KDawg
November-5th-2010, 06:01 AM
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. 73
1960 Washington Redskins coached by Mike Nixon
Rankings:
Record: 1-9-2, 8%. Ranked 76th.
Points: -131. Ranked 74th.
Yards: -1322. Ranked 74th.
Pass Yards: -1133. Ranked 76th.
Pass TD: -15. Ranked 74th.
INT: -8. Ranked 70th.
Rush Yards: -189. Ranked 49th.
Rush TD: 0. Ranked 31st.
Turnovers: -4. Ranked 54th.
Total: 579. Ranked 73rd.
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: -10.91 points per game
Yards: -110.16 yards per game
Pass Yards: -94.41 yards per game
Pass TD: -1.25 PTD per game
Interceptions: -.66 interceptions per game
Rush Yards: -15.75 rush yards per game
Rush TD: +/- 0 RTD per game
Turnovers: -.33 turnovers per game
About the Team:
Of Mike Nixon’s two seasons as head coach of the Redskins, both teams managed to land in the bottom five of the all-time Redskin teams. I don’t know much about him, so I can’t say much as a coach, but that’s really bad timing to land as coach if it wasn’t his fault.
In 1960, the Redskins finished 1-9-2, statistically the second worst record a Redskin team has ever finished with, but their rushing differential helped save them from being the worst ‘Skin team of all time. The ‘Skins finished 6th in the NFL East, dead last.
Ralph Gugliemi was the quarterback and he threw for nine touchdowns and nineteen interceptions. Don Bosseler had 428 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Bill Anderson led the team in receiving with 38 receptions, 488 yards and three touchdowns.
Bob Scotti led the team in interceptions with four.
Bill Anderson and kicker Bob Khayat went to the Pro Bowl for this team
Mike Nixon coached two seasons and was 4-18-2.
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}
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. 73
1960 Washington Redskins coached by Mike Nixon
Rankings:
Record: 1-9-2, 8%. Ranked 76th.
Points: -131. Ranked 74th.
Yards: -1322. Ranked 74th.
Pass Yards: -1133. Ranked 76th.
Pass TD: -15. Ranked 74th.
INT: -8. Ranked 70th.
Rush Yards: -189. Ranked 49th.
Rush TD: 0. Ranked 31st.
Turnovers: -4. Ranked 54th.
Total: 579. Ranked 73rd.
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: -10.91 points per game
Yards: -110.16 yards per game
Pass Yards: -94.41 yards per game
Pass TD: -1.25 PTD per game
Interceptions: -.66 interceptions per game
Rush Yards: -15.75 rush yards per game
Rush TD: +/- 0 RTD per game
Turnovers: -.33 turnovers per game
About the Team:
Of Mike Nixon’s two seasons as head coach of the Redskins, both teams managed to land in the bottom five of the all-time Redskin teams. I don’t know much about him, so I can’t say much as a coach, but that’s really bad timing to land as coach if it wasn’t his fault.
In 1960, the Redskins finished 1-9-2, statistically the second worst record a Redskin team has ever finished with, but their rushing differential helped save them from being the worst ‘Skin team of all time. The ‘Skins finished 6th in the NFL East, dead last.
Ralph Gugliemi was the quarterback and he threw for nine touchdowns and nineteen interceptions. Don Bosseler had 428 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Bill Anderson led the team in receiving with 38 receptions, 488 yards and three touchdowns.
Bob Scotti led the team in interceptions with four.
Bill Anderson and kicker Bob Khayat went to the Pro Bowl for this team
Mike Nixon coached two seasons and was 4-18-2.
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}