NFL Recap (Washington-Arizona)
Posted: Sun November 8, 1998 at 9:03 p.m. EST
ARIZONA 29, WASHINGTON 27
TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Jake Plummer had a nearly
perfect second half and Joe
Nedney kicked a 47-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to lift
the Arizona
Cardinals to a 29-27 victory over the Washington Redskins.
Plummer completed 16-of-17 passes after halftime and finished 22-of-30
for 186 yards and a touchdown as Arizona improved to 5-4 for the first time
since 1991.
After Cary
Blanchard kicked a career-high 54-yard field goal to give Washington
(1-8) a 27-26 edge with 37 seconds to play, Plummer completed three
straight passes to bring the ball to the Washington 36-yard line.
With 16 seconds left, Plummer just avoided a sack and threw an
incomplete pass, ending his franchise record of 15 straight completions.
Plummer followed by completing a six-yard pass to Eric Metcalf and the
Cardinals called time out with eight seconds remaining before Nedney won
the game for the second straight week.
Trent Green was
17-of-33 for 183 yards and a touchdown for the Redskins, who are off to
their worst start since losing the first nine games in the 1961 season.
After Brian
Mitchell's six-yard run gave Washington a 17-7 lead 38 seconds before
halftime, the Redskins managed just four yard of offense in the third
quarter. The Cardinals marched 80 yards in 10 plays on the first
possession of the third, to cut the deficit to 17-14 when Plummer found Larry Centers for a
four-yard TD.
The Redskins ran just six plays on offense in the third and Arizona
took a 21-17 lead when Mario Bates capped an
11-play, 60-yard drive with a one-yard plunge 2:26 into the fourth. The
Cardinals pushed their lead to 23-17 when punter Matt Turk missed the snap
from his brother Dan and the ball went out of the end zone.
Arizona started on its own 29 after the free kick and Nedney capped a
12-play, 63-yard drive with a 26-yard field goal to make it 26-17 with 3:09
left. Washington's offense got back on track as Green completed 4-of-6
passes before throwing a 35-yard TD strike to Leslie Shepherd to cut the
lead to 26-24 with 1:39 remaining. Fullback Stephen Davis recovered
Blanchard's onside kick and Green completed an eight-yard pass to Mitchell
on a 4th-and-5 play to set up Blanchard's field goal.
Washington jumped up to a 10-0 lead on a 34-yard field goal by
Blanchard at the end of the first quarter and a two-yard TD run by rookie
Skip Hicks with 6:30 to
go in the second. Arizona made it 10-7 on a one-yard plunge by Bates with
two minutes left in the first half. The Redskins struck right back as
Green completed passes of 28 and 17 yards to James Thrash and tight end
Jamie Asher after a
holding call on rookie safety Pat Tillman kept the drive
going.
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