1978 Washington Redskins: 8-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (148 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (125 points scored, 155 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 273 points scored (17th of 28 teams), 283 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 212 438 2,565 (14) 5.30 17 21 537 2,082 (22) 3.9 10 4,647 (19) 37 Defense: 197 409 2,378 (10) 5.36 11 22 625 2,538 (24) 4.1 15 4,916 (18) 32
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 16 5'11 205 30 8 Stephen F. Austin 4 Mike Bragg P 16 5'11 186 32 11 Richmond 7 Joe Theismann QB 16 6'0 190 29 5 Notre Dame 13 Jake Scott DB 16 6'0 188 33 9 Georgia 17 Billy Kilmer QB 5 6'0 204 39 16 UCLA 20 Joe Lavender DB 16 6'4 190 29 6 San Diego State 22 Mike Thomas RB 13 5'11 190 25 4 Nevada-Las Vegas 24 Lemar Parrish DB 11 5'11 183 30 9 Lincoln (Mo.) 25 Benny Malone RB 9 5'10 193 26 5 Arizona State 26 Don Harris DB 16 6'2 185 24 1 Rutgers 27 Ken Houston DB 16 6'3 198 33 12 Prairie View A&M 29 Mark Murphy DB 16 6'4 210 23 2 Colgate 30 Ike Forte RB 13 6'0 196 24 3 Arkansas 32 Mike Curtis LB 13 6'2 232 35 14 Duke 34 Tony Green RB 16 5'9 185 22 R Florida 35 Jack Deloplaine RB 2 5'10 205 24 3 Salem 38 Clarence Harmon RB 16 5'11 190 22 2 Mississippi State 44 John Riggins RB 15 6'2 230 29 8 Kansas 45 Gerard Williams DB 16 6'1 184 26 3 Langston 46 Frank Grant WR 6 5'11 181 28 6 Southern Colorado 50 Pete Wysocki LB 16 6'2 225 30 4 Western Michigan 53 Harold McLinton LB 16 6'2 235 31 10 Southern 54 Bob Kuziel C 16 6'5 255 28 5 Pittsburgh 55 Chris Hanburger LB 16 6'2 218 37 14 North Carolina 58 Don Hover LB 16 6'2 222 23 R Washington State 59 Brad Dusek LB 16 6'2 214 27 5 Texas A&M 60 Donnie Hickman OG 3 6'2 260 23 1 Southern California 62 Dan Nugent OG 16 6'3 250 25 3 Auburn 63 Fred Dean OG 8 6'3 253 23 1 Texas Southern 64 Ron Saul OG 15 6'3 254 30 9 Michigan State 65 Dave Butz DT 16 6'7 285 28 6 Purdue 66 Ted Fritsch C 16 6'2 242 28 6 St. Norbert's 68 Jim Harlan OT 14 6'4 250 24 1 Howard Payne 69 Perry Brooks DT 16 6'3 260 23 1 Southern 71 Karl Lorch DE 16 6'3 258 28 3 Southern California 72 Diron Talbert DT 12 6'5 255 34 12 Texas 73 Jeff Williams OT 7 6'4 255 23 2 Rhode Island 74 George Starke OT 9 6'5 250 30 6 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 16 6'5 255 32 8 Nevada-Reno 76 Bob Heinz DT 2 6'6 260 31 9 Pacific 78 Dallas Hickman DE 16 6'6 235 26 3 California 79 Ron McDole DE 16 6'3 265 39 18 Nebraska 80 Coy Bacon DE 16 6'4 265 36 11 Jackson State 81 J.T. Smith WR 3 6'2 185 23 R North Texas State 81 Terry Anderson WR 10 5'9 182 23 2 Bethune-Cookman 83 Ricky Thompson WR 16 6'0 176 24 3 Baylor 84 Jean Fugett TE 14 6'4 230 26 7 Amherst 85 Greg McCrary TE 5 6'3 230 26 3 Clark Atlanta 86 Johnnie McDaniel WR 15 6'1 197 27 5 Lincoln (Mo.) 88 Danny Buggs WR 13 6'2 185 25 4 West Virginia 89 Reggie Haynes TE 14 6'2 229 24 1 Nevada-Las Vegas
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Theismann 390 187 47.9 2,593 6.65 13.9 13 3.3 18 4.6 42 391 61.6 Billy Kilmer 46 23 50.0 316 6.87 13.7 4 8.7 3 6.5 4 22 74.2 Mike Bragg 2 2 100.0 69 34.50 34.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Danny Buggs 36 575 16.0 2 Mike Thomas 35 387 11.1 2 Johnnie McDaniel 34 577 17.0 4 John Riggins 31 299 9.6 0 Jean Fugett 25 367 14.7 7 Ricky Thompson 23 350 15.2 1 Clarence Harmon 11 112 10.2 1 Frank Grant 6 92 15.3 0 Tony Green 4 89 22.2 0 Benny Malone 3 29 9.7 0 Reggie Haynes 2 32 16.0 0 Terry Anderson 1 56 56.0 0 Mark Murphy 1 13 13.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Riggins 248 1,014 4.1 5 Mike Thomas 161 533 3.3 3 Joe Theismann 37 177 4.8 1 Clarence Harmon 34 141 4.1 0 Benny Malone 27 92 3.4 0 Tony Green 22 82 3.7 1 Johnnie McDaniel 2 25 12.5 0 Reggie Haynes 1 13 13.0 0 Ike Forte 4 4 1.0 0 Billy Kilmer 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green 34 870 25.6 1 Ike Forte 11 243 22.1 0 Don Harris 6 99 16.5 0 Terry Anderson 3 70 23.3 0 Clarence Harmon 3 52 17.3 0 J.T. Smith 1 18 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Tony Green 42 443 10.5 13 1 Terry Anderson 5 47 9.4 2 0 J.T. Smith 4 33 8.2 1 0 Clarence Harmon 1 5 5.0 0 0 Lemar Parrish 1 4 4.0 0 0 Ike Forte 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 Pete Wysocki 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 6 159 RB Tony Green 31 Florida [pick acquired from MIN via SF] 8 202 WR Walker Lee North Carolina [pick acquired from SF] 8 219 LB Don Hover 32 Washington State [pick acquired from LA] 9 243 QB John Hurley Santa Clara 10 270 DE Scott Hertenstein Azusa Pacific 11 297 DB Mike Williams Texas A&M 12 324 OG Steve McCabe Bowdoin
Traded draft picks: #1 to STL (Ken Greene), #2 to LA (Stan Johnson), #3 to LA (Frank Corral), #4 to CLE via LA (Pete Pullara), #5 to PHI (Norris Banks), #6 to NO via HOU (Frank Chesley), #7 to KC (Bill Kellar), #8 to ATL (David Williams)
Transactions:
| 04-14-1978 | traded Larry Jones to 49ers for Tom Mitchell and Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 05-03-1978 | traded Joe Harris to 49ers for San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 05-11-1978 | traded Washington's #8 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts to Dolphins for Jim Mandich |
| 05-18-1978 | claimed Ed Marshall on waivers from Giants |
| 06-01-1978 | Charley Taylor retired |
| 06-26-1978 | traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1979 draft to Bengals for Lemar Parrish and Coy Bacon |
| 06-28-1978 | Brig Owens retired |
| 07-24-1978 | traded Eddie Brown and Washington's #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Donnie Hickman, Jeff Williams, Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft and their #2 and #5 picks in the 1980 draft |
| 08-01-1978 | traded a #6 pick in the 1979 draft to Dolphins for Bill Kenney |
| 08-04-1978 | traded Tim Stokes to Packers for Oakland's #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-21-1978 | traded a #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Jets for Mike Hughes |
| 08-22-1978 | placed Eddie Moss on injured reserve |
| 08-22-1978 | traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Falcons for Greg McCrary |
| 08-22-1978 | traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1979 draft to Colts for Ricky Thompson |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed Jack Deloplaine on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed Alvin Maxson on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-30-1978 | traded Washington's #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Chiefs for John McDaniel |
| 10-10-1978 | traded Frank Grant to Buccaneers for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 10-10-1978 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bills for Jim Braxton |
| 10-10-1978 | traded Jim Braxton and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Dolphins for Benny Malone and Miami's #5 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 10-18-1978 | Lions claimed Donnie Hickman on waivers |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at New England Patriots W 16-14 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 35-30 2-0-0 09/17/78 at St. Louis Cardinals W 28-10 3-0-0 09/24/78 vs New York Jets W 23-3 4-0-0 10/02/78 vs Dallas Cowboys W 9-5 5-0-0 10/08/78 at Detroit Lions W 21-19 6-0-0 10/15/78 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-17 6-1-0 10/22/78 at New York Giants L 6-17 6-2-0 10/29/78 vs San Francisco 49ers W 38-20 7-2-0 11/06/78 at Baltimore Colts L 17-21 7-3-0 11/12/78 vs New York Giants W 16-13 (OT) 8-3-0 11/19/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 17-27 8-4-0 11/23/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-37 8-5-0 12/03/78 vs Miami Dolphins L 0-16 8-6-0 12/10/78 at Atlanta Falcons L 17-20 8-7-0 12/16/78 vs Chicago Bears L 10-14 8-8-0