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1939 Washington Redskins

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Record: 8-2-1, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 242 points (22.0/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 94 points (8.5/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 148 points (13.5/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.9-1.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Ray Flaherty

Training Camp: Eastern Washington University (Cheney, Washington)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 242 3488 611 5.7 125 117 201 1795 18 18 8.9 410 1693 12 4.1 125 18 0
Team Defense 94 2115 655 3.2 90 243 1116 6 24 4.6 412 999 5 2.4 36 12
Lg Rank Offense 2 2 5 8 3 1 4 1 5 2 4 2 4 1
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 9 1 2 4 1 5 2 1 2 4 4

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 W 1-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 0 13 290 106 184 4 9 171 75 96 1
2 Sun October 1 T 1-0-1 New York Giants 0 0 12 208 50 158 5 5 74 -3 77 2
3 Sun October 8 W 2-0-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 41 13 10 430 201 229 3 13 300 259 41 3
4 Sun October 15 W 3-0-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 44 14 13 395 173 222 19 260 150 110 4
6 Sun October 22 W 4-0-1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 21 14 13 413 105 308 2 9 345 175 170 2
6 Sun October 29 L 4-1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 14 24 11 311 191 120 8 17 262 93 169 2
7 Sun November 5 W 5-1-1 Philadelphia Eagles 7 6 7 199 64 135 1 6 121 87 34 1
9 Sun November 12 W 6-1-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 42 0 15 389 230 159 2 7 130 50 80 3
9 Sun November 19 W 7-1-1 Chicago Cardinals 28 7 9 314 274 40 3 10 128 56 72 5
10 Sun November 26 W 8-1-1 Detroit Lions 31 7 9 280 153 127 1 15 225 155 70 6
11 Sun December 3 L 8-2-1 @ New York Giants 7 9 8 202 164 38 4 10 164 47 117 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Sammy Baugh* 25 P/tb 9 1 53 96 55.2 518 6 6.3 9 9.4 44 5.4 2.4 9.8 57.6 52.3 0 0
Frank Filchock* 23 TB 11 9 55 89 61.8 1094 11 12.4 7 7.9 99 12.3 11.2 19.9 99.5 111.6 0 0
Jimmy German 22 tb 8 1 6 12 50.0 97 1 8.3 2 16.7 63 8.1 2.3 16.2 12.1 65.6 0 0
Dick Todd 25 b 10 1 3 4 75.0 86 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 21.5 21.5 28.7 8.6 116.7 0 0
Team Total 25.2 11 117 201 58.2 1795 18 9.0 18 9.0 99 8.9 6.7 15.3 163.2 80.3 0 0
Opp Total 11 90 243 37.0 1116 6 2.5 24 9.9 4.6 0.64 12.4 101.5 20.7 0 0 4.6 0.6 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Andy Farkas*+ 23 FB 11 7 139 547 5 0 3.9 49.7 12.6 16 437 27.3 5 99 1.5 39.7 984 10 0
Frank Filchock* 23 TB 11 9 103 413 1 0 4.0 37.5 9.4 413 1 0
Dick Todd 25 b 10 1 57 266 2 60 4.7 26.6 5.7 19 230 12.1 3 59 1.9 23.0 496 5 0
Wilbur Moore 23 wb 10 3 27 100 0 0 3.7 10.0 2.7 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 102 0 0
Jimmy German 22 tb 8 1 17 58 2 15 3.4 7.3 2.1 58 2 0
Sammy Baugh* 25 P/tb 9 1 14 46 0 13 3.3 5.1 1.6 46 0 0
Jim Meade 25 8 0 13 34 0 0 2.6 4.3 1.6 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 35 0 0
Don Irwin 26 fb 7 1 10 63 1 0 6.3 9.0 1.4 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.1 71 1 0
Jimmy Johnston 22 WB 11 5 7 47 0 0 6.7 4.3 0.6 11 111 10.1 1 0 1.0 10.1 158 1 0
Ed Justice 27 wb 8 2 5 56 1 0 11.2 7.0 0.6 7 124 17.7 1 0 0.9 15.5 180 2 0
Ernie Pinckert* 32 BB 10 9 5 17 0 0 3.4 1.7 0.5 17 0 0
Wayne Millner 26 LE 11 8 4 12 0 0 3.0 1.1 0.4 19 294 15.5 4 56 1.7 26.7 306 4 0
Max Krause 30 2 0 3 23 0 0 7.7 11.5 1.5 23 0 0
Johnny Spirida 25 bb 9 1 2 5 0 0 2.5 0.6 0.2 2 95 47.5 0 0 0.2 10.6 100 0 0
Jay Turner 25 bb 8 1 2 1 0 0 0.5 0.1 0.3 2 15 7.5 0 0 0.3 1.9 16 0 0
Bob McChesney 27 e 8 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.6 0.1 9 86 9.6 0 0 1.1 10.8 91 0 0
Boyd Morgan 24 b 5 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.2 0.8 4 0 0
Charley Malone 29 RE 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 274 15.2 3 48 1.6 24.9 274 3 0
Bob Masterson 24 e 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 114 11.4 1 0 1.0 11.4 114 1 0
Team Total 25.2 11 410 1693 12 60 4.1 153.9 37.3 117 1795 15.3 18 99 10.6 163.2 3488 30 0
Opp Total 11 412 999 5 2.4 90.8 37.5 90 1116 12.4 6 8.2 101.5 2115 11 0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Sammy Baugh* 25 P/tb 9 1 26 998 69 1 38.4
Bo Russell 23 K 11 3 6 1 16.7% 16 15 93.8%
Bob Masterson 24 e 10 3 6 1 16.7% 8 6 75.0%
Johnny Spirida 25 bb 9 1 10 385 54 0 38.5
Jimmy Johnston 22 WB 11 5 1 1 100.0% 8 311 46 0 38.9
Jim Karcher 25 RG 11 9 8 311 52 0 38.9
Jim Meade 25 8 0 8 297 50 0 37.1
Dick Todd 25 b 10 1 3 2 66.7% 5 159 41 0 31.8
Andy Farkas*+ 23 FB 11 7 1 0.0% 3 2 66.7%
Turk Edwards* 32 LT 11 7 1 0.0%
Charley Malone 29 RE 11 8 1 0.0%
Mickey Parks 24 C 10 8 1 0.0%
Jay Turner 25 bb 8 1 1 33 33 0 33.0
Willie Wilkin 23 t 11 4 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.2 11 13 2 15.4% 35 26 74.3% 66 2494 69 1 37.8
Opp Total 11 4 12 10 83.3%

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Andy Farkas*+ 23 FB 11 7 5 5 1 11 2 68
Dick Todd 25 b 10 1 2 3 1 6 2 38
Wayne Millner 26 LE 11 8 4 4 24
Bo Russell 23 K 11 3 1 1 15 1 24
Ed Justice 27 wb 8 2 1 1 1 3 18
Charley Malone 29 RE 11 8 3 3 18
Bob Masterson 24 e 10 3 1 1 6 1 15
Jimmy German 22 tb 8 1 2 2 12
Jimmy Johnston 22 WB 11 5 1 1 1 7
Frank Filchock* 23 TB 11 9 1 1 6
Don Irwin 26 fb 7 1 1 1 6
Bob McChesney 27 e 8 3 1 1 6
Team Total 25.2 11 12 18 1 1 1 2 35 26 2 242
Opp Total 11 5 6 10 4 94