1955 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (8-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1955 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (8-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1955 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins racked up 246 points, and the stingy defense allowed 222. Vic Janowicz carried the ball for a team-best 397 yards for Washington, while Dale Atkeson, Leo Elter and Bert Zagers each additionally aided the ground game.
Eddie LeBaron tossed for 1,270 yards. John Carson grabbed 23 passes for 443 yards.
Norb Hecker picked off 6 opponent throws.
Joe Kuharich coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Eddie LeBaron | 178 | 79 | 44.4 | 1270 | 7.1 | 9 | 5.1 | 15 | 8.4 | 70 | 50.5 | Ralph Guglielmi | 62 | 20 | 32.3 | 242 | 3.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 43 | 29.1 | Al Dorow | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 19 | 5.2 | Vic Janowicz | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 257 | 101 | 39.3 | 1549 | 6.0 | 11 | 4.3 | 21 | 8.2 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vic Janowicz | 93 | 397 | 4.3 | 33 | 4 | Bert Zagers | 89 | 395 | 4.4 | 41 | 2 | Leo Elter | 97 | 361 | 3.7 | 33 | 3 | Dale Atkeson | 77 | 300 | 3.9 | 45 | 1 | Jim Monachino | 46 | 207 | 4.5 | 34 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 478 | 2000 | 4.2 | 45 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John 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 | 48 | 3 | Ralph Thomas | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 25 | 2 | Dale Atkeson | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 | Jim Monachino | 8 | 74 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 | Billy Cox | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 28 | 0 | Charlie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 101 | 1549 | 15.3 | 70 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Vic Janowicz | 31 | 28 | 90.3 | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 46 | Norb Hecker | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 30 | 90.9 | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 48 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Eddie LeBaron | 62 | 2581 | 41.6 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 2581 | 41.6 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Scudero | 25 | 241 | 9.6 | 49 | 1 | Bert Zagers | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 55 | 1 | Jim Monachino | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | Nick Adduci | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Ralph Felton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Dick Alban | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 407 | 9.5 | 55 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Scudero | 25 | 699 | 28.0 | 94 | 1 | Bert Zagers | 11 | 280 | 25.5 | 35 | 0 | Dale Atkeson | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 28 | 0 | Ralph Felton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Ron Marciniak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Barni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 1097 | 25.5 | 94 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Gene Brito | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Chet Ostrowski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Felton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Barni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | J.D. Kimmel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norb Hecker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Norman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Marciniak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Adduci | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Elter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bert Zagers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Scudero | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Carson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dale Atkeson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Monachino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vic Janowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Dorow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Vic Janowicz | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 88 | Leo Elter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | John Carson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ralph Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bert Zagers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Monachino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dale Atkeson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Scudero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Norb Hecker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Roy Barni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
