1937 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 8-3-0 .727 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/12/1937 | A | Chicago Bears | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 15878 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Barber | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 223 | 25 | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |
| Cliff Battles | 20 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 1 | 1 |
| Sammy Baugh | 33 | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 182 | 23 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Chuck Bond | 22 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Carroll | 26 | LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Edwards | 17 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Washington State | 1 | 1 |
| Don Irwin | 23 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Colgate | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Justice | 13 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Gonzaga | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Kahn | 43 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 193 | 26 | North Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Karcher | 26 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Kawal | 39 | C-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Illinois; Widener | 1 | 1 |
| Max Krause | 25 | BB-S | 5-10 | 202 | 28 | Gonzaga | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Malone | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 206 | 27 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Michaels | 18 | GROG-RDG | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Millner | 40 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Les Olsson | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 232 | 28 | Mercer | 1 | 1 |
| Erny Pinckert | 22 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 197 | 30 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| George Smith | 27 | C-LB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Glendale CC; California | 1 | 0 |
| Riley Smith | 35 | BB-S | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Young | 37 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 247 | 23 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | / % | / % | 1 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | / % | / % | 1 | 15 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Millner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cliff Battles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Justice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Riley Smith | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Cliff Battles | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Irwin | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Max Krause | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Justice | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Riley Smith | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Bill Young | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 90 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 125 | 3.7 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 15 | 355 | 9.3 | 16.9 | 78t | 3 | 7.9 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | 26 | 329 | 91.4 |
| Cliff Battles | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 29.2 |
| Riley Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 37.5 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 15 | 392 | 9.8 | 17.8 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 2 | 39 | 353 | 82.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 8 | 26.7 | 19 | 207 | 6.9 | 25.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 3 | 10.0 | 3 | 24 | 183 | 38.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Millner | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 78t | 2 | ||
| Cliff Battles | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Ed Justice | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 35t | 1 | ||
| Charley Malone | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Riley Smith | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Erny Pinckert | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Don Irwin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 392 | 17.8 | 3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 207 | 25.9 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Kawal | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cliff Battles | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Riley Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 21.3 |
| Riley Smith | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| Cliff Battles | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Smith | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turk Edwards | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Irwin | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Smith | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 32 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Bond | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Charley Malone | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Turk Edwards | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Battles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Millner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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