1965 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bill McPeak (6-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1965 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bill McPeak (6-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1965 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins racked up 257 points, while the defensive squad allowed 301. Sonny Jurgensen threw for 2,367 yards. Bobby Mitchell grabbed 60 passes for 867 yards.
Charley Taylor carried the ball for a team-best 402 yards for Washington, while Dan Lewis additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Paul Krause and Johnny Sample each seized 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Jurgensen | 356 | 190 | 53.4 | 2367 | 6.6 | 15 | 4.2 | 16 | 4.5 | 55 | 69.6 |
| Dick Shiner | 65 | 28 | 43.1 | 470 | 7.2 | 3 | 4.6 | 4 | 6.2 | 80 | 57.9 |
| Charley Taylor | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 45 | 11.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 113.5 |
| Dan Lewis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 135.4 |
| Totals | 427 | 220 | 51.5 | 2908 | 6.8 | 20 | 4.7 | 20 | 4.7 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Taylor | 145 | 402 | 2.8 | 39 | 3 |
| Dan Lewis | 117 | 343 | 2.9 | 23 | 2 |
| George Hughley | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 27 | 2 |
| Bob Briggs | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 354 | 1037 | 2.9 | 39 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mitchell | 60 | 867 | 14.4 | 80 | 6 |
| Charley Taylor | 40 | 577 | 14.4 | 69 | 3 |
| Dan Lewis | 25 | 276 | 11.0 | 37 | 2 |
| Preston Carpenter | 23 | 298 | 13.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 54 | 2 |
| Angelo Coia | 18 | 240 | 13.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Pat Richter | 16 | 189 | 11.8 | 35 | 2 |
| George Hughley | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Briggs | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 220 | 2908 | 13.2 | 80 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Richter | 54 | 2364 | 43.8 | 72 |
| Ron Snidow | 9 | 336 | 37.3 | 53 |
| John Seedborg | 7 | 247 | 35.3 | 49 |
| Totals | 70 | 2947 | 42.1 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickie Harris | 31 | 377 | 12.2 | 57 | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Mazurek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 415 | 10.6 | 57 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hunter | 18 | 432 | 24.0 | 50 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 13 | 295 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Tom Walters | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Carl Kammerer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Briggs | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1011 | 20.6 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krause | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Steffen | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Walters | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 1 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 535 | 19.8 | 63 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krause | 0 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charley Taylor | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Kammerer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickie Harris | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Shorter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran O'Brien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Briggs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mazurek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pellegrini | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Lewis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Hughley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dave Crossan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rutgens | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Shiner | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Snowden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Richter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Hauss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pervis Atkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 35 | 179 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Jencks | 0 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 59 | |||||||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Charley Taylor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Dan Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Angelo Coia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Pat Richter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jerry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bob Pellegrini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Walters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Shorter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Hughley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
