Wild Card Round: Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins (Jack Kent Cooke Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 8, 2000 at 4:05pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Jack Kent Cooke Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Detroit Lions versus Washington Redskins in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Detroit Lions-Washington Redskins cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 14-2 | -- |
| Tennessee Titans | 13-3 | -- |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8-8 | -- |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-10 | -- |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | -- |
| Cleveland Browns | 2-14 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 13-3 | -- |
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | -- |
| Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | -- |
| New England Patriots | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Jets | 8-8 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | -- |
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | -- |
| San Diego Chargers | 8-8 | -- |
| Denver Broncos | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | 13-3 | -- |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | -- |
| Atlanta Falcons | 5-11 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4-12 | -- |
| New Orleans Saints | 3-13 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11-5 | -- |
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | -- |
| Detroit Lions | 8-8 | -- |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | -- |
| Chicago Bears | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 10-6 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Giants | 7-9 | -- |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-10 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 5-11 | -- |
Detroit Lions None, Washington Redskins None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0001313 |
| Washington Redskins | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1427272727 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Redskins | Stephen Davis 1 yard rush ( Brett Conway kick) | 0-7 |
| Redskins | Stephen Davis 4 yard rush ( Brett Conway kick) | 0-14 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Redskins | Brett Conway 33 yard field goal | 0-17 |
| Redskins | Brett Conway 23 yard field goal | 0-20 |
| Redskins | Albert Connell 30 yard pass from Brad Johnson ( Brett Conway kick) | 0-27 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lions | Ron Rice 94 yard blocked field goal return (pass failed) | 6-27 |
| Lions | Ron Rivers 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte ( Jason Hanson kick) | 13-27 |
Washington Redskins defeated Detroit Lions 27-13 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Lions: Ron Rivers 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte ( Jason Hanson kick). Top line of the day: Gus Frerotte: 251 pass yards on 21-of-46, 1 TD, 2 INT. Washington Redskins advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Washington Redskins walked out of Jack Kent Cooke Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Detroit Lions will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-13. The final scoring play came from Lions: Ron Rivers 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte ( Jason Hanson kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Washington Redskins advance to the divisional round.
Washington Redskins 27, Detroit Lions 13. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 79411. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Gus Frerotte: 251 pass yards on 21-of-46, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Stephen Davis: 119 rush yards on 15 carries
- Herman Moore: 3 catches for 69 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. Final: Detroit Lions 13, Washington Redskins 27, with Washington Redskins taking the result by 14. **First quarter**
- Redskins: Stephen Davis 1 yard rush ( Brett Conway kick)
- Redskins: Stephen Davis 4 yard rush ( Brett Conway kick)
Second quarter
- Redskins: Brett Conway 33 yard field goal
- Redskins: Brett Conway 23 yard field goal
- Redskins: Albert Connell 30 yard pass from Brad Johnson ( Brett Conway kick)
Fourth quarter
- Lions: Ron Rice 94 yard blocked field goal return (pass failed)
- Lions: Ron Rivers 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte ( Jason Hanson kick)
Top performers
- Gus Frerotte: 251 pass yards on 21-of-46, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Stephen Davis: 119 rush yards on 15 carries
- Herman Moore: 3 catches for 69 yards
| Lions | Redskins | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 14 | 23 |
| Total Yards | 258 | 389 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 21/46 | 15/31 |
| Pass yards | 251 | 174 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 5 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 38 | 8 |
| Net pass yards | 213 | 166 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 10 | 46 |
| Rush yards | 45 | 223 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 2 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 12 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 126 | 75 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | |||||
| Gus Frerotte | 21/46 | 251 | 1 | 2 | |
| WAS | |||||
| Brad Johnson | 15/31 | 174 | 1 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | ||||
| Cory Schlesinger | 7 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| Ron Rivers | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| WAS | ||||
| Stephen Davis | 15 | 119 | 2 | 58 |
| Brian Mitchell | 7 | 55 | 0 | 14 |
| Skip Hicks | 23 | 46 | 0 | 9 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | ||||
| Herman Moore | 3 | 69 | 0 | 58 |
| Germane Crowell | 5 | 41 | 0 | 16 |
| Brian Stablein | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14 |
| Johnnie Morton | 2 | 29 | 0 | 23 |
| Sedrick Irvin | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| Ron Rivers | 4 | 24 | 1 | 16 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Iheanyi Uwaezuoke | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| WAS | ||||
| Larry Centers | 7 | 61 | 0 | 17 |
| Albert Connell | 2 | 35 | 1 | 30 |
| Skip Hicks | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Westbrook | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Stephen Alexander | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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