1973 Washington Redskins season explained

Team:	Washington Redskins
Year:	1973
Record:	10–4
Division Place:	2nd NFC East
Owner:	Edward Bennett Williams
President:	Edward Bennett Williams
Off Coach:	Ted Marchibroda
Def Coach:	LaVern Torgeson
General Manager:	George Allen
Coach:	George Allen
Stadium:	RFK Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Vikings) 20–27
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The 1973 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 42nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 37th in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 11–3 record from 1972, and finished 10-4. In the divisional playoff round the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins 27-20.

Offseason

Draft

See main article: article and 1973 NFL draft.

Pre season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1		Detroit Lions	L 14–17	0–1	RFK Stadium	53,041
2		Denver Broncos	W 14–10	1–1	RFK Stadium	38,923
3		at Buffalo Bills	W 37–21	2–1	Rich Stadium	80,020
4		Baltimore Colts	W 20–3	3–1	RFK Stadium	53,497
5	September 2	at New England Patriots	W 35–14	4–1	Schaefer Stadium	50,369
6	September 9	Chicago Bears	W 17–3	5–1	RFK Stadium	54,137

Pre Season Game Officials

Pre season Game summaries

Week P1 (Friday, August 3, 1973): vs. Detroit Lions

Time of Game:

Week P2 (Friday, August 10, 1973): vs. Denver Broncos

Time of Game: 2 hours, 43 minutes

Week P3 (Friday, August 17, 1973): at Buffalo Bills

Time of Game:

Week P4 (Saturday, August 25, 1973): vs. Baltimore Colts

Time of Game:

Week P5 (Sunday, September 2, 1973): at New England Patriots

Time of Game: 2 hours, 41 minutes

Week P6 (Sunday, September 9, 1973): vs. Chicago Bears

Time of Game:

Regular season

See main article: 1973 NFL season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 16	San Diego Chargers	W 38–0	1–0	RFK Stadium	52,718	Recap
2	September 23	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 27–34	1–1	Busch Memorial Stadium	50,316	Recap
3	September 30	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 28–7	2–1	Veterans Stadium	64,147	Recap
4		Dallas Cowboys	W 14–7	3–1	RFK Stadium	54,314	Recap
5	October 14	at New York Giants	W 21–3	4–1	Yale Bowl	70,168	Recap
6	October 21	St. Louis Cardinals	W 31–13	5–1	RFK Stadium	54,381	Recap
7	October 28	at New Orleans Saints	L 3–19	5–2	Tulane Stadium	66,315	Recap
8		at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–21	5–3	Three Rivers Stadium	49,220	Recap
9	November 11	San Francisco 49ers	W 33–9	6–3	RFK Stadium	54,381	Recap
10	November 18	Baltimore Colts	W 22–14	7–3	RFK Stadium	52,675	Recap
11	November 22	at Detroit Lions	W 20–0	8–3	Tiger Stadium	46,807	Recap
12	December 2	New York Giants	W 27–24	9–3	RFK Stadium	53,590	Recap
13	December 9	at Dallas Cowboys	L 7–27	9–4	Texas Stadium	62,195	Recap
14	December 16	Philadelphia Eagles	W 38–20	10–4	RFK Stadium	49,484	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Regular Season Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 16, 1973): vs. San Diego Chargers

Time of Game:

Chargers	Game Statistics	Redskins
10	First downs	13
36–128	Rushes–yards	39–83
75	Passing yards	128
7–20–4		10–18–0
8–68	Sacked–yards	1–2
7	Net passing yards	127
135	Total yards	211
82	Return yards	108
7–47.1		6–45.0
3–3	Fumbles–lost	3–2
7–59	Penalties–yards	7b65

Week 2 (Sunday, September 23, 1973): at St. Louis Cardinals

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cardinals
22	First downs	20
26–69	Rushes–yards	35–65
301	Passing yards	286
26–40–0		17–30–0
26–10	Sacked–yards	1–8
291	Net passing yards	278
360	Total yards	343
228	Return yards	196
3–36.7		6–34.5
2–1	Fumbles–lost	0–0
7–63	Penalties–yards	6–50

Week 3 (Sunday, September 30, 1973): at Philadelphia Eagles

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Eagles
15	First downs	14
36–81	Rushes–yards	22–53
195	Passing yards	266
16–29–1		19–38–2
0–0	Sacked–yards	8–60
195	Net passing yards	206
276	Total yards	259
197	Return yards	85
8–38.3		9–44.0
3–0	Fumbles–lost	3–1
3–15	Penalties–yards	2–12

Week 4 (Monday, October 8, 1973): vs. Dallas Cowboys

Time of Game:

Cowboys	Game Statistics	Redskins
20	First downs	13
39–182	Rushes–yards	28–71
132	Passing yards	140
13–32–1		14–20–1
7–45	Sacked–yards	5–37
87	Net passing yards	103
269	Total yards	174
99	Return yards	127
0–0.0		4–44.8
2–0	Fumbles–lost	2–1
6–52	Penalties–yards	6–30

Week 5 (Sunday, October 14, 1973): at New York Giants

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Giants
12	First downs	12
36–116	Rushes–yards	33–92
52	Passing yards	151
8–13–3		19–32–4
3–20	Sacked–yards	2–13
32	Net passing yards	138
148	Total yards	230
128	Return yards	149
5–39.2		6–27.8
1–0	Fumbles–lost	3–2
3–22	Penalties–yards	8–49

Week 6 (Sunday, October 21, 1973): vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Time of Game:

Cardinals	Game Statistics	Redskins
12	First downs	23
17–46	Rushes–yards	47–142
239	Passing yards	294
15–39–3		20–33–3
5–37	Sacked–yards	1–8
202	Net passing yards	286
248	Total yards	428
130	Return yards	155
11–40.6		6–46.7
3–2	Fumbles–lost	4–4
8–84	Penalties–yards	8–120

Week 7 (Sunday, October 28, 1973): at New Orleans Saints

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Saints
15	First downs	19
18–24	Rushes–yards	52–203
186	Passing yards	62
19–37–2		7–17–0
5–31	Sacked–yards	4–23
155	Net passing yards	39
179	Total yards	242
104	Return yards	84
7–40.0		3–41.7
0–0	Fumbles–lost	0–0
7–106	Penalties–yards	4–40

Week 8 (Monday, November 5, 1973): at Pittsburgh Steelers

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Steelers
14	First downs	18
33–117	Rushes–yards	49–153
76	Passing yards	125
9–22–2		8–19–4
1–3	Sacked–yards	2–23
73	Net passing yards	102
188	Total yards	255
167	Return yards	79
3–37.7		4–33.8
2–2	Fumbles–lost	6–0
6–50	Penalties–yards	7–66

Week 9 (Sunday, November 11, 1973): vs. San Francisco 49ers

Time of Game:

49ers	Game Statistics	Redskins
22	First downs	22
29–123	Rushes–yards	28–86
233	Passing yards	285
20–36–2		23–40–0
7–34	Sacked–yards	3–28
199	Net passing yards	257
322	Total yards	343
134	Return yards	148
4–38.8		3–40.3
4–3	Fumbles–lost	2–2
9–72	Penalties–yards	10–90

Week 10 (Sunday, November 18, 1973): vs. Baltimore Colts

Time of Game:

Colts	Game Statistics	Redskins
22	First downs	14
35–120	Rushes–yards	32–104
137	Passing yards	152
14–30–2		10–20–1
2–15	Sacked–yards	2–12
122	Net passing yards	140
242	Total yards	244
146	Return yards	129
4–40.0		3–33.7
3–2	Fumbles–lost	2–0
6–64	Penalties–yards	9–80

Week 11 (Thursday, November 22, 1973): at Detroit Lions

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Lions
20	First downs	11
45–202	Rushes–yards	23–74
112	Passing yards	141
12–22–0		13–26–1
3–16	Sacked–yards	2–7
96	Net passing yards	134
298	Total yards	208
38	Return yards	81
4–38.0		7–34.4
0–0	Fumbles–lost	3–2
4–30	Penalties–yards	5–55

Week 12 (Sunday, December 2, 1973): vs. New York Giants

Time of Game:

Giants	Game Statistics	Redskins
13	First downs	18
37–120	Rushes–yards	31–99
159	Passing yards	273
13–23–0		18–30–1
2–13	Sacked–yards	2–13
146	Net passing yards	260
266	Total yards	359
106	Return yards	128
8–43.4		4–44.0
1–1	Fumbles–lost	3–2
8–50	Penalties–yards	3–30

Week 13 (Sunday, December 9, 1973): at Dallas Cowboys

Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cowboys
9	First downs	22
22–59	Rushes–yards	47–193
114	Passing yards	223
11–24–0		16–25–2
3–18	Sacked–yards	2–2
96	Net passing yards	221
155	Total yards	414
176	Return yards	25
6–37.3		0–0.0
5–3	Fumbles–lost	2–1
2–20	Penalties–yards	8–45

Week 14 (Sunday, December 16, 1973): vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Time of Game:

Eagles	Game Statistics	Redskins
18	First downs	22
26–51	Rushes–yards	38–186
302	Passing yards	251
22–39–1		13–24–1
1–7	Sacked–yards	1–5
295	Net passing yards	246
346	Total yards	432
144	Return yards	181
3–33.3		2–36.5
2–1	Fumbles–lost	3–1
2–10	Penalties–yards	6–50

Stats

Passing

Passing
Player	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Lng	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
	QB	10	10	7–3–0	122	227	53.7	1656	14	6.2	9	4.0	63	7.3	6.7	13.6	165.6	81.3	15	88	6.2	6.48	5.96
	QB	14	4	3–1–0	87	145	60.0	904	6	4.1	5	3.4	36	6.2	5.5	10.4	64.6	77.5	16	114	9.9	4.91	4.25	2	1
Team Total		14		10–4–0	209	372	56.2	2560	20	5.4	14	3.8	63	6.9	6.3	12.2	182.9	79.8	31	202	7.7	5.85	5.28	2	1
Opp Total		14			203	406	50.0	2531	12	3.0	26	6.4		6.2	3.94	12.5	180.8	52.9	53	355	11.5	4.7	2.7

Rushing

Rushing
Player	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G
	RB	14	14	273	860	8	27	3.2	61.4	19.5
	FB	14	14	128	452	1	16	3.5	32.3	9.1
	RB	13	0	32	95	0	13	3.0	7.3	2.5
	RB	14	0	8	20	0	7	2.5	1.4	0.6
	QB	10	10	9	10	0	5	1.1	1.0	0.9
	QB	14	4	3	7	0	7	2.3	0.5	0.2
	RB	14	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.3	0.1
	WR	14	14	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1
	RB	13	0	2	–3	0	–1	–1.5	–0.2	0.2
	WR	14	14	1	–7	0	–7	–7.0	–0.5	0.1
Team Total		14		459	1439	9	27	3.1	102.8	32.8
Opp Total		14		480	1603	8		3.3	114.5	34.3

Receiving

Receiving
Player	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%
	WR	14	14	59	801	13.6	7	53	4.2	57.2	0.0%
	WR	14	14	41	595	14.5	1	36	2.9	42.5	0.0%
	RB	14	14	40	482	12.1	6	64	2.9	34.4	0.0%
	FB	14	14	32	291	9.1	3	31	2.3	20.8	0.0%
	TE	13	9	19	215	11.3	0	25	1.5	16.5	0.0%
	TE	5	5	9	124	13.8	0	34	1.8	24.8	0.0%
	RB	13	0	5	40	8.0	0	13	0.4	3.1	0.0%
	TE	10	0	2	3	1.5	2	2	0.2	0.3	0.0%
	WR	13	0	1	12	12.0	1	12	0.1	0.9	0.0%
	QB	14	4	1	–3	–3.0	0	–3	0.1	–0.2	0.0%
Team Total		14		209	2560	12.2	20	64	14.9	182.9
Opp Total		14		203	2176	10.7	12		14.5	155.4

Kicking

Punting

Kick Return

Kick Return
Player	Pos	G	GS	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt
	RB	14	0	36	1011	1	97	28.1
	DB	14	0	4	65	0	38	16.3
	LB	14	0	3	42	0	18	14.0
Team Total		14		43	1118	1	97	26.0
Opp Total		14		62	1237	1		20.0

Punt Return

Punt Return
Player	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R
	DB	14	0	28	228	0	18	8.1
	RB	14	0	11	103	0	27	9.4
	TE	13	9	1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Total		14		40	331	0	27	8.3
Opp Total		14		14	104	0		7.4

Sacks

Sacks
Player	Pos	G	GS	Sk
	RDE	14	14	15.0
	LDT	14	13	13.0
	RDT	14	14	7.5
	LDE	14	14	6.5
	LLB	14	14	5.0
	RLB	14	14	3.0
	DE	5	0	1.0
	DE	6	0	1.0
	DT	12	2	1.0
Team Total		14		53
Opp Total		14		31

Interceptions

Interceptions
Player	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD
	SS	14	14	6	32	0	32
	RCB	14	14	5	161	1	68
	FS	14	14	5	123	1	27
	LLB	14	14	4	98	1	39
	LCB	14	14	3	99	0	67
	RLB	14	14	1	45	0	45
	DB	9	0	1	34	1	34
	DB	24	0	1	6	0	6
Team Total		14		26	598	4	68
Opp Total		14

Fumbles

Fumbles
Player	Pos	G	GS	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD
	RB	14	14		7	2	0	0
	QB	10	10		6	2	–18	0
	FB	14	14		6	1	0	0
	RB	14	0		4	2	0	0
	DB	14	0		3	1	0	0
	LS	14	0		1	1	–4	0
	QB	14	4		1	0	0	0
	TE	13	9		1	0	0	0
	WR	14	14		1	0	0	0
	RB	13	0		1	0	0	0
	LB	14	0		1	0	0	0
	SS	14	14		0	5	8	0
	RDE	14	14		0	3	2	1
	FS	14	14		0	2	56	1
	LLB	14	14		0	2	0	0
	RLB	14	14		0	1	9	0
	P	14	0		0	1	0	0
	LDT	14	12		0	1	0	0
	LCB	14	14		0	1	0	0
	RB	13	0		0	1	0	0
	WR	14	14		0	1	0	0
	WR	14	0		0	1	0	0
	RT	14	7		0	1	0	0
	DB	4	0		0	1	0	0
Team Total		14			32	30	53	2
Opp Total		14			35	17		0

Tackles

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Player	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
	K	14	0									37	37	22	42		103	7.4
	RB	14	14	8	6						14						84	6.0
	WR	14	14		7						7						42	3.0
	FB	14	14	1	3						4						24	1.7
	TE	10	0		2						2						12	1.2
	FS	14	14					1	1		2						12	0.9
	RCB	14	14						1		1						6	0.4
	RDE	14	14					1			1						6	0.4
	WR	13	0		1						1						6	0.5
	WR	14	14		1						1						6	0.4
	RB	14	0				1				1						6	0.4
	LLB	14	14						1		1						6	0.4
	DB	4	0							1	1						6	1.5
	DB	9	0						1		1						6	0.7
Team Total		14		9	20		1	2	4	1	37	37	37	22	42		325
Opp Total		14		8	12		1				21	21	21	17	29		198

Team

Team
			Total 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	325	3797	862	4.4	32	18	232	209	372	2358	20	14	5.9	131	459	1439	9	3.1	76	81	771	25
Opp Stats	198	3779	939	4.0	44	18	233	203	406	2176	12	26	4.7	119	480	1603	8	3.3	89	86	708	25
Lg Rank Offense	6	18			12	20	14		9	6	5	8	7		18	25	20	26
Lg Rank Defense	6	9			2	6	15		25	18	9	2	8		8	4	6	1

Quarter-by-quarter

Quarter-by-quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
Redskins	72	70	57	126	325
Opponent	44	62	45	47	198

Playoffs

See main article: 1973–74 NFL playoffs.

Playoff Game Officials

NFC Divisional Playoffs (Saturday, December 22, 1973): at Minnesota Vikings

Point spread

Redskins +8

Time of Game:

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Redskins	Game Statistics	Vikings
18	First downs	17
42–155	Rushes–yards	34–141
159	Passing yards	222
13–24–1		16–28–1
0–0	Sacked–yards	1–4
159	Net passing yards	218
314	Total yards	359
150	Return yards	156
4–37.3		6–31.8
2–1	Fumbles–lost	2–1
0–0	Penalties–yards	2–9