Sunday, September 17, 1978
| WAS | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cardinals | Jim Bakken 20 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Redskins | Tony Green 99 yard kickoff return (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Redskins | Jean Fugett 14 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 3 |
| Redskins | Mike Thomas 9 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Redskins | Clarence Harmon 9 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4th | Cardinals | Mel Gray 27 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 10 |
| WAS | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-255-1 | 26-132-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-14-61-2-0 | 17-41-217-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-14 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 47 | 196 |
| Total yards | 302 | 328 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-56 | 3-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Riggins | WAS | 16 | 108 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Mike Thomas | WAS | 16 | 78 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Harmon | WAS | 9 | 49 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 5 | 12 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jean Fugett | WAS | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Haynes | WAS | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Frank Grant | WAS | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| John McDaniel | WAS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | WAS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 7 | 123 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 16 | 40 | 174 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 12 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 6 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Steve Jones | STL | 7 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Dave Stief | STL | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
| Jim Thaxton | STL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Brad Dusek | WAS | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Green | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 99.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lemar Parrish | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| J.T. Smith | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Shelby | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Bragg | WAS | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Bakken | STL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Little | STL | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||