1972 Washington Redskins season

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1972 Washington Redskins season
Head Coach	George Allen
Home Field	RFK Stadium

Results
Record	11-3
Place	1st NFC East
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 16-3 Won Conference Championship (Cowboys) 26-3 Lost Super Bowl VII (Dolphins) 14-7
Timeline

Previous Season	Next Season
1971	1973

The 1972 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 9-4-1 record from 1971.

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Regular Season
3 Postseason
4 Awards and records
- 4.1 Milestones
5 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NFL Draft

Main article: 1972 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Redskins points	Opponents	Record	Streak	Notes
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[edit] Season Schedule

[edit] Roster

[edit] Postseason

[edit] NFC Divisional Playoff

[edit] NFC Championship Game

[edit] Super Bowl VII

[edit] Awards and records

Larry Brown, NFL MVP ^[1]
Billy Kilmer, NFL Leader (Tied), Touchdown Passes (19) ^[2]

[edit] Milestones

[edit] References

^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 400
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 451

1972 NFL season v • d • e
AFC	East	Central	West	NFC	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				Washington
1972 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl VII

v • d • e Washington Redskins

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Seasons • Players • First-round Draft picks • Draft

Stadiums	Griffith Stadium • RFK Stadium • FedExField

Culture	Hogettes • Cheerleaders • Chief Zee • Hail to the Redskins

Lore	The Hogs • The Rivalry • The Fun Bunch • The Over-the-Hill Gang

Head Coaches	Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs • Zorn

Division Championships (12)	1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	VII • XVII • XVIII • XXII • XXVI

League Championships (5)	1937 • 1942 • 1982 • 1987 • 1991

Hall of Fame Players	Battles • Baugh • Dudley • Edwards • Green • Houston • Huff • Jones • Jurgensen • Krause • Millner • Mitchell • Monk • Riggins • Taylor

Seasons	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

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: East Division

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Boston Braves/Boston Redskins/Washington Redskins seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory

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