Second and loss, Elway throws Marshall, comes up with the football, and Wilbur Marshall has scored. That ball didn't hit the ground, huh? No. What a football player is Wilbur Marshall. That was a tip at a screen. He tips it and catches it, and goes in to make it 16-3. It might have bounced off one of his old guys. It bounced off one of his teammates' helmet right back into his hand. Top of your screen, number 58. Gets the hand up, they're trying to set up the screen. Gaston Green looking for the ball, Marshall with the tip. Boom, it bounces off somebody right into the arms of Marshall. That is marvelous, marvelous work by Wilbur Marshall. The pressure, the bat, and then the concentration, and the athletic ability to reach down while you're running, behind you, and get the ball. That's why the Redskins paid a dear price to get Wilbur Marshall to number one. That's right. Not many players in this game, though, guys, are capable of those types of plays. And he'll play wherever you put him. He was a weak side linebacker for three years, and they moved him over to play the strong side because Andre Collins came in and would work better on the weak side. He quietly accepted that, and has just made one of so many great plays. He's also joined, you know, in baseball, they talk about the 20-20 club and the 30-30, et cetera, et cetera, with home runs and steals. He has become the charter member of the 20-20 club. He is the first man in the history of the league to have at least 20 sacks and at least 20 interceptions. And this is 20 right here. Well, give Richie Pettibone credit for something when he sees an alignment that's going to force Gaston Green to try to block Wilbur Marshall. Forget it. Rush Marshall 10 times. He will make a play 10 times. You are asking too much of Green, who's 5'11", 192 pounds, and not a real stiff back in terms of his blocking ability. He is not going to keep this guy from the quarterback. No way. That's where a defensive coordinator and his scheme and what he has called and what his defense executes is a lot of times unnoticed by people. 17-3, Washington, as Lowell Miller's check taken by Montgomery, and he brings it out to the 26-yard line. Goodyear Blimp looking into RFK Stadium in Washington. Goodyear Blimp, spirit of Akron providing the scenics and the Redskins. Thrilling another capacity crowd here with a 17-point first quarter. They're saying that Jim Lachey-Watt has a sprained right knee, and there's a good sign. He's standing. His return is questionable. Of course, the Broncos right now are in a world of hurt. 17-3 from the 26-yard line now. Elway throws underneath. Catch is made by Green. Tackle immediately made by Govea. We talked about Wilbur Marshall, and earlier we talked about the equal aplomb with which he both rushes and goes back into coverage. He becomes, as we say, the charter member of the 2020 club. It does go in with an asterisk, though. Sacks were not recorded by the league until 1982, so there could have been some people in earlier years who would have been members, but he is the first official member. That's the quarter, and a pretty good quarter for the Washington Redskins. They lead by 14 and will return to Monday Night Football after this message and a word from our ABC Save. We start the second quarter at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. As you look at the White House, Al Michaels with Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf, Redskins lead 17-3. The Broncos have a second and seven at their own 30-yard line as the second quarter commences. There's an Elway drop back and flip over the middle for a first down to Mark Jackson. He is one of the remaining three amigos. The field is gone, but Jackson's still here, and Vance Johnson as well. ABC's Monday Night Football is being brought to you by the GM Card, the new financial vehicle. Did you notice on that pass, even though it was a completion to Jackson, Elway ends up flat on his back. And the first quarter's stats are reminding you of who's been dominating this game. Twenty-seven total yards for Denver. Elway's been sacked 19 times this season. Green that time, hit by Govea, who's been a busy man in the middle after a short game. It's been a problem for the Broncos and other teams trying to compete with the teams from the NFC East. It's clearly recognized as the most dominant conference in football. The Broncos were just pasted by the Eagles a couple weeks ago, and they wanted to prove themselves against the Redskins to show that that manhandling by Philadelphia was an aberration more than anything else. Not the best way to get started tonight to try to change that. Second and ten at the 42-yard line. Elway throws. That's caught by Jackson again. He's a little short of the first down as he crosses midfield. Marshall in on the tackle, and it will be third down and a yard and a half at the 49 of the Redskins. The pacing you were talking about, Dan, was a 30-to-nothing aberration. And Elway had to leave the game late in the game. Eight of 18 and under 60 yards for the night. I think Denver's hoping it was an aberration. Lewis and Rivers on the running back. Lewis the tailback on this third and short, and here goes Lewis, and he spins his way. And Mayhew is the guy at the bottom of the tile. Washington has it. They used a term last week talking about the Eagles and how they will go into a frenzy early if you make mistakes. Well, they're not the only team in the league that will go into a frenzy. The Redskins are putting a frenzy job on the Denver Broncos right now. And Wilbur Marshall was right in the middle of the action there. He may have been the guy who forced that fumble. Wilbur going after a Seth Joyner-type game for a linebacker on Monday night. Lewis going up, and here comes Wilbur. He knocked it out. You're right. He stuck the right hand in there and knocked it out. From the 49-yard line, Irvins picks up eight tackled by Atwater. I think he only goes five-seven. He was running about five-one there. The sliding under tackles broke about three of them. Let's take a look at him again. He runs low to the ground, low center of gravity. Look at that. He slips right through. One of the good tacklers in the league, Dennis Smith, gets away from another tackle of Michael Brooks. And finally, the other safety, Steve Atwater, makes the stop. This was the matchup that we had in Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. It was Timmy Smith that day. Here's Irvins again, but the results are looking very similar. Denver led that one 10-0, and the next thing you know it was 35-10. Redskins at the half and 42-10 at the final gun. There was Doug Williams, a quarterback. Timmy Smith. Timmy Smith. Few players have evaporated as quickly as he did from the NFL scene. What do you have, 205, 206 yards? I believe 204. Still a Super Bowl record, and Ricky Sanders had over 200 yards in reception. First down from the 35, and Irvins gets tackled by Crowell and Smith after a pickup of about two. We have 11 and a half minutes to go in the half, and the Redskins on top 17-3. There's a genuine player. Mike Crowell, another one there, and Dennis Smith. Mike Crowell, the number one draft pick a year ago out of Nebraska. Fourth player taking in the draft, and he just gets better with every game he plays. And I think old Moe Ellen Awibi is in at left tackle for Jim Lachey. He's in there somewhere. He's finally in there. He's been on the roster for two and a half years, and this is his first ever appearance. Second and eight. Irvins picks up about a yard. Moe Ellen Awibi has been on injured reserve for two years. Redskins are noted for that, keeping guys on IR for a while. He either quarterback Mark Rippen a couple years of his first two years. So he absorbed what was going on. Moe Awibi, out of Brigham Young, finally makes his first NFL appearance. And it was born in Nigeria. Third and eight at the 33-yard line. Lunk in motion. Rippen throws underneath to Irvins, and then Irvins can fight his way only to the 29-yard line. Short of the first down, Brooks and Kroll converge on the tackle. And so you're looking at about a 47-yard field goal attempt for Lowmiller. Very conservative call on the part of Joe Gibbs. Long yardage, and he throws to the back out of the backfield. And it was the intended receiver, as Rippen didn't even take his eyes off Irvins coming out of the backfield. But here's a place where the Redskins love to run a fake field goal, too. Fourth and three is a 46-yard Lowmiller attempt. Rutledge puts it down. And Lowmiller hit it straight, but a little short. This is not the Lowmiller that we recall. No. Right on target, but not enough. 9.30 to go, and it's still 17-3. A little moonlighting there. There's Croson from the 28-yard line. Here's Elway. And he's run out of bounds by Wilson. Up and open down field. Very unusual for Elway's receivers. None of them, although they saw him in trouble, came back to him. Deep down field, they continued on their patterns. Elway had nowhere to put the football. There is Darrell Green in the jacket behind A.J. Johnson. Johnson injured, but he'll play tonight in the nickel. A look at the finger of Johnson. He suffered a compound fracture. He had thought about putting him on an injured reserve, and he said, uh-uh, I can play. Meanwhile, Green is probably done for the season. He broke his arm in week two. Second and ten, Elway throws. Catch is made by Sharp. He's tackled at the 30-yard line. Andre Collins is there. And it will be third, and let's call it the seventh. John Elway got some good news. His father, Jack, signed on with the Denver Broncos as a scout. He's actually going to go on the road and check out the team the Broncos are going to play on the next week. John's father was former coach at Stanford and other schools, now in Denver with the Broncos. Not been in the Old World Football League. The Frankfurt Galaxy, I believe. On third down and seven, Elway throws to Sharp, and Sharp fights but can't make the first down. Comes up about three yards short. Tackle is made at the 35-yard line, and the Broncos are forced to punt. Mayhew is there to finish off the play. Redskins turning this to blitz once again. Elway had no choice, couldn't look downfield. Had to go to the checkoff man. It was Sharp, and he's short of the first down. So the Broncos keep struggling offensively. Remember, last week they scored two touchdowns in the last two minutes to beat Kansas City. Before that, they hadn't scored in 12 quarters, hadn't scored a touchdown. Physically, guys, they just don't seem to be capable to pound out a physical ball control drive. When it has to be done by passing a football to continually get your first down, you're not going to do it with a great deal of consistency. Moran punt, fair caught at the 23-yard line. Denver hasn't gotten a lot of respect despite a 4-1 start, but if you go back to the third week of last season, they've got the best record in the National Football League at 15-4, and the Redskins are second, and Buffalo is 15-5 since week three of 91. Tonight it's been the Redskins by 14 to this point as Irvins on first down picks up a first down and is run out of bounds after a pick-up of about 11, and a flag is thrown at the end of the play. Wyman Henderson is the guy, I think, who is the recipient of the penalty. If you're Wyman Henderson, it's one thing to get 15 yards for a personal foul, which is what he's going to get, but if you're going to get the 15 yards, at least be the guy that delivers the blow. Wyman Henderson is going to get it put to him by Ricky Irvin. Personal foul, unnecessary roughness, late hit, number 24 defense, 15 to the dead ball spot, first down. That's getting the worst of both ends of the stick. Couldn't very well call it on Ricky Irvin's, could they? Irvin's a third-round draft pick in 91, a real steal for the Redskins. He had an injury problem his senior year at USC. He had a great junior year, and he went in the third round. He's turned into a real find. Redskins first down at the 47. Irvins tackled by Braxton. He picks up another four and takes it to the 44-yard line.