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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -9.0, Offense: -7.3, Defense: -1.6, SoS: -5.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bill McPeak
Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| 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 Houston Oilers / 2nd / 9th 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 |
| P | Pat Richter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 54 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Preston Carpenter | 31 | 9 | 0 | 23 catches for 298 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Jim Snowden | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 59th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 114th pick / 1964 |
| LG | Don Croftcheck | 23 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 105th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 133rd pick / 1965 |
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| C | Len Hauss | 23 | 1 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 115th pick / 1964 | |
| RG | Vince Promuto | 27 | 5 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960 | |
| 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 Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1963 |
| LDT | Fred Williams | 36 | 13 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 | |
| RDT | Joe Rutgens* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Carl Kammerer | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960 |
| 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 |
| 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 Denver Broncos / 10th / 77th 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 Denver Broncos / 12th / 89th 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 Buffalo Bills / 5th / 36th pick / 1963 |
| P | Pat Richter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 54 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Willie Adams | 24 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | New Mexico St. | 12/12/1941 | Rook | 1 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 146th pick / 1965 | |
| 25 | Pervis Atkins | 30 | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | San Francisco St.,New Mexico St. | 11/24/1935 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 30th pick / 1960 | |
| 30 | Bob Briggs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Central Oklahoma | 1/12/1941 | Rook | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 133rd pick / 1965 | |
| 89 | Preston Carpenter | 31 | TE | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 9 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| 21 | Jimmy Carr | 32 | 13 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Charleston (WV) | 3/25/1933 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Rick Casares | 34 | 3 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Florida | 7/4/1931 | 10 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1954 | |
| 48 | Angelo Coia | 27 | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Citadel,USC | 4/21/1938 | 5 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 237th pick / 1960 | |
| 54 | Don Croftcheck | 23 | LG | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Indiana | 9/12/1942 | Rook | 5 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 105th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 133rd pick / 1965 |
| 57 | Dave Crossan | 25 | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Maryland | 6/8/1940 | Rook | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 16th / 125th pick / 1963 |
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| 62 | Darrell Dess | 30 | 13 | 0 | 243 | 6-0 | North Carolina St. | 7/11/1935 | 7 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 | |
| 55 | Chris Hanburger | 24 | rlb | 14 | 5 | 218 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 8/13/1941 | Rook | 4 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 245th pick / 1965 |
| 46 | Rickie Harris | 22 | PR | 14 | 2 | 182 | 5-11 | Arizona | 5/15/1943 | Rook | 4 | |
| 56 | Len Hauss | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/11/1942 | 1 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 115th pick / 1964 |
| 70 | Sam Huff | 31 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 10/4/1934 | 9 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| 39 | George Hughley | 26 | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Central Oklahoma | 6/26/1939 | Rook | 3 | ||
| 23 | Billy Hunter | 23 | KR | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/5/1942 | Rook | 0 | |
| 81 | Bob Jencks | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-5 | Miami (OH) | 7/15/1941 | 2 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 25th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 5th / 36th pick / 1963 |
| 9 | Sonny Jurgensen | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 202 | 5-11 | Duke | 8/23/1934 | 8 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 43rd pick / 1957 |
| 66 | Carl Kammerer | 28 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | San Francisco St.,Pacific | 3/20/1937 | 4 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1960 |
| 26 | Paul Krause*+ | 23 | RS | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/19/1942 | 1 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 18th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 12th / 89th pick / 1964 |
| 22 | Dan Lewis | 29 | FB | 13 | 0 | 199 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 2/14/1936 | 7 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 73rd pick / 1958 |
| 20 | Fred Mazurek | 22 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Catholic,Pittsburgh | 3/21/1943 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 49 | Bobby Mitchell | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Illinois | 6/6/1935 | 7 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| 61 | Fran O'Brien | 29 | RT | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 4/17/1936 | 6 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959 |
| 86 | John Paluck | 30 | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 5/23/1935 | 9 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 24th pick / 1956 | |
| 53 | Bob Pellegrini | 31 | RLB | 13 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Maryland | 11/13/1934 | 9 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1956 |
| 65 | Vince Promuto | 27 | RG | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 6/8/1938 | 5 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 48th pick / 1960 |
| 85 | Bill Quinlan | 33 | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 6/19/1932 | 8 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 37th pick / 1956 | |
| 67 | Robert Reed | 22 | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Tennessee St. | 2/23/1943 | Rook | 1 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 90th pick / 1965 Washington Redskins / 16th / 217th pick / 1965 |
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| 51 | John Reger | 34 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 9/11/1931 | 10 | 7 | |
| 88 | Pat Richter | 24 | P | 11 | 0 | 229 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 9/9/1941 | 2 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 10th / 78th pick / 1963 |
| 72 | Joe Rutgens* | 26 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-2 | Illinois | 1/26/1939 | 4 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1961 Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1961 |
| 24 | Johnny Sample | 28 | LCB | 13 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 7 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| 40 | Lonnie Sanders | 24 | RCB | 7 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 11/6/1941 | 2 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 10th / 77th pick / 1963 |
| 38 | John Seedborg | 22 | 1 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 1/23/1943 | Rook | 0 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1964 | |
| 14 | Dick Shiner | 23 | qb | 14 | 1 | 201 | 6-0 | Maryland | 7/18/1942 | 1 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 87th pick / 1964 New York Jets / 20th / 155th pick / 1964 |
| 47 | Jim Shorter | 26 | 13 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 6/8/1939 | 3 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 193rd pick / 1962 | |
| 87 | Jerry Smith | 22 | te | 14 | 5 | 208 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 7/19/1943 | Rook | 4 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 118th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 18th / 141st pick / 1965 |
| 78 | Ron Snidow | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 2 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 35th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1963 |
| 74 | Jim Snowden | 23 | LT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 1/12/1942 | Rook | 5 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 59th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 114th pick / 1964 |
| 41 | Jim Steffen | 29 | LS | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Occidental,UCLA | 5/1/1936 | 6 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 149th pick / 1959 |
| 42 | Charley Taylor* | 24 | HB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 9/28/1941 | 1 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 Houston Oilers / 2nd / 9th pick / 1964 |
| 43 | Tom Walters | 23 | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 6/11/1942 | 1 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 16th / 214th pick / 1964 | |
| 75 | Fred Williams | 36 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 2/8/1929 | 13 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.7 | 3.9 |
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