The 49ers (8-3) travel to Jack Kent Cooke Stadium for a 1:00 ET kickoff against the Washington Redskins (7-4). Gus Frerotte is the starter. Terry Allen is the back. Michael Westbrook and Leslie Shepherd are the receivers. The Redskins come off two of three wins.
Steve Young returns at starter after the two-game absence. Loville is the lead back. Brent Jones is at tight end.[1][2]
Steve Young returns at starter at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. The 49ers' starter, off two weeks on the injury report, gets the kind of road game against a Redskins team that is 7-4 and chasing the Cowboys in the NFC East. Gus Frerotte has thrown for 280-plus in three of the last four. The defensive front, off the eleven-sack stretch across the back four, has the kind of matchup that defines whether the road back to .500 inside the division is intact.
Week 13 has the road game at Washington plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Cowboys sit at 9-2; the Packers 9-2; the Panthers 9-3. The AFC East has the Patriots at 10-2 and the Bills 7-4. Conference reading list the storyline is the Packers' chase of the NFC's one-seed. The 49ers' Sunday at Jack Kent Cooke is the conference's only NFC West-NFC East road game on the slate.
Through eleven games the 49ers sit at 8-3 with a plus 100 point differential. Young returns. Loville is on pace for 900 rushing. Bryant Young has 12 sacks. The Redskins are 7-4 with Frerotte averaging 250 passing per game and Allen 4.0 a carry. Vegas opens the 49ers as 1-point road favorites. A figure to follow: Frerotte's first-quarter completion percentage against the 49ers, which has been 70 percent in his three previous starts against San Francisco.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-3 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 6-5 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-7 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-7 | L1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 3-8 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 8-3 | W3 |
| New England Patriots | 7-4 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 6-5 | W1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-5 | W2 |
| New York Jets | 1-10 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 10-1 | W7 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 8-3 | W3 |
| San Diego Chargers | 6-5 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 5-6 | L1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 4-7 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 8-3 | W1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-4 | W2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 3-8 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 2-9 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 2-9 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 8-3 | L2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-5 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-6 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 4-7 | L2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-8 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 8-3 | W1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7-4 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-4 | L2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 5-6 | -- |
| New York Giants | 4-7 | L2 |
Steve Young threw for 295 yards, Terry Kirby ran for 69 on 13 carries and caught 11 for 74 and the 49ers beat the Washington Redskins 19-16 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. Wade Richey kicked four field goals. Jerry Rice caught 8 for 87. Gus Frerotte threw for 294 with a touchdown. Michael Westbrook caught 7 for 126.[1][2]
Wade Richey kicked four field goals at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium and the 49ers beat the Redskins 19-16. The 49ers' starting kicker is now 18-for-21 on the season. Steve Young threw for two hundred and ninety-five yards in his return. Terry Kirby caught eleven balls out of the backfield for 74 yards.
The defense produced two sacks of Gus Frerotte. The 49ers' offense produced 19 points on four field goals and one Wade Richey extra point. The Redskins' offense, with Frerotte throwing for 294, produced 16 points and the closing drive ended on a fourth-down stop at the 49ers 28.
The 49ers walk away 9-3 with the road trip to Atlanta on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Wade Richey's field goal run. The film room is going to spend the week on the offensive line's protection against the Redskins' front.
49ers 19, Redskins 16. Margin: plus 3. Record: 9-3.
A 19-16 road win at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. The 49ers improve to 9-3 on a defensive fourth-down stop at the closing two minutes.
How it unfolded
The Redskins opened with a Frerotte touchdown to Westbrook to take a 7-0 lead. Wade Richey kicked a field goal to make it 7-3. The second quarter produced two more Richey field goals to make it 9-7 at the half (with a Redskins field goal). The third quarter saw a fourth Richey field goal to make it 12-10. A Redskins fourth-quarter field goal made it 13-12. A Young 1-yard rushing touchdown made it 19-13. A closing Redskins field goal made the final 19-16. The Redskins' closing drive ended on the 49ers' fourth-down stop at the 28.
The turning point
The fourth-quarter Young rushing touchdown. With the 49ers up 12-10 and the offense facing third-and-goal from the 1, the staff called the quarterback sneak. Young converted. The 19-10 cushion put the visitors in protect-the-lead posture against a Redskins offense that produced one closing field goal.
By the numbers
Young 33-of-41 for 295 with no touchdowns or interceptions. Kirby 69 rushing on 13 carries plus 74 receiving on 11 catches; the back's most-productive single-game receiving line of his career. Rice 8 catches for 87. Brent Jones 5 catches for 70. Richey 4-for-4 on field goals.
Personnel watch
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Steve Young #8 | 33/41 | 295 | 0 | 0 | |
| WAS | |||||
| Gus Frerotte | 18/26 | 294 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Terry Kirby | 13 | 69 | 0 | 25 |
| Steve Young #8 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
| William Floyd | 7 | 18 | 1 | 12 |
| Jerry Rice #80 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| Dexter Carter | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 |
| WAS | ||||
| Terry Allen | 21 | 67 | 0 | 8 |
| Brian Mitchell | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Marc Logan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Heath Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 8 | 87 | 0 | 15 |
| Terry Kirby | 11 | 74 | 0 | 13 |
| Brent Jones #84 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 21 |
| Terrell Owens | 3 | 39 | 0 | 17 |
| William Floyd | 5 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Ted Popson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WAS | ||||
| Michael Westbrook | 7 | 126 | 0 | 37 |
| Leslie Shepherd | 3 | 61 | 0 | 46 |
| Henry Ellard | 3 | 52 | 0 | 19 |
| Jamie Asher | 3 | 43 | 1 | 20 |
| Terry Allen | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
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