NFL game summary for 11/12/1972:

Following Pete Gogolak's field goal that brought New York even at 13-13 with 3:51 remaining, Washington drove 67 yards for a five-yard go-ahead touchdown by Larry Brown with 1:03 left. Ted Vactor's interception set up a closing TD by Brown from four yards with seconds remaining. Brown rushed for 106 yards, marking his sixth 100-yard game of the season.

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	132.2  (18)	185.1  (5)	317.4  (7)	16
	DEFENSE	141.5  (16)	179.6  (23)	321.1  (19)	23
Washington Redskins	OFFENSE	150.2  (9)	167.0  (12)	317.2  (8)	15
	DEFENSE	106.0  (1)	172.2  (19)	278.2  (13)	21

Line: Redskins by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (5-4-0)	0	7	3	3	13
Washington Redskins (8-1-0)	0	6	7	14	27

( 7- 0) NYG Ron Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 7- 6) WAS Jerry Smith 18 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (kick failed)
(10- 6) NYG Pete Gogolak 12 yard field goal
(10-13) WAS Charlie Harraway 1 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)
(13-13) NYG Pete Gogolak 23 yard field goal
(13-20) WAS Larry Brown 5 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)
(13-27) WAS Larry Brown 4 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)

                     NYG             WAS
First Downs:         14              21
Rushes-yards:        29-118          39-143
Yards/rush:          4.1             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-26-117-2     15-23-256-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-19
Net pass yards:      117             237
Net yards/pass:      4.5             9.1
Total net yards:     235             380
Total plays:         55 (52% run)    65 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             1-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     4-35            4-35

Attendance: 53,039

Passing:
NYG: Norm Snead, 14 of 26 for 117 yards (2 int)
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 15 of 23 for 256 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 23 for 96 yards and 1 TD; Joe Morrison, 3 for 7 yards; Joe Orduna, 2 for 0 yards; Norm Snead, 1 for 15 yards
WAS: Larry Brown, 30 for 106 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Harraway, 9 for 37 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
NYG: Joe Morrison, 4 for 26 yards; Rich Houston, 3 for 35 yards; Bob Tucker, 3 for 21 yards; Ron Johnson, 3 for 20 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for 15 yards
WAS: Roy Jefferson, 5 for 86 yards; Jerry Smith, 4 for 74 yards and 1 TD; Charley Taylor, 2 for 50 yards; Larry Brown, 2 for 25 yards; Charlie Harraway, 2 for 21 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Joe Orduna, 1 for 23 yards; Rocky Thompson, 1 for 9 yards; John Douglas, 1 for 3 yards
WAS: Alvin Haymond, 4 for 108 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 6 yards
WAS: Ted Vactor, 2 for 8 yards; Alvin Haymond, 1 for 6 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 2 yards
WAS: Ted Vactor, 1 for 28 yards; Harold McLinton, 1 for 3 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 5 for 233 yards
WAS: Mike Bragg, 3 for 104 yards

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

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