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1959 Washington Redskins

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 185 points (15.4/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 350 points (29.2/g), 12th.
 Differential of -165 points (-13.8/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.1/g), 9th.

Coached by Mike Nixon (3-9-0)

1959 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 27 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 21 49 23 419 226 193 5 25 569 319 250 1
2 Sun October 4 box W 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 23 17 14 322 238 84 1 23 381 268 113 3
3 Sun October 11 box W 2-1 Chicago Cardinals 23 14 17 280 112 168 3 20 298 194 104 4
4 Sun October 18 box L 2-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 6 27 12 182 -13 195 6 13 187 53 134 3
5 Sun October 25 box L 2-3 @ Cleveland Browns 7 34 14 244 91 153 5 20 412 240 172 1
6 Sun November 1 box L 2-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 30 21 378 124 254 3 17 354 142 212 2
7 Sun November 8 box W 3-4 Baltimore Colts 27 24 16 278 222 56 1 19 367 271 96 2
8 Sun November 15 box L 3-5 Cleveland Browns 17 31 15 353 98 255 3 19 430 154 276
9 Sun November 22 box L 3-6 @ Green Bay Packers 0 21 17 238 38 200 2 22 336 150 186 3
10 Sun November 29 box L 3-7 @ New York Giants 14 45 9 130 28 102 4 26 477 126 351 4
11 Sun December 6 box L 3-8 Philadelphia Eagles 14 34 16 317 188 129 4 26 426 275 151 2
12 Sun December 13 box L 3-9 New York Giants 10 24 19 346 171 175 3 22 407 238 169 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 185 3487 744 4.7 193 121 284 1523 13 23 4.7 80 422 1964 9 4.7 94 40 17 19
Team Defense 350 4644 745 6.2 395 185 319 2430 26 13 7.1 125 404 2214 19 5.5 252 27 14 18
Lg Rank Offense 12 9 9 8 12 10 10 11 4 2 12 3 9 8
Lg Rank Defense 12 12 12 7 12 12 11 11 5 12 12 12 11 8

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 29 QB 12 8 77 173 44.5 1077 8 4.6 11 6.4 49 6.2 3.8 14.0 89.8 54.0
Ralph Guglielmi 26 qb 9 4 36 89 40.4 617 4 4.5 11 12.4 70 6.9 1.8 17.1 68.6 40.1
Eagle Day 27 4 1 6 13 46.2 79 0 0.0 1 7.7 20 6.1 2.6 13.2 19.8 33.8
Ed Sutton 24 LH 11 0 2 7 28.6 51 1 14.3 0 0.0 29 7.3 8.7 25.5 4.6 97.0
Don Bosseler* 23 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Jim Podoley 26 rh 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.3 12 121 284 42.6 1824 13 4.6 23 8.1 70 6.4 3.2 15.1 152.0 45.9
Opp Total 12 185 319 58.0 2430 26 8.2 13 4.1 7.6 6.6 13.1 202.5 92.3 22 176 7.1 5.7

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* 23 FB 12 0 119 644 3 41 5.4 53.7 9.9 11 47 4.3 0 10 0.9 3.9 691 3 1
Dick James 25 RH 12 0 100 384 3 39 3.8 32.0 8.3 13 192 14.8 1 41 1.1 16.0 576 4 7
Johnny Olszewski 29 10 0 65 432 1 65 6.6 43.2 6.5 7 62 8.9 0 15 0.7 6.2 494 1 3
Ed Sutton 24 LH 11 0 61 232 1 30 3.8 21.1 5.5 4 63 15.8 0 26 0.4 5.7 295 1 0
Ralph Guglielmi 26 qb 9 4 26 97 0 19 3.7 10.8 2.9 97 0 2
Jim Podoley 26 rh 11 0 18 83 0 25 4.6 7.5 1.6 18 282 15.7 2 48 1.6 25.6 365 2 1
Dick Haley 22 12 8 14 51 1 15 3.6 4.3 1.2 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.2 1.2 65 1 2
Eddie LeBaron 29 QB 12 8 13 7 0 15 0.5 0.6 1.1 7 0 5
Eagle Day 27 4 1 3 27 0 18 9.0 6.8 0.8 27 0 0
Sam Baker 30 P 12 0 2 3 0 5 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 0
Mike Sommer 25 1 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4.0 1.0 4 0 0
Bill Anderson* 23 LE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 734 21.0 6 70 3.2 66.7 734 6 2
Joe Walton 24 RE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 317 15.1 3 41 2.3 35.2 317 3 1
John Carson 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 74 12.3 0 17 1.2 14.8 74 0 0
Ken MacAfee 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 39 9.8 1 19 0.6 5.6 39 1 0
Team Total 26.3 12 422 1964 9 65 4.7 163.7 35.2 121 1824 15.1 13 70 10.1 152.0 3788 22 25
Opp Total 12 404 2214 19 5.5 184.5 33.7 185 2430 13.1 26 15.4 202.5 4644 45 27

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
Dick James 25 RH 12 0 21 95 0 26 4.5 23 503 0 38 21.9 1174
Dick Haley 22 12 8 7 15 0 7 2.1 17 346 0 31 20.4 426
Jim Podoley 26 rh 11 0 5 126 0 28 25.2 491
Gary Glick 29 RS 9 9 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Art Gob 22 RDE 11 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ken MacAfee 30 7 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 51
Johnny Olszewski 29 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 494
Will Renfro 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ben Scotti 22 LDH 11 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Mike Sommer 25 1 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 23
Team Total 26.3 12 30 119 0 26 4.0 50 1006 0 38 20.1 4913
Opp Total 12 38 0 28 625 0 22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 30 P 12 0 22 10 45.5% 22 21 95.5% 49 2229 66 0 45.5
Team Total 26.3 12 22 10 45.5% 22 21 95.5% 49 2229 66 0 45.5
Opp Total 12 19 10 52.6% 46 44 95.7% 42 1714 40.8

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
Bill Anderson* 23 LE 11 0 2 0 0 0
Don Boll 32 LG 12 12 0 1 0 0
Don Bosseler* 23 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Braatz 26 RLB 12 0 1 17 0 17 0 1 0 0
Don Churchwell 23 10 0 0 1 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich 32 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Ralph Felton 27 LLB 12 0 2 6 0 6
Gary Glick 29 RS 9 9 2 35 0 35
Ralph Guglielmi 26 qb 9 4 2 0 0 0
Dick Haley 22 12 8 1 15 0 15 2 1 0 0
Dick James 25 RH 12 0 3 47 0 25 7 1 0 0
Emil Karas 26 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Eddie LeBaron 29 QB 12 8 5 0 0 0
Richie McCabe 26 RDH 10 0 1 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Ed Meadows 27 5 0 0 2 0 0
Doyle Nix 26 LS 8 0 1 19 0 19
Johnny Olszewski 29 10 0 3 1 0 0
Jim Podoley 26 rh 11 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Schrader* 27 C 12 12 0 1 0 0
Ben Scotti 22 LDH 11 8 1 2 0 0
Ed Sutton 24 LH 11 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Toneff* 29 LDT 12 12 0 5 0 0
Joe Walton 24 RE 9 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 12 13 147 0 35 25 22 3 0 1
Opp Total 12 38 27 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
Sam Baker 30 P 12 0 21 10 51
Bill Anderson* 23 LE 11 0 6 36
Dick James 25 RH 12 0 3 1 24
Don Bosseler* 23 FB 12 0 3 18
Joe Walton 24 RE 9 0 3 18
Jim Podoley 26 rh 11 0 2 12
Dick Haley 22 12 8 1 6
Ken MacAfee 30 7 0 1 6
Johnny Olszewski 29 10 0 1 6
Ed Sutton 24 LH 11 0 1 6
Art Gob 22 RDE 11 6 1 2
Team Total 26.3 12 9 13 21 10 1 185
Opp Total 12 19 26 44 10 350