1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)

3rd place Eastern Conference 6-5-1 .545

Herman Ball	Assistant Coach
Bill Dudley	Backfield
Larry Siemering	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	8/19/1953	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	82678
Sun	8/30/1953	A	San Francisco 49ers	0-7	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25874
Sat	9/5/1953	A	Green Bay Packers	13-6	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	16425
Wed	9/9/1953	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-21	L	Columbia, SC	Carolina Stadium	22000
Sun	9/13/1953	N	Detroit Lions	17-31	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	23088
Sun	9/20/1953	A	Baltimore Colts	3-9	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	22800
Sun	9/27/1953	A	Chicago Cardinals	24-13	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	16055
Fri	10/2/1953	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-21	T	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	19099
Sun	10/11/1953	H	New York Giants	13-9	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	26241
Sun	10/18/1953	H	Cleveland Browns	14-30	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	33963
Sun	10/25/1953	A	Baltimore Colts	17-27	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	34031
Sun	11/1/1953	A	Cleveland Browns	3-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	47845
Sun	11/8/1953	H	Chicago Cardinals	28-17	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	19654
Sun	11/15/1953	H	Chicago Bears	24-27	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	21392
Sun	11/22/1953	A	New York Giants	24-21	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	16887
Sun	11/29/1953	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	17026
Sun	12/6/1953	H	Philadelphia Eagles	10-0	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	21579
Sun	12/13/1953	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-14	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	22057

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Dick Alban	RDH	6-0	193	24	Northwestern	12	12
45	Sam Baker	LOH-FB-P	6-2	217	24	Oregon State	11	0
29	Paul Barry	FB-ROH	6-0	208	27	Tulsa	12	5
62	Don Boll	LOT	6-2	270	26	Nebraska	12	12
80	Gene Brito	LDE-LOE	6-1	226	28	Loyola Marymount	12	12
75	Don Campora	ROT	6-3	268	26	Pacific	5	5
65	Jim Clark	ROT-ROG	6-1	228	24	Oregon State	12	7
34	Jack Cloud	RLB-FB	5-10	220	28	William & Mary	12	3
83	Paul Dekker	ROE	6-5	220	22	Michigan State	11	7
53	Al DeMao	C	6-2	214	33	Duquesne	12	4
46	Don Doll	LS	5-10	185	27	Southern California	12	12
44	Harry Dowda	LDH-FB	6-2	199	31	Wake Forest	12	12
36	Chuck Drazenovich	LLB-FB	6-1	225	26	Penn State	8	8
35	Bill Dudley	K-LOH	5-10	175	32	Virginia	12	0
23	Hall Haynes	RDH	6-0	187	25	Santa Clara	8	0
78	Ted Hazelwood	LOG-ROG	6-1	235	29	North Carolina	6	6
32	Leon Heath	FB	6-1	203	25	Oklahoma	9	6
79	Bill Hegarty	ROT	6-4	237	26	Georgia; Villanova	2	0
88	Jerry Hennessy	RDE	6-2	219	27	Santa Clara	8	1
22	Charlie Justice	LOH	5-10	176	29	North Carolina	12	12
14	Eddie LeBaron	QB-P	5-8	166	23	Pacific	12	6
76	Paul Lipscomb	RDT-RDE	6-4	246	30	Tennessee	12	12
70	Dick Modzelewski	LDT	6-0	258	22	Maryland	12	2
74	Laurie Niemi	LDT-DE	6-1	251	28	Washington State	12	9
25	Johnny Papit	FB-LOH	6-0	192	25	Virginia	3	0
61	Gene Pepper	LOG	6-2	239	26	Missouri	6	6
82	Fran Polsfoot	ROE	6-3	203	26	Washington State	10	4
68	Knox Ramsey	RLB	6-1	216	27	William & Mary	11	10
55	Jim Ricca	MG	6-4	270	26	Georgetown (DC)	12	12
20	Julie Rykovich	ROH	6-2	204	30	Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois	12	12
18	Jack Scarbath	QB	6-2	204	23	Maryland	12	6
67	Dave Suminski	LOG	5-11	230	22	Wisconsin	2	2
84	Hugh Taylor	LOE	6-4	194	30	Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City	12	12
89	Joe Tereshinski	RDE-RLB	6-2	215	30	Georgia	12	11
50	Harry Ulinski	C-LLB	6-4	229	28	Kentucky	12	10
43	Johnny Williams	RS	5-11	177	26	Compton JC; Southern California	12	12
63	Cas Witucki	ROG	5-11	245	25	Indiana	11	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Jack Scarbath	B	Maryland
2	16	Dick Modzelewski	T	Maryland
3	27	Paul Dekker	E	Michigan State
4	41	Don Boll	G	Nebraska
5	52	Nick Carras	B	Missouri
8	89	Lou Weidensaul	E	Maryland
11	124	Alex Webster	B	North Carolina State
12	137	Buzz Nutter	C	Virginia Tech
14	161	Ed Timmerman	B	Michigan State
15	172	Dave Suminski	T	Wisconsin
16	185	Jim Slay	E	Mississippi
17	196	Bob Haner	B	Villanova
18	209	Jim Turner	B	Texas Tech
19	220	Thomas Flyzik	T	George Washington
20	233	Bill Link	G	Wake Forest
21	244	Jim Dublinski	C	Utah
22	257	Ed Pucci	G	Southern California
23	268	Ed Bierne	E	Detroit Mercy
24	281	Stan Butterworth	B	Bucknell
25	292	Art Hurd	G	Maryland
26	305	Walt Ashcraft	T	Southern California
27	316	John Zanetti	T	John Carroll
28	329	Bob Buckley	B	Southern California
29	340	Pat Shires	B	Tennessee
30	353	Bob Mathias	B	Stanford

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	45	51	30	82
Opponents Totals	41	67	27	80

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		181	90	82	9	/ %	/ %	49	408
Opponents Totals		210	102	93	15	/ %	/ %	68	596

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Dudley	0	25	25	100.0	11	22	50.0	0	58
Hugh Taylor	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Leon Heath	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Charlie Justice	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Eddie LeBaron	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Baker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Cloud	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Paul Dekker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Harry Dowda	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chuck Drazenovich	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Laurie Niemi	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Julie Rykovich	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	25	25	25	100.0	11	22	50.0	0	208
Opponents Totals	25	25	25	100.0	12	23	52.2	2	215

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill Dudley	11	22	50.0	5/	1/	4/	1/	0/
Team Totals	11	22	50.0	5/	1/	4/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	12	23	52.2	4/	4/	1/	2/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Justice	115	616	5.4	43	2
Leon Heath	76	266	3.5	43	4
Julie Rykovich	73	251	3.4	19	0
Paul Barry	56	218	3.9	22	0
Jack Scarbath	22	98	4.5	40	0
Eddie LeBaron	21	95	4.5	27	2
Sam Baker	17	72	4.2	31t	1
Johnny Papit	11	58	5.3	15	0
Chuck Drazenovich	11	27	2.5	9	1
Bill Dudley	5	15	3.0	7	0
Jack Cloud	3	7	2.3	5	0
Harry Dowda	1	3	3.0	3	0
Hall Haynes	2	0	0.0	4	0
Team Totals	413	1726	4.2	43	10
Opponents Totals	455	1886	4.1		15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Jack Scarbath	129	45	34.9	72	862	6.7	19.2	71t	9	7.0	12	9.3	120	742	43.5
Eddie LeBaron	149	62	41.6	70	874	5.9	14.1	66	3	2.0	17	11.4	108	766	28.3
Team Totals	278	107	38.5	142	1736	6.2	16.2	71t	12	4.3	29	10.4	228	1508	35.0
Opponents Totals	350	171	48.9	152	1950	5.6	11.4		8	2.3	27	7.7	198	1752	41.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hugh Taylor	35	703	20.1	71t	8
Charlie Justice	22	434	19.7	54	2
Paul Dekker	14	182	13.0	34t	1
Fran Polsfoot	11	164	14.9	66	0
Paul Barry	8	70	8.8	18	0
Julie Rykovich	7	73	10.4	39	1
Leon Heath	5	45	9.0	17	0
Gene Brito	2	35	17.5	24	0
Sam Baker	2	21	10.5	11	0
Johnny Papit	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	107	1736	16.2	71t	12
Opponents Totals	171	1950	11.4		8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Doll	10	102	10.2	28	0
Johnny Williams	6	26	4.3	7	0
Harry Dowda	5	67	13.4	23t	1
Dick Alban	4	13	3.3	11	0
Jack Cloud	2	39	19.5	28t	1
Team Totals	27	247	9.1	28t	2
Opponents Totals	29	461	15.9		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Eddie LeBaron	51	2004	39.3	60	1
Sam Baker	17	614	36.1	51	0
Team Totals	68	2618	38.5	60	1	165	36.1
Opponents Totals	54	2251	41.7			306

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Johnny Williams	18	172	9.6	62
Bill Dudley	8	34	4.3	16
Hall Haynes	5	92	18.4	43
Charlie Justice	4	6	1.5	6
Don Doll	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	36	306	8.5	62
Opponents Totals	38	165	4.3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Johnny Williams	9	224	24.9	33
Sam Baker	9	186	20.7	40
Hall Haynes	7	123	17.6	24
Paul Barry	6	112	18.7	36
Jack Cloud	4	68	17.0	22
Julie Rykovich	2	39	19.5	26
Charlie Justice	1	20	20.0	20
Don Boll	1	11	11.0	11
Paul Lipscomb	1	8	8.0	8
Gene Brito	1	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	41	797	19.4	40
Opponents Totals	43	1213	28.2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Alban	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Sam Baker	2		1	0	1	0	0
Paul Barry	2		1	0	1	4	0
Don Boll	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gene Brito	0	0	0	3	3	16	0
Jack Cloud	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al DeMao	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Dowda	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dudley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hall Haynes	1		1	0	1	0	0
Leon Heath	4		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Hennessy	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Justice	9		0	0	0	0	0
Eddie LeBaron	2		3	0	3	-7	0
Paul Lipscomb	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Laurie Niemi	0	0	0	3	3	0	1
Johnny Papit	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gene Pepper	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Ricca	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Julie Rykovich	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Scarbath	7		4	0	4	0	0
Hugh Taylor	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Johnny Williams	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	31	18	13	17	30	29	1
Opponents Totals	34	17	17	18	35		0