Three Field Goals by Lohmiller Give Washington a Win

NEW ORLEANS —  Washington kicker Chip Lohmiller enjoyed one of his best performances Sunday while Morten Andersen struggled through one of his worst.

Lohmiller kicked three field goals and Gerald Riggs scored a touchdown on a nine-yard run as the Washington Redskins rallied for a 16-14 victory Sunday over the New Orleans Saints.

Andersen, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, missed two field goals, including a 36-yarder with 2:34 left to play. He also missed 52-yard kick in the third quarter, giving him a 3-7 mark for the season, well off his 78% career mark.

“Andersen is too good a kicker for that to happen,” Lohmiller said. “He’ll bounce back. It felt good to come in and kick against him. It felt real good to have a game like this and help the team.”

Two of Lohmiller’s field goals came after Saint turnovers--a fumble by Eric Martin recovered by A.J. Johnson at the New Orleans 29-yard line on the second play of the game and a muffed punt by Derrick Shepard in the fourth quarter recovered by Dave Harbour on the Saints 18.

Washington (2-2) lost a yard on three tries on the first possession, and Lohmiller kicked a 48-yard field goal. The Redskins drove to a first-and-goal at the four-yard line after the recovery of Shepard’s fumble, but three rushes gained three yards, and Lohmiller kicked the winning field goal from 18 yards.

He also hit a 19-yarder in the third quarter when Washington could get only nine yards after a first-and-goal from the 10-yard line.

Riggs’ touchdown capped a four-play, 66-yard drive in a 10-point third quarter for the Redskins.

The Saints’ touchdowns were an 11-yard pass from Bobby Hebert to Lonzell Hill in the first quarter and a three-yard run by Dalton Hilliard in the second quarter.

Riggs, averaging almost six yards a carry and just under 120 yards a game, was held to 50 yards in 18 rushes. He had only 11 yards in 10 carries at halftime as New Orleans built a 14-3 lead.