Washington Redskins

9-4-1 • 2nd in NFC East •
Logo for the 1971 Washington Redskins

PPG

19.7

12th

OPP PPG

13.6

4th

RUSH YDS/G

125.5

14th

PASS YDS/G

170.8

15th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Washington Redskins were 9-4-1 in 1971. They finished 2nd in the NFC East and 3rd in the NFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 24 to 20, in the 1971 NFC divisional game.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/26
 		@
SF logo SF
L
20-24
Sun
12/19
 		vs
CLE logo CLE
L
13-20
Mon
12/13
 		@
LA logo LA
W
38-24
Sun
12/5
 		vs
NYG logo NYG
W
23-7
Sun
11/28
 		@
PHI logo PHI
W
20-13

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,221

Kilmer

Kilmer

RUSH YDS

948

Brown

Brown

REC YDS

701

Jefferson

Jefferson

1971 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Cowboys logo Cowboys
11 3 0 .786
Redskins logo Redskins
9 4 1 .679
Eagles logo Eagles
6 7 1 .464
Cardinals logo Cardinals
4 9 1 .321
Giants logo Giants
4 10 0 .286

1971 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 14 276 4,030 828 4.9 1,757 477 3.7 2,391 334 7.2 17 118 212 77 112 23 80 796
Team Rank 12th 13th 17th 13th 14th 12th 20th 15th 19th 8th 2nd 25th 17th 22nd 10th 4th 17th 17th
Opponent 14 190 3,523 855 4.1 1,396 408 3.4 2,448 411 6.0 36 321 213 73 119 21 93 720
Opponent Rank 4th 4th 13th 3rd 4th 5th 4th 15th 24th 4th 6th 23rd 7th 3rd 19th 21st 4th 17th
Net +86 +507 -27 +0.7 +361 +69 +0.3 -57 -77 +1.2 -19 -203 -1 +4 -7 +2 -13 +76
Net Rank 6th 6th 16th 4th 11th 8th 9th 15th 24th 5th 3rd 25th 13th 13th 16th 9th 4th 20th

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