1959 Washington Redskins

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 185 points (15.4/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 350 points (29.2/g), 12th.
Differential of -165 points (-13.8/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.1/g), 9th.

Coached by Mike Nixon (3-9-0)

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1959 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

							Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date		Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27	L	0-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	21	49	23	419	226	193	5	25	569	319	250	1
2	Sun	October 4	W	1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	17	14	322	238	84	1	23	381	268	113	3
3	Sun	October 11	W	2-1		Chicago Cardinals	23	14	17	280	112	168	3	20	298	194	104	4
4	Sun	October 18	L	2-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	6	27	12	182	-13	195	6	13	187	53	134	3
5	Sun	October 25	L	2-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	34	14	244	91	153	5	20	412	240	172	1
6	Sun	November 1	L	2-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	30	21	378	124	254	3	17	354	142	212	2
7	Sun	November 8	W	3-4		Baltimore Colts	27	24	16	278	222	56	1	19	367	271	96	2
8	Sun	November 15	L	3-5		Cleveland Browns	17	31	15	353	98	255	3	19	430	154	276
9	Sun	November 22	L	3-6	@	Green Bay Packers	0	21	17	238	38	200	2	22	336	150	186	3
10	Sun	November 29	L	3-7	@	New York Giants	14	45	9	130	28	102	4	26	477	126	351	4
11	Sun	December 6	L	3-8		Philadelphia Eagles	14	34	16	317	188	129	4	26	426	275	151	2
12	Sun	December 13	L	3-9		New York Giants	10	24	19	346	171	175	3	22	407	238	169	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	185	3487	744	4.7	193	121	284	1523	13	23	4.7	80	422	1964	9	4.7	94	40	17	19
Team Defense	350	4644	745	6.2	395	185	319	2430	26	13	7.1	125	404	2214	19	5.5	252	27	14	18
Lg Rank Offense	12	9			9		8	12	10	10	11		4	2	12	3		9	8
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			12		7	12	12	11	11		5	12	12	12		11	8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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
Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8	77	173	44.5	1077	8	4.6	11	6.4	49	6.2	3.8	14.0	89.8	54.0
Ralph Guglielmi	26	qb	9	4	36	89	40.4	617	4	4.5	11	12.4	70	6.9	1.8	17.1	68.6	40.1
Eagle Day	27		4	1	6	13	46.2	79	0	0.0	1	7.7	20	6.1	2.6	13.2	19.8	33.8
Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	0	2	7	28.6	51	1	14.3	0	0.0	29	7.3	8.7	25.5	4.6	97.0
Don Bosseler*	23	FB	12	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Jim Podoley	26	rh	11	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total	26.3		12		121	284	42.6	1824	13	4.6	23	8.1	70	6.4	3.2	15.1	152.0	45.9
Opp Total			12		185	319	58.0	2430	26	8.2	13	4.1		7.6	6.6	13.1	202.5	92.3	22	176	7.1	5.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Don Bosseler*	23	FB	12	0	119	644	3	41	5.4	53.7	9.9	11	47	4.3	0	10	0.9	3.9	691	3	1
Dick James	25	RH	12	0	100	384	3	39	3.8	32.0	8.3	13	192	14.8	1	41	1.1	16.0	576	4	7
Johnny Olszewski	29		10	0	65	432	1	65	6.6	43.2	6.5	7	62	8.9	0	15	0.7	6.2	494	1	3
Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	0	61	232	1	30	3.8	21.1	5.5	4	63	15.8	0	26	0.4	5.7	295	1	0
Ralph Guglielmi	26	qb	9	4	26	97	0	19	3.7	10.8	2.9								97	0	2
Jim Podoley	26	rh	11	0	18	83	0	25	4.6	7.5	1.6	18	282	15.7	2	48	1.6	25.6	365	2	1
Dick Haley	22		12	8	14	51	1	15	3.6	4.3	1.2	2	14	7.0	0	8	0.2	1.2	65	1	2
Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8	13	7	0	15	0.5	0.6	1.1								7	0	5
Eagle Day	27		4	1	3	27	0	18	9.0	6.8	0.8								27	0	0
Sam Baker	30	P	12	0	2	3	0	5	1.5	0.3	0.2								3	0	0
Mike Sommer	25		1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0								4	0	0
Bill Anderson*	23	LE	11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	35	734	21.0	6	70	3.2	66.7	734	6	2
Joe Walton	24	RE	9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	317	15.1	3	41	2.3	35.2	317	3	1
John Carson	29		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	74	12.3	0	17	1.2	14.8	74	0	0
Ken MacAfee	30		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	39	9.8	1	19	0.6	5.6	39	1	0
Team Total	26.3		12		422	1964	9	65	4.7	163.7	35.2	121	1824	15.1	13	70	10.1	152.0	3788	22	25
Opp Total			12		404	2214	19		5.5	184.5	33.7	185	2430	13.1	26		15.4	202.5	4644	45	27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Dick James	25	RH	12	0	21	95	0	26	4.5	23	503	0	38	21.9	1174
Dick Haley	22		12	8	7	15	0	7	2.1	17	346	0	31	20.4	426
Jim Podoley	26	rh	11	0						5	126	0	28	25.2	491
Gary Glick	29	RS	9	9	1	9	0	9	9.0						9
Art Gob	22	RDE	11	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ken MacAfee	30		7	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	51
Johnny Olszewski	29		10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						494
Will Renfro	27		11	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ben Scotti	22	LDH	11	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Mike Sommer	25		1	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	23
Team Total	26.3		12		30	119	0	26	4.0	50	1006	0	38	20.1	4913
Opp Total			12		38		0			28	625	0		22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Kicking						Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Sam Baker	30	P	12	0	22	10	45.5%	22	21	95.5%	49	2229	66	0	45.5
Team Total	26.3		12		22	10	45.5%	22	21	95.5%	49	2229	66	0	45.5
Opp Total			12		19	10	52.6%	46	44	95.7%	42	1714			40.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Bill Anderson*	23	LE	11	0								2	0	0	0
Don Boll	32	LG	12	12								0	1	0	0
Don Bosseler*	23	FB	12	0								1	0	0	0
Tom Braatz	26	RLB	12	0		1	17	0	17			0	1	0	0
Don Churchwell	23		10	0								0	1	0	0
Chuck Drazenovich	32		12	0		1	0	0	0			0	1	3	0
Ralph Felton	27	LLB	12	0		2	6	0	6
Gary Glick	29	RS	9	9		2	35	0	35
Ralph Guglielmi	26	qb	9	4								2	0	0	0
Dick Haley	22		12	8		1	15	0	15			2	1	0	0
Dick James	25	RH	12	0		3	47	0	25			7	1	0	0
Emil Karas	26		11	4		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8								5	0	0	0
Richie McCabe	26	RDH	10	0		1	8	0	8			0	1	0	0
Ed Meadows	27		5	0								0	2	0	0
Doyle Nix	26	LS	8	0		1	19	0	19
Johnny Olszewski	29		10	0								3	1	0	0
Jim Podoley	26	rh	11	0								1	1	0	0
Jim Schrader*	27	C	12	12								0	1	0	0
Ben Scotti	22	LDH	11	8								1	2	0	0
Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	0								0	2	0	0
Bob Toneff*	29	LDT	12	12								0	5	0	0
Joe Walton	24	RE	9	0								1	0	0	0
Team Total	26.3		12			13	147	0	35			25	22	3	0			1
Opp Total			12		38							27	13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Sam Baker	30	P	12	0			21	10		51
Bill Anderson*	23	LE	11	0		6				36
Dick James	25	RH	12	0	3	1				24
Don Bosseler*	23	FB	12	0	3					18
Joe Walton	24	RE	9	0		3				18
Jim Podoley	26	rh	11	0		2				12
Dick Haley	22		12	8	1					6
Ken MacAfee	30		7	0		1				6
Johnny Olszewski	29		10	0	1					6
Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	0	1					6
Art Gob	22	RDE	11	6					1	2
Team Total	26.3		12		9	13	21	10	1	185
Opp Total			12		19	26	44	10		350

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