1951 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Herman Ball (0-3)
Coach: Dick Todd (5-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1951 Washington Redskins Roster
1951 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's American Division.

Washington managed just 183 points, worst in the league, while the defense yielded 296. Rob Goode carried the ball for a team-best 951 yards for the Redskins.

Sammy Baugh passed for 1,104 yards. Hugh Taylor paced all receivers, grabbing 29 passes for 444 yards. Gene Brito and Bill Dudley were targeted regularly also.

Ed Salem and Harry Gilmer each intercepted 5 opponent throws.

Herman Ball and Dick Todd coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sammy Baugh	154	67	43.5	1104	7.2	7	4.5	17	11.0	53	43.8
Harry Gilmer	68	31	45.6	391	5.8	1	1.5	6	8.8	47	32.2
Bill Dudley	1	1	100.0	13	13.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	118.8
Ed Salem	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	66.7	0	0.0
Totals	226	99	43.8	1508	6.7	8	3.5	25	11.1	53

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rob Goode	208	951	4.6	33	9
Bill Dudley	91	398	4.4	40	2
Johnny Papit	44	175	4.0	33	0
Leon Heath	64	159	2.5	16	0
Harry Gilmer	19	141	7.4	37	0
George Thomas	42	130	3.1	17	0
Harry Dowda	29	111	3.8	32	0
Chuck Drazenovich	34	76	2.2	7	3
Eddie Saenz	3	8	2.7	6	0
Billy Cox	2	7	3.5	5	0
Sammy Baugh	11	-5	-0.5	7	0
Totals	547	2151	3.9	40	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Hugh Taylor	29	444	15.3	47	3
Gene Brito	24	313	13.0	38	0
Bill Dudley	22	303	13.8	40	1
George Thomas	7	193	27.6	53	2
Joe Tereshinski	6	74	12.3	21	2
Rob Goode	3	45	15.0	26	0
Johnny Papit	3	43	14.3	24	0
Harry Dowda	2	54	27.0	48	0
Chuck Drazenovich	1	27	27.0	27	0
Eddie Saenz	1	9	9.0	9	0
Leon Heath	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	99	1508	15.2	53	8

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bill Dudley	22	21	95.5	13	10	76.9	51
Totals	22	21	95.5	13	10	76.9	51

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Cox	28	1122	40.1	61
Bill Dudley	27	942	34.9	46
Sammy Baugh	4	221	55.2	53
Totals	59	2285	38.7	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bill Dudley	22	172	7.8	27
Harry Gilmer	6	132	22.0	37
Jack Dwyer	7	22	3.1	8
Eddie Saenz	2	6	3.0	6
Neil Ferris	2	1	0.5	1
George Buksar	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	40	333	8.3	37

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Dowda	13	341	26.2	39
Bill Dudley	11	248	22.5	37
Eddie Saenz	9	145	16.1	24
George Buksar	4	56	14.0	18
Gene Brito	4	39	9.8	14
Paul Lipscomb	2	27	13.5	14
Bob Hendren	2	21	10.5	11
Jack Dwyer	1	19	19.0	19
Herb Siegert	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	47	896	19.1	39

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Gilmer	5	79	15.8	30
Ed Salem	5	26	5.2	21
Chuck Drazenovich	2	27	13.5	20
Billy Cox	2	0	0.0	0
George Buksar	1	20	20.0	20
Jack Dwyer	1	14	14.0	14
Paul Lipscomb	1	0	0.0	0
Al DeMao	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	166	9.2	30

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Al DeMao		0	0	4	4
Rob Goode			9	3	1
Harry Gilmer		0	4	3	4
Jack Dwyer		0	1	3	1
Walt Yowarsky			0	2	3
Bob Hendren			0	2	0
Sammy Baugh			6	2	0
George Buksar		0	0	2	0
Herb Siegert			0	1	0
Harry Dowda			2	1	0
Bill Dudley			4	1	4
Leon Heath			3	1	0
George Thomas			3	1	0
Joe Tereshinski			0	1	0
Paul Lipscomb		0	1	1	0
Harry Ulinski			0	1	0
Jim Ricca			0	1	0
Laurie Niemi			0	1	-4
Chuck Drazenovich		0	1	0	0
Totals	0	0	34	31	13

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Dudley	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	21	0			69
Rob Goode	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Hugh Taylor	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Chuck Drazenovich	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Joe Tereshinski	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
George Thomas	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Totals	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	21	0	0	0	183