1970 Washington Redskins roster and stats

1970 Washington Redskins: 6-8-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (158 points scored, 134 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (139 points scored, 180 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Austin 297 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 314 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 203 342 2,108 (17) 5.68 23 10 444 2,021 ( 5) 4.6 11 4,129 ( 9) 24 Defense: 205 374 2,265 (15) 5.69 14 15 468 2,068 (25) 4.4 19 4,333 (24) 28

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 24 3 Richmond 5 Curt Knight K 14 6'1 190 27 2 Coast Guard 9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 14 5'11 203 36 14 Duke 13 Frank Ryan QB 1 6'3 207 34 13 Rice 19 Danny Pierce RB 2 6'3 216 22 R Memphis State 22 Jim Harris DB 3 5'11 173 24 R Howard Payne 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 27 5 Cincinnati 24 Bill Malinchak WR 9 6'1 200 26 5 Indiana 26 Bob Brunet RB 6 6'1 205 24 2 Louisiana Tech 28 Jon Henderson WR 14 6'0 200 25 3 Colorado State 29 Ted Vactor DB 14 6'0 185 26 2 Nebraska 31 Charlie Harraway RB 13 6'2 215 26 5 San Jose State 32 Henry Dyer RB 12 6'2 230 25 4 Grambling 37 Pat Fischer DB 14 5'10 170 30 10 Nebraska 40 Dave Kopay RB 12 6'2 225 28 7 Washington 41 Mike Bass DB 14 6'0 190 25 3 Michigan 42 Charley Taylor WR 10 6'3 210 29 7 Arizona State 43 Larry Brown RB 13 5'11 195 23 2 Kansas State 46 Rickie Harris DB 14 6'0 182 27 6 Arizona 47 Walter Roberts WR 14 5'10 163 28 6 San Jose State 48 Jon Jaqua DB 14 6'0 190 22 R Lewis & Clark 51 John Didion C 10 6'4 245 23 2 Oregon State 52 Gene Hamlin C 4 6'3 245 24 1 Western Michigan 53 Harold McLinton LB 14 6'2 235 23 2 Southern 54 Tom Roussel LB 14 6'3 235 25 3 Southern Mississippi 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 29 6 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 28 7 Georgia 62 Ray Schoenke OG 14 6'3 250 29 7 Southern Methodist 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 10 6'5 265 23 R Arkansas-Pine Bluff 65 Vince Promuto OG 3 6'1 245 32 11 Holy Cross 66 Roy Schmidt OG 11 6'3 250 28 4 Long Beach State 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 24 1 Northern Arizona 71 Frank Bosch DT 11 6'4 246 25 3 Colorado 72 Terry Hermeling DE 5 6'5 255 24 1 Nevada-Reno 73 Paul Laaveg OG 11 6'4 245 22 R Iowa 74 Jim Snowden OT 14 6'3 255 28 6 Notre Dame 75 Steve Wright OT 14 6'6 250 28 7 Alabama 76 Walt Rock OT 13 6'5 255 28 8 Maryland 77 Bill Brundige DE 14 6'5 270 21 R Colorado 78 Floyd Peters DT 10 6'4 255 34 12 San Francisco State 81 Mack Alston TE 8 6'2 230 23 R Maryland Eastern Shore 83 Bruce Anderson DE 14 6'4 250 26 5 Willamette 85 John Hoffman DE 13 6'7 260 27 2 Hawaii 86 Marlin McKeever LB 14 6'1 235 30 10 Southern California 87 Jerry Smith TE 14 6'2 208 27 6 Arizona State 88 Pat Richter TE 11 6'5 230 29 8 Wisconsin 89 Leo Carroll DE 7 6'7 250 26 3 San Diego State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Sonny Jurgensen 337 202 59.9 2,354 6.99 11.7 23 6.8 10 3.0 25 214 91.5 Frank Ryan 4 1 25.0 3 0.75 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 35 39.6 Mike Bragg 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jerry Smith            43    575   13.4    9
Charley Taylor         42    593   14.1    8
Larry Brown            37    341    9.2    2
Walter Roberts         27    411   15.2    1
Charlie Harraway       24    136    5.7    0
Jon Henderson          13    176   13.5    3
Dave Kopay              7     24    3.4    0
Henry Dyer              4     37    9.2    0
Bob Brunet              3     28    9.3    0
Pat Richter             2     30   15.0    0
Danny Pierce            1      6    6.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Brown           237  1,125    4.7    5
Charlie Harraway      146    577    4.0    5
Henry Dyer             21    102    4.9    0
Dave Kopay             13     49    3.8    0
Sonny Jurgensen         6     39    6.5    1
Bob Brunet              9     37    4.1    0
Jerry Smith             2     29   14.5    0
Mike Bragg              2     25   12.5    0
Charley Taylor          1     17   17.0    0
Walter Roberts          2     15    7.5    0
Danny Pierce            5      6    1.2    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ted Vactor             28    700   25.0    0
Rickie Harris          10    208   20.8    0
Jim Harris              9    172   19.1    0
Henry Dyer              5     78   15.6    0
Chris Hanburger         2     33   16.5    0
Pat Richter             2      0    0.0    0
Marlin McKeever         1     21   21.0    0
Rusty Tillman           1     10   10.0    0
Bill Brundige           1      1    1.0    0
Mike Bass               1      0    0.0    0
Jon Henderson           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rickie Harris          14     10    0.7    3    0
Walter Roberts         10     28    2.8    6    0
Ted Vactor              2      7    3.5    3    0
Dave Kopay              1      0    0.0    3    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Bragg 61 2,493 40.9 0 0 1 0 0 40.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Curt Knight 6/6 5/5 5/7 4/9 0/0 20/27 33/34 93 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bruce Anderson 5.0 Mike Bass 4 37 0 Frank Bosch 0.5 Bill Brundige 5.0 Pat Fischer 2 13 0 Chris Hanburger 2.5 1 12 0 Rickie Harris 3 67 0 John Hoffman 6.5 Jon Jaqua 1 25 0 Harold McLinton 1.0 Brig Owens 4 86 0 Floyd Peters 1.5 Manny Sistrunk 1.0 Rusty Tillman 1.0

1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 43 DE Bill Brundige 107 Colorado 4 103 OG Paul Laaveg 72 Iowa [pick acquired from MIN via LA, NO] 5 114 DT Manny Sistrunk 123 Arkansas AM&N [pick acquired from NO] 5 121 RB Danny Pierce 2 Memphis 7 173 WR Roland Merritt Maryland 7 178 DT Jim Harris 5 Howard Payne [pick acquired from LA] 8 200 DB Paul Johnson Penn State 9 225 OT Ralph Sonntag Maryland 11 277 TE Mack Alston 145 Maryland-Eastern Shore 12 303 LB Jim Kates Penn State 13 329 OT Joe Patterson Wisconsin-Lawrence 14 355 RB Tony Moro Dayton 15 381 C Vic Lewandowsky Holy Cross 16 407 WR Steve Bushore Emporia State 17 433 DT Earl Maxfield Baylor

Traded draft picks: #1 to SF (Bruce Taylor), #3 to STL (Eric Harris), #4 to BAL (Steve Smear), #6 to ATL (Jade Butcher), #10 to GB (Frank Patrick)

Transactions:

01-27-1970	traded Frank Bosch and Washington's #4 pick in the 1970 draft to Colts for Dennis Gaubatz
07-1970	Giants claimed Dennis Crane on waivers
08-13-1970	traded Jim Norton to Giants for Bruce Anderson
08-26-1970	Falcons claimed Carl Kammerer on waivers
08-27-1970	claimed Steve Wright on waivers from Giants
09-09-1970	Chargers claimed Spain Musgrove on waivers
11-27-1970	Saints claimed John Didion on waivers

1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/70    at San Francisco 49ers     L 17-26       0-1-0
09/27/70    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-27       0-2-0
10/04/70    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 33-21       1-2-0
10/11/70    vs Detroit Lions           W 31-10       2-2-0
10/19/70    at Oakland Raiders         L 20-34       2-3-0
10/25/70    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 20-0        3-3-0
11/01/70    at Denver Broncos          W 19-3        4-3-0
11/08/70    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-19       4-4-0
11/15/70    at New York Giants         L 33-35       4-5-0
11/22/70    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 21-45       4-6-0
11/29/70    vs New York Giants         L 24-27       4-7-0
12/06/70    at Dallas Cowboys          L 0-34        4-8-0
12/13/70    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 24-6        5-8-0
12/20/70    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 28-27       6-8-0

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