1972 Washington Redskins season

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1972 Washington Redskins season
OwnerEdward Bennett Williams
Head coachGeorge Allen
Home fieldRFK Stadium
Results
Record11–3
Division place1st NFC East
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs (vs. Packers) 16–3
Won NFC Championship (vs. Cowboys) 26–3
Lost Super Bowl VII (vs. Dolphins) 7–14
The Redskins playing against the Dolphins in Super Bowl VII.

The 1972 Washington Redskins season was the team's 41st, and 36th in Washington, D.C. The Redskins were trying to build on the success of the previous season, in which they had made the postseason for the first time in 26 seasons.

Head coach George Allen, in just his second season with the team, took the Redskins to their first Super Bowl. The team, who had missed the postseason in the entirety of the 1950s and 1960s, won its first postseason game since 1943, and appeared in its first league championship game since 1945.

The NFC champion Redskins would ultimately lose a very close Super Bowl VII, 14–7, to the undefeated Miami Dolphins.

The 1972 season was the first in which the team wore its former logo, which featured a Native American head in profile within a gold circle.[1] With the Washington Senators relocating to Texas in 1971 and the Baltimore Bullets not relocating until the summer of 1973, the 1972 Redskins were at the time the D.C. area's only team playing in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
8 203 Moses Denson Running Back Maryland-Eastern Shore
9 229 Steve Boekholder Defensive End Drake
10 255 Mike Oldham Wide Receiver Michigan
11 281 Jeff Welch Defensive Back Arkansas Tech
12 307 Don Bunce Quarterback Stanford
13 332 Frank Grant Wide Receiver Southern Colorado
15 365 Mike O'Quinn Guard McNeese State
15 385 Carl Taibi Defensive End Colorado
16 411 Steve Higginbotham Defensive Back Alabama
17 437 Kevin Clemente Linebacker Boston College

Roster[]

1972 Washington Redskins roster
Quarterbacks
  • 9 Sonny Jurgensen
  • 17 Billy Kilmer
  • 18 Sam Wyche

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Game
recap
1 September 18 at Minnesota Vikings W 24–21 1–0 Metropolitan Stadium 47,900 Recap
2 September 24 St. Louis Cardinals W 24–10 2–0 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap
3 October 1 at New England Patriots L 23–24 2–1 Schaefer Stadium 60,999 Recap
4 October 8 Philadelphia Eagles W 14–0 3–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap
5 October 15 at St. Louis Cardinals W 33–3 4–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,454 Recap
6 October 22 Dallas Cowboys W 24–20 5–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap
7 October 29 at New York Giants W 23–16 6–1 Yankee Stadium 62,878 Recap
8 November 5 at New York Jets W 35–17 7–1 Shea Stadium 63,962 Recap
9 November 12 New York Giants W 27–13 8–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap
10 November 20 Atlanta Falcons W 24–13 9–1 RFK Stadium 53,034 Recap
11 November 26 Green Bay Packers W 21–16 10–1 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap
12 December 3 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–7 11–1 Veterans Stadium 65,720 Recap
13 December 9 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–34 11–2 Texas Stadium 65,136 Recap
14 December 17 Buffalo Bills L 17–24 11–3 RFK Stadium 53,039 Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Washington Redskins 11 3 0 .786 7–1 10–1 336 218 L2
Dallas Cowboys 10 4 0 .714 6–2 7–4 319 240 L1
New York Giants 8 6 0 .571 5–3 7–4 331 247 W1
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 .321 1–6–1 3–7–1 193 303 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 2 11 1 .179 0–7–1 0–10–1 145 352 L5

Postseason[]

Playoffs[]

Round Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance Game
recap
Divisional December 24 Green Bay Packers W 16–3 RFK Stadium 53,140 Recap
NFC Championship December 31 Dallas Cowboys W 26–3 RFK Stadium 53,129 Recap
Super Bowl VII January 14, 1973 Miami Dolphins L 7–14 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 90,182 Recap

Awards and records[]

  • Larry Brown, NFL MVP[2]
  • Larry Brown, Bert Bell Award[3]
  • Larry Brown, AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year
  • Billy Kilmer, NFL leader (tied) in touchdown passes (19).[4] NFL leader in passer rating (84.8).

Milestones[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Washington Redskins at Gridiron Uniform Database". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 400
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 451


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