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1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)

1st place Eastern Division 8-3-0 .727

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Head Coach: Ray Flaherty

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	9/6/1937	A	American Legion All-Stars	50-0	W		Frederick, MD	McCurdy Field	1000
Mon	9/13/1937	A	Wilmington Clippers		-		Wilmington, DE	Pennsy Field
Thu	9/16/1937	H	New York Giants	13-3	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	24500
Fri	9/24/1937	H	Chicago Cardinals	14-21	L		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	22367
Sun	10/3/1937	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	11-7	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	16000
Sun	10/10/1937	H	Philadelphia Eagles	0-14	L		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	7370
Sun	10/17/1937	H	Pittsburgh Pirates	34-20	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	12835
Sun	10/24/1937	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-7	W		Philadelphia, PA	Municipal Stadium	13167
Sun	10/31/1937	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	21-0	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	22500
Wed	11/3/1937	A	Baltimore Blue Birds	41-7	W		Baltimore, MD	Oriole Park	3500
Sun	11/7/1937	A	Richmond Arrows	30-0	W		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	9000
Thu	11/11/1937	N	Cincinnati Models	21-7	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	11000
Sun	11/14/1937	A	Pittsburgh Pirates	13-21	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	12242
Sun	11/21/1937	A	Cleveland Rams	16-7	W		Cleveland, OH	League Park	3500
Sun	11/28/1937	H	Green Bay Packers	14-6	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	30000
Sun	12/5/1937	A	New York Giants	49-14	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	58285
League Championship
Sun	12/12/1937	A	Chicago Bears	28-21	W		Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	15878
Sun	1/16/1938	A	Pacific Coast All-Stars	14-13	W		San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	5000
Sun	1/23/1938	N	Chicago Bears	13-0	W		Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	5000
Sun	1/30/1938	A	Southwest All-Stars	17-10	W		Houston, TX	Buff Stadium	4500
Sun	2/6/1938	H	Chicago Bears	10-16	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	8000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
9/6/1937	American Legion All-Stars	Postponed from 9/5
9/13/1937	Wilmington Clippers	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
15	Jim Barber	ROT-RDT	6-3	223	25	San Francisco	11	10
20	Cliff Battles	TB-LDH-WB-RDH-FB-LB	6-1	195	27	West Virginia Wesleyan	10	8
33	Sammy Baugh	TB-LDH	6-2	182	23	Texas Christian	11	5
22	Chuck Bond	ROT-RDT	6-2	237	23	Washington	11	0
12	Eddie Britt	FB-LB	6-2	205	25	Holy Cross	4	0
26	Vic Carroll	ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG	6-3	231	25	Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno	10	2
17	Turk Edwards	LOT-LDT	6-2	255	30	Washington State	11	11
30	Dixie Howell	WB-RDH	5-11	175	25	Alabama	5	0
23	Don Irwin	FB-LB	6-1	196	24	Colgate	10	9
13	Ed Justice	WB-RDH-TB-LDH	6-1	200	25	Gonzaga	10	1
43	Eddie Kahn	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-9	193	26	North Carolina	10	2
26	Jim Karcher	ROG-RDG	6-0	207	23	Ohio State	11	7
39	Eddie Kawal	C-LB	6-2	205	28	Illinois; Widener	10	9
25	Max Krause	FB-LB-TB-LDH	5-10	202	28	Gonzaga	9	0
41	Red Krause	C-LB	6-1	211	24	St. Louis	2	0
19	Charley Malone	ROE-RDE	6-4	206	27	Texas A&M	11	11
32	Bob McChesney	LOE-LDE	6-2	195	25	UCLA	10	0
18	Eddie Michaels	ROG-RDG	5-11	205	23	Villanova	11	3
40	Wayne Millner	LOE-LDE	6-0	190	26	Notre Dame	11	11
21	Les Olsson	LOG-LDG	6-0	232	28	Mercer	11	9
28	Nelson Peterson	HB-DH	5-8	179	24	West Virginia Wesleyan	2	0
22	Erny Pinckert	WB-RDH-TB-LDH-FB-LB	6-0	197	30	Southern California	11	10
38	Ben Smith	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-3	208	26	Alabama	11	0
27	George Smith	C-LB	6-3	220	23	Glendale CC; California	7	2
35	Riley Smith	BB-S	6-2	200	26	Alabama	11	11
37	Bill Young	LOT-LDT	6-1	247	23	Alabama	6	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Sammy Baugh	B	Texas Christian
2	16	Nello Falaschi	B	Santa Clara
3	26	Red Elder	B	Kansas State
4	36	Dick Bassi	G	Santa Clara
5	46	Chuck Bond	T	Washington
6	56	Jimmie Cain	B	Washington
7	66	Rolla Holland	G	Kansas State
8	76	Joel Eaves	E	Auburn
9	86	Bill Docherty	T	Temple
10	96	Dom Cara	E	North Carolina State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	50	13	68	64
Opponents Totals	34	29	20	37

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		149				/ %	/ %		338
Opponents Totals		82				/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Riley Smith	3	22	26	84.6	5			0	55
Cliff Battles	7	0	0		0			0	42
Charley Malone	4	0	0		0			0	24
Ed Justice	3	0	0		0			0	18
Wayne Millner	3	0	0		0			0	18
Don Irwin	2	0	0		0			0	12
Sammy Baugh	1	0	0		0			0	6
Eddie Kahn	1	0	0		0			0	6
Max Krause	1	0	0		0			0	6
Erny Pinckert	1	0	0		0			0	6
Turk Edwards	0	0	0		0			1	2
Team Totals	26	22	26	84.6	5			1	195
Opponents Totals	16	13	16	81.3	3			1	120

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Riley Smith	5			2/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	5			2/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3			1/	1/	0/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cliff Battles	216	874	4.0		5
Don Irwin	89	315	3.5		2
Sammy Baugh	86	240	2.8	41	1
Max Krause	21	47	2.2		1
Riley Smith	12	39	3.3		2
Ed Justice	8	35	4.4		0
Eddie Britt	7	21	3.0		0
Erny Pinckert	2	10	5.0		0
Dixie Howell	5	9	1.8		0
Nelson Peterson	2	8	4.0		0
Wayne Millner	2	6	3.0		0
Team Totals	450	1604	3.6		11
Opponents Totals	352	1149	3.3		3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Sammy Baugh	171	81	47.4	76	1127	6.6	13.9	59	8	4.7	14	8.2				50.5
Cliff Battles	33	13	39.4	17	142	4.3	10.9		0	0.0	3	9.1				15.0
Riley Smith	9	4	44.4	5	33	3.7	8.3		3	33.3	0	0.0				94.0
Dixie Howell	6	1	16.7	2	14	2.3	14.0	14	0	0.0	3	50.0				0.0
Don Irwin	3	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	222	99	44.6	103	1316	5.9	13.3		11	5.0	20	9.0				42.9
Opponents Totals	171	66	38.6	88	946	5.5	14.3		12	7.0	17	9.9				41.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charley Malone	28	419	15.0		4
Wayne Millner	14	216	15.4		2
Riley Smith	11	93	8.5		0
Erny Pinckert	10	145	14.5		1
Cliff Battles	9	81	9.0		1
Ed Justice	9	150	16.7		3
Don Irwin	8	112	14.0		0
Bob McChesney	6	50	8.3		0
Max Krause	2	13	6.5		0
Ben Smith	2	37	18.5		0
Team Totals	99	1316	13.3		11
Opponents Totals	66	946	14.3		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cliff Battles					1
Riley Smith					1
Team Totals	17				2
Opponents Totals	20				1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								427

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			427			0
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Eddie Kahn							1
Team Totals	38			24			1
Opponents Totals							0

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