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1937 Washington Redskins

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Record: 8-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

1937 NFL Champions

Scored 195 points (17.7/g), 3rd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 120 points (10.9/g), 4th.
 Differential of 75 points (6.8/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 8.4-2.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +21 (1.9/g), 5th.

Coached by Ray Flaherty (8-3-0)

1937 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 Thu September 16 W 1-0 New York Giants 13 3 15 221 116 105 2 17 311 85 226 2
2 Fri September 24 L 1-1 Chicago Cardinals 14 21
3 Sun October 3 W 2-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 11 7 12 279 141 138 2 4 132 38 94 2
4 Sun October 10 L 2-2 Philadelphia Eagles 0 14
5 Sun October 17 W 3-2 Pittsburgh Pirates 34 20
6 Sun October 24 W 4-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 7
7 Sun October 31 W 5-2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 21 0 11 214 85 129 5 3 75 12 63 5
8 Sun November 14 L 5-3 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 13 21
9 Sun November 21 W 6-3 @ Cleveland Rams 16 7
10 Sun November 28 W 7-3 Green Bay Packers 14 6
11 Sun December 5 W 8-3 @ New York Giants 49 14 19 392 154 238 3 12 230 212 18 4
Playoffs
Championship December 12 W 9-3 @ Chicago Bears 28 21

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 195 2920 672 4.3 149 99 222 1316 11 20 5.9 450 1604 11 3.6 149 20 0
Team Defense 120 2095 523 4.0 66 171 946 12 17 5.5 352 1149 3 3.3 41 24
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 6 4 2 3 4 1
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 1 4 5 8 7 5 1 2 1 6 3 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Sammy Baugh+ 23 TB 11 5 81 171 47.4 1127 8 4.7 14 8.2 59 6.6 3.4 13.9 102.5 50.5
Cliff Battles 27 tb 10 8 13 33 39.4 142 0 0.0 3 9.1 0 4.3 0.2 10.9 14.2 15.0
Riley Smith 26 11 11 4 9 44.4 33 3 33.3 0 0.0 39 3.7 7.0 8.3 3.0 94.0
Dixie Howell 25 5 0 1 6 16.7 14 0 0.0 3 50.0 14 2.3 -20.2 14.0 2.8 0.0
Don Irwin 24 FB 10 9 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.4 11 99 222 44.6 1316 11 5.0 20 9.0 59 5.9 2.4 13.3 119.6 42.9
Opp Total 11 66 171 38.6 946 12 7.0 17 9.9 5.5 1.8 14.3 86.0 41.1 0 0 5.5 1.8

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
Cliff Battles 27 tb 10 8 216 874 5 75 4.0 87.4 21.6 9 81 9.0 1 0 0.9 8.1 955 6 0
Don Irwin 24 FB 10 9 89 315 2 0 3.5 31.5 8.9 8 112 14.0 0 0 0.8 11.2 427 2 0
Sammy Baugh+ 23 TB 11 5 86 240 1 41 2.8 21.8 7.8 240 1 0
Max Krause 28 8 0 21 47 1 0 2.2 5.9 2.6 2 13 6.5 0 0 0.3 1.6 60 1 0
Riley Smith 26 11 11 12 39 2 0 3.3 3.5 1.1 11 93 8.5 0 0 1.0 8.5 132 2 0
Ed Justice 25 10 1 8 35 0 0 4.4 3.5 0.8 9 150 16.7 3 0 0.9 15.0 185 3 0
Eddie Britt 25 4 0 7 21 0 0 3.0 5.3 1.8 21 0 0
Dixie Howell 25 5 0 5 9 0 0 1.8 1.8 1.0 9 0 0
Wayne Millner 24 LE 11 11 2 6 0 0 3.0 0.5 0.2 14 216 15.4 2 78 1.3 19.6 222 2 0
Ernie Pinckert 30 WB 11 10 2 10 0 0 5.0 0.9 0.2 10 145 14.5 1 0 0.9 13.2 155 1 0
Nels Peterson 24 2 0 2 8 0 0 4.0 4.0 1.0 8 0 0
Charley Malone 27 RE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 419 15.0 4 61 2.5 38.1 419 4 0
Bob McChesney 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 50 8.3 0 0 0.6 5.0 50 0 0
Ben Smith 26 BB 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 37 18.5 0 0 0.2 3.4 37 0 0
Team Total 25.4 11 450 1604 11 75 3.6 145.8 40.9 99 1316 13.3 11 78 9.0 119.6 2920 22 0
Opp Total 11 352 1149 3 3.3 104.5 32.0 66 946 14.3 12 6.0 86.0 2095 15 0

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Riley Smith 26 11 11 2 1 22 5 55
Cliff Battles 27 tb 10 8 5 1 1 42
Charley Malone 27 RE 11 11 4 24
Ed Justice 25 10 1 3 18
Wayne Millner 24 LE 11 11 2 1 18
Don Irwin 24 FB 10 9 2 12
Sammy Baugh+ 23 TB 11 5 1 6
Eddie Kahn 26 10 2 1 6
Max Krause 28 8 0 1 6
Ernie Pinckert 30 WB 11 10 1 6
Team Total 25.4 11 11 11 1 2 1 22 5 193
Opp Total 11 3 12 13 3 1 120