1974 Washington Redskins season explained

Team:	Washington Redskins
Year:	1974
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 Rams) 10–19
Pro Bowlers:	SS Ken Houston LB Chris Hanburger WR Charley Taylor DT Diron Talbert
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The Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 38th in Washington, D.C. The team matched on their 10–4 record from 1973. It is also notable for being Deacon Jones' first and only season with the Redskins; as well as being his final year in the NFL. In the divisional playoff round the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Washington Redskins 19-10.

Offseason

NFL Draft

See main article: article and 1974 NFL Draft.

Pre season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1		New England Patriots	L 16–21	0–1	RFK Stadium	16,405
2		Houston OIlers	L 3–48	0–2	RFK Stadium	14,768
3	August 18	Buffalo Bills	L 15–16	0–3	RFK Stadium	28,409
4		at Cleveland Browns	W 20–17	1–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	44,528
5		Pittsburgh Steelers	L 19–21	1–4	RFK Stadium	42,327
6		Baltimore Colts	W 7–6	2–4	RFK Stadium	29,704

Pre season Game summaries

Week P1 (Friday, August 2, 1974): vs. New England Patriots

• Time of Game: 2 hours, 41 minutes

Week P2 (Friday, August 9, 1974): vs. Houston Oilers

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Week P3 (Sunday, August 18, 1974): vs. Buffalo Bills

• Time of Game:

Week P4 (Saturday, August 24, 1974): at Cleveland Browns

• Time of Game:

Week P5 (Friday, August 30, 1974): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

• Time of Game:

Week P6 (Friday, September 6, 1974): vs. Baltimore Colts

• Time of Game:

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 15	at New York Giants	W 13–10	1–0	Yale Bowl	49,849	Recap
2	September 22	St. Louis Cardinals	L 10–17	1–1	RFK Stadium	53,888	Recap
3		Denver Broncos	W 30–3	2–1	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
4	October 6	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–28	2–2	Riverfront Stadium	56,175	Recap
5	October 13	Miami Dolphins	W 20–17	3–2	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
6	October 20	New York Giants	W 24–3	4–2	RFK Stadium	53,879	Recap
7	October 27	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–23	4–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,410	Recap
8	November 3	at Green Bay Packers	W 17–6	5–3	Lambeau Field	55,288	Recap
9	November 10	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20	6–3	Veterans Stadium	65,947	Recap
10	November 17	Dallas Cowboys	W 28–21	7–3	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
11	November 24	Philadelphia Eagles	W 26–7	8–3	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
12	November 28	at Dallas Cowboys	L 23–24	8–4	Texas Stadium	63,243	Recap
13		at Los Angeles Rams	W 23–17	9–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	87,313	Recap
14	December 15	Chicago Bears	W 42–0	10–4	RFK Stadium	52,085	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Regular Season Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 15, 1974): at New York Giants

• Point spread

Redskins –7

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Giants
13	First downs	12
39–128	Rushes–yards	36–98
109	Passing yards	69
13–23–1		9–22–2
0–0	Sacked–yards	1–9
109	Net passing yards	60
237	Total yards	158
177	Return yards	116
7–34.4		7–44.6
1–1	Fumbles–lost	3–2
5–50	Penalties–yards	4–30

Week 2 (Sunday, September 22, 1974): vs. St. Louis Cardinals

• Point spread

Redskins –9

• Time of Game:

Cardinals	Game Statistics	Redskins
12	First downs	21
29–175	Rushes–yards	39–132
56	Passing yards	212
9–17–0		19–33–1
1–7	Sacked–yards	2–12
49	Net passing yards	200
224	Total yards	332
83	Return yards	99
4–37.8		3–42.0
1–0	Fumbles–lost	1–1
4–48	Penalties–yards	2–18

Week 3 (Monday, September 30, 1974): vs. Denver Broncos

• Point spread

Redskins –3

• Time of Game: 2 hours, 48 minutes

Broncos	Game Statistics	Redskins
10	First downs	21
23–53	Rushes–yards	42–100
119	Passing yards	245
12–24–1		20–26–0
2–13	Sacked–yards	0–0
106	Net passing yards	245
159	Total yards	345
148	Return yards	119
6–36.3		5–41.2
3–2	Fumbles–lost	1–1
4–17	Penalties–yards	5–34

Week 4 (Sunday, October 6, 1974): at Cincinnati Bengals

• Point spread

Redskins +4½

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Bengals
24	First downs	14
34–110	Rushes–yards	30–99
252	Passing yards	142
24–41–0		12–18–0
3–25	Sacked–yards	1–10
227	Net passing yards	132
337	Total yards	221
149	Return yards	193
6–39.8		6–41.3
1–1	Fumbles–lost	2–1
4–29	Penalties–yards	5–43

Week 5 (Sunday, October 13, 1974): vs. Miami Dolphins

• Point spread

Redskins +5

• Time of Game: 2 hours, 40 minutes

Dolphins	Game Statistics	Redskins
16	First downs	15
39–107	Rushes–yards	18–26
139	Passing yards	303
11–24–2		26–39–3
2–13	Sacked–yards	1–4
126	Net passing yards	299
233	Total yards	325
89	Return yards	207
5–41.2		2–36.5
2–1	Fumbles–lost	1–1
3–20	Penalties–yards	6–47

Week 6 (Sunday, October 20, 1974): vs. New York Giants

• Point spread

Redskins –13½

• Time of Game:

Giants	Game Statistics	Redskins
10	First downs	18
28–57	Rushes–yards	29–80
120	Passing yards	181
15–29–5		20–36–1
1–6	Sacked–yards	3–15
114	Net passing yards	166
171	Total yards	246
119	Return yards	110
5–36.4		6–37.2
1–1	Fumbles–lost	2–1
6–61	Penalties–yards	9–70

Week 7 (Sunday, October 27, 1974): at St. Louis Cardinals

• Point spread

Redskins Pick'em

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cardinals
19	First downs	15
30–116	Rushes–yards	27–115
201	Passing yards	200
20–29–1		15–20–0
4–25	Sacked–yards	1–10
176	Net passing yards	190
292	Total yards	305
124	Return yards	165
4–33.5		3–39.3
1–0	Fumbles–lost	1–0
1–5	Penalties–yards	6–45

Week 8 (Sunday, November 3, 1974): at Green Bay Packers

• Point spread

Redskins –3

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Packers
14	First downs	15
36–100	Rushes–yards	30–96
159	Passing yards	166
14–24–2		17–35–3
3–22	Sacked–yards	1–8
137	Net passing yards	158
237	Total yards	254
116	Return yards	111
7–38.9		7–40.3
1–0	Fumbles–lost	0–0
8–45	Penalties–yards	4–30

Week 9 (Sunday, November 10, 1974): at Philadelphia Eagles

• Point spread

Redskins –6½

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Eagles
15	First downs	23
23–46	Rushes–yards	31–84
258	Passing yards	211
21–42–1		24–48–2
4–33	Sacked–yards	2–28
225	Net passing yards	183
271	Total yards	267
164	Return yards	182
7–41.3		9–33.0
0–0	Fumbles–lost	2–1
9–67	Penalties–yards	6–47

Week 10 (Sunday, November 17, 1974): vs. Dallas Cowboys

• Point spread

Redskins –1½

• Time of Game:

Cowboys	Game Statistics	Redskins
18	First downs	13
31–152	Rushes–yards	37–100
174	Passing yards	161
16–38–1		11–19–0
5–30	Sacked–yards	1–9
144	Net passing yards	152
296	Total yards	252
127	Return yards	146
8–39.4		9–35.0
1–0	Fumbles–lost	2–1
7–55	Penalties–yards	4–20

Week 11 (Sunday, November 24, 1974): vs. Philadelphia Eagles

• Point spread

Redskins –10

• Time of Game:

Eagles	Game Statistics	Redskins
14	First downs	19
24–79	Rushes–yards	41–131
163	Passing yards	172
18–29–2		18–24–0
3–28	Sacked–yards	0–0
135	Net passing yards	172
214	Total yards	303
113	Return yards	177
4–36.0		4–34.0
4–3	Fumbles–lost	2–0
4–20	Penalties–yards	4–41

Week 12 (Thursday, November 28, 1974): at Dallas Cowboys

• Point spread

Redskins Pick'em

• Time of Game:

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cowboys
11	First downs	23
33–105	Rushes–yards	38–134
112	Passing yards	272
8–17–0		15–32–1
1–10	Sacked–yards	4–33
102	Net passing yards	239
207	Total yards	373
123	Return yards	101
5–42.2		3–40.0
1–1	Fumbles–lost	4–4
5–38	Penalties–yards	6–26

Thanksgiving Day

Diron Talbert knocked Roger Staubach out of the game.

Week 13 (Monday, December 9, 1974): at Los Angeles Rams

• Point spread

• Time of Game:

Week 14 (Sunday, December 15, 1974): vs. Chicago Bears

• Point spread

• Time of Game:

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	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	5.3	6.22	5.94
	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	5.6	6.31	6.28	2	2
	QB	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	15.4	10.31	11.85
	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	0.0	16.00	16.00
Team Total		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	5.7	6.40	6.27	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	7.2	4.3	2.3

Rushing

Rushing
Player	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G
	RB	11	11	163	430	3	16	2.6	39.1	14.8
	FB	13	8	103	391	0	23	3.8	30.1	7.9
	RB	11	3	95	347	5	66	3.7	31.5	8.6
	RB	7	6	55	149	0	13	2.7	21.3	7.9
	RB	6	0	32	79	2	9	2.5	13.2	5.3
	QB	11	10	6	27	0	10	4.5	2.5	0.5
	RB	2	0	5	17	0	5	3.4	8.5	2.5
	QB	9	0	3	12	1	12	4.0	1.3	0.3
	TE	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1
	RB	7	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.4	0.1
	WR	14	14	1	–1	0	–1	–1.0	–0.1	0.1
	QB	14	4	4	–6	0	0	–1.5	–0.4	0.3
	WR	14	1	1	–10	0	–10	–10.0	–0.7	0.1
Team Total		14		470	1443	11	66	3.1	103.1	33.6
Opp Total		14		414	1439	7		3.5	102.8	29.6

Receiving

Receiving
Player	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%
	WR	14	14	54	738	13.7	5	51	3.9	52.7	0.0%
	TE	14	14	44	554	12.6	3	30	3.1	39.6	0.0%
	WR	14	13	43	654	15.2	4	43	3.1	46.7	0.0%
	RB	11	11	37	388	10.5	4	34	3.4	35.3	0.0%
	FB	13	8	26	174	6.7	2	27	2.0	13.4	0.0%
	RB	7	6	23	137	6.0	1	14	3.3	19.6	0.0%
	RB	11	3	10	31	3.1	1	9	0.9	2.8	0.0%
	WR	14	1	9	196	21.8	1	69	0.6	14.0	0.0%
	TE	14	0	4	36	9.0	1	11	0.3	2.6	0.0%
	RB	6	0	2	44	22.0	0	44	0.3	7.3	0.0%
	RB	2	0	2	26	13.0	0	18	1.0	13.0	0.0%
Team Total		14		254	2978	11.7	22	69	18.1	212.7
Opp Total		14		197	1846	9.4	13		14.1	131.9

Kicking

Kicking
		Games		0–19		20–29		30–39		40–49		50+		Scoring
Player	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%
	K	13	0	1	1	5	2	13	9	10	6	1		30	18	48	60.0%	29	27	93.1%
	P	14	0			1	1							1	1	25	100.0%	8	7	87.5%
	DE	14	1															1	1	100.0%
Team Total		14		1	1	6	3	13	9	10	6	1		31	19		61.3%	38	35	92.1%
Opp Total		14												15	10		66.7%	24	22	91.7%

Punting

Kick Return

Kick Return
Player	Pos	G	GS	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt
	CB	13	0	23	672	1	102	29.2
	RB	7	0	10	285	0	59	28.5
	RB	6	0	4	60	0	19	15.0
	RB	7	6	2	57	0	29	28.5
	FB	13	8	2	49	0	27	24.5
	RCB	14	14	1	22	0	22	22.0
	LS	14	0	1	11	0	11	11.0
	LB	14	1	1	10	0	10	10.0
	LB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Total		14		45	1166	1	102	25.9
Opp Total		14		64	1379	0		21.5

Punt Return

Punt Return
Player	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R
	QB	9	0	15	157	0	44	10.5
	RB	7	0	13	140	0	17	10.8
	CB	13	0	8	54	0	13	6.8
	SS	14	14	6	81	1	58	13.5
	DB	2	0	3	19	0	11	6.3
	DB	14	0	1	2	0	2	2.0
Team Total		14		46	453	1	58	9.8
Opp Total		14		50	458	1		9.2

Sacks

Sacks
Player	Pos	G	GS	Sk
	RDT	14	14	10.0
	LDT	14	13	6.5
	LDE	14	13	4.5
	RDE	14	14	4.0
	DE	14	1	3.0
	DE	13	0	2.5
	RLB	14	14	2.0
	LLB	14	14	1.5
Team Total		14		31
Opp Total		14		25

Interceptions

Interceptions
Player	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD
	DB	14	0	5	95	0	31
	FS	14	14	4	59	0	24
	RLB	14	14	4	6	0	5
	LCB	14	14	3	52	0	30
	RCB	14	14	3	33	1	28
	SS	14	14	2	40	0	37
	LLB	14	14	2	29	0	29
	MLB	13	13	1	14	1	14
	DB	3	0	1	0	0	0
Team Total		14		25	328	2	37
Opp Total		14

Fumbles

Fumbles
Player	Pos	G	GS	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD
	QB	11	10		3	1	0	0
	QB	14	4		2	2	–11	0
	RB	6	0		2	1	0	0
	RB	11	11		2	0	0	0
	FB	13	8		1	2	0	0
	TE	14	14		1	1	0	0
	SS	14	14		1	0	0	0
	WR	14	13		1	0	0	0
	CB	13	0		1	0	0	0
	RB	7	6		1	0	0	0
	RB	11	3		1	0	0	0
	RCB	14	14		0	3	8	0
	RDE	14	14		0	3	0	0
	RLB	14	14		0	2	0	1
	LDE	14	13		0	2	0	0
	LB	14	0		0	1	0	0
	MLB	13	13		0	1	0	0
	LLB	14	14		0	1	0	0
	RDT	14	14		0	1	0	0
Team Total		14			16	21	–3	1
Opp Total		14			28	13		2

Tackles

Scoring Summary

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	320	4245	908	4.7	20	9	249	254	413	2802	22	11	6.4	156	470	1443	11	3.1	77	78	621	16
Opp Stats	196	3285	844	3.9	40	15	210	197	399	1846	13	25	4.3	114	414	1439	7	3.5	79	69	529	17
Lg Rank Offense	4	12			2	2	10		3	1	2	2	5		14	23	18	26
Lg Rank Defense	4	2			4	8	5		19	5	8	3	2		3	3	2	6

Quarter-by-quarter

Quarter-by-quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Redskins	37	120	61	102	0	320
Opponent	49	41	71	35	0	196

Playoffs

Playoff Game Officials

NFC Divisional Playoffs (Sunday, December 22, 1974): at Los Angeles Rams

• Point spread

• Time of Game: