1971 Washington Redskins season

1971 Washington Redskins season
Head coach George Allen
Home field RFK Stadium
Results
Record 9–4–1
Division place 2nd NFC East
Playoff finish Lost divisional playoffs 24–20 to the San Francisco 49ers
George Allen and members of the 1971 team with President Richard Nixon, two days before Thanksgiving.

The 1971 Washington Redskins was the team's 40th in the National Football League, and their 35th in Washington, D.C.. The 1971 was the first with the Redskins for coach George Allen, who had been the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams for the previous five seasons.

Coming into the 1971 season, the team had not made it to the post-season for 26 seasons. The Redskins had had only four winning seasons since their last playoff berth in 1945.

The Redskins went 9–4–1, good for second place in the NFC East, and a wild card berth, where they would ultimately fall to San Francisco, 24–20.

Off-season

NFL Draft

Main article: 1971 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
238Cotton SpeyrerWide ReceiverTexas
6141Conway HaymanGuardDelaware
7166Willie GermanyDefensive BackMorgan State
9219Mike FanucciDefensive EndArizona State
10244Jesse TaylorRunning BackCincinnati
11272George StarkeTackleColumbia
12297Jeff SeversonDefensive BackCal-Long Beach
13322Dan RyczekCenterVirginia
14349Bill BynumQuarterbackWest New Mexico
15375Anthony ChristnovichGuardLa Crosse (Wis.)
16400Glenn TuckerLinebackerNorth Texas

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 19, 1971 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24–17
46,805
2 September 26, 1971 at New York Giants W 30–3
62,795
3 October 3, 1971 at Dallas Cowboys W 20–16
61,554
4 October 10, 1971 Houston Oilers W 22–13
53,041
5 October 17, 1971 St. Louis Cardinals W 20–0
53,041
6 October 24, 1971 at Kansas City Chiefs L 27–20
51,989
7 October 31, 1971 New Orleans Saints W 24–14
53,041
8 November 7, 1971 Philadelphia Eagles T 7–7
53,041
9 November 14, 1971 at Chicago Bears L 16–15
55,049
10 November 21, 1971 Dallas Cowboys L 13–0
53,041
11 November 28, 1971 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20–13
65,358
12 December 5, 1971 New York Giants W 23–7
53,041
13 December 13, 1971 at Los Angeles Rams W 38–24
80,402
14 December 19, 1971 Cleveland Browns L 20–13
53,041

Game summaries

Week 3

Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys
1 234Total
Redskins 7 733 20
Cowboys 0 907 16

Week 8

1 234Total
Eagles 0 070 7
Redskins 0 007 7

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Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Divisional December 26, 1971 at San Francisco 49ers L 24–20
45,327

Standings

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 11 3 0 .786 7–1 8–3 406 222 W7
Washington Redskins 9 4 1 .692 6–1–1 8–2–1 276 190 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 6 7 1 .462 4–3–1 5–5–1 221 302 W3
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 .308 1–7 2–8–1 231 279 L2
New York Giants 4 10 0 .286 1–7 3–8 228 362 L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Richard Nixon Play

Rumor has it 37th President Richard Nixon called a key play which caused the Redskins to lose to the 49ers. This was just a rumor. Though Nixon was friends with George Allen and actually attended a practice game once where he tried the same play to much better results.[2]

References


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