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Arizona Cardinals 29,
Washington Redskins 27

Date: Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998
Site: Tempe, Ariz.
Attendance: 45,950

1 2 3 4 Tot.
Redskins 3 14 0 10 27

Cardinals 0 7 7 15 29

Scoring Summary | Team Stats | Offensive Stats | Defensive Stats

Scoring Summary

First Quarter
Redskins: FG, Blanchard, 34. Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards. Key plays: Miller penalized 15 for face mask; Rice penalized for illegal use of hands on third and 8. Time elapsed: Drive: 2:20; Quarter: 13:58.

Second Quarter
Redskins: Hicks 2 run (Blanchard kick.) Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards. Key plays: Asher 13 pass from T. Green on third and 5; Hicks 20 run. Time elapsed: Drive: 4:49; Quarter: 8:30.

Cardinals: Bates 1 run (Nedney kick). Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards. Key plays: Dishman penalized 14 for pass interference; Plummer 16 run on third and 7; Gedney 10 pass from Plummer. Time elapsed: Drive: 4:30; Quarter: 13:00.

Redskins: Mitchell 6 run (Blanchard kick). Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards. Key plays: Tillman penalized for defensive holding on third and 7; Thrash 28 pass from T. Green; Asher 17 pass from T. Green. Time elapsed: Drive: 1:22; Quarter: 14:22.

Third Quarter
Cardinals: Centers 4 pass from Plummer (Nedney kick). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards. Key plays: McWilliams, 10 pass from Plummer on third and 3; Plummer 27 run; Gedney 12 pass from Plummer. Time elapsed: Drive: 5:15; Quarter: 5:14.

Fourth Quarter
Cardinals: Bates 1 run (Nedney kick). Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards. Key plays: Sanders 11 pass from Plummer on third and 6; Murrell 11 run; Murrell 11 run. Time elapsed: Drive: 5:50; Quarter: 2:26.

Cardinals: Safety , M. Turk fumbled snap out of end zone on punt attempt. Time elapsed: Quarter: 4:12.

Cardinals: FG Nedney 26. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards. Key plays: Metcalf 5 pass from Plummer on third and 2; Murrell 9 run; Bates 15 run. Time elapsed: Drive: 7:39; Quarter: 11:51.

Redskins: Shepherd 35 pass from T. green (Blanchard kick). Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards. Key plays: Mitchell 10 pass from T. Green on third and 5; Thrash 16 pass from T. reen; Mitchell 14 yards from T. green. Time elapsed: Drive: 1:30; Quarter: 13:21.

Redskins: FG Blanchard 54. Drive: 8 plays, 18 yards. Key plays: Davis recovered onside kick; Mitchell 8 pass from T. reen on fourth and 5. Time elapsed: Drive: 1:04; Quarter: 14:25.

Cardinals: FG Nedney 47. Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards. Key plays: Centers 15 pass from Plummer; Metcalf 11 yards from Plummer; Sanders 18 pass from Plummer. Time elapsed: Drive: 0:33; Quarter: 14:58.

Team Statistics

Opp. Was.

First Downs 23 18

Rushing 11 6

Passing 11 9

Penalty 1 3

Third Down Eff. 7-14, 50% 4-13, 31%

Fourth Down Eff. 0-0-0% 1-2-50%

Net Yards 351 256

Offensive Plays 71 62

Avg. Per Play 4.9 4.1

Net Rushing Yards 187 89

Rushing Plays 37 26

Avg. Gain/Rush 5.1 3.4

Net Passing Yards 164 167

Sacked-Yards Lost 4-22 3-16

Gross Passing Yards 186 183

Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-22-0 33-17-0

Avg. Per Pass Att. 4.8 4.6

Punts-Avg. 6-42.3 5-43.0

Return Yards 14 32

Punt Returns-Yards 3-14 4-32

Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-105 6-168

Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 4-35 3-29

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2

Field Goals-Attempts 2-2 2-2

Time of Possession 35:26 24:34

Individual Statistics

Passing
Cardinals: Plummer 30-22, 186 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Redskins: T. reen 33-17, 183 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.

Rushing
Cardinals: Murrell 23-107, Plummer 3-50, Bates 10-25 2 TD, Sanders 1-5.
Redskins: Hicks 15-64 1 TD, Mitchell 5-18, T. reen 3-6, Davis 2-1, M. Turk 1-0.

Receiving
Cardinals: Sanders 5-50, Gedney 4-39, Centers 4-35 1 TD, McWilliams 3-24, Metcalf 3-22, Moore 2-11, Brock 1-5.
Redskins: Mitchell 7-58, Asher 5-49, Thrash 2-44, Shepherd 1-35 1 TD, Davis 1-5, T. Green 1- (-8).

Interceptions
Cardinals: None.
Redskins: None.

Punting
Cardinals: Player 6-254.
Redskins: M. Turk 5-215.

Punt Returns
Cardinals: Metcalf 3-14.
Redskins: Mitchell 4-32.

Kickoff Returns
Cardinals: Metcalf 4-105.
Redskins: Mitchell 6-168.

Missed Field Goals
Cardinals: None.
Redskins: None.

Defensive Statistics (Unofficial)

Tackles-Assists
Cardinals: McKinnon 3-6, Tilman 6-2, Miller 7-0, Williams 6-0, Rice 5-1, Bennett 0-5, Swinger 1-3, McCombs 3-0, Wadsworth 3-0, Knight 2-1, Smith 2-1, Chavous 1-0, Lassiter 1-0, Simpson 0-1, team 1-0.
Redskins: Smith 10-3, Patton 9-2, L. Evans 7-2, Lang 5-2, Richard 4-3, D. reen 6-0, Brown 4-1, Dishman 4-1, Pounds 4-0, Barber 2-2, Wilkinson 2-1, Kinney 1-1, Harvey 0-2, Kalu 1-0.

Sacks
Cardinals: Rice 2-7, Smith 1-9.
Redskins: Patton 1-10, L. Evans 1-6, Wilkinson 1-5, Lang 1-1.

Passes Defensed
Cardinals: J.B. Brown 2, Knight 2, Tillman, Williams.
Redskins: None.

Special Teams Tackles-Assists
Cardinals: Maddox 2-0, Brock 1-1, Lassiter 1-1, McKinnon 1-1, Pittman 1-0, Tillman 1-0, Sapp 1-0, J.B. Brown 0-1, McClesky 0-1.
Redskins: Jenkins 2-0, Mitchell 2-0, P. Alexander 1-0, Davis 1-0, Thrash 1-0, Williams 1-0, D. Turk 0-1, Sellers 0-1.

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