| Washington Redskins at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 20, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 74389 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Bavaro 29 pass from Phil Simms (Jess Atkinson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | George Adams 2 run (Jess Atkinson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Jess Atkinson 47 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 47 FG | 3 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Gary Clark |
| 89 | WR | Calvin Muhammad |
| 68 | LOT | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | LOG | Jeff Bostic |
| 76 | C | Rick Donnalley |
| 61 | ROG | Ken Huff |
| 73 | ROT | Mark May |
| 86 | TE | Clint Didier |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Charles Mann |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 77 | RDT | Darryl Grant |
| 72 | RDE | Dexter Manley |
| 55 | LLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 28 | LCB | Darrell Green |
| 23 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 22 | FS | Curtis Jordan |
| 32 | RCB | Vernon Dean |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Bobby Johnson |
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 63 | ROT | Karl Nelson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Curtis McGriff |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Griffin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Clark | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| George Adams | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 10 | -4 | -0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 3 | 272 | 7.2 | 55 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 47.3 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 3 | 196 | 7.5 | 29t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 61.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Gary Clark | 11 | 193 | 17.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Keith Griffin | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Clint Didier | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Calvin Muhammad | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lionel Manuel | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bobby Johnson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Bavaro | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Adams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Tony Peters | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vernon Dean | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Curtis Jordan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Welch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Steve Cox | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ken Jenkins | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| George Adams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Mel Kaufman | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Andy Headen | 2.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 2.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.5 |
| Jerome Sally | 1.5 |
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