1954 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 5th place Eastern Conference 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Joe Kuharich |
| Herman Ball | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Kuharich | Line |
| Wayne Millner | Ends |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/6/1954 | A | Eleventh Naval District | 52-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 79813 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-30 | L | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 23389 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1954 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34380 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | Chicago Bears | 20-29 | L | Columbia, SC | Carolina Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | N | Green Bay Packers | 3-31 | L | Raleigh, NC | Riddick Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-49 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 19380 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-41 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32085 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-37 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22492 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | H | New York Giants | 21-51 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21217 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-49 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22051 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | A | New York Giants | 7-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22597 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23567 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-62 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25158 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 18765 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 16-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 15619 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 33-41 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 18517 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-34 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21761 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 37-20 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 18107 | |
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 |
| 44 | Nick Adduci | RLB | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Nebraska | 10 | 10 |
| 42 | Dick Alban | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 46 | Dale Atkeson | FB-LOH | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | none | 10 | 4 |
| 73 | Ken Barfield | ROT-LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Mississippi | 8 | 4 |
| 87 | Ed Barker | LOE | 6-3 | 196 | 23 | Washington State | 12 | 8 |
| 60 | Marv Berschet | LOG | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 8 |
| 62 | Don Boll | LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 27 | Nebraska | 12 | 7 |
| 82 | Johnny Carson | LOE | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 4 |
| 57 | Walt Cudzik | RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 22 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Dorow | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Michigan State | 11 | 4 |
| 36 | Chuck Drazenovich | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Penn State | 12 | 4 |
| 45 | Ralph Felton | LLB-RLB-ROH-K | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 10 |
| 12 | Harry Gilmer | LS-LDH-LOH-QB | 6-0 | 169 | 28 | Alabama | 12 | 6 |
| 39 | Rob Goode | FB | 6-4 | 222 | 27 | Texas A&M | 12 | 7 |
| 68 | Ron Hansen | ROG-ROT | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Minnesota | 12 | 6 |
| 43 | Vic Janowicz | LDH-LOH-K-P | 5-9 | 187 | 24 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| 22 | Charlie Justice | LOH-P | 5-10 | 176 | 30 | North Carolina | 12 | 8 |
| 24 | Blackie Kincaid | DB-K | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Paul Lipscomb | MG | 6-4 | 246 | 31 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Don Menasco | LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Texas | 6 | 1 |
| 70 | Dick Modzelewski | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 9 |
| 74 | Bob Morgan | ROT | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Maryland | 10 | 4 |
| 81 | Sam Morley | E | 6-2 | 192 | 22 | Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Chet Ostrowski | RDE | 6-1 | 232 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Volney Peters | RDT | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Compton JC; Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| 75 | Jim Ricca | LDT-RDT-MG-LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | George Rosso | RS | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Jack Scarbath | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Maryland | 10 | 8 |
| 51 | Jim Schrader | ROT-MG-RDT-C | 6-2 | 244 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | 7 |
| 28 | Joe Scudero | LS-LOH | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | San Francisco | 12 | 9 |
| 68 | Dave Sparks | MG-LOT | 6-1 | 229 | 26 | South Carolina | 10 | 9 |
| 84 | Hugh Taylor | ROE | 6-4 | 194 | 31 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Joe Tereshinski | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | Georgia | 7 | 3 |
| 50 | Harry Ulinski | C | 6-4 | 229 | 29 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Billy Wells | ROH | 5-9 | 176 | 23 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Cas Witucki | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 245 | 26 | Indiana | 12 | 10 |
| 85 | Walt Yowarsky | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 234 | 26 | Kentucky | 11 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Steve Meilinger | E | Kentucky |
| 2 | 20 | Jim Schrader | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 39 | Ralph Felton | B | Maryland |
| 5 | 56 | Billy Wells | B | Michigan State |
| 6 | 68 | Bill McHenry | C | Washington & Lee |
| 7 | 80 | Harry Jagielski | T | Indiana |
| 8 | 92 | Bill Marker | E | West Virginia |
| 9 | 104 | Jerry Minnick | T | Nebraska |
| 10 | 116 | Merrill Green | B | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 128 | Gene Wilson | B | South Carolina |
| 12 | 140 | Ben Dunkerley | T | West Virginia |
| 13 | 152 | Roger Dornburg | B | Wisconsin |
| 14 | 164 | Roger Nelson | T | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 176 | Hugh Merck | T | South Carolina |
| 16 | 188 | Gil Spring | E | Texas |
| 17 | 200 | Jerry Coody | B | Baylor |
| 18 | 212 | Walt Cudzik | C | Purdue |
| 19 | 224 | Jerry Witt | B | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 236 | Sam Morley | E | Stanford |
| 21 | 248 | John Cavaglieri | T | North Texas |
| 22 | 260 | Max Schmaling | B | Purdue |
| 23 | 272 | Pete Carrieri | G | Villanova |
| 24 | 284 | Will Renfro | E | Memphis |
| 25 | 296 | George Rosso | B | Ohio State |
| 26 | 308 | Dorsey Gibson | B | Oklahoma State |
| 27 | 320 | Ken Yarborough | E | North Carolina |
| 28 | 332 | Ron Hansen | T | Minnesota |
| 29 | 344 | Ted Kress | B | Michigan |
| 30 | 356 | Don Rondou | B | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 69 | 54 | 33 | |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 138 | 97 | 111 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 188 | 94 | 76 | 18 | / % | / % | 54 | 455 | |
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 108 | 163 | 11 | / % | / % | 82 | 739 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Billy Wells | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Vic Janowicz | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 16 | 17 | 94.1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Dale Atkeson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Barker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Al Dorow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charlie Justice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Ricca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Rob Goode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Blackie Kincaid | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 207 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 54 | 57 | 94.7 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 432 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Janowicz | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 0/-2 | 0/0 |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 6/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 100 | 516 | 5.2 | 88t | 3 |
| Rob Goode | 108 | 462 | 4.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 56 | 254 | 4.5 | 50t | 1 |
| Dale Atkeson | 68 | 176 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| Al Dorow | 34 | 117 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Jack Scarbath | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 427 | 1626 | 3.8 | 88t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 400 | 1888 | 4.7 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Scarbath | 109 | 44 | 44 | 52 | 798 | 7.3 | 18.1 | 60 | 7 | 6.4 | 13 | 11.9 | 214 | 584 | 48.1 | |
| Al Dorow | 138 | 70 | 70 | 51 | 997 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 80t | 8 | 5.8 | 17 | 12.3 | 91 | 906 | 54.2 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charlie Justice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 257 | 116 | 116 | 109 | 1813 | 7.1 | 15.6 | 80t | 15 | 5.8 | 32 | 12.5 | 319 | 1494 | 49.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 217 | 217 | 152 | 3060 | 7.9 | 14.1 | 33 | 8.5 | 18 | 4.7 | 155 | 2905 | 90.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 37 | 659 | 17.8 | 60 | 8 |
| Ed Barker | 23 | 353 | 15.3 | 32t | 3 |
| Billy Wells | 19 | 295 | 15.5 | 48t | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 11 | 242 | 22.0 | 80t | 2 |
| Dale Atkeson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Rob Goode | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 1813 | 15.6 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 3060 | 14.1 | 33 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Alban | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| George Rosso | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 133 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 317 | 9.9 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Justice | 61 | 2461 | 40.3 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2493 | 40.2 | 63 | 0 | 411 | 33.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1782 | 39.6 | 121 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Rosso | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Wells | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 121 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 411 | 10.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Atkeson | 24 | 623 | 26.0 | 99t | 1 | |
| Billy Wells | 17 | 319 | 18.8 | 45 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 16 | 284 | 17.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Chet Ostrowski | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Walt Yowarsky | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Ricca | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 69 | 1380 | 20.0 | 99t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 865 | 22.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Alban | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Berschet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Boll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 1 | |
| Ron Hansen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Volney Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
| Jack Scarbath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Sparks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Ulinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cas Witucki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 81 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 1 |
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