1958 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: Joe Kuharich |
| Dick Evans | Line |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Joe Tereshinski | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73164 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1958 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 19-20 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 25442 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 18131 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1958 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-31 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 26242 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1958 | N | Green Bay Packers | 23-14 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1958 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 15168 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 36853 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1958 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-37 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21824 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | H | New York Giants | 14-21 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30348 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 37-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25228 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54403 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 19525 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 45-31 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26196 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-20 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32373 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | A | New York Giants | 0-30 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 46752 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 33240 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-14 | T | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23370 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22621 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Allen | 52 | RLB-MLB-C | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 5 |
| Bill Anderson | 42 | LOE | 6-3 | 211 | 22 | Tennessee | 12 | 9 |
| Sam Baker | 49 | K-P | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| Don Boll | 62 | LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 31 | Nebraska | 9 | 9 |
| Don Bosseler | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 212 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 3 |
| Tom Braatz | 84 | RLB | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | Marquette | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | LDE | 6-1 | 226 | 33 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Charlie Brueckman | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 3 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | Iowa; Southern California | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Carson | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Georgia | 4 | 3 |
| Gene Cichowski | 40 | RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Dee | 89 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Holy Cross | 9 | 3 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Ralph Felton | 45 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Maryland | 8 | 7 |
| Bill Fulcher | 54 | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 9 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| Dick James | 47 | RS-LS-LOH-ROH | 5-9 | 179 | 24 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Kuchta | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB | 5-8 | 166 | 28 | Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Lemek | 70 | ROT | 6-0 | 238 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Lynch | 25 | RDH | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Miller | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 24 | Boston College | 12 | 3 |
| Doyle Nix | 20 | LDH | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 11 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 0 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | California | 11 | 9 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 88 | RDE-LDT | 6-1 | 232 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Podoley | 24 | ROH | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Central Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Will Renfro | 71 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 233 | 26 | Memphis | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Schrader | 51 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Scudero | 28 | LS-LOH | 5-10 | 173 | 28 | San Francisco | 8 | 6 |
| Mike Sommer | 27 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | George Washington | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Stanfel | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 31 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Red Stephens | 67 | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sutton | 30 | LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | North Carolina | 10 | 6 |
| Ed Voytek | 66 | ROG-LOG-OT | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Purdue | 12 | 1 |
| Les Walters | 27 | RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | Penn State | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 81 | ROE | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Sid Watson | 41 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Northeastern | 10 | 3 |
| Jim Weatherall | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 |
| Bert Zagers | 29 | LS-ROH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Michigan State | 10 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 16 | Mike Sommer | B | George Washington |
| 3 | 28 | Stan Flowers | B | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 31 | Bill Anderson | B | Tennessee |
| 4 | 40 | Dan Nolan | QB | Lehigh |
| 5 | 54 | Jim Van Pelt | QB | Michigan |
| 6 | 66 | Dick Lynch | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 78 | Leon Bennett | T | Boston College |
| 8 | 90 | Buddy Payne | E | North Carolina |
| 9 | 102 | Frank Kuchta | C | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 114 | Ben Preston | T | Auburn |
| 11 | 126 | Darrell Dess | T | North Carolina State |
| 12 | 138 | Eddie Michaels | G | Villanova |
| 13 | 150 | Ken Ford | QB | Hardin-Simmons |
| 14 | 162 | Jack Farls | E | Penn State |
| 15 | 174 | Jack Davis | T | Arizona |
| 16 | 186 | Fred Polzer | E | Virginia |
| 17 | 198 | Fred Wilt | T | Richmond |
| 18 | 210 | Lennie King | B | Connecticut |
| 19 | 222 | Don Stephenson | C | Georgia Tech |
| 20 | 234 | Dan Pelham | E | Florida |
| 21 | 246 | Jacki Simpson | G | Mississippi |
| 22 | 258 | Charley Sanders | B | West Texas A&M |
| 23 | 270 | Ron Schomburger | E | Florida State |
| 24 | 282 | Rod Hanson | E | Illinois |
| 25 | 294 | John Groom | G | Texas Christian |
| 26 | 306 | Frank Bloomquist | G | Iowa |
| 27 | 318 | Perry Gehring | E | Minnesota |
| 28 | 330 | Joe Biggs | G | Hardin-Simmons |
| 29 | 342 | Ed Coffin | B | Syracuse |
| 30 | 353 | Ted Smith | E | Georgia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 88 | 34 | 41 | 214 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 58 | 56 | 96 | 268 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 213 | 111 | 90 | 12 | / % | / % | 40 | 365 | |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 100 | 102 | 13 | / % | / % | 61 | 642 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 64 |
| Joe Walton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Don Bosseler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Podoley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Sutton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sid Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bert Zagers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 214 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 268 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 7/8 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 7/8 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Olszewski | 98 | 505 | 5.2 | 45t | 2 |
| Don Bosseler | 109 | 475 | 4.4 | 23 | 4 |
| Ed Sutton | 93 | 335 | 3.6 | 18 | 3 |
| Jim Podoley | 48 | 169 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 46 | 166 | 3.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick James | 24 | 88 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Bert Zagers | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 480 | 1977 | 4.1 | 45t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 396 | 1734 | 4.4 | 83t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie LeBaron | 145 | 79 | 54.5 | 56 | 1365 | 9.4 | 17.3 | 71t | 11 | 7.6 | 10 | 6.9 | 132 | 1233 | 83.3 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 81 | 34 | 42.0 | 41 | 458 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 64t | 2 | 2.5 | 6 | 7.4 | 130 | 328 | 38.0 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 13 | 166 | 7.5 | 20.8 | 37 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 31 | 135 | 60.0 | |
| Ed Sutton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 251 | 121 | 48.2 | 113 | 1989 | 7.9 | 16.4 | 71t | 14 | 5.6 | 17 | 6.8 | 293 | 1696 | 65.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 300 | 152 | 50.7 | 132 | 2782 | 9.3 | 18.3 | 80t | 21 | 7.0 | 16 | 5.3 | 114 | 2668 | 84.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Walton | 32 | 532 | 16.6 | 41 | 5 |
| Bill Anderson | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 71t | 2 |
| Jim Podoley | 16 | 381 | 23.8 | 66 | 4 |
| Johnny Carson | 14 | 244 | 17.4 | 28t | 2 |
| Don Bosseler | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Ed Sutton | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Bert Zagers | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick James | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 1989 | 16.4 | 71t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 152 | 2782 | 18.3 | 80t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick James | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Doyle Nix | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Bert Zagers | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Les Walters | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 270 | 15.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 48 | 2181 | 45.4 | 64 | 0 | 235 | ||||
| Team Totals | 48 | 2181 | 45.4 | 64 | 0 | 235 | 40.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1546 | 36.8 | 143 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bert Zagers | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Sid Watson | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doyle Nix | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 143 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 235 | 7.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Watson | 19 | 443 | 23.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 9 | 212 | 23.6 | 39 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Mike Sommer | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Johnny Miller | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Will Renfro | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tom Braatz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 891 | 22.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 792 | 22.0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Cichowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fulcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kuchta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doyle Nix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Podoley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Schrader | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ed Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Zagers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0 |
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