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1940 Washington Redskins

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Record: 9-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 245 points (22.3/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 142 points (12.9/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 103 points (9.4/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-2.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.5/g), 8th.

Coached by Ray Flaherty (9-2-0)

1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box W 1-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 24 17 15 369 174 195 2 10 276 156 120 3
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 New York Giants 21 7 8 173 99 74 2 15 285 140 145 5
3 Sun October 6 box W 3-0 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 40 10 14 333 186 147 1 15 188 93 95 4
4 Sun October 13 box W 4-0 Chicago Cardinals 28 21 20 440 325 115 5 5 209 127 82 2
5 Sun October 20 box W 5-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 34 17 14 380 283 97 4 10 276 238 38 4
6 Sun October 27 box W 6-0 @ Detroit Lions 20 14 8 271 65 206 7 18 330 193 137 7
7 Sun November 3 box W 7-0 Pittsburgh Pirates 37 10 11 371 204 167 10 289 194 95 1
8 Sun November 10 box L 7-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 14 16 20 331 312 19 3 7 167 94 73 1
9 Sun November 17 box W 8-1 Chicago Bears 7 3 11 169 125 44 2 16 297 148 149 3
10 Sun November 24 box L 8-2 @ New York Giants 7 21 12 194 78 116 6 6 221 80 141
11 Sun December 1 box W 9-2 Philadelphia Eagles 13 6 12 256 36 220 3 19 332 316 16 1
Playoffs
Championship December 8 box L 9-3 Chicago Bears 0 73 17 231 226 5 9 17 519 138 381 1

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 245 3289 644 5.1 147 144 244 1887 18 22 7.7 400 1402 15 3.5 147 22 0
Team Defense 142 2857 649 4.4 125 287 1782 11 18 6.2 362 1075 5 3.0 27 9
Lg Rank Offense 1 2 2 4 1 1 5 2 7 6 2 3 5 1
Lg Rank Defense 3 9 1 10 10 7 7 6 1 4 1 4 8 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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*+ 26 TB 11 11 111 177 62.7 1367 12 6.8 10 5.6 81 7.7 6.5 12.3 124.3 85.6
Frank Filchock 24 10 0 28 54 51.9 460 6 11.1 9 16.7 0 8.5 3.2 16.4 46.0 78.2
Roy Zimmerman 22 6 0 4 12 33.3 53 0 0.0 3 25.0 19 4.4 -6.8 13.3 8.8 8.7
Dick Todd* 26 11 0 1 1 100.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.6 95.8
Team Total 25.7 11 144 244 59.0 1887 18 7.4 22 9.0 81 7.7 5.2 13.1 171.5 70.5
Opp Total 11 125 287 43.6 1782 11 3.8 18 6.3 6.2 4.2 14.3 162.0 50.9 0 0 6.2 4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Jimmy Johnston 23 FB 11 11 87 256 3 65 2.9 23.3 7.9 29 350 12.1 3 45 2.6 31.8 606 6 0
Dick Todd* 26 11 0 76 408 4 51 5.4 37.1 6.9 20 402 20.1 4 81 1.8 36.5 810 8 0
Bob Seymour 24 9 0 57 170 4 0 3.0 18.9 6.3 2 3 1.5 0 0 0.2 0.3 173 4 0
Frank Filchock 24 10 0 50 126 2 0 2.5 12.6 5.0 126 2 0
Jim Meade 26 10 4 48 115 0 0 2.4 11.5 4.8 4 39 9.8 0 0 0.4 3.9 154 0 0
Roy Zimmerman 22 6 0 31 127 0 0 4.1 21.2 5.2 127 0 0
Sammy Baugh*+ 26 TB 11 11 20 16 0 5 0.8 1.5 1.8 16 0 0
Wilbur Moore 24 10 0 15 89 2 23 5.9 8.9 1.5 2 26 13.0 1 21 0.2 2.6 115 3 0
Max Krause 31 BB 9 8 4 21 0 0 5.3 2.3 0.4 21 0 0
Wayne Millner 27 LE 10 10 3 31 0 0 10.3 3.1 0.3 22 233 10.6 3 41 2.2 23.3 264 3 0
Ed Justice 28 WB 7 6 3 34 0 0 11.3 4.9 0.4 15 170 11.3 2 25 2.1 24.3 204 2 0
Bob Hoffman 23 8 3 3 7 0 0 2.3 0.9 0.4 7 0 0
Bob Masterson 25 K 11 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 18 283 15.7 4 0 1.6 25.7 283 4 0
Andy Farkas 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0
Ray Hare 23 5 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.4 0.2 2 0 0
Charley Malone 30 RE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 222 11.1 0 0 1.8 20.2 222 0 0
Bob McChesney 28 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 119 13.2 1 0 0.8 10.8 119 1 0
Ernie Pinckert 33 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 27 13.5 0 0 0.2 2.5 27 0 0
Sandy Sanford 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.9 13 0 0
Team Total 25.7 11 400 1402 15 65 3.5 127.5 36.4 144 1887 13.1 18 81 13.1 171.5 3289 33 0
Opp Total 11 362 1075 5 3.0 97.7 32.9 125 1782 14.3 11 11.4 162.0 2857 16 0

Kicking & Punting

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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*+ 26 TB 11 11 35 1799 85 1 51.4
Bob Masterson 25 K 11 1 2 1 50.0% 16 15 93.8%
Bo Russell 24 11 0 1 1 100.0% 12 11 91.7%
Dick Todd* 26 11 0 12 436 53 0 36.3
Jim Meade 26 10 4 9 358 55 0 39.8
Roy Zimmerman 22 6 0 1 0.0% 7 256 47 0 36.6
Sandy Sanford 24 7 0 2 0.0% 5 3 60.0%
Jimmy Johnston 23 FB 11 11 3 121 55 0 40.3
Team Total 25.7 11 5 2 40.0% 34 29 85.3% 66 2970 85 1 45.0
Opp Total 11 5 18 17 94.4%

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Sammy Baugh*+ 26 TB 11 11 3 84 0 44
Andy Farkas 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Filchock 24 10 0 4 1 0 0
Bob Hoffman 23 8 3 1 6 0 6
Jimmy Johnston 23 FB 11 11 1 65 1 65
Ed Justice 28 WB 7 6 1 14 0 14
Jim Meade 26 10 4 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Moore 24 10 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Pinckert 33 11 0 2 26 0 0
Bob Seymour 24 9 0 1 13 0 13
Dick Todd* 26 11 0 2 3 0 0
Team Total 25.7 11 18 212 1 65
Opp Total 11 0 -9 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dick Todd* 26 11 0 4 4 1 9 54
Jimmy Johnston 23 FB 11 11 3 3 1 7 42
Bob Masterson 25 K 11 1 4 4 15 1 42
Bob Seymour 24 9 0 4 4 24
Wayne Millner 27 LE 10 10 3 3 18
Wilbur Moore 24 10 0 2 1 3 18
Bo Russell 24 11 0 11 1 14
Frank Filchock 24 10 0 2 2 12
Ed Justice 28 WB 7 6 2 2 12
Bob McChesney 28 11 0 1 1 6
Sandy Sanford 24 7 0 3 3
Team Total 25.7 11 15 18 1 1 35 29 2 245
Opp Total 11 5 11 17 5 1 142