1975 Washington Redskins: 8-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (204 points scored, 139 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (121 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 325 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 276 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 229 448 2,917 ( 2) 6.14 28 29 444 1,752 (20) 3.9 9 4,669 ( 8) 46 Defense: 217 389 2,438 (16) 5.74 17 18 525 2,047 (16) 3.9 11 4,485 (15) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 14 5'11 205 27 5 Stephen F. Austin 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 29 8 Richmond 7 Joe Theismann QB 14 6'0 184 26 2 Notre Dame 12 Randy Johnson QB 8 6'3 205 31 9 Texas A&I 17 Billy Kilmer QB 12 6'0 204 36 13 UCLA 20 Ken Stone DB 3 6'1 180 25 3 Vanderbilt 21 Larry Jones WR 14 5'10 170 24 2 Northeast Missouri State 22 Mike Thomas RB 14 5'11 190 22 R Nevada-Las Vegas 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 32 10 Cincinnati 24 Spencer Thomas DB 14 6'2 185 24 1 Washburn 25 Eddie Brown DB 11 5'11 185 23 2 Tennessee 26 Bob Brunet RB 14 6'1 205 29 6 Louisiana Tech 27 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 198 30 9 Prairie View A&M 30 Bryant Salter DB 14 6'4 196 25 5 Pittsburgh 36 Ralph Nelson RB 14 6'2 195 22 1 None 37 Pat Fischer DB 11 5'10 170 35 15 Nebraska 40 Bobby Anderson RB 1 6'0 208 28 5 Colorado 41 Mike Bass DB 14 6'0 190 30 8 Michigan 42 Charley Taylor WR 14 6'3 210 34 12 Arizona State 43 Larry Brown RB 14 5'11 195 28 7 Kansas State 44 Moses Denson RB 13 6'1 215 31 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 46 Frank Grant WR 14 5'11 180 25 3 Southern Colorado 50 Pete Wysocki LB 13 6'2 225 27 1 Western Michigan 51 Dan Ryczek C 14 6'3 245 26 3 Virginia 52 John Pergine LB 14 6'1 225 29 7 Notre Dame 53 Harold McLinton LB 14 6'2 235 28 7 Southern 54 Bob Kuziel C 14 6'4 255 25 2 Pittsburgh 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 34 11 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 33 12 Georgia 59 Brad Dusek LB 14 6'2 214 24 2 Texas A&M 61 Dennis Johnson DT 14 6'4 260 24 2 Delaware 62 Ray Schoenke OG 12 6'3 250 34 12 Southern Methodist 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 13 6'5 265 28 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 65 Dave Butz DT 14 6'7 297 25 3 Purdue 66 Jim Arneson OG 7 6'3 252 24 3 Arizona 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 29 6 Northern Arizona 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 31 9 Texas 73 Paul Laaveg OG 5 6'4 250 27 6 Iowa 74 George Starke OT 14 6'5 250 27 3 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 9 6'5 255 29 5 Nevada-Reno 76 Tim Stokes OT 5 6'5 250 25 2 Oregon 77 Bill Brundige DT 14 6'5 270 26 6 Colorado 78 Walt Sweeney OG 13 6'3 254 34 13 Syracuse 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 265 36 15 Nebraska 80 Roy Jefferson WR 13 6'2 195 31 11 Utah 87 Jerry Smith TE 14 6'2 208 32 11 Arizona State 88 Alvin Reed TE 14 6'5 235 31 9 Prairie View A&M
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 346 178 51.4 2,440 7.05 13.7 23 6.6 16 4.6 23 138 77.2 Randy Johnson 79 41 51.9 556 7.04 13.6 4 5.1 10 12.7 2 19 52.0 Joe Theismann 22 10 45.5 96 4.36 9.6 1 4.5 3 13.6 2 18 33.7 Bobby Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charley Taylor 53 744 14.0 6 Frank Grant 41 776 18.9 8 Mike Thomas 40 483 12.1 3 Jerry Smith 31 391 12.6 3 Larry Brown 25 225 9.0 2 Roy Jefferson 15 255 17.0 2 Moses Denson 13 81 6.2 0 Ralph Nelson 5 58 11.6 1 John Pergine 2 41 20.5 1 Larry Jones 2 33 16.5 0 Alvin Reed 2 5 2.5 2 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Thomas 235 919 3.9 4 Larry Brown 97 352 3.6 3 Moses Denson 56 195 3.5 0 Ralph Nelson 31 139 4.5 0 Frank Grant 3 46 15.3 0 Joe Theismann 3 34 11.3 0 Billy Kilmer 11 34 3.1 1 Bob Brunet 6 23 3.8 1 Randy Johnson 2 10 5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Jones 47 1,086 23.1 0 Ralph Nelson 5 107 21.4 0 Bob Brunet 5 83 16.6 0 Rusty Tillman 1 4 4.0 0 Frank Grant 0 16 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Larry Jones 53 407 7.7 5 1 Eddie Brown 6 52 8.7 4 0 Joe Theismann 2 5 2.5 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 5 108 RB Mike Thomas 77 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from CHI] 6 147 OT Mark Doak Nebraska [pick acquired from DEN] 9 228 DE Dallas Hickman 91 California 11 277 DB Ardell Johnson Nebraska [pick acquired from DEN] 11 282 DE Jerry Hackenbruck Oregon State 13 338 DB Morris McKie North Carolina A&T 14 359 LB Dave Benson Weber State 15 384 C Art Kuehn 100 UCLA 16 412 OG Dennis Pavelka Nebraska 17 437 DE Carl Taylor Memphis
Traded draft picks: #1 to SD (Mike Williams), #2 to GB (Bill Bain), #3 to SF (Steve Mike-Mayer), #4 to BUF (Tom Donchez), #5 to SD via LA, BUF (Charles Waddell), #6 to CLE (Charles Miller), #7 to CHI via STL (Earl Douthitt), #8 to SD (Barry Collier), #10 to MIA (Joe Jackson), #12 to NE (Condredge Holloway)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded Washington's #15 pick in the 1976 draft to Cardinals for the rights to Ray Parson |
| 01-29-1975 | traded Baltimore's #12 pick and Washington's #16 pick in the 1976 draft to Colts for Cotton Speyrer and Glenn Ressler |
| 01-29-1975 | traded Washington's #10 pick in the 1976 draft to Dolphins for the rights to Karl Lorch |
| 01-29-1975 | traded Washington's #12 pick in the 1975 draft to Patriots for the rights to Eddie Foster |
| 05-01-1975 | Sonny Jurgensen retired |
| 06-02-1975 | traded Herb Mul-Key to Colts for Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 06-30-1975 | Bears claimed Dennis Pennington on waivers |
| 06-30-1975 | Bears claimed Joe Montgomery on waivers |
| 08-05-1975 | signed Dave Butz from Cardinals as a free agent |
| 08-12-1975 | traded Mike Hancock to Bills for a draft pick |
| 08-21-1975 | traded Cotton Speyrer to Dolphins for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-23-1975 | traded a #12 pick in the 1976 draft, a #4 pick in the 1977 draft and #2, #3 and #5 picks in the 1978 draft to Colts for Dennis Nelson |
| 09-02-1975 | placed Felix Lobdell on injured reserve |
| 09-02-1975 | placed Stu O'Dell on injured reserve |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Ted Vactor to Bears for Chicago's #10 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Washington's #2, #3 and #4 picks in the 1978 draft and their #5 pick in the 1979 draft to Rams for Tim Stokes and Los Angeles' #6 and #8 picks in the 1976 draft |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Washington's #1 picks in the 1977 and 1978 drafts and their #2 pick in the 1979 draft to Cardinals for St. Louis' #5 and #15 picks in the 1976 draft and their #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-09-1975 | placed Dallas Hickman on injured reserve |
| 10-24-1975 | placed Tim Stokes on injured reserve |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs New Orleans Saints W 41-3 1-0-0 09/28/75 vs New York Giants W 49-13 2-0-0 10/05/75 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-26 2-1-0 10/13/75 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 27-17 3-1-0 10/19/75 at Houston Oilers L 10-13 3-2-0 10/26/75 at Cleveland Browns W 23-7 4-2-0 11/02/75 vs Dallas Cowboys W 30-24 (OT) 5-2-0 11/09/75 at New York Giants W 21-13 6-2-0 11/16/75 at St. Louis Cardinals L 17-20 (OT) 6-3-0 11/23/75 vs Oakland Raiders L 23-26 (OT) 6-4-0 11/30/75 vs Minnesota Vikings W 31-30 7-4-0 12/07/75 at Atlanta Falcons W 30-27 8-4-0 12/13/75 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-31 8-5-0 12/21/75 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 3-26 8-6-0