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1946 Washington Redskins

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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 171 points (15.5/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 191 points (17.4/g), 4th.
 Differential of -20 points (-1.8/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.9/g), 9th.

Coached by Turk Edwards (5-5-1)

1946 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 Sun September 29 box T 0-0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 14 18 324 165 159 2 14 231 122 109 1
2 Sun October 6 box W 1-0-1 Detroit Lions 17 16 15 329 142 187 5 8 159 135 24 5
3 Sun October 13 box W 2-0-1 New York Giants 24 14 15 367 187 180 4 13 211 145 66 5
4 Sun October 20 box W 3-0-1 @ Boston Yanks 14 6 16 256 119 137 2 7 133 82 51 3
5 Sun October 27 box L 3-1-1 Philadelphia Eagles 24 28 11 127 61 66 4 18 262 228 34 5
6 Sun November 3 box L 3-2-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 14 14 277 139 138 5 5 108 8 100 2
7 Sun November 10 box W 4-2-1 Boston Yanks 17 14 16 318 77 241 1 15 215 114 101 1
8 Sun November 17 box L 4-3-1 @ Chicago Bears 20 24 10 237 201 36 6 15 266 189 77 3
9 Sun November 24 box W 5-3-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 10 18 345 168 177 2 15 271 161 110 5
10 Sun December 1 box L 5-4-1 Green Bay Packers 7 20 11 197 114 83 8 19 317 16 301 2
11 Sun December 8 box L 5-5-1 @ New York Giants 0 31 17 333 240 93 5 18 272 142 130 2

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 171 3110 659 4.7 161 112 221 1613 10 22 7.3 67 438 1497 11 3.4 84 44 22 10
Team Defense 191 2445 623 3.9 223 101 216 1342 10 24 6.2 56 407 1103 12 2.7 147 34 10 20
Lg Rank Offense 7 4 5 6 6 8 7 5 3 5 8 5 6 8
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 2 3 2 7 10

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 32 QB 11 2 87 161 54.0 1163 8 5.0 17 10.6 51 7.2 3.0 13.4 105.7 54.2
Jim Youel 24 9 4 20 48 41.7 352 2 4.2 3 6.3 66 7.3 4.9 17.6 39.1 55.2
Jack Jacobs 27 9 2 5 12 41.7 98 0 0.0 2 16.7 35 8.2 0.7 19.6 10.9 31.2
Team Total 26.9 11 112 221 50.7 1613 10 4.5 22 10.0 66 7.3 3.3 14.4 146.6 50.2
Opp Total 11 101 216 46.8 1342 10 4.6 24 11.1 6.2 1.7 13.3 122.0 42.8 0 0 6.2 1.7

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
Jack Jenkins 25 FB 8 6 64 200 1 15 3.1 25.0 8.0 2 27 13.5 0 14 0.3 3.4 227 1 4
Sal Rosato 28 5 1 62 238 2 21 3.8 47.6 12.4 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.2 3.4 255 2 1
Eddie Saenz 24 10 3 55 213 1 12 3.9 21.3 5.5 12 242 20.2 3 66 1.2 24.2 455 4 1
Steve Bagarus 27 RH 11 6 53 168 0 18 3.2 15.3 4.8 31 438 14.1 3 51 2.8 39.8 606 3 6
Dick Todd 32 LH 11 8 41 266 3 29 6.5 24.2 3.7 8 107 13.4 2 23 0.7 9.7 373 5 2
Frank Akins 27 6 2 41 166 0 16 4.0 27.7 6.8 2 15 7.5 0 8 0.3 2.5 181 0 1
Jim Gaffney 25 qb 10 5 25 96 0 12 3.8 9.6 2.5 7 85 12.1 1 41 0.7 8.5 181 1 4
Dick Poillon 26 K 11 2 25 45 1 8 1.8 4.1 2.3 7 114 16.3 0 33 0.6 10.4 159 1 3
Jack Jacobs 27 9 2 18 34 0 9 1.9 3.8 2.0 4 53 13.3 0 21 0.4 5.9 87 0 1
Sammy Baugh 32 QB 11 2 18 -76 1 13 -4.2 -6.9 1.6 -76 1 7
Jim Youel 24 9 4 16 60 1 36 3.8 6.7 1.8 60 1 3
Wilbur Moore 30 9 1 15 62 0 19 4.1 6.9 1.7 62 0 0
Al Couppee 26 7 1 3 22 0 17 7.3 3.1 0.4 22 0 0
Bob DeFruiter 28 7 1 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.3 7 0 0
Jim Peebles 26 LE 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 164 18.2 1 35 0.8 14.9 164 1 2
Ed Cifers 30 RE 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 61 10.2 0 14 0.5 5.5 61 0 0
John Kovatch 26 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 67 11.2 0 23 0.6 6.7 67 0 1
John Lookabaugh 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 67 11.2 0 19 2.0 22.3 67 0 0
Doug Turley 28 9 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 105 17.5 0 25 0.7 11.7 105 0 0
Ted Lapka 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 28 9.3 0 11 0.4 4.0 28 0 0
Ralph Schilling 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.2 2.8 14 0 0
Team Total 26.9 11 438 1492 10 36 3.4 135.6 39.8 112 1613 14.4 10 66 10.2 146.6 3105 20 36
Opp Total 11 407 1103 12 2.7 100.3 37.0 101 1342 13.3 10 9.2 122.0 2445 22 29

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Steve Bagarus 27 RH 11 6 18 192 0 33 10.7 13 332 0 51 25.5 1130
Jim Youel 24 9 4 13 150 0 20 11.5 2 29 0 18 14.5 239
Eddie Saenz 24 10 3 11 264 0 55 24.0 719
Dick Todd 32 LH 11 8 5 64 0 30 12.8 3 47 0 22 15.7 484
Dick Poillon 26 K 11 2 1 13 0 13 13.0 5 86 0 27 17.2 258
Jack Jacobs 27 9 2 2 23 0 16 11.5 110
Jack Jenkins 25 FB 8 6 2 14 0 9 7.0 241
Jim Gaffney 25 qb 10 5 1 24 0 24 24.0 205
Wilbur Moore 30 9 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 64
Sal Rosato 28 5 1 1 12 0 12 12.0 267
Bill Ward 25 LG 10 10 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Team Total 26.9 11 43 470 0 33 10.9 36 784 0 55 21.8 4359
Opp Total 11 28 0 32 652 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dick Poillon 26 K 11 2 16 6 37.5% 21 21 100.0%
Sammy Baugh 32 QB 11 2 33 1488 60 0 45.1
Jack Jacobs 27 9 2 10 428 61 0 42.8
Jim Peebles 26 LE 11 7 2 0.0%
Jim Youel 24 9 4 2 68 36 0 34.0
Team Total 26.9 11 18 6 33.3% 21 21 100.0% 45 1984 61 0 44.1
Opp Total 11 13 3 23.1% 26 24 92.3% 58 2378 41.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
John Adams 25 11 3 0 1 0 0
Frank Akins 27 6 2 1 1 2 0
Ki Aldrich 30 C 11 10 3 31 1 31
Steve Bagarus 27 RH 11 6 4 66 0 41 6 2 16 0
Sammy Baugh 32 QB 11 2 7 3 -5 0
Bob DeFruiter 28 7 1 0 1 0 0
Al DeMao 26 11 1 2 18 0 11
Clyde Ehrhardt 25 10 1 1 38 0 38 0 1 0 0
Jim Gaffney 25 qb 10 5 4 0 0 0
Jack Jacobs 27 9 2 2 56 0 42 1 0 0 0
Johnny Jaffurs 23 8 2 0 1 0 0
Jack Jenkins 25 FB 8 6 3 57 0 38 4 4 0 0
John Kovatch 26 10 3 1 0 0 0
Ted Lapka 26 7 0 0 1 0 1
Wilbur Moore 30 9 1 2 45 0 30
Jim Peebles 26 LE 11 7 2 0 0 0
Dick Poillon 26 K 11 2 3 2 2 0
Sal Rosato 28 5 1 1 0 0 0
Eddie Saenz 24 10 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Steber 23 RG 10 8 0 2 0 0
Paul Stenn 28 RT 11 9 0 1 0 0
Dick Todd 32 LH 11 8 4 26 0 12 2 0 0 0
Doug Turley 28 9 4 0 1 0 0
Bill Ward 25 LG 10 10 0 2 0 0
Jim Youel 24 9 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Team Total 26.9 11 24 337 1 42 36 25 15 1
Opp Total 11 29 19 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dick Poillon 26 K 11 2 1 21 6 45
Dick Todd 32 LH 11 8 3 2 30
Eddie Saenz 24 10 3 1 3 24
Steve Bagarus 27 RH 11 6 3 18
Sal Rosato 28 5 1 2 12
Ki Aldrich 30 C 11 10 1 6
Sammy Baugh 32 QB 11 2 1 6
Jim Gaffney 25 qb 10 5 1 6
Jack Jenkins 25 FB 8 6 1 6
Ted Lapka 26 7 0 1 6
Jim Peebles 26 LE 11 7 1 6
Jim Youel 24 9 4 1 6
Team Total 26.9 11 10 10 1 1 21 6 171
Opp Total 11 12 10 24 3 1 191