1972 Washington Redskins season
1972 Washington Redskins season | |
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Owner | Edward Bennett Williams |
Head coach | George Allen |
Home field | RFK Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 11–3 |
Division place | 1st NFC East |
Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Packers) 16–3 Won NFC Championship (vs. Cowboys) 26–3 Lost Super Bowl VII (vs. Dolphins) 7–14 |
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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 |
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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[]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
Practice squad
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Game recap |
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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 | |||||||||
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ "Washington Redskins at Gridiron Uniform Database". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 400
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 451
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