1968 Washington Redskins

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFL Capital Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 249 points (17.8/g), 11th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 358 points (25.6/g), 14th.
Differential of -109 points (-7.8/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 4.2-9.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 10th.

Coached by Otto Graham (5-9-0)

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1968 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 15	box	W	1-0	@	Chicago Bears	38	28	18	337	263	74	1	18	316	151	165	3
2	Sun	September 22	box	L	1-1	@	New Orleans Saints	17	37	12	228	147	81	3	17	366	183	183	3
3	Sun	September 29	box	L	1-2	@	New York Giants	21	48	23	376	277	99	5	20	377	226	151	1
4	Sun	October 6	box	W	2-2		Philadelphia Eagles	17	14	17	320	196	124	1	13	221	138	83	4
5	Sun	October 13	box	W	3-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	16	13	19	294	178	116	2	17	287	104	183	3
6	Sun	October 20	box	L	3-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	14	41	21	313	257	56	2	24	321	148	173	1
7	Sun	October 27	box	L	3-4		New York Giants	10	13	9	142	73	69	2	22	297	124	173	2
8	Sun	November 3	box	L	3-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	14	27	9	133	92	41	4	15	317	102	215	3
9	Sun	November 10	box	W	4-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	10	17	267	92	175	2	13	276	207	69	2
10	Sun	November 17	box	L	4-6		Dallas Cowboys	24	44	13	289	207	82	2	24	515	295	220	2
11	Sun	November 24	box	L	4-7		Green Bay Packers	7	27	13	167	134	33	3	23	388	230	158	3
12	Thu	November 28	box	L	4-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	29	18	248	220	28	5	17	285	138	147	1
13	Sun	December 8	box	L	4-9		Cleveland Browns	21	24	21	326	212	114	3	15	354	205	149	3
14	Sun	December 15	box	W	5-9		Detroit Lions	14	3	13	208	136	72	2	21	368	238	130	4

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	249	3648	805	4.5	223	227	408	2484	23	18	5.6	132	360	1164	6	3.2	67	37	19	24
Team Defense	358	4683	877	5.3	396	202	359	2489	16	21	6.6	118	497	2194	18	4.4	259	35	14	19
Lg Rank Offense	11	13			11		4	5	5	7	8		16	16	14	16		10	16
Lg Rank Defense	14	14			12		7	12	5	7	12		14	15	14	14		9	7

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
Sonny Jurgensen	34	QB	12	12	167	292	57.2	1980	17	5.8	11	3.8	99	6.8	5.7	11.9	165.0	81.7
Jim Ninowski	32		7	2	49	95	51.6	633	4	4.2	6	6.3	56	6.7	4.2	12.9	90.4	60.5
Harry Theofiledes	24		5	0	11	20	55.0	211	2	10.0	1	5.0	39	10.6	9.3	19.2	42.2	104.4
Gary Beban	22		4	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total	25.8		14		227	408	55.6	2824	23	5.6	18	4.4	99	6.9	5.5	12.4	201.7	77.7
Opp Total			14		202	359	56.3	2489	16	4.5	21	5.8		6.9	4.7	12.3	177.8	68.3	21	173	6.6	4.0

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
Gerry Allen	27	HB	11	0	123	399	4	20	3.2	36.3	11.2	21	294	14.0	1	99	1.9	26.7	693	5	3
Bob Brunet	22	fb	7	0	71	227	0	15	3.2	32.4	10.1	18	160	8.9	1	39	2.6	22.9	387	1	7
Steve Thurlow	26	FB	6	0	51	184	0	11	3.6	30.7	8.5	12	151	12.6	0	56	2.0	25.2	335	0	1
Pete Larson	24		14	0	44	132	1	16	3.0	9.4	3.1	12	146	12.2	1	25	0.9	10.4	278	2	0
A.D. Whitfield	25		10	0	37	125	0	17	3.4	12.5	3.7	13	107	8.2	0	18	1.3	10.7	232	0	3
Bobby Mitchell	33	fl	14	0	10	46	0	13	4.6	3.3	0.7	14	130	9.3	0	18	1.0	9.3	176	0	1
Sonny Jurgensen	34	QB	12	12	8	21	1	11	2.6	1.8	0.7								21	1	2
Gary Beban	22		4	0	5	18	0	5	3.6	4.5	1.3	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.3	3.0	30	0	0
Dick Smith	24		10	0	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.5	0.3	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	1.5	20	0	0
Harry Theofiledes	24		5	0	3	0	0	7	0.0	0.0	0.6								0	0	1
Charley Taylor	27	SE	14	0	2	-3	0	4	-1.5	-0.2	0.1	48	650	13.5	5	47	3.4	46.4	647	5	1
Jim Ninowski	32		7	2	2	13	0	8	6.5	1.9	0.3								13	0	1
Mike Bragg	22	P	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1								-3	0	2
Jerry Smith	25	FL	13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	45	626	13.9	6	56	3.5	48.2	626	6	0
Pat Richter	27	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	42	533	12.7	9	40	3.0	38.1	533	9	0
Team Total	25.8		14		360	1164	6	20	3.2	83.1	25.7	227	2824	12.4	23	99	16.2	201.7	3988	29	29
Opp Total			14		497	2194	18		4.4	156.7	35.5	202	2489	12.3	16		14.4	177.8	4683	34	22

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
Rickie Harris	25	RCB	14	0	19	144	0	20	7.6	23	579	0	49	25.2	723
Bobby Mitchell	33	fl	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11	235	0	43	21.4	411
Dick Smith	24		10	0						10	228	0	30	22.8	248
Aaron Martin	26	RS	14	0	2	12	0	8	6.0	7	146	0	31	20.9	158
Jim Smith	22		14	0	6	38	0	25	6.3	3	61	0	26	20.3	99
Pete Larson	24		14	0						6	151	0	49	25.2	429
Walt Rock	27	LT	14	0						2	10	0	10	5.0	10
Walt Barnes	24		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Marlin McKeever	28		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Brig Owens	25	LS	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Team Total	25.8		14		29	194	0	25	6.7	64	1410	0	49	22.0	5592
Opp Total			14		45		2			51	996	0		19.5

Kicking & Punting

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

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Mike Bragg	22	P	14	0																	76	3288	64	2	43.3
Charlie Gogolak	24	K	14	0	3	3	5	3	3	3	7		1		19	9	47.4%	31	30	96.8%
Team Total	25.8		14		3	3	5	3	3	3	7		1		19	9	47.4%	31	30	96.8%	76	3288	64	2	43.3
Opp Total			14												32	23	71.9%	41	41	100.0%	57	2257			39.6

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
Gerry Allen	27	HB	11	0								3	2	0	0
Walt Barnes	24		14	0								0	1	0	0
Frank Bosch	23		14	0								0	1	0	0
Mike Bragg	22	P	14	0								2	1	0	0
Bob Brunet	22	fb	7	0								7	1	0	0
Jim Carroll	25		14	0								0	2	0	0
Dennis Crane	23	LDT	14	14								0	2	14	0
Pat Fischer	28	LCB	14	0		2	14	0	13			0	2	0	0
Chris Hanburger*	27	RLB	14	0		2	53	1	30			0	1	0	0
Rickie Harris	25	RCB	14	0		2	3	0	3			4	0	0	0
Sonny Jurgensen	34	QB	12	12								2	1	0	0
Pete Larson	24		14	0								0	1	0	0
Aaron Martin	26	RS	14	0		4	23	0	18
Bobby Mitchell	33	fl	14	0								1	0	0	0
Mike Morgan	26		14	0		2	23	0	14
Jim Ninowski	32		7	2								1	1	0	0
Brig Owens	25	LS	14	0		8	109	0	38			1	2	0	0
Walt Rock	27	LT	14	0								1	1	0	0
Joe Rutgens	29	RDT	13	0								0	1	0	0
Dick Smith	24		10	0		1	0	0	0
Jim Smith	22		14	0								1	3	61	1
Charley Taylor	27	SE	14	0								1	0	0	0
Harry Theofiledes	24		5	0								1	0	0	0
Steve Thurlow	26	FB	6	0								1	0	0	0
A.D. Whitfield	25		10	0								3	1	0	0
Team Total	25.8		14			21	225	1	38			29	24	75	1
Opp Total			14		37							22	8					1

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Charlie Gogolak	24	K	14	0							30	9		57
Pat Richter	27	TE	14	0		9								54
Jerry Smith	25	FL	13	0		6								36
Gerry Allen	27	HB	11	0	4	1								30
Charley Taylor	27	SE	14	0		5								30
Pete Larson	24		14	0	1	1								12
Ken Barefoot	23		8	0						1				6
Bob Brunet	22	fb	7	0		1								6
Chris Hanburger*	27	RLB	14	0					1					6
Sonny Jurgensen	34	QB	12	12	1									6
Jim Smith	22		14	0				1						6
Team Total	25.8		14		6	23		1	1	1	30	9		249
Opp Total			14		18	16	2				41	23	1	358

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