1953 Washington Redskins Statistics
Team Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Curly Lambeau (6-5-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1953 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
Washington netted 208 points, while the defense yielded 215. Charlie Justice carried the ball for a team-best 616 yards for the Redskins.
Eddie LeBaron passed for 874 yards, and Jack Scarbath spent time under center, too. Hugh Taylor grabbed 35 passes for 703 yards.
Don Doll seized 10 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 | 149 | 62 | 41.6 | 874 | 5.9 | 3 | 2.0 | 17 | 11.4 | 66 | 28.3 |
Jack Scarbath | 129 | 45 | 34.9 | 862 | 6.7 | 9 | 7.0 | 12 | 9.3 | 71 | 43.5 |
Totals | 278 | 107 | 38.5 | 1736 | 6.2 | 12 | 4.3 | 29 | 10.4 | 71 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Justice | 115 | 616 | 5.4 | 43 | 2 |
Leon Heath | 76 | 266 | 3.5 | 43 | 4 |
Julie Rykovich | 73 | 251 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
Paul Barry | 56 | 218 | 3.9 | 22 | 0 |
Jack Scarbath | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 40 | 0 |
Eddie LeBaron | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 27 | 2 |
Sam Baker | 17 | 72 | 4.2 | 32 | 1 |
Johnny Papit | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
Chuck Drazenovich | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
Bill Dudley | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jack Cloud | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
Harry Dowda | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Hall Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 413 | 1726 | 4.2 | 43 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh Taylor | 35 | 703 | 20.1 | 71 | 8 |
Charlie Justice | 22 | 434 | 19.7 | 54 | 2 |
Paul Dekker | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 |
Fran Polsfoot | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 66 | 0 |
Paul Barry | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
Julie Rykovich | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 39 | 1 |
Leon Heath | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
Gene Brito | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
Sam Baker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
Johnny Papit | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 107 | 1736 | 16.2 | 71 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Williams | 18 | 172 | 9.6 | 62 | 0 |
Hall Haynes | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 43 | 0 |
Bill Dudley | 8 | 34 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
Charlie Justice | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
Don Doll | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 306 | 8.5 | 62 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Williams | 9 | 224 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 |
Sam Baker | 9 | 186 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
Hall Haynes | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 |
Paul Barry | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 36 | 0 |
Jack Cloud | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
Julie Rykovich | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
Charlie Justice | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Don Boll | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Gene Brito | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 797 | 19.4 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Doll | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 28 | 0 |
Johnny Williams | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
Harry Dowda | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23 | 1 |
Dick Alban | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
Jack Cloud | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 28 | 1 |
Totals | 27 | 247 | 9.1 | 28 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Scarbath | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Brito | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |||
Laurie Niemi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Johnny Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Boll | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hugh Taylor | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
Al DeMao | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Ricca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Cloud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Dudley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Hennessy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Barry | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Baker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Alban | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Pepper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leon Heath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hall Haynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Justice | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Julie Rykovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Harry Dowda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 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 |
Bill Dudley | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 58 | ||||||||
Hugh Taylor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Charlie Justice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Leon Heath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Paul Dekker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Julie Rykovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Laurie Niemi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Harry Dowda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jack Cloud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 |