FYI: Washington Redskins at New England Patriots

Thursday, October 25th, 2007...12:09 pm by Lee Gibbons

FYI: Washington Redskins at New England Patriots

WASHINGTON REDSKINS (4-2) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-0)

SERIES

	REDSKINS	PATRIOTS
SERIES LEADER	6-1
STREAKS	Past 6
COACHES VS. OPP.	Gibbs: 3-0	Belichick: 0-2
LAST WEEK	W 21-19 vs. Cardinals	W 49-28 at Dolphins
LAST GAME	9/28/03: Patriots 17 at Redskins 20. Washington RBs Ladell Betts & Rock Cartwright each score 1 rushing TD apiece in 3rd quarter as Redskins improve to 3-1.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/13/96: Redskins 27, Patriots 22. Washington QB Gus Frerotte passes for 280 yards & 2 TDs, including 13-yard score to WR Henry Ellard.
BROADCAST	FOX (4:15 PM ET): Kenny Albert, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 107 (Was.), 130 (NE).

STATS

PASSING	J. Campbell: 100-168-1,181-5-5-78.5	T. Brady: 169-229-2,125 (1L)-27 (1L)-2-137.9 (1L)
RUSHING	Portis: 104-406-3.9-5 (T1C)	Morris: 85-384-4.5-3
RECEIVING	Randle El: 23-422-18.3-0	Welker: 47 (3L)-524-11.1-5
OFFENSE	304.5	432.9 (1L)
TAKE/GIVE	+2	+8 (2L)
DEFENSE	276.8 (1C)	274.9
SACKS	Carter: 5.0	Vrabel: 3.5
INTs	Taylor: 5 (1L)	Samuel, Seau: 3
PUNTING	Frost: 42.1	Hanson: 40.3
KICKING	Suisham: 34 (13/13 PAT; 7/10 FG)	Gostkowski: 63 (T2C) (36/36 PAT; 9/10 FG)

NOTES

REDSKINS: Have won 6 in row vs. NE & head coach JOE GIBBS has perfect 3-0 mark vs. Patriots…QB JASON CAMPBELL has 15 TD passes in 13 career starts…In 2 career meetings (with Den.), RB CLINTON PORTIS has 222 rush yards (111 per game) with 3 TDs. When Portis has 100+ rush yards, his teams are 25-8 (.758). Had 2 TDs last week. In 9 games with 20+ carries, RB LADELL BETTS has 1,087 yards (120.8 per game). Had rush TD in last meeting…TE CHRIS COOLEY has TD in 4 of past 5. Has 23 TDs since entering NFL in 2004, most in NFC among TEs. WR SANTANA MOSS had TD catch in last game vs. NE (with NYJ). Incl. playoffs, WR-PR ANTWAAN RANDLE EL has 22 TDs (11 rec., 6 PR, 4 pass, 1 KR)…S SEAN TAYLOR has INT in 4 games in row (5 INTs). DE ANDRE CARTER has 9 sacks in past 11. Has 3 sacks in past 4 vs. AFC. LB LONDON FLETCHER had 27-yard INT-TD last week. Had sack in last game vs. NE (10/22/06 with Buf.)…PATRIOTS: Under BILL BELICHICK, team is 4-1 (.800) against NFC East & 21-8 (.724) vs. NFC…Club has won 10 straight regular-season games dating back to ’06…Since ’03, team is 18-3 (.857) in October…QB TOM BRADY has 2+ TD passes in 56 of 101 career starts (55.4 pct.). Has 3+ TDs & 100+ passer rating in all 7 games in ’07. Last week, Brady set club record for single-game passer rating with perfect 158.3 mark vs. Mia… RB LAURENCE MARONEY is averaging 70.7 rushing yards-per-game in ’07 (283 yards in 4 games)…WR RANDY MOSS has scored TD in 6 of 7 games & is NFL leader with 10 rec. TDs. WR WES WELKER aims for 3rd straight game with 100 receiving yards & 2 TDs. WR DONTE’ STALLWORTH aims for 4th consecutive game with TD…Team is 35-3 (.921) since 2000 when defense records 2+ INTs…With 1 sack vs. Mia., S RODNEY HARRISON (30.5 sacks, 32 INTs) became 1st player in league history with 30 INTs & 30 sacks.