1951 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 3rd place American Conference 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: Herman Ball (0-3-0); Dick Todd (5-4-0) |
| Larry Cabrelli | Ends |
| Dick Todd | Backfield |
| Orville Tuttle | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/15/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-58 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 91985 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-45 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27280 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1951 | N | Detroit Lions | 10-7 | W | Amarillo, TX | Sandie Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1951 | N | New York Giants | 14-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 20000 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1951 | N | New York Yanks | 52-14 | W | Shreveport, LA | State Fair Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 9/19/1951 | N | Chicago Bears | 19-21 | L | Kansas City, MO | Blues Stadium | 8212 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1951 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-14 | L | Alexandria, VA | George Washington Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-35 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 28900 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | H | New York Giants | 14-35 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23800 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33968 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-3 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22960 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-23 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 20437 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 31737 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | A | New York Giants | 14-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21242 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 22-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15060 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 31-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26307 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-35 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23738 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 20-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 9459 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-20 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 18096 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 57 | Johnny Badaczewski | MG | 6-1 | 235 | 29 | Western Reserve | 12 | 1 |
| 33 | Sammy Baugh | QB-P | 6-2 | 182 | 37 | Texas Christian | 12 | 9 |
| 18 | Ed Berrang | LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Villanova | 2 | 2 |
| 80 | Gene Brito | ROE | 6-1 | 226 | 26 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Buddy Brown | ROG-C | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| 39 | George Buksar | LLB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Purdue; San Francisco | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Billy Cox | LS-P | 6-3 | 189 | 22 | Duke | 11 | 10 |
| 53 | Al DeMao | LLB | 6-2 | 214 | 31 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| 44 | Harry Dowda | ROH-FB | 6-2 | 199 | 29 | Wake Forest | 12 | 0 |
| 36 | Chuck Drazenovich | RLB-FB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Penn State | 9 | 9 |
| 35 | Bill Dudley | LOH-DB | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Jack Dwyer | LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Neil Ferris | RDH | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Harry Gilmer | QB-LS | 6-0 | 169 | 25 | Alabama | 11 | 4 |
| 21 | Rob Goode | FB | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Leon Heath | ROH-FB | 6-1 | 203 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 9 |
| 48 | Bob Hendren | RDE | 6-8 | 244 | 28 | Culver-Stockton; Southern California | 12 | 8 |
| 70 | Lou Karras | LDT | 6-4 | 241 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Paul Lipscomb | RDT-ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 28 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 47 | Laurie Niemi | LOT | 6-1 | 251 | 26 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Johnny Papit | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| 84 | Jim Peebles | ROT-LOT-LDE | 6-4 | 231 | 31 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 9 |
| 61 | Gene Pepper | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 239 | 24 | Missouri | 12 | 2 |
| 34 | Ed Quirk | LB | 6-1 | 231 | 26 | Missouri | 6 | 0 |
| 75 | Jim Ricca | MG | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 11 |
| 99 | Eddie Saenz | ROH | 5-11 | 169 | 29 | Loyola Marymount; Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Eddie Salem | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Herb Siegert | LOG-LB | 6-3 | 216 | 27 | Illinois Wesleyan; Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Jim Staton | LDT | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Wake Forest | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Hugh Taylor | LOE | 6-4 | 194 | 28 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Joe Tereshinski | RDE-RLB-ROE | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 7 |
| 20 | George Thomas | ROH | 6-1 | 186 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 3 |
| 56 | Harry Ulinski | C | 6-4 | 229 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Cas Witucki | ROG | 5-11 | 245 | 23 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Walt Yowarsky | LDE | 6-2 | 234 | 23 | Kentucky | 11 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Leon Heath | B | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 15 | Eddie Salem | B | Alabama |
| 2 | 21 | Jim Staton | T | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 29 | Walt Yowarsky | T | Kentucky |
| 4 | 40 | Paul Giroski | T | Rice |
| 6 | 65 | John Martinkovic | E | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 7 | 76 | Johnny Papit | B | Virginia |
| 8 | 87 | Billy Cox | B | Duke |
| 9 | 101 | Jake Rowden | C | Maryland |
| 10 | 111 | Jim Janosek | T | Purdue |
| 10 | 113 | Bob Jensen | E | Iowa State |
| 11 | 124 | Bill DeChard | B | Holy Cross |
| 12 | 138 | Al Applegate | G | Scranton |
| 13 | 149 | Dick Campbell | B | Wyoming |
| 14 | 160 | Adrian Burk | QB | Baylor |
| 15 | 174 | Vic Thomas | T | Colorado |
| 16 | 185 | Bob Bates | C | Texas A&M |
| 17 | 196 | Gene Brito | E | Loyola Marymount |
| 18 | 210 | Dom Fucci | B | Kentucky |
| 19 | 221 | Buddy Brown | G | Arkansas |
| 20 | 232 | John Kerestes | B | Purdue |
| 21 | 246 | Red Marable | T | Texas Christian |
| 22 | 257 | Elliott Speed | C | Alabama |
| 23 | 268 | Cecil Martin | B | North Texas |
| 24 | 282 | Tom Powers | B | Duke |
| 25 | 293 | Bob Chubb | E | Shippensburg |
| 26 | 304 | Johnny Williams | B | Southern California |
| 27 | 318 | Bill Johnson | B | Stetson |
| 28 | 329 | John Kadlec | G | Missouri |
| 29 | 340 | Art Stewart | B | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| 30 | 354 | Nick Bolkovac | T | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 76 | 30 | 54 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 63 | 62 | 95 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 199 | 128 | 62 | 9 | / % | / % | 67 | 560 | |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 135 | 92 | 14 | / % | / % | 71 | 630 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 0 | 69 |
| Rob Goode | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Chuck Drazenovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Tereshinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 0 | 183 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 296 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 1 | 37 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 1 | 37 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Goode | 208 | 951 | 4.6 | 33 | 9 |
| Bill Dudley | 91 | 398 | 4.4 | 40 | 2 |
| Johnny Papit | 44 | 175 | 4.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 64 | 159 | 2.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 19 | 141 | 7.4 | 37 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 42 | 130 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 29 | 111 | 3.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 34 | 76 | 2.2 | 7 | 3 |
| Eddie Saenz | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 11 | -5 | -0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 547 | 2151 | 3.9 | 40 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2093 | 4.5 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 154 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 1104 | 7.2 | 16.5 | 53t | 7 | 4.5 | 17 | 11.0 | 45 | 1059 | 43.8 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 68 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 391 | 5.8 | 12.6 | 47 | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 8.8 | 59 | 332 | 32.2 | |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Eddie Salem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 226 | 99 | 99 | 102 | 1508 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 53t | 8 | 3.5 | 25 | 11.1 | 314 | 1194 | 38.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 295 | 140 | 140 | 137 | 2104 | 7.1 | 15.0 | 16 | 5.4 | 18 | 6.1 | 147 | 1957 | 64.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 29 | 444 | 15.3 | 47 | 3 |
| Gene Brito | 24 | 313 | 13.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 22 | 303 | 13.8 | 40 | 1 |
| George Thomas | 7 | 193 | 27.6 | 53 | 2 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Rob Goode | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 99 | 1508 | 15.2 | 53 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 2104 | 15.0 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Gilmer | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Eddie Salem | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 166 | 9.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 261 | 10.4 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cox | 28 | 1122 | 40.1 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 27 | 942 | 34.9 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Sammy Baugh | 4 | 221 | 55.3 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 59 | 2285 | 38.7 | 61 | 0 | 349 | 32.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2243 | 40.8 | 333 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 22 | 172 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 6 | 132 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Neil Ferris | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 333 | 8.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 349 | 9.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Dowda | 13 | 341 | 26.2 | 39 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 24 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Gene Brito | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Hendren | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Herb Siegert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 896 | 19.1 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 679 | 19.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon Heath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hendren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laurie Niemi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Siegert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Ulinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 1 |
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