1978 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (8-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1978 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (8-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1978 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Jack Pardee coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Joe Theismann | 390 | 187 | 47.9 | 2593 | 6.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 18 | 4.6 | 63 | 42 | 391 | 61.6 | Billy Kilmer | 46 | 23 | 50.0 | 316 | 6.9 | 4 | 8.7 | 3 | 6.5 | 50 | 4 | 22 | 74.2 | Mike Bragg | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 438 | 212 | 48.4 | 2978 | 6.8 | 17 | 3.9 | 21 | 4.8 | 63 | 46 | 413 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Riggins | 248 | 1014 | 4.1 | 31 | 5 | Mike Thomas | 161 | 533 | 3.3 | 26 | 3 | Joe Theismann | 37 | 177 | 4.8 | 20 | 1 | Clarence Harmon | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 47 | 0 | Benny Malone | 27 | 92 | 3.4 | 31 | 0 | Tony Green | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 | John McDaniel | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 | Reggie Haynes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Ike Forte | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | Billy Kilmer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 537 | 2082 | 3.9 | 47 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Danny Buggs | 36 | 575 | 16.0 | 63 | 2 | Mike Thomas | 35 | 387 | 11.1 | 35 | 2 | John McDaniel | 34 | 577 | 17.0 | 52 | 4 | John Riggins | 31 | 299 | 9.6 | 33 | 0 | Jean Fugett | 25 | 367 | 14.7 | 49 | 7 | Ricky Thompson | 23 | 350 | 15.2 | 49 | 1 | Clarence Harmon | 11 | 112 | 10.2 | 22 | 1 | Frank Grant | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 | Tony Green | 4 | 89 | 22.2 | 34 | 0 | Benny Malone | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 | Reggie Haynes | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | Terry Anderson | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | Mark Murphy | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 212 | 2978 | 14.0 | 63 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Bragg | 103 | 4056 | 39.4 | 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 103 | 4056 | 39.4 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Green | 42 | 443 | 10.5 | 80 | 1 | Terry Anderson | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 | J.T. Smith | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 | Clarence Harmon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Lemar Parrish | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Ike Forte | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 527 | 9.8 | 80 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Green | 34 | 870 | 25.6 | 99 | 1 | Ike Forte | 11 | 243 | 22.1 | 37 | 0 | Don Harris | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 | Terry Anderson | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 | Clarence Harmon | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 | J.T. Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1352 | 23.3 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jake Scott | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 39 | 0 | Gerard Williams | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 | Lemar Parrish | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 23 | 0 | Ken Houston | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 | Brad Dusek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Dave Butz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Ron McDole | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Mike Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Lavender | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 189 | 8.6 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Thomas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Theismann | 8 | 3 | -26 | 0 | 0 | Ron Saul | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Hover | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Dusek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | Pete Wysocki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Riggins | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ike Forte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Diron Talbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coy Bacon | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Gerard Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Lavender | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold McLinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Green | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Kilmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Haynes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 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 | Mark Moseley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 87 | Jean Fugett | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | John Riggins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Mike Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John McDaniel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Tony Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Danny Buggs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ricky Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Theismann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gerard Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Clarence Harmon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brad Dusek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 |
