# 1975 Washington Redskins season

The 1975 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 39th in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 10–4 record from 1974 and finished 8–6.

## Offseason
### NFL Draft

1975 Washington Redskins draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 5 | 108 | Mike Thomas * | Running back | UNLV |
| 6 | 147 | Mark Doak | Tackle | Nebraska |
| 9 | 228 | Dallas Hickman | Defensive end | California |
| 11 | 277 | Ardell Johnson | Defensive back | Nebraska |
| 11 | 282 | Jerry Hackenbruck | Defensive end | Oregon State |
| 13 | 334 | Morris McKie | Defensive back | North Carolina A&T |
| 14 | 359 | Dave Benson | Linebacker | Weber State |
| 15 | 384 | Art Kuehn | Center | UCLA |
| 16 | 412 | Dennis Pavelka | Guard | Nebraska |
| 17 | 437 | Carl Taylor | Defensive end | Memphis State |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 21 | New Orleans Saints | W 41–3 | 1–0 | RFK Stadium | 54,414 | Recap |
| 2 | September 28 | New York Giants | W 49–13 | 2–0 | RFK Stadium | 54,953 | Recap |
| 3 | October 5 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 10–26 | 2–1 | Veterans Stadium | 64,397 | Recap |
| 4 | October 13 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 27–17 | 3–1 | RFK Stadium | 54,693 | Recap |
| 5 | October 19 | at Houston Oilers | L 10–13 | 3–2 | Astrodome | 49,566 | Recap |
| 6 | October 26 | at Cleveland Browns | W 23–7 | 4–2 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 56,702 | Recap |
| 7 | November 2 | Dallas Cowboys | W 30–24 (OT) | 5–2 | RFK Stadium | 55,004 | Recap |
| 8 | November 9 | at New York Giants | W 21–13 | 6–2 | Shea Stadium | 57,242 | Recap |
| 9 | November 16 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 17–20 (OT) | 6–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49,919 | Recap |
| 10 | November 23 | Oakland Raiders | L 23–26 (OT) | 6–4 | RFK Stadium | 53,582 | Recap |
| 11 | November 30 | Minnesota Vikings | W 31–30 | 7–4 | RFK Stadium | 54,498 | Recap |
| 12 | December 7 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 30–27 | 8–4 | Atlanta Stadium | 52,809 | Recap |
| 13 | December 13 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 10–31 | 8–5 | Texas Stadium | 61,091 | Recap |
| 14 | December 21 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 3–26 | 8–6 | RFK Stadium | 49,385 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. ||||||||

### Season summary
#### Week 2

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| • Redskins | 0 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 49 |

#### Week 6

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Redskins | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| Browns | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

#### Week 7

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| • Redskins | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 |

#### Week 8

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Redskins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Giants | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |

### Standings

NFC East :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| St. Louis Cardinals$^{(3)}$ | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 6–2 | 9–2 | 356 | 276 | W3 |
| Dallas Cowboys$^{(4)}$ | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 6–2 | 8–3 | 350 | 268 | W2 |
| Washington Redskins | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 325 | 276 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 1–7 | 3–8 | 216 | 306 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 3–5 | 4–7 | 225 | 302 | W1 |

## Postseason

The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason in 1975.