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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)
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1937 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Sammy Baugh+ | 23 | Rook | 5 | 86 rushes for 240 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1937 |
| TB | Cliff Battles | 27 | 5 | 8 | 216 rushes for 874 yards, 5 td, & 9 catches for 81 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Don Irwin | 24 | 1 | 9 | 89 rushes for 315 yards, 2 td, & 8 catches for 112 yards and 0 td | Boston Redskins / 7th / 56th pick / 1936 |
| BB | Ben Smith | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 37 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Ernie Pinckert | 30 | 5 | 10 | 2 rushes for 10 yards, 0 td, & 10 catches for 145 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Wayne Millner | 24 | 1 | 11 | 14 catches for 216 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | Boston Redskins / 8th / 65th pick / 1936 |
| LT | Turk Edwards+ | 30 | 5 | 11 | ||
| LG | Les Olsson | 28 | 3 | 9 | ||
| C | Eddie Kawal | 28 | 6 | 9 | ||
| RG | Jim Karcher | 23 | 1 | 7 | ||
| RT | Jim Barber | 25 | 2 | 10 | ||
| RE | Charley Malone | 27 | 3 | 11 | 28 catches for 419 yards, 4 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Barber | 25 | 2 | 10 | ||
| P | Jim Barber | 25 | 2 | 10 | ||
| PR | Jim Barber | 25 | 2 | 10 | ||
| KR | Jim Barber | 25 | 2 | 10 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Barber | 25 | T | 11 | 10 | 223 | 6-3 | San Francisco | 7/21/1912 | 2 | |
| Cliff Battles | 27 | TB-FB-WB-DB | 10 | 8 | 195 | 6-1 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 5/1/1910 | 5 | |
| Sammy Baugh+ | 23 | QB-TB | 11 | 5 | 182 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/17/1914 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1937 |
| Chuck Bond | 23 | T | 11 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Washington | 11/5/1914 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 5th / 46th pick / 1937 |
| Eddie Britt | 25 | TB-DB-FB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 7/19/1912 | 1 | |
| Victor Carroll | 25 | T-C-G | 10 | 2 | 235 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 11/9/1912 | 1 | |
| Turk Edwards+ | 30 | T | 11 | 11 | 255 | 6-2 | Washington State | 9/28/1907 | 5 | |
| Dixie Howell | 25 | HB | 5 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Alabama | 11/24/1912 | Rook | |
| Don Irwin | 24 | FB-HB | 10 | 9 | 196 | 6-1 | Colgate | 7/22/1913 | 1 | Boston Redskins / 7th / 56th pick / 1936 |
| Ed Justice | 25 | WB-HB | 10 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Gonzaga | 11/19/1912 | 1 | |
| Eddie Kahn | 26 | G | 10 | 2 | 194 | 5-9 | North Carolina | 11/9/1911 | 2 | |
| Jim Karcher | 23 | G | 11 | 7 | 207 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 5/2/1914 | 1 | |
| Eddie Kawal | 28 | C | 9 | 9 | 205 | 6-2 | Illinois,Widener | 10/13/1909 | 6 | |
| Henry Krause | 24 | C-G | 3 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | St. Louis | 8/28/1913 | 1 | |
| Max Krause | 28 | B | 8 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Gonzaga | 4/5/1909 | 4 | |
| Charley Malone | 27 | E | 11 | 11 | 206 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/18/1910 | 3 | |
| Bob McChesney | 25 | E | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | UCLA | 7/12/1912 | 1 | |
| Eddie Michaels | 23 | G | 11 | 3 | 205 | 5-11 | Villanova | 6/11/1914 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 14th pick / 1936 |
| Wayne Millner | 24 | E-DE | 11 | 11 | 189 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/31/1913 | 1 | Boston Redskins / 8th / 65th pick / 1936 |
| Les Olsson | 28 | G | 11 | 9 | 232 | 6-0 | Mercer | 8/18/1909 | 3 | |
| Nels Peterson | 24 | B | 2 | 0 | 179 | 5-8 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9/22/1913 | Rook | |
| Ernie Pinckert | 30 | B | 11 | 10 | 197 | 6-0 | USC | 5/1/1907 | 5 | |
| Ben Smith | 26 | E-BB-DE | 11 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Alabama | 6/16/1911 | 4 | |
| George W. Smith | 23 | C | 7 | 2 | 220 | 6-2 | California | 6/3/1914 | Rook | |
| Riley Smith | 26 | BB-LB | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 7/14/1911 | 1 | Boston Redskins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1936 |
| Bill Young | 23 | T | 6 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Alabama | 5/20/1914 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 11 | 207.7 | 6-0.9 | 1.9 |