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Then that next year, it was a runaway locomotive. Brian Mitchell would be the workhorse of the team that year, and by the time he retired in , he would rank second all-time in all-purpose yards in the NFL behind only Jerry Rice. Football Team. Washington had quarterback Gary Hogeboom but he was inactive for the game, so rookie running back Brian Mitchell had to step in as the emergency quarterback.

Other players that left the game for Washington included running back Gerald Riggs, and linebacker Greg Manusky. Return men Joe Howard and Walter Stanley were also both injured. The Eagles scored two defensive touchdowns in the game. The first, a 30 yard interception return by William Frizzell in the first quarter. The second came when Clyde Simmons returned a fumble yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. History Talk 0. Dallas Cowboys. Monday Night Football all-team team standings.

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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. March Veterans Stadium , the site of the game. After the season, the NFL addressed the problem of two quarterbacks being injured in the same game by instituting the third quarterback rule, which would allow an NFL team to dress a third quarterback outside of the man game-day roster. Under that rule, the third quarterback could be played, but if he entered the game before the fourth quarter, neither of the other quarterbacks could return to the game.

That rule was changed again for the season when the game-day roster size was increased to American Football Wiki Explore.

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