1979 Washington Redskins roster and stats

1979 Washington Redskins: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (211 points scored, 133 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (137 points scored, 162 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 348 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 295 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 235 401 2,576 (22) 5.92 20 15 609 2,328 (12) 3.8 17 4,904 (18) 25 Defense: 234 470 2,992 (18) 5.79 18 26 541 2,154 (12) 4.0 21 5,146 (17) 47

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 16 5'11 205 31 9 Stephen F. Austin 4 Mike Bragg P 16 5'11 186 33 12 Richmond 7 Joe Theismann QB 16 6'0 195 30 6 Notre Dame 11 Kim McQuilken QB 3 6'2 203 28 5 Lehigh 20 Joe Lavender DB 16 6'4 190 30 7 San Diego State 22 Buddy Hardeman RB 10 6'0 190 25 1 Iowa State 23 Tony Peters DB 16 6'1 185 26 5 Oklahoma 24 Lemar Parrish DB 16 5'11 177 31 10 Lincoln (Mo.) 25 Benny Malone RB 16 5'10 193 27 6 Arizona State 26 Don Harris DB 16 6'2 185 25 2 Rutgers 27 Ken Houston DB 13 6'3 198 34 13 Prairie View A&M 29 Mark Murphy DB 16 6'4 210 24 3 Colgate 30 Ike Forte RB 11 6'0 211 25 4 Arkansas 34 Bobby Hammond RB 5 5'10 170 27 4 Morgan State 35 Lonnie Perrin RB 5 6'1 222 27 4 Illinois 38 Clarence Harmon RB 16 5'11 213 23 3 Mississippi State 44 John Riggins RB 16 6'2 230 30 9 Kansas 47 Ray Waddy DB 16 5'11 175 23 R Texas A&I 50 Pete Wysocki LB 16 6'2 224 31 5 Western Michigan 51 Monte Coleman LB 16 6'2 220 21 R Central Arkansas 52 Neal Olkewicz LB 16 6'0 218 22 R Maryland 54 Bob Kuziel C 16 6'5 255 29 6 Pittsburgh 57 Rich Milot LB 14 6'4 225 22 R Penn State 58 Don Hover LB 16 6'2 227 24 2 Washington State 59 Brad Dusek LB 16 6'2 227 28 6 Texas A&M 63 Fred Dean OG 15 6'3 253 24 2 Texas Southern 64 Ron Saul OG 15 6'2 254 31 10 Michigan State 65 Dave Butz DT 15 6'7 285 29 7 Purdue 66 Ted Fritsch C 16 6'2 247 29 7 St. Norbert's 67 Greg Dubinetz OG 15 6'4 260 25 1 Yale 69 Perry Brooks DT 12 6'3 260 24 2 Southern 71 Karl Lorch DE 15 6'3 258 29 4 Southern California 72 Diron Talbert DT 16 6'5 255 35 13 Texas 73 Jeff Williams OG 16 6'4 260 24 3 Rhode Island 74 George Starke OT 16 6'5 250 31 7 Columbia 75 Terry Hermeling OT 16 6'5 255 33 9 Nevada-Reno 77 Joe Jones DE 16 6'6 250 31 9 Tennessee State 78 Paul Smith DE 15 6'3 255 34 12 New Mexico 79 Coy Bacon DE 16 6'4 265 37 12 Jackson State 80 Johnnie McDaniel WR 15 6'1 197 28 6 Lincoln (Mo.) 80 Kris Haines WR 1 5'11 183 22 R Notre Dame 81 Chris DeFrance WR 4 6'1 205 23 R Arizona State 82 Dallas Hickman DE 16 6'3 236 27 4 California 83 Ricky Thompson WR 15 6'0 177 25 4 Baylor 84 Jean Fugett TE 11 6'3 230 27 8 Amherst 85 Don Warren TE 16 6'4 229 23 R San Diego State 86 Phil DuBois TE 15 6'2 220 22 R San Diego State 88 Danny Buggs WR 16 6'2 185 26 5 West Virginia 89 Grady Richardson TE 3 6'4 225 27 1 Cal State-Fullerton

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Theismann 395 233 59.0 2,797 7.08 12.0 20 5.1 13 3.3 34 263 83.9 Kim McQuilken 4 1 25.0 12 3.00 12.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0 0.0 Buddy Hardeman 2 1 50.0 30 15.00 30.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 56.3

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Danny Buggs            46    631   13.7    1
Clarence Harmon        32    434   13.6    5
John Riggins           28    163    5.8    3
Don Warren             26    303   11.7    0
Johnnie McDaniel       25    357   14.3    2
Ricky Thompson         22    368   16.7    4
Buddy Hardeman         21    197    9.4    1
Benny Malone           13    137   10.5    1
Jean Fugett            10    128   12.8    3
Ike Forte              10    105   10.5    0
Bobby Hammond           2     16    8.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Riggins          260  1,153    4.4    9
Benny Malone          176    472    2.7    3
Clarence Harmon        65    267    4.1    0
Joe Theismann          46    181    3.9    4
Ike Forte              25    125    5.0    1
Buddy Hardeman         31    124    4.0    0
Bobby Hammond           2      5    2.5    0
Lonnie Perrin           2      4    2.0    0
Kim McQuilken           2     -3   -1.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Buddy Hardeman         19    404   21.3    0
Bobby Hammond          14    314   22.4    0
Ike Forte               8    211   26.4    0
Don Harris              6     80   13.3    0
Clarence Harmon         5     63   12.6    0
Lonnie Perrin           3     73   24.3    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Buddy Hardeman         24    207    8.6    7    0
Bobby Hammond           7     54    7.7    7    0
Clarence Harmon         1     10   10.0    0    0
Tony Peters             1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Bragg 78 2,998 38.4 10 12 0 29 135 34.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Mark Moseley 2/2 5/5 8/10 9/13 1/3 25/33 39/39 114 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Coy Bacon 13.5 Perry Brooks 4.5 Dave Butz 5.0 Monte Coleman 2.5 1 13 0 Brad Dusek 1.5 1 0 0 Ken Houston 2.0 1 20 0 Joe Jones 6.5 Joe Lavender 6 77 0 Karl Lorch 2.5 1 31 1 Rich Milot 1.0 Mark Murphy 3 29 0 Neal Olkewicz 1.0 1 4 0 Lemar Parrish 9 65 0 Tony Peters 1.0 1 -4 0 Paul Smith 0.5 Diron Talbert 4.5 Ray Waddy 1 6 0 Pete Wysocki 1.0 1 9 0

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 4 103 TE Don Warren 193 San Diego State [pick acquired from OAK via GB] 7 182 LB Rich Milot 121 Penn State [pick acquired from SEA] 9 233 WR Kris Haines 21 Notre Dame 11 289 LB Monte Coleman 215 Central Arkansas 11 300 WR Tony Hall Knoxville [pick acquired from NE]

Traded draft picks: #1 to CIN (Charles Alexander), #2 to OAK via STL (Willie Jones), #3 to BAL via HOU (Kim Anderson), #4 to PHI (Ben Cowins), #5 to CLE via LA (Rich Dimler), #6 to BAL (Jimmy Moore), #7 to NE (Judson Flint), #8 to MIA (Jeff Groth), #10 to KC (Gerald Jackson), #12 to CLE (Dewitt Methvin)

Transactions:

01-1979	traded Washington's #12 pick in the 1979 draft to Browns for Joe Jones
03-30-1979	traded Tampa's #7 pick in the 1979 draft and Miami's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Seahawks for Don Testerman and Seattle's #7 pick in the 1979 draft
05-18-1979	traded Mike Thomas to Chargers for San Diego's #5 pick in the 1980 draft
08-17-1979	traded San Diego's #5 pick in the 1980 draft (?), Washington's #4 pick in the 1981 draft and a #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Browns for Tony Peters
08-21-1979	placed Don Testerman on injured reserve
08-28-1979	placed Gary Anderson on injured reserve
08-28-1979	Giants claimed Tony Green on waivers

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs Houston Oilers          L 27-29       0-1-0
09/09/79    at Detroit Lions           W 27-24       1-1-0
09/17/79    vs New York Giants         W 27-0        2-1-0
09/23/79    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 17-7        3-1-0
09/30/79    at Atlanta Falcons         W 16-7        4-1-0
10/07/79    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 17-28       4-2-0
10/14/79    at Cleveland Browns        W 13-9        5-2-0
10/21/79    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 17-7        6-2-0
10/28/79    vs New Orleans Saints      L 10-14       6-3-0
11/04/79    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 7-38        6-4-0
11/11/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 30-28       7-4-0
11/18/79    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 34-20       8-4-0
11/25/79    at New York Giants         L 6-14        8-5-0
12/02/79    vs Green Bay Packers       W 38-21       9-5-0
12/09/79    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 28-14       10-5-0
12/16/79    at Dallas Cowboys          L 34-35       10-6-0

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