Rams Beat Commanders 20-13 for Third Straight Win: Nacua Catches 14 Passes for 150 Yards as Garrett Records Three Sacks in Return
The Los Angeles Rams beat the Washington Commanders 20-13 on Sunday at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, winning their third straight game to improve to 5-4, while Washington fell to 2-5-1 in a Week 9 NFL matchup.
Trailing 10-6 at halftime, the Rams opened the second half with a 69-yard drive. Matthew Stafford hit Puka Nacua for gains of 12 and 15 yards, Blake Corum carried three straight times for 28 yards, and Corum scored from the 1-yard line to put Los Angeles ahead 13-10. Washington tied it at 13 on Drew Stevens' 41-yard field goal after Nick Cross intercepted Stafford.
In the fourth quarter, Stafford led a 12-play, 65-yard go-ahead drive, finding Nacua for 19 yards on third-and-11 before Nacua made a leaping 7-yard touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone with 12:51 left. Washington's last two drives ended on a third-down sack and, in the final 52 seconds, at the Rams' 31-yard line.
Stafford finished 26-of-43 for 228 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Nacua caught 14 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown and added 20 rushing yards, finishing three catches short of his career-best 17. Defensive end Myles Garrett, playing for the first time since Week 1, recorded three sacks and forced a fumble. Jayden Daniels was 24-of-35 for 274 yards and a touchdown for Washington, which has not won consecutive regular-season games since the final five games of 2024. Both teams play again on November 15.
Source: Reuters
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Photo: 图：马里兰州 Landover 的 Northwest Stadium（指挥官主场）夜景。Dissident93 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。/ Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, home of the Commanders, at night. Photo by Dissident93, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
