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1974 Washington Redskins

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 320 points (22.9/g), 4th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 196 points (14.0/g), 4th.
 Differential of 124 points (8.9/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 10.7-3.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.4/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 10.2, Offense: 5.7, Defense: 4.5, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by George Allen

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 320 4245 908 4.7 249 254 413 2802 22 11 6.4 156 470 1443 11 3.1 77 20 9 16
Team Defense 196 3285 844 3.9 210 197 399 1846 13 25 4.3 114 414 1439 7 3.5 79 40 15 17
Lg Rank Offense 4 12 10 3 1 2 2 5 14 23 18 26 2 2
Lg Rank Defense 4 2 5 19 5 8 3 2 3 3 2 6 4 8

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 boxscore W 1-0 @ New York Giants 13 10 13 237 109 128 2 12 158 60 98 4
2 Sun September 22 boxscore L 1-1 St. Louis Cardinals 10 17 21 332 200 132 2 12 224 49 175
3 Mon September 30 boxscore W 2-1 Denver Broncos 30 3 21 345 245 100 1 10 159 106 53 3
4 Sun October 6 boxscore L 2-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 17 28 24 337 227 110 1 14 231 132 99 1
5 Sun October 13 boxscore W 3-2 Miami Dolphins 20 17 15 325 299 26 4 16 233 126 107 3
6 Sun October 20 boxscore W 4-2 New York Giants 24 3 18 246 166 80 2 10 171 114 57 6
7 Sun October 27 boxscore L 4-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 20 23 19 292 176 116 1 15 305 190 115
8 Sun November 3 boxscore W 5-3 @ Green Bay Packers 17 6 14 237 137 100 2 15 254 158 96 3
9 Sun November 10 boxscore W 6-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 20 15 271 225 46 1 23 267 183 84 3
10 Sun November 17 boxscore W 7-3 Dallas Cowboys 28 21 13 252 152 100 1 18 296 144 152 1
11 Sun November 24 boxscore W 8-3 Philadelphia Eagles 26 7 19 303 172 131 14 214 135 79 5
12 Thu November 28 boxscore L 8-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 23 24 11 207 102 105 1 23 373 239 134 5
13 Mon December 9 boxscore W 9-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 23 17 19 350 263 87 1 18 274 157 117 2
14 Sun December 15 boxscore W 10-4 Chicago Bears 42 0 27 511 329 182 1 10 126 53 73 4
Playoffs
Division Sun December 22 boxscore L 10-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 19 13 218 169 49 6 14 226 95 131 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
17 Billy Kilmer 35 QB 11 10 7-3-0 137 234 58.5 1632 10 4.3 6 2.6 51 7.0 6.7 11.9 148.4 83.5 13 96 6.22 5.94 5.3
9 Sonny Jurgensen 40 qb 14 4 3-1-0 107 167 64.1 1185 11 6.6 5 3.0 44 7.1 7.1 11.1 84.6 94.5 10 69 6.31 6.28 5.6 2 2
7 Joe Theismann 25 PR 9 0 9 11 81.8 145 1 9.1 0 0.0 69 13.2 15.0 16.1 16.1 149.1 2 11 10.31 11.85 15.4
43 Larry Brown 27 RB 11 11 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.5 118.7 0 0 16.00 16.00 0.0
Team Total 28.8 14 10-4-0 254 413 61.5 2978 22 5.3 11 2.7 69 7.2 7.1 11.7 212.7 90.0 25 176 6.40 6.27 5.7 2 2
Opp Total 14 197 399 49.4 2102 13 3.3 25 6.3 5.3 3.10 10.7 150.1 49.9 31 256 4.3 2.3 7.2

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
43 Larry Brown 27 RB 11 11 163 430 3 16 2.6 39.1 14.8 37 388 10.5 4 34 3.4 35.3 818 7 2
44 Moses Denson 30 FB 13 8 103 391 0 23 3.8 30.1 7.9 26 174 6.7 2 27 2.0 13.4 565 2 1
47 Duane Thomas 27 rb 11 3 95 347 5 66 3.7 31.5 8.6 10 31 3.1 1 9 0.9 2.8 378 6 1
38 Larry Smith 27 rb 7 6 55 149 0 13 2.7 21.3 7.9 23 137 6.0 1 14 3.3 19.6 286 1 1
31 Charlie Evans 26 6 0 32 79 2 9 2.5 13.2 5.3 2 44 22.0 0 44 0.3 7.3 123 2 2
17 Billy Kilmer 35 QB 11 10 6 27 0 10 4.5 2.5 0.5 27 0 3
40 Doug Cunningham 29 2 0 5 17 0 5 3.4 8.5 2.5 2 26 13.0 0 18 1.0 13.0 43 0 0
9 Sonny Jurgensen 40 qb 14 4 4 -6 0 0 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 -6 0 2
7 Joe Theismann 25 PR 9 0 3 12 1 12 4.0 1.3 0.3 12 1 0
42 Charley Taylor* 33 WR 14 14 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 54 738 13.7 5 51 3.9 52.7 737 5 0
87 Jerry Smith 31 TE 14 14 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 44 554 12.6 3 30 3.1 39.6 559 3 1
46 Frank Grant 24 wr 14 1 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.7 0.1 9 196 21.8 1 69 0.6 14.0 186 1 0
28 Herb Mul-Key 25 7 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.4 0.1 3 0 0
80 Roy Jefferson 31 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 654 15.2 4 43 3.1 46.7 654 4 1
88 Alvin Reed 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 36 9.0 1 11 0.3 2.6 36 1 0
Team Total 28.8 14 470 1443 11 66 3.1 103.1 33.6 254 2978 11.7 22 69 18.1 212.7 4421 33 16
Opp Total 14 414 1439 7 3.5 102.8 29.6 197 1846 9.4 13 14.1 131.9 3285 20 28

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 Larry Jones 23 KR 13 0 8 54 0 13 6.8 23 672 1 102 29.2 726
28 Herb Mul-Key 25 7 0 13 140 0 17 10.8 10 285 0 59 28.5 428
7 Joe Theismann 25 PR 9 0 15 157 0 44 10.5 169
27 Ken Houston* 30 SS 14 14 6 81 1 58 13.5 81
31 Charlie Evans 26 6 0 4 60 0 19 15.0 183
45 Speedy Duncan 32 2 0 3 19 0 11 6.3 19
44 Moses Denson 30 FB 13 8 2 49 0 27 24.5 614
38 Larry Smith 27 rb 7 6 2 57 0 29 28.5 343
41 Mike Bass 29 RCB 14 14 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
59 Brad Dusek 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
51 Dan Ryczek 25 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
20 Ken Stone 24 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
67 Rusty Tillman 28 lb 14 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 28.8 14 46 453 1 58 9.8 45 1166 1 102 25.9 6040
Opp Total 14 50 1 64 1379 0 21.5

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
4 Mike Bragg 28 P 14 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 8 7 87.5% 74 2823 57 1 38.1
3 Mark Moseley 26 K 13 0 1 1 5 2 13 9 10 6 1 30 18 60.0% 29 27 93.1%
75 Deacon Jones 36 de 14 1 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 28.8 14 1 1 6 3 13 9 10 6 1 31 19 61.3% 38 35 92.1% 74 2823 57 1 38.1
Opp Total 14 15 10 66.7% 24 22 91.7% 80 3072 38.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
41 Mike Bass 29 RCB 14 14 3 33 1 28 0 0 0 3 8 0
55 Chris Hanburger* 33 RLB 14 14 4 6 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1
20 Ken Stone 24 14 0 5 95 0 31 0
9 Sonny Jurgensen 40 qb 14 4 0 2 2 -11 0
17 Billy Kilmer 35 QB 11 10 0 3 1 0 0
23 Brig Owens 31 FS 14 14 4 59 0 24 0
86 Verlon Biggs 31 RDE 14 14 0 0 3 0 0
44 Moses Denson 30 FB 13 8 0 1 2 0 0
31 Charlie Evans 26 6 0 0 2 1 0 0
37 Pat Fischer 34 LCB 14 14 3 52 0 30 0
27 Ken Houston* 30 SS 14 14 2 40 0 37 0 0 1 0 0 0
89 Dave Robinson 33 LLB 14 14 2 29 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 0
43 Larry Brown 27 RB 11 11 0 2 0 0 0
79 Ron McDole 35 LDE 14 13 0 0 2 0 0
53 Harold McLinton 27 MLB 13 13 1 14 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
87 Jerry Smith 31 TE 14 14 0 1 1 0 0
59 Brad Dusek 24 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
80 Roy Jefferson 31 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Larry Jones 23 KR 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Bryant Salter 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Larry Smith 27 rb 7 6 0 1 0 0 0
72 Diron Talbert* 30 RDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
47 Duane Thomas 27 rb 11 3 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 28.8 14 25 328 2 37 0 0 16 21 -3 1
Opp Total 14 25 28 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Mark Moseley 26 K 13 0 27 18 81
43 Larry Brown 27 RB 11 11 3 4 7 42
47 Duane Thomas 27 rb 11 3 5 1 6 36
42 Charley Taylor* 33 WR 14 14 5 5 30
80 Roy Jefferson 31 WR 14 0 4 4 24
87 Jerry Smith 31 TE 14 14 3 3 18
44 Moses Denson 30 FB 13 8 2 2 12
31 Charlie Evans 26 6 0 2 2 12
4 Mike Bragg 28 P 14 0 7 1 10
41 Mike Bass 29 RCB 14 14 1 1 6
46 Frank Grant 24 wr 14 1 1 1 6
55 Chris Hanburger* 33 RLB 14 14 1 1 6
27 Ken Houston* 30 SS 14 14 1 1 6
21 Larry Jones 23 KR 13 0 1 1 6
53 Harold McLinton 27 MLB 13 13 1 1 6
88 Alvin Reed 30 14 0 1 1 6
38 Larry Smith 27 rb 7 6 1 1 6
7 Joe Theismann 25 PR 9 0 1 1 6
75 Deacon Jones 36 de 14 1 1 1
Team Total 28.8 14 11 22 1 1 1 2 38 35 19 320
Opp Total 14 7 13 1 22 10 196