NFL game summary for 10/29/1972:

With the score tied 9-9 in the third period, Washington Iinebacker Chris Hanburger stole the ball from Giants running back Ron Johnson at the New York 38-yard Iine. On the next play, Larry Brown raced for his second touchdown. Brown set a Washington club record for one game rushing, 191 yards, and lifted his season total to 841 yards with his fifth 100-yard performance. The Redskins lost Sonny Jurgensen for the season as he suffered a torn Achilles tendon. Billy Kilmer replaced Jurgensen in the first half.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Washington Redskins	OFFENSE	150.5  (8)	164.5  (10)	315.0  (8)	11
	DEFENSE	105.0  (2)	169.0  (20)	274.0  (14)	15
New York Giants	OFFENSE	134.7  (15)	175.8  (8)	310.5  (9)	13
	DEFENSE	123.2  (9)	193.8  (24)	317.0  (19)	18

Line: Redskins by 6½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Washington Redskins (6-1-0)	3	6	7	7	23
New York Giants (4-3-0)	0	6	3	7	16

( 3- 0) WAS Curt Knight 41 yard field goal
( 3- 3) NYG Pete Gogolak 43 yard field goal
( 9- 3) WAS Larry Brown 7 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (kick failed)
( 9- 6) NYG Pete Gogolak 14 yard field goal
( 9- 9) NYG Pete Gogolak 22 yard field goal
(16- 9) WAS Larry Brown 38 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)
(23- 9) WAS Jerry Smith 5 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)
(23-16) NYG Bob Tucker 10 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)

                     WAS             NYG
First Downs:         16              19
Rushes-yards:        36-210          25-112
Yards/rush:          5.8             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-17-127-1      25-37-258-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-10
Net pass yards:      127             248
Net yards/pass:      7.5             6.5
Total net yards:     337             360
Total plays:         53 (67% run)    63 (39% run)  
Yards/play:          6.4             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             3-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     6-61            4-30

Attendance: 62,878

Passing:
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 8 of 16 for 114 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Sonny Jurgensen, 1 of 1 for 13 yards
NYG: Norm Snead, 25 of 37 for 258 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
WAS: Larry Brown, 29 for 191 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Harraway, 6 for 18 yards; Bob Brunet, 1 for 1 yard
NYG: Ron Johnson, 16 for 80 yards; Charlie Evans, 8 for 15 yards; Tom Blanchard, 1 for 17 yards

Receiving:
WAS: Roy Jefferson, 3 for 46 yards; Jerry Smith, 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Larry Brown, 2 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Charley Taylor, 1 for 13 yards
NYG: Bob Tucker, 7 for 84 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Evans, 7 for 40 yards; Ron Johnson, 5 for 56 yards; Rich Houston, 3 for 44 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 24 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for 10 yards

Kick returns:
WAS: Speedy Duncan, 3 for 91 yards; Mike Bass, 1 for 1 yard
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 3 for 84 yards; Joe Orduna, 1 for 22 yards

Punt returns:
WAS: Speedy Duncan, 1 for 8 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Richmond Flowers, 1 for 20 yards

Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 4 for 154 yards
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 132 yards

Field Goals:
WAS: Curt Knight, 1/1
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 3/4

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