Head coach George Allen Record 11–3 | Home field RFK Stadium Division place 1st NFC East | |
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Playoff finish Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 16–3
Won Conference Championship (Cowboys) 26–3
Lost Super Bowl VII (Dolphins) 14–7 | ||
The 1972 Washington Redskins season was the team's 41st season, and 36th in Washington, D.C. The Redskins were trying to build on the success of the previous season, in which they had made the postseason for the first time in 26 seasons.
Head coach George Allen, in just his second season with the team, took the Redskins to their first Super Bowl. The team, who had missed the postseason in the entirety of the 1950s and 1960s, won their first postseason game since 1943, and appeared in their first league championship game since 1945.
The NFC Champion Redskins would ultimately lose a very close Super Bowl VII, 14–7, to the undefeated Miami Dolphins.
The 1972 season was the first in which the team wore their current logo, which features a Native American head in profile within a gold circle. It remains the team's primary logo to this day.