Sunday November 13, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/13/1977:



Mark Moseley's 54-yard field goal with 3:41 Ieft in the game lifted the Redskins past the Eagles and kept Washington's hopes for a wild card berth alive in the NFC. The only score in the first half came on a Ron Jaworski-to-Tom Sullivan pass. Early in the third period, Joe Theismann hit Frank Grant on a 14-yard scoring play and the teams entered the fourth quarter deadlocked 7-7. The Eagles took the lead again on a one-yard run by Jaworski, but Theismann found Danny Buggs open in the end zone to tie the game and set the stage for Moseley's game-winning kick.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Washington RedskinsOFFENSE113.5  (26)133.2  (16)246.8  (22)18
DEFENSE134.0  (14)168.5  (23)302.5  (20)19
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE122.1  (20)148.5  (12)270.6  (17)28
DEFENSE127.4  (9)131.5  (10)258.9  (9)15

Line: Redskins by 1

Team1234F
Washington Redskins (5-4-0)0071017
Philadelphia Eagles (3-6-0)070714

( 0- 7) PHI Tom Sullivan 21 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7- 7) WAS Frank Grant 14 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)
( 7-14) PHI Ron Jaworski 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(14-14) WAS Danny Buggs 5 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)
(17-14) WAS Mark Moseley 54 yard field goal
                     WAS             PHI
First Downs:         18              15
Rushes-yards:        33-140          48-212
Yards/rush:          4.2             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-27-187-2     7-21-76-0
Sacked-yards:        8-55            2-4
Net pass yards:      132             72
Net yards/pass:      3.8             3.1
Total net yards:     272             284
Total plays:         68 (48% run)    71 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             2-0
Turnovers:           4               0
Penalties-yards:     2-25            7-65

Attendance: 60,702
Passing:
WAS: Joe Theismann, 15 of 27 for 187 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)
PHI: Ron Jaworski, 7 of 21 for 76 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
WAS: Mike Thomas, 19 for 84 yards; Joe Theismann, 6 for 34 yards; Clarence Harmon, 4 for 13 yards; Calvin Hill, 4 for 9 yards
PHI: Mike Hogan, 21 for 93 yards; Herb Lusk, 9 for 17 yards; Tom Sullivan, 7 for 35 yards; Ron Jaworski, 6 for 54 yards and 1 TD; James Betterson, 5 for 13 yards

Receiving:
WAS: Danny Buggs, 5 for 71 yards and 1 TD; Frank Grant, 4 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Jean Fugett, 2 for 50 yards; Clarence Harmon, 2 for 27 yards; Mike Thomas, 2 for 12 yards
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 3 for 30 yards; Tom Sullivan, 2 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Wally Henry, 1 for 14 yards; Mike Hogan, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 3 for 64 yards
PHI: Larry Marshall, 3 for 43 yards; Wilbert Montgomery, 1 for 46 yards

Punt returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 4 for 17 yards
PHI: Larry Marshall, 3 for 15 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: John Sanders, 1 for 45 yards; Herman Edwards, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 4 for 160 yards
PHI: Spike Jones, 7 for 244 yards

Field Goals:
WAS: Mark Moseley, 1/3
PHI: Horst Muhlmann, 0/3




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