1952 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Curly Lambeau |
| Herman Ball | Assistant Coach |
| Marvin Bass | Line |
| Jerry Neri | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1952 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35234 | |
| Thu | 8/21/1952 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 23-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 88110 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 14-27 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 19075 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1952 | N | Green Bay Packers | 7-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Blues Stadium | 7238 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | N | Detroit Lions | 7-45 | L | Norman, OK | University of Oklahoma Stadium | 40000 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1952 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 23-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17837 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-35 | L | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 9657 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-17 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24600 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22605 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 15-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 32496 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25866 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-38 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 16932 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-23 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28997 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | H | New York Giants | 10-14 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21125 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1952 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-48 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22679 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | A | New York Giants | 27-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21237 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22468 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Alban | 42 | LDH | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Bagdon | 68 | K-LOG | 5-10 | 204 | 26 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 33 | QB-P | 6-2 | 182 | 38 | Texas Christian | 8 | 3 |
| Ed Berrang | 82 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Villanova | 6 | 6 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 226 | 27 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Buddy Brown | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| George Buksar | 39 | LB-FB-K | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | Purdue; San Francisco | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Clark | 65 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 228 | 23 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Cloud | 34 | FB | 5-10 | 220 | 27 | William & Mary | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 40 | LS-LOH | 6-3 | 189 | 23 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Andy Davis | 26 | RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | George Washington | 9 | 9 |
| Al DeMao | 53 | C | 6-2 | 214 | 32 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| Harry Dowda | 44 | RDH-ROH | 6-2 | 199 | 30 | Wake Forest | 11 | 4 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | 11 |
| Ed Ecker | 75 | LDT | 6-7 | 276 | 29 | John Carroll | 9 | 9 |
| Neil Ferris | 27 | ROH-DB | 5-11 | 181 | 25 | Loyola Marymount | 4 | 1 |
| Harry Gilmer | 12 | LOH | 6-0 | 169 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Oklahoma | 11 | 9 |
| Jerry Hennessy | 88 | LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 26 | Santa Clara | 12 | 8 |
| Charlie Justice | 22 | LOH-P | 5-10 | 176 | 28 | North Carolina | 10 | 3 |
| Lou Karras | 70 | LOT | 6-4 | 241 | 25 | Purdue | 2 | 2 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB-P | 5-8 | 166 | 22 | Pacific | 12 | 9 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 29 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Tony Momsen | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Michigan | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Moss | 72 | ROT | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Laurie Niemi | 74 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 251 | 27 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Papit | 25 | ROH | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | Virginia | 10 | 1 |
| Gene Pepper | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Missouri | 12 | 12 |
| Knox Ramsey | 68 | LB-OG | 6-1 | 216 | 26 | William & Mary | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 55 | MG | 6-4 | 270 | 25 | Georgetown (DC) | 12 | 12 |
| Julie Rykovich | 20 | ROH-K | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois | 11 | 9 |
| Bob Sykes | 39/37 | DB-FB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Santa Rosa JC; San Jose State | 4 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 84 | LOE-ROE | 6-4 | 194 | 29 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 89 | LB-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Sam Venuto | 49 | LOH-FB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Guilford | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 43 | S-LOH | 5-11 | 177 | 25 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Woodard | 56 | C-LB | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Iowa | 12 | 1 |
| John Yonakor | 79 | RDE-LDT | 6-5 | 222 | 31 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Larry Isbell | B | Baylor |
| 2 | 19 | Andy Davis | B | George Washington |
| 3 | 31 | Al Dorow | B | Michigan State |
| 4 | 43 | Dick Hightower | C | Southern Methodist |
| 5 | 55 | Jim Clark | G | Oregon State |
| 6 | 67 | Ed Kensler | G | Maryland |
| 7 | 79 | Vic Janowicz | B | Ohio State |
| 8 | 91 | Hubert Johnston | T | Iowa |
| 9 | 103 | Dick Alban | B | Northwestern |
| 10 | 115 | Chet Ostrowski | E | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 127 | Orlando Mazza | E | Michigan State |
| 12 | 139 | Frank Middendorf | C | Cincinnati |
| 13 | 151 | Ray Potter | T | Louisiana State |
| 14 | 163 | Doug Conaway | T | Texas Christian |
| 15 | 175 | Julius Wittman | T | Ohio State |
| 16 | 187 | Marv Berschet | T | Illinois |
| 17 | 199 | Gil Bocetti | B | Washington & Lee |
| 18 | 211 | Ed Bartlett | E | California |
| 19 | 223 | Joe Marvin | B | UCLA |
| 20 | 235 | Roger Kinson | C | Missouri |
| 21 | 247 | Dick Jenkins | T | Illinois |
| 22 | 259 | Jim O'Rourke | B | North Carolina State |
| 23 | 271 | Ken Barfield | T | Mississippi |
| 24 | 283 | Ted Kirkland | E | Vanderbilt |
| 25 | 295 | Sal Gero | T | Elon |
| 26 | 307 | Frank Goode | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 27 | 319 | Ben White | E | Southern Methodist |
| 28 | 331 | Ron Engel | B | Minnesota |
| 29 | 343 | John Pappa | B | California |
| 30 | 355 | Bob Linn | B | Case Western Reserve |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 64 | 43 | 71 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 79 | 64 | 79 | 287 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 95 | 90 | 21 | / % | / % | 69 | 669 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 96 | 80 | 13 | / % | / % | 91 | 817 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| George Buksar | 0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 24 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leon Heath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Johnny Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Gene Brito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Bagdon | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Neil Ferris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Venuto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Berrang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 0 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Buksar | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 35 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ed Bagdon | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 29 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 35 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 1/ | 5/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Heath | 90 | 388 | 4.3 | 74 | 2 |
| Harry Gilmer | 100 | 365 | 3.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 94 | 361 | 3.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 43 | 164 | 3.8 | 32 | 2 |
| Charlie Justice | 36 | 129 | 3.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 34 | 102 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 15 | 3 |
| Neil Ferris | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Jack Cloud | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Venuto | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Sykes | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 467 | 1655 | 3.5 | 74 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 426 | 1817 | 4.3 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 194 | 96 | 49.5 | 83 | 1420 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 70t | 14 | 7.2 | 15 | 7.7 | 249 | 1171 | 65.7 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 58 | 31 | 53.4 | 23 | 555 | 9.6 | 17.9 | 61 | 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 6.9 | 124 | 431 | 80.7 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 12 | 152 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 20 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 3.0 | 14 | 138 | 79.4 | |
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 286 | 147 | 51.4 | 118 | 2127 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 70t | 20 | 7.0 | 21 | 7.3 | 387 | 1740 | 68.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 275 | 121 | 44.0 | 136 | 1817 | 6.6 | 15.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 18 | 6.5 | 237 | 1580 | 53.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 41 | 961 | 23.4 | 70t | 12 |
| Leon Heath | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Gene Brito | 21 | 270 | 12.9 | 28t | 2 |
| Julie Rykovich | 16 | 283 | 17.7 | 42 | 1 |
| Harry Gilmer | 15 | 143 | 9.5 | 37 | 1 |
| Charlie Justice | 11 | 106 | 9.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Harry Dowda | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Billy Cox | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Neil Ferris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Sykes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lou Karras | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 147 | 2127 | 14.5 | 70t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 1817 | 15.0 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Williams | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 38t | 1 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Berrang | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 301 | 16.7 | 38t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 203 | 9.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 51 | 2150 | 42.2 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 11 | 431 | 39.2 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Cox | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2806 | 41.3 | 68 | 0 | 610 | 32.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2262 | 41.1 | 452 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Williams | 24 | 366 | 15.3 | 74t | 2 | |
| Charlie Justice | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Neil Ferris | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 452 | 11.0 | 74t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 610 | 13.0 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Williams | 20 | 486 | 24.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Charlie Justice | 10 | 209 | 20.9 | 35 | 0 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Neil Ferris | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Sam Venuto | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gene Brito | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jack Cloud | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1052 | 20.6 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1017 | 24.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Berrang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Ecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Heath | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Momsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Moss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Niemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Knox Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Tereshinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Venuto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dick Woodard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 1 |
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