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

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

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