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1963 Washington Redskins

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 279 points (19.9/g), 11th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 398 points (28.4/g), 14th.
 Differential of -119 points (-8.5/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 4.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -22 (-1.6/g), 14th.

Coached by Bill McPeak (3-11-0)

1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Starters

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Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 Offensive Starters Complete Team Stats
QB Norm Snead* 24 2 14 175 for 363, 3,043 yards, 13 td, 27 int, & 23 rushes for 100 yards and 2 td

Washington Redskins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1961
Buffalo Bills / 5th / 35th pick / 1961

HB Dick James 29 7 0 105 rushes for 384 yards, 4 td, & 15 catches for 302 yards and 2 td

Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956

HB Billy Ray Barnes 28 6 0 93 rushes for 374 yards, 5 td, & 15 catches for 256 yards and 1 td

Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 19th pick / 1957

FB Don Bosseler 27 6 0 79 rushes for 290 yards, 2 td, & 25 catches for 289 yards and 0 td

Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1957

FL Bobby Mitchell* 28 5 0 69 catches for 1,436 yards, 7 td, & 3 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td

Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958

SE Pat Richter 22 Rook 0 27 catches for 383 yards, 3 td

Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963
Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th pick / 1963

TE Fred Dugan 30 5 0 20 catches for 288 yards, 3 td

San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 80th pick / 1957

LT Riley Mattson 25 2 14

Washington Redskins / 11th / 143rd pick / 1961

LG John Nisby 27 6 0 1 fumble recovered

Green Bay Packers / 6th / 70th pick / 1957

C Fred Hageman 26 2 0 1 fumble recovered

New York Giants / 8th / 96th pick / 1960

RG Vince Promuto* 25 3 14 1 fumble recovered

Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960

RT Fran O'Brien 27 4 0

Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959

 Defensive Starters
LDE John Paluck 28 7 0 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered

Washington Redskins / 2nd / 24th pick / 1956

LDT Bob Toneff 33 11 0 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1952

RDT Joe Rutgens* 24 2 14 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961
Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1961

RDE Andy Stynchula 24 3 0 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 28th pick / 1960

LLB Bob Pellegrini 29 7 0 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered

Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1956

MLB Carl Kammerer 26 2 0 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960

RLB Rod Breedlove 25 3 0 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered

San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 35th pick / 1960

LCB Jim Steffen 27 4 0 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

Detroit Lions / 13th / 149th pick / 1959

RCB Lonnie Sanders 22 Rook 0 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963
Denver Broncos / 10th / 77th pick / 1963

LS Claude Crabb 23 1 0 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

Buffalo Bills / 27th / 212th pick / 1962
Washington Redskins / 19th / 253rd pick / 1962

RS Dale Hackbart 25 3 0 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered

Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960

 Special Teams Starters
K Bob Khayat 25 3 0 12 of 26 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points

Cleveland Browns / 6th / 69th pick / 1960

P Pat Richter 22 Rook 0 53 punts for a 41.7 average, 0 blocked

Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963
Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th pick / 1963

PR Dick James 29 7 0 16 punt returns for a 13.4 average and 0 td

Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956

KR Dick James 29 7 0 30 kick returns for a 27.7 average and 0 td

Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956

Roster

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Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Bill Anderson 27 E-TE 13 0 211 6-3 Tennessee 7/16/1936 5

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 31st pick / 1958

Billy Ray Barnes 28 HB 12 0 201 5-11 Wake Forest 5/14/1935 6

Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 19th pick / 1957

Don Bosseler 27 FB 14 0 212 6-1 Miami (FL) 1/24/1936 6

Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1957

Rod Breedlove 25 LB 14 0 230 6-2 Maryland 3/10/1938 3

San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 35th pick / 1960

Frank Budd 24 WR 14 0 187 5-10 Villanova 7/20/1939 1

Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 96th pick / 1962

Harry Butsko 22 LB 4 0 225 6-3 Maryland 2/2/1941 Rook

Washington Redskins / 15th / 203rd pick / 1963
San Diego Chargers / 27th / 210th pick / 1963

Jim Collier 24 TE 14 0 205 6-3 Arkansas 5/8/1939 1

Buffalo Bills / 31st / 244th pick / 1962
New York Giants / 7th / 95th pick / 1961

Claude Crabb 23 DB-WR 13 0 192 6-1 Colorado,USC 3/8/1940 1

Buffalo Bills / 27th / 212th pick / 1962
Washington Redskins / 19th / 253rd pick / 1962

Jim Cunningham 24 FB 14 0 224 6-0 Pittsburgh 3/11/1939 2

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 39th pick / 1961
New York Titans / 14th / 109th pick / 1961

Andy Cvercko 26 G 8 0 243 6-1 Northwestern 11/6/1937 3

Green Bay Packers / 5th / 55th pick / 1959

Ben Davidson 23 DE-DT 14 0 275 6-8 Washington 6/14/1940 2

New York Giants / 4th / 46th pick / 1961

Fred Dugan 30 E 14 0 205 6-3 Dayton 5/12/1933 5

San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 80th pick / 1957

Wiley Feagin 26 G 2 0 235 6-2 Houston,Texas 8/28/1937 2
Dave Francis 22 FB 8 0 210 6-1 Ohio State 4/15/1941 Rook

Washington Redskins / 7th / 91st pick / 1963

Dale Hackbart 25 DB 14 0 210 6-3 Wisconsin 7/21/1938 3

Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960

Fred Hageman 26 C-LB 14 0 242 6-5 Arkansas,Kansas 6/30/1937 2

New York Giants / 8th / 96th pick / 1960

George Izo 26 QB 5 0 218 6-4 Notre Dame 9/20/1937 3

St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1960

Leroy Jackson 24 HB 5 0 198 6-0 Western Illinois 12/8/1939 1

Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1962
Boston Patriots / 2nd / 14th pick / 1962

Dick James 29 HB-DB 14 0 179 5-9 Oregon 5/22/1934 7

Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956

Carl Kammerer 26 DE-LB 14 0 243 6-3 Pacific,San Francisco State 3/20/1937 2

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960

Gorden Kelley 25 LB 14 0 231 6-3 Georgia 6/11/1938 3
Bob Khayat 25 G-K-C 14 0 230 6-2 Mississippi 4/18/1938 3

Cleveland Browns / 6th / 69th pick / 1960

Ed Khayat 28 DT-DE-T 10 0 240 6-3 Millsaps,Tulane 9/14/1935 6
Riley Mattson 25 T 14 14 252 6-4 Oregon 12/18/1938 2

Washington Redskins / 11th / 143rd pick / 1961

Al Miller 23 LB 11 0 228 6-0 Ohio 4/18/1940 1

New York Titans / 17th / 133rd pick / 1962
Washington Redskins / 17th / 225th pick / 1962

Bobby Mitchell* 28 FL-HB-WR 14 0 192 6-0 Illinois 6/6/1935 5

Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958

John Nisby 27 G 14 0 235 6-1 Pacific 9/9/1936 6

Green Bay Packers / 6th / 70th pick / 1957

Fran O'Brien 27 T 13 0 253 6-1 Michigan State 4/17/1936 4

Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959

John Paluck 28 DE 14 0 241 6-2 Pittsburgh 5/23/1935 7

Washington Redskins / 2nd / 24th pick / 1956

Bob Pellegrini 29 LB-G 14 0 233 6-2 Maryland 11/13/1934 7

Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1956

Vince Promuto* 25 G 14 14 245 6-1 Holy Cross 6/8/1938 3

Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960

Pat Richter 22 TE-SE-P 14 0 229 6-5 Wisconsin 9/9/1941 Rook

Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963
Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th pick / 1963

Joe Rutgens* 24 DT 14 14 255 6-2 Illinois 1/26/1939 2

Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961
Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1961

Ted Rzempoluch 22 DB 6 0 195 6-1 Virginia 5/31/1941 Rook
Johnny Sample 26 DB 2 0 203 6-1 Md-Eastern Shore 6/15/1937 5

Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958

Lonnie Sanders 22 DB 14 0 207 6-3 Michigan State 11/6/1941 Rook

Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963
Denver Broncos / 10th / 77th pick / 1963

Norm Snead* 24 QB 14 14 215 6-4 Wake Forest 7/31/1939 2

Washington Redskins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1961
Buffalo Bills / 5th / 35th pick / 1961

Ron Snidow 22 DE-DT 13 0 250 6-3 Oregon 12/30/1941 Rook

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963
Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1963

Jim Steffen 27 DB 13 0 195 6-0 Occidental,UCLA 5/1/1936 4

Detroit Lions / 13th / 149th pick / 1959

Andy Stynchula 24 DE-DT 14 0 252 6-3 Penn State 1/7/1939 3

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 28th pick / 1960

Bob Toneff 33 DT-DE-T-LB-G 14 0 260 6-2 Notre Dame 6/23/1930 11

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1952

Tom Tracy 29 HB-FB 2 0 205 5-9 Tennessee 9/7/1934 7

Detroit Lions / 5th / 50th pick / 1956

Team Total 25.5 14 223.6 6-1.8 3.2