1940 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 9-2-0 .818 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Ray Flaherty |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/2/1940 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-28 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 14978 | |
| Tue | 9/10/1940 | N | Eastern College All-Stars | 12-35 | L | Boston, MA | 26000 | ||
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32763 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | H | New York Giants | 21-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34712 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 40-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 25213 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33694 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 26083 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-14 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 28909 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 37-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 31204 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-16 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 33846 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-3 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35231 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | New York Giants | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 46439 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-6 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25838 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-73 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36034 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Andrako | 29 | C-LB | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Barber | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 223 | 28 | San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Sammy Baugh | 33 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 182 | 26 | Texas Christian | 11 | 11 |
| Vic Carroll | 26 | C-LB | 6-3 | 231 | 28 | Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno | 11 | 4 |
| Turk Edwards | 17 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 255 | 33 | Washington State | 2 | 1 |
| Andy Farkas | 44 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 192 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Farman | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 219 | 24 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Frank Filchock | 30 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 193 | 24 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Fisher | 38 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Southern California | 6 | 1 |
| Ray Hare | 42 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Gonzaga | 5 | 1 |
| Bob Hoffman | 43 | BB-S | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 31 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 193 | 23 | Washington | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Justice | 13 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Gonzaga | 7 | 6 |
| Max Krause | 25 | BB-S | 5-10 | 202 | 31 | Gonzaga | 9 | 8 |
| Charley Malone | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 206 | 30 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Masterson | 28 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 1 |
| Bob McChesney | 32 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | UCLA | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Meade | 49 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Maryland | 10 | 4 |
| Wayne Millner | 40 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Notre Dame | 10 | 10 |
| Wilbur Moore | 35 | WB-RDH-BB-S | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Minnesota | 10 | 0 |
| Boyd Morgan | 12 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Southern California | 6 | 0 |
| Mickey Parks | 27 | C-LB | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 |
| Erny Pinckert | 11 | BB-S | 6-0 | 197 | 33 | Southern California | 11 | 0 |
| Bo Russell | 45 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Auburn | 11 | 0 |
| Sandy Sanford | 34 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Arkansas Tech JC; Alabama | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Seymour | 30 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Oklahoma | 9 | 0 |
| Clyde Shugart | 51 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Iowa State | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Slivinski | 16 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 213 | 23 | Washington | 10 | 10 |
| Clem Stralka | 39 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 215 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Titchenal | 18 | C-LB | 6-2 | 194 | 23 | Glendale CC; San Jose State | 10 | 7 |
| Dick Todd | 41 | FB-LB-BB-S-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 172 | 26 | Texas A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Wilkin | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 261 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 9 |
| Bill Young | 37 | LOT-LDT-OG-DG | 6-1 | 247 | 26 | Alabama | 9 | 1 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 22 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 201 | 22 | San Jose State | 6 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Ed Boell | B | New York University |
| 3 | 23 | Buddy Banker | B | Tulane |
| 5 | 38 | Bill Kirchem | T | Tulane |
| 6 | 48 | Joe Boyd | T | Texas A&M |
| 7 | 58 | Roy Zimmerman | B | San Jose State |
| 8 | 68 | Bud Orf | E | Missouri |
| 9 | 78 | Bob Hoffman | B | Southern California |
| 10 | 88 | Bob Seymour | B | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 98 | Howard Stoecker | T | Southern California |
| 12 | 108 | Allen Johnson | G | Duke |
| 13 | 118 | Sam Bartholomew | B | Tennessee |
| 14 | 128 | Ernie Lain | B | Rice |
| 15 | 138 | Sandy Sanford | E | Alabama |
| 16 | 148 | Bolo Perdue | E | Duke |
| 17 | 158 | Steve Andrako | C | Ohio State |
| 18 | 168 | Jay Graybeal | B | Oregon |
| 19 | 178 | Chuck Slagle | B | North Carolina |
| 20 | 188 | Buck Murphy | B | Georgia Tech |
| 21 | 193 | Mel Wetzel | T | Missouri |
| 22 | 198 | Steve Sitko | B | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 64 | 47 | 72 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 37 | 38 | 20 | 142 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 147 | / % | / % | 427 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | / % | / % | 380 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Todd | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jimmy Johnston | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bob Masterson | 4 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 42 |
| Bob Seymour | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wayne Millner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Wilbur Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bo Russell | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Frank Filchock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Justice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob McChesney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sandy Sanford | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 29 | 35 | 82.9 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 5 | 1 | 142 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 20 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Bo Russell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Sandy Sanford | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 26 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 0/ | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Todd | 76 | 408 | 5.4 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Johnston | 87 | 256 | 2.9 | 3 | |
| Bob Seymour | 57 | 170 | 3.0 | 4 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 31 | 127 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Frank Filchock | 50 | 126 | 2.5 | 2 | |
| Jim Meade | 48 | 115 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Moore | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 2 | |
| Ed Justice | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Wayne Millner | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Max Krause | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 20 | 16 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Hare | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Farkas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1402 | 3.5 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 1075 | 3.0 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 177 | 111 | 62.7 | 56 | 1367 | 7.7 | 12.3 | 81t | 12 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.6 | 85.6 | |||
| Frank Filchock | 54 | 28 | 51.9 | 17 | 460 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 47 | 6 | 11.1 | 9 | 16.7 | 78.2 | |||
| Roy Zimmerman | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 5 | 53 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 8.7 | |||
| Dick Todd | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 244 | 144 | 59.0 | 78 | 1887 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 18 | 7.4 | 22 | 9.0 | 70.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 125 | 43.6 | 144 | 1782 | 6.2 | 14.3 | 12 | 4.2 | 18 | 6.3 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Johnston | 29 | 350 | 12.1 | 3 | |||||
| Wayne Millner | 22 | 233 | 10.6 | 3 | |||||
| Charley Malone | 20 | 222 | 11.1 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Todd | 20 | 402 | 20.1 | 4 | |||||
| Bob Masterson | 18 | 283 | 15.7 | 4 | |||||
| Ed Justice | 15 | 170 | 11.3 | 2 | |||||
| Bob McChesney | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Meade | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |||||
| Wilbur Moore | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erny Pinckert | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Seymour | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Sanford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 144 | 1887 | 13.1 | 18 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 1782 | 14.3 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Filchock | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Erny Pinckert | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Ed Justice | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Seymour | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Farman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Meade | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 212 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 35 | 1799 | 51.4 | 85 | 1 | |||||
| Jimmy Johnston | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 55 | ||||||
| Jim Meade | 9 | 358 | 39.8 | 55 | ||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 7 | 256 | 36.6 | 47 | ||||||
| Dick Todd | 12 | 436 | 36.3 | 53 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 45.0 | 85 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 591 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Todd | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 591 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 741 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 2 |
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