1948 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Turk Edwards (7-5)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1948 Washington Redskins Roster
1948 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Redskins scored 291 points, and the defensive squad conceded 287. Sammy Baugh threw for 2,599 yards. Dick Todd paced the receiving corps, grabbing 37 passes, while Hal Crisler accumulated 599 receiving yards.

Jim Castiglia carried the ball for a team-best 330 yards for Washington, while Ed Quirk additionally buoyed the ground attack.

Dan Sandifer picked off 13 opponent throws.

Turk Edwards coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sammy Baugh	315	185	58.7	2599	8.3	22	7.0	23	7.3	86	78.3
Tommy Mont	28	12	42.9	157	5.6	2	7.1	2	7.1	35	55.2
Harry Gilmer	5	2	40.0	69	13.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	45	87.5
Jim Youel	11	3	27.3	36	3.3	0	0.0	1	9.1	14	2.8
Hugh Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	360	202	56.1	2861	7.9	24	6.7	26	7.2	86

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Castiglia	97	330	3.4	16	0
Ed Quirk	77	328	4.3	24	4
Dick Poillon	71	233	3.3	14	1
Dick Todd	57	201	3.5	21	1
Tom Farmer	52	188	3.6	17	1
Tommy Mont	11	103	9.4	33	1
Dan Sandifer	18	67	3.7	13	0
Bob Nussbaumer	23	59	2.6	16	0
Howard Hartley	5	40	8.0	26	1
Eddie Saenz	8	21	2.6	5	0
Jim Youel	4	16	4.0	0	1
John Hollar	4	7	1.8	6	0
Steve Bagarus	3	6	2.0	3	0
Sammy Baugh	4	4	1.0	7	1
Totals	434	1603	3.7	33	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Todd	37	550	14.9	78	6
Hal Crisler	33	599	18.2	79	6
Hugh Taylor	20	341	17.0	66	3
Bob Nussbaumer	19	252	13.3	37	1
Steve Bagarus	15	100	6.7	14	1
Paul McKee	14	171	12.2	22	0
Tom Farmer	12	148	12.3	48	2
Dan Sandifer	9	181	20.1	86	1
Dick Poillon	9	105	11.7	21	1
Ed Quirk	9	40	4.4	11	0
Doug Turley	8	111	13.9	33	0
Jim Castiglia	7	73	10.4	32	2
Joe Tereshinski	4	98	24.5	76	1
Eddie Saenz	4	62	15.5	28	0
Jim Youel	1	20	20.0	20	0
Howard Hartley	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	202	2861	14.2	86	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Dick Poillon	38	33	86.8	7	5	71.4	48
Jim Peebles	2	1	50.0				1
Totals	40	34	85.0	7	5	71.4	49

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Poillon	51	2150	42.2	76
Totals	51	2150	42.2	76

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dan Sandifer	20	236	11.8	35
Howard Hartley	2	41	20.5	21
Tom Farmer	4	34	8.5	14
Eddie Saenz	2	26	13.0	16
Dick Todd	3	21	7.0	13
Hal Crisler	2	20	10.0	4
Bob Nussbaumer	1	-8	-8.0	-8
Totals	34	370	10.9	35

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dan Sandifer	26	594	22.8	96	1
Tom Farmer	8	192	24.0	30	0
Eddie Saenz	8	173	21.6	27	0
Howard Hartley	4	64	16.0	22	0
Dick Todd	3	50	16.7	20	0
Bob Nussbaumer	2	38	19.0	20	0
Jim Castiglia	1	18	18.0	18	0
Steve Bagarus	1	15	15.0	15	0
Totals	53	1144	21.6	96	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dan Sandifer	13	258	19.8	54	2
Howard Hartley	3	76	25.3	53	0
Hal Crisler	2	52	26.0	26	0
Clyde Ehrhardt	2	29	14.5	15	0
Tommy Mont	2	21	10.5	19	0
George Cheverko	1	24	24.0	24	0
Al DeMao	1	22	22.0	22	0
Totals	24	482	20.1	54	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Bill Gray			0	4	5	0
Dan Sandifer		0	3	4	4
Howard Hartley		0	3	3	4
Sammy Baugh			7	3	0
Clyde Ehrhardt		0	0	2	2	0
Joe Tereshinski			0	2	2
John Adams			0	2	0	0
Jim Peebles			0	2	0
Dick Poillon			1	2	93	1
John Koniszewski			0	1	0
Doug Turley			0	1	33	1
Jim Castiglia			2	1	-3
Paul McKee			0	1	6	0
Carl Butkus			0	1	3	0
John Steber			0	1	0	0
Dick Todd			1	1	0
Hal Crisler		0	2	0	0
Hugh Taylor			1	0	0
Tom Farmer			2	0	0
Ed Quirk			1	0	0
Al DeMao		0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Saenz			1	0	0	0
Bob Nussbaumer			5	0	0
Totals	0	0	30	31	149	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dick Poillon	1	1					1		5	33	0			66
Dick Todd	1	6	0	0					0	0	0			42
Hal Crisler		6	0			0			0	0	0			36
Ed Quirk	4	0							0	0	0			24
Dan Sandifer	0	1	0	1		2			0	0	0			24
Tom Farmer	1	2	0	0					0	0	0			18
Hugh Taylor		3							0	0	0			18
Jim Castiglia	0	2		0					0	0	0			12
Tommy Mont	1					0			0	0	0			6
Howard Hartley	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Bob Nussbaumer	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Joe Tereshinski		1							0	0	0			6
Doug Turley		0					1		0	0	0			6
Steve Bagarus	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Sammy Baugh	1								0	0	0			6
Jim Youel	1	0							0	0	0			6
John Koniszewski									0	0	0		1	2
Jim Peebles									0	1	0			1
Totals	11	24	0	1	0	2	2	0	5	34	0	0	1	291