
1961 Washington Redskins Statistics
Team Record: 1-12-1
Finishing 7th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bill McPeak (1-12-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1961 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 1 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing seventh in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins scored only 174 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 392. Norm Snead threw for 2,337 yards. Fred Dugan paced pass catchers, grabbing 53 passes for 817 yards. Bill Anderson contributed to the receiving game, too.
Dick James carried the ball for a team-best 374 yards for Washington.
Jim Kerr seized 7 opponent throws.
Bill McPeak coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Snead | 375 | 172 | 45.9 | 2337 | 6.2 | 11 | 2.9 | 22 | 5.9 | 80 | 51.6 |
George Izo | 40 | 16 | 40.0 | 214 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 15.0 | 33 | 26.5 |
Dick James | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 42.7 |
John Aveni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 420 | 189 | 45.0 | 2566 | 6.1 | 12 | 2.9 | 28 | 6.7 | 80 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick James | 71 | 374 | 5.3 | 39 | 3 |
Sam Horner | 96 | 275 | 2.9 | 32 | 0 |
Don Bosseler | 77 | 220 | 2.9 | 16 | 2 |
Jim Cunningham | 69 | 160 | 2.3 | 19 | 1 |
Norm Snead | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 9 | 3 |
Bill Anderson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 0 |
Lew Luce | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
George Izo | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
Mike Sommer | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 361 | 1072 | 3.0 | 39 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Dugan | 53 | 817 | 15.4 | 80 | 4 |
Bill Anderson | 40 | 637 | 15.9 | 42 | 0 |
Tom Osborne | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 60 | 2 |
Dick James | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 44 | 2 |
Don Bosseler | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 18 | 1 |
Jim Cunningham | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 17 | 1 |
Sam Horner | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 20 | 1 |
Steve Junker | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 38 | 0 |
John Aveni | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 41 | 1 |
Jim Wulff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 189 | 2566 | 13.6 | 80 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Horner | 63 | 2409 | 38.2 | 62 |
Dick James | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 51 |
Jim Cunningham | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 |
Totals | 70 | 2665 | 38.1 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick James | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 |
Jim Steffen | 8 | 58 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Sommer | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Jim Kerr | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
Lew Luce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 197 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick James | 21 | 617 | 29.4 | 48 | 0 |
Jim Kerr | 14 | 385 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
Jim Steffen | 10 | 256 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Sommer | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 42 | 0 |
Jim Cunningham | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
Lew Luce | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 22 | 0 |
Sam Horner | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 |
Andy Stynchula | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 40 | 0 |
Steve Junker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 64 | 1661 | 26.0 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Kerr | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 38 | 0 |
Dale Hackbart | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 48 | 2 |
Joe Krakoski | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Wulff | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
Rod Breedlove | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
Dick James | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Jim Steffen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Ben Scotti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
John Paluck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 325 | 12.5 | 48 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Toneff | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Paluck | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Hageman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Bosseler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Cronin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Crotty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Riley Mattson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Wilkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Dugan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rod Breedlove | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kerr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Aveni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Andy Stynchula | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fran O'Brien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Rutgens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm Snead | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lew Luce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sam Horner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
John Aveni | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Dick James | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
Fred Dugan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Don Bosseler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Norm Snead | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Jim Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Tom Osborne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dale Hackbart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Sam Horner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 |