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1965 Washington Redskins
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 257 points (18.4/g), 12th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 301 points (21.5/g), 6th.
Differential of -44 points (-3.1/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 5.7-8.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.
Coached by Bill McPeak (6-8-0)
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1965 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 | Sonny Jurgensen | 31 | 8 | 13 | 190 for 356, 2,367 yards, 15 td, 16 int, & 17 rushes for 23 yards and 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 43rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Charley Taylor* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 145 rushes for 402 yards, 3 td, & 40 catches for 577 yards and 3 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FB | Dan Lewis | 29 | 7 | 0 | 117 rushes for 343 yards, 2 td, & 25 catches for 276 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 6th / 73rd pick / 1958 |
| FL | Bobby Mitchell | 30 | 7 | 0 | 60 catches for 867 yards, 6 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| SE | Pat Richter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 16 catches for 189 yards, 2 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| SE | Angelo Coia | 27 | 5 | 0 | 18 catches for 240 yards, 3 td | Chicago Bears / 20th / 237th pick / 1960 |
| TE | Preston Carpenter | 31 | 9 | 0 | 23 catches for 298 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| TE | Jerry Smith | 22 | Rook | 5 | 19 catches for 257 yards, 2 td | Washington Redskins / 9th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| LT | Jim Snowden | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 59th pick / 1964 |
| LG | Don Croftcheck | 23 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 105th pick / 1965 |
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| C | Len Hauss | 23 | 1 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 115th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Vince Promuto | 27 | 5 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960 |
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| RT | Fran O'Brien | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron Snidow | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963 |
| LDT | Fred Williams | 36 | 13 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 |
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| RDT | Joe Rutgens* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Carl Kammerer | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960 |
| RDE | John Paluck | 30 | 9 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 24th pick / 1956 |
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| LLB | John Reger | 34 | 10 | 0 | ||
| MLB | Sam Huff | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| RLB | Bob Pellegrini | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1956 |
| RLB | Chris Hanburger | 24 | Rook | 5 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 18th / 245th pick / 1965 |
| LCB | Johnny Sample | 28 | 7 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Lonnie Sanders | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963 |
| LS | Jim Steffen | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 13th / 149th pick / 1959 |
| RS | Paul Krause*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 18th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Jencks | 24 | 2 | 0 | 10 of 22 field goals & 29 of 33 extra points | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 25th pick / 1963 |
| P | Pat Richter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 54 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Rickie Harris | 22 | Rook | 2 | 31 punt returns for a 12.2 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Billy Hunter | 23 | Rook | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 24.0 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Willie Adams | 24 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | New Mexico State | 12/12/1941 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 146th pick / 1965 |
| Pervis Atkins | 30 | FL-HB-WR | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,San Francisco State | 11/24/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 30th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Briggs | 24 | FB | 7 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Central Oklahoma | 1/12/1941 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 133rd pick / 1965 |
| Preston Carpenter | 31 | E-HB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| Jimmy Carr | 32 | DB-LB-HB | 13 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Charleston (WV) | 3/25/1933 | 10 | |
| Rick Casares | 34 | FB | 3 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Florida | 7/4/1931 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1954 |
| Angelo Coia | 27 | SE-WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Citadel,USC | 4/21/1938 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 237th pick / 1960 |
| Don Croftcheck | 23 | G-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Indiana | 9/12/1942 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 8th / 105th pick / 1965 |
| Dave Crossan | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Maryland | 6/8/1940 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1963 |
| Darrell Dess | 30 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 243 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 7/11/1935 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
| Chris Hanburger | 24 | LB | 14 | 5 | 218 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 8/13/1941 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 18th / 245th pick / 1965 |
| Rickie Harris | 22 | DB | 14 | 2 | 182 | 5-11 | Arizona | 5/15/1943 | Rook | |
| Len Hauss | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/11/1942 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 115th pick / 1964 |
| Sam Huff | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 10/4/1934 | 9 | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| George Hughley | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Central Oklahoma | 6/26/1939 | Rook | |
| Billy Hunter | 23 | B | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/5/1942 | Rook | |
| Bob Jencks | 24 | TE-K | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-5 | Miami (OH) | 7/15/1941 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 25th pick / 1963 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 202 | 5-11 | Duke | 8/23/1934 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 43rd pick / 1957 |
| Carl Kammerer | 28 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Pacific,San Francisco State | 3/20/1937 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960 |
| Paul Krause*+ | 23 | DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/19/1942 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 18th pick / 1964 |
| Dan Lewis | 29 | HB-FB | 13 | 0 | 199 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 2/14/1936 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 73rd pick / 1958 |
| Fred Mazurek | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Catholic,Pittsburgh | 3/21/1943 | Rook | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 30 | FL-HB-WR | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Illinois | 6/6/1935 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| Fran O'Brien | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 4/17/1936 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959 |
| John Paluck | 30 | DE | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 5/23/1935 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 24th pick / 1956 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 31 | LB-G | 13 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Maryland | 11/13/1934 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1956 |
| Vince Promuto | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 6/8/1938 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960 |
| Bill Quinlan | 33 | DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/19/1932 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 |
| Robert Reed | 22 | G | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1943 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 12th / 90th pick / 1965 |
| John Reger | 34 | LB-G | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 9/11/1931 | 10 | |
| Pat Richter | 24 | TE-SE-P | 11 | 0 | 229 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 9/9/1941 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| Joe Rutgens* | 26 | DT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-2 | Illinois | 1/26/1939 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 |
| Johnny Sample | 28 | DB | 13 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 24 | DB | 7 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 11/6/1941 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963 |
| John Seedborg | 22 | P | 1 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 1/23/1943 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1964 |
| Dick Shiner | 23 | QB | 14 | 1 | 201 | 6-0 | Maryland | 7/18/1942 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 87th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Shorter | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 6/8/1939 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 193rd pick / 1962 |
| Jerry Smith | 22 | TE-SE-FL | 14 | 5 | 208 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 7/19/1943 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 9th / 118th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Snidow | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Snowden | 23 | T-DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 1/12/1942 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 5th / 59th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Steffen | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Occidental,UCLA | 5/1/1936 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 149th pick / 1959 |
| Charley Taylor* | 24 | WR-SE-RB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 9/28/1941 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Tom Walters | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 6/11/1942 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 16th / 214th pick / 1964 |
| Fred Williams | 36 | DT-G | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 2/8/1929 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.7 | 3.9 |