CNN Time Free Email US Sports Baseball Pro Football College Football 1999 NBA Playoffs College Basketball Hockey Golf Tennis Soccer Motorsports Womens More Inside Game Scoreboards World
EVENTS
MLB Playoffs
Rugby World Cup
Century's Best
Swimsuit '99

CENTERS
 Fantasy Central
 Inside Game
 Multimedia Central
 Statitudes
 Your Turn
 Teams
 Cities

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
 This Week's Issue
 Previous Issues
 Special Features
 Life of Reilly
 Frank Deford
 Subscriber Services
 SI for Women

  Power of Caring
  presented by Cigna


FEATURES
 Trivia Blitz
 Free Email

TELEVISION
 CNN/SI - TV
 Turner Sports

SHOPPING
 CNN/SI Travel
 Golf Pro Shop
 Soccer Gear Store
 NFL Gear Store

SI FOR KIDS
 Sports Parents
 Games
 Buzz World
 Shorter Reporter

SITE RESOURCES
 myCNN
 Contents
 Feedback
 Help
 Search
 Jobs
 
football Football Score and Recaps Schedules Standings Statistics Teams Matchups Players Arena CFL NFL Europe

Box Score: San Diego Chargers at Washington Redskins

Posted: Sun December 6, 1998 at 4:47 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

SAN DIEGO 3 11 3 3 20 WASHINGTON 7 10 0 7 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 32 YD, 8:40. Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards in 6:19. Key plays: Fletcher 12-yard run to San Diego 36; Whelihan 11-yard pass to F Jones to San Diego 47; Fletcher 11-yard run to to Washington 42; Whelihan 11-yard pass to Thelwell on 3rd-and-8 to Washington 29. SAN DIEGO 3-0 WAS - TD, JAMES THRASH 25 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 14:11. Drive: 10 plays, 82 yards in 5:31. Key plays: T Green 18-yard pass to Westbrook to Washington 36; T Green 12-yard pass to Allen to Washington 47; T Green 12-yard pass to Thrash on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 41; T Green 12-yard pass to Shepherd to San Diego 27. WASHINGTON 7-3 2ND QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 27 YD, 4:18. Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Whelihan 14-yard pass to F Jones on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 48; Whelihan 31-yard pass to C Jones on 3rd-and-6 to Washington 17. WASHINGTON 7-6 WAS - TD, BRIAN MITCHELL 101 YD KICKOFF RETURN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 4:36. WASHINGTON 14-6 SDG - TD, FREDDIE JONES 23 YD PASS FROM TERRELL FLETCHER (CRAIG WHELIHAN PASS TO FREDDIE JONES FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 9:59. Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards in 5:23. Key plays: 4-yard pass interference penalty on Redskins' Dishman on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 47; Whelihan 14-yard pass to C Jones on 3rd-and-3 to Washington 32. SAN DIEGO 14, WASHINGTON 14 WAS - FG, CARY BLANCHARD 35 YD, 14:54. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 0:50. Key plays: Wilkerson recovery of Whelihan fumble on Washington 39; Green 25-yard pass to Thomas to San Diego 27; Green 10-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 17. WASHINGTON 17-14 3RD QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 40 YD, 4:39. Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:39. Key plays: Fletcher 14-yard run to San Diego 39; Fletcher 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Washington 48; Whelihan 3-yard run on 1st-and-10 plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Redskins' Wilkerson to Washington 30. SAN DIEGO 17, WASHINGTON 17 4TH QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 25 YD, 10:29. Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards in 2:29. Key plays: Whelihan 39-yard pass to Ricks to Washington 15. SAN DIEGO 20-17 WAS - TD, LESLIE SHEPHERD 20 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 13:06. Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards in 0:40. Key plays: Mitchell 19-yard punt return to San Diego 44; T Green 18-yard pass to Thomas to San Diego 20. WASHINGTON 24-20 TEAM STATISTICS SDG WAS
FIRST DOWNS 21 17 Rushing 8 2 Passing 10 15 Penalty 3 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-18 4-11 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 344 278 Total plays 78 56 Average gain 4.4 5.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 127 66 Rushes 38 16 Average per rush 3.3 4.1 NET YARDS PASSING 217 212 Completed-attempted 21-38 19-38 Yards per pass 5.4 5.3 Sacked-yards lost 2-18 2-23 Had intercepted 1 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-46.4 7-38.1 RETURN YARDAGE 119 236 Punts-returns 1-1 3-37 Kickoffs-returns 5-118 5-189 Interceptions-returns 1-0 1-10 PENALTIES-YARDS 2-10 5-39 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:31 21:29 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: San Diego (John Carney 20). San Diego rushing: Terrell Fletcher 34-122, Craig Whelihan 3-3, Kenny Bynum 1-2. Washington rushing: Terry Allen 9-28, Leslie Shepherd 1-25, Trent Green 2-9, Brian Mitchell 1-6, Stephen Davis 1-0, Skip Hicks 2-minus 2. San Diego passing: Craig Whelihan 20-37 for 212 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD, Terrell Fletcher 1-1 for 23 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Washington passing: Trent Green 18-37 for 235 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD, Brian Mitchell 1-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. San Diego receiving: Charlie Jones 5-72, Freddie Jones 5-53, Mikhael Ricks 4-76, Terrell Fletcher 4-10, Ryan Thelwell 2-19, Wendell Davis 1-5. Washington receiving: James Thrash 4-66, Chris Thomas 4-62, Leslie Shepherd 3-39, Stephen Alexander 3-32, Michael Westbrook 2-23, Terry Allen 1-11, Brian Mitchell 1-2, Trent Green 1-0. San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Rodney Harrison 8-0-0, Junior Seau 5-0-1, Greg Jackson 3-0-0, Charles Dimry 3-0-0, Gerald Dixon 2-1-0, Raylee Johnson 2-0-1, Kurt Gouveia 2-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 2-0-0, Scott Turner 2-0-0, Norman Hand 1-0-0, John Parrella 1-0-0, Jamal Williams 1-0-0, Marco Coleman 1-0-0. Washington tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Marvcus Patton 7-0-0, Jamal Duff 5-2-2, Leomont Evans 6-0-0, Darrell Green 6-0-0, Derek Smith 5-1-0, Darryl Pounds 5-0-0, Stanley Richard 4-1-0, Doug Brown 4-1-0, Marc Boutte 4-0-0, Cris Dishman 4-0-0, Shawn Barber 4-0-0, Ndukwe Kalu 1-3-0, Greg Jones 2-0-0, Dan Wilkinson 1-0-0. Interceptions: San Diego (Greg Jackson 1 for 0 yards); Washington (Leomont Evans 1 for 10 yards). Fumbles lost: San Diego (Craig Whelihan); Washington (Trent Green). Opponent's fumbles recovered: San Diego (Marco Coleman); Washington (Dan Wilkinson). Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Jeff Bergman, Back judge-Jeff Triplette, Side judge-Ken Baker, Field judge-Steven Zimmer. A: 65,713; T: 3:19.


To the top

Copyright © 1999 CNN/SI. A Time Warner Company.
All Rights Reserved.

Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines.