Sunday, August 31, 1997
| WAS | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Panthers | John Kasay 52 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Redskins | Scott Blanton 38 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Redskins | Terry Allen 1 yard rush (Scott Blanton kick) | 10 | 3 | |
| 4th | Panthers | Wesley Walls 24 yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Kasay kick) | 10 | 10 |
| Redskins | Terry Allen 1 yard rush (Scott Blanton kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| Redskins | Leslie Shepherd 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte (Scott Blanton kick) | 24 | 10 |
| WAS | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-198-2 | 29-158-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-29-144-1-0 | 12-26-108-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-19 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 125 | 104 |
| Total yards | 323 | 262 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-19 | 10-101 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terry Allen | WAS | 25 | 141 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Gus Frerotte | WAS | 10 | 27 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Stephen Davis | WAS | 12 | 55 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Leslie Shepherd | WAS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 43 | ||||||
| Brian Mitchell | WAS | 2 | 37 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Asher | WAS | 4 | 35 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Bowie | WAS | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Hostetler | WAS | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||
| Marc Logan | WAS | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 20 | 134 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Steve Beuerlein | CAR | 12 | 26 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 40 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 17 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Cris Dishman | WAS | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Mims | WAS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brian Mitchell | WAS | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Pounds | WAS | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lamar Lathon | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ernie Mills | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tyrone Poole | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Scott Blanton | WAS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Turk | WAS | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | ||||
| John Kasay | CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Walter | CAR | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 0 | ||||