[2] QPR finished the season in 3rd place in the Football League First Division, their highest ever finish at the time.

[3] They were level on points with champions Leeds United A.F.C.

and runners-up Liverpool F.C., but had an inferior goal difference.

[4] The season saw standout performances from forward Stan Bowles, who finished as the club's top scorer with 22 goals.

[5] QPR were eliminated from the FA Cup in the Third Round, losing 2–1 away to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C..[6] QPR replaced their Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith’s arms badge that had been the clubs badge since 1953 with a blue and white hooped shield with the outline of a ball, depicting QPR in plain letters.