1965 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Conference 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Bill McPeak |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Defense |
| Ed Hughes | Defensive Backs |
| Ted Marchibroda | Offense |
| Ernie Stautner | Offense |
| Tim Temerario | Assistant to the Head Coach |
| George Wilson | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-0 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 8945 | |
| Thu | 8/12/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 30-31 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 45142 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 16-20 | L | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 20426 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | N | Baltimore Colts | 23-33 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 22176 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | N | Detroit Lions | 20-3 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-17 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 48208 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 61577 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52627 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 16-37 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50205 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-38 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50405 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-20 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 32228 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-21 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50301 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | New York Giants | 23-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62788 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60444 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 25052 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 34-31 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50205 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | A | Cleveland Browns | 16-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77765 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | New York Giants | 10-27 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50373 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-14 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49806 | |
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 |
| 50 | Willie Adams | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Pervis Atkins | HB-FB | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Bob Briggs | FB | 6-1 | 228 | 24 | Central Oklahoma | 7 | 0 |
| 89 | Preston Carpenter | TE | 6-2 | 197 | 31 | Arkansas | 9 | 9 |
| 21 | Jimmy Carr | RLB | 6-1 | 206 | 32 | Charleston | 13 | 9 |
| 35 | Rick Casares | FB | 6-2 | 226 | 34 | Florida | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | Angelo Coia | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | The Citadel; Southern California | 13 | 6 |
| 54 | Don Croftcheck | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | 7 |
| 57 | Dave Crossan | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Darrell Dess | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 30 | North Carolina State | 13 | 8 |
| 55 | Chris Hanburger | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | North Carolina | 14 | 5 |
| 46 | Rickie Harris | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | East Los Angeles JC; Arizona | 14 | 3 |
| 56 | Len Hauss | C | 6-2 | 234 | 23 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Sam Huff | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| 39 | George Hughley | FB | 6-1 | 223 | 28 | Santa Monica JC; Central Oklahoma | 14 | 2 |
| 23 | Billy Hunter | FL | 6-1 | 183 | 23 | Syracuse | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Bob Jencks | K | 6-5 | 227 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | Sonny Jurgensen | QB | 5-11 | 202 | 31 | Duke | 13 | 13 |
| 66 | Carl Kammerer | RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 14 | 5 |
| 26 | Paul Krause | RS-SE | 6-3 | 199 | 23 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Danny Lewis | FB | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Wisconsin | 13 | 10 |
| 20 | Fred Mazurek | SE | 5-10 | 191 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Bobby Mitchell | FL | 6-0 | 192 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Fran O'Brien | ROT | 6-1 | 253 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | John Paluck | LDE | 6-2 | 241 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bob Pellegrini | LB | 6-2 | 233 | 31 | Maryland | 13 | 2 |
| 65 | Vin Promuto | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 27 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Bill Quinlan | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 33 | Michigan State | 14 | 9 |
| 67 | Bob Reed | OG | 6-1 | 258 | 22 | Tennessee State | 8 | 0 |
| 51 | John Reger | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 34 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Pat Richter | SE-P | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Wisconsin | 11 | 7 |
| 72 | Joe Rutgens | RDT | 6-2 | 258 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Johnny Sample | LCB | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 13 |
| 40 | Lonnie Sanders | RCB | 6-3 | 206 | 24 | Michigan State | 7 | 7 |
| 38 | John Seedborg | P-K | 6-0 | 227 | 22 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dick Shiner | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Maryland | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | Jim Shorter | RCB | 5-11 | 184 | 27 | Detroit Mercy | 13 | 5 |
| 87 | Jerry Smith | TE-SE | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State | 14 | 5 |
| 78 | Ron Snidow | LDT-RDE-P | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Oregon | 14 | 3 |
| 74 | Jim Snowden | LOT | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Jim Steffen | LS | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Charley Taylor | HB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Arizona State | 13 | 13 |
| 43 | Tommy Walters | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
| 75 | Fred Williams | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 36 | Arkansas | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 21 | Bob Breitenstein | T | Tulsa |
| 3 | 34 | Kent McCloughan | B | Nebraska |
| 8 | 105 | Don Croftcheck | G-LB | Indiana |
| 9 | 118 | Jerry Smith | E | Arizona State |
| 10 | 133 | Bob Briggs | FB | Central Oklahoma |
| 11 | 146 | Willie Adams | G | New Mexico State |
| 12 | 160 | John Strohmeyer | T | Nebraska |
| 13 | 174 | Biff Bracy | HB | Duke |
| 14 | 189 | Dave Estrada | HB | Northern Arizona |
| 15 | 202 | Ben Baldwin | B | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | 217 | Bob Reed | G | Tennessee State |
| 17 | 230 | Gary Hart | E | Vanderbilt |
| 18 | 245 | Chris Hanburger | C-LB | North Carolina |
| 19 | 258 | Roosevelt Ellerbe | B | Iowa State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 70 | 49 | 84 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 102 | 61 | 80 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 69 | 125 | 16 | / % | / % | 81 | 692 | |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 100 | 101 | 36 | / % | / % | 74 | 738 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Jencks | 0 | 29 | 33 | 87.9 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 59 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Charley Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Danny Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Angelo Coia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rickie Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Richter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Hughley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Shorter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Walters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 29 | 33 | 87.9 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 257 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 301 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Jencks | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 2 | 39 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 2 | 39 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 2/ | 6/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Taylor | 145 | 402 | 2.8 | 39 | 3 |
| Danny Lewis | 117 | 343 | 2.9 | 23 | 2 |
| George Hughley | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 27t | 2 |
| Bob Briggs | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 354 | 1037 | 2.9 | 39 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 486 | 1753 | 3.6 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Jurgensen | 356 | 190 | 53.4 | 150 | 2367 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 55t | 15 | 4.2 | 16 | 4.5 | 29 | 245 | 2122 | 69.6 |
| Dick Shiner | 65 | 28 | 43.1 | 33 | 470 | 7.2 | 16.8 | 80t | 3 | 4.6 | 4 | 6.2 | 10 | 92 | 378 | 57.9 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 135.4 |
| Charley Taylor | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 45 | 11.3 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 113.5 |
| Team Totals | 427 | 220 | 51.5 | 187 | 2908 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 80t | 20 | 4.7 | 20 | 4.7 | 39 | 337 | 2571 | 69.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 318 | 161 | 50.6 | 130 | 2539 | 8.0 | 15.8 | 15 | 4.7 | 27 | 8.5 | 45 | 422 | 2117 | 57.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mitchell | 60 | 867 | 14.5 | 80t | 6 |
| Charley Taylor | 40 | 577 | 14.4 | 69 | 3 |
| Danny Lewis | 25 | 276 | 11.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Preston Carpenter | 23 | 298 | 13.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 54 | 2 |
| Angelo Coia | 18 | 240 | 13.3 | 45t | 3 |
| Pat Richter | 16 | 189 | 11.8 | 35 | 2 |
| George Hughley | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Briggs | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 220 | 2908 | 13.2 | 80t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 2539 | 15.8 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krause | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Steffen | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Walters | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 535 | 19.8 | 63t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 191 | 9.6 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Richter | 54 | 2364 | 43.8 | 72 | 0 | |||||
| Ron Snidow | 9 | 336 | 37.3 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| John Seedborg | 7 | 247 | 35.3 | 49 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2947 | 42.1 | 72 | 1 | 138 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 2992 | 43.4 | 415 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickie Harris | 31 | 5 | 377 | 12.2 | 57t | 1 |
| Pervis Atkins | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Mazurek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 6 | 415 | 10.6 | 57t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 138 | 4.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hunter | 18 | 432 | 24.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| George Hughley | 13 | 295 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Tommy Walters | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Charley Taylor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Carl Kammerer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1011 | 20.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 976 | 23.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervis Atkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Crossan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Hauss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Kammerer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 1 | |
| Danny Lewis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mazurek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | |
| Pat Richter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Rutgens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shorter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 1 |
| Jerry Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Snowden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 179 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 2 |
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