1947 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Turk Edwards |
| Ki Aldrich | Line |
| Wayne Millner | Ends |
| Wilbur Moore | Backfield |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Advisory Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80889 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | N | Detroit Lions | 23-14 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 54723 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-31 | L | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 18186 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 42-45 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 35406 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-26 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36585 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | New York Giants | 28-20 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36533 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-27 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 28572 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-56 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36591 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-38 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36591 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 36257 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-38 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 17003 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 45-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35362 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Boston Yanks | 24-27 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24800 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | New York Giants | 10-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25594 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 40-13 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33226 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Adams | 42 | MG-ROT | 6-7 | 245 | 26 | Notre Dame | 10 | 7 |
| Ki Aldrich | 55 | C-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| Don Avery | 17 | RDT-LOT | 6-4 | 254 | 26 | Pomona JC | 9 | 9 |
| Sammy Baugh | 33 | QB | 6-2 | 182 | 33 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Boensch | 51 | LOT-ROG-LDT | 6-4 | 228 | 27 | Stanford; California; Stanford | 12 | 10 |
| Jim Castiglia | 26 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 208 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 7 | 0 |
| Don Deeks | 21 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Washington | 3 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 61 | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 53 | C-MG | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | Duquesne | 12 | 8 |
| Joe Duckworth | 18 | RDE-LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Colgate | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Farmer | 14 | LDH-ROH | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Iowa | 11 | 11 |
| Mike Garzoni | 27 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 218 | 24 | Fresno State; Southern California | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Gray | 60 | MLB-ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Oregon State; Southern California; Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Hank Harris | 36 | RDT-ROG? | 6-0 | 260 | 24 | Texas | 12 | 5 |
| Jack Jenkins | 38 | FB-LLB | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 12 |
| Harvey Jones | 11 | DH-OH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Baylor | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Lookabaugh | 15 | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 216 | 25 | Maryland | 6 | 3 |
| Paul McKee | 45 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| Tommy Mont | 77 | DB-HB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Maryland | 4 | 0 |
| Wilbur Moore | 35 | RDH | 5-11 | 187 | 31 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| Leo Nobile | 58 | ROG | 5-10 | 215 | 25 | Penn State | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 50 | ROH-DB | 5-11 | 173 | 23 | Michigan | 12 | 3 |
| Vince Pacewic | 34 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Peebles | 19 | LDT-ROT-LOE-LOG | 6-4 | 231 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Poillon | 25 | S-LOH-ROH-K | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Canisius | 12 | 12 |
| Sal Rosato | 32 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 228 | 29 | Villanova | 11 | 7 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 26 | FB-LB | 6-5 | 212 | 26 | Sam Houston State; Southern Methodist | 3 | 1 |
| Eddie Saenz | 99 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 169 | 25 | Loyola Marymount; Southern California | 12 | 7 |
| Johnny Sanchez | 49 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | 4 | 4 |
| Jack Sommers | 46 | MLB-C | 6-3 | 232 | 30 | UCLA | 9 | 0 |
| John Steber | 16 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 228 | 24 | Vanderbilt; Georgia Tech | 12 | 9 |
| Hugh Taylor | 28 | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 194 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 37 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Georgia | 11 | 9 |
| Dick Todd | 41 | RDH-LOH-ROH-S | 5-10 | 172 | 33 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Doug Turley | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Scranton | 12 | 3 |
| Bill Ward | 21 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Washington State; Washington | 6 | 3 |
| George Wilde | 29 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 |
| Ernie Williamson | 47 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Apprentice; North Carolina | 9 | 3 |
| Jim Youel | 30 | QB-S | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Iowa | 8 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Cal Rossi | B | UCLA |
| 3 | 17 | Gene Knight | B | Louisiana State |
| 5 | 28 | Hank Foldberg | E | Army |
| 6 | 39 | Mike Garzoni | G | Southern California |
| 7 | 48 | Bill Gray | C | Oregon State |
| 8 | 59 | Hank Harris | T | Texas |
| 9 | 68 | Roy Kurrasch | E | UCLA |
| 10 | 79 | Ernie Williamson | T | North Carolina |
| 11 | 88 | L.G. Carmody | B | Central Washington |
| 12 | 99 | U.S. Savage | E | Richmond |
| 13 | 108 | Bob Steckroth | E | William & Mary |
| 14 | 119 | Weldon Edwards | T | Texas Christian |
| 15 | 128 | Earl Wheeler | C | Arkansas |
| 16 | 139 | Billy Gold | B | Tennessee |
| 17 | 148 | Jack Hart | T | Detroit Mercy |
| 18 | 159 | Tom Nichols | B | Richmond |
| 19 | 168 | Harry Dowda | B | Wake Forest |
| 20 | 179 | Charlie Webb | E | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 188 | Elmo Bond | T | Washington State |
| 22 | 199 | Jim Hefti | B | St. Lawrence |
| 23 | 208 | Tom Dudley | E | Virginia |
| 24 | 219 | Bob Smith | B | Iowa |
| 25 | 228 | Hal Mullins | T | Duke |
| 26 | 239 | Francis Bacoka | E | Washington State |
| 27 | 248 | Otis Sacrinty | B | Wake Forest |
| 28 | 259 | Milt Dropo | C | Connecticut |
| 29 | 268 | Lynn Brownson | B | Stanford |
| 30 | 279 | Joe Colone | B | Penn State |
| 31 | 286 | Herb Shoener | E | Iowa |
| 32 | 295 | Bob Plevo | T | Purdue |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 76 | 77 | 105 | 295 |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 58 | 98 | 109 | 367 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 242 | 76 | 140 | 26 | / % | / % | 102 | 860 | |
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 80 | 88 | 28 | / % | / % | 87 | 745 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 6 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 85 |
| Eddie Saenz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Hugh Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Castiglia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Nussbaumer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Duckworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul McKee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Lookabaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sal Rosato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Tereshinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Turley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Wilde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Youel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Peebles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Sommers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 295 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 47 | 49 | 95.9 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 367 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Jim Peebles | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Jack Sommers | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Castiglia | 104 | 426 | 4.1 | 33 | 5 |
| Sal Rosato | 74 | 297 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 51 | 143 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 43 | 136 | 3.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Jenkins | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 19 | 2 |
| Dick Todd | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Youel | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Tommy Mont | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| George Wilde | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 384 | 1343 | 3.5 | 47 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 409 | 1564 | 3.8 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 354 | 210 | 59.3 | 129 | 2938 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 74t | 25 | 7.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 153 | 2785 | 92.0 | |
| Jim Youel | 62 | 21 | 33.9 | 38 | 398 | 6.4 | 19.0 | 55 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 21 | 377 | 53.0 | |
| Team Totals | 416 | 231 | 55.5 | 167 | 3336 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 74t | 28 | 6.7 | 18 | 4.3 | 86.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 146 | 51.8 | 115 | 2422 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 26 | 9.2 | 21 | 7.4 | 80.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Nussbaumer | 47 | 597 | 12.7 | 55t | 4 |
| Eddie Saenz | 34 | 598 | 17.6 | 74t | 4 |
| Hugh Taylor | 26 | 511 | 19.7 | 62t | 6 |
| Dick Poillon | 20 | 250 | 12.5 | 30 | 4 |
| Paul McKee | 16 | 242 | 15.1 | 29 | 2 |
| Joe Duckworth | 14 | 250 | 17.9 | 55 | 3 |
| Jim Castiglia | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 20t | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Sal Rosato | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Jack Lookabaugh | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Doug Turley | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 24 | 1 |
| George Wilde | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Jack Jenkins | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Vince Pacewic | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Peebles | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 231 | 3336 | 14.4 | 74t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 146 | 2422 | 16.6 | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Farmer | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ki Aldrich | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Jenkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Boensch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Sanchez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 172 | 8.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 428 | 23.8 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 35 | 1528 | 43.7 | 67 | 2 | |||||
| Dick Poillon | 15 | 533 | 35.5 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Youel | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2096 | 40.3 | 67 | 3 | 486 | 27.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2444 | 40.7 | 445 | 33.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Saenz | 24 | 308 | 12.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Todd | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mont | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dick Poillon | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 445 | 12.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 486 | 13.1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Saenz | 29 | 797 | 27.5 | 94t | 2 | |
| Dick Todd | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 8 | 154 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Dick Poillon | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Sal Rosato | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Don Avery | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ernie Williamson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| George Wilde | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jim Peebles | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Doug Turley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Steber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1456 | 22.1 | 94t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1130 | 22.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ki Aldrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Avery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 15 | 7 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 0 | |
| Fred Boensch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garzoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul McKee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Peebles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Rosato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Todd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Turley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Ward | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Ernie Williamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 21 | -4 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 2 |
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