1977 Washington Redskins: 9-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (97 points scored, 91 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (99 points scored, 98 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 196 points scored (21st of 28 teams), 189 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 183 383 1,863 (18) 4.28 15 16 502 1,752 (23) 3.5 4 3,615 (20) 30 Defense: 167 380 2,071 (17) 4.88 12 21 537 2,039 (18) 3.8 8 4,110 (19) 33
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 14 5'11 205 29 7 Stephen F. Austin 4 Mike Bragg P 14 5'11 186 31 10 Richmond 7 Joe Theismann QB 14 6'0 184 28 4 Notre Dame 13 Jake Scott DB 14 6'0 188 32 8 Georgia 17 Billy Kilmer QB 8 6'0 204 38 15 UCLA 20 Joe Lavender DB 14 6'4 190 28 5 San Diego State 21 Larry Jones WR 14 5'10 170 26 4 Northeast Missouri State 22 Mike Thomas RB 13 5'11 190 24 3 Nevada-Las Vegas 23 Brig Owens DB 4 5'11 190 34 12 Cincinnati 25 Eddie Brown DB 14 5'11 190 25 4 Tennessee 26 Bob Brunet RB 5 6'1 205 31 8 Louisiana Tech 27 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 198 32 11 Prairie View A&M 29 Mark Murphy DB 14 6'4 210 22 R Colgate 30 Jim Kiick RB 1 5'11 215 31 9 Wyoming 32 Mike Curtis LB 14 6'2 232 34 13 Duke 35 Calvin Hill RB 14 6'3 227 30 9 Yale 36 Eddie Moss RB 9 6'0 215 29 5 Southeast Missouri State 37 Pat Fischer DB 3 5'10 170 37 17 Nebraska 38 Clarence Harmon RB 12 5'11 190 21 R Mississippi State 40 Windlan Hall DB 8 5'11 175 27 6 Arizona State 42 Charley Taylor WR 12 6'3 210 36 13 Arizona State 44 John Riggins RB 5 6'2 230 28 7 Kansas 45 Gerard Williams DB 14 6'1 184 25 2 Langston 46 Frank Grant WR 14 5'11 181 27 5 Southern Colorado 50 Pete Wysocki LB 13 6'2 225 29 3 Western Michigan 51 Joe Harris LB 11 6'1 225 24 1 Georgia Tech 53 Harold McLinton LB 14 6'2 235 30 9 Southern 54 Bob Kuziel C 14 6'5 255 27 4 Pittsburgh 55 Chris Hanburger LB 5 6'2 218 36 13 North Carolina 56 Len Hauss C 14 6'2 235 35 14 Georgia 57 Stu O'Dell LB 3 6'1 220 25 3 Indiana 59 Brad Dusek LB 14 6'2 214 26 4 Texas A&M 61 Dennis Johnson DT 11 6'4 260 26 4 Delaware 62 Dan Nugent OG 14 6'3 250 24 2 Auburn 64 Ron Saul OG 14 6'2 264 29 8 Michigan State 65 Dave Butz DT 12 6'7 285 27 5 Purdue 66 Ted Fritsch C 14 6'2 242 27 5 St. Norbert's 67 Rusty Tillman LB 14 6'2 230 31 8 Northern Arizona 70 Will Wynn DE 1 6'4 245 28 5 Tennessee State 71 Karl Lorch DE 14 6'3 253 27 2 Southern California 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 33 11 Texas 74 George Starke OT 14 6'5 249 29 5 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 13 6'5 255 31 7 Nevada-Reno 76 Tim Stokes OT 14 6'5 252 27 4 Oregon 77 Bill Brundige DT 12 6'5 270 28 8 Colorado 78 Dallas Hickman DE 14 6'6 235 25 2 California 79 Ron McDole DE 14 6'3 265 38 17 Nebraska 84 Jean Fugett TE 14 6'3 226 25 6 Amherst 86 Bill Larson TE 1 6'4 225 24 2 Colorado State 87 Jerry Smith TE 9 6'2 208 34 13 Arizona State 88 Danny Buggs WR 14 6'2 185 24 3 West Virginia
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Billy Kilmer 201 99 49.3 1,187 5.91 12.0 8 4.0 7 3.5 22 180 66.5 Joe Theismann 182 84 46.2 1,097 6.03 13.1 7 3.8 9 4.9 30 241 57.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jean Fugett 36 631 17.5 5 Frank Grant 34 480 14.1 3 Mike Thomas 28 245 8.8 2 Danny Buggs 26 341 13.1 1 Calvin Hill 18 154 8.6 1 Charley Taylor 14 158 11.3 0 Clarence Harmon 14 119 8.5 1 John Riggins 7 95 13.6 2 Larry Jones 5 55 11.0 0 Jerry Smith 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Thomas 228 806 3.5 3 Clarence Harmon 94 310 3.3 0 Calvin Hill 69 257 3.7 0 John Riggins 68 203 3.0 0 Joe Theismann 29 149 5.1 1 Billy Kilmer 10 20 2.0 0 Bob Brunet 3 6 2.0 0 Larry Jones 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Brown 34 852 25.1 0 Mark Murphy 3 44 14.7 0 Rusty Tillman 3 39 13.0 0 Larry Jones 2 42 21.0 0 Bob Brunet 2 40 20.0 0 Eddie Moss 2 35 17.5 0 Clarence Harmon 1 18 18.0 0 Danny Buggs 0 17 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Eddie Brown 57 452 7.9 8 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 4 97 DE Duncan McColl Stanford [pick acquired from MIA] 7 190 TE Reggie Haynes 14 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from LA] 9 246 RB Mike Northington Purdue [pick acquired from LA] 10 273 RB James Sykes Rice 11 300 DB Don Harris 43 Rutgers 12 327 DE Curtis Kirkland Missouri
Traded draft picks: #1 to STL (Steve Pisarkiewicz), #2 to LA via SD (Billy Waddy), #3 to SD (Linden King), #4 to KC (Eric Harris), #5 to LA (Donnie Hickman), #6 to ATL (Keith Jenkins), #7 to OAK via HOU, NYG (Rich Martini), #8 to KC (Waddell Smith), #9 to ATL (Robert Speer)
Transactions:
| 04-06-1977 | signed Greg Hartle from Cardinals as a free agent |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #7 and #9 picks in the 1977 draft and their #8 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 07-27-1977 | Larry Brown retired |
| 08-22-1977 | traded a conditional draft pick to Patriots for Harold Hart |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Duncan McColl on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at New York Giants L 17-20 0-1-0 09/25/77 vs Atlanta Falcons W 10-6 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 24-14 2-1-0 10/09/77 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 10-0 3-1-0 10/16/77 at Dallas Cowboys L 16-34 3-2-0 10/23/77 vs New York Giants L 6-17 3-3-0 10/30/77 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 23-17 4-3-0 11/07/77 at Baltimore Colts L 3-10 4-4-0 11/13/77 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17-14 5-4-0 11/21/77 vs Green Bay Packers W 10-9 6-4-0 11/27/77 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-14 6-5-0 12/04/77 at Buffalo Bills W 10-0 7-5-0 12/10/77 at St. Louis Cardinals W 26-20 8-5-0 12/17/77 vs Los Angeles Rams W 17-14 9-5-0