1976 Washington Redskins season

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1976 Washington Redskins season
Head coach George Allen
Home field RFK Stadium
Results
Record 10-4
Division place 2nd NFC East
Playoff finish Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 35-20
Timeline
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< 1975      1977 >

The 1976 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 8-6 record from 1975.

Contents

Offseason [edit]

NFL Draft [edit]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
14 393 Quinn Buckner Defensive Back Indiana

[1]

Regular season [edit]

Schedule [edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 12, 1976 New York Giants W 19-17
54,245
2 September 19, 1976 Seattle Seahawks W 31-7
53,174
3 September 27, 1976 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20-17
66,005
4 October 3, 1976 at Chicago Bears L 33-7
52,105
5 October 10, 1976 Kansas City Chiefs L 33-30
53,060
6 October 17, 1976 Detroit Lions W 20-7
45,908
7 October 25, 1976 St. Louis Cardinals W 20-10
48,325
8 October 31, 1976 Dallas Cowboys L 20-7
55,004
9 November 7, 1976 at San Francisco 49ers W 24-21
56,134
10 November 14, 1976 at New York Giants L 12-9
72,975
11 November 21, 1976 at St. Louis Cardinals W 16-10
49,833
12 November 28, 1976 Philadelphia Eagles W 24-0
54,292
13 December 5, 1976 at New York Jets W 37-16
46,638
14 December 12, 1976 at Dallas Cowboys W 27-14
59,916

Playoffs [edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Divisional December 18, 1976 at Minnesota Vikings L 35-20
47,221

Standings [edit]

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA
Dallas Cowboys(2) 11 3 0 .786 6–2 9–3 296 194
Washington Redskins(4) 10 4 0 .714 6–2 9–3 291 217
St. Louis Cardinals 10 4 0 .714 5–3 9–3 309 267
Philadelphia Eagles 4 10 0 .286 2–6 4–8 165 286
New York Giants 3 11 0 .214 1–7 3–9 170 250

Roster [edit]

Awards, records, and honors [edit]

References [edit]