1955 Washington Redskins season

1955 Washington Redskins season
Head coach Joe Kuharich
Owner George Preston Marshall
Home field Griffith Stadium
Results
Record 8–4
Division place 2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1955 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 3–9 record from 1954.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1954 NFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 25, 1955 at Cleveland Browns W 27–17
30,041
2 October 1, 1955 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31–30
31,891
3 October 9, 1955 Chicago Cardinals L 24–10
26,337
4 October 16, 1955 Cleveland Browns L 24–14
29,168
5 October 23, 1955 at Baltimore Colts W 14–13
51,387
6 October 30, 1955 at New York Giants L 35–7
17,402
7 November 6, 1955 Philadelphia Eagles W 34–21
25,741
8 November 13, 1955 San Francisco 49ers W 7–0
25,112
9 November 20, 1955 at Chicago Cardinals W 31–0
16,901
10 November 27, 1955 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 23–14
21,760
11 December 4, 1955 New York Giants L 27–20
28,556
12 December 11, 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–17
20,547

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 9 2 1 .818 7–2–1 349 218 W2
Washington Redskins 8 4 0 .667 6–4 246 222 W1
New York Giants 6 5 1 .545 4–5–1 267 223 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 4 7 1 .364 4–5–1 248 231 L1
Chicago Cardinals 4 7 1 .364 3–6–1 224 252 L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 8 0 .333 4–6 195 285 L7

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

References


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