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Sunday December 15, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/15/1974:



With Sonny Jurgensen throwing 14 completions for 205 yards including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Charley Taylor in the QB's first action in five weeks, the Redskins ran up their highest point total since 1966, giving them the NFC scoring title with 320 points. Washington's four interceptions brought their conference-leading total to 25. Jurgensen finished as the NFC passing champion.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Chicago BearsOFFENSE108.2  (20)128.2  (21)236.5  (24)33
DEFENSE119.8  (9)134.6  (7)254.4  (6)31
Washington RedskinsOFFENSE97.0  (25)190.2  (2)287.2  (12)19
DEFENSE105.1  (3)137.9  (8)243.0  (2)36

Line: Redskins by 13

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (4-10-0)00000
Washington Redskins (10-4-0)02171442

( 0- 7) WAS Larry Brown 1 yard rush (Mike Bragg kick)
( 0-14) WAS Larry Brown 4 yard rush (Mike Bragg kick)
( 0-21) WAS Charley Taylor 11 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Mike Bragg kick)
( 0-28) WAS Charley Taylor 13 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mike Bragg kick)
( 0-35) WAS Duane Thomas 14 yard rush (Mike Bragg kick)
( 0-42) WAS Charlie Evans 1 yard rush (Deacon Jones kick)
                     CHI             WAS
First Downs:         10              27
Rushes-yards:        16-73           40-182
Yards/rush:          4.6             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-36-90-4      21-30-344-0
Sacked-yards:        4-37            2-15
Net pass yards:      53              329
Net yards/pass:      1.3             10.3
Total net yards:     126             511
Total plays:         56 (28% run)    72 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          2.2             7.1
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     5-46            6-79

Attendance: 52,085
Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 4 of 17 for 20 yards (1 int); Gary Huff, 6 of 10 for 41 yards (2 int); Joe Barnes, 2 of 9 for 29 yards (1 int)
WAS: Sonny Jurgensen, 14 of 22 for 205 yards and 1 TD; Joe Theismann, 6 of 7 for 123 yards and 1 TD; Larry Brown, 1 of 1 for 16 yards

Rushing:
CHI: Ken Grandberry, 5 for 5 yards; Perry Williams, 4 for 27 yards; Cliff Taylor, 3 for 9 yards; Bobby Douglass, 2 for 13 yards; Joe Barnes, 1 for 19 yards; Gary Huff, 1 for 0 yards
WAS: Larry Brown, 12 for 27 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Evans, 10 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Duane Thomas, 8 for 102 yards and 1 TD; Doug Cunningham, 5 for 17 yards; Moses Denson, 3 for 3 yards; Joe Theismann, 2 for 9 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Perry Williams, 5 for 26 yards; Ken Grandberry, 4 for 34 yards; Bo Rather, 1 for 24 yards; Cliff Taylor, 1 for 8 yards; Charlie Wade, 1 for -2 yards
WAS: Jerry Smith, 7 for 62 yards; Frank Grant, 4 for 119 yards; Charley Taylor, 4 for 41 yards and 2 TDs; Doug Cunningham, 2 for 26 yards; Larry Brown, 2 for 25 yards; Charlie Evans, 1 for 44 yards; Moses Denson, 1 for 27 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Cliff Taylor, 4 for 89 yards; Ken Grandberry, 2 for 91 yards; Dave Gallagher, 1 for 16 yards
WAS: Charlie Evans, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 18 yards
WAS: Joe Theismann, 5 for 44 yards

Interceptions:
WAS: Ken Stone, 1 for 22 yards; Pat Fischer, 1 for 9 yards; Brig Owens, 1 for 0 yards; Bryant Salter, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 9 for 354 yards
WAS: Mike Bragg, 5 for 197 yards

Field Goals:




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