1957 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (5-6-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1957 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 5-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (5-6-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1957 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins scored 251 points, and the defensive squad allowed 230. Don Bosseler carried the ball for a team-best 673 yards for Washington.
Eddie LeBaron threw for 1,508 yards. John Carson paced pass catchers, grabbing 34 passes for 583 yards. Jim Podoley provided receiving help, too.
Norb Hecker and Don Shula each intercepted 3 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 | 167 | 99 | 59.3 | 1508 | 9.0 | 11 | 6.6 | 10 | 6.0 | 82 | 86.1 | Rudy Bukich | 28 | 6 | 21.4 | 103 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.7 | 35 | 2.8 | Ed Sutton | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 104.2 | Tommy Runnels | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 201 | 109 | 54.2 | 1741 | 8.7 | 11 | 5.5 | 13 | 6.5 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Bosseler | 167 | 673 | 4.0 | 28 | 7 | Jim Podoley | 114 | 442 | 3.9 | 33 | 2 | Ed Sutton | 108 | 407 | 3.8 | 31 | 5 | Leo Elter | 45 | 211 | 4.7 | 22 | 2 | Joe Scudero | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 43 | 0 | Tommy Runnels | 20 | 52 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 | Sam Baker | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 1 | Dick James | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 8 | -2 | -0.2 | 16 | 0 | Eddie LeBaron | 20 | -12 | -0.6 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 500 | 1873 | 3.7 | 43 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Carson | 34 | 583 | 17.1 | 38 | 3 | Jim Podoley | 27 | 554 | 20.5 | 82 | 4 | Don Bosseler | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 | Steve Meilinger | 13 | 183 | 14.1 | 34 | 2 | Leo Elter | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 49 | 1 | Joe Walton | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | Tom Braatz | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 0 | Ed Sutton | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 1 | Joe Scudero | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | Tommy Runnels | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 109 | 1741 | 16.0 | 82 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bert Zagers | 14 | 217 | 15.5 | 76 | 2 | Joe Scudero | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 | Dick James | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 27 | 0 | Tommy Runnels | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
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| Totals | 44 | 460 | 10.5 | 76 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bert Zagers | 15 | 348 | 23.2 | 35 | 0 | Dick James | 12 | 259 | 21.6 | 38 | 0 | Joe Scudero | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 45 | 0 | Tommy Runnels | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 38 | 0 | Jim Podoley | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | Billy Wells | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Ed Sutton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Ed Khayat | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 38 | 874 | 23.0 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Shula | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 | Norb Hecker | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 | Bert Zagers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 | Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | Dick James | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Joe Walton | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 | Ed Sutton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Ralph Felton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 16 | 203 | 12.7 | 55 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bert Zagers | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick James | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Runnels | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sutton | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Elter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norb Hecker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LaVern Torgeson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Stanfel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Stephens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Brito | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Meilinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Podoley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Bosseler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Felton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 77 | Don Bosseler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Ed Sutton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jim Podoley | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | John Carson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Leo Elter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Meilinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bert Zagers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
