1949 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Division 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: John Whelchel (3-3-1); Herman Ball (1-4-0) |
| Turk Edwards | Line |
| Wilbur Moore | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/26/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 34-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64227 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1949 | N | Detroit Lions | 31-7 | W | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 13985 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1949 | N | Chicago Bears | 17-38 | L | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | 14986 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 10-24 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 25000 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 35-24 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 12873 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24136 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 30000 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | H | New York Giants | 35-45 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30073 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 38-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26278 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-49 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 28855 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | New York Bulldogs | 14-14 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 3678 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26038 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-44 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 31107 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-31 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30418 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | New York Giants | 7-23 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 12985 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 30-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23200 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 27-53 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44899 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 42 | John Adams | RDT-ROT | 6-7 | 245 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Johnny Badaczewski | MG-RDG | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Sammy Baugh | QB | 6-2 | 182 | 35 | Texas Christian | 12 | 9 |
| 18 | Ed Berrang | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| 26 | Leon Cochran | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Auburn | 11 | 2 |
| 55 | Hal Crisler | ROE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | San Jose State; Iowa State | 11 | 11 |
| 53 | Al DeMao | RLB-C | 6-2 | 214 | 29 | Duquesne | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Harry Dowda | ROH-LDH? | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Wake Forest | 12 | 10 |
| 31 | Clyde Ehrhardt | C | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 1 |
| 52 | Harry Gilmer | QB | 6-0 | 169 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 3 |
| 21 | Rob Goode | LOH-LDH | 6-4 | 222 | 22 | Texas A&M | 12 | 9 |
| 38 | Clyde Goodnight | LDH-LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Tulsa | 10 | 8 |
| 48 | Bob Hendren | RDT-ROT | 6-8 | 244 | 26 | Culver-Stockton; Southern California | 12 | 3 |
| 51 | John Hollar | FB-RLB | 6-0 | 223 | 27 | Appalachian State | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Bill Katrishen | ROG | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 24 | Howie Livingston | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Fullerton JC | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | Tommy Mont | ROH-QB | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | Laurie Niemi | LDT-LOT? | 6-1 | 251 | 24 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 19 | Jim Peebles | ROT-LDE | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 8 |
| 25 | Dick Poillon | FB-LLB-K-P | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Canisius | 12 | 4 |
| 34 | Ed Quirk | FB | 6-1 | 231 | 24 | Missouri | 9 | 4 |
| 44 | Mike Roussos | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 |
| 99 | Eddie Saenz | LOH | 5-11 | 169 | 27 | Loyola Marymount; Southern California | 12 | 3 |
| 49 | Johnny Sanchez | LOT | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Dan Sandifer | S-LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Frank Seno | LDH | 6-0 | 191 | 28 | George Washington | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Herb Shoener | LDE | 6-3 | 206 | 26 | Lehigh; Iowa | 11 | 9 |
| 63 | Herb Siegert | LOG-LLB-ROG-LDG | 6-3 | 216 | 25 | Illinois Wesleyan; Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Joe Soboleski | RDE-ROG | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Michigan | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | John Steber | LOG-LDG-LB | 6-0 | 228 | 26 | Vanderbilt; Georgia Tech | 10 | 6 |
| 32 | Pete Stout | FB-LLB | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | North Texas; Texas Christian | 8 | 6 |
| 45 | Dick Stovall | MLB-LDG | 6-0 | 206 | 27 | Abilene Christian | 9 | 9 |
| 43 | Len Szafaryn | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 226 | 21 | North Carolina | 12 | 9 |
| 28 | Hugh Taylor | LOE | 6-4 | 194 | 26 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 12 |
| 37 | Joe Tereshinski | ROE | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Georgia | 8 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Rob Goode | B | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 18 | Laurie Niemi | T | Washington State |
| 3 | 28 | Len Szafaryn | T | North Carolina |
| 4 | 38 | Mike DeNoia | B | Scranton |
| 5 | 48 | Ed Berrang | E | Villanova |
| 7 | 68 | Chet Fritz | G | Missouri |
| 8 | 78 | Bob Kennedy | B | North Carolina |
| 9 | 88 | Ed McNeill | E | Michigan |
| 10 | 98 | Vic Vasicek | G | Texas |
| 11 | 108 | Homer Hobbs | G | Georgia |
| 12 | 118 | Harry Varner | T | Arizona |
| 13 | 128 | Ed Henke | T | Southern California |
| 14 | 138 | Pat Haggerty | E | William & Mary |
| 15 | 148 | Gene Frassetto | T | California |
| 16 | 158 | Dick Flowers | T | Alabama |
| 17 | 168 | Ross Pritchard | B | Arkansas |
| 18 | 178 | Herb Siegert | G | Illinois |
| 19 | 188 | Bob Hainlen | B | Colorado State |
| 20 | 198 | Ollie Fletcher | E | Southern California |
| 21 | 208 | Tommy Hughes | B | Duke |
| 22 | 218 | Bill Clements | E | UCLA |
| 23 | 228 | Frank Pattee | B | Kansas |
| 24 | 238 | Jim Cullom | G | California |
| 25 | 248 | Nick Sebek | B | Indiana |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 55 | 66 | 85 | |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 123 | 76 | 57 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 217 | 78 | 121 | 18 | / % | / % | 85 | 675 | |
| Opponents Totals | 233 | 120 | 95 | 18 | / % | / % | 74 | 676 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dick Poillon | 0 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 46 |
| Pete Stout | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Hal Crisler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Harry Dowda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dan Sandifer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rob Goode | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Hollar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Mont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Leon Cochran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herb Shoener | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 268 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 42 | 47 | 89.4 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | 339 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 30 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 30 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 2/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Goode | 61 | 261 | 4.3 | 54t | 2 |
| Pete Stout | 62 | 245 | 4.0 | 74t | 4 |
| Harry Dowda | 65 | 239 | 3.7 | 21t | 2 |
| Eddie Saenz | 53 | 170 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 31 | 167 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 40 | 139 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Leon Cochran | 34 | 135 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tommy Mont | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Dan Sandifer | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 |
| John Hollar | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Dick Poillon | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Jim Peebles | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 407 | 1579 | 3.9 | 74t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 487 | 2316 | 4.8 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 255 | 145 | 145 | 96 | 1903 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 76t | 18 | 7.1 | 14 | 5.5 | 85 | 1818 | 81.2 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 132 | 49 | 49 | 68 | 869 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 61t | 4 | 3.0 | 15 | 11.4 | 165 | 704 | 31.0 | |
| Tommy Mont | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 9 | 64.0 | |
| Team Totals | 394 | 197 | 197 | 168 | 2816 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 76t | 22 | 5.6 | 29 | 7.4 | 285 | 2531 | 61.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 316 | 148 | 148 | 150 | 2409 | 7.6 | 16.3 | 24 | 7.6 | 18 | 5.7 | 218 | 2191 | 74.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 45 | 781 | 17.4 | 76t | 9 |
| Hal Crisler | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 47t | 4 |
| Eddie Saenz | 23 | 251 | 10.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 19 | 293 | 15.4 | 35t | 3 |
| Rob Goode | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 30t | 2 |
| Pete Stout | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 39t | 2 |
| Leon Cochran | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| John Hollar | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Berrang | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 197 | 2816 | 14.3 | 76t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 2409 | 16.3 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Herb Siegert | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Stout | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 223 | 12.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 377 | 13.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 67 | 2697 | 40.3 | 59 | 1 | |||||
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2750 | 40.4 | 59 | 1 | 442 | 33.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2404 | 40.7 | 377 | 33.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 18 | 199 | 11.1 | 41 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 377 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 442 | 11.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 24 | 518 | 21.6 | 70 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 24 | 465 | 19.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Rob Goode | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Frank Seno | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mont | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1113 | 20.2 | 70 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 917 | 21.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Badaczewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Berrang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Dowda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 |
| Laurie Niemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Peebles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Eddie Saenz | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Frank Seno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Shoener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| Joe Soboleski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stout | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Stovall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 99 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1 |
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