1954 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (3-9)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1954 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (3-9)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1954 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins racked up 207 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 432, most in the league. Billy Wells carried the ball for a team-best 516 yards for Washington, and Rob Goode additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Al Dorow threw for 997 yards, and Jack Scarbath played quarterback, too. Hugh Taylor grabbed 37 passes for 659 yards.
Dick Alban picked off 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dorow | 138 | 70 | 50.7 | 997 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.8 | 17 | 12.3 | 80 | 54.2 |
| Jack Scarbath | 109 | 44 | 40.4 | 798 | 7.3 | 7 | 6.4 | 13 | 11.9 | 60 | 48.1 |
| Harry Gilmer | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Charlie Justice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 257 | 116 | 45.1 | 1813 | 7.1 | 15 | 5.8 | 32 | 12.5 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 100 | 516 | 5.2 | 88 | 3 |
| Rob Goode | 108 | 462 | 4.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 56 | 254 | 4.5 | 50 | 1 |
| Dale Atkeson | 68 | 176 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| Al Dorow | 34 | 117 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Jack Scarbath | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 427 | 1626 | 3.8 | 88 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 37 | 659 | 17.8 | 60 | 8 |
| Ed Barker | 23 | 353 | 15.3 | 32 | 3 |
| Billy Wells | 19 | 295 | 15.5 | 48 | 1 |
| John Carson | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 11 | 242 | 22.0 | 80 | 2 |
| Dale Atkeson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Rob Goode | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 116 | 1813 | 15.6 | 80 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Janowicz | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 21 |
| Ralph Felton | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 |
| Jim Kincaid | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 26 | 96.3 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 41 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Justice | 61 | 2461 | 40.3 | 63 |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 |
| Totals | 62 | 2493 | 40.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Rosso | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 121 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Atkeson | 24 | 623 | 26.0 | 99 | 1 |
| Billy Wells | 17 | 319 | 18.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 16 | 284 | 17.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Vic Janowicz | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Ricca | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 69 | 1380 | 20.0 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Alban | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| George Rosso | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Felton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 133 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Goode | 10 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Volney Peters | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Morgan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wells | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cas Witucki | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Justice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marv Berschet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Alban | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Ulinski | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Boll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sparks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Dorow | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Scudero | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 36 | 81 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Hugh Taylor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Billy Wells | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Vic Janowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Dale Atkeson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ed Barker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Al Dorow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Jim Ricca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Rob Goode | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jim Kincaid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 207 |
