1973 Washington Redskins: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (203 points scored, 87 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (122 points scored, 111 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 325 points scored (6th of 26 teams), 198 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 209 372 2,358 ( 6) 5.85 20 14 459 1,439 (25) 3.1 9 3,797 (18) 32 Defense: 203 406 2,175 (18) 4.74 12 26 480 1,603 ( 4) 3.3 8 3,778 ( 9) 44
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 27 6 Richmond 5 Curt Knight K 14 6'1 190 30 5 Coast Guard 9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 14 5'11 203 39 17 Duke 17 Billy Kilmer QB 10 6'0 204 34 11 UCLA 20 Ken Stone DB 4 6'1 180 23 R Vanderbilt 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 30 8 Cincinnati 24 Bill Malinchak WR 14 6'1 200 29 8 Indiana 25 Mike Hull RB 13 6'3 220 28 6 Southern California 26 Bob Brunet RB 14 6'1 205 27 5 Louisiana Tech 27 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 198 28 7 Prairie View A&M 28 Herb Mul-Key RB 14 6'0 190 23 2 None 29 Ted Vactor DB 9 6'0 185 29 5 Nebraska 31 Charlie Harraway RB 14 6'2 215 29 8 San Jose State 37 Pat Fischer DB 14 5'10 170 33 13 Nebraska 38 Larry Willis DB 1 5'11 170 25 1 Texas-El Paso 40 Freddie Hyatt WR 1 6'3 200 27 6 Auburn 41 Mike Bass DB 14 6'0 190 28 6 Michigan 42 Charley Taylor WR 14 6'3 210 32 10 Arizona State 43 Larry Brown RB 14 5'11 195 26 5 Kansas State 45 Speedy Duncan DB 14 5'10 180 31 10 Jackson State 46 Frank Grant WR 13 5'11 180 23 1 Southern Colorado 47 Duane Thomas RB 13 6'1 215 26 3 West Texas State 51 Dan Ryczek C 14 6'3 250 24 1 Virginia 52 John Pergine LB 14 6'1 225 27 5 Notre Dame 53 Harold McLinton LB 8 6'2 235 26 5 Southern 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 32 9 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 31 10 Georgia 60 John Wilbur OG 14 6'3 250 30 8 Stanford 62 Ray Schoenke OG 7 6'3 250 32 10 Southern Methodist 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 12 6'5 265 26 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66 Myron Pottios LB 6 6'2 232 34 12 Notre Dame 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 27 4 Northern Arizona 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 29 7 Texas 73 Paul Laaveg OG 14 6'4 245 25 4 Iowa 74 George Starke OT 14 6'5 250 25 1 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 13 6'5 255 27 4 Nevada-Reno 76 Walt Rock OT 7 6'5 255 31 11 Maryland 77 Bill Brundige DT 14 6'5 270 24 4 Colorado 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 265 34 13 Nebraska 80 Roy Jefferson WR 14 6'2 195 29 9 Utah 82 Jimmie Jones DE 6 6'3 215 26 5 Wichita State 84 Mike Hancock TE 10 6'4 220 23 R Idaho State 85 Willie Holman DE 5 6'4 250 28 6 South Carolina State 86 Verlon Biggs DE 14 6'4 275 30 9 Jackson State 87 Jerry Smith TE 13 6'2 208 30 9 Arizona State 88 Alvin Reed TE 5 6'5 235 29 7 Prairie View A&M 89 Dave Robinson LB 14 6'3 245 32 11 Penn State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 227 122 53.7 1,656 7.30 13.6 14 6.2 9 4.0 15 88 81.3 Sonny Jurgensen 145 87 60.0 904 6.23 10.4 6 4.1 5 3.4 16 114 77.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charley Taylor 59 801 13.6 7 Roy Jefferson 41 595 14.5 1 Larry Brown 40 482 12.1 6 Charlie Harraway 32 291 9.1 3 Jerry Smith 19 215 11.3 0 Alvin Reed 9 124 13.8 0 Duane Thomas 5 40 8.0 0 Mike Hancock 2 3 1.5 2 Frank Grant 1 12 12.0 1 Sonny Jurgensen 1 -3 -3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown 273 860 3.2 8 Charlie Harraway 128 452 3.5 1 Duane Thomas 32 95 3.0 0 Herb Mul-Key 8 20 2.5 0 Billy Kilmer 9 10 1.1 0 Sonny Jurgensen 3 7 2.3 0 Bob Brunet 2 4 2.0 0 Roy Jefferson 1 1 1.0 0 Mike Hull 2 -3 -1.5 0 Charley Taylor 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Herb Mul-Key 36 1,011 28.1 1 Speedy Duncan 4 65 16.2 0 Rusty Tillman 3 42 14.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Speedy Duncan 28 228 8.1 11 0 Herb Mul-Key 11 103 9.4 6 0 Jerry Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 5 117 OG Charley Cantrell Lamar [pick acquired from ATL] 8 193 TE Mike Hancock 21 Idaho State [pick acquired from LA] 9 218 RB Rich Galbos Ohio State [pick acquired from BAL] 9 233 LB Eddie Sheats Kansas 10 245 DB Ken Stone 101 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from LA] 12 311 OG Ernie Webster Pittsburgh 13 337 DT Dennis Johnson 65 Delaware 14 363 DB Herb Marshall Cameron (Ok.) 16 415 K Mike Wedman Colorado 17 441 RB Jeff Davis Mars Hills
Traded draft picks: #1 to SD via BAL (Johnny Rodgers), #2 to NO via NYJ (Steve Barmgartner), #3 to BUF (Bob Kampa), #4 to BUF (Jeff Yeates), #5 to LA (Cody Jones), #6 to NYJ (Rick Harrell), #7 to BUF (John Ford), #8 to NO (Doug Winslow), #10 to BUF (John LeHeup), #11 to LA (Willie Jackson), #15 to LA (Kurt Matter)
Transactions:
| 01-31-1973 | traded Washington's #2 pick in the 1975 draft to Packers for Dave Robinson |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Washington's #15 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Clancy Williams |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Washington's #11 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for John Pergine |
| 02-08-1973 | traded a #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Fred Miller |
| 02-23-1973 | Dave Robinson retired |
| 04-17-1973 | traded Alvin Haymond to Oilers for Houston's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 05-15-1973 | traded Jim Snowden, Mack Alston, Clifton McNeil, Mike Fanucci and Jeff Severson to Oilers for Ken Houston and a draft pick |
| 06-07-1973 | traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Browns for Paul Staroba |
| 07-19-1973 | traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1975 draft and #2 pick in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Duane Thomas |
| 07-26-1973 | traded Mel Lunsford to Patriots for a #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-27-1973 | claimed Mike O'Quinn on waivers from Eagles |
| 08-02-1973 | Cardinals claimed Mike Irons on waivers |
| 08-06-1973 | traded Lincoln Minor to Chiefs for Kansas City's #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-08-1973 | Lions claimed Mike Haggerty on waivers |
| 08-08-1973 | traded Steve Boekholder to Rams for a draft pick |
| 08-09-1973 | Patriots claimed Larry Stevenson on waivers |
| 08-27-1973 | sent Washington's #15 pick in the 1974 draft and #8 pick in the 1975 draft to Chargers as compensation for Bill Malinchak |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Charlie Richards to Patriots for New England's #9 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-30-1973 | placed Charles Cantrell on injured reserve |
| 08-30-1973 | Saints claimed Charlie Brown on waivers |
| 09-06-1973 | traded Donnell Smith and Washington's #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Brad Dusek and New England's #3 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-11-1973 | Patriots claimed Steve Kiner on waivers |
| 10-24-1973 | placed Jimmie Jones, Moses Denson and Richie Petitbon on injured reserve |
| 10-24-1973 | traded New England's #3 pick in the 1974 draft to Bears for Willie Holman and Chicago's #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 11-16-1973 | placed Ted Vactor on injured reserve |
| 11-20-1973 | placed Larry Willis on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/22/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 20-27
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs San Diego Chargers W 38-0 1-0-0 09/23/73 at St. Louis Cardinals L 27-34 1-1-0 09/30/73 at Philadelphia Eagles W 28-7 2-1-0 10/08/73 vs Dallas Cowboys W 14-7 3-1-0 10/14/73 at New York Giants W 21-3 4-1-0 10/21/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 31-13 5-1-0 10/28/73 at New Orleans Saints L 3-19 5-2-0 11/05/73 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 16-21 5-3-0 11/11/73 vs San Francisco 49ers W 33-9 6-3-0 11/18/73 vs Baltimore Colts W 22-14 7-3-0 11/22/73 at Detroit Lions W 20-0 8-3-0 12/02/73 vs New York Giants W 27-24 9-3-0 12/09/73 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-27 9-4-0 12/16/73 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 38-20 10-4-0