OCTOBER 31, 1948, DAN SANDIFER - WASHINGTON REDSKINS ROOKIE HALFBACK (LSU) - BECAME FIRST PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY w TWO INTERCEPTION RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS IN ONE GAME, ESTABLISHING A RECORD WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY (TIED).
SANDIFER INTERCEPTED FOUR PASSES IN THE GAME, A 59-21 REDSKINS VICTORY OVER THE BOSTON YANKS, TYING A RECORD SET FIVE YEARS PREVIOUSLY BY HIS REDSKINS TEAMMATE, SLINGIN' SAMMY BAUGH, NOVEMBER 14, 1943 - A RECORD WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN TIED BUT NEVER BROKEN. • Video
IN 1948, SANDIFER SET THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS SINGLE-SEASON INTERCEPTION MARK w 13 THEFTS OF OPPONENT PASSES. A RECORD, WHICH OF COURSE, STILL STANDS TODAY.
IN NFL HISTORY, ONLY DICK "NIGHT TRAIN" LANE HAS INTERCEPTED MORE PASSES IN A SEASON, SNARING 14 IN 1949 FOR THE LOS ANGLES RAMS, ALSO HIS ROOKIE SEASON.