1937 Washington Redskins season

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1937 Washington Redskins season
Owner	George Preston Marshall
General manager	Jack Espey
Head coach	Ray Flaherty
Home field	Griffith Stadium
Results
Record	8–3
Division place	1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Won NFL Championship (at Bears) 28–21
← 1936 (Boston) Redskins seasons 1938 →

The 1937 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their first in Washington, D.C. The Boston Redskins moved to Washington after their runner-up 1936 season and became the Washington Redskins. In 1937 they repeated as Eastern Division champions and played the NFL championship game on the road against the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field. The Redskins won the championship game, 28–21.

The Boston Redskins had won the Eastern Division title the previous season, but had poor attendance, prompting the owner George Preston Marshall to move south to his hometown. The Redskins selected quarterback Sammy Baugh from TCU in the first round of the 1937 NFL draft, on December 12, 1936, while still in Boston. Rookie Baugh led the league in passing in 1937 with a then-record 81 pass completions, and halfback Cliff Battles led the NFL in rushing with 874 yards.

The Redskins were the first team to win a major championship since relocation in their first year and the last until the 1995-96 Colorado Avalanche won their first championship since moving from Quebec.

Draft

Main article: 1937 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1937 Washington Redskins draft
1	6	Sammy Baugh *	Quarterback	TCU
2	16	Nello Falaschi *	Center	Santa Clara
3	26	Maurice Elder	Back	Kansas State
4	36	Dick Bassi *	Guard	Santa Clara
5	46	Chuck Bond	Tackle	Washington
6	56	Jimmie Cain	Back	Washington
7	66	Rotta Holland	Guard	Kansas State
8	76	Joel Eaves	End	Auburn
9	86	Bill Docherty	Tackle	Temple
10	96	Mac Cara	End	NC State
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Preseason

In the 1937 NFL draft, the Redskins selected Sammy Baugh with the sixth overall pick. Baugh went on to play sixteen years with the Redskins, retiring after the 1952 season; he was named to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On September 6, 1937, the Redskins played their first Washington-area game following their move from Boston. Washington beat an American Legion All-Star team by a score of 50–0 in front of 1,000 at McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	September 16	New York Giants	W 13–3	1–0	Griffith Stadium	25,000	Recap
4	September 24	Chicago Cardinals	L 14–21	1–1	Griffith Stadium	22,367	Recap
5	October 3	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 11–7	2–1	Griffith Stadium	16,000	Recap
6	October 10	Philadelphia Eagles	L 0–14	2–2	Griffith Stadium	7,320	Recap
7	October 17	Pittsburgh Pirates	W 34–20	3–2	Griffith Stadium	12,835	Recap
8	October 24	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 10–7	4–2	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium	13,167	Recap
9	October 31	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 21–0	5–2	Ebbets Field	22,500	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 14	at Pittsburgh Pirates	L 13–21	5–3	Forbes Field	12,242	Recap
12	November 21	at Cleveland Rams	W 16–7	6–3	Cleveland Stadium	3,500	Recap
13	November 28	Green Bay Packers	W 14–6	7–3	Griffith Stadium	30,000	Recap
14	December 5	at New York Giants	W 49–14	8–3	Polo Grounds	58,285	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance	Game recap
Championship	December 12	at Chicago Bears	W 28–21	Wrigley Field	15,878	Recap

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	8	3	0	.727	6–2	195	120	W2
New York Giants	6	3	2	.667	5–2–1	128	109	L1
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	7	0	.364	4–4	122	145	L1
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	7	1	.300	2–5–1	82	174	T1
Philadelphia Eagles	2	8	1	.200	2–6	86	177	L1

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

Postseason

NFL Championship Game

Main article: 1937 NFL Championship Game

Team Photo

References

The First Fifty Years: A Celebration of the National Football League in its Fiftieth Season, Simon and Schuster, Inc., Copyright 1969, ASIN: B0018NJUO0
"1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 22, 2010.

External links

Redskins on jt-sw.com

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Formerly the Boston Braves (1932), Boston Redskins (1933–1936), Washington Redskins (1937–2019), and Washington Football Team (2020–2021) Based in Landover, Maryland Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia
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v t e Washington Redskins 1937 NFL champions
Jim Barber Cliff Battles Sammy Baugh Chuck Bond Eddie Britt Vic Carroll Turk Edwards Dixie Howell Don Irwin Ed Justice Ed Kahn Jim Karcher Ed Kawal Henry Krause Max Krause Charley Malone Bob McChesney Eddie Michaels Wayne Millner Les Olsson Nelson Peterson Erny Pinckert Ben Smith George Smith Riley Smith Bill Young Head coach: Ray Flaherty

Washington Redskins 1937 NFL champions

Head coach: Ray Flaherty

1937 NFL season

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