redskins' Landry to Washington 13; Griese 10-yard
pass to Davis to Washington 12. WASHINGTON 14-3.
11:37 CHI - TD, BERNARD BERRIAN 17 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in 1:03.
Key plays: Griese 20-yard pass to Clark to Washington 28; Wolfe
11-yard run to Washington 17. WASHINGTON 14-10.

4TH QUARTER:

3:08 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 23 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards in 6:31.
Key plays: Collins 4-yard pass to Betts on 3rd-and-2 to Washington
43; Collins 10-yard pass to Randle El to Washington 43; Collins 33-yard
pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-11 to Chicago 25; Collins 20-yard pass to Cooley
to Chicago 10. WASHINGTON 17-10.
8:12 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 22 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards in 5:04.
Key plays: Griese 17-yard pass to Hester to Chicago 47; Griese
16-yard pass to Hester to Washington 37; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on
Redskins' Torrence on 3rd-and-14 to Washington 36; Griese 14-yard pass to
Hester to Washington 18; Griese 11-yard pass to Hester to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-13.
12:19 WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 16 YD PASS FROM TODD COLLINS (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Collins 16-yard pass to Moss to Washington 46; Collins
13-yard pass to Randle El to Chicago 41; Collins 15-yard pass to Randle El
on 3rd-and-4 to Chicago 20. WASHINGTON 24-13.
14:30 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 21 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 56 yards in 2:11.
Key plays: Griese 12-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 48; Griese
13-yard pass to Wolfe to Washington 39; Griese 5-yard pass to Muhammad on
3rd-and-1 to Washington 34; Griese 1-yard run on 4th-an-1 to Washington 9.
WASHINGTON 24-16.

CHICAGO - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 22 15
Rushing 5 1
Passing 14 14
Penalty 3 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 356 345
Total offensive plays 77 61
Average gain per play 4.6 5.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 60 31
Rushing attempts 24 24
Average gain per rush 2.5 1.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-6 4-9
NET YARDS PASSING 296 314
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 1-10
Gross passing yards 309 324
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 51-29-2 36-25-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.6 8.5
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.2 5-41.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 35.5 39.4
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 16 65
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-16 3-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-60 4-59
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-55
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-49 7-48
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 1-3
FGs - PATs had blocked 1-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-2-50%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:19 28:41


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CHICAGO WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 17 35 2.1 7 0 C PORTIS 17 36 2.1 7 0
G WOLFE 3 13 4.3 11 0 M SELLERS 1 1 1.0 1 1
B GRIESE 4 12 3.0 8 0 T COLLINS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
J CAMPBELL 2 -2 -1.0 2 0
L BETTS 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B GRIESE 27-45-295 2 1 35 T COLLINS 15-20-224 0 2 54
R GROSSMAN 2- 6- 14 0 0 7 J CAMPBELL 10-16-100 0 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: B GRIESE 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: T COLLINS 1-10.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B BERRIAN 7 91 13.0 35 1 C PORTIS 6 86 14.3 54 0
D HESTER 5 67 13.4 17 0 C COOLEY 5 93 18.6 33 0
G WOLFE 4 37 9.3 13 0 A RANDLE E 4 60 15.0 22 0
M MUHAMMAD 4 27 6.8 8 0 L BETTS 4 26 6.5 16 1
D CLARK 3 33 11.0 20 0 S MOSS 3 29 9.7 16 0
G OLSEN 3 31 10.3 20 0 T YODER 1 21 21.0 21 1
R DAVIS 1 10 10.0 10 0 R CALDWELL 1 5 5.0 5 0
A PETERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 K MCCARDEL 1 4 4.0 4 0
M BRADLEY 1 4 4.0 4 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S SPRINGS 2 55 27.5 53 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MAYNARD 6 229 38.2 1 1 42 D FROST 5 207 41.4 0 1 57

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 1 16 16.0 16 0 A RANDLE EL 3 10 3.3 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 4 60 15.0 23 0 R CARTWRIGHT 3 51 17.0 20 0
T YODER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R GOULD 1/1 3/4 S SUISHAM 3/3 1/3
Dist.: (48) 30 22 21 Dist.: (47) (37) 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
G WOLFE 1 0 0 0-0 T COLLINS 1 1 0 0-0
A BROWN 0 0 1 0-0 J CAMPBELL 1 0 0 0-0
B MCGOWAN 0 0 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 0 0 1 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B MCGOWAN 10 9 1 0-0 L FLETCHER 12 9 3 0-0
A BROWN 7 5 2 1-10 R DOUGHTY 7 5 2 .5-4
D MANNING 6 4 2 0-0 R MCINTOSH 6 4 2 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 5 5 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 5 4 1 1-5
B URLACHER 5 4 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 5 4 1 0-0
L BRIGGS 5 4 1 0-0 L LANDRY 5 3 2 0-0
C TILLMAN 4 3 1 0-0 A CARTER 5 2 3 .5-4
M ANDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 S SPRINGS 4 4 0 0-0
H HILLENMEYER 4 1 3 0-0 J EUBANKS 4 4 0 0-0
I IDONIJE 3 3 0 0-0 L TORRENCE 4 2 2 0-0
R MANNING JR 2 1 1 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 4 2 2 0-0
T MCBRIDE 2 1 1 0-0 F SMOOT 3 2 1 0-0
A ARCHULETA 1 1 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 2 2 0 0-0
D WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0
T HARRIS 1 0 1 0-0 D EVANS 1 1 0 0-0
K GOLSTON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 82,213 Time of Game: 3:17</div>

 

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