1972 Washington Redskins: 11-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (151 points scored, 96 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (185 points scored, 122 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 336 points scored (7th of 26 teams), 218 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 159 284 2,193 (12) 7.43 21 15 513 2,082 (10) 4.1 17 4,275 (11) 26 Defense: 186 367 1,862 ( 6) 4.63 10 17 427 1,733 ( 7) 4.1 12 3,595 ( 4) 32
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 26 5 Richmond 5 Curt Knight K 14 6'1 190 29 4 Coast Guard 9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 7 5'11 203 38 16 Duke 16 Richie Petitbon DB 3 6'3 208 34 14 Tulane 17 Billy Kilmer QB 12 6'0 204 33 10 UCLA 18 Sam Wyche QB 7 6'4 218 27 5 Furman 22 Rosey Taylor DB 14 5'11 186 35 12 Grambling 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 29 7 Cincinnati 24 Bill Malinchak WR 6 6'1 200 28 7 Indiana 25 Mike Hull RB 14 6'3 220 27 5 Southern California 26 Bob Brunet RB 14 6'1 205 26 4 Louisiana Tech 28 Herb Mul-Key RB 2 6'0 190 22 R None 28 Alvin Haymond DB 4 6'0 194 30 9 Southern 29 Ted Vactor DB 14 6'0 185 28 4 Nebraska 30 Jeff Jordan RB 1 6'1 215 27 3 Washington 31 Charlie Harraway RB 14 6'2 215 28 7 San Jose State 32 Jack Pardee LB 13 6'2 225 36 15 Texas A&M 37 Pat Fischer DB 14 5'10 170 32 12 Nebraska 40 George Nock RB 7 5'10 200 26 4 Morgan State 41 Mike Bass DB 14 6'0 190 27 5 Michigan 42 Charley Taylor WR 14 6'3 210 31 9 Arizona State 43 Larry Brown RB 12 5'11 195 25 4 Kansas State 44 Jeff Severson DB 12 6'1 180 23 1 Long Beach State 45 Speedy Duncan DB 8 5'10 180 30 9 Jackson State 48 Jon Jaqua DB 8 6'0 190 24 3 Lewis & Clark 53 Harold McLinton LB 13 6'2 235 25 4 Southern 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 31 8 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 30 9 Georgia 58 George Burman C 14 6'3 255 29 7 Northwestern 60 John Wilbur OG 14 6'3 250 29 7 Stanford 62 Ray Schoenke OG 12 6'3 250 31 9 Southern Methodist 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 12 6'5 265 25 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66 Myron Pottios LB 12 6'2 232 33 11 Notre Dame 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 26 3 Northern Arizona 68 Mike Fanucci DE 14 6'4 225 23 1 Arizona State 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 28 6 Texas 73 Paul Laaveg OG 14 6'4 245 24 3 Iowa 75 Terry Hermeling OT 14 6'5 255 26 3 Nevada-Reno 76 Walt Rock OT 14 6'5 255 30 10 Maryland 77 Bill Brundige DT 11 6'5 270 23 3 Colorado 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 265 33 12 Nebraska 80 Roy Jefferson WR 14 6'2 195 28 8 Utah 81 Mack Alston TE 14 6'2 230 25 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 82 Jimmie Jones DE 3 6'3 215 25 4 Wichita State 85 Clifton McNeil WR 6 6'2 187 32 9 Grambling 86 Verlon Biggs DE 14 6'4 275 29 8 Jackson State 87 Jerry Smith TE 14 6'2 208 29 8 Arizona State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 225 120 53.3 1,648 7.32 13.7 19 8.4 11 4.9 9 67 84.8 Sonny Jurgensen 59 39 66.1 633 10.73 16.2 2 3.4 4 6.8 2 21 84.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charley Taylor 49 673 13.7 7 Roy Jefferson 35 550 15.7 3 Larry Brown 32 473 14.8 4 Jerry Smith 21 353 16.8 7 Charlie Harraway 15 105 7.0 0 Herb Mul-Key 4 66 16.5 0 Mack Alston 2 53 26.5 0 Bob Brunet 1 8 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown 285 1,216 4.3 8 Charlie Harraway 148 567 3.8 6 Herb Mul-Key 33 155 4.7 1 Bob Brunet 30 82 2.7 2 Charley Taylor 3 39 13.0 0 George Nock 6 22 3.7 0 Jerry Smith 1 9 9.0 0 Billy Kilmer 3 -3 -1.0 0 Sonny Jurgensen 4 -5 -1.2 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Speedy Duncan 15 364 24.3 0 Alvin Haymond 10 291 29.1 0 Herb Mul-Key 8 209 26.1 0 Bob Brunet 8 190 23.8 0 Mike Bass 2 22 11.0 0 Rusty Tillman 2 6 3.0 0 Ted Vactor 1 21 21.0 0 Mike Fanucci 1 15 15.0 0 Harold McLinton 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ted Vactor 17 88 5.2 14 0 Speedy Duncan 11 70 6.4 6 0 Alvin Haymond 6 1 0.2 1 0 Jeff Severson 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 8 203 RB Moses Denson 26 Maryland-Eastern Shore 9 229 DE Steve Boekholder Drake 10 255 WR Mike Oldham Michigan 11 281 DB Jeff Welch Arkansas Tech 12 307 QB Don Bunce Stanford 13 332 WR Frank Grant 85 Southern Colorado 14 364 OG Mike O'Quinn McNeese State 15 385 DE Carl Taibi Colorado 16 411 DB Steve Higginbotham Alabama 17 437 LB Kevin Clemente Boston College
Traded draft picks: #1 to NYJ (Mike Taylor), #2 to BAL (Glenn Doughty), #3 to NE via LA (Jim White), #4 to NO via LA, PHI (Joe Federspiel), #5 to LA (Bob Christiansen), #6 to LA (Eddie Herbert), #7 to NYG (Mike Zikas)
Transactions:
| 01-1972 | traded a conditional draft pick to Bills for Mike Wilson |
| 01-19-1972 | traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1974 draft and an undisclosed draft pick to Jets for George Nock |
| 01-29-1972 | Boyd Dowler retired |
| 03-13-1972 | traded a conditional pick in the 1973 draft (not exercised) to Steelers for Ocie Austin and John Lanier |
| 05-12-1972 | traded Washington's #2 pick in the 1974 draft and #3 pick in the 1975 draft to 49ers for Rosey Taylor and San Francisco's #3 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft |
| 06-16-1972 | traded Bob Grant and Washington's #5, #6 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-15-1972 | traded Baltimore's #9 pick in the 1973 draft (?) to Patriots for Ike Lassiter |
| 07-19-1972 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1973 draft (?) to Rams for Alvin Haymond |
| 07-31-1972 | traded New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for Mitch Johnson and Cleveland's #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-02-1972 | claimed George Starke on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-31-1972 | traded Willie Germany to Falcons for Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-02-1972 | claimed Steve Kiner on waivers from ? |
| 09-05-1972 | traded John Hilton to Lions for Detroit's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 10-25-1972 | placed Bill Malinchak and Richie Petitbon on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/72 vs Green Bay Packers W 16-3 12/31/72 vs Dallas Cowboys W 26-3 Super Bowl VII 01/14/73 at Miami Dolphins L 7-14
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/72 at Minnesota Vikings W 24-21 1-0-0 09/24/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 24-10 2-0-0 10/01/72 at New England Patriots L 23-24 2-1-0 10/08/72 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 14-0 3-1-0 10/15/72 at St. Louis Cardinals W 33-3 4-1-0 10/22/72 vs Dallas Cowboys W 24-20 5-1-0 10/29/72 at New York Giants W 23-16 6-1-0 11/05/72 at New York Jets W 35-17 7-1-0 11/12/72 vs New York Giants W 27-13 8-1-0 11/20/72 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-13 9-1-0 11/26/72 vs Green Bay Packers W 21-16 10-1-0 12/03/72 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23-7 11-1-0 12/09/72 at Dallas Cowboys L 24-34 11-2-0 12/17/72 vs Buffalo Bills L 17-24 11-3-0