By Dave Brady
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, Dec. 14, 1970; Page D1

Larry Brown limped into the 1,000-yard club yesterday at RFK Stadium but fell short of 100 for the game when he encountered trouble establishing ball control over his running mates, who gained 109 yards in 19 attempts.

Brown managed 85 yards in 21 carries and scored on a five-yard scoot in the second quarter that gave the Redskins the lead to stay in a 24-6 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Brown became the first Redskin ever to rush for 1,000 yards, even though he missed a game with a pulled hamstring muscle that obviously was not fully healed yesterday, and leads New York Giant Ron Johnson by 97 yards in the battle for the NFC rushing leadership.

Besides building his 12-game running total to 1,081 yards, Brown caught a pass for a seven-yard gain that boosted his aggregate for receptions to 315 yards and gave him a total of 1,396 yards.

Power Sweep Works
Brown entered the game needing four yards to join the annals of distinguished ground gainers. He got 12 on his first carry in the first quarter.

A power sweep of left end produced the yardage and touched off a rousing acclamation from the announced sellout crowd of 50,415.

Brown was forced out of bounds on the play, and coach Bill Austin signaled for Brown to leave the game for the expected ovation.

Brown held his right hand high and flashed a "V" to the fans in recognition of the applause, then waited for the next play to be run before entering the game.

Bragg Takes Off
However, the officials demonstrated a sense of history by calling a timeout and presenting Brown with the ball he had carried, so Brown did not miss a play in the series.

Shortly after that, punter Mike Bragg upstaged Brown. Unaccustomed as he is to running for his life, Bragg scooped up the ball, and never tried to kick in the faces of the onrushing Eagles.

Bragg took off to his left to avoid the first charge, veered back to the center alley when the second wave of Eagles divined his intention, and picked up spontaneous blocks that sprang him for 40 yards before Ben Hawkins brought him down at the Philadelphia 28.

Harraway Gets 61
Brown took it from there, with his seven-yard pass reception and three carries for 14 yards, the last for a five-yard touchdown on the first play of the second quarter.

Curt Knight's conversion turned out to be the last point the Redskins, now 5-8, would need to end a five-game losing streak.

It was Brown's show but Charley Harraway also got into the act by gaining 61 yards in 16 carries, while Sonny Jurgensen added a one-yard touchdown plunge and a strong seven-yard run on which he shook off a savage jolt from linebacker Adrian Young.

Jurgensen's sneak for a six-pointer in the fourth quarter made the score 24-6 as the Eagles took their 10th loss against two victories and a tie and remained in the running for the worst record in the league and a shot in the draft at Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett, the Heisman Trophy winner.

Jurgensen was flattened four times for losses of 39 yards while attempting to pass, but he completed nearly 67 percent of his tries — 10 of 15 for 161 yards, including a 56-yard scoring heave to end Jon Henderson in the third quarter.

Henderson caught six passes for 120 yards on a day when tight end Jerry Smith was shut out. Smith did get his outstretched fingertips on a fourth-quarter pass in the end zone but could not handle it.

That was during a series in which the Redskins did several things wrong after the Eagles' Bill Walik fumbled a Bragg punt and Jon Jaqua recovered for the Redskins at the Philadelphia 14.

Knight's Longest
Harraway ran to the seven, but on the next play Henderson was caught holding. Jurgensen and Smith then missed connections in the end zone, flanker Walt Roberts fell down as a pass sailed over him, and Knight missed a 31-yard field goal, his longest ever.

The Redskins also missed a scoring opportunity from the one-yard line near the end of the first half that gave voice to the boo-birds.

Leading, 7-6, the Redskins pounded out 58 of 69 yards on the running of Harraway and Brown, who sprinted 14 yards to the Philadelphia five, then plunged to the one-yard line.

Long Drives to Score
On second down, Harraway was stopped without gain. A plunge by Brown also was profitless, but the Eagles were offside. Another Brown try was stopped, Harraway was short on fourth down, and the Eagles ran out the clock with one play.

The Redskins put together long drives for their three touchdowns — 74, 87 and another 83 yards.

The Eagles scored on field goals by Mark Moseley from 24 and 16 yards, and the Redskins helped out in both instances.

In the first quarter, Walt Roberts fumbled a punt, and Philadelphia's Calvin Hunt recovered at the Washington 32.

Second Chance Good
In the second quarter, quarterback Norm Snead, pressured on third and 13 at the Washington 39, passed low and behind Hawkins. But the Redskins were called offside. Snead got the first down and the Eagles made it to the Washington four before settling for three points.

The Redskins' rushing defense limited the Eagles to 51 yards.

Weak side linebacker Chris Hanburger stood out. He stopped a fourth-and-one run by Cyril Pinder and blitzed sub quarterback Rick Arrington into throwing away a pass.