Sunday November 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/07/1971:



Philadelphia's defense recovered three Washington fumbles and Bill Bradley had two of the Eagles' four interceptions while blanking the Redskins until the final period. A 32-yard pass from Billy Kilmer to Clifton McNeil gave the Redskins a tie with 4:09 remaining.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE69.6  (25)141.7  (20)211.3  (26)23
DEFENSE176.3  (24)184.6  (23)360.9  (25)20
OFFENSE155.7  (7)159.4  (10)315.1  (8)16
DEFENSE86.6  (4)143.7  (9)230.3  (3)25

Line: Redskins by 14

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (2-5-1)00707
Washington Redskins (6-1-1)00077

( 7- 0) PHI Ronnie Bull 12 yard pass from Pete Liske (Happy Feller kick)
( 7- 7) WAS Clifton McNeil 32 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)
                     PHI             WAS
First Downs:         10              14
Rushes-yards:        31-77           31-61
Yards/rush:          2.5             2.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-22-124-1     12-24-153-4
Sacked-yards:        3-29            2-17
Net pass yards:      95              136
Net yards/pass:      3.8             5.2
Total net yards:     172             197
Total plays:         56 (55% run)    57 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          3.1             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             4-3
Turnovers:           1               7
Penalties-yards:     11-97           9-78

Attendance: 53,041

Passing:
PHI: Rick Arrington, 4 of 12 for 29 yards (1 int); Pete Liske, 6 of 9 for 95 yards and 1 TD; Sonny Davis, 0 of 1 for 0 yards WAS: Billy Kilmer, 12 of 24 for 153 yards and 1 TD (4 int)
Rushing:
PHI: Sonny Davis, 14 for 47 yards; Ronnie Bull, 7 for 20 yards; Tom Woodeshick, 4 for 10 yards; Larry Watkins, 4 for 4 yards; Pete Liske, 1 for 1 yard; Steve Zabel, 1 for -5 yards WAS: Larry Brown, 22 for 43 yards; Charlie Harraway, 9 for 18 yards
Receiving:
PHI: Harold Jackson, 2 for 47 yards; Ben Hawkins, 2 for 34 yards; Tom Woodeshick, 2 for 10 yards; Kent Kramer, 1 for 13 yards; Ronnie Bull, 1 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Harold Carmichael, 1 for 6 yards; Sonny Davis, 1 for 2 yards WAS: Boyd Dowler, 5 for 67 yards; Roy Jefferson, 3 for 44 yards; Clifton McNeil, 1 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Mack Alston, 1 for 17 yards; Charlie Harraway, 1 for 2 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for -9 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Al Nelson, 1 for 17 yards WAS: Harold McLinton, 1 for 13 yards; Rusty Tillman, 1 for 4 yards
Punt returns:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for -1 yards; Billy Walik, 1 for 0 yards WAS: Ted Vactor, 4 for 60 yards; Speedy Duncan, 1 for 18 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for 42 yards; Tim Rossovich, 1 for 24 yards; Don Hultz, 1 for 4 yards WAS: Mike Bass, 1 for 13 yards
Punting:
PHI: Tom McNeill, 7 for 262 yards WAS: Mike Bragg, 5 for 219 yards
Field Goals:
PHI: Happy Feller, 0/4 WAS: Curt Knight, 0/1


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