1961 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 7th place • Eastern Conference • 1-12-1 .077 |
| Head Coach: Bill McPeak |
| Abe Gibron | Line |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offensive Backs |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/11/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 59361 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | N | Chicago Bears | 13-29 | L | Charleston, WV | Johnson Hagood Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | N | Baltimore Colts | 7-41 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 20302 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1961 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-17 | L | Bristol, TN | Bristol International Speedway | 9000 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | N | Green Bay Packers | 24-31 | L | Columbus, GA | Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 3-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 43142 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-14 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 50108 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | H | New York Giants | 21-24 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 36767 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46186 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15072 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 0-24 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 28037 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 31066 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | New York Giants | 0-53 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56077 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 6-17 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 28975 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 28-28 | T | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 17500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 6-27 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 41062 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-38 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 16204 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-30 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 21134 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 34-24 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 21451 | |
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 | FL-TE-SE | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| John Aveni | 89 | K-SE | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 1 |
| Ed Beatty | 56 | C | 6-3 | 229 | 29 | Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 212 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
| Rod Breedlove | 63 | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Maryland | 11 | 10 |
| Gene Cronin | 85 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 229 | 28 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 14 | 8 |
| Jim Crotty | 22 | RCB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 |
| Jim Cunningham | 30 | FB | 5-11 | 221 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 2 |
| Bernie Darre | 67 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Tulane | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Dugan | 87 | SE | 6-3 | 197 | 28 | Alabama; Dayton | 13 | 12 |
| Dale Hackbart | 46 | RCB-LS | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Hageman | 50 | MLB | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | Arkansas; Kansas | 13 | 13 |
| Pat Heenan | 82 | SE | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Horner | 40 | HB-P-LCB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute | 14 | 9 |
| George Izo | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 |
| Dick James | 47 | HB-FL-DB | 5-9 | 179 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 11 |
| Steve Junker | 80 | TE | 6-3 | 217 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 11 | 6 |
| Jim Kerr | 43 | RS-RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Penn State | 13 | 11 |
| Joe Krakoski | 25 | LS | 6-2 | 196 | 24 | Illinois | 11 | 9 |
| Dick Lasse | 88 | LLB | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 13 |
| Don Lawrence | 78 | RDT-LDT | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Notre Dame | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Lemek | 70 | ROT | 6-0 | 238 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Lew Luce | 81 | HB-FL | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Riley Mattson | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Fran O'Brien | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 253 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Osborne | 84 | FL-SE | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | Hastings | 14 | 5 |
| John Paluck | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 241 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 6 |
| Vin Promuto | 65 | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 23 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Rutgens | 72 | RDT | 6-2 | 258 | 22 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Doyle Schick | 21 | LS | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Kansas | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Schrader | 51 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Ben Scotti | 48 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 13 |
| Norm Snead | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Wake Forest | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Sommer | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | George Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Steffen | 41 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 6 | 4 |
| Andy Stynchula | 71 | RDE | 6-3 | 252 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Toneff | 79 | LDT | 6-2 | 260 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Whitlow | 66 | LOG-ROG-LOT | 6-1 | 236 | 25 | Compton JC; Arizona | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Wilkins | 83 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 28 | Georgia | 14 | 6 |
| Jim Wulff | 32 | RS-FL | 5-10 | 184 | 25 | Michigan State | 8 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Norm Snead | QB | Wake Forest |
| 1 | 3 | Joe Rutgens | T | Illinois |
| 3 | 39 | Jim Cunningham | B | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 72 | Joe Krakoski | B | Illinois |
| 6 | 73 | John O'Day | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 7 | 87 | Jim Kerr | B | Penn State |
| 8 | 101 | Charlie Barnes | E | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 9 | 115 | Joel Arrington | B | Duke |
| 11 | 143 | Riley Mattson | T | Oregon |
| 12 | 157 | Bob Coolbaugh | E | Richmond |
| 13 | 171 | Doug Elmore | B | Mississippi |
| 14 | 185 | Doyle Schick | B | Kansas |
| 15 | 199 | Bob Johnson | E | Michigan |
| 16 | 213 | Ron Petty | T | Louisville |
| 17 | 227 | Joe Bellino | B | Navy |
| 18 | 241 | George Tolford | T | Ohio State |
| 19 | 255 | Tony Romeo | E | Florida State |
| 20 | 269 | Mike Ingram | G | Ohio State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 174 |
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 78 | 103 | 120 | 392 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 193 | 55 | 124 | 14 | / % | / % | 70 | 651 | |
| Opponents Totals | 261 | 94 | 154 | 13 | / % | / % | 63 | 603 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Aveni | 1 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 5 | 28 | 17.9 | 0 | 42 |
| Dick James | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Fred Dugan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Bosseler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Norm Snead | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dale Hackbart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Osborne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Horner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 5 | 28 | 17.9 | 0 | 174 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2 | 392 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Aveni | 5 | 28 | 17.9 | 6 | 52 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 2/6 | 1/13 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 28 | 17.9 | 6 | 52 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 2/6 | 1/13 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 2/ | 3/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 71 | 374 | 5.3 | 39t | 3 |
| Sam Horner | 96 | 275 | 2.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 77 | 220 | 2.9 | 16 | 2 |
| Jim Cunningham | 69 | 160 | 2.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Norm Snead | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 9 | 3 |
| Bill Anderson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Lew Luce | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| George Izo | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Sommer | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 1072 | 3.0 | 39t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1550 | 3.8 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Snead | 375 | 172 | 172 | 181 | 2337 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 80t | 11 | 2.9 | 22 | 5.9 | 368 | 1969 | 51.6 | |
| George Izo | 40 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 214 | 5.4 | 13.4 | 33 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 15.0 | 20 | 194 | 26.5 | |
| Dick James | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 42.7 |
| John Aveni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 420 | 189 | 189 | 203 | 2566 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 80t | 12 | 2.9 | 28 | 6.7 | 391 | 2175 | 46.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 409 | 238 | 238 | 145 | 3493 | 8.5 | 14.7 | 37 | 9.0 | 26 | 6.4 | 218 | 3275 | 89.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Dugan | 53 | 817 | 15.4 | 80t | 4 |
| Bill Anderson | 40 | 637 | 15.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Tom Osborne | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 60t | 2 |
| Dick James | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Don Bosseler | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Jim Cunningham | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Sam Horner | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Steve Junker | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 38 | 0 |
| John Aveni | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Jim Wulff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 189 | 2566 | 13.6 | 80t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 3493 | 14.7 | 37 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Kerr | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Dale Hackbart | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 48t | 2 |
| Joe Krakoski | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Wulff | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Rod Breedlove | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ben Scotti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Paluck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 325 | 12.5 | 48t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 477 | 17.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Horner | 63 | 2409 | 38.2 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Dick James | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Cunningham | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2665 | 38.1 | 62 | 0 | 280 | 34.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2565 | 44.2 | 197 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kerr | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lew Luce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 197 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 280 | 9.3 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 21 | 617 | 29.4 | 48 | 0 | |
| Jim Kerr | 14 | 385 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 10 | 256 | 25.6 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sommer | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Jim Cunningham | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lew Luce | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Sam Horner | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Andy Stynchula | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Steve Junker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1661 | 26.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 666 | 23.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Aveni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bosseler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Breedlove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Cronin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Crotty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dugan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hageman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Horner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kerr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Luce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Mattson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Paluck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Rutgens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Stynchula | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Toneff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Wilkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
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