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1951 Washington Redskins

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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 183 points (15.2/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 296 points (24.7/g), 10th.
 Differential of -113 points (-9.4/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 2.9-9.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.8/g), 11th.

Coached by Herman Ball (0-3-0) and Dick Todd (5-4-0)

1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 30 box L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 17 35 18 286 99 187 30 515 310 205 1
2 Sun October 7 box L 0-2 New York Giants 14 35 18 275 148 127 4 20 276 153 123 4
3 Sun October 14 box L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 0 45 15 255 150 105 7 21 376 184 192 2
4 Sun October 21 box W 1-3 Chicago Cardinals 7 3 14 290 58 232 1 22 365 134 231 2
5 Sun October 28 box W 2-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 23 19 414 203 211 2 15 275 152 123 3
6 Sun November 4 box L 2-4 Chicago Bears 0 27 10 175 95 80 5 21 392 89 303 1
7 Sun November 11 box L 2-5 @ New York Giants 14 28 13 303 247 56 9 16 290 91 199 3
8 Sun November 18 box W 3-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 22 7 19 321 50 271 2 5 115 45 70 1
9 Sun November 25 box W 4-5 Los Angeles Rams 31 21 26 469 117 352 3 23 376 315 61 5
10 Sun December 2 box L 4-6 Philadelphia Eagles 21 35 17 275 94 181 1 32 410 103 307 2
11 Sun December 9 box W 5-6 @ Chicago Cardinals 20 17 21 334 103 231 2 19 334 178 156 2
12 Sun December 16 box L 5-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 20 9 215 97 118 7 17 411 288 123 7

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 183 3555 786 4.5 199 99 226 1404 8 25 5.9 62 547 2151 14 3.9 128 43 18 9
Team Defense 296 4050 777 5.2 347 140 295 1957 16 18 6.3 92 464 2093 20 4.5 241 33 15 14
Lg Rank Offense 11 9 10 11 11 12 7 3 1 4 5 7 8 8
Lg Rank Defense 10 10 9 4 6 6 10 10 7 9 10 9 10 7

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Sammy Baugh* 37 QB 12 9 67 154 43.5 1104 7 4.5 17 11.0 53 7.2 2.7 16.5 92.0 43.8
Harry Gilmer 25 qb 10 3 31 68 45.6 391 1 1.5 6 8.8 47 5.8 1.9 12.6 39.1 32.2
Ed Salem 23 LS 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 1.1 118.7
Team Total 26.2 12 99 226 43.8 1508 8 3.5 25 11.1 53 6.7 2.0 15.2 125.7 38.6
Opp Total 12 140 295 47.5 1957 16 5.4 18 6.1 6.6 4.4 14.0 163.1 61.9 18 147 6.3 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Rob Goode* 24 FB 12 0 208 951 9 33 4.6 79.3 17.3 3 45 15.0 0 26 0.3 3.8 996 9 9
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 91 398 2 40 4.4 33.2 7.6 22 303 13.8 1 40 1.8 25.3 701 3 4
Leon Heath 23 RH 11 0 64 159 0 16 2.5 14.5 5.8 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.3 162 0 3
Johnny Papit 23 11 0 44 175 0 33 4.0 15.9 4.0 3 43 14.3 0 24 0.3 3.9 218 0 0
George Thomas 23 12 0 42 130 0 17 3.1 10.8 3.5 7 193 27.6 2 53 0.6 16.1 323 2 3
Chuck Drazenovich 24 RLB 9 0 34 76 3 7 2.2 8.4 3.8 1 27 27.0 0 27 0.1 3.0 103 3 1
Harry Dowda 29 RET 12 0 29 111 0 32 3.8 9.3 2.4 2 54 27.0 0 48 0.2 4.5 165 0 2
Harry Gilmer 25 qb 10 3 19 141 0 37 7.4 14.1 1.9 141 0 4
Sammy Baugh* 37 QB 12 9 11 -5 0 7 -0.5 -0.4 0.9 -5 0 6
Eddie Saenz 29 2 0 3 8 0 6 2.7 4.0 1.5 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.5 4.5 17 0 0
Billy Cox 22 RS 10 0 2 7 0 5 3.5 0.7 0.2 7 0 0
Hugh Taylor 28 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 444 15.3 3 47 2.4 37.0 444 3 0
Gene Brito 26 RE/RDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 313 13.0 0 38 2.0 26.1 313 0 0
Joe Tereshinski 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 74 12.3 2 21 0.5 6.2 74 2 0
Team Total 26.2 12 547 2151 14 40 3.9 179.3 45.6 99 1508 15.2 8 53 8.3 125.7 3659 22 34
Opp Total 12 464 2093 20 4.5 174.4 38.7 140 1957 14.0 16 11.7 163.1 4050 36 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 22 172 0 27 7.8 11 248 0 37 22.5 1121
Harry Dowda 29 RET 12 0 13 341 0 39 26.2 506
Eddie Saenz 29 2 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 9 145 0 24 16.1 168
Jack Dwyer 24 LDH 12 0 7 22 0 8 3.1 1 19 0 19 19.0 41
Harry Gilmer 25 qb 10 3 6 132 0 37 22.0 273
George Buksar 25 LLB 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 56 0 18 14.0 56
Gene Brito 26 RE/RDE 12 0 4 39 0 14 9.8 352
Neil Ferris 24 RDH 12 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 1
Bob Hendren 28 12 0 2 21 0 11 10.5 21
Paul Lipscomb* 28 RT/RDT 12 0 2 27 0 14 13.5 27
Herb Siegert 27 LG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 40 333 0 37 8.3 47 896 0 39 19.1 4888
Opp Total 12 37 1 35 679 0 19.4

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 13 10 76.9% 22 21 95.5% 27 942 46 0 34.9
Billy Cox 22 RS 10 0 28 1122 61 0 40.1
Sammy Baugh* 37 QB 12 9 4 221 53 0 55.3
Team Total 26.2 12 13 10 76.9% 22 21 95.5% 59 2285 61 0 38.7
Opp Total 12 13 6 46.2% 40 38 95.0% 55 2244 40.8

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Sammy Baugh* 37 QB 12 9 6 2 0 0
George Buksar 25 LLB 11 0 1 20 0 20 0 2 0 0
Billy Cox 22 RS 10 0 2 0 0 0
Al DeMao 31 C 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
Harry Dowda 29 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich 24 RLB 9 0 2 27 0 20 1 0 0 0
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 4 1 4 0
Jack Dwyer 24 LDH 12 0 1 14 0 14 1 3 1 0
Harry Gilmer 25 qb 10 3 5 79 0 30 4 3 4 0
Rob Goode* 24 FB 12 0 9 3 1 0
Leon Heath 23 RH 11 0 3 1 0 0
Bob Hendren 28 12 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Lipscomb* 28 RT/RDT 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Laurie Niemi* 26 LT 12 0 0 1 -4 0
Jim Ricca 24 MG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Salem 23 LS 12 0 5 26 0 21
Herb Siegert 27 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Tereshinski 28 12 0 0 1 0 0
George Thomas 23 12 0 3 1 0 0
Harry Ulinski 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Walt Yowarsky 23 LDE 11 0 0 2 3 0
Team Total 26.2 12 18 166 0 30 34 31 13 0
Opp Total 12 13 28 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Dudley* 32 LH 12 0 2 1 21 10 69
Rob Goode* 24 FB 12 0 9 54
Chuck Drazenovich 24 RLB 9 0 3 18
Hugh Taylor 28 LE 12 0 3 18
Joe Tereshinski 28 12 0 2 12
George Thomas 23 12 0 2 12
Team Total 26.2 12 14 8 21 10 183
Opp Total 12 20 16 1 38 6 296