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1971 Washington Redskins: 9-4-1
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Home record: 4-2-1 (109 points scored, 74 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (167 points scored, 116 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen

276 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 190 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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:   182   334   2,273   (10)   6.48   13   15    477   1,757   (14)    3.7    8    4,030    (13)      35
Defense:   191   411   2,127   (12)   4.76   11   29    408   1,396   ( 4)    3.4    7    3,523    ( 4)      41

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 4  Mike Bragg           P     14   5'11  186   25    4   Richmond
 5  Curt Knight          K     14   6'1   190   28    3   Coast Guard
 9  Sonny Jurgensen      QB     5   5'11  203   37   15   Duke
16  Richie Petitbon      DB    14   6'3   208   33   13   Tulane
17  Billy Kilmer         QB    14   6'0   204   32    9   UCLA
18  Sam Wyche            QB     1   6'4   210   26    4   Furman
20  Tommy Mason          RB    10   6'0   195   32   11   Tulane
23  Brig Owens           DB    14   5'11  190   28    6   Cincinnati
24  Bill Malinchak       WR    13   6'1   200   27    6   Indiana
25  Mike Hull            RB    11   6'3   220   26    4   Southern California
26  Bob Brunet           RB     7   6'1   205   25    3   Louisiana Tech
29  Ted Vactor           DB    14   6'0   185   27    3   Nebraska
30  Jeff Jordan          RB     1   6'1   215   26    2   Washington
31  Charlie Harraway     RB    14   6'2   215   27    6   San Jose State
32  Jack Pardee          LB    14   6'2   225   35   14   Texas A&M
37  Pat Fischer          DB    14   5'10  170   31   11   Nebraska
41  Mike Bass            DB    14   6'0   190   26    4   Michigan
42  Charley Taylor       WR     6   6'3   210   30    8   Arizona State
43  Larry Brown          RB    13   5'11  195   24    3   Kansas State
45  Speedy Duncan        DB    14   5'10  175   29    8   Jackson State
48  Jon Jaqua            DB    14   6'0   190   23    2   Lewis & Clark
51  Bob Grant            LB     6   6'2   225   25    4   Wake Forest
53  Harold McLinton      LB    14   6'2   235   24    3   Southern
55  Chris Hanburger      LB    14   6'2   218   30    7   North Carolina
56  Len Hauss            C     14   6'2   235   29    8   Georgia
58  George Burman        C     14   6'3   255   28    6   Northwestern
60  John Wilbur          OG    14   6'3   250   28    6   Stanford
62  Ray Schoenke         OG    14   6'3   250   30    8   Southern Methodist
64  Manny Sistrunk       DT    14   6'5   265   24    2   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
66  Myron Pottios        LB    14   6'2   232   32   10   Notre Dame
67  Rusty Tillman        LB     9   6'2   230   25    2   Northern Arizona
72  Diron Talbert        DT    14   6'5   255   27    5   Texas
73  Paul Laaveg          OG    14   6'4   245   23    2   Iowa
74  Jim Snowden          OT    14   6'3   255   29    7   Notre Dame
75  Terry Hermeling      OT     8   6'5   255   25    2   Nevada-Reno
76  Walt Rock            OT    14   6'5   255   29    9   Maryland
77  Bill Brundige        DT    14   6'5   270   22    2   Colorado
78  Mike Taylor          OT     5   6'4   245   26    4   Southern California
79  Ron McDole           DE    14   6'3   288   32   11   Nebraska
80  Roy Jefferson        WR    14   6'2   195   27    7   Utah
81  Mack Alston          TE    12   6'2   230   24    2   Maryland Eastern Shore
82  Jimmie Jones         DE    14   6'3   215   24    3   Wichita State
85  Clifton McNeil       WR     8   6'2   187   31    8   Grambling
86  Boyd Dowler          WR    12   6'5   225   34   12   Colorado
87  Jerry Smith          TE     8   6'2   208   28    7   Arizona State
89  Verlon Biggs         DE    13   6'4   270   28    7   Jackson State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Billy Kilmer         306  166   54.2  2,221   7.26  13.4  13   4.2   13   4.2    16   110    74.0
Sonny Jurgensen       28   16   57.1    170   6.07  10.6   0   0.0    2   7.1     1     8    45.2
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Roy Jefferson          47    701   14.9    4
Boyd Dowler            26    352   13.5    0
Charley Taylor         24    370   15.4    4
Charlie Harraway       20    121    6.0    0
Jerry Smith            16    227   14.2    1
Larry Brown            16    176   11.0    2
Clifton McNeil         14    244   17.4    2
Tommy Mason            12    109    9.1    0
Mack Alston             5     87   17.4    0
Bob Brunet              2      4    2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Brown           253    948    3.7    4
Charlie Harraway      156    635    4.1    2
Tommy Mason            31     85    2.7    0
Sonny Jurgensen         3     29    9.7    0
Bob Brunet             10     27    2.7    0
Roy Jefferson           2     13    6.5    0
Mike Hull               2      8    4.0    0
Jerry Smith             1      5    5.0    0
Billy Kilmer           17      5    0.3    2
Sam Wyche               1      4    4.0    0
Richie Petitbon         1     -2   -2.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Speedy Duncan          27    724   26.8    0
Jon Jaqua               6     78   13.0    0
Harold McLinton         5     46    9.2    0
Mike Bass               4     61   15.2    0
Rusty Tillman           1      4    4.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ted Vactor             23    194    8.4    7    0
Speedy Duncan          22    233   10.6    9    0
Jon Jaqua               0      0      ?    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Bragg 58 2,348 40.5 0 0 1 0 0 39.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Curt Knight 10/12 6/9 8/14 3/11 2/3 29/49 27/27 114 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mike Bass 8 78 1 Verlon Biggs 5.0 Bill Brundige 4.5 Speedy Duncan 1 46 1 Pat Fischer 3 103 1 Chris Hanburger 5.0 1 17 0 Jimmie Jones 7.5 Ron McDole 4.5 3 18 1 Harold McLinton 0.5 Brig Owens 2 27 0 Jack Pardee 1.5 5 58 1 Richie Petitbon 5 102 0 Myron Pottios 0.5 1 31 0 Manny Sistrunk 3.0 Diron Talbert 5.0

1971 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 38 WR Cotton Speyrer 36 Texas 6 141 OG Conway Hayman 77 Delaware 7 166 DB Willie Germany 42 Morgan State 9 219 DE Mike Fanucci 40 Arizona State 10 244 RB Jessie Taylor 14 Cincinnati 11 272 OT George Starke 156 Columbia 12 297 DB Jeff Severson 83 Cal State-Long Beach 13 322 C Dan Ryczek 102 Virginia 14 349 QB Bill Bynum Western New Mexico 15 375 OG Anthony Christnovich Wisconsin-LaCrosse 16 400 LB Glenn Tucker North Texas

Traded draft picks: #1 to LA (Isiah Robertson), #3 to LA (Dave Elmendorf), #4 to NO (Wimpy Winther), #5 to GB (Donnell Smith), #8 to NO (Jimmy Elder), #17 to NO (Hermann Eben)


Transactions:

01-23-1971traded Tom Roussel and Washington's #4 and #8 picks in the 1971 draft to Saints for Billy Kilmer
01-28-1971traded Marlin McKeever, Washington's #1 and #3 picks in the 1971 draft and their #4, #5, #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Rams for Maxie Baughan, Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios, Jeff Jordan, John Wilbur, Diron Talbert and Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft
01-29-1971traded Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Packers for the rights to Boyd Dowler
01-29-1971traded Leo Carroll and Washington's #17 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Mike Taylor
03-31-1971traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1973 draft (?) to Rams for Tommy Mason
05-06-1971traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Jets for Jimmie Jones
05-10-1971traded Henry Dyer to Bengals for Sam Wyche
05-11-1971traded Washington's #3 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft to Bills for Ron McDole
05-26-1971signed Speedy Duncan from Chargers as a free agent
05-26-1971sent San Francisco's #3 and #4 picks and Detroit's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers as compensation for Speedy Duncan
06-05-1971Broncos claimed Walter Roberts on waivers
06-10-1971signed Verlon Biggs from Jets as a free agent
06-10-1971traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and their #2 pick in the 1973 draft (as compensation for signing Verlon Biggs) to Jets for the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft
07-1971George Burman retired
07-08-1971traded Washington's #2 pick and the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts for Bob Grant
07-10-1971traded 2 draft picks (later returned to Redskins when Burman retired) to Rams for George Burman
07-31-1971traded Cotton Speyrer and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Roy Jefferson and Baltimore's #9 picks in the 1973 and 1974 drafts
08-04-1971traded New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1973 draft and Washington's #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Richie Petitbon
08-04-1971traded Bruce Anderson to Saints for Tom Barrington and an undisclosed draft pick
08-31-1971traded Steve Wright and Danny Pierce to Bears for Mike Hull
09-15-1971claimed Alex Karras on waivers from Lions
09-20-1971signed Dave Cahill from Rams as a free agent
10-25-1971claimed Richmond Flowers on waivers from Cowboys
10-26-1971traded Los Angeles' #5 pick and Washington's #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Giants for Clifton McNeil
10-27-1971traded Richmond Flowers to Giants for Washington's #6 pick in the 1972 draft


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/26/71    at San Francisco 49ers     L 20-24


1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/19/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24-17 1-0-0 09/26/71 at New York Giants W 30-3 2-0-0 10/03/71 at Dallas Cowboys W 20-16 3-0-0 10/10/71 vs Houston Oilers W 22-13 4-0-0 10/17/71 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 20-0 5-0-0 10/24/71 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20-27 5-1-0 10/31/71 vs New Orleans Saints W 24-14 6-1-0 11/07/71 vs Philadelphia Eagles T 7-7 6-1-1 11/14/71 at Chicago Bears L 15-16 6-2-1 11/21/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-13 6-3-1 11/28/71 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20-13 7-3-1 12/05/71 vs New York Giants W 23-7 8-3-1 12/13/71 at Los Angeles Rams W 38-24 9-3-1 12/19/71 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-20 9-4-1

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