The 1976 Washington Redskins season was the franchise’s 45th overall and 40th in Washington, D.C. The season began with the team trying to improve on their 8–6 record from 1975, which they did, finishing 10–4, second in the NFC East behind the Dallas Cowboys. They would be eliminated from the NFL playoffs by the Minnesota Vikings by the score of 35–20. This was the first season as a Redskin for Hall of Fame running back John Riggins, signed as a free agent after spending the first five seasons of his career with the New York Jets. This was also the last season in which the Redskins would make the playoffs under Hall of Fame head coach George Allen.

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

Roster

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 New York Giants W 19–17 1–0 RFK Stadium 54,245 Recap 2 September 19 Seattle Seahawks W 31–7 2–0 RFK Stadium 53,174 Recap 3 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20–17 3–0 Veterans Stadium 66,005 Recap 4 October 3 at Chicago Bears L 7–33 3–1 Soldier Field 52,105 Recap 5 October 10 Kansas City Chiefs L 30–33 3–2 RFK Stadium 53,060 Recap 6 October 17 Detroit Lions W 20–7 4–2 RFK Stadium 45,908 Recap 7 St. Louis Cardinals W 20–10 5–2 RFK Stadium 48,325 Recap 8 October 31 Dallas Cowboys L 7–20 5–3 RFK Stadium 55,004 Recap 9 November 7 at San Francisco 49ers W 24–21 6–3 Candlestick Park 56,134 Recap 10 November 14 at New York Giants L 9–12 6–4 Giants Stadium 72,975 Recap 11 November 21 at St. Louis Cardinals W 16–10 7–4 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,833 Recap 12 November 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–0 8–4 RFK Stadium 54,292 Recap 13 December 5 at New York Jets W 37–16 9–4 Shea Stadium 46,638 Recap 14 December 12 at Dallas Cowboys W 27–14 10–4 Texas Stadium 59,916 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 12, 1976): vs. New York Giants

Point spread: Redskins –4½ Time of game:

GiantsGame statisticsRedskins14 First downs 1740–96 Rushes–yards 31–89228 Passing yards 25713–26–4 17–36–12–7 Sacked–yards 3–24221 Net passing yards 233317 Total yards 32252 Return yards 2087–48.9 10–39.61–0 Fumbles–lost 3–26–55 Penalties–yards 13–120

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Playoffs Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Venue Attendance Gamerecap Divisional December 18 at Minnesota Vikings (1) L 20–35 Metropolitan Stadium 47,221 Recap

Divisional

Standings

References