DATE: Monday, November 3, 1997              TAG: 9711030073
SECTION: SPORTS                  PAGE: C9   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: BY JIM DUCIBELLA, STAFF WRITER 

                                            LENGTH:   52 lines

REDSKIN REPORT CARD

THE GOOD: Everything the Redskins tried; their average gain per play was 6.2 yards. The retooled offensive line owned the line of scrimmage. Terry Allen ran like he'd never missed a play, let alone the last two weeks. QB Gus Frerotte played his best game of the season. Defense? Held Raymont Harris to 43 yards and didn't allow a touchdown until just five minutes remained in the game. Of course, that unit was helped by an offense so efficient, and ahead by so much, so early, that the Bears didn't get to run nearly as much as they planned.

THE BAD: Stephen Davis was wide open coming out of the backfield and dropped a perfect pass from Frerotte when he tried to make a one-handed grab. For the Redskins, that was about it. . . Darrell Green's pass coverage in the second half. Maybe he was so relaxed by the lopsided nature of the score that he didn't care about getting a shutout. That's how it looked.

THE UGLY: Curtis Conway's tirade against field judge Don Carey after Carey missed a pass-interference against Chris Dishman near the Redskins end zone. First, Conway gave Carey a mini-shove, then ripped off his helmet and threw it across the field. He was assessed two unsportsmanlike-conduct penalties, totalling 30 yards, and ejected from the game. The 30-yard penalty moved the Bears from the Washington 16 to the 46, taking them out of field goal range. After the game, Bears LB Bryan Cox - an expert at fines - estimated Conway's tantrum would cost him $15,000.

TURNING POINT: There wasn't one. The Redskins scored on their first three possessions and four of their first five.

AND DON'T FORGET: Allen took himself out of the game after 20 carries for 125 yards. That was late in the third quarter. He might have had a 200-yard day had he stayed on the field.

UNSUNG HEROES: FB Larry Bowie. He's become a better-than-average pass receiver and blocker. Sunday, he scored a touchdown on a 5-yard run and caught four passes for 53 yards.

NUMBERS CRUNCHING: 13,912 - Number of no-shows at Soldier Field Sunday, leaving the Bears with a crowd of 53,032. . . 30 - Terry Allen's gain on his first carry of the game. . . 6.3 - What Allen averaged per rush. . . 2 - Number of touchdown passes Redskins TE James Jenkins now has. . . 2nd - Where Brian Mitchell stands on the league's all-time kickoff return list, behind only Mel Gray. He got there after his first return Sunday. . . 1 - The number of touchdowns Larry Bowie has scored in his NFL career. He got it from five yards out Sunday. . . 599 - The Bears' all-time victory total. Had they won Sunday, they would have been the first NFL team to reach 600. . . 0 - Number of catches Washington receivers other than Leslie Shepherd had Sunday.

INJURIES: Just two. DE Kelvin Kinney (sprained ankle), S Leomont Evans (bruised knee). Neither is considered serious.

NEXT OPPONENT: The Redskins host the Detroit Lions Sunday at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium.

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