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Portis Lifts Washington To OT Win

The Associated Press

Published: November 5, 2007

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After Clinton Portis ran all over the New York Jets, Shaun Suisham kicked the Washington Redskins to victory.

Suisham tied a franchise record with his fifth field goal, a 46-yarder with 7:43 left in overtime, to give the Redskins a 23-20 win Sunday.

Portis rushed for 196 yards and a touchdown on 36 carries as Washington (5-3) beat New York for the eighth time in nine meetings. The Redskins, who won their second overtime game of the season after beating Miami in the season opener, had to erase a 14-point deficit in this one to win.

The Jets (1-8) tied it at 20 with 10 seconds left in regulation on Mike Nugent's 30-yard field goal, but New York couldn't do much after getting a 39-yard reception by Jerricho Cotchery to open OT.

Washington stuck to the ground on its first possession as Portis gained 37 of his yards on the drive to get the Redskins into field-goal position. Suisham, who also had kicks of 46, 40, 22 and 40 yards, nailed the winning kick as the ball made it just over the crossbar.

The loss, the Jets' sixth straight, spoiled a valiant effort by new starting quarterback Kellen Clemens. He was 23-for-42 for 226 yards and a TD.

Washington	3	6	3	8	3	-	23
N.Y. Jets	10	7	0	3	0	-	20

First Quarter

NYJ-L.Washington 86 kickoff return (Nugent kick), 14:47.

Was-FG Suisham 46, 9:54.

NYJ-FG Nugent 29, 1:58.

Second Quarter

NYJ-Kowalewski 1 pass from Clemems (Nugent kick), 9:21.

Was-FG Suisham 40, 5:28.

Was-FG Suisham 22, :55.

Third Quarter

WAS-FG Suisham 40, 10:49.

Fourth Quarter

WAS-Portis 1 run (Randle El pass from J.Campbell), 11:06.

NYJ-FG Nugent 30, :10.

Overtime

Was-FG Suisham 46, 7:43.

A-76,663.

	Was	NY
First downs	23	23
Total Net Yards	431	338
Rushes-yards	48-296	26-124
Passing	135	214
Punt Returns	1-7	1-3
Kickoff Returns	4-104	5-170
Interceptions Ret.	0-0	1-1
Comp-Att-Int	12-23-1	23-42-0
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-7	3-12
Punts	2-41.0	3-41.7
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	1-1
Penalties-Yards	5-50	5-40
Time of Possession	36:13	31:04

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Washington, Portis 36-196, Betts 9-64, J.Campbell 2-31, Sellers 1-5. N.Y. Jets, T.Jones 13-49, Clemens 7-48, L.Washington 4-13, Cotchery 1-11, Davis 1-3.

PASSING-Washington, J.Campbell 12-23-1-142. N.Y. Jets, Clemens 23-42-0-226.

RECEIVING-Washington, Cooley 4-58, Moss 4-49, Sellers 3-21, Randle El 1-14. N.Y. Jets, Cotchery 5-90, Baker 4-42, B.Smith 4-27, L.Washington 4-18, McCareins 3-32, T.Jones 2-16, Kowalewski 1-1.

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