HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS

Using their momentum for the end of the previous season the Redskins get off to a solid 2-0 start before the season was interrupted by a 2-month Player's strike.

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When the players returned the Redskins did not miss a beat winning 5 of their 6 remaining games to claim the top seed in the playoffs with a 7-1 record, as PK Mark Mosley wins the NFL MVP. In doing so Mosley became the first pure kicker to earn the honor as his foot provided the difference in 4 of the team's 7 wins including back- to-back weeks in which he was the only offense the Redskins had. In the Playoffs the Redskins continued down the warpath destroying the Detroit Lions 31-21 in the 1st Round, and beating the Minnesota Vikings 21-7 in the 2nd. The Redskins would go on to face the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship Game there John Riggins would grind out 140 yards to break the Cowboys spirits in a 31-17 win that earned the Redskins a trip to their 2nd Super Bowl.

Ten years after losing to the Miami Dolphins in their first trip to the big game the Redskins found themselves in a rematch with Fish in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Through out most of the game the Redskins shut down the Dolphins offense including not allowing 1 pass to be completed in the 2nd half. However, thanks to a 2nd Quarter kickoff return the Dolphins held a 17-13 lead entering the 4th Quarter. Things could have been worse as Joe Theismann saved a potential back-breaking Interception at the goal line by batting his own deflected pass down through a Dolphins defenders arms. However, as the 4th Quarter was starting the Redskins Hogs began wearing down the Dolphins killer Bees. With 10 minutes left John Riggins gave the Redskins a 20-17 lead breaking several tackles during a powerful 43-yard TD run. The Redskins would go on to pad the lead to 27-17 claiming their first Championship in 40 years, as John Riggins was named Super Bowl MVP.

Three Super Bowl championships and 14 playoff appearances since 1971 make the Washington Redskins one of the NFL's most dominant teams of the past quarter century. But the organization's glorious past dates back almost 60 years and includes five world championships overall and some of the most innovative people and ideas the game has ever known. From George Preston Marshall to Jack Kent Cooke, the present owner, from Vince Lombardi to Joe Gibbs, from Sammy Baugh to John Riggins, plus the NFL's first fight song, marching band and radio network, the Redskins can be proud of an impressive professional football legacy.

The Redskins started their title defense on the wrong foot by losing to the Dallas Cowboys at RFK 31-30. However the Redskins would only lose 1 more game the rest of the way to winning the NFC East with a 14-2 record. The season opening shoot out was the first of many as the Redskins scored 541 points setting a new NFL record for total points, as QB Joe Theismann won the NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. However the Redskins defense would allow 332 points as the team was involved in several shootouts on the season. Winning a 37-35 thriller at RFK over the Los Angeles Raiders and falling to the Packers in Green Bay 48-47. In the playoffs the Redskins continued to tally up the points beating the Los Angeles Rams 51-7 at RFK for a berth in the NFC Championship Game. In the Championship the Redskins would hold a 21-0 lead entering the 4th Quarter over the San Francisco 49ers. However, after Joe Montana tied the game with 3 TD passes the Redskins needed a Mark Mosley FG with 40 seconds left to earn a trip to the Super Bowl for the 32nd year in a row with a 24-21 win.