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1979 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 3rd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Pardee (10-6-0)

Points For: 348 (21.8/g) 10th of 28

Points Against: 295 (18.4/g) 10th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5

SRS: 2.48 (12th of 28), SOS: -0.84

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Walton

Defensive Coordinator: Richard Urich

Other Notable Asst.: George Dickson (Linebackers), Fred O'Connor (Offensive Backs) and Richie Petitbon (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Majority Owner: Jack Kent Cooke

General Manager: Bobby Beathard

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +30000

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

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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	348	4904	1044	4.7	25	10	298	235	401	2576	20	15	5.9	144	609	2328	17	3.8	126	86	749	28
Opp. Stats	295	5146	1058	4.9	47	21	320	234	470	2992	18	26	5.8	165	541	2154	21	4.0	126	76	617	29
Lg Rank Offense	10	18			1	1	16		23	22	9	3	13		4	12	11	20
Lg Rank Defense	10	17			2	5	21		17	18	11	5	14		17	12	19	14

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	Sun	September 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Houston Oilers	27	29	14	246	104	142	3	21	365	166	199	3
2	Sun	September 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Detroit Lions	27	24	23	321	139	182	2	20	374	157	217	6
3	Mon	September 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New York Giants	27	0	22	282	141	141	2	13	206	93	113	2
4	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	7	11	191	91	100	1	23	376	281	95	5
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	16	7	20	359	228	131	1	14	156	86	70	3
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	28	22	318	157	161	1	22	352	143	209
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Cleveland Browns	13	9	13	310	221	89	1	21	304	137	167	3
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Philadelphia Eagles	17	7	20	327	116	211	3	12	200	139	61	4
9	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3		New Orleans Saints	10	14	15	225	47	178	1	14	233	131	102	2
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	38	17	237	149	88	4	26	545	372	173	3
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	22	327	173	154	1	23	331	184	147	4
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Dallas Cowboys	34	20	19	306	202	104		27	384	299	85	5
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	New York Giants	6	14	12	225	104	121	1	16	267	74	193	1
14	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		Green Bay Packers	38	21	24	437	242	195	1	19	274	178	96	3
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		Cincinnati Bengals	28	14	23	420	295	125	2	22	345	232	113
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Dallas Cowboys	34	35	21	373	167	206	1	27	434	320	114	3

Passing

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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	Joe Theismann	30	QB	16	16	10-6-0	233	395	59.0	2797	20	5.1	13	3.3	62	7.1	6.61	12.0	174.8	83.9	34	263	7.93	5.91	5.48	3	4
2	Buddy Hardeman	25	RB	10	0		1	2	50.0	30	0	0.0	1	50.0	30	15.0	-7.50	30.0	3.0	56.2	0	0	0.00	15.00	-7.50	0	0
3	Kim McQuilken	28	QB	3	0		1	4	25.0	12	0	0.0	1	25.0	12	3.0	-8.25	12.0	4.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	3.00	-8.25	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	235	401	58.6	2576	20	5.0	15	3.7	62	7.1	5.74	12.1	161.0	81.5	34	263	7.82	5.92	5.29	3	4

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	John Riggins	30	FB	16	15	260	1153	9	66	4.4	72.1	16.3	28	163	5.8	3	23	1.8	10.2	288	4.6	1316	12	5
2	Clarence Harmon	24	RB	16	1	65	267	0	18	4.1	16.7	4.1	32	434	13.6	5	40	2.0	27.1	97	7.2	701	5	3
3	Danny Buggs	26	WR	16	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	46	631	13.7	1	45	2.9	39.4	46	13.7	631	1	0
4	Benny Malone	27	RB	16	16	176	472	3	14	2.7	29.5	11.0	13	137	10.5	1	55	0.8	8.6	189	3.2	609	4	1
5	Ricky Thompson	25	WR	15	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	368	16.7	4	35	1.5	24.5	22	16.7	368	4	0
6	John McDaniel	28	WR	15	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	357	14.3	2	62	1.7	23.8	25	14.3	357	2	0
7	Buddy Hardeman	25	RB	10	0	31	124	0	22	4.0	12.4	3.1	21	197	9.4	1	41	2.1	19.7	52	6.2	321	1	4
8	Don Warren	23	TE	16	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	303	11.7	0	23	1.6	18.9	26	11.7	303	0	0
9	Ike Forte	25	RB	11	0	25	125	1	20	5.0	11.4	2.3	10	105	10.5	0	22	0.9	9.5	35	6.6	230	1	3
10	Joe Theismann	30	QB	16	16	46	181	4	22	3.9	11.3	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	46	3.9	181	4	3
11	Jean Fugett	28	TE	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	128	12.8	3	30	0.9	11.6	10	12.8	128	3	1
12	Bobby Hammond	27	RB	5	0	2	5	0	3	2.5	1.0	0.4	2	16	8.0	0	12	0.4	3.2	4	5.3	21	0	0
13	Lonnie Perrin	27	RB	5	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.8	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
14	Kim McQuilken	28	QB	3	0	2	-3	0	-1	-1.5	-1.0	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.5	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	609	2328	17	66	3.8	145.5	38.1	235	2839	12.1	20	62	14.7	177.4	844	6.1	5167	37	21

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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	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Brad Dusek	29	LLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.5		0
2	Benny Malone	27	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
3	Mark Murphy	24	FS	16	16	3	29	0	16	0	2	22	0	0.0		0
4	Lemar Parrish	32	LCB	16	16	9	65	0	23	0	2	0	0	0.0		0	PB,AP-1
5	George Starke	31	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
6	Diron Talbert	35	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5		0
7	Joe Theismann	30	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	2	-4	0	0.0		0
8	Karl Lorch	29	LDE	15	15	1	31	1	31	0	3	0	0	2.5		0
9	John Riggins	30	FB	16	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0		0
10	Ron Saul	31	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
11	Ricky Thompson	25	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
12	Coy Bacon	37	RDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	13.5		0
13	Dave Butz	29	LDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0		0
14	Joe Lavender	30	RCB	16	14	6	77	0	27	0	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
15	Ken Houston	35	SS	13	13	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	2.0		0	PB,AP-2
16	Don Warren	23	TE	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
17	Neal Olkewicz	22	MLB	16	9	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
18	Pete Wysocki	31	RLB	16	9	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
19	Don Hover	25	MLB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0		0
20	Rich Milot	22	RLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
21	Jean Fugett	28	TE	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
22	Tony Peters	26	SS/FS	16	5	1	-4	0	-4	1	0	0	0	1.0		0
23	Joe Jones	31	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5		0
24	Paul Smith	34	DT	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
25	Clarence Harmon	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0		0
26	Perry Brooks	25	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5		0
27	Monte Coleman	22	LB	16	0	1	13	0	13	0	3	0	0	2.5	37	0
28	Ike Forte	25	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Buddy Hardeman	25	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0		0
30	Don Harris	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
31	Ray Waddy	23	DB	16	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	26	0	1		21	11	21	1	47		0

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