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1972 Washington Redskins

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1972 NFC Champions

Scored 336 points (24.0/g), 7th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 218 points (15.6/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 118 points (8.4/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-3.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 7th.

Coached by George Allen (11-3-0)

1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 18 box W 1-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 24 21 11 203 57 146 1 26 382 200 182 2
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 St. Louis Cardinals 24 10 19 272 91 181 16 219 140 79 3
3 Sun October 1 box L 2-1 @ New England Patriots 23 24 15 349 213 136 2 23 380 253 127 2
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 0 22 371 224 147 4 12 236 176 60 2
5 Sun October 15 box W 4-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 33 3 20 390 230 160 3 10 151 85 66 4
6 Sun October 22 box W 5-1 Dallas Cowboys 24 20 17 305 172 133 1 18 276 160 116 2
7 Sun October 29 box W 6-1 @ New York Giants 23 16 16 337 127 210 2 19 360 248 112 2
8 Sun November 5 box W 7-1 @ New York Jets 35 17 7 311 222 89 2 19 222 116 106 4
9 Sun November 12 box W 8-1 New York Giants 27 13 21 380 237 143 1 14 235 117 118 2
10 Mon November 20 box W 9-1 Atlanta Falcons 24 13 18 268 109 159 2 14 256 105 151 4
11 Sun November 26 box W 10-1 Green Bay Packers 21 16 16 281 149 132 1 12 187 67 120 1
12 Sun December 3 box W 11-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 7 19 325 155 170 9 120 54 66 1
13 Sat December 9 box L 11-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 34 19 312 169 143 4 14 307 61 246 1
14 Sun December 17 box L 11-3 Buffalo Bills 17 24 15 171 38 133 3 17 264 80 184 2
Playoffs
Division Sun December 24 box W 12-3 Green Bay Packers 16 3
ConfChamp Sun December 31 box W 13-3 Dallas Cowboys 26 3
SuperBowl Sun January 14 box L 13-4 N Miami Dolphins 7 14

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 336 4275 808 5.3 235 159 284 2193 21 15 7.4 106 513 2082 17 4.1 110 26 11 19
Team Defense 218 3595 829 4.3 351 186 367 1862 10 17 4.6 108 427 1733 12 4.1 223 32 15 20
Lg Rank Offense 7 11 14 23 12 3 8 2 6 10 6 14 3 8
Lg Rank Defense 3 4 9 21 6 3 16 4 4 7 10 13 14 10

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Billy Kilmer* 33 QB 12 10 7-3-0 120 225 53.3 1648 19 8.4 11 4.9 89 7.3 6.0 13.7 137.3 84.8 9 67 6.8 5.5 3.8
Sonny Jurgensen 38 7 4 4-0-0 39 59 66.1 633 2 3.4 4 6.8 36 10.7 8.0 16.2 90.4 84.9 2 21 10.0 7.4 3.3
Team Total 28.5 14 11-3-0 159 284 56.0 2281 21 7.4 15 5.3 89 8.0 6.4 14.3 162.9 84.8 11 88 7.4 5.9 3.7
Opp Total 14 186 367 50.7 1862 10 2.7 17 4.6 5.1 3.3 10.0 133.0 55.2 35 268 4.6 2.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Larry Brown*+ 25 RB 12 12 285 1216 8 38 4.3 101.3 23.8 32 473 14.8 4 89 2.7 39.4 1689 12 9
Charlie Harraway 28 FB 14 14 148 567 6 24 3.8 40.5 10.6 15 105 7.0 0 24 1.1 7.5 672 6 2
Herb Mul-Key 23 2 1 33 155 1 35 4.7 77.5 16.5 4 66 16.5 0 28 2.0 33.0 221 1 1
Bob Brunet 26 14 1 30 82 2 18 2.7 5.9 2.1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 90 2 1
George Nock 26 7 0 6 22 0 6 3.7 3.1 0.9 22 0 1
Sonny Jurgensen 38 7 4 4 -5 0 0 -1.3 -0.7 0.6 -5 0 4
Charley Taylor* 31 WR 14 14 3 39 0 17 13.0 2.8 0.2 49 673 13.7 7 70 3.5 48.1 712 7 1
Billy Kilmer* 33 QB 12 10 3 -3 0 1 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 -3 0 1
Jerry Smith 29 TE 14 14 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 21 353 16.8 7 34 1.5 25.2 362 7 0
Roy Jefferson 29 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 550 15.7 3 45 2.5 39.3 550 3 1
Mack Alston 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 53 26.5 0 36 0.1 3.8 53 0 0
Team Total 28.5 14 513 2082 17 38 4.1 148.7 36.6 159 2281 14.3 21 89 11.4 162.9 4363 38 27
Opp Total 14 427 1733 12 4.1 123.8 30.5 186 1862 10.0 10 13.3 133.0 3595 22 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Speedy Duncan 30 RET 8 0 11 70 0 18 6.4 15 364 0 41 24.3 434
Ted Vactor 28 RET 14 0 17 88 0 28 5.2 1 21 0 21 21.0 109
Alvin Haymond 30 4 0 6 1 0 6 0.2 10 291 0 41 29.1 292
Bob Brunet 26 14 1 8 190 0 45 23.8 280
Herb Mul-Key 23 2 1 8 209 0 44 26.1 430
Mike Bass 27 RCB 14 14 2 22 0 21 11.0 22
Rusty Tillman 26 14 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 6
Mike Fanucci 23 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Harold McLinton 25 MLB 13 8 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 28.5 14 34 159 0 28 4.7 48 1133 0 45 23.6 5655
Opp Total 14 19 0 53 1191 0 22.5

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Curt Knight 29 K 14 0 4 4 3 11 6 8 4 4 30 14 46.7% 41 40 97.6%
Mike Bragg 26 P 14 0 59 2273 62 0 38.5
Team Total 28.5 14 4 4 3 11 6 8 4 4 30 14 46.7% 41 40 97.6% 59 2273 62 0 38.5
Opp Total 14 33 19 57.6% 23 23 100.0% 69 2767 40.1

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Mack Alston 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Bass 27 RCB 14 14 3 53 0 29
Verlon Biggs 29 RDE 14 14 0 2 16 1
Larry Brown*+ 25 RB 12 12 9 3 0 0
Bob Brunet 26 14 1 1 0 0 0
Speedy Duncan 30 RET 8 0 1 8 0 8 2 1 0 0
Pat Fischer 32 LCB 14 14 4 61 0 35 0 1 0 0
Chris Hanburger*+ 31 RLB 14 14 4 98 1 41 0 2 0 0
Charlie Harraway 28 FB 14 14 2 0 0 0
Terry Hermeling 26 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Roy Jefferson 29 WR 14 14 1 1 0 0
Sonny Jurgensen 38 7 4 4 0 -9 0
Billy Kilmer* 33 QB 12 10 1 0 0 0
Paul Laaveg 24 LG 14 14 0 2 2 0
Bill Malinchak 28 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
Harold McLinton 25 MLB 13 8 2 22 0 19 0 1 0 0
Herb Mul-Key 23 2 1 1 0 0 0
George Nock 26 7 0 1 1 0 0
Brig Owens 29 SS 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Jack Pardee 36 LLB 13 13 0 2 0 0
Richie Petitbon 34 3 3 0 1 5 0
Myron Pottios 33 mlb 12 7 0 2 0 0
Walt Rock 31 RT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Ray Schoenke 31 12 0 0 1 0 0
Diron Talbert 28 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Charley Taylor* 31 WR 14 14 1 1 9 0
Rosey Taylor 35 FS 14 14 1 17 0 17
Ted Vactor 28 RET 14 0 1 28 0 28 4 2 0 0
Team Total 28.5 14 17 287 1 41 27 30 28 1 1
Opp Total 14 11 28 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Curt Knight 29 K 14 0 40 14 82
Larry Brown*+ 25 RB 12 12 8 4 72
Jerry Smith 29 TE 14 14 7 42
Charley Taylor* 31 WR 14 14 7 42
Charlie Harraway 28 FB 14 14 6 36
Roy Jefferson 29 WR 14 14 3 18
Bob Brunet 26 14 1 2 12
Bill Malinchak 28 6 0 1 1 8
Mike Bass 27 RCB 14 14 1 6
Verlon Biggs 29 RDE 14 14 1 6
Chris Hanburger*+ 31 RLB 14 14 1 6
Herb Mul-Key 23 2 1 1 6
Team Total 28.5 14 17 21 1 1 2 40 14 1 336
Opp Total 14 12 10 23 19 218