1972 Washington Redskins Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: George Allen (11-3)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1972 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
George Allen coached the team. The 1972 Washington Redskins lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Billy Kilmer | 225 | 120 | 53.3 | 1648 | 7.3 | 19 | 8.4 | 11 | 4.9 | 89 | 9 | 67 | 84.8 | Sonny Jurgensen | 59 | 39 | 66.1 | 633 | 10.7 | 2 | 3.4 | 4 | 6.8 | 36 | 2 | 21 | 84.9 |
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| Totals | 284 | 159 | 56.0 | 2281 | 8.0 | 21 | 7.4 | 15 | 5.3 | 89 | 11 | 88 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Larry Brown | 285 | 1216 | 4.3 | 38 | 8 | Charlie Harraway | 148 | 567 | 3.8 | 24 | 6 | Herb Mul-Key | 33 | 155 | 4.7 | 35 | 1 | Bob Brunet | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 18 | 2 | Charley Taylor | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | George Nock | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | Jerry Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Billy Kilmer | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 513 | 2082 | 4.1 | 38 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charley Taylor | 49 | 673 | 13.7 | 70 | 7 | Roy Jefferson | 35 | 550 | 15.7 | 45 | 3 | Larry Brown | 32 | 473 | 14.8 | 89 | 4 | Jerry Smith | 21 | 353 | 16.8 | 34 | 7 | Charlie Harraway | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 | Herb Mul-Key | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 | Mack Alston | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 36 | 0 | Bob Brunet | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 159 | 2281 | 14.3 | 89 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Bragg | 59 | 2273 | 38.5 | 62 |
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| Totals | 59 | 2273 | 38.5 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ted Vactor | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 28 | 0 | Speedy Duncan | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 18 | 0 | Alvin Haymond | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 34 | 159 | 4.7 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Speedy Duncan | 15 | 364 | 24.3 | 41 | 0 | Alvin Haymond | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 41 | 0 | Herb Mul-Key | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 44 | 0 | Bob Brunet | 8 | 190 | 23.8 | 45 | 0 | Mike Bass | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 | Ted Vactor | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Harold McLinton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Mike Fanucci | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Rusty Tillman | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 48 | 1133 | 23.6 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chris Hanburger | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 41 | 1 | Pat Fischer | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 35 | 0 | Mike Bass | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 29 | 0 | Harold McLinton | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | Ted Vactor | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Speedy Duncan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Brig Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 17 | 287 | 16.9 | 41 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Larry Brown | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Laaveg | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ted Vactor | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Pardee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Rock | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Myron Pottios | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Verlon Biggs | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | Mack Alston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Nock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Diron Talbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Bill Malinchak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Taylor | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Brig Owens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Terry Hermeling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold McLinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Schoenke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Speedy Duncan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Herb Mul-Key | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Kilmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Harraway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Brunet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 4 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Curt Knight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 82 | Larry Brown | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Charley Taylor | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Jerry Smith | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Charlie Harraway | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Roy Jefferson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bob Brunet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bill Malinchak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Herb Mul-Key | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Bass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 336 |
