1953 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Herman Ball | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Dudley | Backfield |
| Larry Siemering | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/19/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82678 | |
| Sun | 8/30/1953 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-7 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25874 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-6 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16425 | |
| Wed | 9/9/1953 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-21 | L | Columbia, SC | Carolina Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1953 | N | Detroit Lions | 17-31 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 23088 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 3-9 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 22800 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16055 | |
| Fri | 10/2/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-21 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19099 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | New York Giants | 13-9 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26241 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-30 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33963 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 34031 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 47845 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 19654 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21392 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | A | New York Giants | 24-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16887 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17026 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21579 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-14 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22057 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Alban | 42 | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Sam Baker | 45 | LOH-FB-P | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Oregon State | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 29 | FB-ROH | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Tulsa | 12 | 5 |
| Don Boll | 62 | LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 226 | 28 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Don Campora | 75 | ROT | 6-3 | 268 | 26 | Pacific | 5 | 5 |
| Jim Clark | 65 | ROT-ROG | 6-1 | 228 | 24 | Oregon State | 12 | 7 |
| Jack Cloud | 34 | RLB-FB | 5-10 | 220 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 3 |
| Paul Dekker | 83 | ROE | 6-5 | 220 | 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 8 |
| Al DeMao | 53 | C | 6-2 | 214 | 33 | Duquesne | 12 | 4 |
| Don Doll | 46 | LS | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Harry Dowda | 44 | LDH-FB | 6-2 | 199 | 31 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 8 | 8 |
| Bill Dudley | 35 | K-LOH | 5-10 | 175 | 32 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 23 | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Santa Clara | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Hazelwood | 78 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 29 | North Carolina | 6 | 6 |
| Leon Heath | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Oklahoma | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Hegarty | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Georgia; Villanova | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Hennessy | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 219 | 27 | Santa Clara | 8 | 1 |
| Charlie Justice | 22 | LOH | 5-10 | 176 | 29 | North Carolina | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB-P | 5-8 | 166 | 23 | Pacific | 12 | 6 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 76 | RDT-RDE | 6-4 | 246 | 30 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 70 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 2 |
| Laurie Niemi | 74 | LDT-DE | 6-1 | 251 | 28 | Washington State | 11 | 9 |
| Johnny Papit | 25 | FB-LOH | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Pepper | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Missouri | 6 | 6 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 82 | ROE | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Washington State | 10 | 4 |
| Knox Ramsey | 68 | RLB | 6-1 | 216 | 27 | William & Mary | 10 | 10 |
| Jim Ricca | 55 | MG | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 12 | 12 |
| Julie Rykovich | 20 | ROH | 6-2 | 204 | 30 | Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Scarbath | 18 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 6 |
| Dave Suminski | 67 | LOG | 5-11 | 230 | 22 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 |
| Hugh Taylor | 84 | LOE | 6-4 | 194 | 30 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 89 | RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Georgia | 12 | 11 |
| Harry Ulinski | 50 | C-LLB | 6-4 | 229 | 28 | Kentucky | 12 | 10 |
| Johnny Williams | 43 | RS | 5-11 | 177 | 26 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Cas Witucki | 63 | ROG | 5-11 | 245 | 25 | Indiana | 11 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Jack Scarbath | B | Maryland |
| 2 | 16 | Dick Modzelewski | T | Maryland |
| 3 | 27 | Paul Dekker | E | Michigan State |
| 4 | 41 | Don Boll | G | Nebraska |
| 5 | 52 | Nick Carras | B | Missouri |
| 8 | 89 | Lou Weidensaul | E | Maryland |
| 11 | 124 | Alex Webster | B | North Carolina State |
| 12 | 137 | Buzz Nutter | C | Virginia Tech |
| 14 | 161 | Ed Timmerman | B | Michigan State |
| 15 | 172 | Dave Suminski | T | Wisconsin |
| 16 | 185 | Jim Slay | E | Mississippi |
| 17 | 196 | Bob Haner | B | Villanova |
| 18 | 209 | Jim Turner | B | Texas Tech |
| 19 | 220 | Thomas Flyzik | T | George Washington |
| 20 | 233 | Bill Link | G | Wake Forest |
| 21 | 244 | Jim Dublinski | C | Utah |
| 22 | 257 | Ed Pucci | G | Southern California |
| 23 | 268 | Ed Bierne | E | Detroit Mercy |
| 24 | 281 | Stan Butterworth | B | Bucknell |
| 25 | 292 | Art Hurd | G | Maryland |
| 26 | 305 | Walt Ashcraft | T | Southern California |
| 27 | 316 | John Zanetti | T | John Carroll |
| 28 | 329 | Bob Buckley | B | Southern California |
| 29 | 340 | Pat Shires | B | Tennessee |
| 30 | 353 | Bob Mathias | B | Stanford |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 51 | 30 | 82 | 208 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 67 | 27 | 80 | 215 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 181 | 90 | 82 | 9 | / % | / % | 49 | 408 | |
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 102 | 93 | 15 | / % | / % | 68 | 596 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 58 |
| Hugh Taylor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Leon Heath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Charlie Justice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Dekker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Laurie Niemi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 208 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 2 | 215 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 2 | 41 | 5/14 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 2 | 41 | 5/14 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Justice | 115 | 616 | 5.4 | 43 | 2 |
| Leon Heath | 76 | 266 | 3.5 | 43 | 4 |
| Julie Rykovich | 73 | 251 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 56 | 218 | 3.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Sam Baker | 17 | 72 | 4.2 | 31t | 1 |
| Johnny Papit | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 413 | 1726 | 4.2 | 43 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 1886 | 4.1 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Scarbath | 129 | 45 | 34.9 | 72 | 862 | 6.7 | 19.2 | 71t | 9 | 7.0 | 12 | 9.3 | 120 | 742 | 43.5 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 149 | 62 | 41.6 | 70 | 874 | 5.9 | 14.1 | 66 | 3 | 2.0 | 17 | 11.4 | 108 | 766 | 28.3 | |
| Team Totals | 278 | 107 | 38.5 | 142 | 1736 | 6.2 | 16.2 | 71t | 12 | 4.3 | 29 | 10.4 | 228 | 1508 | 35.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 350 | 171 | 48.9 | 152 | 1950 | 5.6 | 11.4 | 58 | 8 | 2.3 | 27 | 7.7 | 198 | 1752 | 41.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 35 | 703 | 20.1 | 71t | 8 |
| Charlie Justice | 22 | 434 | 19.7 | 54 | 2 |
| Paul Dekker | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 66 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 39 | 1 |
| Leon Heath | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 1736 | 16.2 | 71t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 1950 | 11.4 | 58 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Doll | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23t | 1 |
| Dick Alban | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 28t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 247 | 9.1 | 28t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 461 | 15.9 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 51 | 2004 | 39.3 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Sam Baker | 17 | 614 | 36.1 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2618 | 38.5 | 60 | 1 | 165 | 36.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 2251 | 41.7 | 306 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Williams | 18 | 172 | 9.6 | 62 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hall Haynes | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Charlie Justice | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Don Doll | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 306 | 8.5 | 62 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 165 | 4.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Williams | 9 | 224 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 9 | 186 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Hall Haynes | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Barry | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jack Cloud | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Don Boll | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Gene Brito | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 797 | 19.4 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1213 | 28.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Alban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don Boll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Heath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Niemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0 |
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