1955 Washington Redskins Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Kuharich (8-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1955 Washington Redskins Roster
1955 Washington Redskins Results

The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Redskins racked up 246 points, while the stingy defense allowed 222. Vic Janowicz carried the ball for a team-best 397 yards for Washington, while Leo Elter, Dale Atkeson and Bert Zagers each additionally aided the ground game.

Eddie LeBaron tossed for 1,270 yards. John Carson grabbed 23 passes for 443 yards.

Norb Hecker picked off 6 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
Eddie LeBaron	178	79	44.4	1270	7.1	9	5.1	15	8.4	70	50.5
Ralph Guglielmi	62	20	32.3	242	3.9	2	3.2	4	6.5	43	29.1
Al Dorow	12	2	16.7	37	3.1	0	0.0	1	8.3	19	5.2
Vic Janowicz	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0.0
Totals	257	101	39.3	1549	6.0	11	4.3	21	8.2	70

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Vic Janowicz	93	397	4.3	33	4
Bert Zagers	89	395	4.4	41	2
Leo Elter	97	361	3.7	33	3
Dale Atkeson	77	300	3.9	45	1
Jim Monachino	46	207	4.5	34	2
Eddie LeBaron	37	190	5.1	25	4
Ralph Guglielmi	18	51	2.8	17	1
Al Dorow	8	49	6.1	19	0
Joe Scudero	6	27	4.5	13	0
Rob Goode	7	23	3.3	0	0
Totals	478	2000	4.2	45	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Carson	23	443	19.3	51	3
Bert Zagers	14	306	21.9	57	0
Leo Elter	13	219	16.8	70	1
Vic Janowicz	11	149	13.5	48	3
Ralph Thomas	9	105	11.7	25	2
Dale Atkeson	9	81	9.0	15	1
Jim Monachino	8	74	9.2	24	0
Billy Cox	5	71	14.2	28	0
Charlie Jones	4	58	14.5	21	0
Norb Hecker	3	31	10.3	13	1
Rob Goode	1	15	15.0	15	0
Chuck Drazenovich	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	101	1549	15.3	70	11

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Vic Janowicz	31	28	90.3	20	6	30.0	46
Norb Hecker	2	2	100.0	1		0.0	2
Totals	33	30	90.9	21	6	28.6	48

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eddie LeBaron	62	2581	41.6	57
Totals	62	2581	41.6	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Scudero	25	241	9.6	49	1
Bert Zagers	7	125	17.9	55	1
Jim Monachino	6	26	4.3	16	0
Nick Adduci	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ralph Felton	1	5	5.0	5	0
Dick Alban	3	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	43	407	9.5	55	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Scudero	25	699	28.0	94	1
Bert Zagers	11	280	25.5	35	0
Dale Atkeson	4	106	26.5	28	0
Ralph Felton	1	12	12.0	12	0
Ron Marciniak	1	0	0.0	0	0
Roy Barni	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	43	1097	25.5	94	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Norb Hecker	6	52	8.7	26
Joe Scudero	5	60	12.0	39
LaVern Torgeson	3	45	15.0	20
Dick Alban	2	48	24.0	25
Chuck Drazenovich	2	10	5.0	6
Roy Barni	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	215	11.3	39

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Gene Brito			0	6	7	0
Chet Ostrowski			0	3	0	0
LaVern Torgeson		0	0	2	0	0
Eddie LeBaron			5	2	0
Ralph Felton			1	2	0	0
Charlie Jones			1	2	0	0
Roy Barni		0	0	1	17	1
J.D. Kimmel			0	1	0	0
Norb Hecker		0	0	1	0
Chuck Drazenovich		0	0	1	0	0
Jim Norman			0	1	0	0
Fred Miller			0	1	0	0
Ralph Thomas			0	1	0
Ron Marciniak			0	1	0	0
Nick Adduci			0	1	0	0
Leo Elter			4	1	0
Bert Zagers			5	1	0
Joe Scudero		0	2	0	0
John Carson			1	0	0
Dale Atkeson			2	0	0
Jim Monachino			1	0	0
Vic Janowicz			2	0	0
Al Dorow			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	25	28	24	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Vic Janowicz	4	3							6	28	0			88
Leo Elter	3	1							0	0	0			24
Eddie LeBaron	4								0	0	0			24
John Carson		3							0	0	0			18
Ralph Thomas		2						1	0	0	0			18
Bert Zagers	2	0	1	0					0	0	0			18
Jim Monachino	2	0	0						0	0	0			12
Dale Atkeson	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Joe Scudero	0		1	1		0			0	0	0			12
Norb Hecker		1				0			0	2	0			8
Roy Barni				0		0	1		0	0	0			6
Ralph Guglielmi	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	17	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	6	30	0	0	0	246