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Washington Commanders
Washington Redskins
@
New England Patriots
New England Patriots
Date
October 1, 1972
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
WAS 23 — NE 24 F

Stadium

Capacity: 66,829

Inaugurated: 01/01/1971

Broadcast

Announcers

Jack Whitaker, Jim Morse, Dick Stockton

Summary

WAS and NE combined for 468 passing yards and 5 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Larry Brown led WAS with 113 rushing yards while Josh Ashton paced NE with 108. Through the air, Charley Taylor topped WAS with 134 receiving yards while Reggie Rucker led NE with 69.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat WAS NE
First Downs 15 23
Rush-Yds-TDs 28-136-0 34-127-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-30-213-3-1 17-34-255-2-1
Sacked-Yards 0-0 1-2
Net Pass Yards 213 253
Total Yards 349 380
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Turnovers 2 2
Penalties-Yards 7-60 2-20

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat WAS NE
First Downs 15 23
Rush-Yds-TDs 28-136-0 34-127-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-30-213-3-1 17-34-255-2-1
Sacked-Yards 0-0 1-2
Net Pass Yards 213 253
Total Yards 349 380
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Turnovers 2 2
Penalties-Yards 7-60 2-20

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
2 Redskins Charley Taylor 30 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) 7-0
Redskins Charley Taylor 4 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) 14-0
Patriots Josh Ashton 2 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) 14-7
3 Patriots Reggie Rucker 11 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) 14-14
Patriots Charlie Gogolak 42 yard field goal 14-17
4 Redskins Jerry Smith 9 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) 21-17
Patriots Josh Ashton 24 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) 21-24
Redskins Safety, Malinchak blocked punt through end zone 23-24

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