The Washington Redskins is an American professional football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Redskins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the Eastern Football Conference (NFC) division. The team plays its home game at FedExField in Landover, Maryland; his headquarters and training facilities are at the Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia and Redskins Complex in Richmond, Virginia. The Redskins has played over 1,000 games since 1932, and is one of five franchises in the NFL to record over 600 regular seasons and post-season wins, reaching that mark in 2015. The Redskins have won five NFL Championships (two pre -1966 merger announcement, and three Super Bowl). The franchise has captured 14 NFL division titles and six NFL conference championships. The Redskins were the first team in the NFL with an official marching band, and also the first team to have a fight song, "Hail to the Redskins".
The team started playing Boston Braves in 1932, based in Boston, before moving to Washington, D.C. in 1937. The Redskins won the 1937 and 1942 Championships, as well as the Super Bowl XVII, XXII, and XXVI. They also played in, and lost, 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 Championship games, as well as Super Bowls VII and XVIII. They have made 24 postseason appearances, and have an overall postseason record of 23-18. The Redskins' three Super Bowl victories tied with Oakland Raiders and the Denver Broncos, behind Pittsburgh Steelers (six), San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, and New England Patriots (five each), and the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants each four).
All Redskins' league titles are achieved over two 10-year spans. From 1936 to 1945, the Redskins went to the NFL Championship six times, winning two of them. The second period lasted between 1982 and 1991 where the Redskins appeared in the postseason seven times, won four Conference titles, and won three Super Bowls from four appearances. The Redskins also experienced a failure in their history. The most notable period of common failure was from 1946 to 1970, where the Redskins only posted four seasons of victory and did not have a postseason performance. During this period, the Redskins went without a single winning season during 1956-1968. In 1961, franchises posted their worst regular season record with 1-12-1 performances. Since their last victory in the Super Bowl after the end of the 1991 season, the Redskins only won NFC East three times, making five postseason appearances, and nine seasons with record wins.
According to Forbes , Redskins is the fifth most valuable franchise in the NFL, and is the world's 11th most valuable sporting club in 2017, worth about $ 2.95 billion. They also set the NFL record for a season's attendance in 2007, and had the top ten total attendance season in the NFL.
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Franchise history
The origins and early years (1932-1945)
The team came from Boston Braves, based in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932, under the possession of George Preston Marshall. At that time the team played at Braves Field, the headquarters of the Boston Braves baseball team in the National League. The following year, the club moved to Fenway Park, where the Boston Red Sox in the American League, where the owner changed the team's name to Boston Redskins. To complete the change, Marshall hires William "Lone Star" Dietz, who is considered to be part of Sioux, as head coach of the team. However, Boston is not much of a football town at the time and the team has difficulty attracting fans.
The Redskins moved south from New England after five years to Washington's national capital, D.C. in 1937. In their early years in Washington, the Redskins shared a baseball's Griffith Stadium with the first Washington Senator's baseball Washington baseball team. The Redskins play and win their first game in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 1937, victory against the Giants, 13-3. On December 5, 1937, they won their first division title in Washington against the Giants, 49-14, for the Eastern Championships. The team then went on to win their first league championship, the 1937 NFL Championship Game, on 12 December 1937, against the Chicago Bears, their first year in their new city DC The Redskins then met the Bears again in the 1940 NFL Championship Game on December 8, 1940. , 73-0 that support the Bear, is still the worst one-sided loss in NFL history. Another big disadvantage for the Redskins season came during a coin-throwing ceremony before the match against the Giants. After calling the coin toss and shaking hands with the captain of the opposing team, Turk Edwards tries to spin to get back to the side. However, his cleats were caught in the grass and his knees gave way, injuring him and bringing his season and career to an unusual ending.
In what became the initial rivalry in the NFL, the Redskins and Bears met twice more in the NFL Championship Game. The third time was in the 1942 NFL Championship Game on December 13, 1942, in which the Redskins won their second championship, 14-6. The last time the two met was the 1943 NFL Championship Game on December 26, 1943, in which the Bears won, 41-21. The most notable accomplishment achieved during the Redskins' 1943 season was Sammy Baugh leading the NFL in passing, punting, and interceptions.
Redskins played in the NFL Championship once again before a quarter-century drought that did not end until the 1972 season. With former Olympic gold medalist Dudley DeGroot as their new head coach, the Redskins went 8-2 during the 1945 season. One of the most memorable performances came from Sammy Baugh , which has a settlement percentage of 0.703. They ended the season by losing to the Cleveland Rams in the 1945 NFL Championship Game on December 16, 1945, 15-14. The one point margin of victory came under scrutiny because of the security that occurred at the beginning of the game. In the first quarter, the Redskins had the ball in their own 5 yard line. Going back into the final zone, quarterback Sammy Baugh tossed into the open receiver, but the ball hit the post (which at the moment was in the goal line instead of behind the end zone) and bounced back to the ground in the final zone. Under the rules at the time, this was ruled as security and thus gave the Rams a 2-0 lead. It was security that proved to be a margin of victory. The owner of Marshall was furious at the result that he became a major force in passing the following major rule changes after the season: A forward pass that struck the goal post was automatically ruled incomplete. This came to be known as the "Baugh/Marshall Rule".
Front office splits and integration (1946-1970) )
The team's initial success was fascinated by Washington fans, D.C. However, after 1945, the Redskins began to suffer a slow setback that they did not end until a playoff appearance in the 1971 season. The Redskins had four different head coaches from 1946 to 1951, including former Turkish players Edwards and Dick Todd as well as John Whelchel and Herman Ball, and nothing works. But this does not stop George Preston Marshall from trying to make the Redskins the most successful franchise in the league. The first major change took place on June 14, 1950, when it was announced that the American Oil Company plans to broadcast all Redskins matches, making Washington the first NFL team to have a whole season of television. The next big change took place in February 1952, when he hired former Green Bay Packers coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau. But, after two seasons, Marshall fired Lambeau after losing the Redskins in their opening exhibition to the Los Angeles Rams and hired Joe Kuharich. In 1955, Kuharich led the Redskins to their first winning season in ten years and was named Coach News Coach of the Year and UPI NFL Coach of the Year.
In 1961, the Redskins moved into their new stadium called D.C. Stadium (changed to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 1969). The first match at D.C. The new stadium took place on October 1, 1961, ahead of 37,767 fans. However, the Redskins failed to lead 21-7 and lost to the New York Giants 24-21. That same year, Bill McPeak became head coach and had a 21-46-3 record for five seasons. During his tenure, he helped draw up the future stars: wide receiver Charley Taylor, tight Jerry Smith, Paul Krause safety, central Len Hauss, and midfielder Chris Hanburger. He also helped make two important trades, earning quarterback Sonny Jurgensen from the Philadelphia Eagles and midfielder Sam Huff from the New York Giants.
One of the reasons the team struggle is the chaos in the front office. Marshall began to experience a mental deterioration in 1962, and other shareholders of the team found it difficult to make decisions without their bosses. Marshall died on August 9, 1969, and Edward Bennett Williams, a minority shareholder who is a Washington resident and one of America's most respected lawyers, was elected to run the franchise while majority shareholder Jack Kent Cooke lived in Los Angeles and ran his basketball team, Los Angeles Lakers. In 1966, Otto Graham was hired as the new head coach. Graham coached the Redskins between 1966 and 1968, but whatever magic he possessed as an NFL player disappeared on the sidelines as the team recorded a 17-22-3 mark during that time period. After resigning from the Redskins post in favor of Vince Lombardi, Graham returned as an athletic director of the Coast Guard Academy before retiring in late 1984.
In 1969, the Redskins hired Vince Lombardi - who gained fame training with the Green Bay Packers - to become their new head coach. Lombardi led the team to a 7-5-2 record, best since 1955 but died of cancer on the eve of the 1970 season. Assistant coach Bill Austin was chosen to replace Lombardi during the 1970s, and he finished with a 6-8 record.
Integration controversy
During most of this failed period, Marshall continues to refuse to integrate the team, despite pressure from The Washington Post and the federal government. On March 24, 1961, Interior Secretary Stewart Udall warned Marshall to hire black players or face federal retaliation. For the first time in history, the federal government has been trying to delegate professional sports teams. The Redskins are under threat of civil rights law action by the Kennedy administration, which will prevent separate teams from playing at the D.C Stadium. which is new, as it is owned by the US Department of the Interior and thus belongs to the federal government.
In 1962, they became the last American professional football franchise to integrate. First, the Redskins composed the concept of Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman Cup. They also took Ron Hatcher's black fullback in the eighth round, a player from Michigan State who became the first black American soccer player to sign a contract with the Redskins. But, in mid-December, Marshall announced that on the day of the NFL draft he had traded the rights to Davis to the Cleveland Browns, who wanted Davis to join the league's leading rusher, Jim Brown, behind them. Davis traded off to Browns to run back Bobby Mitchell (who became wide receiver in Washington) and 1962's selection of Leroy Jackson's first-round draft. The move was done in an unfortunate situation - because it turned out that Davis suffered from leukemia, and died without ever playing professional soccer. The Redskins ended the 1962 season with their best record in five years: 5-7-2. Mitchell led the league with 11 goals, and caught 72 bait and was selected for the Pro Bowl. In time, Mitchell will join the black stars like Charley Taylor's recipient, run back Larry Brown, defensive back Brig Gen Owens, and keep John Nisby from Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Awakening of George Allen (1971-1980)
After the death of Lombardi and Austin in the failed 1970 season, Williams signed former Los Angeles Rams head coach Rams George Allen as head coach on 6 January 1971. Some experienced veterans rather than highly praised young players, Allen's team is known as Over-the-Di Gang. That season, the Redskins made the playoffs for the first time since 1945 with a 9-4-1 mark with Redskins first-year head coach George Allen winning the NFL Coach of the Year 1971, who was second in his career, winning his first Coach of the Year Award in 1967 as head coach of Rams. However, they lost in the Playoff Division to San Francisco 49ers, 24-20. The following season, the Redskins hosted their first season game in Washington since 1942, where they defeated the Green Bay Packers 16-3 in the Diagonal Division Playoff. The Redskins reached the NFC Championship Game, and in a highly anticipated match against the Dallas Cowboys, the Redskins will not disappoint. The Redskins placekicker Curt Knight kicked an 18-yard field goal in the second quarter to earn the scoring going on, then Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer connected with wide-spread Redskins recipient Charley Taylor on a 15-yard touchdown pass and Washington led 10-3 at half time. In the fourth quarter, Kilmer again went to Taylor, this time for a touchdown of 45 yards. Knight added three more field goals in that period and the Over-The-Hill-Gang defense allowed only a second-quarter field goal. The final score is Washington 26, Dallas 3. After defeating the Dallas Cowboys to win the NFC Championship, the Redskins then lost to an unbeaten Miami Dolphins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII. Redskins ran back Larry Brown to be named the 1972 NFL Most Valuable Player.
Redskins returned to playoffs in 1973, 1974, and 1976, losing only three times in the first half. After the Redskins failed to make the playoffs in 1977 despite posting a 9-5 record, Allen was sacked and replaced by new head coach Jack Pardee, linebacker star under Allen in Los Angeles and Washington. In his first year, his team started 6-0 but then lost 8 of the last 10 games. Later at the end of the season, Redskins majority owner Jack Kent Cooke moved from Los Angeles to Virginia and took over the day-to-day operations of Edward Bennett Williams.
The Redskins voted well during the 1979 NFL Draft, where they composed future stars Don Warren and Monte Coleman. They open the 1979 season 6-2 and 10-5 to the final of the season at the Texas Stadium, against whom a win will ensure a playoff spot and an East NFC title is possible. Washington led 34-28 with time running low, but quarterback Roger Staubach then led the Cowboys in a fourth-quarter comeback with two goals passing. The 35-34 loss beats the Redskins 10-6 from the playoff bout. Pardee's quick success with the team did not go unnoticed, however, and he was named Associated Press Coach of the Year and UPI NFC Coach of the Year. Pardee's term did not last long, as he was fired after posting a record of 6-10 in 1980. However, he designed the Art Monk in the first round.
the era of Joe Gibbs (1981-1992)
On January 13, 1981, owner Jack Kent Cooke signed San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Joe Gibbs as their head coach. Also during off-season, Redskins acquired Mark May, Russ Grimm and Dexter Manley in the 1981 NFL Draft, all becoming significant contributors to the team for the next few years. After starting the 1981 0-5 season, the Redskins won eight of the next 11 games and finished the season 8-8. Starting on September 21, 1982, the NFL faced a 57-day long strike, which reduced the 1982 season from 16 matches to nine matches. Due to the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament, in which eight teams from each conference were sowed 1-8 based on their regular season record. After the strike was completed, the Redskins dominated, winning six of the remaining seven games to make the playoffs for the first time since 1976.
In January 1983, during the second round of the playoffs against Minnesota Vikings, John Riggins rushed to an 185-yard Redskins playoff record, bringing Washington to a 21-7 win. The game was probably best known for a moment when the stadium physically shook when the crowd shouted "We Want Dallas!", Which then became a cry for Redskin fans before the game against Cowboys. In the NFC Championship Game against them at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, final defensive Redskins Dexter Manley knocked Cowboys quarterback Danny White out for the rest of the game and sent him into the dressing room just before halftime. Later in the game, the Redskins defensively overcame Darryl Grant's interception which he returned for a 10-yard touchdown from one of Cowboys reserve quarterback midfielder Gary Hogeboom being dribbled by Dexter Manley to score the decisive points. John Riggins rushed for 140 yards and two goals in 36 bring and the Redskins went on to beat the Cowboys' by a score of 31-17. The Super Bowl Redskins win, and their first NFL Championship in 40 years, are in the Super Bowl XVII, where the Redskins beat Miami Dolphins 27-17. Riggins provides game signature games when, at 4 and inches, with the Redskins down 17-13, the coaches are called "70 Chip", a game designed for shorter yards. Riggins even got 43 yards (39 m) by running through Don McNeal's tackler and getting a touchdown. The Redskins eventually won by a score of 27-17 with John Riggins winning the Super Bowl MVP.
After the 1982 season Redskins placekicker Mark Moseley was the first and only placekicker in NFL history to be named the NFL Most Valuable Player; Moseley made 20 of 21 field goals attempted in 1982. Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs also won the first NFL Coach of the Year in 1982 which was the first of his back to support the NFL Coach of the Year Awards, the second coming in 1983 Season NFL.
The 1983 season marks the debut of rookie cornerback Darrell Green, selected in the 1983 NFL Draft along with Charles Mann, Green will continue to play his entire 20-year career for the Redskins. On October 1, 1983, the Redskins lost to the Green Bay Packers 48-47 in Monday night's highest soccer game in history, where both teams joined more than 1,000 yards (910 m) total offense. Then during the regular season finals on December 17, 1983, Moseley made a record of the NFL score with 161 points while Riggins total of 144 points was second. It marked the first time since 1951 that the two top scorers in a season played on the same team. They dominated the NFL with a 14-win season which included a record NFL then 541 points, many coming from Riggins, who scored 24 goals. Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann will also be named the NFL's Most Valued Player of 1983 who finished the season with the highest career on both yards over 3,714 yds, and the touchdown passed the throw, 29 Td while throwing only 11 interceptions. In the postseason, the Redskins beat the Los Angeles Rams 51-7. The following week, Washington defeated San Francisco 49ers 24-21 in the NFC Championship Game. It was their last win of the season because two weeks later, the Raiders beat the Redskins 38-9 in the Super Bowl XVIII.
The Redskins finished the 1984 season with a 11-5 record, and won NFC East for a third consecutive season. However, they lost in the first round of playoffs to the Chicago Bears, 23-19. On November 18, 1985, while playing against the Giants, Theismann broke his leg when sacked by Lawrence Taylor. The compound fractures forced him to retire after 12 years of career, where he became an all-time leader in the Redskins effort and settlement. The Redskins finished in 3rd place at NFC East behind the Cowboys and missed the wild cards for the Giants based on the tiebreakers.
The 1986 offseason main spotlight occurred during the 1986 NFL Draft, when the Redskins took the future of Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien in the sixth round, also the final defensive Redskins Dexter Manley set a single season record franchise when he recorded 18.5 sacks while earning first Team All-Pro and selected for bowl Pro. In the 1986 season, the road to the playoffs was even more difficult, with the Redskins making the postseason a wild-card team despite having a regular 12-4 season record. They won the Wild Card playoff against the Rams, and then again in the division playoff against Bear. This game is Gibbs's 70th career, which makes him the most winning head coach in Redskins history. The season ends next week, however, when the Redskins lose to the Super Bowl XXI Super Giant Champion 17-0 in the NFC Championship game.
The 1987 season started with a 24-day strike, reducing the 16-game season to 15. The games for week 4-6 were won with all substitutes. The Redskins have the distinction of being the only team without players crossing the picket line. All three wins were often credited with bringing the team into the playoffs and the basis for the 2000 movie The Replacements. The Redskins won their second championship at Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988, in San Diego, California. The Redskins beat Denver Broncos 42-10 after starting the game in a 10-0 deficit, the biggest victory in Super Bowl history, tied by the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV and New England Patriots on Super Bowl XLIX. The game is more famous for star performance by quarterback Doug Williams who graduated for four goals in the second quarter on his way to becoming the first black quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory while also winning the Super Bowl MVP award. Rookie ran back Timmy Smith had a great performance as well, running for the Super Bowl record of 204 meters (187 m).
1988 started with a boom and the club had a 5-3 record in mid-season, but the second half faint saw them lose playoffs with a 7-9 record.
The 1989 Redskins finished with a 10-6 record but missed the playoffs. The most memorable season for the wide receiver trio of the Redskins is dubbed "The Posse" which consists of wide receivers of Art Monk, Gary Clark, and Ricky Sanders who became the first wide receiver trio in NFL history to post 1,000-plus yards at the same venue. season. Also, in a 14-week win against San Diego Chargers, Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs earned career no. 100.
The Redskins returned to the playoffs in 1990 as a wild card team, losing in the playoff division to 49ers, 28-10.
The 1991 season started with a record 11 franchise successive wins. Also during the season, "The Hogs", under the training of Redskins offensive coach Joe Bugel, allowing low league and franchise record nine sacks - the third lowest total in NFL history. The 1991 Redskins offense also dominated under brilliant coach offensive head coach Joe Gibbs scored 485 points most by any team in the 1991 NFL season. The 1991 Redskins defense was also dominant under the coaching of defensive co-ordinator and teacher Richie Petitbon, giving up only 224 points total at best second from any team in the NFL in 1991, while also not allowing a single point for an opponent in 3 out of 16 matches played that season. After a 14-2 record, the Redskins made and dominated the playoffs, defeating the Falcons and Lions with a combined score of 64-17. On January 26, 1992, the Redskins won the Super Bowl XXVI by defeating Buffalo Bills 37-24 with Mark Rypien winning the Super Bowl MVP award. After the Super Bowl, the Redskins set another franchise record by sending eight players to the Pro Bowl. The 1991 Washington Redskins are widely regarded as one of the best teams in NFL history.
The successful Redskins in 1992 peaked on the way to the playoffs as a wild card team, but they lost in the playoff division to 49ers, 20-13. The most memorable achievement of the season came on October 12, 1992, when Art Monk became the all-time lead NFL recipient against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football by capturing his 820th career acceptance. The era ended on March 5, 1993, when Joe Gibbs retired after 12 years of training with the Redskins. In what proved to be a temporary retirement, Gibbs pursued an interest in NASCAR by setting up Joe Gibbs Racing.
End of ownership of RFK and Cooke (1993-1998)
After the end of Gibbs' first tenure, the Redskins hired former Redskins player Richie Petitbon for the 1993 season. However, his first and only year as head coach, the Redskins finished with a 4-12 record. Petitbon was fired at the end of the season and on February 2, 1994, Norv Turner was hired as head coach after being the offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. 1994 was even worse when they finished 3-13, their worst season in over 30 years. Their only bright spot of the year came on October 9, 1994, linebacker Monte Coleman playing in his 206th career match with the Redskins, who broke the Art Monk team record for the matches played (Coleman retired at the end of the season with 216 matches played ). They increased to 6-10 in 1995 where they could earn a season sweep at the end of the Super Bowl XXX Champions Dallas Cowboys. On March 13, 1996, Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, and Prince George County Executive Executive Wayne K. Curry signed a contract that paved the way for the immediate start of the construction of the new Redskins home (now FedExField). The 1996 season saw Washington post their first winning record in 4 years with a 9-7 finish. On December 22, 1996, the Redskins played their last game at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, victory over the Dallas Cowboys 37-10, and completed their tenure at the stadium with a 173-102-3 record, including 11-1 in the playoffs.
On April 6, 1997, Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke died of congestive heart failure at the age of 84. In his will, Cooke left the Redskins to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, with instructions that the foundation sold the team. His wealth, led by John Kent Cooke's son, took over the Redskins ownership and at his memorial service, John Kent Cooke announced that the new stadium in Landover, Maryland would be named Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. On 14 September 1997, the Redskins played in their new stadium for the first time, and defeated the Arizona Cardinals, 19-13 in extra time. On November 23, 1997, they played the New York Giants and the result was a 7-7 tie, the first Redskins tie game since the 1971 season. They will finish 1997 8-7-1 and will miss the playoffs for the fifth season in a row. One bright spot during the season, however, occurred on December 13, 1997, when Darrell Green played in his 217st career match as Redskin, breaking Monte Coleman's record for the game being played.
The 1998 season started with seven successive defeats, and the Redskins finished with a record of 6-10.
The ownership of Daniel Snyder (1999-present)
After two seasons, John Kent Cooke was unable to raise enough funds to buy the Redskins permanently, and on May 25, 1999, Daniel Snyder gained unanimous approval (31-0) from the league owner and bought a $ 800 million franchise, the most expensive team purchase agreement in sports history. One of his first acts as team owner occurred on November 21, 1999, when he sold naming rights to Jack Kent Cooke Stadium to the highest bidder, Federal Express, which renamed the FedExField stadium.
In the first season of Snyder as owner, the Redskins reached 10-6, including four straight wins early in the season, and reached the playoffs for the first time in Norv Turner's career (and for the first time for the Redskins since 1992). ) in the final game of the season (on 2 January 2000 against the dolphins). Running back Stephen Davis rushed for a then club-record 1,405 yards and quarterback Brad Johnson completed his then club-record 316 pass and threw for more than 4,000 yards in the regular game of that season. They then defeated the Detroit Lions in the first round of the playoffs but lost to Buccaneers, 14-13.
The 2000 season begins with the upcoming Pro Bowler Pro Bowler and the tumultuous LaVar Arrington in the 2000 NFL Draft and includes five consecutive wins in the first half of the season. However, they ended up going 7-6, and on December 4, 2000, Norv Turner was fired as head coach. Terry Robiskie was named as the temporary coach to finish this season, ending with an 8-8 record. During the final game of the season on 24 December 2000, Larry Centers became the all time NFL leader in the catch by running back with 685 receptions.
Era Marty Schottenheimer (2001)
On January 3, 2001, the Redskins recruited former head coach Brown and Chiefs Marty Schottenheimer as head coaches. The 2001 season started with losses to the San Diego Chargers, 30-3, two days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. On September 13, 2001, the Redskins announced the creation of a Redskins Aid Fund to help families of victims of attacks at the Pentagon. During this season, the Redskins raised more than $ 700,000. They finished the season with an 8-8 record and Schottenheimer was sacked after the last game. Snyder later said in an interview in 2013 about Schottenheimer's dismissal, "I love Marty and still do it to this day, we are good friends, he will still be here if he does not want to do it all, he insists on doing it all, something that I do not think works, one person can not do everything, he's a machine on the front.He will not drop the personnel and give us more team energy. "
Steve Spurrier Era (2002-2003)
2002
On January 14, 2002, Snyder hired University of Florida coach Steve Spurrier, the new fifth head coach of the Redskins in 10 years. They finished with a 7-9 record, their first season losing since 1998. The bitter season of the season came on December 29, 2002, when Darrell Green ended his 20th and final season when the Redskins beat the Cowboys 20-14 at FedExField. For 20 seasons, he made an NFL record for successive seasons with at least one interception (19) and Redskins team records for regular season matches played (295) and started (258).
2003
The Redskins finished the 2003 season with a 5-11 record, the worst since 1994. A brilliant record this season was on December 7, 2003, when defender Bruce Smith fired quarterback Giants Jesse Palmer in the fourth quarter. With the sack of his 199th career, he broke his all-time Reggie White NFL record (Smith finished the season with a 200 sack career). After two years of mediocrity, Spurrier resigned after the 2003 season with three years remaining on his contract.
The return of Joe Gibbs (2004-2007)
2004
For the 2004 season, Snyder managed to lure former coach Joe Gibbs from NASCAR to return as head coach and team president. His work came with the promise of a reduction in intervention in football operations from Snyder. Snyder also expanded FedExField to a high-capacity league of 91,665 seats. Gibbs' return to the franchise did not pay an instant dividend when the Redskins finished the 2004 season with a record of 6-10.
Despite an impressive defense, the team fought hard. Quarterback Mark Brunell - an off-season acquisition of the Jacksonville Jaguars - struggled in his first season, and was replaced mid-season with reserve Patrick Ramsey. On the other hand, some new Gibbs players, such as Shawn Springs cornerback and linebacker Marcus Washington, do very well. The Redskins also chose Sean Taylor from the University of Miami during the draft in the first season of Gibbs.
2005
The start of the 2005 season started with three wins, including Monday Night Football match on September 19, 2005, against the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas led 13-0 with less than four minutes remaining when Brunell threw a 39-yard (36 m) touchdown pass to Moss in the fourth game down. Then, with 2:44 left, Brunell connected with Moss again on a 70-yard touchdown pass (64 m) and Nick Novak kicked the extra points that won the game. It was the Redskins' first win at the Texas Stadium since 1995. They then fell into defeat, losing six of their next eight games which included three consecutive defeats in November, and their playoff chances looked grim.
However, the Redskins then went on to record a five-game winning streak at the end of the season, which ended with the Redskins winning three games in a row against the division rivals. On December 18, 2005, they beat the Cowboys, 35-7, which marked the first time since 1995 that the Redskins were able to sweep the season's series with Dallas. The Redskins then avenge the previous defeat to the Giants with a 35-20 victory in the last home game in their regular season. They finished the season against the Philadelphia Eagles on January 1, 2006, where they won by 31-20, with Taylor again slipping 39 yards (36 m) for a touchdown to seal the win. The win reached their first playoff spot since 1999. The game also culminated in an impressive season appearance by the individual. Portis set the team's mark for most of the rushing yard in a season with 1,516 meters (1,386 m), and Moss set a team record for most receiving yards in a season by 1,483 meters (1,356 m), breaking Bobby Mitchell's previous record set in 1963 Also, 71 receptions Chris Cooley broke Jerry Smith's season record for the tight end of the Redskins.
Completed the season 10-6, they qualify for the playoffs as a wild card team. Their first match against the NFC South Champion Buccaneers on 7 January 2006. The Redskins won 17-10, after a 14-0 lead, which they thought they lost until replays showed that the touchdown, which would bind the game, was an incomplete card. In that match, the Redskins broke the record for the least offensive (120) field earned in a playoff victory, with one of his two goals from defense after a missed recovery. The following weekend, they play the Seahawks, who beat the Redskins 20-10, ending their hopes of reaching their first NFC Championship since 1991.
2006
The first major move beyond the 2006 season was hiring offensive co-ordinator Kansas City Chiefs Al Saunders as Associate Head Coach, Offense. Gibbs also added former Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Jerry Gray to his staff as Secondary/Cornerbacks coaches and losing quarterback coach Bill Musgrave to the Falcons. The Redskins also picked up future starters Rocky McIntosh, Anthony Montgomery, Reed Doughty and Kedric Golston in the 2006 NFL Draft.
After winning just three of the first nine games of the 2006 season, Gibbs received midfielder Brunell for former first-round draft pick Jason Campbell. After losing his first match as a starter to Tampa Bay, Campbell got his first NFL victory against the Carolina Panthers, bringing the Redskins out of three consecutive defeats. The peak of the season occurred on November 5, 2006, and ended with one of the most exciting endings in the history of the Cowboys-Redskins competition. Tied 19-19, Troy Vincent blocked a last-minute field goal attempt by Dallas that would give them victory. Sean Taylor took the ball and ran 30 yards (27 m), breaking the tackle along the way. It is thought that the game will go in overtime, but due to a 15-yard (14m) defensive 15-foot penalty, the Redskins will get field goal chances with no time on the clock. Novak kicked a 47-yard field (43 m), giving Washington a 22-19 win.
They finished the year with a 5-11 record, which resulted in their being in the NFC East, and the only team in the division failed to make the playoffs. It marks the second season that lost to second term Joe Gibbs as head coach with the Redskins, compared to a season of defeat that he had in his first 12 years as head coach. Despite the failure of the 2006 season, including the disaster free agents Adam Archuleta and Brandon Lloyd, the year did see an improvement in running back Ladell Betts and Campbell as quarterbacks.
2007
The 2007 Washington Redskins season was the team's 75th season, and saw the team reach a 9-7 record and playoff appearances. This was an improvement during the 2006 season where they went 5-11 and ended last in the East NFC.
The Redskins started the 2007 season with an "ugly win" starting the off season 2-0. The Redskins continued to win and lost in close matches, the only exception to a 34-3 victory of the Detroit Lions. The Redskins continue to win ugly and lose ugly to 5-3 on the half mark. However, the Redskins will begin to collapse. Washington Redskins lost the next three games to fall to 5-6. On Monday, November 26, 2007, Redskins superstar, Sean Taylor was shot by an intruder in the morning at his home in Miami. The next morning, Sean Taylor died of blood loss. Heartbreak continued for the Washington Redskins, taking a 9-2 lead in the first half against Buffalo Bills, and eventually leading 16-5. However, the Bills cut the lead to 16-14, and got the position with just 8 seconds left to win the game. In an attempt to kick the goalkeeper, head coach Joe Gibbs called the timeout. However, he tried to freeze it, and called a longer timeout, which drew an unsportsmanly penalty, reduced the field targets from 51 yards to 36, and the Bills Rian Lindell kicker easily triggered him. After a heartbreaking loss, the Redskins attended Sean Taylor's funeral two days later, with a game to play on Thursday night against the Chicago Bears. The bad news continued, when quarterback Jason Campbell came down for the season with a knee injury. After this, unlikely heroes and backup midfielder Todd Collins lead the Redskins to victory, keeping their playoff hopes alive. Everything continued to turn in the right direction behind Collins, who led the Redskins to a 22-10 victory on Sunday Night Football over the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings victory and rivals Dallas Cowboys in the final two weeks to push the Redskins into 9-7 and the last playoff place in the NFL playoffs.
The Washington Redskins trailed 13-0 into the 4th quarter to the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Playoffs, but bounced back to a 14-13 lead, but Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham failed to score field goals later on, and Seahawks scored on the next drive and converted the conversion. two points. To close the game, Todd Collins threw two interceptions, each back for the touchdown, and the Redskins fell 35-14.
Jim Zorn's Era (2008-2009)
2008
The Washington Redskins appeared to be returning to the playoffs in 2008 but to no avail, finishing 8-8. After Joe Gibbs announced his resignation, Jim Zorn was hired as head coach, and brought West Coast Offense.
The season started as well as possible, as the Washington Redskins started the season 6-2, with their two losses generated by a combined 11 points to the New York Giants and St. Louis Rams. Furthermore, Redskins star Clinton Portis leads the NFL at a busy yard and Jason Campbell is only 40 times through Bernie Kosar's record-breaking attempt on consecutive passes to start the season without interception. However, things turned worse on the eve of the 2008 Presidential Election, when they were diverted 23-6 by injuries Pittsburgh Steelers and Clinton Portis eventually caught on to him. The Redskins continue to struggle, falling to 7-7, with their victory just over a six-week period to a 3-point win over Seattle Seahawks 2-8, which will finish 4-12 seasons. The Redskins managed to beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday 16, but were knocked out of the playoff bout after Atlanta Falcons beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-17 in the same week. The Redskins lost their last game of the season 27-24 to the San Francisco 49ers, despite a 17-7 lead in the first half, losing to Joe Nedney's field goal by the time it ended.
2009
Redskins' fortunes continued to slide in 2009, as they lost two of the first four games, one of which was a 19-14 defeat at the hands of The Lions, a team that has not won a game since December 2007. After that, they lost to Carolina on the road and Kansas City at home, the last game handed another victory to the team without a win. On Monday Night Football, the Redskins lost to Philadelphia in a match where Jim Zorn was temporarily relieved of his duties by offensive co-ordinator Sherman Lewis. In Week 10, they made a sudden defeat at the Denver Broncos before losing two division games to Dallas and Philadelphia. The Week 13 match against the unbeaten Saints team proves another surprise. The Redskins managed to tie at the end of the regulation, and at overtime had a chance to break New Orleans's winning record. However, kicker Shaun Suisham missed a field goal that would give them victory. On their next ownership, the Saints scored FG and won the 33-30 match. Suisham was cut after the match and signed with Dallas (his team of origin). The Redskins then beat Oakland on Sunday 14 before losing their last three games to complete 4-12. The second game with the Cowboys ended with a 16-0 shutout, only for the second season since 1970 where Washington lost all of its division matches. Jim Zorn was fired and replaced by Mike Shanahan afterwards. Mikeanahan Era (2010-2013) 2010
The 2010 off season will bring a surprise when on April 4, QB Eagles Donovan McNabb forced his team to exchange it with the Redskins and also marred by a contract dispute with Albert Haynesworth. Washington continues the long tradition of playing rivals Cowboy heavily in the first week of the season. Both teams were unimpressive and Redskins' fumbles stuttered throughout the game, but they eventually won 13-10 after a touchdown pass by Tony Romo canceled after a holding call. They entertained the Texans on Sunday 2, but a good offensive performance (especially by McNabb, who passed 426 yards and touchdown) failed to secure victory. The game tied at 27-27 and went into overtime in which Houston kicker Neil Rackers made a 37-yard FG, ending the game at 30-27. After this, the Redskins lost to St. Louis 30-16 before McNabb returned to Philadelphia. Although Washington did not give a very strong performance, they won 16-12 after Eagles QB Michael Vick was injured and replaced by Kevin Kolb. In Week 5, they hosted Green Bay for the second time since 1979 (the first in 2004) and beat them 16-13. After losing Sunday night's game to the Colts, Washington defeated Chicago on Sunday 7. Although McNabb threw two interceptions, the team took advantage of their opponent's porous O-line to fire and take Jay Cutler four times, winning 17-14. After losing a game of gambling 37-25 in Detroit, the Redskins continued their week and returned to host Philadelphia at MNF for the second year in a row. When it rained on Fedex Field, Eagle went on to destroy Washington 59-28 with eight goals. Unlike the big numbers prepared by Michael Vick, McNabb looks distinctly unimpressive, with two touchdown passes and three interceptions (one returned for TD). Just before the game, he has completed his contract with the Redskins, who gave him a 5-year contract, $ 78 million and allowed him to (forbid unforeseen circumstances) end his career in Washington. After beating Tennessee, the Redskins lost four straight games and were eliminated from a playoff dispute before beating Jacksonville on Sunday 16. After losing to New York at home, the Redskins ended the year at 6-10 and again finished fourth in the division.
2011
The McNabb era suddenly ended when he was trafficked to Minnesota in August 2011. The troubled Albert Haynesworth also headed to New England. After cutting Clinton Portis injuries, the Redskins lacked any important offensive players remaining except Santana Moss. Mike Shanahan surprised most observers with his decision to call John Beck, an obscure free agent of QB, as a starter.
However, Shanahan suddenly turned around by giving the veteran reserve the reserve Rex Grossman to its initial position. In Week 1, Grossman threw for 305 yards and two past TD as Redskins destroyed the Giants 28-14, ending six straight defeats against the team. After defeating the Cardinals on Sunday 2, Redskins started with an initial 2-0 shock. On Sunday 3rd, they played Cowboys in MNF and lost in bad games where the latter beat them with six goals in the field to win 18-16.
After beating the Rams on Sunday 4, the Redskins were crushed from injury and did not win another game until Seattle on Sunday 12. They finished 5-11 after the second win over the eventual champions Giants.
2012
The Redskins trade all their high-end pick designs to St. Louis for taking Baylor QB Robert Griffin III # 2 in the 2012 draft. Although the need for the QB franchise is clear, many soccer experts doubt such trade policies for one player. Griffin silenced his criticism on Sunday 1 when Washington won a surprise over the Saints in New Orleans. Qook rookie tossed for 320 yards and two passes TD in a 40-32 win for the Redskins highest scoring game since 2005.
On Sunday 2, the team travels to St. Louis where they lost 24-22. The loss of major defenses suffered when Brian Orakpo fell from tears to the left pectoral muscle. Despite numerous complaints from Redskins fans and players about Rams playing dirty, there is nothing to do but turn to the home opener against Cincinnati. The game started at a bad omen when the Bengals threw a 76-yard TD pass on the opening drive. Although the Redskins responded angrily and played other close matches, they lost and injuries continued to pile up as CB Josh Wilson and WR Pierre GarÃÆ'§on went down. They will win their next game in the final goal of the game field at Tampa Bay, 24-22, after Buccaneers made a fourth-quarter comeback to take the lead. The Redskins only won one of their next five games, going to the remaining week at 3-6.
In Week 11, the Redskins will face a struggling Philadelphia Eagles in Washington. RGIII will have one of his best games of his career to date, as the Redskins won 31-6 with long goals to Santana Moss and Aldrick Robinson. The Redskins will win the next 6 games after that, including a Thanksgiving Day win over the Dallas Cowboys, an overtime victory against last champion, the Baltimore Ravens, and a 38-21 win over the Cleveland Browns featuring rookie quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​as a starter , filling for RGIII who got a knee injury against the Ravens. The Redskins will win their last important game against the Cowboys, who will seize the division for them and send the Redskins into the playoffs.
2013
After winning NFC East in the previous season, high hopes for a repeat in 2013. However, these hopes are futile, due to bad games and controversy being stirred during the whole year, leading to a 3-13 disaster record. This is the worst record that the Redskins have been posting since 1994. Although most players have years down from last season, Pierre Garonne has his biggest season statistically. Garcon finally broke the 29-year-old Art Monk franchise record for catches in a season. Garcon has 113 total catches, which solved 106 Monk catches in 1984 by seven.
The Washington Redskins sacked Shanahan and most of his staff on December 30, 2013.
Era Jay Gruden (2014-present)
2014
On January 9, 2014, the Redskins hired Jay Gruden as their head coach. Gruden became the team's eighth head coach since Daniel Snyder bought the franchise in 1999. Gruden lost his first regular season game as an NFL coach against Houston Texans 17-6 with Texas's defense controlling Washington's offense for most of the match. Gruden would then go on to win his first game as NFL head coach the next week against Jacksonville Jaguars 41-10. Gruden and Redskins struggled throughout the season, having three different early game quarterbacks, amounting to a 4-12 record. Defense Coordinator Jim Haslett was fired at the end of the season.
2015
On January 7, 2015, the Redskins hired Scot McCloughan to become their general manager. McCloughan took over the list control from Bruce Allen, who was given the team's only title after recruitment. On October 25, 2015, the Redskins earned the biggest comeback win in franchise history, returning to win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-30, after falling 0-24 in the second quarter.
The Redskins won the NFC Eastern division title on December 26, when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday 16, 38-24. The division title is the third since Snyder took over possession of the team, and was the first since the 1999 season to be held before Sunday 17th. The Redskins hosted the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card on January 10, 2016, but lost 35-18, ending their 2015 season.
Kirk Cousins, who took over as an early quarterback in preseason, finished the season with the highest career in touchdowns (29), yards (4,166), and settlement percentage (69.8%). The percentage of completion leads the league, while his 29th goal ties him second in the franchise's single season list.
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The team's crime in 2016 establishes some franchise records, including having more than 6,000 net yard totals, which is only the third time in the franchise's history the team has achieved. Quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​also set a single-season team record in effort, settlement, and passing yard, breaking many records he previously made in 2015. DeSean Jackson, Pierre GarÃÆ'§on, Jamison Crowder, Robert Kelley, Chris Thompson, Jordan Reed, Vernon Davis, and Matt Jones all finished the season with at least 500 yards of tussle, tying the 2011 New Orleans Saints to the most in a season in NFL history.
Despite many records made, the Redskins missed the playoffs, losing 19-10 in a "win and lose" situation against the New York Giants in the final week of the season. However, the Redskins still finished the season with a record of 8-7-1, giving their first winning streak team in nearly 20 years. Unlike the record breaking, the defense team had a poor season, finishing 29 of 32 teams in total defense, leading to the dismissal of defensive co-ordinator Joe Barry, as well as his three assistants.
Maps Washington Redskins
Logo and uniform
The main colors of the Washington Redskins are burgundy and gold. Continuing from 1961 to 1978, the Redskins wore gold pants with white shirts and burgundy, although the details of T-shirts and pants changed several times during this period. Gold face mask was introduced in 1978 and remains to this day; before they were gray. From the beginning of the Joe Gibbs era to 2010, the Redskins are one of three NFL teams that mainly wear their white shirts at home (others are Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins). The tradition of wearing a white T-shirt over burgundy pants at home, considered a "classic" appearance, was started by Joe Gibbs when he took over as coach in 1981. Gibbs was an assistant to the San Diego Chargers in 1979 and 1980, and the Charger put on white clothing at home during Don Coryell's tenure in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
From 1981 to 2009, their burgundy shirts were mainly used when the opposing team decided to wear white clothing at home, most of which were against the Dallas Cowboys and sometimes the Philadelphia Eagles, and were usually worn over white pants. It was worn on the road against another team that likes to wear white at home for games that occur at the start of the season. From 1981 to 2000, the Redskins wore their white jerseys over burgundy pants at home almost exclusively. In 1994, as part of the NFL's 75th anniversary celebrations throughout the league, during certain Redskins matches wearing a special uniform mimicking the uniform worn by the team in its inaugural season as Washington Redskins, 1937. Both wore gold pants, burgundy shirts displaying a gold number bordering on white and white T-shirts display the red wine numbers bordering on gold. The most characteristic feature of both shirt colors is the patch worn on both arms, which is a reproduction of the patch worn on the full length sleeve of the 1937 jersey. Worn in this uniform is a plain maroon helmet with a golden mask. In 2001, the Redskins wore red wine for all home games in pre-season and regular seasons per decision by Marty Schottenheimer, their coach for the year. In 2002, the team celebrated the 70th anniversary of its creation as Boston Braves in 1932, and donned a burgundy jersey house uniform over gold pants that resembled homemade uniforms used from 1969-1978. The helmet used with this particular home uniform during the year was a helmet reproduction used by teams from 1965-1969. This special house uniform was also worn during one game in 2003. In 2004, when Joe Gibbs became Redskins coach once more, the team returned to wearing a white T-shirt at home; at 16-year-old Gibbs as head coach, the team never wore a red shirt at home, even wearing a white setback jersey in 2007.
Their white shirts have provided three basic color combinations, two of which have previously been alluded to in this article. The last combination consists of white shirts and pants. That particular combination appeared in the first game of the 2003 season, when the team was coached by Steve Spurrier, during a national television game against the New York Jets, which led many sports fans and Redskins loyal to show that they had never seen a certain combination before. That year the Redskins wore it twice more. It did not appear again until the middle of 2005 when the Redskins wore them in a street match against St. Louis Rams. The Redskins won six straight games, including one in the playoffs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wearing that combination and local media joking that the reason the Redskins win is the use of white and white combinations. In the NFC Divisional Playoff game against 2005 champions Seattle Seattle Seahawks, the Redskins wear white uniforms, in the hope that they can keep their tangles; However, they lost 20-10. The Redskins continued to wear white shirts and white pants into pre-season 2006. In the 2006 season, the Redskins began wearing black cleats, something that has not been done long enough. It was a surprise because they wore white cleats during the preseason. They should wear that color for the rest of the season, because the NFL usually asks the team to choose black or white cleats to wear throughout the season.
After a white-over-white period that lasted from the mid/end of the 2005 season to 2006, the classic white shirt uniform over burgundy pants reappeared on November 26, 2006, in a home game against the Carolina Panthers. The decision to return to the classic look may have symbolized the desire by the team to turn a new page in their 2006 season, which was very sluggish before for the game, a period of success with a white T-shirt over white pants that came to end the previous season. The move may also be related to the fact that this home game is the start of the second and early start of quarterback second half Jason Campbell, and that of games and matches the previous week, in the hopes and perceptions of many Redskins fans, the start of "Jason Campbell era. The Redskins went on to win the game against Carolina, maintaining the slim hopes of a team capable of making it into the 2006 playoffs, although they ended up skipping the playoffs.
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the franchise, the Redskins wore a special uniform for the September 23 home game against New York Giants. The player wore a white jersey (in accordance with exclusive use of Gibbs color, while most other NFL shirt tends to be dark) with 3 red wine lines and 2 gold lines on each arm and 75th anniversary logo on the left chest. The pants are golden, with a white stripe bordered by a wine-red line on each side, flowing on each side. The helmet is gold with burgundy logo "R". Helmet and uniform style (in addition to the anniversary patch and topmost position, "TV", number) are the same as those used by the franchise during the 1970-71 season. While this setback uniform was worn during a home game, it was actually an away game for 1970-71. (The helmet was discontinued after the 1971 season, while the design of this distant uniform, minus the helmet, was used during the 1978 season, as well as during most of the 1969 season.) Vince Lombardi, who trained the Redskins in 1969 before dying during the 1970 pre-season, was inspiring behind the helmet. Lombardi pushes for a logo, which sits inside a white circle enclosed within the borders of a wine-red circle, with Indian fleece hanging from the side, due to its similarity to "G" on the helmet worn by the Green Bay Packers for years.
In Monday Night Football's match against Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008, the Redskins wore a monochrome look by wearing a burgundy shirt over a burgundy pant. This combination made the next two appearances the following season against the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants. The team, starting in the 2010 season, will start wearing burgundy jerseys paired with a gold shrapnel style, reminiscent of the George Allen era, after wearing a white shirt at home almost exclusively from the 1980s and 2000s. Against the Tennessee Titans in that season, the team fitted into the gold pants with a regular white T-shirt for the first time. The same combination will be worn at the Giants two weeks later.
In 2011, they will be wearing burgundy jersey/pants for five home games and a Dallas road game, burgundy burglary/white pants looking for three home games and a Miami road game, a white shirt/burgundy pants looking for five road games, and a pair of jersey pants/white gold looking game Bills in Toronto. The following year, the team will be wearing an updated retreat from the 1937 team in a game against the Carolina Panthers, in honor of the first season of the season.
In 2013, the newly implemented NFL rules state that teams can not wear alternative helmets because of player safety. Therefore, the Redskins will wear a setback in 1937 with stickers removed from regular helmets in match versus San Diego Filler. That year will also see the team take off its red collar from their white uniform, to have a better consistency with the new Nike uniforms that debuted the previous season. For 2014, the team lowered their white pants and for the next two seasons wore full-time gold pants with their standard uniforms, though burgundy pants were returned as part of a team uniform that began in 2016.
Controversy of name and logo
The name and logo of Washington Redskins are part of the controversy
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