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1978 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Pardee (8-8-0)

Points For: 273 (17.1/g) 17th of 28

Points Against: 283 (17.7/g) 10th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3

SRS: -0.40 (14th of 28), SOS: .22

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Walton

Defensive Coordinator: Richard Urich

Other Notable Asst.: George Dickson (Offensive Backs) and Richie Petitbon (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Majority Owner: Jack Kent Cooke

General Manager: Bobby Beathard

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3000

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	273	4647	1021	4.6	37	16	261	212	438	2565	17	21	5.3	134	537	2082	10	3.9	99	116	978	28
Opp. Stats	283	4914	1069	4.6	32	10	283	197	409	2378	11	22	5.4	133	625	2536	15	4.1	131	91	830	19
Lg Rank Offense	17	19			10	9	22		11	14	10	12	17		22	22	25	16
Lg Rank Defense	10	17			27	28	14		7	10	4	13	13		24	24	11	19

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New England Patriots	16	14	14	324	175	149	2	21	326	165	161	3
2	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Philadelphia Eagles	35	30	19	316	199	117	3	18	313	185	128	2
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	28	10	16	302	47	255		19	328	196	132	1
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		New York Jets	23	3	26	427	171	256	1	11	215	113	102	3
5	Mon	October 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Dallas Cowboys	9	5	16	251	124	127	1	19	309	200	109	2
6	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Detroit Lions	21	19	12	284	208	76	2	19	374	143	231	1
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	17	14	273	138	135	6	17	262	82	180	4
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2	@	New York Giants	6	17	15	283	165	118	3	12	284	105	179
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		San Francisco 49ers	38	20	21	296	177	119	1	24	326	201	125	5
10	Mon	November 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Baltimore Colts	17	21	13	255	116	139	4	16	305	160	145	1
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-3		New York Giants	16	13	23	318	219	99	1	17	300	147	153	2
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4		St. Louis Cardinals	17	27	14	211	193	18	3	18	303	137	166	2
13	Thu	November 23	3:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	37	11	201	120	81	1	26	507	218	289	2
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6		Miami Dolphins	0	16	16	290	167	123	4	19	295	142	153	1
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	Atlanta Falcons	17	20	15	311	165	146	2	17	253	140	113
16	Sat	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8		Chicago Bears	10	14	16	305	181	124	3	10	214	44	170	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	7-7-0	187	390	47.9	2593	13	3.3	18	4.6	63	6.6	5.24	13.9	162.1	61.6	42	391	9.72	5.10	3.82	2	2
2	Billy Kilmer	39	QB	5	2	1-1-0	23	46	50.0	316	4	8.7	3	6.5	50	6.9	5.67	13.7	63.2	74.2	4	22	8.00	5.88	4.78	0	0
3	Mike Bragg	32	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	69	0	0.0	0	0.0	56	34.5	34.50	34.5	4.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	34.50	34.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	212	438	48.4	2565	17	3.9	21	4.8	63	6.8	5.42	14.0	160.3	63.7	46	413	9.50	5.30	4.05	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	279	4.7	1313	5	7
2	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	196	4.7	920	5	7
3	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	36	16.7	602	4	1
4	Danny Buggs	25	WR	13	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	575	16.0	2	63	2.8	44.2	36	16.0	575	2	0
5	Jean Fugett	27	TE	14	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	367	14.7	7	49	1.8	26.2	25	14.7	367	7	0
6	Ricky Thompson	24	WR	16	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	350	15.2	1	49	1.4	21.9	23	15.2	350	1	0
7	Clarence Harmon	23	RB	16	3	34	141	0	47	4.1	8.8	2.1	11	112	10.2	1	22	0.7	7.0	45	5.6	253	1	0
8	Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	37	177	1	20	4.8	11.1	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	37	4.8	177	1	8
9	Tony Green	22	RB	16	0	22	82	1	13	3.7	5.1	1.4	4	89	22.3	0	34	0.3	5.6	26	6.6	171	1	7	PB,AP-2
10	Benny Malone	26	RB	9	1	27	92	0	31	3.4	10.2	3.0	3	29	9.7	0	19	0.3	3.2	30	4.0	121	0	0
11	Frank Grant	28	WR	6	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	92	15.3	0	23	1.0	15.3	6	15.3	92	0	0
12	Terry Anderson	23	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	56	56.0	0	56	0.1	5.6	1	56.0	56	0	0
13	Reggie Haynes	24	TE	14	4	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.9	0.1	2	32	16.0	0	21	0.1	2.3	3	15.0	45	0	0
14	Mark Murphy	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	0.8	1	13.0	13	0	0
15	Ike Forte	24	RB	13	0	4	4	0	2	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.0	4	0	0
16	Billy Kilmer	39	QB	5	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	537	2082	10	47	3.9	130.1	33.6	212	2978	14.0	17	63	13.3	186.1	749	6.8	5060	27	31

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Butz	28	LDT	16	16	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
2	Brad Dusek	28	LLB	16	16	1	11	0	11	0	2	31	1	2.0	0
3	Chris Hanburger	37	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
4	Ken Houston	34	SS	16	16	2	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Joe Lavender	29	RCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jake Scott	33	FS	16	16	7	72	0	39	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
7	Harold McLinton	31	MLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	John Riggins	29	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ron Saul	30	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Coy Bacon	36	RDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	11.0	0
11	Joe Theismann	29	QB	16	14	0	0	0	0	8	3	-26	0	0.0	0
12	Mike Thomas	25	RB	13	13	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Diron Talbert	34	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
14	John McDaniel	27	WR	15	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Lemar Parrish	31	LCB	11	11	4	21	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ron McDole	39	LDE	16	10	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Karl Lorch	28	LDE	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
18	Gerard Williams	26	LCB	16	5	4	51	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Reggie Haynes	24	TE	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Perry Brooks	24	DT	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
21	Mike Curtis	35	LB	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
22	Billy Kilmer	39	QB	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ike Forte	24	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tony Green	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
25	Don Hover	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Pete Wysocki	30	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	189	0	39	31	24	9	1	35.0	0

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