1952 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (4-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1952 Washington Redskins Roster
1952 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1952 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's American Division.

The Redskins scored 240 points, but the defense conceded 287. Leon Heath carried the ball for a team-best 388 yards for Washington, while Harry Gilmer and Julie Rykovich also aided the ground game.

Eddie LeBaron tossed for 1,420 yards. Hugh Taylor paced the receiving corps, grabbing 41 passes for 961 yards.

Johnny Williams intercepted 5 opponent throws.

Curly Lambeau coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Eddie LeBaron	194	96	49.5	1420	7.3	14	7.2	15	7.7	70	65.7
Harry Gilmer	58	31	53.4	555	9.6	4	6.9	4	6.9	61	80.7
Sammy Baugh	33	20	60.6	152	4.6	2	6.1	1	3.0	20	79.4
Charlie Justice	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	286	147	51.4	2127	7.4	20	7.0	21	7.3	70

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leon Heath	90	388	4.3	74	2
Harry Gilmer	100	365	3.6	30	0
Julie Rykovich	94	361	3.8	21	1
Eddie LeBaron	43	164	3.8	32	2
Charlie Justice	36	129	3.6	26	0
Johnny Papit	34	102	3.0	13	0
Chuck Drazenovich	29	66	2.3	15	3
Neil Ferris	11	22	2.0	11	1
Jack Cloud	7	21	3.0	5	0
Sam Venuto	4	16	4.0	6	1
Bob Sykes	4	10	2.5	4	0
Harry Dowda	6	5	0.8	5	0
Johnny Williams	2	3	1.5	2	0
George Buksar	3	3	1.0	3	0
Sammy Baugh	1	1	1.0	1	0
Billy Cox	3	-1	-0.3	14	0
Totals	467	1655	3.5	74	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Hugh Taylor	41	961	23.4	70	12
Leon Heath	23	146	6.3	27	1
Gene Brito	21	270	12.9	28	2
Julie Rykovich	16	283	17.7	42	1
Harry Gilmer	15	143	9.5	37	1
Charlie Justice	11	106	9.6	15	1
Chuck Drazenovich	4	62	15.5	20	0
Johnny Papit	3	71	23.7	39	1
Harry Dowda	3	20	6.7	12	1
Joe Tereshinski	2	19	9.5	11	0
Billy Cox	2	19	9.5	13	0
George Buksar	2	3	1.5	3	0
Johnny Williams	1	13	13.0	13	0
Neil Ferris	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Sykes	1	5	5.0	5	0
Lou Karras	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	147	2127	14.5	70	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Buksar	18	15	83.3	7	3	42.9	24
Ed Bagdon	6	4	66.7	3	1	33.3	7
Eddie LeBaron	7	6	85.7				6
Julie Rykovich	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	32	26	81.2	10	4	40.0	38

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eddie LeBaron	51	2150	42.2	63
Charlie Justice	11	431	39.2	68
Billy Cox	5	177	35.4	51
Sammy Baugh	1	48	48.0	48
Totals	68	2806	41.3	68

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Williams	24	366	15.2	74	2
Charlie Justice	12	47	3.9	12	0
Harry Gilmer	3	28	9.3	13	0
Neil Ferris	2	11	5.5	11	0
Totals	41	452	11.0	74	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Johnny Williams	20	486	24.3	48
Charlie Justice	10	209	20.9	35
Harry Gilmer	7	157	22.4	31
Neil Ferris	3	76	25.3	30
George Buksar	4	43	10.8	12
Sam Venuto	2	28	14.0	14
Johnny Papit	1	25	25.0	25
Jack Cloud	1	18	18.0	18
Paul Lipscomb	1	5	5.0	5
Gene Brito	2	5	2.5	5
Totals	51	1052	20.6	48

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Williams	5	97	19.4	38	1
Chuck Drazenovich	3	58	19.3	38	0
Billy Cox	3	43	14.3	36	0
Harry Dowda	2	34	17.0	29	0
Ed Berrang	2	4	2.0	4	0
Joe Tereshinski	1	31	31.0	31	0
Dick Alban	1	27	27.0	27	0
Paul Lipscomb	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	18	301	16.7	38	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Johnny Williams		0	5	4	24
Leon Heath			5	3	0
Paul Lipscomb		0	1	2	0	0
Joe Tereshinski		0	0	2	0	0
John Yonakor			0	2	0	0
Laurie Niemi			0	2	5	0
Charlie Justice			3	2	0
Jerry Hennessy			0	2	10
Ed Ecker			0	1	0	0
Eddie LeBaron			7	1	0
Jim Ricca			0	1	0	0
Dick Woodard			0	1	6	0
Sam Venuto			0	1	0
Tony Momsen			0	1	0	0
Knox Ramsey			0	1	0	0
Joe Moss			0	1	0	0
Chuck Drazenovich		0	1	1	0
Ed Berrang		0	0	1	1	0
Harry Dowda		0	1	1	0
Buddy Brown			0	1	2	0
Julie Rykovich			2	0	0
Johnny Papit			1	0	0
Billy Cox		0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Baugh			1	0	0	0
Harry Gilmer			4	0	0
Totals	0	0	32	31	48	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Hugh Taylor		12							0	0	0			72
George Buksar	0	0		0					3	15	0			24
Eddie LeBaron	2								0	6	0			18
Chuck Drazenovich	3	0				0			0	0	0			18
Leon Heath	2	1							0	0	0			18
Johnny Williams	0	0	2	0		1			0	0	0			18
Julie Rykovich	1	1							0	1	0			13
Gene Brito		2		0					0	0	0			12
Ed Bagdon									1	4	0			7
Neil Ferris	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Johnny Papit	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Charlie Justice	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Harry Dowda	0	1				0			0	0	0			6
Harry Gilmer	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Sam Venuto	1			0					0	0	0			6
Jerry Hennessy									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	10	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	26	0	0	1	238