Recap: Washington vs. St. Louis
Sports Network | October 12, 2008
Landover, MD (Sports Network) - Josh Brown's 49-yard field goal as time expired led the St. Louis Rams to their first win of the season with a surprising 19-17 victory over the Washington Redskins.
Washington had taken a one-point lead on Clinton Portis' second touchdown of the game with 3:47 left, but St. Louis went to work with the ball at its own 24.
Right before the two-minute warning and facing a 3rd-and-2, Marc Bulger connected with Donnie Avery for a 12-yard play. Then on a 3rd-and-13, Bulger connected with Avery again, this time for 43 yards. The play was reviewed to see if Avery caught the ball, but the ruling on the field was upheld and St. Louis had the ball at the Washington 16-yard-line.
Bulger then took a knee, but Richie Incognito was called for unsportsmanlike conduct and the ball was moved back 15 yards. After Steven Jackson got a yard back, Brown lined up for the field goal and it was true to give the Rams and new head coach Jim Haslett the win.
Haslett got tagged as the interim coach for St. Louis a few days after Scott Linehan got the boot after a 31-14 loss to Buffalo in Week 4.
Brown finished 4-for-4 on field goal attempts (51, 25, 44, 49) and hit an extra point while Jackson had 79 yards on 22 carries and added three receptions for 32 yards for the Rams (1-4), who had lost their last eight games.
Bulger went 15-for-26 with 136 yards while Avery finished the game with four catches for 73 yards for St. Louis, which has won its last two games against Washington.
Portis carried the ball 21 times for 129 yards along with the two scores and Jason Campbell went 18-for-26 with 208 yards for the Redskins (4-2), who were riding a four-game winning streak coming into the game.
