1959 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Mike Nixon |
| Ernie Hefferle | Line |
| Bill McPeak | Backfield |
| Joe Tereshinski | Ends |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/16/1959 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 21101 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1959 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 23-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 85888 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1959 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-23 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 22409 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-52 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 28245 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | N | Green Bay Packers | 13-20 | L | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-52 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 28245 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1959 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 21-49 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 21892 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26570 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 23-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25937 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28218 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 42732 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 39854 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32773 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-31 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32266 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-21 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 31853 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | A | New York Giants | 14-45 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 60982 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-34 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24235 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1959 | H | New York Giants | 10-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26198 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Anderson | 42 | LOE | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| Sam Baker | 49 | P-K | 6-2 | 217 | 30 | Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| Don Boll | 62 | LOG-LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 32 | Nebraska | 12 | 9 |
| Don Bosseler | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 212 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 8 |
| Tom Braatz | 85 | RLB | 6-1 | 216 | 26 | Marquette | 12 | 10 |
| Johnny Carson | 82 | ROE | 6-2 | 202 | 29 | Georgia | 5 | 2 |
| Hanson Churchwell | 72 | RDT-LOG | 6-1 | 253 | 23 | Mississippi | 10 | 2 |
| Gene Cichowski | 40 | LS | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| Eagle Day | 10 | QB-S | 6-0 | 183 | 27 | Mississippi | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | MG | 6-1 | 225 | 32 | Penn State | 12 | 4 |
| Ralph Felton | 45 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Gary Glick | 21 | RDH | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Colorado State | 11 | 11 |
| Art Gob | 89 | RDE-LDE-DT | 6-4 | 228 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 5 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Notre Dame | 10 | 4 |
| Dick Haley | 43 | RS-RDH-LOH | 5-10 | 193 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 |
| Bob Hudson | 41 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Clemson | 3 | 1 |
| Dick James | 47 | ROH-LOH-LS | 5-9 | 179 | 25 | Oregon | 12 | 10 |
| Emil Karas | 63 | RDE-RLB-MG | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Dayton | 11 | 4 |
| Frank Kuchta | 56 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| Don Lawrence | 78 | LOG-LDT | 6-1 | 245 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB | 5-8 | 166 | 29 | Pacific | 10 | 8 |
| Ray Lemek | 70 | ROT | 6-0 | 238 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Ken MacAfee | 82 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Alabama | 7 | 1 |
| Richie McCabe | 25 | RS | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 |
| Ed Meadows | 83 | RDE | 6-2 | 221 | 27 | Duke | 5 | 3 |
| Johnny Miller | 73 | LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Boston College | 12 | 8 |
| Doyle Nix | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 8 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 0 | FB-ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | California | 10 | 6 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 88 | RDT-RDE | 6-1 | 232 | 29 | Notre Dame | 9 | 3 |
| John Paluck | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 241 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Podoley | 24 | ROH-LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Central Michigan | 11 | 4 |
| Will Renfro | 71 | RDT-LOT-LOG | 6-5 | 233 | 27 | Memphis | 12 | 11 |
| Jim Schrader | 51 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Ben Scotti | 48 | LDH | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Maryland | 11 | 7 |
| Mike Sommer | 21 | OHB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | George Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Red Stephens | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Stits | 26 | RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 28 | UCLA | 5 | 5 |
| Ed Sutton | 30 | LOH | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | North Carolina | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Toneff | 79 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 260 | 29 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Walton | 81 | ROE | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Don Allard | QB | Boston College |
| 3 | 28 | Emil Karas | T | Dayton |
| 4 | 40 | Jim Wood | E | Oklahoma State |
| 5 | 49 | Bob Wetoska | T | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 65 | Jim McFalls | T | Virginia Military Institute |
| 7 | 76 | Don Lawrence | T | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 79 | Mitch Ogiego | QB | Iowa |
| 7 | 81 | Jim Kenney | E | Boston University |
| 8 | 89 | Gene O'Pella | E | Villanova |
| 9 | 100 | Dick Haley | B | Pittsburgh |
| 10 | 113 | Ron Toth | B | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 124 | Jerry Marciniak | G | Michigan |
| 12 | 137 | Rog Wypyszynski | T | St. Norbert |
| 13 | 148 | Billy Shoemake | E | Louisiana College |
| 14 | 161 | Kurt Schwarz | G | Maryland |
| 15 | 172 | Fred Hood | E | Northeastern State |
| 16 | 185 | Bob Splain | T | Central Connecticut State |
| 17 | 196 | Jim Healy | G | Holy Cross |
| 18 | 209 | Joe Kapp | QB | California |
| 19 | 220 | Bobby Lauder | B | Auburn |
| 20 | 233 | Billy Brewer | B | Mississippi |
| 21 | 244 | Mel Reight | B | West Virginia |
| 22 | 257 | Art Gob | E | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | 268 | C.J. Alexander | B | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 24 | 281 | George Darrah | B | Franklin & Marshall |
| 25 | 292 | Bob Sargent | T | Colby |
| 26 | 305 | Gene Grabosky | T | Syracuse |
| 27 | 316 | Norm Odyniec | B | Notre Dame |
| 28 | 329 | Billy Austin | B | Rutgers |
| 29 | 340 | Don Lockwood | G | Tulane |
| 30 | 353 | Jim Colclough | B | Boston College |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 32 | 62 | 61 | 185 |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 103 | 65 | 97 | 350 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 193 | 94 | 80 | 19 | / % | / % | 51 | 453 | |
| Opponents Totals | 252 | 109 | 125 | 18 | / % | / % | 59 | 570 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 0 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 51 |
| Bill Anderson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dick James | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Bosseler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Walton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Podoley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Gob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 1 | 185 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 44 | 46 | 95.7 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 350 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 1 | 48 | 1/8 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 1 | 48 | 1/8 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bosseler | 119 | 644 | 5.4 | 41t | 3 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 65 | 432 | 6.6 | 65 | 1 |
| Dick James | 100 | 384 | 3.8 | 39 | 3 |
| Ed Sutton | 61 | 232 | 3.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 26 | 97 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Podoley | 18 | 83 | 4.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Eagle Day | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Sommer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 422 | 1964 | 4.7 | 65 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 404 | 2214 | 5.5 | 90t | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 173 | 77 | 44.5 | 85 | 1077 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 49 | 8 | 4.6 | 11 | 6.4 | 136 | 941 | 54.0 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 89 | 36 | 40.4 | 42 | 617 | 6.9 | 17.1 | 70 | 4 | 4.5 | 11 | 12.4 | 130 | 487 | 40.1 | |
| Eagle Day | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 6 | 79 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 29 | 50 | 33.8 | |
| Ed Sutton | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 51 | 7.3 | 25.5 | 29 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 97.0 |
| Jim Podoley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | -6 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 284 | 121 | 42.6 | 140 | 1824 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 70 | 13 | 4.6 | 23 | 8.1 | 301 | 1523 | 45.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 319 | 185 | 58.0 | 121 | 2606 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 26 | 8.2 | 13 | 4.1 | 176 | 2430 | 94.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Anderson | 35 | 734 | 21.0 | 70t | 6 |
| Joe Walton | 21 | 317 | 15.1 | 41 | 3 |
| Jim Podoley | 18 | 282 | 15.7 | 48 | 2 |
| Dick James | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 41t | 1 |
| Don Bosseler | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Carson | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Sutton | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Dick Haley | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 1824 | 15.1 | 70t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 2606 | 14.1 | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Doyle Nix | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Braatz | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Richie McCabe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 147 | 11.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 339 | 14.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 49 | 2229 | 45.5 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 2096 | 42.8 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 2229 | 45.5 | 66 | 0 | 73 | 44.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1715 | 40.8 | 119 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Gary Glick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 73 | 1.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 23 | 503 | 21.9 | 38 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 17 | 346 | 20.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jim Podoley | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Art Gob | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Scotti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1006 | 20.1 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 625 | 22.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Boll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Braatz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hans0N Churchwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emil Karas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Meadows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Podoley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Schrader | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Scotti | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sutton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 1 |
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