1948 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Division 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Turk Edwards |
| Wayne Millner | Ends |
| Wilbur Moore | Backfield |
| Frank Walton | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 9/2/1948 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77100 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1948 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 20-46 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 17782 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1948 | N | Green Bay Packers | 0-43 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 27000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 20456 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32084 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | H | New York Giants | 41-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32593 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28969 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-45 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35584 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 23-7 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 13433 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 59-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 29758 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | Boston Yanks | 23-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 13659 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Detroit Lions | 46-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32528 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-42 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36254 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-48 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 42299 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-41 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32970 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | A | New York Giants | 28-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23156 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 42 | John Adams | ROT-RDT | 6-7 | 245 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 5 |
| 0 | Steve Bagarus | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 173 | 29 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Sammy Baugh | QB | 6-2 | 182 | 34 | Texas Christian | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Fred Boensch | ROG-RDG | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Stanford; California; Stanford | 12 | 11 |
| 47 | Carl Butkus | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 245 | 26 | George Washington | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Jim Castiglia | FB | 5-11 | 208 | 30 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | George Cheverko | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Fordham | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | Don Corbitt | C | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Arizona | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Hal Crisler | ROE-RDH | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | San Jose State; Iowa State | 11 | 1 |
| 53 | Al DeMao | C-LB | 6-2 | 214 | 28 | Duquesne | 10 | 8 |
| 48 | Weldon Edwards | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Texas Christian; North Texas; Texas Christian | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Clyde Ehrhardt | C-LB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 5 |
| 14 | Tom Farmer | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Iowa | 10 | 3 |
| 52 | Harry Gilmer | QB | 6-0 | 169 | 22 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Bill Gray | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-C-LB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Oregon State; Southern California; Oregon State | 12 | 1 |
| 38 | Hank Harris | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 260 | 25 | Texas | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Howard Hartley | RDH-ROH-LDH-LOH | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Duke | 12 | 1 |
| 15 | John Hollar | FB | 6-0 | 223 | 26 | Appalachian State | 10 | 4 |
| 58 | Bill Katrishen | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 3 |
| 46 | John Koniszewski | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | George Washington | 12 | 4 |
| 24 | Howie Livingston | LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Fullerton JC | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | Art Macioszczyk | LB | 5-9 | 208 | 28 | Western Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Elmer Madarik | RDH | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Paul McKee | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 25 | Syracuse | 12 | 7 |
| 77 | Tommy Mont | S-QB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Maryland | 11 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Nussbaumer | ROH | 5-11 | 173 | 24 | Michigan | 11 | 3 |
| 19 | Jim Peebles | LDE | 6-4 | 231 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 |
| 25 | Dick Poillon | LOH-K | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Canisius | 12 | 7 |
| 34 | Ed Quirk | FB | 6-1 | 231 | 23 | Missouri | 12 | 6 |
| 44 | Mike Roussos | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 3 |
| 99 | Eddie Saenz | LOH | 5-11 | 169 | 26 | Loyola Marymount; Southern California | 4 | 1 |
| 49 | Johnny Sanchez | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 28 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Dan Sandifer | LDH-LOH-RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | Louisiana State | 12 | 6 |
| 12 | Herb Shoener | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | Lehigh; Iowa | 7 | 2 |
| 57 | Ed Stacco | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 261 | 24 | Colgate | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | John Steber | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | Vanderbilt; Georgia Tech | 12 | 9 |
| 26 | Hugh Taylor | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 194 | 25 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Joe Tereshinski | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 7 |
| 41 | Dick Todd | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 172 | 34 | Texas A&M | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Doug Turley | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Scranton | 12 | 4 |
| 23 | Jim Youel | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | Harry Gilmer | B | Alabama |
| 1 | 4 | Lowell Tew | B | Alabama |
| 3 | 16 | Tommy Thompson | C | William & Mary |
| 5 | 28 | Dan Sandifer | B | Louisiana State |
| 6 | 38 | Jack Weisenburger | B | Michigan |
| 7 | 48 | Jack Kurkowski | B | Detroit Mercy |
| 8 | 58 | Gerry Cady | T | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 9 | 68 | Bob Anderson | B | Stanford |
| 10 | 78 | Bill Katrishen | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 11 | 88 | Ed Marshall | T | Pennsylvania |
| 12 | 98 | Ted Andrus | G | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 13 | 108 | Carl Russ | B | Rice |
| 14 | 118 | Harry Jagade | B | Indiana |
| 15 | 128 | Ed Quirk | B | Missouri |
| 16 | 138 | Art Pollard | B | Arizona |
| 17 | 148 | Chuck Newman | E | Louisiana Tech |
| 17 | 151 | Dale Schwartzkopf | E | Texas |
| 18 | 158 | Ray Pearcy | C | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 168 | Gene Vellela | T | Scranton |
| 20 | 178 | Cloyce Box | B | West Texas A&M |
| 21 | 188 | Brian Bell | B | Washington & Lee |
| 22 | 198 | Joel Williams | C | Texas |
| 23 | 208 | Lou Hoitsma | E | William & Mary |
| 24 | 218 | Floyd Lawhorn | G | Texas Tech |
| 25 | 228 | Dick West | B | Princeton |
| 26 | 238 | Roland Oakes | E | Missouri |
| 27 | 248 | Ed Watkins | T | Idaho |
| 28 | 258 | Don Corbitt | C | Arizona |
| 29 | 268 | Buddy Bowen | B | Mississippi |
| 30 | 278 | Vic Paulson | E | California-Santa Barbara |
| 31 | 286 | Barney Welch | B | Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 70 | 60 | 122 | |
| Opponents Totals | 100 | 86 | 63 | 38 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 236 | 93 | 120 | 23 | / % | / % | 122 | 1100 | |
| Opponents Totals | 233 | 114 | 93 | 26 | / % | / % | 81 | 771 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 3 | 33 | 38 | 86.8 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 66 |
| Dick Todd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Hal Crisler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ed Quirk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dan Sandifer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Farmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Castiglia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve Bagarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Mont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Nussbaumer | 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 | ||
| Jim Youel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Koniszewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Peebles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 34 | 40 | 85.0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 | 291 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Castiglia | 97 | 330 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 77 | 328 | 4.3 | 24 | 4 |
| Dick Poillon | 71 | 233 | 3.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Dick Todd | 57 | 201 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Tom Farmer | 52 | 188 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Tommy Mont | 11 | 103 | 9.4 | 33t | 1 |
| Dan Sandifer | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 23 | 59 | 2.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Eddie Saenz | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| John Hollar | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Bagarus | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 434 | 1603 | 3.7 | 33t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 482 | 1958 | 4.1 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 315 | 185 | 185 | 107 | 2599 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 86t | 22 | 7.0 | 23 | 7.3 | 69 | 2530 | 78.3 | |
| Tommy Mont | 28 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 157 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 35t | 2 | 7.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 13 | 144 | 55.2 | |
| Jim Youel | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 59 | -23 | 2.8 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 13.8 | 34.5 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 87.5 |
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 360 | 202 | 56.1 | 132 | 2861 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 86t | 24 | 6.7 | 26 | 7.2 | 74.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 289 | 135 | 46.7 | 130 | 1953 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 20 | 6.9 | 24 | 8.3 | 57.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Todd | 37 | 550 | 14.9 | 78t | 6 |
| Hal Crisler | 33 | 599 | 18.2 | 79t | 6 |
| Hugh Taylor | 20 | 341 | 17.1 | 66t | 3 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 19 | 252 | 13.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Steve Bagarus | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 14t | 1 |
| Paul McKee | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 48 | 2 |
| Dick Poillon | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Ed Quirk | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 86t | 1 |
| Doug Turley | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 32t | 2 |
| Eddie Saenz | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 76t | 1 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2861 | 14.2 | 86t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 1953 | 14.5 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 13 | 258 | 19.8 | 54 | 2 |
| Howard Hartley | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Clyde Ehrhardt | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 482 | 20.1 | 54 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 389 | 15.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 51 | 2150 | 42.2 | 76 | 1 | 383 | ||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 2150 | 42.2 | 76 | 1 | 383 | 34.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2274 | 43.7 | 370 | 35.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 20 | 236 | 11.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tom Farmer | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dick Todd | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 370 | 10.9 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 383 | 12.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 26 | 594 | 22.8 | 96t | 1 | |
| Tom Farmer | 8 | 192 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dick Todd | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Bagarus | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1144 | 21.6 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1079 | 24.5 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al DeMao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Ehrhardt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Koniszewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McKee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Peebles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 1 | |
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Steber | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Tereshinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Turley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 149 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 1 |
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