title: 1959 Washington Redskins season
text: # 1959 Washington Redskins season
  
  The 1959 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League The team failed to improve on their 4–7–1 record from 1958 and finished 3-9.
  
  ## Offseason
  
  ### NFL Draft
  
  | Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ## Regular season
  
  ### Schedule
  
  | Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | September 27 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 21–49 | 0–1 | Soldier Field | 21,892 | Recap |
  | 2 | October 4 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 23–17 | 1–1 | Forbes Field | 26,570 | Recap |
  | 3 | October 11 | Chicago Cardinals | W 23–14 | 2–1 | Griffith Stadium | 25,937 | Recap |
  | 4 | October 18 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 6–27 | 2–2 | Griffith Stadium | 28,218 | Recap |
  | 5 | October 25 | at Cleveland Browns | L 7–34 | 2–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 42,732 | Recap |
  | 6 | November 1 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 23–30 | 2–4 | Franklin Field | 39,854 | Recap |
  | 7 | November 8 | Baltimore Colts | W 27–24 | 3–4 | Griffith Stadium | 32,773 | Recap |
  | 8 | November 15 | Cleveland Browns | L 17–31 | 3–5 | Griffith Stadium | 32,266 | Recap |
  | 9 | November 22 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0–21 | 3–6 | New City Stadium | 31,853 | Recap |
  | 10 | November 29 | at New York Giants | L 14–45 | 3–7 | Yankee Stadium | 60,982 | Recap |
  | 11 | December 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 14–34 | 3–8 | Griffith Stadium | 24,325 | Recap |
  | 12 | December 13 | New York Giants | L 10–24 | 3–9 | Griffith Stadium | 26,198 | Recap |
  | Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. ||||||||
  
  ### Standings
  
  NFL Eastern Conference :
  
  | viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | New York Giants | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 8–2 | 284 | 170 | W4 |
  | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 6–4 | 268 | 278 | L1 |
  | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 6–4 | 270 | 214 | W1 |
  | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 6–4 | 257 | 216 | W1 |
  | Washington Redskins | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2–8 | 185 | 350 | L5 |
  | Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 2–8 | 234 | 324 | L6 |
  
  Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Passing
  
  | Player | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Eddie LeBaron | 77 | 173 | 44.5% | 1,077 | 8 | 11 | 61.4 |
  
  ### Rushing
  
  | Player | Attempts | Yards | Average | Long | Touchdowns |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Don Bosseler | 119 | 644 | 5.4 | 41 | 3 |
  
  ### Receiving
  
  | Player | Number | Yards | Average | Long | Touchdowns |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bill Anderson | 35 | 734 | 66.7 | 70 | 6 |
  | Joe Walton | 21 | 317 | 35.2 | 41 | 3 |
  