1978 Washington Redskins

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 273 points (17.1/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 283 points (17.7/g), 10th.
Differential of -10 points (-0.6/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 22nd.

Coached by Jack Pardee (8-8-0)

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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	box	W	1-0	@	New England Patriots	16	14	14	324	175	149	2	21	326	165	161	3
2	Sun	September 10	box	W	2-0		Philadelphia Eagles	35	30	19	316	199	117	3	18	313	185	128	2
3	Sun	September 17	box	W	3-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	28	10	16	302	47	255		19	328	196	132	1
4	Sun	September 24	box	W	4-0		New York Jets	23	3	26	427	171	256	1	11	215	113	102	3
5	Mon	October 2	box	W	5-0		Dallas Cowboys	9	5	16	251	124	127	1	19	309	200	109	2
6	Sun	October 8	box	W	6-0	@	Detroit Lions	21	19	12	284	208	76	2	19	374	143	231	1
7	Sun	October 15	box	L	6-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	17	14	273	138	135	6	17	262	82	180	4
8	Sun	October 22	box	L	6-2	@	New York Giants	6	17	15	283	165	118	3	12	284	105	179
9	Sun	October 29	box	W	7-2		San Francisco 49ers	38	20	21	296	177	119	1	24	326	201	125	5
10	Mon	November 6	box	L	7-3	@	Baltimore Colts	17	21	13	255	116	139	4	16	305	160	145	1
11	Sun	November 12	box	W	8-3		New York Giants	16	13	23	318	219	99	1	17	300	147	153	2
12	Sun	November 19	box	L	8-4		St. Louis Cardinals	17	27	14	211	193	18	3	18	303	137	166	2
13	Thu	November 23	box	L	8-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	37	11	201	120	81	1	26	507	218	289	2
14	Sun	December 3	box	L	8-6		Miami Dolphins	0	16	16	290	167	123	4	19	295	142	153	1
15	Sun	December 10	box	L	8-7	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	20	15	311	165	146	2	17	253	140	113
16	Sat	December 16	box	L	8-8		Chicago Bears	10	14	16	305	181	124	3	10	214	44	170	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	273	4647	1021	4.6	261	212	438	2565	17	21	5.3	134	537	2082	10	3.9	99	37	16	28
Team Defense	283	4914	1069	4.6	435	197	409	2378	11	22	5.4	133	625	2536	15	4.1	283	32	10	19
Lg Rank Offense	17	19			22		11	14	10	12	19		22	22	25	16		10	9
Lg Rank Defense	10	17			13		7	10	4	13	13		24	24	11	19		27	28

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	7-7-0	187	390	47.9	2593	13	3.3	18	4.6	63	6.6	4.9	13.9	162.1	61.6	42	391	5.1	3.5	9.7
Billy Kilmer	39		5	2	1-1-0	23	46	50.0	316	4	8.7	3	6.5	50	6.9	4.8	13.7	63.2	74.2	4	22	5.9	4.0	8.0
Mike Bragg	32	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	69	0	0.0	0	0.0	56	34.5	34.5	34.5	4.3	118.7	0	0	34.5	34.5	0.0
Team Total	28.0		16		8-8-0	212	438	48.4	2978	17	3.9	21	4.8	63	6.8	5.0	14.0	186.1	63.7	46	413	5.3	3.7	9.5
Opp Total			16			197	409	48.2	2378	11	2.7	22	5.4		5.8	3.7	12.1	148.6	53.0	35	323	5.4	2.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
John Riggins	29	FB	15	15	248	1014	5	31	4.1	67.6	16.5	31	299	9.6	0	33	2.1	19.9	1313	5	7
Mike Thomas	25	RB	13	13	161	533	3	26	3.3	41.0	12.4	35	387	11.1	2	35	2.7	29.8	920	5	7
Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	37	177	1	20	4.8	11.1	2.3								177	1	8
Clarence Harmon	23		16	3	34	141	0	47	4.1	8.8	2.1	11	112	10.2	1	22	0.7	7.0	253	1	0
Benny Malone	26		9	1	27	92	0	31	3.4	10.2	3.0	3	29	9.7	0	19	0.3	3.2	121	0	0
Tony Green*	22	RET	16	0	22	82	1	13	3.7	5.1	1.4	4	89	22.3	0	34	0.3	5.6	171	1	7
Ike Forte	24		13	0	4	4	0	2	1.0	0.3	0.3								4	0	0
John McDaniel	27	WR	15	11	2	25	0	13	12.5	1.7	0.1	34	577	17.0	4	52	2.3	38.5	602	4	1
Reggie Haynes	24		14	4	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.9	0.1	2	32	16.0	0	21	0.1	2.3	45	0	0
Billy Kilmer	39		5	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2								1	0	1
Danny Buggs	25	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	36	575	16.0	2	63	2.8	44.2	575	2	0
Jean Fugett	27	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	25	367	14.7	7	49	1.8	26.2	367	7	0
Ricky Thompson	24		16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	350	15.2	1	49	1.4	21.9	350	1	0
Frank Grant	28		6	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	92	15.3	0	23	1.0	15.3	92	0	0
Terry Anderson	23		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	56	56.0	0	56	0.1	5.6	56	0	0
Mark H. Murphy	23		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.8	13	0	0
Team Total	28.0		16		537	2082	10	47	3.9	130.1	33.6	212	2978	14.0	17	63	13.3	186.1	5060	27	31
Opp Total			16		625	2536	15		4.1	158.5	39.1	197	2378	12.1	11		12.3	148.6	4914	26	20

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Tony Green*	22	RET	16	0	42	443	1	80	10.5	34	870	1	99	25.6	1484
Ike Forte	24		13	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	11	243	0	37	22.1	242
Terry Anderson	23		10	0	5	47	0	15	9.4	3	70	0	26	23.3	173
Don Harris	24		16	0						6	99	0	21	16.5	99
J.T. Smith	23		3	0	4	33	0	12	8.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	51
Clarence Harmon	23		16	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	52	0	20	17.3	310
Lemar Parrish	31	LCB	11	11	1	4	0	4	4.0						4
Team Total	28.0		16		54	527	1	80	9.8	58	1352	1	99	23.3	6939
Opp Total			16		48		2			55	965	0		17.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Mike Bragg	32	P	16	0																	103	4056	56	1	39.4
Mark Moseley	30	K	16	0			4	4	7	5	13	8	6	2	30	19	63.3%	31	30	96.8%
Team Total	28.0		16				4	4	7	5	13	8	6	2	30	19	63.3%	31	30	96.8%	103	4056	56	1	39.4
Opp Total			16												34	24	70.6%	30	29	96.7%	105	3885			37.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Coy Bacon	36	RDE	16	14								0	1	4	0
Dave Butz	28	LDT	16	16		1	3	0	3
Mike Curtis	35		13	2		1	0	0	0
Brad Dusek	28	LLB	16	16		1	11	0	11			0	2	31	1
Ike Forte	24		13	0								0	1	0	0
Tony Green*	22	RET	16	0								7	1	0	0
Reggie Haynes	24		14	4								0	1	0	0
Ken Houston*+	34	SS	16	16		2	29	0	29
Don Hover	24		16	0								0	2	0	0
Billy Kilmer	39		5	2								1	1	0	0
Joe Lavender	29	RCB	16	16		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
John McDaniel	27	WR	15	11								1	0	0	0
Ron McDole	39	LDE	16	10		1	2	0	2			0	1	0	0
Harold McLinton	31	MLB	16	15								0	1	0	0
Lemar Parrish	31	LCB	11	11		4	21	0	23
John Riggins	29	FB	15	15								7	1	0	0
Ron Saul	30	LG	15	15								0	2	0	0
Jake Scott	33	FS	16	16		7	72	0	39
Diron Talbert	34	RDT	12	12								0	1	0	0
Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14								8	3	-26	0
Mike Thomas	25	RB	13	13								7	3	0	0
Gerard Williams	26	lcb	16	5		4	51	0	20			0	1	0	0
Pete Wysocki	30		16	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	28.0		16			22	189	0	39			31	24	9	1
Opp Total			16		46							20	10					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Mark Moseley	30	K	16	0							30	19		87
Jean Fugett	27	TE	14	12		7								42
John Riggins	29	FB	15	15	5									30
Mike Thomas	25	RB	13	13	3	2								30
John McDaniel	27	WR	15	11		4								24
Tony Green*	22	RET	16	0	1		1	1						18
Danny Buggs	25	WR	13	11		2								12
Brad Dusek	28	LLB	16	16					1					6
Clarence Harmon	23		16	3		1								6
Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	1									6
Ricky Thompson	24		16	4		1								6
Gerard Williams	26	lcb	16	5						1				6
Team Total	28.0		16		10	17	1	1	1	1	30	19		273
Opp Total			16		15	11	2				29	24	1	283

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