1955 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Joe Kuharich |
| Dick Evans | Line |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Joe Tereshinski | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 6-7 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27237 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77935 | |
| wed | 8/24/1955 | N | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 23000 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-28 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23280 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1955 | N | Chicago Bears | 10-45 | L | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | 10704 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | N | Green Bay Packers | 33-31 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30041 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-30 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31891 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26337 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24168 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 51387 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | A | New York Giants | 7-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17402 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25741 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25112 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 31-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16901 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21760 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | New York Giants | 20-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28556 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 20547 | |
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 |
| Nick Adduci | 25 | LDH | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Alban | 42 | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Allen | 52 | C | 6-2 | 224 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 46 | FB | 6-2 | 211 | 25 | none | 11 | 8 |
| Roy Barni | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | San Francisco | 8 | 0 |
| Marv Berschet | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Illinois | 4 | 0 |
| Don Boll | 62 | LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 28 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | LDE | 6-1 | 226 | 30 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Carson | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Cox | 40 | LOE | 6-3 | 189 | 26 | Duke | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Davlin | 73 | OT-DE | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | Notre Dame; San Francisco | 9 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Michigan State | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Elter | 32 | FB-LOH | 5-10 | 201 | 26 | Duquesne; Villanova | 10 | 3 |
| Ralph Felton | 45 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Rob Goode | 39 | FB | 6-4 | 222 | 28 | Texas A&M | 3 | 2 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | QB-RS | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 9 | 4 |
| Norb Hecker | 48 | RS-LOH-K | 6-2 | 193 | 28 | Baldwin-Wallace | 12 | 7 |
| Walt Houston | 65 | LOG | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Miami (Florida); Purdue | 10 | 10 |
| Vic Janowicz | 43 | LOH-K | 5-9 | 187 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 10 |
| Charley Jones | 83 | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | George Washington | 10 | 1 |
| J.D. Kimmel | 76 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 246 | 26 | Army; Houston | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB-P | 5-8 | 166 | 25 | Pacific | 12 | 8 |
| Ron Marciniak | 64 | ROG-RDE-MG | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Kansas State | 12 | 2 |
| Fred Miller | 70 | ROT-ROG | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Santa Monica JC; Pacific | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Monachino | 49 | ROH | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | California | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Norman | 66 | LOT-LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 21 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Hal Norris | 20 | RS-RLB | 5-11 | 194 | 24 | California | 12 | 7 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 88 | RDE | 6-1 | 232 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| Volney Peters | 79 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Scudero | 28 | LS | 5-10 | 173 | 25 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Red Stephens | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Ralph Thomas | 87 | ROE | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 53 | RLB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Harry Ulinski | 50 | C | 6-4 | 229 | 30 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| Cas Witucki | 63 | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 245 | 27 | Indiana | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Zagers | 29 | ROH | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Ralph Guglielmi | QB | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 28 | Ray Perkins | B | Syracuse |
| 5 | 52 | Don Glantz | T | Nebraska |
| 7 | 76 | Erik Christensen | E | Richmond |
| 7 | 80 | Ron Marciniak | G | Kansas State |
| 8 | 87 | Johnny Allen | C | Purdue |
| 9 | 100 | Johnny Miller | T | Boston College |
| 10 | 111 | Tom Louderback | G | San Jose State |
| 11 | 124 | Larry Parker | B | North Carolina |
| 12 | 135 | John Barish | T | Waynesburg |
| 13 | 148 | Len Oniskey | T | Cornell |
| 14 | 159 | Tom Braatz | E | Marquette |
| 15 | 172 | Charley Horton | B | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | 183 | Hal Norris | B | California |
| 17 | 196 | Don Shea | G | Georgia |
| 18 | 207 | Don Bailey | B | Penn State |
| 19 | 220 | Bob Dee | E | Holy Cross |
| 20 | 231 | Ron Geyer | T | Michigan |
| 21 | 244 | Evans George | B | Clemson |
| 22 | 255 | Joe Boland | B | George Washington |
| 23 | 268 | Chick Donaldson | C | West Virginia |
| 24 | 279 | Bob Ready | T | Notre Dame |
| 25 | 292 | Frank Radella | C | Wyoming |
| 26 | 303 | Walt Houston | G | Purdue |
| 27 | 316 | A.J. Baker | B | Arkansas |
| 28 | 327 | Arch Cassidy | T | Florida |
| 29 | 340 | Warner Bordier | E | Southern California |
| 30 | 351 | Tom Petty | E | Virginia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 51 | 82 | 69 | 246 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 56 | 86 | 49 | 222 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 193 | 101 | 71 | 21 | / % | / % | 60 | 648 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 73 | 104 | 12 | / % | / % | 79 | 964 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Janowicz | 7 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 6 | 20 | 30.0 | 0 | 88 |
| Leo Elter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Carson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ralph Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bert Zagers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dale Atkeson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Roy Barni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 0 | 246 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 222 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Janowicz | 6 | 20 | 30.0 | 2 | 45 | 2/10 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Norb Hecker | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 2 | 45 | 2/10 | 2/4 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Janowicz | 93 | 397 | 4.3 | 33 | 4 |
| Bert Zagers | 89 | 395 | 4.4 | 41 | 2 |
| Leo Elter | 97 | 361 | 3.7 | 33t | 3 |
| Dale Atkeson | 77 | 300 | 3.9 | 45 | 1 |
| Jim Monachino | 46 | 207 | 4.5 | 24 | 2 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 37 | 190 | 5.1 | 25 | 4 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Al Dorow | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 478 | 2000 | 4.2 | 45 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 391 | 1275 | 3.3 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 178 | 79 | 44.4 | 84 | 1270 | 7.1 | 16.1 | 70 | 9 | 5.1 | 15 | 8.4 | 153 | 1117 | 50.5 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 62 | 20 | 32.3 | 38 | 242 | 3.9 | 12.1 | 43 | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 46 | 196 | 29.1 | |
| Al Dorow | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 9 | 37 | 3.1 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 35 | 5.2 | |
| Vic Janowicz | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 257 | 101 | 39.3 | 135 | 1549 | 6.0 | 15.3 | 70 | 11 | 4.3 | 21 | 8.2 | 201 | 1348 | 40.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 340 | 165 | 48.5 | 156 | 2189 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 19 | 5.6 | 274 | 1915 | 62.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Carson | 23 | 443 | 19.3 | 51 | 3 |
| Bert Zagers | 14 | 306 | 21.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 70 | 1 |
| Vic Janowicz | 11 | 149 | 13.5 | 48t | 3 |
| Ralph Thomas | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 25 | 2 |
| Dale Atkeson | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Monachino | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Cox | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Charley Jones | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Rob Goode | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 1549 | 15.3 | 70 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 165 | 2189 | 13.3 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norb Hecker | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 39 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roy Barni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 200 | 9.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 62 | 2581 | 41.6 | 57 | 0 | 296 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2581 | 41.6 | 57 | 0 | 296 | 36.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2676 | 41.2 | 407 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 25 | 241 | 9.6 | 49t | 1 | |
| Bert Zagers | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 55t | 1 | |
| Jim Monachino | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dick Alban | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Adduci | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 407 | 9.5 | 55t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 296 | 7.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 25 | 699 | 28.0 | 94t | 1 | |
| Bert Zagers | 11 | 280 | 25.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Roy Barni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Marciniak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 1097 | 25.5 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1023 | 24.4 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Adduci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Barni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Gene Brito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norb Hecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Kimmel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Marciniak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Monachino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Zagers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 0 |
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