NFL game summary for 12/05/1971:

The Redskins intercepted five Giants passes and turned the first three pass steals into a 13-0 lead. Larry Brown rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns. It was his 12th 100-yard performance.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	113.1  (20)	186.5  (4)	299.6  (7)	34
	DEFENSE	147.5  (19)	160.8  (17)	308.3  (20)	26
Washington Redskins	OFFENSE	127.8  (13)	160.8  (9)	288.6  (15)	27
	DEFENSE	103.1  (5)	144.9  (8)	248.0  (3)	30

Line: Redskins by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (4-8-0)	0	0	0	7	7
Washington Redskins (8-3-1)	13	7	3	0	23

( 0- 3) WAS Curt Knight 28 yard field goal
( 0- 6) WAS Curt Knight 25 yard field goal
( 0-13) WAS Larry Brown 17 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)
( 0-20) WAS Larry Brown 2 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)
( 0-23) WAS Curt Knight 44 yard field goal
( 7-23) NYG Otto Brown 0 yard fumble return (Pete Gogolak kick)

                     NYG             WAS
First Downs:         15              9
Rushes-yards:        27-89           36-155
Yards/rush:          3.3             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-33-173-5     4-14-54-1
Sacked-yards:        1-8             3-19
Net pass yards:      165             35
Net yards/pass:      4.9             2.1
Total net yards:     254             190
Total plays:         61 (44% run)    53 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             3.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-0
Turnovers:           5               1
Penalties-yards:     3-39            6-67

Attendance: 53,041

Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 15 of 31 for 162 yards (4 int); Randy Johnson, 1 of 2 for 11 yards (1 int)
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 4 of 14 for 54 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Junior Coffey, 9 for 40 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 8 for 20 yards; Bobby Duhon, 6 for 17 yards; Joe Morrison, 3 for 6 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for 6 yards
WAS: Larry Brown, 25 for 129 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Harraway, 7 for 17 yards; Bob Brunet, 2 for 6 yards; Tommy Mason, 1 for 3 yards; Billy Kilmer, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 69 yards; Joe Morrison, 4 for 50 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 24 yards; Rich Houston, 2 for 15 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 2 for 4 yards; Junior Coffey, 1 for 11 yards
WAS: Jerry Smith, 1 for 27 yards; Charlie Harraway, 1 for 14 yards; Clifton McNeil, 1 for 13 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for 0 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Richmond Flowers, 3 for 50 yards; Rocky Thompson, 3 for 32 yards
WAS: Speedy Duncan, 2 for 52 yards

Punt returns:
WAS: Ted Vactor, 3 for 19 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 15 yards
WAS: Myron Pottios, 1 for 31 yards; Mike Bass, 1 for 25 yards; Brig Owens, 1 for 19 yards; Chris Hanburger, 1 for 17 yards; Ron McDole, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 111 yards
WAS: Mike Bragg, 4 for 115 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 0/2
WAS: Curt Knight, 3/5

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