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1959 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-9-0, 5th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Nixon (3-9-0)

Points For: 185 (15.4/g) 12th of 12

Points Against: 350 (29.2/g) 12th of 12

Expected W-L: 2.2-9.8

SRS: -12.89 (12th of 12), SOS: .86

Other Notable Asst.: Ernie Hefferle (Offensive Line), Bill McPeak (Assistant Coach) and LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Griffith Stadium

Owner/President: George Preston Marshall

General Manager: Dick McCann

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Occidental College (Los Angeles, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	185	3487	706	4.9	40	17	193	121	284	1523	13	23	5.4	80	422	1964	9	4.7	94	51	453	19
Opp. Stats	350	4644	723	6.4	27	14	252	185	319	2430	26	13	7.6	125	404	2214	19	5.5	109	59	570	18
Lg Rank Offense	12	9			9	8	9		8	12	10	10	11		4	2	12	3
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			11	8	12		7	12	12	11	11		5	12	12	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 27		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	21	49	23	395	202	193	5	25	569	319	250	1
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	23	17	14	322	238	84	1	23	381	268	113	3
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	W		2-1		Chicago Cardinals	23	14	17	304	136	168	3	20	298	194	104	4
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		2-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	6	27	12	182	-13	195	6	13	187	53	134	3
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		2-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	34	14	244	91	153	5	20	412	240	172	1
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		2-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	30	21	378	124	254	3	17	354	142	212	2
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		3-4		Baltimore Colts	27	24	16	278	222	56	1	19	367	271	96	2
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	L		3-5		Cleveland Browns	17	31	15	353	98	255	3	19	430	154	276
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	L		3-6	@	Green Bay Packers	0	21	17	238	38	200	2	22	336	150	186	3
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	L		3-7	@	New York Giants	14	45	9	130	28	102	4	26	477	126	351	4
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		3-8		Philadelphia Eagles	14	34	16	317	188	129	4	26	426	275	151	2
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	L		3-9		New York Giants	10	24	19	346	171	175	3	22	407	238	169	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8	2-5-0	77	173	44.5	1077	8	4.6	11	6.4	49	6.2	4.3	14.0	89.8	54.0	136	0	1
2	Ralph Guglielmi	26	QB	9	4	1-4-0	36	89	40.4	617	4	4.5	11	12.4		6.9	2.3	17.1	68.6	40.1	130	0	0
3	Eagle Day	27	QB	4	1		6	13	46.2	79	0	0.0	1	7.7	20	6.1	2.6	13.2	19.8	33.8	29	0	0
4	Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	10		2	7	28.6	51	1	14.3	0	0.0	29	7.3	10.1	25.5	4.6	97.0		0	0
5	Don Bosseler	23	FB	12	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	12	0	0	PB
6	Jim Podoley	26	HB	11	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	3-9-0	121	284	42.6	1523	13	4.6	23	8.1	49	6.4	3.7	15.1	126.9	45.9	307	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Anderson	23	LE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	734	21.0	6	70	3.2	66.7	35	21.0	734	6	2	PB
2	Don Bosseler	23	FB	12	8	119	644	3	41	5.4	53.7	9.9	11	47	4.3	0	10	0.9	3.9	130	5.3	691	3	1	PB
3	Dick James	25	RH	12	10	100	384	3	39	3.8	32.0	8.3	13	192	14.8	1	41	1.1	16.0	113	5.1	576	4	7
4	Johnny Olszewski	29	FB	10	6	65	432	1	65	6.6	43.2	6.5	7	62	8.9	0	15	0.7	6.2	72	6.9	494	1	3
5	Jim Podoley	26	HB	11	4	18	83	0	25	4.6	7.5	1.6	18	282	15.7	2	48	1.6	25.6	36	10.1	365	2	1
6	Joe Walton	24	RE	9	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	317	15.1	3	41	2.3	35.2	21	15.1	317	3	1
7	Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	10	61	232	1	30	3.8	21.1	5.5	4	63	15.8	0	26	0.4	5.7	65	4.5	295	1	0
8	Ralph Guglielmi	26	QB	9	4	26	97	0	19	3.7	10.8	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	3.7	97	0	2
9	John Carson	29	E	5	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	74	12.3	0	17	1.2	14.8	6	12.3	74	0	0
10	Dick Haley	22	FS	12	11	14	51	1	15	3.6	4.3	1.2	2	14	7.0	0	8	0.2	1.2	16	4.1	65	1	2
11	Ken MacAfee	30	E	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	39	9.8	1	19	0.6	5.6	4	9.8	39	1	0
12	Eagle Day	27	QB	4	1	3	27	0	18	9.0	6.8	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	9.0	27	0	0
13	Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8	13	7	0	15	0.5	0.6	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	0.5	7	0	5
14	Mike Sommer	25	HB	1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
15	Sam Baker	30	K	12	0	2	3	0	5	1.5	0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	422	1964	9	65	4.7	163.7	35.2	121	1824	15.1	13	70	10.1	152.0	543	7.0	3788	22	24

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ralph Felton	27	LLB	12	12	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jim Schrader	27	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Bill Anderson	23	LE	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Dick Haley	22	FS	12	11	1	15	0	15	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bob Toneff	29	LDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Don Boll	32	LG	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Tom Braatz	26	RLB	12	10	1	17	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Dick James	25	RH	12	10	3	47	0	25	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ed Sutton	24	LH	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Gary Glick	29	RDH	9	9	2	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Joe Walton	24	RE	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Don Bosseler	23	FB	12	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Eddie LeBaron	29	QB	12	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Doyle Nix	26	SS	8	8	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ben Scotti	22	LDH	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Johnny Olszewski	29	FB	10	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Art Gob	22	RDE	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
18	Chuck Drazenovich	32	LB	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
19	Ralph Guglielmi	26	QB	9	4					2	0	0	0
20	Emil Karas	26	LB	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Richie McCabe	26	DB	10	4	1	8	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Podoley	26	HB	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ed Meadows	27	DE	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Don Churchwell	23	DT	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	13	147	0	35	25	22	3	0	0.0	1

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