Running back Clinton Portis did cartwheels and linebacker LaVar Arrington finally got to play as the Washington Redskins beat the San Francisco 49ers, 52-17 on Sunday. After five nail-biting games to start the season, the Redskins unloaded on the 49ers, scoring the most points in a game since their Super Bowl season in '91. The Redskins (4-2) led 35-7 at halftime, piled up 448 yards and scored on seven of their first nine possessions to snap a two-game losing streak. Mark Brunell completed 13 of 20 passes for 252 yards and three touchdowns. Mike Sellers caught scoring passes of 2 and 19 yards. Santana Moss had a 32-yard TD reception and maintained his torrid start with five passes for 112 yards, his fourth 100-yard game in five weeks.
Portis ran 19 times for 101 yards and scored his first three touchdowns of the season, a huge relief to a player who put some self-effacing humor into a scoreless season at practice last week by donning a wig and glasses that made him resemble Doc Brown from ``Back to the Future.'' Portis did little jigs after his first and third TDs and performed two cartwheels after his 1-yard score that made it 21-7 late in the second quarter. Arrington playing most of the game lead the team in tackles with 9(with 7 solo tackles) and got huge cheers from the crowd every time he made a play.
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