YOUNG LOOKS IT IN 49ERS ROMP; QUARTERBACK SHINES IN VICTORY : S.F. 45, WASHINGTON 10.

Byline: Joseph White Associated Press 

In his first NFL start, Trent Green gave a decent Steve Young impersonation. Unfortunately for the Washington Redskins, the real thing is off to the best start of his 14-year career.

Young threw three touchdowns passes to three receivers and ran for another score - a clever quarterback sneak that left $57 million tackles Dana Stubblefield and Dan Wilkinson on their knees - in the San Francisco 49ers' 45-10 victory Monday night.

``He was sharp in training camp in the offseason,'' San Francisco coach Steve Mariucci said. ``He's having fun and he's executing very well.''

It was the worst home loss for the Redskins since a 45-0 defeat to Philadelphia in 1948 and the worst loss in coach Norv Turner's five-year tenure. The Redskins (0-2) have given up 76 points in two games.

Picking apart one of the best secondaries in the league, Young completed 21 of 32 passes for 303 yards, giving him six TD passes and 666 yards after two weeks - his best two-game start ever. The 49ers (2-0), who have scored 74 points in the two games, might have run up more had they not committed nine penalties, including two false starts that killed an early drive.

On three consecutive drives in the first half, Young hit Terrell Owens over the middle for a 20-yard score, Irv Smith on the sideline for a 16-yard strike - set up by a 57-yard completion to Jerry Rice - and sneaked behind center Chris Dalman on a 3-yard score that split Wilkinson and ex-teammate Stubblefied and left them grasping air at the line of scrimmage.

In the second half, Young connected with Marc Edwards for a 2-yard TD. Garrison Hearst, who had 138 yards on 22 carries for his second consecutive 100-yard game, added a 5-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. Chuck Levy also weaved 21 yards for a score.

Green, given the No. 1 job after Gus Frerotte struggled and was injured last week, was 14 for 24 for 201 yards and used Young-like mobility to roll out and escape the 49ers' rush. He was 4 for 4 and hit Leslie Shepherd for a touchdown on the Redskins' opening drive and was 11 of 16 in the first half.

But the Redskins let the game slip away when they lost 10 points late in the second quarter because of frustratingly familiar gaffes from Michael Westbrook and Scott Blanton.

Westbrook, apparently retaliating for an earlier personal foul-face mask penalty against Antonio Langham, committed the same offense in return near the goal line to negate a touchdown pass to Shepherd. It was reminiscent of a Sunday night game last year against the Giants, when Westbrook yanked his helmet off to draw a personal foul penalty that cost vital field position in overtime.

After Westbrook's penalty, Blanton hit the left upright on a 34-yard field-goal attempt. Less than two minutes later, Blanton, who struggled to keep his job during training camp, hit the crossbar to miss a 47-yarder on the final play of the first half.

``They missed a couple of field goals, which I think hurt their momentum,'' Mariucci said.

With Green forced to play catchup in the second half, sacks and turnovers inevitably followed, and the final two quarters were played almost exclusively in the Redskins' half of the field. A tipped pass for an interception, a fumble and a bad punt all led to 49ers scores.

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PHOTO (Color) Washington quarterback Trent Green couldn't avoid Bryant Young or 'Skins' worst home loss since 1948

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