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1953 Washington Redskins

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Record: 6-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 208 points (17.3/g), 8th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 215 points (17.9/g), 3rd.
 Differential of -7 points (-0.6/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 8th.

Coached by Curly Lambeau (6-5-1)

1953 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 27 box W 1-0 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 13 10 225 90 135 3 17 334 172 162 6
2 Fri October 2 box T 1-0-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 21 13 228 143 85 2 23 315 174 141 5
3 Sun October 11 box W 2-0-1 New York Giants 13 9 14 309 94 215 4 11 139 37 102 7
4 Sun October 18 box L 2-1-1 Cleveland Browns 14 30 12 246 87 159 3 24 403 206 197 1
5 Sun October 25 box L 2-2-1 @ Baltimore Colts 17 27 17 296 129 167 6 17 329 115 214 3
6 Sun November 1 box L 2-3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 3 27 15 298 205 93 6 17 379 189 190 1
7 Sun November 8 box W 3-3-1 Chicago Cardinals 28 17 18 367 105 262 2 11 241 79 162 2
8 Sun November 15 box L 3-4-1 Chicago Bears 24 27 14 291 177 114 4 25 354 117 237 5
9 Sun November 22 box W 4-4-1 @ New York Giants 24 21 17 253 178 75 3 25 371 211 160 3
10 Sun November 29 box W 5-4-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 9 17 216 77 139 3 16 285 242 43 4
11 Sun December 6 box W 6-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 10 0 19 275 116 159 4 6 137 71 66 5
12 Sun December 13 box L 6-5-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 14 15 230 107 123 7 18 351 139 212 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 208 3234 720 4.5 181 107 278 1508 12 29 4.9 82 413 1726 10 4.2 90 47 18 9
Team Defense 215 3638 830 4.4 318 171 350 1752 8 27 4.7 93 455 1886 15 4.1 210 44 17 15
Lg Rank Offense 8 8 10 12 11 10 8 7 6 4 8 5 8 7
Lg Rank Defense 3 7 8 4 1 1 5 3 12 11 8 8 4 4

Passing

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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%
Eddie LeBaron 23 QB 12 5 62 149 41.6 874 3 2.0 17 11.4 66 5.9 0.9 14.1 72.8 28.3
Jack Scarbath 23 qb 12 7 45 129 34.9 862 9 7.0 12 9.3 71 6.7 3.2 19.2 71.8 43.5
Team Total 26.6 12 107 278 38.5 1736 12 4.3 29 10.4 71 6.2 2.0 16.2 144.7 35.0
Opp Total 12 171 350 48.9 1752 8 2.3 27 7.7 5.0 1.8 10.2 146.0 39.1 25 198 4.7 1.1

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
Charlie Justice 29 LH 12 0 115 616 2 43 5.4 51.3 9.6 22 434 19.7 2 54 1.8 36.2 1050 4 9
Leon Heath 25 FB 9 0 76 266 4 43 3.5 29.6 8.4 5 45 9.0 0 17 0.6 5.0 311 4 4
Julie Rykovich 30 RH 12 0 73 251 0 19 3.4 20.9 6.1 7 73 10.4 1 39 0.6 6.1 324 1 2
Paul Barry 27 12 0 56 218 0 22 3.9 18.2 4.7 8 70 8.8 0 18 0.7 5.8 288 0 2
Jack Scarbath 23 qb 12 7 22 98 0 40 4.5 8.2 1.8 98 0 7
Eddie LeBaron 23 QB 12 5 21 95 2 27 4.5 7.9 1.8 95 2 2
Sam Baker 24 11 0 17 72 1 32 4.2 6.5 1.5 2 21 10.5 0 11 0.2 1.9 93 1 2
Johnny Papit 25 3 0 11 58 0 15 5.3 19.3 3.7 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 3.0 67 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich 26 LLB 8 0 11 27 1 9 2.5 3.4 1.4 27 1 0
Bill Dudley 34 K 12 0 5 15 0 7 3.0 1.3 0.4 15 0 0
Jack Cloud 28 12 0 3 7 0 5 2.3 0.6 0.3 7 0 0
Hall Haynes 25 8 0 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Harry Dowda 31 LDH 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 3 0 1
Hugh Taylor 30 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 703 20.1 8 71 2.9 58.6 703 8 0
Paul Dekker 22 RE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 182 13.0 1 34 1.3 16.5 182 1 0
Fran Polsfoot 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 164 14.9 0 66 1.1 16.4 164 0 0
Gene Brito* 28 LDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 35 17.5 0 24 0.2 2.9 35 0 0
Team Total 26.6 12 413 1726 10 43 4.2 143.8 34.4 107 1736 16.2 12 71 8.9 144.7 3462 22 30
Opp Total 12 455 1886 15 4.1 157.2 37.9 171 1752 10.2 8 14.3 146.0 3638 23 34

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
Johnny Williams 26 RS 12 0 18 172 0 62 9.6 9 224 0 33 24.9 396
Hall Haynes 25 8 0 5 92 0 43 18.4 7 123 0 24 17.6 215
Sam Baker 24 11 0 9 186 0 40 20.7 279
Bill Dudley 34 K 12 0 8 34 0 16 4.3 49
Paul Barry 27 12 0 6 112 0 36 18.7 400
Charlie Justice 29 LH 12 0 4 6 0 6 1.5 1 20 0 20 20.0 1076
Jack Cloud 28 12 0 4 68 0 22 17.0 75
Julie Rykovich 30 RH 12 0 2 39 0 26 19.5 363
Don Boll 26 LT 12 12 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Gene Brito* 28 LDE 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 41
Don Doll* 27 LS 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Paul Lipscomb* 30 RDT 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 26.6 12 36 306 0 62 8.5 41 797 0 40 19.4 4565
Opp Total 12 38 0 43 1213 0 28.2

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
Eddie LeBaron 23 QB 12 5 51 2004 60 1 39.3
Bill Dudley 34 K 12 0 22 11 50.0% 25 25 100.0%
Sam Baker 24 11 0 17 614 51 0 36.1
Team Total 26.6 12 22 11 50.0% 25 25 100.0% 68 2618 60 1 38.5
Opp Total 12 23 12 52.2% 25 25 100.0% 54 2252 41.7

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
Dick Alban 24 RDH 12 0 4 13 0 11 0 1 11 0
Sam Baker 24 11 0 2 1 0 0
Paul Barry 27 12 0 2 1 4 0
Don Boll 26 LT 12 12 0 2 0 0
Gene Brito* 28 LDE 12 0 0 3 16 0
Jack Cloud 28 12 0 2 39 1 28 0 1 0 0
Al DeMao 33 c 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Doll* 27 LS 12 0 10 102 0 28
Harry Dowda 31 LDH 12 0 5 67 1 23 1 0 0 0
Bill Dudley 34 K 12 0 0 1 0 0
Hall Haynes 25 8 0 1 1 0 0
Leon Heath 25 FB 9 0 4 1 0 0
Jerry Hennessy 27 rde 8 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Justice 29 LH 12 0 9 0 0 0
Eddie LeBaron 23 QB 12 5 2 3 -7 0
Paul Lipscomb* 30 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Laurie Niemi 28 LDT 12 0 0 3 0 1
Gene Pepper 26 LG 6 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Ricca 26 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Julie Rykovich 30 RH 12 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Scarbath 23 qb 12 7 7 4 0 0
Hugh Taylor 30 LE 12 0 0 1 5 0
Johnny Williams 26 RS 12 0 6 26 0 7 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.6 12 27 247 2 28 30 30 29 1
Opp Total 12 29 34 17 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Dudley 34 K 12 0 25 11 58
Hugh Taylor 30 LE 12 0 8 48
Leon Heath 25 FB 9 0 4 24
Charlie Justice 29 LH 12 0 2 2 24
Eddie LeBaron 23 QB 12 5 2 12
Sam Baker 24 11 0 1 6
Jack Cloud 28 12 0 1 6
Paul Dekker 22 RE 11 0 1 6
Harry Dowda 31 LDH 12 0 1 6
Chuck Drazenovich 26 LLB 8 0 1 6
Laurie Niemi 28 LDT 12 0 1 6
Julie Rykovich 30 RH 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.6 12 10 12 1 2 25 11 208
Opp Total 12 15 8 25 12 2 215