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1955 Washington Redskins
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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 246 points (20.5/g), 7th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 222 points (18.5/g), 2nd.
Differential of 24 points (2.0/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.7-5.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.
Coached by Joe Kuharich (8-4-0)
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1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Eddie LeBaron* | 25 | 3 | 8 | 79 for 178, 1,270 yards, 9 td, 15 int, & 37 rushes for 190 yards and 4 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| FB | Dale Atkeson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 77 rushes for 300 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 81 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Leo Elter | 26 | 2 | 0 | 97 rushes for 361 yards, 3 td, & 13 catches for 219 yards and 1 td | |
| LH | Vic Janowicz | 25 | 1 | 0 | 93 rushes for 397 yards, 4 td, & 11 catches for 149 yards and 3 td | Washington Redskins / 7th / 79th pick / 1952 |
| RH | Bert Zagers | 22 | Rook | 0 | 89 rushes for 395 yards, 2 td, & 14 catches for 306 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 84th pick / 1955 |
| LE | John Carson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 23 catches for 443 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| LT | Don Boll | 28 | 2 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Walt Houston | 23 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 26th / 303rd pick / 1955 |
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| C | Harry Ulinski* | 30 | 5 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 45th pick / 1950 |
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| RG | Red Stephens | 25 | Rook | 11 | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 267th pick / 1952 |
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| RT | Fred Miller | 24 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RE | Ralph Thomas | 28 | 3 | 0 | 9 catches for 105 yards, 2 td | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gene Brito*+ | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 6 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 17th / 196th pick / 1951 |
| LDT | Volney Peters* | 27 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 151st pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | J.D. Kimmel | 26 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 129th pick / 1952 |
| RDE | Chet Ostrowski | 25 | 1 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 10th / 115th pick / 1952 |
| LLB | LaVern Torgeson* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 58th pick / 1951 |
| MLB | Chuck Drazenovich* | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 82nd pick / 1949 |
| RLB | Ralph Felton | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 4th / 39th pick / 1954 |
| LDH | Nick Adduci | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDH | Dick Alban | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 103rd pick / 1952 |
| LS | Joe Scudero* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Hal Norris | 24 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 16th / 183rd pick / 1955 |
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| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Vic Janowicz | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 of 20 field goals & 28 of 31 extra points | Washington Redskins / 7th / 79th pick / 1952 |
| P | Eddie LeBaron* | 25 | 3 | 8 | 62 punts for a 41.6 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| PR | Joe Scudero* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 9.6 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Joe Scudero* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 28.0 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Nick Adduci | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 207 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 7/12/1929 | 1 | |
| 42 | Dick Alban | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 1/17/1929 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 103rd pick / 1952 |
| 52 | Johnny Allen | 22 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Purdue | 6/4/1933 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 8th / 87th pick / 1955 |
| 46 | Dale Atkeson | 25 | FB | 11 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | none | 12/24/1930 | 1 | |
| 21 | Roy Barni | 28 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | San Francisco | 2/15/1927 | 3 | |
| 60 | Marv Berschet | 26 | G-DE | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Illinois | 12/28/1929 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 16th / 187th pick / 1952 |
| 62 | Don Boll | 28 | T-G | 12 | 12 | 270 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1953 |
| 80 | Gene Brito*+ | 30 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Loyola Marymount | 10/23/1925 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 17th / 196th pick / 1951 |
| 82 | John Carson | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-3 | Georgia | 1/31/1930 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| 40 | Billy Cox | 26 | DE-DB-HB-E | 4 | 0 | 189 | 6-3 | Duke | 6/17/1929 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 87th pick / 1951 |
| 73 | Mike Davlin | 28 | T | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,San Francisco | 11/2/1927 | Rook | |
| 16 | Al Dorow | 26 | QB | 8 | 1 | 193 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 11/15/1929 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 31st pick / 1952 |
| 36 | Chuck Drazenovich* | 28 | LB-FB | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/7/1927 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 82nd pick / 1949 |
| 32 | Leo Elter | 26 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 201 | 5-10 | Duquesne,Villanova | 10/21/1929 | 2 | |
| 45 | Ralph Felton | 23 | LB-DB-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Maryland | 5/21/1932 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 39th pick / 1954 |
| 39 | Rob Goode | 28 | B | 3 | 0 | 222 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/5/1927 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 8th pick / 1949 |
| 3 | Ralph Guglielmi | 22 | QB | 9 | 3 | 196 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 6/26/1933 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1955 |
| 48 | Norb Hecker | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Baldwin-Wallace | 5/26/1927 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| 65 | Walt Houston | 23 | G | 10 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Miami (OH),Purdue | 10/26/1932 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 26th / 303rd pick / 1955 |
| 43 | Vic Janowicz | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 5-9 | Ohio State | 2/26/1930 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 79th pick / 1952 |
| 83 | Charlie Jones | 26 | DE | 10 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | George Washington | 1/24/1929 | Rook | |
| 76 | J.D. Kimmel | 26 | DT | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Army,Houston | 9/30/1929 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 129th pick / 1952 |
| 14 | Eddie LeBaron* | 25 | QB | 12 | 8 | 168 | 5-9 | Pacific | 1/7/1930 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| 64 | Ron Marciniak | 23 | G | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Kansas State | 7/16/1932 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 7th / 80th pick / 1955 |
| 70 | Fred Miller | 24 | T | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pacific | 8/30/1931 | Rook | |
| 49 | Jim Monachino | 26 | HB-FB-DB | 7 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | California | 7/9/1929 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 12th / 137th pick / 1951 |
| 66 | Jim Norman | 21 | DT-T | 7 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | none | 1/2/1934 | Rook | |
| 20 | Hal Norris | 24 | LB-DB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | California | 11/4/1931 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 16th / 183rd pick / 1955 |
| 88 | Chet Ostrowski | 25 | DE | 11 | 11 | 232 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/8/1930 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 115th pick / 1952 |
| 79 | Volney Peters* | 27 | DT-T-DE | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-4 | USC | 1/1/1928 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 151st pick / 1951 |
| 28 | Joe Scudero* | 25 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 173 | 5-10 | San Francisco | 7/2/1930 | 1 | |
| 67 | Red Stephens | 25 | G | 11 | 11 | 230 | 6-0 | San Francisco | 5/10/1930 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 267th pick / 1952 |
| 87 | Ralph Thomas | 28 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | San Francisco | 12/6/1927 | 3 | |
| 53 | LaVern Torgeson* | 26 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Washington State | 2/28/1929 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 58th pick / 1951 |
| 50 | Harry Ulinski* | 30 | C | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 4/4/1925 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 45th pick / 1950 |
| 63 | Cas Witucki | 27 | G | 2 | 0 | 245 | 5-11 | Indiana | 5/26/1928 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 21st / 266th pick / 1950 |
| 29 | Bert Zagers | 22 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 1/30/1933 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 84th pick / 1955 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 12 | 211.5 | 6-0.6 | 1.9 |