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1957 Washington Redskins
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Record: 5-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 251 points (20.9/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 230 points (19.2/g), 5th.
Differential of 21 points (1.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-5.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 8th.
Coached by Joe Kuharich (5-6-1)
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1957 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary 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* | 27 | 5 | 12 | 99 for 167, 1,508 yards, 11 td, 10 int, & 20 rushes for -12 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| FB | Don Bosseler | 21 | Rook | 0 | 167 rushes for 673 yards, 7 td, & 19 catches for 152 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1957 |
| LH | Ed Sutton | 22 | Rook | 0 | 108 rushes for 407 yards, 5 td, & 2 catches for 32 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1957 |
| RH | Jim Podoley* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 114 rushes for 442 yards, 2 td, & 27 catches for 554 yards and 4 td | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1957 |
| LE | John Carson* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 34 catches for 583 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| LT | Don Boll | 30 | 4 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Red Stephens | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 267th pick / 1952 |
| C | Jim Schrader | 25 | 3 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 20th pick / 1954 |
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| C | Johnny Allen | 24 | 2 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 87th pick / 1955 |
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| RG | Dick Stanfel*+ | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1951 |
| RT | Ray Lemek | 23 | Rook | 12 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
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| RE | Steve Meilinger | 27 | 1 | 0 | 13 catches for 183 yards, 2 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 8th pick / 1954 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gene Brito*+ | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 17th / 196th pick / 1951 |
| LDT | Volney Peters | 29 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 151st pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | Don Owens | 25 | Rook | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 30th pick / 1957 |
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| RDE | Chet Ostrowski | 27 | 3 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 115th pick / 1952 |
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| LLB | Ralph Felton | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 4th / 39th pick / 1954 |
| MLB | Chuck Drazenovich* | 30 | 7 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 82nd pick / 1949 |
| RLB | LaVern Torgeson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 58th pick / 1951 |
| LDH | Dick James | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956 |
| RDH | Don Shula | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| LS | Joe Scudero | 27 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RS | Norb Hecker | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Sam Baker | 28 | 4 | 0 | 14 of 23 field goals & 29 of 30 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| P | Sam Baker | 28 | 4 | 0 | 50 punts for a 42.8 average, 0 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| PR | Bert Zagers | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 15.5 average and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 84th pick / 1955 |
| KR | Bert Zagers | 24 | 2 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 23.2 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 84th pick / 1955 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Johnny Allen | 24 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Purdue | 6/4/1933 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 87th pick / 1955 |
| Sam Baker | 28 | K-FB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 11/12/1929 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| Don Boll | 30 | T-G | 12 | 12 | 270 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1953 |
| Don Bosseler | 21 | FB | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 1/24/1936 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Braatz | 24 | LB-E | 10 | 0 | 216 | 6-1 | Marquette | 5/12/1933 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 14th / 159th pick / 1955 |
| Gene Brito*+ | 32 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Loyola Marymount | 10/23/1925 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 17th / 196th pick / 1951 |
| Rudy Bukich | 25 | QB | 7 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Iowa,USC | 3/15/1932 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 24th pick / 1953 |
| John Carson* | 27 | E | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-3 | Georgia | 1/31/1930 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| Art DeCarlo | 26 | DB-E | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/23/1931 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1953 |
| Bob Dee | 24 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Chuck Drazenovich* | 30 | LB-FB | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/7/1927 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 82nd pick / 1949 |
| Leo Elter | 28 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 5-10 | Duquesne,Villanova | 10/21/1929 | 4 | |
| Ralph Felton | 25 | LB-DB-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Maryland | 5/21/1932 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 39th pick / 1954 |
| Bill Fulcher | 23 | LB-G | 2 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Georgia Tech | 2/9/1934 | 1 | |
| Norb Hecker | 30 | DB | 8 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Baldwin-Wallace | 5/26/1927 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| Dick James | 23 | HB-DB | 11 | 0 | 179 | 5-9 | Oregon | 5/22/1934 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956 |
| Ed Khayat | 22 | DT-DE-T | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Millsaps,Tulane | 9/14/1935 | Rook | |
| Eddie LeBaron* | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 168 | 5-9 | Pacific | 1/7/1930 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| Ray Lemek | 23 | T-G | 12 | 12 | 238 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 6/28/1934 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
| Gary Lowe | 23 | DB-HB | 1 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/4/1934 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 59th pick / 1956 |
| Steve Meilinger | 27 | E | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 12/12/1930 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 8th pick / 1954 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 27 | DE | 12 | 12 | 232 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/8/1930 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 115th pick / 1952 |
| Don Owens | 25 | DT-T | 10 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Southern Miss | 4/3/1932 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 30th pick / 1957 |
| Volney Peters | 29 | DT-T-DE | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-4 | USC | 1/1/1928 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 151st pick / 1951 |
| Jim Podoley* | 24 | HB-E | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Central Michigan | 9/16/1933 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1957 |
| Will Renfro | 25 | DT-DE-T | 11 | 0 | 233 | 6-5 | Memphis | 3/15/1932 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 24th / 284th pick / 1954 |
| Tommy Runnels | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | North Texas | 1/28/1934 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 168th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Schrader | 25 | C-T | 12 | 12 | 244 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/27/1932 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 20th pick / 1954 |
| Joe Scudero | 27 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 173 | 5-10 | San Francisco | 7/2/1930 | 3 | |
| Don Shula | 27 | DB | 11 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 1/4/1930 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| Dick Stanfel*+ | 30 | G | 12 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | San Francisco | 7/20/1927 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1951 |
| Red Stephens | 27 | G | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | San Francisco | 5/10/1930 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 267th pick / 1952 |
| Ed Sutton | 22 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 3/16/1935 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1957 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 28 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Washington State | 2/28/1929 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 58th pick / 1951 |
| Ed Voytek | 22 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Purdue | 4/4/1935 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 22nd / 261st pick / 1957 |
| Joe Walton | 22 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 12/15/1935 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 21st pick / 1957 |
| Billy Wells | 26 | HB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Michigan State | 12/7/1931 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| Bert Zagers | 24 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 1/30/1933 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 84th pick / 1955 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 12 | 213.6 | 6-0.8 | 2.5 |