1959 Washington Redskins season

The 1959 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League The team failed to improve on their 4–7–1 record from 1958 and finished 3–9.

Offseason

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 27	at Chicago Cardinals	L 21–49	0–1	Soldier Field	21,892	Recap
2	October 4	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 23–17	1–1	Forbes Field	26,570	Recap
3	October 11	Chicago Cardinals	W 23–14	2–1	Griffith Stadium	25,937	Recap
4	October 18	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 6–27	2–2	Griffith Stadium	28,218	Recap
5	October 25	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–34	2–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	42,732	Recap
6	November 1	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 23–30	2–4	Franklin Field	39,854	Recap
7	November 8	Baltimore Colts	W 27–24	3–4	Griffith Stadium	32,773	Recap
8	November 15	Cleveland Browns	L 17–31	3–5	Griffith Stadium	32,266	Recap
9	November 22	at Green Bay Packers	L 0–21	3–6	New City Stadium	31,853	Recap
10	November 29	at New York Giants	L 14–45	3–7	Yankee Stadium	60,982	Recap
11	December 6	Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–34	3–8	Griffith Stadium	24,325	Recap
12	December 13	New York Giants	L 10–24	3–9	Griffith Stadium	26,198	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

**1959 Washington Redskins staff**
	Front office President - George Preston Marshall Head coaches Head coach - Mike Nixon Assistant/Backfield - Bill McPeak Offensive coaches Offensive Line - Ernie Hefferle Ends - Joe Tereshinski Sr.			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator - LaVern Torgeson

**1959 Washington Redskins final roster**

	Quarterbacks 14 Eddie LeBaron 3 Ralph Guglielmi 10 Eagle Day QB/P Running backs 47 Dick James HB/DB 31 Don Bosseler FB 30 Ed Sutton HB/DB 0 Johnny Olszewski FB 27 Mike Sommer Wide receivers 81 Joe Walton 24 Jim Podoley E/HB Tight ends 42 Bill Anderson 82 Johnny Carson 82 Ken MacAfee		Offensive linemen 62 Don Boll G 41 Bob Hudson (offensive lineman) 78 Don Lawrence 70 Ray Lemek 73 John Miller 71 Will Renfro T 51 Jim Schrader C/T 67 Red Stephens G Defensive linemen 83 Ed Meadows DE 72 Donnis Churchwell DT 79 Bob Toneff DT 89 Art Gob DE 88 Chet Ostrowski DE 86 John Paluck DE		Linebackers 45 Ralph Felton 85 Tom Braatz 36 Chuck Drazenovich 63 Emil Karas 56 Frank Kuchta Defensive backs 43 Dick Haley 40 Gene Cichowski 21 Gary Glick S 25 Richie McCabe 20 Doyle Nix 48 Ben Scotti 26 Bill Stits Special teams 49 Sam Baker K/P/HB		Reserve lists 28 Joe Scudero S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics

Player	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rate
Eddie LeBaron	77	173	44.5%	1,077	8	11	61.4

Player	Attempts	Yards	Average	Long	Touchdowns
Don Bosseler	119	644	5.4	41	3

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