NFL game summary for 11/21/1976:

Mike Thomas's club record 195 yards and third quarter touchdown plus Mike Moseley's three field goals led the Redskins past the Cardinals for the second time in 1976 and tightened the race in the NFC East. Jim Hart opened the scoring with a 48-yard pass to Terry Metcalf, but the Washington defense pressured Hart the rest of the way, allowing him to complete only 9 of 31 passes and picking up four sacks. The Redskins cut the St. Louis lead to 7-6 at the half and Thomas put Washington ahead to stay with 6:13 in the third quarter on a 22-yard touchdown run.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Washington Redskins	OFFENSE	135.5  (17)	139.3  (18)	274.8  (19)	33
	DEFENSE	158.4  (19)	155.0  (12)	313.4  (18)	31
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	161.4  (10)	216.3  (3)	377.7  (2)	27
	DEFENSE	131.8  (10)	159.0  (14)	290.8  (12)	26

Line: Cardinals by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Washington Redskins (7-4-0)	3	3	7	3	16
St. Louis Cardinals (8-3-0)	7	0	0	3	10

( 0- 7) STL Terry Metcalf 48 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 3- 7) WAS Mark Moseley 26 yard field goal
( 6- 7) WAS Mark Moseley 49 yard field goal
(13- 7) WAS Mike Thomas 22 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)
(16- 7) WAS Mark Moseley 44 yard field goal
(16-10) STL Jim Bakken 40 yard field goal

                     WAS             STL
First Downs:         20              16
Rushes-yards:        56-247          31-152
Yards/rush:          4.4             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-20-110-1      9-31-181-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-26
Net pass yards:      110             155
Net yards/pass:      5.5             4.4
Total net yards:     357             307
Total plays:         76 (73% run)    66 (46% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             5-3
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     6-76            3-18

Attendance: 49,833

Passing:
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 9 of 20 for 110 yards (1 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 9 of 31 for 181 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
WAS: Mike Thomas, 31 for 195 yards and 1 TD; John Riggins, 18 for 49 yards; Calvin Hill, 4 for 11 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for 2 yards; Billy Kilmer, 1 for 0 yards; Jean Fugett, 1 for -10 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 13 for 91 yards; Jim Otis, 13 for 34 yards; Wayne Morris, 4 for 27 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
WAS: Jean Fugett, 2 for 30 yards; Frank Grant, 2 for 24 yards; Mike Thomas, 2 for 21 yards; Roy Jefferson, 1 for 14 yards; Danny Buggs, 1 for 12 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for 9 yards
STL: Mel Gray, 2 for 48 yards; Ike Harris, 2 for 38 yards; J.V. Cain, 2 for 27 yards; Terry Metcalf, 1 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Wayne Morris, 1 for 12 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 3 for 60 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 5 for 91 yards

Punt returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 5 for 44 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 24 yards

Interceptions:
WAS: Joe Lavender, 1 for 21 yards
STL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 31 yards

Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 5 for 187 yards
STL: Terry Joyce, 7 for 246 yards

Field Goals:
WAS: Mark Moseley, 3/5
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2

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