Rutledge broke his thumb on the play and left the game. Humphries replaced him but he, too, went down. The injuries kept piling up, one after another. You could see it in their eyes, the way we were dominating them. Running back Heath Sherman had a career game. He carried the ball 35 times, tying the club record set by the great Steve Van Buren, and gained yards. Sherman also caught two touchdown passes, one from Randall Cunningham, the other from Keith Byars.
But when Eagles fans talk about that game, they talk about the feeding frenzy of the Gang Green defense. The Eagles recorded three sacks and forced three turnovers, including Reggie White's first career interception, and scored two defensive touchdowns.
Eagles fans also remember how the game ended: With rookie Brian Mitchell playing quarterback for Washington. The Redskins had no other options with Mark Rypien sidelined and Rutledge and Humphries knocked out of the game. Mitchell was a quarterback in college Southwest Louisiana who made the Redskins roster as a kick returner, but he was pressed into service at quarterback that night.
Mitchell did well considering the circumstances. He completed three of six passes for 40 yards, gained 11 yards on two carries and led Washington's only touchdown drive, scoring on a 1-yard run late in the game.
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The Eagles were in their fifth season under defensive mastermind Buddy Ryan , but coming off two straight early playoff exits.
In the previous game, on October 21, the Redskins beat the Eagles , behind a rushing touchdown by Gerald Riggs and two Chip Lohmiller field goals. The rematch would come three weeks later, on Monday Night Football , with the second-place Redskins being and the third-place Eagles being The Eagles would score first, on a yard interception return for a touchdown by defensive back William Frizzell.
In the second quarter, the Redskins would tie the game behind a Rutledge pass to tight end Don Warren. However, by the third quarter, the Eagles took control with three touchdowns. The first came on a trick play, with running back Keith Byars throwing a 9-yard pass to Heath Sherman.
The second came via the defense, with defensive end Clyde Simmons returning a fumble 18 yards. The final touchdown was another pass to Sherman, this time by quarterback Randall Cunningham. The Redskins would finish the scoring in the fourth quarter, with Brian Mitchell scoring on a one-yard run, but it would not lead to a comeback, with the Eagles winning During this game, eight Redskin players were injured, including starting quarterback Jeff Rutledge and backup Stan Humphries.
Washington, already playing without quarterbacks Mark Rypien who was injured earlier in the season and Gary Hogeboom inactive , had to end the game with rookie running back Brian Mitchell at quarterback. Following the Body Bag Game, the Philadelphia Eagles won five of their last seven under Cunningham, finished the season 10—6 and earned a wild card playoff berth, the fourth seed in the tough NFC. The Washington Redskins meanwhile also won five of their last seven to finish the season 10—6, losing the number four seed spot to the Eagles.
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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