Redskins 27-22 Patriots (13 Oct, 1996) Box Score

Washington Redskins

5-1, 3-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH					27
NE					22

New England Patriots

3-3, 2-1 home

Washington Passing


Gus Frerotte
Brian Mitchell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
18/33	280	8.5	2	1-4	103.1
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
18/34	276	8.2	2	1-4	100.1

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
23/48	222	4.6	0	1	2-17	52.6
23/48	205	4.6	0	1	2-17	52.6

Washington Rushing


Terry Allen
Leslie Shepherd
Brian Mitchell
Gus Frerotte
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	71	2.7	0	15
2	31	15.5	1	32
3	7	2.3	0	11
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
32	108	3.4	1	32

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Terry Glenn
David Meggett
Sam Gash
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	164	9.6	2	57
1	5	5.0	0	5
2	5	2.5	0	4
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	1	0.5	0	2
23	177	7.7	2	57

Washington Receiving


Henry Ellard
Marc Logan
Jamie Asher
Leslie Shepherd
Terry Allen
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	152	19.0	1	40
4	63	15.8	0	26
3	37	12.3	1	19
2	18	9.0	0	12
1	10	10.0	0	10
18	280	15.6	2	40

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
David Meggett
Sam Gash
Troy Brown
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	84	12.0	33
4	69	17.3	34
5	34	6.8	12
3	21	7.0	9
2	11	5.5	9
1	9	9.0	9
1	-6	-6.0	-6
23	222	9.7	34

Washington Fumbles


Gus Frerotte
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0

Washington Defense



Rod Stephens
Stanley Richard
Darryl Lamon Morrison
Marvcus Patton
Tom Carter
Darrell Green
Ken Harvey
Sean Gilbert
Rich Owens
Tony Woods
William Gaines
Dexter Nottage
Brian Walker
Alcides Catanho
Scott Turner
Darrick Brownlow
Romeo Bandison
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	6	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	45	2	0	4	0	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Mark Wheeler
Ty Law
Willie McGinest
Willie Clay
Terry Ray
Michael David Jones
Todd Collins
Monty Brown
Mike McGruder
Chris Slade
Jimmy Hitchcock
Lawyer Milloy
Marty Moore
Devin Wyman
Corwin Brown
Dwayne Sabb
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	3	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
78	48	1	0	2	0	0

Washington Interceptions


Darrell Green
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	16	0
1	16	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Washington Kick Returns


Brian Mitchell
William Bell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	86	21.5	27
1	20	20.0	20
5	106	21.2	27

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	59	19.7	28
2	41	20.5	22
5	100	20.0	28

Washington Punt Returns


Brian Mitchell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	11	11.0	11	0
1	11	11.0	11	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	23	5.8	12	0
4	23	5.8	12	0

Washington Kicking


Scott Blanton
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	24	3/3	9
2/3	66.7	24	3/3	9

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	35	1/1	10
3/4	75.0	35	1/1	10

Washington Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	221	44.2	0	1	56
5	221	44.2	0	1	56

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	94	47.0	1	0	56
2	94	47.0	1	0	56

5:00 AM, 13 October 1996

Attendance: 59,638

Referees:
Ron Blum

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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