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1957 Washington Redskins

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Record: 5-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 251 points (20.9/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 230 points (19.2/g), 5th.
 Differential of 21 points (1.8/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 6.6-5.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 8th.

Coached by Joe Kuharich (5-6-1)

1957 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 29 box L 0-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 28 13 242 153 89 6 16 301 228 73
2 Sun October 6 box W 1-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 37 14 21 427 180 247 9 223 147 76 1
3 Sun October 13 box L 1-2 New York Giants 20 24 17 346 229 117 1 17 355 179 176 1
4 Sun October 20 box L 1-3 Chicago Cardinals 14 44 20 337 168 169 5 20 438 182 256 1
5 Sun October 27 box W 2-3 @ New York Giants 31 14 15 254 107 147 1 18 324 166 158 5
6 Sun November 3 box L 2-4 @ Cleveland Browns 17 21 12 164 58 106 1 21 353 122 231 1
7 Sun November 10 box L 2-5 Baltimore Colts 17 21 21 287 108 179 2 15 301 230 71 2
8 Sun November 17 box T 2-5-1 Cleveland Browns 30 30 14 330 177 153 1 17 425 343 82 1
9 Sun November 24 box L 2-6-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 12 21 14 230 123 107 3 12 308 186 122 3
10 Sun December 1 box W 3-6-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 3 15 292 80 212 3 9 162 27 135 4
11 Sun December 8 box W 4-6-1 Philadelphia Eagles 42 7 20 376 173 203 3 13 247 140 107 7
12 Sun December 15 box W 5-6-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 3 15 209 65 144 4 7 158 78 80 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 251 3494 716 4.9 197 109 201 1621 11 13 7.5 78 500 1873 17 3.7 107 30 17 12
Team Defense 230 3595 677 5.3 266 135 262 2028 18 16 7.2 89 394 1567 11 4.0 174 28 12 3
Lg Rank Offense 6 7 6 11 11 9 2 3 2 3 2 8 2 9
Lg Rank Defense 5 7 4 6 9 10 9 10 2 6 4 7 10 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 27 QB 12 12 99 167 59.3 1508 11 6.6 10 6.0 82 9.0 7.0 15.2 125.7 86.1
Rudy Bukich 25 7 0 6 28 21.4 103 0 0.0 3 10.7 35 3.7 -1.1 17.2 14.7 2.8
Ed Sutton 22 LH 12 0 3 5 60.0 95 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 19.0 19.0 31.7 7.9 104.2
Tommy Runnels 23 10 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.5 118.7
Team Total 25.7 12 109 201 54.2 1741 11 5.5 13 6.5 82 8.7 6.3 16.0 145.1 74.7
Opp Total 12 135 262 51.5 2028 18 6.9 16 6.1 7.7 5.7 15.0 169.0 74.7 21 165 7.2 4.7

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
Don Bosseler 21 FB 12 0 167 673 7 28 4.0 56.1 13.9 19 152 8.0 0 25 1.6 12.7 825 7 3
Jim Podoley* 24 RH 12 0 114 442 2 33 3.9 36.8 9.5 27 554 20.5 4 82 2.3 46.2 996 6 5
Ed Sutton 22 LH 12 0 108 407 5 31 3.8 33.9 9.0 2 32 16.0 1 17 0.2 2.7 439 6 6
Leo Elter 28 12 0 45 211 2 22 4.7 17.6 3.8 6 94 15.7 1 49 0.5 7.8 305 3 2
Tommy Runnels 23 10 0 20 52 0 16 2.6 5.2 2.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 56 0 3
Eddie LeBaron* 27 QB 12 12 20 -12 0 11 -0.6 -1.0 1.7 -12 0 7
Joe Scudero 27 LS 10 0 9 60 0 43 6.7 6.0 0.9 2 30 15.0 0 18 0.2 3.0 90 0 0
Rudy Bukich 25 7 0 8 -2 0 16 -0.3 -0.3 1.1 -2 0 1
Dick James 23 LDH 11 0 7 19 0 8 2.7 1.7 0.6 19 0 1
Sam Baker 28 P 12 0 2 23 1 12 11.5 1.9 0.2 23 1 0
John Carson* 27 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 583 17.1 3 38 2.8 48.6 583 3 0
Steve Meilinger 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 183 14.1 2 34 1.1 15.3 183 2 0
Joe Walton 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 57 19.0 0 24 0.3 4.8 57 0 0
Tom Braatz 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 52 26.0 0 37 0.2 5.2 52 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 500 1873 17 43 3.7 156.1 41.7 109 1741 16.0 11 82 9.1 145.1 3614 28 30
Opp Total 12 394 1567 11 4.0 130.6 32.8 135 2028 15.0 18 11.3 169.0 3595 29 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bert Zagers 24 RET 11 0 14 217 2 76 15.5 15 348 0 35 23.2 565
Dick James 23 LDH 11 0 11 83 0 27 7.5 12 259 0 38 21.6 361
Tommy Runnels 23 10 0 10 76 0 16 7.6 2 66 0 38 33.0 198
Joe Scudero 27 LS 10 0 9 84 0 21 9.3 3 95 0 45 31.7 269
Jim Podoley* 24 RH 12 0 3 56 0 24 18.7 1052
Ed Khayat 22 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Ed Sutton 22 LH 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 458
Billy Wells 26 1 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Team Total 25.7 12 44 460 2 76 10.5 38 874 0 45 23.0 4948
Opp Total 12 35 0 43 938 0 21.8

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
Sam Baker 28 P 12 0 23 14 60.9% 30 29 96.7% 50 2139 63 0 42.8
Team Total 25.7 12 23 14 60.9% 30 29 96.7% 50 2139 63 0 42.8
Opp Total 12 14 7 50.0% 30 29 96.7% 59 2336 39.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Sam Baker 28 P 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Bosseler 21 FB 12 0 3 1 0 0
Gene Brito*+ 32 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Bukich 25 7 0 1 0 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich* 30 MLB 12 12 2 6 0 4 0 1 0 0
Leo Elter 28 12 0 2 1 0 0
Ralph Felton 25 LLB 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Norb Hecker 30 RS 8 0 3 39 0 22 0 1 0 0
Dick James 23 LDH 11 0 2 3 0 3 1 2 0 0
Eddie LeBaron* 27 QB 12 12 7 4 0 0
Steve Meilinger 27 RE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Podoley* 24 RH 12 0 5 1 0 0
Tommy Runnels 23 10 0 3 2 0 0
Don Shula 27 RDH 11 0 3 48 0 30
Dick Stanfel*+ 30 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Red Stephens 27 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Sutton 22 LH 12 0 1 11 0 11 6 2 0 0
LaVern Torgeson 28 RLB 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Joe Walton 22 12 0 1 55 0 55
Billy Wells 26 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bert Zagers 24 RET 11 0 2 29 0 22 1 3 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 16 203 0 55 30 25 0 0
Opp Total 12 15 21 9

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Sam Baker 28 P 12 0 1 29 14 77
Don Bosseler 21 FB 12 0 7 42
Jim Podoley* 24 RH 12 0 2 4 36
Ed Sutton 22 LH 12 0 5 1 36
John Carson* 27 LE 12 0 3 18
Leo Elter 28 12 0 2 1 18
Steve Meilinger 27 RE 12 0 2 12
Bert Zagers 24 RET 11 0 2 12
Team Total 25.7 12 17 11 2 29 14 251
Opp Total 12 11 18 29 7 230