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1949 Washington Redskins

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Record: 4-7-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 268 points (22.3/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 339 points (28.2/g), 9th.
 Differential of -71 points (-5.9/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.4-7.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.9/g), 9th.

Coached by Herman Ball (1-4-0) and John Whelchel (3-3-1)

1949 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 Mon September 26 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 7 38 20 319 217 102 4 21 415 150 265 3
2 Mon October 3 box W 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 27 14 17 410 182 228 19 303 110 193 2
3 Sun October 9 box L 1-2 New York Giants 35 45 22 452 335 117 7 17 369 217 152 3
4 Sun October 16 box W 2-2 New York Bulldogs 38 14 16 469 287 182 2 16 389 132 257 5
5 Sun October 23 box L 2-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 49 15 294 135 159 4 28 519 188 331 2
6 Sun October 30 box T 2-3-1 @ New York Bulldogs 14 14 20 418 285 133 5 13 287 157 130 1
7 Sun November 6 box W 3-3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 14 16 383 208 175 3 20 319 89 230 2
8 Sun November 13 box L 3-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 21 44 17 371 276 95 6 26 550 294 256 2
9 Sun November 20 box L 3-5-1 Chicago Bears 21 31 13 239 140 99 2 20 464 315 149 2
10 Sun November 27 box L 3-6-1 @ New York Giants 7 23 19 276 207 69 3 15 253 184 69 1
11 Sun December 4 box W 4-6-1 Green Bay Packers 30 0 17 319 157 162 10 227 122 105 4
12 Sun December 11 box L 4-7-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 27 53 25 378 320 58 6 28 584 405 179 4

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 268 4110 837 4.9 217 197 394 2531 22 29 5.9 121 407 1579 14 3.9 78 42 13 18
Team Defense 339 4507 830 5.4 346 148 316 2191 24 18 6.4 95 487 2316 23 4.8 233 31 13 18
Lg Rank Offense 6 4 4 2 3 3 8 4 8 7 7 6 4 4
Lg Rank Defense 9 10 8 5 8 9 9 9 7 9 10 10 8 9

Passing

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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 35 QB 12 8 145 255 56.9 1903 18 7.1 14 5.5 76 7.5 5.7 13.1 158.6 81.2
Harry Gilmer 23 qb 12 3 49 132 37.1 869 4 3.0 15 11.4 61 6.6 1.8 17.7 72.4 31.0
Tommy Mont 27 12 0 3 7 42.9 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 6.3 6.3 14.7 3.7 64.0
Team Total 26.2 12 197 394 50.0 2816 22 5.6 29 7.4 76 7.1 4.4 14.3 234.7 61.5
Opp Total 12 148 316 46.8 2191 24 7.6 18 5.7 6.9 5.1 14.8 182.6 71.6 27 218 6.4 4.1

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Harry Dowda 27 rh 12 6 65 239 2 21 3.7 19.9 5.4 11 187 17.0 1 67 0.9 15.6 426 3 3
Pete Stout 26 6 3 62 245 4 74 4.0 40.8 10.3 8 102 12.8 2 39 1.3 17.0 347 6 3
Rob Goode 22 LH 12 7 61 261 2 54 4.3 21.8 5.1 16 279 17.4 0 54 1.3 23.3 540 2 0
Eddie Saenz 27 12 4 53 170 0 14 3.2 14.2 4.4 23 251 10.9 0 31 1.9 20.9 421 0 6
Ed Quirk 24 8 4 40 139 1 13 3.5 17.4 5.0 5 33 6.6 0 15 0.6 4.1 172 1 1
Leon Cochran 25 11 2 34 135 1 16 4.0 12.3 3.1 7 82 11.7 0 22 0.6 7.5 217 1 0
Harry Gilmer 23 qb 12 3 31 167 0 25 5.4 13.9 2.6 5 37 7.4 0 13 0.4 3.1 204 0 2
Dan Sandifer 22 RET 12 0 20 64 0 21 3.2 5.3 1.7 19 293 15.4 3 35 1.6 24.4 357 3 6
Tommy Mont 27 12 0 14 75 0 27 5.4 6.3 1.2 8 105 13.1 2 30 0.7 8.8 180 2 0
Sammy Baugh 35 QB 12 8 13 67 2 17 5.2 5.6 1.1 67 2 0
Dick Poillon 29 FB 12 3 7 5 0 5 0.7 0.4 0.6 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.7 13 0 1
John Hollar 27 2 0 5 14 1 0 2.8 7.0 2.5 4 38 9.5 1 15 2.0 19.0 52 2 0
Howie Livingston 27 RH 12 7 1 1 1 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 3 41 13.7 0 29 0.3 3.4 42 1 0
Jim Peebles 29 11 2 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 -3 0 1
Hugh Taylor 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 781 17.4 9 76 3.8 65.1 781 9 0
Hal Crisler 26 LE 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 388 14.9 4 47 2.4 35.3 388 4 1
Clyde Goodnight 25 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 150 13.6 0 30 1.1 15.0 150 0 0
Joe Tereshinski 26 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 36 9.0 0 12 0.4 4.0 36 0 0
Ed Berrang 27 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.5 5 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 407 1579 14 74 3.9 131.6 33.9 197 2816 14.3 22 76 16.4 234.7 4395 36 24
Opp Total 12 487 2316 23 4.8 193.0 40.6 148 2191 14.8 24 12.3 182.6 4507 47 30

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
Dan Sandifer 22 RET 12 0 18 199 0 41 11.1 24 518 0 70 21.6 1074
Eddie Saenz 27 12 4 17 178 0 32 10.5 24 465 0 34 19.4 1064
Rob Goode 22 LH 12 7 3 50 0 23 16.7 590
Frank Seno 28 4 1 2 39 0 23 19.5 39
Tommy Mont 27 12 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 202
Ed Quirk 24 8 4 1 19 0 19 19.0 191
Team Total 26.2 12 35 377 0 41 10.8 55 1113 0 70 20.2 5885
Opp Total 12 38 0 42 917 0 21.8

Kicking & Punting

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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 29 FB 12 3 7 4 57.1% 37 34 91.9% 67 2697 59 1 40.3
Sammy Baugh 35 QB 12 8 1 53 53 0 53.0
Team Total 26.2 12 7 4 57.1% 37 34 91.9% 68 2750 59 1 40.4
Opp Total 12 15 5 33.3% 46 42 91.3% 59 2401 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
John Adams 28 RT 12 9 0 1 0 0
John Badaczewski 27 RG 12 7 0 1 0 0
Sammy Baugh 35 QB 12 8 0 1 2 0
Ed Berrang 27 11 2 0 2 0 0
Hal Crisler 26 LE 11 7 1 0 0 0
Al DeMao 29 C 12 10 1 3 0 3
Harry Dowda 27 rh 12 6 3 36 0 36 3 1 0 0
Harry Gilmer 23 qb 12 3 2 0 0 0
Rob Goode 22 LH 12 7 2 25 0 25
Howie Livingston 27 RH 12 7 4 53 0 21 0 1 0 0
Tommy Mont 27 12 0 0 1 45 0
Laurie Niemi 24 12 4 0 1 0 0
Jim Peebles 29 11 2 1 1 0 0
Dick Poillon 29 FB 12 3 1 1 0 0
Ed Quirk 24 8 4 1 1 2 0
Eddie Saenz 27 12 4 6 4 12 0
Dan Sandifer 22 RET 12 0 5 82 0 59 6 2 5 0
Frank Seno 28 4 1 0 1 0 0
Herb Shoener 26 RE 11 5 0 2 33 1
Herb Siegert 25 LG 12 7 2 16 0 9
Joe Soboleski 23 7 1 0 1 0 0
Pete Stout 26 6 3 1 8 0 8 3 1 0 0
Dick Stovall 27 10 1 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 18 223 0 59 24 24 99 1
Opp Total 12 36 30 17

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Hugh Taylor 26 12 4 9 54
Dick Poillon 29 FB 12 3 34 4 46
Pete Stout 26 6 3 4 2 36
Hal Crisler 26 LE 11 7 4 24
Harry Dowda 27 rh 12 6 2 1 18
Dan Sandifer 22 RET 12 0 3 18
Sammy Baugh 35 QB 12 8 2 12
Rob Goode 22 LH 12 7 2 12
John Hollar 27 2 0 1 1 12
Tommy Mont 27 12 0 2 12
Leon Cochran 25 11 2 1 6
Howie Livingston 27 RH 12 7 1 6
Ed Quirk 24 8 4 1 6
Herb Shoener 26 RE 11 5 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 14 22 1 34 4 268
Opp Total 12 23 24 42 5 339