From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Washington Redskins News - 12/27/92
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:31:24 GMT
Reply-To: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)
Organization: Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center


		    Washington Redskins News
		       December 27, 1992

The Washington Redskins lost to the Los Angeles Raiders 21-20 at the 
RFK Stadium last Saturday, December 26, as Raiders quarterback Vince 
Evans hit receiver Tim Brown with a 3-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds 
remaining in the game.

The Redskins opened the game as if they were going to control it, holding 
the ball for 10 minutes and using 18 plays to drive from their 19 to 
the Raider 20.  However, the Redskins' drive stalled at the Raider 18.  
On first down, linebacker Aaron Wallace dropped Byner for a two-yard 
loss.  On second down, Byner got nothing on a draw.  On third down, 
Rypien missed Clark on a post pattern. Lohmiller came in and missed 
a 38-yard field goal after Matt Elliott's snap was high and wide.

Midway through the second quarter the Redskins scored at the end of 
a drive when they sputtered down the field, needing 11 plays to get 
54 yards.  Rypien made a nice play, dumping the ball to Byner for 19 
yards on third and 18.  Monk dropped a first down pass, but Rypien hit 
Middleton for nine and Howard for seven.  Howard hit the turf hard with 
cornerback Lionel Washington on top of him, and got up holding his left 
shoulder.  Howard's season ended there with a separated shoulder.

Byner gained three to the 22, and in the next two more plays the Redskins 
got nowhere.  Lohmiller made the 39-yard field goal, and the Redskins 
led 3-0.

The halftime score was 3-0.

The Raiders opened the second half by driving to the Redskins 25, but 
when Evans went for Gault in the end zone, Green made a leaping interception.

Unfortunately, the Redskins couldn't go anywhere, and they finally fell 
behind 7-3 in third quarter when the Raiders drove 69 yards for a touchdown.  
They got the final 41 in one play when Alexander Wright leaped over 
A.J. Johnson and pulled in an Evans pass at the goal line with 15 seconds 
left in the third quarter.  A.J. Johnson said that it was a great catch.

The Raiders then tried an onside kick to try to take control of the 
game.  Redskins' Todd Bowles recovered the ball at the Raiders 49, and, 
after an incomplete Mitchell pass, Monk got behind Raiders' safety Eddie 
Anderson.  Rypien hit Monk in stride at the 25, Monk bobbling the ball 
once, twice, three times, before pulling it in after five bobbles and 
jogged into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown pass and a Redskins 
10-7 lead.

Four plays later, the Redskins got the play that should have iced it.  
Brown tried a reserve and was forced upfield by Andre Collins. Stokes 
came into the play and stripped the ball from Brown.  Collins picked 
it up at the Raiders 45 and took it 39 yards down the right sideline 
before Evans knocked him out of bounds at the Raiders 6. Two plays later, 
Rypien had Clark open in the end zone, but Rypien led Clark too much 
and missed him.  The Redskins settled for Lohmiller's 22-yard field 
goal and a 13-7 lead with 12:09 left in the fourth quarter.

Evans calmly took the Raiders down the field on a 12-play, 67-yard drive 
that ended with Nick Bell's five-yard touchdown run for a 14-13 lead 
with 4:03 left in the fourth quarter.  The Raiders converted three third 
down plays in a row to keep the drive alive.

Trailing by a point, the Redskins got a big play right off the bat when 
Mitchell returned the kickoff 47 yards to the Redskins 45. Ervins picked 
up gains of six and five yards, then on first down at Raiders 44, Monk 
got behind Torin Dorn and Rypien hit him in stride at the 10-yard line.  
Dorn finally dragged Monk down at the one with two minutes remaining.  
On the next play, Ervins followed guard Mark Schlereth into the end 
zone for a touchdown.

With the 1 minute and 13 seconds remaining in the game, Evans led the 
Raiders on a 8-play, 80 yard drive for Raiders' final and game winning 
touchdown.  Key plays in this drive were: Evans pass to Allen for 13 
yards; Allen 8-yard run on third and 1; and Evans pass to Gault for 
50 to the Redskins 8.  Evans hit Tim Brown with a three-yard touchdown 
pass with 13 seconds left in the game.

Redskins Injury List: 
-------------------- 
WR Desmond Howard  - separated shoulder, out for season
DB David Gulledge  - dislocated knee cap
RB Earnest Byner   - sprained lower back
CB Darrell Green   - bruised heel

Byner's Rushing Totals:
----------------------
   Year     Att.   Yds.   Avg.   TD
   ----     ---   -----   ---    --
   1990     297   1,219   4.1     6
   1991     274   1,048   3.8     5
   1992     262     998   3.8     6


Source: The Washington Post, December 27, 1992


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