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1955 Washington Redskins

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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 246 points (20.5/g), 7th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 222 points (18.5/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 24 points (2.0/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 6.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Joe Kuharich (8-4-0)

1955 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 25 box W 1-0 @ Cleveland Browns 27 17 13 260 165 95 1 23 399 178 221 3
2 Sat October 1 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 31 30 16 254 136 118 2 27 465 344 121 3
3 Sun October 9 box L 2-1 Chicago Cardinals 10 24 17 302 189 113 6 16 232 45 187 4
4 Sun October 16 box L 2-2 Cleveland Browns 14 24 16 182 51 131 5 14 210 118 92 2
5 Sun October 23 box W 3-2 @ Baltimore Colts 14 13 16 277 105 172 4 12 168 84 84 3
6 Sun October 30 box L 3-3 @ New York Giants 7 35 17 392 203 189 5 12 273 143 130 2
7 Sun November 6 box W 4-3 Philadelphia Eagles 34 21 14 288 125 163 2 19 380 345 35 6
8 Sun November 13 box W 5-3 San Francisco 49ers 7 0 15 225 59 166 6 15 212 136 76 4
9 Sun November 20 box W 6-3 @ Chicago Cardinals 31 0 18 329 77 252 1 7 106 34 72 6
10 Sun November 27 box W 7-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 23 14 20 300 -32 332 1 15 308 243 65 6
11 Sun December 4 box L 7-4 New York Giants 20 27 15 234 183 51 3 19 265 131 134 2
12 Sun December 11 box W 8-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 17 16 305 87 218 6 10 172 114 58 2

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 246 3348 760 4.4 193 101 257 1348 11 21 4.8 71 478 2000 17 4.2 101 42 21 21
Team Defense 222 3190 765 4.2 305 165 340 1915 17 19 5.1 104 391 1275 8 3.3 189 43 24 12
Lg Rank Offense 7 11 10 11 11 10 5 11 3 3 3 5 7 10
Lg Rank Defense 2 3 5 8 6 9 7 2 2 2 1 1 4 1

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%
Eddie LeBaron* 25 QB 12 8 79 178 44.4 1270 9 5.1 15 8.4 70 7.1 3.8 16.1 105.8 50.5
Ralph Guglielmi 22 9 3 20 62 32.3 242 2 3.2 4 6.5 43 3.9 1.3 12.1 26.9 29.1
Al Dorow 26 8 1 2 12 16.7 37 0 0.0 1 8.3 19 3.1 -0.7 18.5 4.6 5.2
Vic Janowicz 25 LH 12 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0.0 -9.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.6 12 101 257 39.3 1549 11 4.3 21 8.2 70 6.0 2.8 15.3 129.1 40.2
Opp Total 12 165 340 48.5 1915 17 5.0 19 5.6 5.6 3.6 11.6 159.6 59.4 34 274 5.1 2.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Leo Elter 26 fb 11 0 97 361 3 33 3.7 32.8 8.8 13 219 16.8 1 70 1.2 19.9 580 4 4
Vic Janowicz 25 LH 12 0 93 397 4 33 4.3 33.1 7.8 11 149 13.5 3 48 0.9 12.4 546 7 2
Bert Zagers 22 RH 11 0 89 395 2 41 4.4 35.9 8.1 14 306 21.9 0 57 1.3 27.8 701 2 5
Dale Atkeson 25 FB 11 0 77 300 1 45 3.9 27.3 7.0 9 81 9.0 1 15 0.8 7.4 381 2 2
Jim Monachino 26 7 0 46 207 2 34 4.5 29.6 6.6 8 74 9.3 0 24 1.1 10.6 281 2 1
Eddie LeBaron* 25 QB 12 8 37 190 4 25 5.1 15.8 3.1 190 4 5
Ralph Guglielmi 22 9 3 18 51 1 17 2.8 5.7 2.0 51 1 0
Al Dorow 26 8 1 8 49 0 19 6.1 6.1 1.0 49 0 1
Rob Goode 28 3 0 7 23 0 0 3.3 7.7 2.3 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.3 5.0 38 0 0
Joe Scudero* 25 LS 12 0 6 27 0 13 4.5 2.3 0.5 27 0 2
John Carson 25 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 443 19.3 3 51 1.9 36.9 443 3 1
Ralph Thomas 28 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 105 11.7 2 25 0.8 8.8 105 2 0
Billy Cox 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 71 14.2 0 28 1.3 17.8 71 0 0
Charlie Jones 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 58 14.5 0 21 0.4 5.8 58 0 1
Norb Hecker 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 1 13 0.3 2.6 31 1 0
Chuck Drazenovich* 28 MLB 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.3 -3 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 478 2000 17 45 4.2 166.7 39.8 101 1549 15.3 11 70 8.4 129.1 3549 28 25
Opp Total 12 391 1275 8 3.3 106.3 32.6 165 1915 11.6 17 13.8 159.6 3190 25 36

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
Joe Scudero* 25 LS 12 0 25 241 1 49 9.6 25 699 1 94 28.0 967
Bert Zagers 22 RH 11 0 7 125 1 55 17.9 11 280 0 35 25.5 1106
Jim Monachino 26 7 0 6 26 0 16 4.3 307
Dale Atkeson 25 FB 11 0 4 106 0 28 26.5 487
Dick Alban 26 RDH 12 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ralph Felton 23 RLB 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 17
Nick Adduci 26 LDH 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Roy Barni 28 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ron Marciniak 23 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 43 407 2 55 9.5 43 1097 1 94 25.5 5053
Opp Total 12 42 1 42 1023 1 24.4

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
Eddie LeBaron* 25 QB 12 8 62 2581 57 0 41.6
Vic Janowicz 25 LH 12 0 20 6 30.0% 31 28 90.3%
Norb Hecker 28 12 0 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 21 6 28.6% 33 30 90.9% 62 2581 57 0 41.6
Opp Total 12 19 9 47.4% 28 27 96.4% 65 2678 41.2

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
Nick Adduci 26 LDH 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Alban 26 RDH 12 0 2 48 0 25
Dale Atkeson 25 FB 11 0 2 0 0 0
Roy Barni 28 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1
Gene Brito*+ 30 LDE 12 0 0 6 7 0
John Carson 25 LE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Al Dorow 26 8 1 1 0 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich* 28 MLB 12 12 2 10 0 6 0 1 0 0
Leo Elter 26 fb 11 0 4 1 0 0
Ralph Felton 23 RLB 12 0 1 2 0 0
Norb Hecker 28 12 0 6 52 0 26 0 1 0 0
Vic Janowicz 25 LH 12 0 2 0 0 0
Charlie Jones 26 10 0 1 2 0 0
J.D. Kimmel 26 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Eddie LeBaron* 25 QB 12 8 5 2 0 0
Ron Marciniak 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Miller 24 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Monachino 26 7 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Norman 21 7 0 0 1 0 0
Chet Ostrowski 25 RDE 11 11 0 3 0 0
Joe Scudero* 25 LS 12 0 5 60 0 39 2 0 0 0
Ralph Thomas 28 RE 12 0 0 1 0 0
LaVern Torgeson* 26 LLB 11 0 3 45 0 20 0 2 0 0
Bert Zagers 22 RH 11 0 5 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 19 215 0 39 25 28 24 1
Opp Total 12 25 36 12

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Vic Janowicz 25 LH 12 0 4 3 28 6 88
Leo Elter 26 fb 11 0 3 1 24
Eddie LeBaron* 25 QB 12 8 4 24
John Carson 25 LE 12 0 3 18
Ralph Thomas 28 RE 12 0 2 1 18
Bert Zagers 22 RH 11 0 2 1 18
Dale Atkeson 25 FB 11 0 1 1 12
Jim Monachino 26 7 0 2 12
Joe Scudero* 25 LS 12 0 1 1 12
Norb Hecker 28 12 0 1 2 8
Roy Barni 28 8 0 1 6
Ralph Guglielmi 22 9 3 1 6
Team Total 25.6 12 17 11 2 1 1 1 30 6 246
Opp Total 12 8 17 1 1 27 9 222