Sunday, September 23, 1979
| WAS | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Redskins | Don Hover 0 yard fumble return (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Redskins | Buddy Hardeman 41 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 3rd | Cardinals | Theotis Brown 1 yard rush (Steve Little kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4th | Redskins | Mark Moseley 47 yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
| WAS | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-100-0 | 33-95-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-16-91-1-1 | 24-43-306-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-25 |
| Net pass yards | 91 | 281 |
| Total yards | 191 | 376 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 5-4 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-48 | 4-43 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Benny Malone | WAS | 16 | 42 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 8 | 15 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Buddy Hardeman | WAS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 41 |
| John Riggins | WAS | 12 | 34 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jean Fugett | WAS | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Harmon | WAS | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 24 | 43 | 306 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
| Dave Stief | STL | 6 | 125 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 7 | 114 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 19 | 67 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 7 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | -15 | 0 | -15 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Theotis Brown | STL | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Gary Parris | STL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Lott | STL | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Buddy Hardeman | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Harris | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | WAS | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Stone | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Bragg | WAS | 8 | 290 | 36.3 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Moseley | WAS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Little | STL | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | ||||