1949 Washington Redskins season

1949 Washington Redskins season
Owner	George Preston Marshall
General manager	Dick McCann
Head coach	Herman Ball John Whelchel
Home field	Griffith Stadium
Local radio	WWDC
Results
Record	4–7–1
Division place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1949 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League The team failed to improve on their 7–5 record from 1948 and finished 4-7-1.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	September 26	at Chicago Cardinals	L 7–38	0–1	Comiskey Park	24,136	Recap
3	October 3	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–14	1–1	Forbes Field	30,000	Recap
4	October 9	New York Giants	L 35–45	1–2	Griffith Stadium	30,073	Recap
5	October 16	New York Bulldogs	W 38–14	2–2	Griffith Stadium	26,278	Recap
6	October 23	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–49	2–3	Shibe Park	28,855	Recap
7	October 30	at New York Bulldogs	T 14–14	2–3–1	Polo Grounds	3,678	Recap
8	November 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–14	3–3–1	Griffith Stadium	26,038	Recap
9	November 13	Philadelphia Eagles	L 21–44	3–4–1	Griffith Stadium	31,107	Recap
10	November 20	Chicago Bears	L 21–31	3–5–1	Griffith Stadium	30,418	Recap
11	November 27	at New York Giants	L 7–23	3–6–1	Polo Grounds	12,985	Recap
12	December 4	Green Bay Packers	W 30–0	4–6–1	Griffith Stadium	23,200	Recap
13	December 11	at Los Angeles Rams	L 27–53	4–7–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	44,899	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	11	1	0	.917	8–0	364	134	W8
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	5	1	.545	4–4	224	214	W1
New York Giants	6	6	0	.500	3–5	287	298	L2
Washington Redskins	4	7	1	.364	3–4–1	268	339	L1
New York Bulldogs	1	10	1	.091	1–6–1	153	368	L5

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