1968 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Capitol Division
Coach: Otto Graham (5-9)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1968 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Capitol Division
Coach: Otto Graham (5-9)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1968 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Capitol Division.
Washington ran up 249 points, while the leaky defense conceded 358. Sonny Jurgensen tossed for 1,980 yards. Charley Taylor grabbed 48 passes for 650 yards. Jerry Smith and Pat Richter were targeted regularly also.
Gerry Allen carried the ball for a team-best 399 yards for the Redskins.
Brig Owens picked off 8 opponent throws.
Otto Graham coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sonny Jurgensen | 292 | 167 | 57.2 | 1980 | 6.8 | 17 | 5.8 | 11 | 3.8 | 99 | 81.7 | Jim Ninowski | 95 | 49 | 51.6 | 633 | 6.7 | 4 | 4.2 | 6 | 6.3 | 56 | 60.5 | Harry Theofiledes | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 211 | 10.6 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 39 | 104.4 | Gary Beban | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 408 | 227 | 55.6 | 2824 | 6.9 | 23 | 5.6 | 18 | 4.4 | 99 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerry Allen | 123 | 399 | 3.2 | 20 | 4 | Bob Brunet | 71 | 227 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 | Steve Thurlow | 51 | 184 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 | Pete Larson | 44 | 132 | 3.0 | 16 | 1 | A.D. Whitfield | 37 | 125 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 | Bobby Mitchell | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 11 | 1 | Gary Beban | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 | Jim Ninowski | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Dick Smith | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Harry Theofiledes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | Mike Bragg | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | Charley Taylor | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 360 | 1164 | 3.2 | 20 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charley Taylor | 48 | 650 | 13.5 | 47 | 5 | Jerry Smith | 45 | 626 | 13.9 | 56 | 6 | Pat Richter | 42 | 533 | 12.7 | 40 | 9 | Gerry Allen | 21 | 294 | 14.0 | 99 | 1 | Bob Brunet | 18 | 160 | 8.9 | 39 | 1 | Bobby Mitchell | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | A.D. Whitfield | 13 | 107 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | Steve Thurlow | 12 | 151 | 12.6 | 56 | 0 | Pete Larson | 12 | 146 | 12.2 | 25 | 1 | Dick Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Gary Beban | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 227 | 2824 | 12.4 | 99 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Bragg | 76 | 3288 | 43.3 | 64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 76 | 3288 | 43.3 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rickie Harris | 19 | 144 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 | Jim Smith | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 25 | 0 | Aaron Martin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Brig Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rickie Harris | 23 | 579 | 25.2 | 49 | 0 | Bobby Mitchell | 11 | 235 | 21.4 | 43 | 0 | Dick Smith | 10 | 228 | 22.8 | 30 | 0 | Pete Larson | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 49 | 0 | Aaron Martin | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 31 | 0 | Jim Smith | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | Walt Rock | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Walt Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Marlin McKeever | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 64 | 1410 | 22.0 | 49 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Brig Owens | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 38 | 0 | Aaron Martin | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 | Chris Hanburger | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 30 | 1 | Mike Morgan | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | Rickie Harris | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Dick Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 225 | 10.7 | 38 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jim Smith | 1 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | Gerry Allen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brig Owens | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Fischer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Crane | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carroll | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Bosch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Bragg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Brunet | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Larson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Rock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Barnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Ninowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Rutgens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rickie Harris | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Theofiledes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Thurlow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 75 | 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 | Charlie Gogolak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 57 | Pat Richter | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Jerry Smith | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Charley Taylor | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Gerry Allen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Pete Larson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Brunet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ken Barefoot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
