1971 Washington Redskins: 9-4-1
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Home record: 4-2-1 (109 points scored, 74 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (167 points scored, 116 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen
276 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 190 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 182 334 2,273 (10) 6.48 13 15 477 1,757 (14) 3.7 8 4,030 (13) 35 Defense: 191 411 2,127 (12) 4.76 11 29 408 1,396 ( 4) 3.4 7 3,523 ( 4) 41
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 25 4 Richmond 5 Curt Knight K 14 6'1 190 28 3 Coast Guard 9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 5 5'11 203 37 15 Duke 16 Richie Petitbon DB 14 6'3 208 33 13 Tulane 17 Billy Kilmer QB 14 6'0 204 32 9 UCLA 18 Sam Wyche QB 1 6'4 210 26 4 Furman 20 Tommy Mason RB 10 6'0 195 32 11 Tulane 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 28 6 Cincinnati 24 Bill Malinchak WR 13 6'1 200 27 6 Indiana 25 Mike Hull RB 11 6'3 220 26 4 Southern California 26 Bob Brunet RB 7 6'1 205 25 3 Louisiana Tech 29 Ted Vactor DB 14 6'0 185 27 3 Nebraska 30 Jeff Jordan RB 1 6'1 215 26 2 Washington 31 Charlie Harraway RB 14 6'2 215 27 6 San Jose State 32 Jack Pardee LB 14 6'2 225 35 14 Texas A&M 37 Pat Fischer DB 14 5'10 170 31 11 Nebraska 41 Mike Bass DB 14 6'0 190 26 4 Michigan 42 Charley Taylor WR 6 6'3 210 30 8 Arizona State 43 Larry Brown RB 13 5'11 195 24 3 Kansas State 45 Speedy Duncan DB 14 5'10 175 29 8 Jackson State 48 Jon Jaqua DB 14 6'0 190 23 2 Lewis & Clark 51 Bob Grant LB 6 6'2 225 25 4 Wake Forest 53 Harold McLinton LB 14 6'2 235 24 3 Southern 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 30 7 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 29 8 Georgia 58 George Burman C 14 6'3 255 28 6 Northwestern 60 John Wilbur OG 14 6'3 250 28 6 Stanford 62 Ray Schoenke OG 14 6'3 250 30 8 Southern Methodist 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 14 6'5 265 24 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66 Myron Pottios LB 14 6'2 232 32 10 Notre Dame 67 Rusty Tillman LB 9 6'2 230 25 2 Northern Arizona 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 27 5 Texas 73 Paul Laaveg OG 14 6'4 245 23 2 Iowa 74 Jim Snowden OT 14 6'3 255 29 7 Notre Dame 75 Terry Hermeling OT 8 6'5 255 25 2 Nevada-Reno 76 Walt Rock OT 14 6'5 255 29 9 Maryland 77 Bill Brundige DT 14 6'5 270 22 2 Colorado 78 Mike Taylor OT 5 6'4 245 26 4 Southern California 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 288 32 11 Nebraska 80 Roy Jefferson WR 14 6'2 195 27 7 Utah 81 Mack Alston TE 12 6'2 230 24 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 82 Jimmie Jones DE 14 6'3 215 24 3 Wichita State 85 Clifton McNeil WR 8 6'2 187 31 8 Grambling 86 Boyd Dowler WR 12 6'5 225 34 12 Colorado 87 Jerry Smith TE 8 6'2 208 28 7 Arizona State 89 Verlon Biggs DE 13 6'4 270 28 7 Jackson State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 306 166 54.2 2,221 7.26 13.4 13 4.2 13 4.2 16 110 74.0 Sonny Jurgensen 28 16 57.1 170 6.07 10.6 0 0.0 2 7.1 1 8 45.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Roy Jefferson 47 701 14.9 4 Boyd Dowler 26 352 13.5 0 Charley Taylor 24 370 15.4 4 Charlie Harraway 20 121 6.0 0 Jerry Smith 16 227 14.2 1 Larry Brown 16 176 11.0 2 Clifton McNeil 14 244 17.4 2 Tommy Mason 12 109 9.1 0 Mack Alston 5 87 17.4 0 Bob Brunet 2 4 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown 253 948 3.7 4 Charlie Harraway 156 635 4.1 2 Tommy Mason 31 85 2.7 0 Sonny Jurgensen 3 29 9.7 0 Bob Brunet 10 27 2.7 0 Roy Jefferson 2 13 6.5 0 Mike Hull 2 8 4.0 0 Jerry Smith 1 5 5.0 0 Billy Kilmer 17 5 0.3 2 Sam Wyche 1 4 4.0 0 Richie Petitbon 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Speedy Duncan 27 724 26.8 0 Jon Jaqua 6 78 13.0 0 Harold McLinton 5 46 9.2 0 Mike Bass 4 61 15.2 0 Rusty Tillman 1 4 4.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ted Vactor 23 194 8.4 7 0 Speedy Duncan 22 233 10.6 9 0 Jon Jaqua 0 0 ? 3 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 38 WR Cotton Speyrer 36 Texas 6 141 OG Conway Hayman 77 Delaware 7 166 DB Willie Germany 42 Morgan State 9 219 DE Mike Fanucci 40 Arizona State 10 244 RB Jessie Taylor 14 Cincinnati 11 272 OT George Starke 156 Columbia 12 297 DB Jeff Severson 83 Cal State-Long Beach 13 322 C Dan Ryczek 102 Virginia 14 349 QB Bill Bynum Western New Mexico 15 375 OG Anthony Christnovich Wisconsin-LaCrosse 16 400 LB Glenn Tucker North Texas
Traded draft picks: #1 to LA (Isiah Robertson), #3 to LA (Dave Elmendorf), #4 to NO (Wimpy Winther), #5 to GB (Donnell Smith), #8 to NO (Jimmy Elder), #17 to NO (Hermann Eben)
Transactions:
01-23-1971 | traded Tom Roussel and Washington's #4 and #8 picks in the 1971 draft to Saints for Billy Kilmer |
01-28-1971 | traded Marlin McKeever, Washington's #1 and #3 picks in the 1971 draft and their #4, #5, #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Rams for Maxie Baughan, Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios, Jeff Jordan, John Wilbur, Diron Talbert and Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
01-29-1971 | traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Packers for the rights to Boyd Dowler |
01-29-1971 | traded Leo Carroll and Washington's #17 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Mike Taylor |
03-31-1971 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1973 draft (?) to Rams for Tommy Mason |
05-06-1971 | traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Jets for Jimmie Jones |
05-10-1971 | traded Henry Dyer to Bengals for Sam Wyche |
05-11-1971 | traded Washington's #3 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft to Bills for Ron McDole |
05-26-1971 | signed Speedy Duncan from Chargers as a free agent |
05-26-1971 | sent San Francisco's #3 and #4 picks and Detroit's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers as compensation for Speedy Duncan |
06-05-1971 | Broncos claimed Walter Roberts on waivers |
06-10-1971 | signed Verlon Biggs from Jets as a free agent |
06-10-1971 | traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and their #2 pick in the 1973 draft (as compensation for signing Verlon Biggs) to Jets for the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft |
07-1971 | George Burman retired |
07-08-1971 | traded Washington's #2 pick and the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts for Bob Grant |
07-10-1971 | traded 2 draft picks (later returned to Redskins when Burman retired) to Rams for George Burman |
07-31-1971 | traded Cotton Speyrer and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Roy Jefferson and Baltimore's #9 picks in the 1973 and 1974 drafts |
08-04-1971 | traded New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1973 draft and Washington's #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Richie Petitbon |
08-04-1971 | traded Bruce Anderson to Saints for Tom Barrington and an undisclosed draft pick |
08-31-1971 | traded Steve Wright and Danny Pierce to Bears for Mike Hull |
09-15-1971 | claimed Alex Karras on waivers from Lions |
09-20-1971 | signed Dave Cahill from Rams as a free agent |
10-25-1971 | claimed Richmond Flowers on waivers from Cowboys |
10-26-1971 | traded Los Angeles' #5 pick and Washington's #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Giants for Clifton McNeil |
10-27-1971 | traded Richmond Flowers to Giants for Washington's #6 pick in the 1972 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/71 at San Francisco 49ers L 20-24
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24-17 1-0-0 09/26/71 at New York Giants W 30-3 2-0-0 10/03/71 at Dallas Cowboys W 20-16 3-0-0 10/10/71 vs Houston Oilers W 22-13 4-0-0 10/17/71 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 20-0 5-0-0 10/24/71 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20-27 5-1-0 10/31/71 vs New Orleans Saints W 24-14 6-1-0 11/07/71 vs Philadelphia Eagles T 7-7 6-1-1 11/14/71 at Chicago Bears L 15-16 6-2-1 11/21/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-13 6-3-1 11/28/71 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20-13 7-3-1 12/05/71 vs New York Giants W 23-7 8-3-1 12/13/71 at Los Angeles Rams W 38-24 9-3-1 12/19/71 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-20 9-4-1
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