Saturday December 10, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/10/1977:



Billy Kilmer completed 14 of 28 passes for 120 yards and one touchdown, and Mark Moseley kicked four field goals to lead the Redskins to a 26-20 victory. The win raised Washington's record to 8-5, keeping alive their hopes for a sixth playoff berth in seven years.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE122.3  (25)135.8  (19)258.2  (21)26
DEFENSE139.1  (15)153.2  (21)292.3  (19)28
OFFENSE144.3  (13)183.7  (1)328.0  (5)29
DEFENSE164.8  (23)165.1  (26)329.9  (24)28

Line: Cardinals by 4

Team1234F
Washington Redskins (8-5-0)10331026
St. Louis Cardinals (7-6-0)0103720

( 7- 0) WAS Calvin Hill 14 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) (10- 0) WAS Mark Moseley 40 yard field goal (10- 3) STL Jim Bakken 32 yard field goal (10-10) STL Steve Jones 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (13-10) WAS Mark Moseley 23 yard field goal (13-13) STL Jim Bakken 27 yard field goal (16-13) WAS Mark Moseley 37 yard field goal (19-13) WAS Mark Moseley 42 yard field goal (26-13) WAS Mike Thomas 4 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) (26-20) STL Terry Metcalf 68 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
                     WAS             STL
First Downs:         16              13
Rushes-yards:        42-151          37-176
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-28-120-0     7-26-156-3
Sacked-yards:        1-5             3-23
Net pass yards:      115             133
Net yards/pass:      4.0             4.6
Total net yards:     266             309
Total plays:         71 (59% run)    66 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             3-1
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     4-40            7-60

Attendance: 36,067

Passing:
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 14 of 28 for 120 yards and 1 TD STL: Jim Hart, 7 of 26 for 156 yards and 1 TD (3 int)
Rushing:
WAS: Mike Thomas, 16 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Harmon, 12 for 57 yards; Calvin Hill, 9 for 26 yards; Billy Kilmer, 5 for 9 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 19 for 119 yards; Jim Otis, 13 for 41 yards; Steve Jones, 4 for 3 yards and 1 TD; Jim Hart, 1 for 13 yards
Receiving:
WAS: Calvin Hill, 8 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Jean Fugett, 3 for 35 yards; Danny Buggs, 2 for 14 yards; Clarence Harmon, 1 for 5 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 79 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 2 for 46 yards; Ike Harris, 2 for 25 yards; J.V. Cain, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 2 for 50 yards; Eddie Moss, 1 for 21 yards; Mark Murphy, 1 for 15 yards; Rusty Tillman, 1 for 12 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 58 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 33 yards; Brad Oates, 1 for 11 yards; Bill Bradley, 1 for 10 yards
Punt returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 3 for 6 yards STL: Bill Bradley, 4 for 25 yards
Interceptions:
WAS: Jake Scott, 1 for 25 yards; Eddie Brown, 1 for 0 yards; Brad Dusek, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 7 for 238 yards STL: Duane Carrell, 6 for 203 yards
Field Goals:
WAS: Mark Moseley, 4/4 STL: Jim Bakken, 2/2


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