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1972 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Allen (11-3-0)

Points For: 336 (24.0/g) 7th of 26

Points Against: 218 (15.6/g) 3rd of 26

Expected W-L: 10.3-3.7

SRS: 6.33 (6th of 26), SOS: -2.10

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 16-3 vs. Green Bay Packers
Won Conference Championship 26-3 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Lost Super Bowl 7-14 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Ted Marchibroda

Defensive Coordinator: LaVern Torgeson

Other Notable Asst.: Ralph Hawkins (Defensive Backs), Marv Levy (Special Teams), Mike McCormack (Offensive Line), Charlie Waller (Offensive Backfield) and Charley Winner (Defensive Coach)

Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

President/Partial Owner: Edward Bennett Williams

Partial Owner: Jack Kent Cooke

Head Coach/General Manager: George Allen

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

1972 NFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	336	4275	808	5.3	26	11	235	159	284	2193	21	15	7.4	106	513	2082	17	4.1	110	78	721	19
Opp. Stats	218	3595	829	4.3	32	15	223	186	367	1862	10	17	4.6	108	427	1733	12	4.1	95	64	568	20
Lg Rank Offense	7	11			3	8	14		23	12	3	8	2		6	10	6	14
Lg Rank Defense	3	4			14	10	9		21	6	3	16	4		4	7	10	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	24	21	11	203	57	146	1	26	382	200	182	2
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		St. Louis Cardinals	24	10	19	272	91	181		16	219	140	79	3
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	New England Patriots	23	24	15	349	213	136	2	23	380	253	127	2
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Philadelphia Eagles	14	0	22	371	224	147	4	12	236	176	60	2
5	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	33	3	20	390	230	160	3	10	151	85	66	4
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Dallas Cowboys	24	20	17	305	172	133	1	18	276	160	116	2
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	New York Giants	23	16	16	337	127	210	2	19	360	248	112	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1	@	New York Jets	35	17	7	311	222	89	2	19	222	116	106	4
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1		New York Giants	27	13	21	380	237	143	1	14	235	117	118	2
10	Mon	November 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	13	18	268	109	159	2	14	256	105	151	4
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1		Green Bay Packers	21	16	16	281	149	132	1	12	187	67	120	1
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	7	19	325	155	170		9	120	54	66	1
13	Sat	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	34	19	312	169	143	4	14	307	61	246	1
14	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-3		Buffalo Bills	17	24	15	171	38	133	3	17	264	80	184	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 24	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3		Green Bay Packers	16	3	13	232	94	138	1	10	211	133	78	1
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 31	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3		Dallas Cowboys	26	3	16	316	194	122	1	8	169	73	96	1
SuperBowl	Sun	January 14	3:50PM ET	boxscore	L		13-4	N	Miami Dolphins	7	14	16	228	87	141	3	12	253	69	184	2

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	12	10	7-3-0	120	225	53.3	1648	19	8.4	11	4.9	89	7.3	6.81	13.7	137.3	84.8	9	67	3.85	6.76	6.26	1	2	PB,AP MVP-6
2	Sonny Jurgensen	38	QB	7	4	4-0-0	39	59	66.1	633	2	3.4	4	6.8	36	10.7	8.36	16.2	90.4	84.9	2	21	3.28	10.03	7.74	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	159	284	56.0	2193	21	7.4	15	5.3	89	8.0	6.82	14.3	156.6	84.8	11	88	3.73	7.43	6.57	2	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	3	3	2-1-0	35	60	58.3	398	3	5.0	3	5.0	51	6.6	5.38	11.4	132.7	74.2	3	23	4.76	5.95	4.76	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	35	60	58.3	375	3	5.0	3	5.0	76	10.8	5.00	13.9	125.0	148.6	3	23	4.76	10.78	13.00

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	317	5.3	1689	12	9	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	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	52	13.7	712	7	1	PB
3	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	163	4.1	672	6	2
4	Roy Jefferson	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	550	15.7	3	45	2.5	39.3	35	15.7	550	3	1
5	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	22	16.5	362	7	0
6	Herb Mul-Key	23	RB	2	1	33	155	1	35	4.7	77.5	16.5	4	66	16.5	0	28	2.0	33.0	37	6.0	221	1	1
7	Bob Brunet	26	RB	14	1	30	82	2	18	2.7	5.9	2.1	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.6	31	2.9	90	2	1
8	Mack Alston	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	53	26.5	0	36	0.1	3.8	2	26.5	53	0	0
9	George Nock	26	RB	7	0	6	22	0	6	3.7	3.1	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.7	22	0	1
10	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	12	10	3	-3	0	1	-1.0	-0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-1.0	-3	0	1	PB,AP MVP-6
11	Sonny Jurgensen	38	QB	7	4	4	-5	0		-1.3	-0.7	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-1.3	-5	0	4
	Team Totals			14	14	513	2082	17	38	4.1	148.7	36.6	159	2281	14.3	21	89	11.4	162.9	672	6.5	4363	38	27

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Larry Brown	25	RB	3	3	77	261	0	13	3.4	87.0	25.7	7	42	6.0	0	12	2.3	14.0	84	3.6	303	0	3
2	Charley Taylor	31	WR	3	3	1	8	0	8	8.0	2.7	0.3	11	182	16.5	2	51	3.7	60.7	12	15.8	190	2	0
3	Roy Jefferson	29	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	153	12.8	1	32	4.0	51.0	12	12.8	153	1	0
4	Charlie Harraway	28	FB	3	3	31	90	0	9	2.9	30.0	10.3	4	10	2.5	0	7	1.3	3.3	35	2.9	100	0	0
5	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	3	3	6	36	0	9	6.0	12.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	6.0	36	0	1
6	Jerry Smith	29	TE	1	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	2	8.5	17	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	116	401	0	16	3.5	133.7	38.7	35	398	11.4	3	51	11.7	132.7	151	5.3	799	3	4

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Bass	27	RCB	14	14	3	53	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
2	Verlon Biggs	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	1	8.0	0
3	Pat Fischer	32	LCB	14	14	4	61	0	35	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Chris Hanburger	31	RLB	14	14	4	98	1	41	0	2	0	0	3.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
5	Charlie Harraway	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Terry Hermeling	26	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Roy Jefferson	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Paul Laaveg	24	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
9	Ron McDole	33	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
10	Walt Rock	31	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Diron Talbert	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0
12	Charley Taylor	31	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Rosey Taylor	35	FS	14	14	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jack Pardee	36	LLB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0	AP DPoY-9
15	Larry Brown	25	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
16	Brig Owens	29	SS	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Brundige	24	LDT	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
18	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	12	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP MVP-6
19	Harold McLinton	25	MLB	13	8	2	22	0	19	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Myron Pottios	33	MLB	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Sonny Jurgensen	38	QB	7	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	-9	0	0.0	0
22	Manny Sistrunk	25	DT	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Richie Petitbon	34	DB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Brunet	26	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Herb Mul-Key	23	RB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mack Alston	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Speedy Duncan	30	DB	8	0	1	8	0	8	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jimmie Jones	25	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
29	Bill Malinchak	28	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
30	George Nock	26	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Ray Schoenke	31	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Ted Vactor	28	DB	14	0	1	28	0	28	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	0	1		27	16	28	1	35	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Verlon Biggs	29	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	2	0
2	Larry Brown	25	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Chris Hanburger	31	RLB	2	2	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Ron McDole	33	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.3	0	0
5	Diron Talbert	28	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	4	0
6	Mike Bass	27	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	49	1	0.0	2	0
7	Bill Brundige	24	LDT	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
8	Billy Kilmer	33	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-14	0	0.0	0	0
9	Brig Owens	29	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0
10	Jack Pardee	36	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
11	Jerry Smith	29	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3						4	0	0	1	7	35	0