1977 Washington Redskins season

1977 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	George Allen
Home field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	2nd NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1977 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 10–4 record from 1976.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1977 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
4	97	Duncan McColl	Defensive end	Stanford
7	190	Reggie Haynes	Tight end	UNLV
9	246	Mike Northington	Running back	Purdue
10	273	James Sykes	Running back	Rice
11	300	Don Harris	Defensive back	Rutgers
12	327	Curtis Kirkland	Defensive end	Missouri

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 18, 1977	at New York Giants	L 20–17	76,086
2	September 25, 1977	Atlanta Falcons	W 10–6	55,031
3	October 2, 1977	St. Louis Cardinals	W 24–14	55,031
4	October 9, 1977	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 10–0	58,571
5	October 16, 1977	at Dallas Cowboys	L 34–16	62,115
6	October 23, 1977	New York Giants	L 17–6	53,903
7	October 30, 1977	Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–17	55,031
8	November 7, 1977	at Baltimore Colts	L 10–3	57,740
9	November 13, 1977	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–14	60,702
10	November 21, 1977	Green Bay Packers	W 10–9	51,498
11	November 27, 1977	Dallas Cowboys	L 14–7	55,031
12	December 4, 1977	at Buffalo Bills	W 10–0	22,975
13	December 10, 1977	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 26–20	36,067
14	December 17, 1977	Los Angeles Rams	W 17–14	54,208

Game summaries

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	14	14
• Redskins	14	0	3	0	17

Date: December 17
Location: RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 41°F; wind 6

Scoring summary

Q1	WSH	Frank Grant 59 yard pass from Kilmer (Moseley kick)	WSH 7–0

Q1	WSH	Fugett 3 yard pass from Kilmer (Moseley kick)	WSH 14–0

Q3	WSH	Moseley 45 yard field goal	WSH 17–0

Q4	LA	Nelson 17 yard pass from Ferragamo (Septien kick)	WSH 17–7

Q4	LA	Jodat 2 yard pass from Ferragamo (Septien kick)	WSH 17–14

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Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys⁽¹⁾	12	2	0	.857	7–1	11–1	345	212	W4
Washington Redskins	9	5	0	.643	4–4	8–4	196	189	W3
St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	0	.500	4–4	7–5	272	287	L4
Philadelphia Eagles	5	9	0	.357	2–6	4–8	220	207	W2
New York Giants	5	9	0	.357	3–5	5–7	181	265	L2

References

↑ http://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/washington-redskins/draft/1977
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jun-30.

Washington Redskins

Founded in 1932 Formerly the Boston Braves and Boston Redskins Based in Landover, Maryland Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Players Coaches First-round draft picks Draft Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Braves Field Fenway Park Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium FedExField

Culture	Redskins Band "Hail to the Redskins" Hogettes Cheerleaders Chief Zee Joe Gibbs Team name controversy Name change advocates Trademark dispute Original Americans Foundation "Go Fund Yourself" (South Park episode)

Lore	Redskins 0, Bears 73 The Hogs The Fun Bunch The Over-the-Hill Gang The Body Bag Game Redskins Rule

Rivalries	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles

Division championships (14)	1936 1937 1940 1942 1943 1945 1972 1983 1984 1987 1991 1999 2012 2015

Conference championships (5)	1972 1982 1983 1987 1991

League championships (5)	1937 1942 1982 (XVII) 1987 (XXII) 1991 (XXVI)

Hall of Fame players	Battles Baugh Dudley Edwards Green Grimm Hanburger Houston Huff D. Jones S. Jones Jurgensen Krause Millner Mitchell Monk Riggins Smith Taylor

All-time leaders	Passing Receiving Rushing Kick and punt returning

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (84)	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Washington Redskins seasons

Boston Braves 1932 Boston 1933 1934 1935 1936 Washington 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1977 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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