1976 Washington Redskins: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (151 points scored, 94 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (140 points scored, 123 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 291 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 217 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 187 370 1,985 (16) 4.87 20 20 548 2,111 (14) 3.9 10 4,096 (17) 43 Defense: 146 354 1,917 ( 9) 4.82 11 26 555 2,205 (19) 4.0 12 4,122 (13) 47
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 14 5'11 205 28 6 Stephen F. Austin 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 30 9 Richmond 7 Joe Theismann QB 14 6'0 184 27 3 Notre Dame 13 Jake Scott DB 12 6'0 188 31 7 Georgia 17 Billy Kilmer QB 10 6'0 204 37 14 UCLA 20 Joe Lavender DB 14 6'4 190 27 4 San Diego State 21 Larry Jones WR 1 5'10 170 25 3 Northeast Missouri State 22 Mike Thomas RB 13 5'11 190 23 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 23 Brig Owens DB 14 5'11 190 33 11 Cincinnati 24 Bill Malinchak WR 3 6'1 200 32 10 Indiana 25 Eddie Brown DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Tennessee 26 Bob Brunet RB 14 6'1 205 30 7 Louisiana Tech 27 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 198 31 10 Prairie View A&M 35 Calvin Hill RB 14 6'3 227 29 8 Yale 37 Pat Fischer DB 14 5'10 170 36 16 Nebraska 43 Larry Brown RB 11 5'11 195 29 8 Kansas State 44 John Riggins RB 14 6'2 230 27 6 Kansas 45 Gerard Williams DB 14 6'1 184 24 1 Langston 46 Frank Grant WR 14 5'11 181 26 4 Southern Colorado 50 Pete Wysocki LB 14 6'2 225 28 2 Western Michigan 53 Harold McLinton LB 14 6'2 235 29 8 Southern 54 Bob Kuziel C 14 6'5 255 26 3 Pittsburgh 55 Chris Hanburger LB 14 6'2 218 35 12 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 34 13 Georgia 57 Stu O'Dell LB 14 6'1 220 24 2 Indiana 59 Brad Dusek LB 14 6'2 214 25 3 Texas A&M 61 Dennis Johnson DT 13 6'4 260 25 3 Delaware 62 Dan Nugent OG 14 6'3 250 23 1 Auburn 64 Ron Saul OG 11 6'2 254 28 7 Michigan State 65 Dave Butz DT 14 6'7 285 26 4 Purdue 66 Ted Fritsch C 14 6'2 242 26 4 St. Norbert's 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 30 7 Northern Arizona 71 Karl Lorch DE 13 6'3 260 26 1 Southern California 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 32 10 Texas 74 George Starke OT 14 6'5 249 28 4 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 12 6'5 255 30 6 Nevada-Reno 76 Tim Stokes OT 14 6'5 252 26 3 Oregon 77 Bill Brundige DT 14 6'5 270 27 7 Colorado 78 Dallas Hickman DE 14 6'6 235 24 1 California 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 265 37 16 Nebraska 80 Roy Jefferson WR 14 6'2 195 32 12 Utah 81 Doug Winslow WR 5 5'11 181 25 2 Drake 84 Jean Fugett TE 12 6'3 226 24 5 Amherst 85 Brian Fryer WR 4 6'1 185 23 R Edmonton 87 Jerry Smith TE 13 6'2 208 33 12 Arizona State 88 Danny Buggs WR 6 6'2 185 23 2 West Virginia
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 206 108 52.4 1,252 6.08 11.6 12 5.8 10 4.9 15 125 70.3 Joe Theismann 163 79 48.5 1,036 6.36 13.1 8 4.9 10 6.1 22 172 59.8 Calvin Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Mike Thomas 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 6 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Frank Grant 50 818 16.4 5 Mike Thomas 28 290 10.4 4 Roy Jefferson 27 364 13.5 2 Jean Fugett 27 334 12.4 6 John Riggins 21 172 8.2 1 Larry Brown 17 98 5.8 0 Calvin Hill 7 100 14.3 0 Jerry Smith 7 75 10.7 2 Danny Buggs 2 25 12.5 0 Bill Malinchak 1 12 12.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Thomas 254 1,101 4.3 5 John Riggins 162 572 3.5 3 Calvin Hill 79 301 3.8 1 Joe Theismann 17 97 5.7 1 Larry Brown 20 56 2.8 0 Jean Fugett 2 0 0.0 0 Billy Kilmer 13 -7 -0.5 0 Frank Grant 1 -9 -9.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Brown 30 738 24.6 0 Brian Fryer 9 166 18.4 0 Bob Brunet 4 85 21.2 0 Doug Winslow 2 32 16.0 0 Larry Jones 1 16 16.0 0 Brig Owens 1 15 15.0 0 Rusty Tillman 1 14 14.0 0 Karl Lorch 1 0 0.0 0 Pete Wysocki 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Eddie Brown 48 646 13.5 8 1 Jake Scott 3 27 9.0 0 0 Larry Jones 1 15 15.0 0 0 Doug Winslow 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 5 148 OG Mike Hughes Baylor [pick acquired from STL] 6 179 DB Tommy Marvaso 14 Cincinnati [pick acquired from LA] 8 234 WR Bryan Fryer 4 Alberta [pick acquired from LA] 9 254 OG Curtis Akins Hawaii 10 272 LB Paul Strohmeier Washington [pick acquired from CHI] 11 308 DE Dean Gissler Nebraska 12 337 DB Walter Tullis 32 Delaware State 13 364 DB Waymon Britt Michigan 14 393 DB Quinn Buckner Indiana 15 426 RB John Monroe Bluefield State [pick acquired from STL] 17 476 DB Chuck Wills Oregon
Traded draft picks: #1 to MIA (Larry Gordon), #2 to DET via SD (David Hill), #3 to NO via SD (Bob Simmons), #4 to OAK via SD (Herb McMath), #5 to STL (Wayne Morris), #6 to KC (Calvin Harper), #8 to BUF via ATL (Art Meadowcroft), #10 to MIA (Gary Fencik), #15 to STL (Lee Nelson), #16 to BAL via BAL, SF (Mike Fuhrman)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Dan Ryczek in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Ken Stone in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Art Kuehn in expansion draft |
| 04-03-1976 | signed Calvin Hill from Cowboys as a free agent |
| 07-1976 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Larry Smith |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Charley Taylor on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Walt Sweeney on injured reserve |
| 08-04-1976 | traded Manny Sistrunk, St. Louis' #6 pick in the 1977 draft, Washington's #5 pick in the 1978 draft and their #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Eagles for Joe Lavender |
| 08-17-1976 | traded Washington's #7 pick in the 1977 draft, their #6 pick in the 1978 draft and their #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Oilers for Ron Saul |
| 08-19-1976 | placed Ernie Janet on injured reserve |
| 08-24-1976 | traded Bryant Salter to Dolphins for Jake Scott and Miami's #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-24-1976 | traded Washington's #8 pick in the 1977 draft and another draft pick to Chiefs for John Matuszak |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Leroy Jones to Chargers for a #2 pick in the 1977 draft and $12,500 cash |
| 09-06-1976 | placed Curtis Akins on injured reserve |
| 09-06-1976 | placed Jim Thompson on injured reserve |
| 09-06-1976 | placed Paul Laaveg on injured reserve |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Washington's #2 pick in the 1980 draft and another pick to Rams for Dan Nugent |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Washington's #6 and #9 picks in the 1977 draft to Falcons for Ted Fritsch |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/18/76 at Minnesota Vikings L 20-35
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs New York Giants W 19-17 1-0-0 09/19/76 vs Seattle Seahawks W 31-7 2-0-0 09/27/76 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20-17 (OT) 3-0-0 10/03/76 at Chicago Bears L 7-33 3-1-0 10/10/76 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 30-33 3-2-0 10/17/76 vs Detroit Lions W 20-7 4-2-0 10/25/76 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 20-10 5-2-0 10/31/76 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-20 5-3-0 11/07/76 at San Francisco 49ers W 24-21 6-3-0 11/14/76 at New York Giants L 9-12 6-4-0 11/21/76 at St. Louis Cardinals W 16-10 7-4-0 11/28/76 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 24-0 8-4-0 12/05/76 at New York Jets W 37-16 9-4-0 12/12/76 at Dallas Cowboys W 27-14 10-4-0