1947 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Turk Edwards (4-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1947 Washington Redskins Roster
1947 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.

The Redskins chalked up 295 points, but the leaky defense conceded 367, most in the circuit. Sammy Baugh threw for 2,938 yards. Bob Nussbaumer grabbed 47 passes, while Eddie Saenz accumulated 598 receiving yards. Hugh Taylor contributed to the receiving game, too.

Jim Castiglia carried the ball for a team-best 426 yards for Washington.

Tom Farmer picked off 6 opponent throws.

Turk Edwards coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sammy Baugh	354	210	59.3	2938	8.3	25	7.1	15	4.2	74	92.0
Jim Youel	62	21	33.9	398	6.4	3	4.8	3	4.8	55	53.0
Totals	416	231	55.5	3336	8.0	28	6.7	18	4.3	74

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Castiglia	104	426	4.1	33	5
Sal Rosato	74	297	4.0	20	0
Eddie Saenz	51	143	2.8	18	0
Bob Nussbaumer	43	136	3.2	47	0
Dick Poillon	28	104	3.7	21	2
Jack Jenkins	16	54	3.4	9	0
Sammy Baugh	25	47	1.9	19	2
Dick Todd	10	45	4.5	12	0
Jim Youel	10	44	4.4	19	1
Tom Farmer	15	29	1.9	9	1
Hugh Taylor	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tommy Mont	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ralph Ruthstrom	2	5	2.5	4	0
George Wilde	4	-1	-0.2	2	0
Totals	384	1343	3.5	47	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Nussbaumer	47	597	12.7	55	4
Eddie Saenz	34	598	17.6	74	4
Hugh Taylor	26	511	19.7	62	6
Dick Poillon	20	250	12.5	30	4
Paul McKee	16	242	15.1	29	2
Joe Duckworth	14	250	17.9	55	3
Jim Castiglia	11	88	8.0	25	0
Joe Tereshinski	10	76	7.6	20	1
Tom Farmer	8	137	17.1	31	0
Sal Rosato	7	107	15.3	26	1
Doug Turley	6	95	15.8	24	1
John Lookabaugh	6	78	13.0	31	1
George Wilde	6	45	7.5	18	1
Jack Jenkins	5	96	19.2	37	0
Vince Pacewic	5	42	8.4	15	0
Dick Todd	4	84	21.0	38	0
Jim Peebles	4	26	6.5	11	0
Tommy Mont	2	14	7.0	7	0
Totals	231	3336	14.4	74	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Dick Poillon	41	37	90.2	6	4	66.7	49
Jack Sommers				1		0.0	0
Jim Peebles				1		0.0	0
Totals	41	37	90.2	8	4	50.0	49

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sammy Baugh	35	1528	43.7	67
Dick Poillon	15	533	35.5	49
Jim Youel	2	35	17.5	35
Totals	52	2096	40.3	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eddie Saenz	24	308	12.8	30
Dick Todd	4	48	12.0	19
Tommy Mont	3	37	12.3	19
Dick Poillon	3	37	12.3	24
Bob Nussbaumer	2	15	7.5	13
Totals	36	445	12.4	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eddie Saenz	29	797	27.5	94	2
Dick Todd	9	189	21.0	48	0
Bob Nussbaumer	8	154	19.2	25	0
Tom Farmer	4	118	29.5	36	0
Sal Rosato	2	36	18.0	20	0
Harvey Jones	1	30	30.0	30	0
Ernie Williamson	1	28	28.0	28	0
Don Avery	2	24	12.0	17	0
Dick Poillon	4	23	5.8	12	0
George Wilde	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jim Peebles	1	13	13.0	13	0
Jim Castiglia	1	10	10.0	10	0
Doug Turley	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ralph Ruthstrom	1	5	5.0	5	0
John Steber	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	66	1456	22.1	94	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Farmer	6	27	4.5	22
Dick Todd	4	59	14.8	50
Al DeMao	2	35	17.5	21
Dick Poillon	2	28	14.0	16
Ki Aldrich	2	9	4.5	7
Tommy Mont	1	7	7.0	7
Jack Jenkins	1	7	7.0	7
Bob Nussbaumer	1	0	0.0	0
John Sanchez	1	0	0.0	0
Fred Boensch	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	21	172	8.2	50

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Sammy Baugh			15	7	-7
Eddie Saenz			5	3	0
Bob Nussbaumer		0	2	2	0
Jim Peebles			0	2	0
Ernie Williamson			0	1	0
Bill Ward			0	1	0
Hank Harris			0	1	0
John Adams			0	1	0
Mike Garzoni			0	1	0
Doug Turley			0	1	3
Ki Aldrich		0	0	1	0
Jim Youel			2	0	0
Don Avery			1	0	0
Dick Poillon		0	1	0	0
Sal Rosato			1	0	0
Hugh Taylor			2	0	0
Dick Todd		0	1	0	0
Jack Jenkins		0	1	0	0
Paul McKee			1	0	0
Jim Castiglia			1	0	0
Fred Boensch		0	1	0	0
Totals	0	0	34	21	-4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dick Poillon	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	37	0			85
Hugh Taylor	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Eddie Saenz	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Jim Castiglia	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Bob Nussbaumer	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Joe Duckworth	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Sammy Baugh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Paul McKee	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jim Youel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
George Wilde	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
John Lookabaugh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tom Farmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Joe Tereshinski	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Sal Rosato	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Doug Turley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	11	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	37	0	0	0	295