Cardinals 27-26 Redskins (15 Dec, 1996) Box Score

Washington Redskins

8-7, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH					26
ARI					27

Arizona Cardinals

7-8, 5-3 home

Washington Passing


Gus Frerotte
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/40	258	6.5	0	0	2-9	74.8
22/40	249	6.5	0	0	2-9	74.8

Arizona Passing


Kent Graham
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/46	232	5.0	2	1	1-11	64.8
20/46	221	5.0	2	1	1-11	64.8

Washington Rushing


Terry Allen
Gus Frerotte
Matt Turk
Marc Logan
Brian Mitchell
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	69	4.1	1	14
2	13	6.5	0	13
1	0	0.0	0	0
2	0	0.0	0	0
2	-2	-1.0	0	2
24	80	3.3	1	14

Arizona Rushing


Leeland McElroy
Larry Centers
Kent Graham
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
18	59	3.3	21
6	17	2.8	6
3	2	0.7	2
27	78	2.9	21

Washington Receiving


Michael Westbrook
Jamie Asher
Henry Ellard
Brian Mitchell
Terry Allen
Bill Brooks
Marc Logan
William Bell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	59	14.8	16
4	53	13.3	22
3	41	13.7	21
2	35	17.5	18
4	30	7.5	11
3	27	9.0	15
1	10	10.0	10
1	3	3.0	3
22	258	11.7	22

Arizona Receiving


Frank Sanders
Larry Centers
Rob Moore
Marcus Dowdell
Leeland McElroy
Anthony Edwards
Pat Carter
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	82	13.7	1	21
8	59	7.4	1	15
2	34	17.0	0	18
1	26	26.0	0	26
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	7	7.0	0	7
20	232	11.6	2	26

Washington Fumbles


Gus Frerotte
Matt Turk
Scott Turner
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
2	1	1

Arizona Fumbles


Marcus Dowdell
Eric Swann
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
0	0	1
1	1	1

Washington Defense



Rod Stephens
Ken Harvey
Marvcus Patton
Stanley Richard
William Gaines
Scott Turner
Rich Owens
Sean Gilbert
Tony Woods
Darrell Green
Tom Carter
Leomont Evans
Brian Walker
Troy Barnett
Keith Taylor
Romeo Bandison
Dexter Nottage
Alcides Catanho
Patrise Alexander
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	1
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	45	1	0	8	0	2

Arizona Defense



Eric Hill
Brent Alexander
Seth Joyner
Eric Swann
Aeneas Williams
Tito Paul
Jerry Drake
Matt Darby
Simeon Rice
Ronnie Bradford
Bernard Wilson
Brad Ottis
Tommy Bennett
Michael Bankston
Wesley Leasy
Kwamie Lassiter
Ronald McKinnon
Anthony Edwards
Jamir Miller
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	3	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	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	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1
63	40	2	0	4	0	2

Washington Interceptions


Tom Carter
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	24	0
1	24	0

Arizona Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Arizona Interceptions

Washington Kick Returns


Brian Mitchell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	141	28.2	50	0
5	141	28.2	50	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Leshon Johnson
Leeland McElroy
Devon McDonald
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	113	22.6	27
1	26	26.0	26
1	16	16.0	16
7	155	22.1	27

Washington Punt Returns


Brian Mitchell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	32	16.0	23	0
2	32	16.0	23	0

Arizona Punt Returns


Anthony Edwards
Marcus Dowdell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	25	12.5	20
1	0	0.0	0
3	25	8.3	20

Washington Kicking


Scott Blanton
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	35	2/2	14
4/4	100.0	35	2/2	14

Arizona Kicking


Kevin Butler
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	28	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	28	3/3	9

Washington Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	231	46.2	0	4	54
5	231	46.2	0	4	54

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	242	40.3	0	1	58
6	242	40.3	0	1	58

5:00 AM, 15 December 1996

Attendance: 34,260

Referees:
Dale Hamer

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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