Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 1-9-2, Finished 6th in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 241 points (20.1/g), 8th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 382 points (31.8/g), 12th.
Differential of -141 points (-11.8/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 3.0-9.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 7th.
Coached by Red Strader (1-9-2)
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1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Fri | September 28 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 54 | 13 | 111 | 8 | 103 | 34 | 722 | 541 | 181 | 5 | |
| 2 | Mon | October 8 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 10 | 37 | 18 | 258 | 151 | 107 | 3 | 16 | 307 | 148 | 159 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | October 14 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 21 | 24 | 17 | 321 | 130 | 191 | 2 | 21 | 452 | 141 | 311 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | October 21 | box | T | 0-3-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 24 | 19 | 242 | 178 | 64 | 1 | 24 | 407 | 326 | 81 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 28 | box | L | 0-4-1 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 29 | 17 | 418 | 319 | 99 | 3 | 18 | 340 | 276 | 64 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | November 4 | box | L | 0-5-1 | @ | New York Giants | 31 | 37 | 24 | 286 | 215 | 71 | 3 | 12 | 289 | 235 | 54 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 0-6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 19 | 12 | 245 | 139 | 106 | 2 | 23 | 468 | 223 | 245 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 0-7-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 48 | 24 | 479 | 255 | 224 | 3 | 24 | 574 | 203 | 371 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | November 25 | box | T | 0-7-2 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 10 | 14 | 283 | 149 | 134 | 5 | 22 | 337 | 103 | 234 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 1-7-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 28 | 18 | 371 | 288 | 83 | 3 | 23 | 437 | 242 | 195 | 7 |
| 11 | Sun | December 9 | box | L | 1-8-2 | Chicago Bears | 21 | 45 | 20 | 360 | 248 | 112 | 2 | 30 | 485 | 149 | 336 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 16 | box | L | 1-9-2 | New York Giants | 17 | 27 | 15 | 374 | 331 | 43 | 9 | 10 | 237 | 71 | 166 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 241 | 3675 | 829 | 4.4 | 211 | 172 | 428 | 2338 | 16 | 27 | 5.0 | 99 | 364 | 1337 | 12 | 3.7 | 89 | 36 | 9 | 23 |
| Team Defense | 382 | 4991 | 842 | 5.9 | 389 | 182 | 355 | 2594 | 24 | 22 | 6.9 | 118 | 464 | 2397 | 23 | 5.2 | 257 | 34 | 12 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Celeri | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 102 | 238 | 42.9 | 1797 | 12 | 5.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 75 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 17.6 | 163.4 | 59.8 | ||||||
| John Rauch | 24 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 82 | 30.5 | 237 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.7 | 39 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 9.5 | 39.5 | 28.8 | |||||||
| George Ratterman | 25 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 67 | 46.3 | 340 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 36 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.0 | 56.7 | 34.4 | |||||||
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 39.4 | 251 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 51 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 19.3 | 20.9 | 38.8 | ||||||
| Bev Wallace | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 172 | 428 | 40.2 | 2634 | 16 | 3.7 | 27 | 6.3 | 75 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 15.3 | 219.5 | 47.4 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 182 | 355 | 51.3 | 2594 | 24 | 6.8 | 22 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 14.3 | 216.2 | 72.0 | 23 | 182 | 6.9 | 4.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Zollie Toth | 27 | FB | 10 | 0 | 119 | 384 | 4 | 16 | 3.2 | 38.4 | 11.9 | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 0 | 23 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 484 | 4 | 2 |
| Sherman Howard | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 94 | 343 | 4 | 31 | 3.6 | 28.6 | 7.8 | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 3 | 75 | 1.8 | 37.3 | 790 | 7 | 4 |
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 62 | 330 | 3 | 65 | 5.3 | 27.5 | 5.2 | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 2 | 47 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 560 | 5 | 5 |
| Buddy Young | 25 | LH | 12 | 0 | 46 | 165 | 1 | 17 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 3.8 | 31 | 508 | 16.4 | 3 | 48 | 2.6 | 42.3 | 673 | 4 | 3 |
| Bob Celeri | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 36 | 107 | 0 | 17 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 1 | 51 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 178 | 1 | 3 |
| George Ratterman | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Al Pollard | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Rauch | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bev Wallace | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | 1.0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dan Edwards | 25 | RE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 509 | 13.1 | 3 | 53 | 3.9 | 50.9 | 509 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dan Garza | 27 | LE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 4 | 69 | 2.8 | 42.7 | 470 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bill O'Connor | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 0 | 33 | 1.2 | 16.0 | 192 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Alford | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 59 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Crowe | 27 | ldh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 10 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 30 | RG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 364 | 1337 | 12 | 65 | 3.7 | 111.4 | 30.3 | 172 | 2634 | 15.3 | 16 | 75 | 14.3 | 219.5 | 3971 | 28 | 22 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 464 | 2397 | 23 | 5.2 | 199.8 | 38.7 | 182 | 2594 | 14.3 | 24 | 15.2 | 216.2 | 4991 | 47 | 18 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 7.6 | 27 | 622 | 0 | 47 | 23.0 | 1250 |
| Buddy Young | 25 | LH | 12 | 0 | 12 | 231 | 1 | 79 | 19.3 | 14 | 427 | 1 | 90 | 30.5 | 1331 |
| Al Pollard | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 5 | 138 | 0 | 45 | 27.6 | 192 | |
| Bobbie Griffin | 23 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 11.5 | 46 | |||||
| Sisto Averno | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 9.3 | 28 | ||||||
| Bennie Aldridge | 25 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Duke Iverson | 31 | LLB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| Harvey Johnson | 32 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| Mike McCormack* | 21 | RT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Mitchell | 31 | LT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| Bill O'Connor | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 202 | ||||||
| Wayne Siegert | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 29 | 379 | 1 | 79 | 13.1 | 55 | 1256 | 1 | 90 | 22.8 | 5606 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 33 | 1 | 48 | 1077 | 1 | 22.4 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 76 | 2881 | 72 | 1 | 37.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Johnson | 32 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 42.9% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 5 | 224 | 54 | 0 | 44.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 42.9% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 81 | 3105 | 72 | 1 | 38.3 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 18 | 12 | 66.7% | 49 | 44 | 89.8% | 66 | 2633 | 39.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bennie Aldridge | 25 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sisto Averno | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Colo | 26 | RDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Crowe | 27 | ldh | 9 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Joe Domnanovich | 32 | c | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Donovan | 26 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Garza | 27 | LE | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Golding | 30 | S | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobbie Griffin | 23 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sherman Howard | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harvey Johnson | 32 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike McCormack* | 21 | RT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| Ross Nagel | 28 | MLB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Barney Poole | 28 | RDE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Tait | 22 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 2 | ||||||||||
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Zollie Toth | 27 | FB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bev Wallace | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Wozniak | 30 | RG | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Young | 25 | LH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 22 | 235 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 25 | 96 | 2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 32 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 49 | |||||||||
| Sherman Howard | 27 | RH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42 | |||||||||
| Buddy Young | 25 | LH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| George Taliaferro* | 24 | lh | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| Dan Garza | 27 | LE | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Zollie Toth | 27 | FB | 10 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dan Edwards | 25 | RE | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Art Tait | 22 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 241 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 382 |