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PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991 PAGE 73 -v. arnest Byner accounted for 95 of the Redskins' 173 rushing yards last night. He had rushed for 100 irespeSp MaonEra says or more yards in seven of the Redskins' previous 11 regular season games: Earnest Byner Date Opponent Result No. Yards TD 111890 New Orleans 31 -17 26 116 0 112290 at Dallas 27-37 14 39 1 12290 Miami 42-20 32 157 3 12990 Chicago W10-9 28 121 0 121590 at New England 25-10 39 149 1 122290 at Indianapolis 28-35 31 154 0 123090 Buffalo W29-14 11 34 0 9191 Detroit W45-0 16 83 1 9991 at Dallas 33-31 22 101 0 91591 Phoenix W34-0 23 109 1 92291 at Cincinnati 34-27 18 75 0 93091 Eagles W23-0 29 95 1 recognize them." That's not to say, though, that the Hogs didn't pick apart the Eagles' defense Reggie White, for one, seemed to disappear into thin air. "We set up our game plan so we could do a whole lot of different things with Reggie," said Joe Jacoby, who matched up with White most of the night.

"We just decided we couldn't worry about just one player and his reputation." It was that reputation, that of White and the whole Eagles defense, that the Redskins seemed so proud to have dismantled. Although Jacoby spoke of the Eagles with great diplomacy, many of the others didn't hesitate to celebrate what they consider the biggest win of this 5-0 start. "They had a great defense I mean, they've got a great defense, it's still there, I suppose but we were prepared for the defense they have," Byner said. "The offensive line persevered and we were given more opportunities to run so it got to the point that we felt like we had people who could run the ball against them. "At first, you really don't know if you want to run against the Eagles because they've got all these big defensive guys out there," Byner admitted, laughing.

"But after a while, I didn't even get tired. It was just fun." Despite Byner's heroics, 70 yards on nine carries from Gerald Riggs and the obviously strong overall offensive numbers, the Redskins quickly admitted to their own offensive inadequacy. Quarterback Mark Rypien was far from his best. The offense fumbled six times, twice on the snap, and Rypien was intercepted twice, once in the end zone. "We didn't execute inside the 20 as good as in the past and our turnovers hurt," Rypien said.

"Our defense made sure that those things didn't hurt us in the long run." As Rypien said, five sacks and three interceptions two by Green helped balance out all the mistakes the offense made. "We're still the no-names," Green said. "I kind of like it that way, though. It's a sneak attack and it worked for us." i by Jennifer Frey I Daily News Sports Writer WASHINGTON This is Charles Mann's problem. All week long, he heard about the Eagles' defense.

All week long, he heard about the Redskins' offense. All week long, he heard about this fabulous matchup the NFC's best defense vs. its No. 5 offense and he began to wonder if he and his defensive buddies should start wearing "No Name" on the backs of their shirts. So when it was all over when the Eagles left RFK Stadium with a piddling 89 yards of offense and no points Mann couldn't help but gloat a little.

After all, Mann finally had the chance to talk about what was supposed to be little more than the other defense in this game. i "That's a good point, and I'm glad you brought that up" said Mann, grinning happily, when asked to compare defenses in the game. "We've really felt like whenever we play the Eagles, we get overshadowed by their defense. We showed today that we can play with them still, we have to go out and get the respect that they get and we deserve." The numbers were satisfying very, very satisfying and Mann didn't mind if people mentioned them more than once or twice: The Eagles allowed 357 yards of offense; the Redskins allowed 89. The Eagles allowed 23 points; the Redskins allowed none.

While the Redskins defense held the Eagles scoreless for the first time since 1985 and extended their home shutout streak to three games the Eagles' defense (best against the rush in the league) let running back Earnest Byner carry 29 times for 95 yards and one touchdown. "To be honest, we started having fun in warmups and it just got better," said Mann, who had two sacks and smeared egg on Antone Davis's face all night In the game billed as The Defense vs. The Hogs that's what the big, burly Washington offensive line likes to be called it was the work of guys such as Mann and cornerback Darrell Green who got the job done. "Offensively, we didn't get a lot going, but we got enough done," said Redskins coach Joe Gibbs. "The defense, though, it was their night and I really want to PETER KOHAMA DAILY NEWS EAGLES STATISTICS Rushing 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 10 23 Eaglet Washington Yds.

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 An. 12 2 1 15 29 9 1 2 41 38 11 5 54 95 70 9 -1 173 Passing Cmp Second Quarter Redskins 7. Eagles 0: Monk 19 pass from Rypien (Lohmiller kick). 7:04. Drive: 54 yards, 9 plays.

Key plays: Rypien 10 pass to Monk: Byner 9 run. Redskins 10. Eagles 0: FG Lohmiller 37. 11:34. Drive: 16 yards, 7 piays.

Key plays: Mitchell 14 punt return; Rypien 3 pass to Sanders on 3rd and 2. Third Quarter Redskins 13, Eagles 0: FG Lohmiller 35. 10:22. Drive: 62 yards, 14 plays. Key plays: Golic offsides on Redskins 4th and 1: Rypien 23 pass to Ervins.

Fourth Quarter Redskins 20, Eagles 0: Byner 7 run (Lohmiller kick). 3:39. Drive: 7 yards. 3 plays. Key play: Collins 18 interception return to Eagies 7.

Redskins 23, Eagles 0: FG Lohmiller 27, 14:49. Drive: 50 yards. 8 plays. Key plays: Riggs 32 run: Ervins 9 run to Eagles 10. Attendance 55.

1 98 No-shows 479. Att. 6 14 2 22 23 23 4 4 1 9 13 13 Receiving No. Avg. 32 55 50 36 33 78 90 -0 5 42 Yds.

32 24 6 62 204 204 Avg. 10 0 95 70 60 20 1 0 69 11 0 41 0 120 80 23 0 22 0 40 00 15 7 Avg. 14 0 140 90 90 i 8 5 10 9 32 9 0 32 TD 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 11 6 2 1 11 75 14 13 23 22 4 0 75 18 14 14 TOS. 20 19 14 6 2 1 62 Eaglet Sherman Byars McMahon Totals Redskins Byner Riggs Ervins Rypien Totals Eagles McMahon Ryan Goebel Totals Redskins Rypien Totals Eaglet Byars Barnett R. Green Harris Kei.

Jackson Sherman Totals Redskins Monk Clark Byner Sanders Ervins Orr Middleton J. Johnson Totals Eagles Harris Totals Redskins Mitchell Totals Eaglet Harris Totals Redskins Ervins Totals 2 2 2 I 1 1 9 3 2 2 1 Int. 0 3 0 3 2 2 TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TD 0 0 0 0 TD 0 0 33 82 24 16 23 22 4 0 204 13 Eagles win coin toss and elect to receive EAGLES REDSKINS First Pot. First Poss. Time Start Plays Yards Downs End Result Time Time Start Plays Yards Downs End Result Time 15:00 P-10 8 43 2 W-47 Punt 4:01 10:59 W-16 6 81 1 P- 3 Int.

3:24 7:35 P-20 4 -3 0 P-17 Punt 2:25 5:10 W-35 4 2 0 W-37 Punt 1:39 13:31 P-35 4 6 0 P-41 Punt 2:00 1:31 W-16 5 20 1 W-36 Punt 1:55 14:36 P-32 4 -17 0 P-15 Punt 1:18 13:18 W-46 9 54 4 P-19 TD 5:22 7:56 p-10 4 4 0 P-14 Punt 2:00 5:56 P-36 7 16 1 P-20 FG 2:30 3:26 P-16 6 14 1 P-30 Int. 1:47 1:39 P-28 1 -10 0 P-38 Int. 0:19 1:20 P-33 4 9 0 P-42 Punt 0:51 0:29 W-20 1-10 W-19 Time 0:29 Eagles Redskins First downs 4 17 Rushing 0 7 Passing 3 9 Penalty 1 1 Third downs 2-12 7-16 Fourth downs 0-0 0-0 Total net yards 89 357 Offensive plays 42 66 Avg play 2 1 5 4 Net yards rushing 54 173 Rushing plays 15 41 Avg.rush 3.6 4.2 Net yards passing 35 184 Sacked-yds. lost 5-27 2-20 Gross yds. passing 62 204 9-22-3 13-23-2 Avgpass play 13 8 2 Punts-average 2-46 5 Total return yardage 115 81 Punt retums-yds.

2-28 3-27 Kickoff retums-yds. 6-87 1-12 tnterceptions-yds. 2-0 3-42 Penalties-yds. 8-47 8-70 Fumbles-lost 0-0 6-2 PATmade-att. 0-0 2-2 FG made-att.

0-0 3-4 Time of possession 21:20 Punt Returning No. Yds. 2 28 2 28 3 27 3 27 Kickoff Returning No. Yds. 6 87 6 87 Avg.

14 5 145 26 1 12 120 12 0 1 12 120 12 0 TACKLES-ASSISTS SACKS Eagles: Pitts 6-0-0. Smith 6-0 0. Waters 5 0-0, Brown 5-0-0. Evans 4-1-0. White 4-0-0.

Alien 4-0-0. Hopkins 4-0-0, Simmons 3-0-0. Small 3-0 0 Joyner 2-0-1. Golic 1-0-0. Jenkins 1-0-0.

M.ano 1-0-0. Flo-res 1-0-0. Hager 1-0-0. Rose 1-0-0. Kowalkowski 1-0-0.

Thomas 1-0-0. McKrnght 1-0-0. Ken. Jackson 1-0-0. Heller 1-0 0.

Team 0-0-1. Redskins: Hobos 5-0-0. Marshall 3-0-1. Caldwell 3-0-0, Collins 3-0-0. Copeland 3-0-0.

Mann 2-02. Stokes 2-0-1. Williams 2-0-0. T. Johnson 2-0-0, M.llen 2-00.

Mayhew 2-0-0. Green 2 0-0. Coleman 2 0-0 Clark 2- 0- 0, Geathers 1-0-1. Gouvea 1-1-0. Edwards 1-1-0 Orr 1- 1-0, Mays 1-0-0.

Rypien 1-0 0 MTERCEPTIONS Eaglet: Allen. Joyner. Redskins: D. Green 2. Collins.

MISSED FIELD GOALS Eaglet: none. Redskins: Lohmiller 45. Redskins receive second-half klckoff REDSKINS EAGLES First Poss. First Poss. Time Start Plays Yards Downs End Result Time Time Start Plays Yards Downs End Result Time 15:00 W-20 2 -10 0 W-10 Fumble 0:59 14:01 W-10 2 1 0 W- 9 Int.

0:51 13:10 W-20 14 62 4 P-18 i FG 8:32 4:38 P-14 4 10 P-15 Punt 1:59 2:39 P-37 7 23 2 P-14 Fumble 3:42 13:57 P-14 2 11 1 P-25 Int. 0:55 13:02 P- 7 3 7 1 P-7 TD 1:41 11:21 P-12 4 -4 0 P-8 Punt 2:00 9:21 W-49 5 24 1 P-27 FG Miss 2:22 6:59 P-27 4 -1 0 P-26 Punt 1:02 5:57 W-39 i 50 2 P-11 FG 5:46 0:11 P-28 1 8 0 P-36 Time 0:11 SCHEDULE A. (Moms Garnet CAPS) Sunday: at Tampa Bay, 1 Sunday, Oct 13: NEW ORLEANS. 1 Sunday, Oct. 20: Open Date Sunday, Oct.

27: SAN FRANCISCO. 1 Monday, Nov. 4: NEW YORK GIANTS, 9 Sunday, Nov. 10: at Cleveland, 1 Sunday, Nov. 17: CINCINNATI, 1 Sunday, Nov.

24: at Phoenix. 4 Monday, Dec. 2: at Houston, 9 Sunday, Dec 8: at New York Giants, 1 Sunday, Dec. 15: DALLAS, 1 Sunday, Dec. 22: WASHINGTON, 4.