1964 Washington Redskins season

1964 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Bill McPeak
Owner	George Preston Marshall
Home field	DC Stadium
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1964 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 3–11 record from 1963.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 13, 1964	Cleveland Browns	L 27–13	47,577
2	September 20, 1964	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24–18	25,158
3	September 25, 1964	at New York Giants	L 13–10	62,996
4	October 4, 1964	St. Louis Cardinals	L 23–17	49,219
5	October 11, 1964	Philadelphia Eagles	W 35–20	49,219
6	October 18, 1964	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 38–24	23,748
7	October 25, 1964	Chicago Bears	W 27–20	49,219
8	November 1, 1964	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 21–10	60,671
9	November 8, 1964	at Cleveland Browns	L 34–24	76,385
10	November 15, 1964	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–0	31,587
11	November 22, 1964	Dallas Cowboys	W 28–16	49,219
12	November 29, 1964	New York Giants	W 36–21	49,219
13	December 6, 1964	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–7	49,219
14	December 13, 1964	at Baltimore Colts	L 45–17	60,213

Season summary

Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 27, Washington Redskins 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	13	7	7	27
Redskins	0	10	0	3	13

at District of Columbia Stadium, Washington, DC

• Date: September 13
• Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 58°F, relative humidity 73%, wind 11 mph
• Game attendance: 47,577
• TV announcers (CBS): Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Jim Gibbons (WSH) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Eddie Gallaher (WSH) (first half) (color commentators)
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

Second Quarter WSH – Jim Martin 12 yard field goal – Redskins 3–0 WSH – Charley Taylor 17 yard run – (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 10–0 CLE – Gary Collins 23 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (kick failed) Redskins 10–6 CLE – Jim Brown 1 yard run – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 13-10 Third Quarter CLE – Jim Brown 1 yard run – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 20–10 Fourth Quarter WSH – Jim Martin 14 yard field goal – Browns 20–13 CLE – Ernie Green 1 yard run – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 27–13 Browns Redskins

Week 5

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 20 0 20 • Redskins 14 7 7 7 35 Date: October 11 Location: D.C. Stadium • Washington, D.C. Game weather: 46°F, wind 13 mph

Scoring summary 1 WSH Bobby Mitchell 29 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 7–0 1 WSH J.W. Lockett 22 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 14–0 2 WSH Bobby Mitchell 9 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 21–0 3 PHI Timmy Brown 27 yard run (Sam Baker kick) Redskins 21–7 3 PHI Timmy Brown 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (kick failed) Redskins 21–13 3 WSH Charley Taylor 66 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 28–13 3 PHI Timmy Brown 5 yard run (Sam Baker kick) Redskins 28–20 4 WSH Charley Taylor 24 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Jim Martin kick) Redskins 35–20

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The first meeting between the two teams since they traded quarterbacks in the offseason.

Week 9: at Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 34, Washington Redskins 24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	3	7	14	24
Browns	0	13	14	7	34

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Date: November 8
• Game time: 1:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 45°F, relative humidity 94%, wind 6 mph
• Game attendance: 76,385
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Gibbons (WSH) (second half) and Ken Coleman (CLE) (first half) (play-by-play), Eddie Gallaher (WSH) (second half) and Warren Lahr (CLE) (first half) (color commentators)
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

Second Quarter WSH - Jim Martin 30 yard field goal – Redskins 3–0 CLE - Ernie Green 21 yard rush – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 7-3 CLE - Lou Groza 11 yard field goal - Browns 10-3 CLE - Lou Groza 38 yard field goal - Browns 13-3 Third Quarter CLE - Gary Collins 13 yard pass from Jim Brown - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 20-3 WSH - Bobby Mitchell 14 yard pass from Sonny Jurgenson - (Jim Martin kick) Browns 20-10 CLE - Paul Warfield 62 yard pass from Frank Ryan - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 27-10 Fourth Quarter WSH - Charley Taylor 10 yard pass from Sonny Jurgenson - (Jim Martin kick) Browns 27-17 CLE - Jim Brown 2 yard rush - (Lou Groza kick) Browns 34-17 WSH - Bobby Mitchell 14 yard pass from Sonny Jurgenson - (Jim Martin kick) Browns 34-24 Redskins Browns

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	9–2–1	415	293	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	8–2–2	357	331	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	6–6	312	313	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	5–7	307	305	L2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	250	289	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	5–7	253	315	L1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	241	399	L4

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

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com