Historical Rankings: No. 49: 1967 Washington Redskins

[KDawg]

Redskins Team Rankings:

It’s tough to compare eras, and I figured differential was as good a way as any to figure it out.

Formula:

1. Find rankings in offense to defense differentials for each category

2. Add rankings together

3. Sort rankings based on lowest to highest totals. Lowest is number one, highest is number seventy-seven.

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION: These are based on overall team statistics, please keep that in mind. Records don’t show the whole story when looking at the overall picture. In some cases a team that won 3 games could be worse than a team that won 1. These are statistical rankings. Keep that in mind.

There’s concern that this doesn’t take into account games played per season. I argue that it doesn’t really matter. A bad team is still a bad team. A good team is still a good team. It won’t vary their overall total by enough to make too large a difference. I’m confident teams are going to land at least in the vicinity of where they belong on the grand scheme.

I will post one as often as I can. We’ll start with No. 77 and work our way up to No. 1.

No. 49

1967 Washington Redskins coached by Otto Graham

Rankings:

Record: 5-6-3, 35%. Ranked 59th.

Points: -6. Ranked 40th.

Yards: -278. Ranked 57th.

Pass Yards: +327. Ranked 28th.

Pass TD: +6. Ranked 21st.

INT: +3. Ranked 25th.

Rush Yards: -605. Ranked 72nd.

Rush TD: -6. Ranked 57th.

Turnovers: +3. Ranked 29th.

Total: 388. Ranked 49th.

To appease some, I’m not going back through and re-ranking the teams, it took entirely too long, but I’ll include their per game numbers in terms of differentials. Here they are:

Points: -.42 points per game

Yards: -19.85 yards per game

Pass Yards: +23.35 yards per game

Pass TD: +.42 per game

Interceptions: +.21 interceptions per game

Rush Yards: -43.21 rush yards per game

Rush TD: -.42 RTD per game

Turnovers: +.21 turnovers per game

About the Team:

Quarterback:

Sonny Jurgensen: 31 TD, 16 INT, 3137 Yards

Running back:

A.D. Whitfield: 384 Yards, 1 TD, 4.2 YPC

Ray McDonald: 4 TD

Receiving:

Receptions/Yards: Charley Taylor: 70 REC, 990 Yards, 9 TD

TD: Jerry Smith: 12 TD

Tackles:

Sacks:

Interceptions:

Paul Krause: 8 INT

Pro Bowlers:

Sonny Jurgensen

Charley Taylor

Jerry Smith

Chris Hanburger

All Pro:

Charley Taylor

Divisional Placing:

3rd NFL Capital Division

Coach Info:

Otto Graham coached three seasons. This is his third and final appearance on the countdown. Graham finished with a record of 17-22-3.

Countdown:

77. 1954 Washington Redskins (Joe Kuharich) {653 points}

76. 1959 Washington Redskins (Mike Nixon) {626 points}

75. 1994 Washington Redskins (Norv Turner) {588 points}

74. 1963 Washington Redskins (Bill McPeak) {585 points}

73. 1960 Washington Redskins (Mike Nixon) {579 points}

72. 1961 Washington Redskins (Bill McPeak) {562 points}

71. 1993 Washington Redskins (Richie Petitbone) {560 points}

70. 1951 Washington Redskins (Ball/Todd) {549 points}

69. 1949 Washington Redskins (Ball/Whelchel) {544 points}

68. 1950 Washington Redskins (Herman Ball) {531 points}

67. 2003 Washington Redskins (Steve Spurrier) {519 points}

65. 2009 Washington Redskins (Jim Zorn) {499 points}

65. 2007 Washington Redskins (Joe Gibbs) {499 points}

63. 1968 Washington Redskins (Otto Graham) {492 points}

63. 1962 Washington Redskins (Bill McPeak) {492 points}

62. 1998 Washington Redskins (Norv Turner) {481 points}

61. 1958 Washington Redskins (Joe Kuharich) {460 points}

60. 1966 Washington Redskins (Otto Graham) {444 points}

59. 1995 Washington Redskins (Norv Turner) {437 points}

58. 1956 Washington Redskins (Joe Kuharich) {431 points}

57. 1952 Washington Redskins (Curly Lambeau) {425 points}

56. 1953 Washington Redskins (Curly Lambeau) {424 points}

55. 1935 Boston Redskins (Eddie Casey) {415 points}

54. 1941 Washington Redskins (Ray Flaherty) {408 points}

52. 2002 Washington Redskins (Steve Spurrier) {407 points}

52. 1988 Washington Redskins (Joe Gibbs) {407 points}

51. 1978 Washington Redskins (Jack Pardee) {402 points}

50. 1965 Washington Redskins (Bill McPeak) {395 points}

49. 1967 Washington Redskins (Otto Graham) {388 points}

[KDawg]

Some feedback: Does anyone want me to continue with the per game stats? Are enough people reading for me to continue it? It's not time consuming, but it becomes tedious. I can pick those up again later if people don't want them. If someone chimes in and says they like them, I have no problem continuing. I just don't want to keep doing them if no one cares

[scruffylookin]

I enjoy reading your list KDawg and appreciate the work you've put in to put this list together.

[hail2skins]

KDawg, I second Scruffy's sentiment. However, as I think I mentioned in a thread when you first started this, a problem you're going to have is that just about everyone on this board isn't going to be able to relate at all to anything prior to the 1970s, and many aren't going to be able to relate to anything prior to Gibbs 1.0.

[KDawg]

KDawg, I second Scruffy's sentiment. However, as I think I mentioned in a thread when you first started this, a problem you're going to have is that just about everyone on this board isn't going to be able to relate at all to anything prior to the 1970s, and many aren't going to be able to relate to anything prior to Gibbs 1.0.

I don't necessarily mean kudos or even responses. I just want to know if people are reading the per game statistics.