1992 Washington Redskins season

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1992 Washington Redskins season
Owner Jack Kent Cooke
General manager Charley Casserly
President John Kent Cooke
Head coach Joe Gibbs
Offensive coordinatorJoe Gibbs
Defensive coordinator Richie Petitbon
Home field RFK Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs
(at Vikings) 24–7
Lost Divisional Playoffs
(at 49ers) 13–20

The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. This season began with the team trying to win their second Super Bowl in a row since the 1989 San Francisco 49ers, following Super Bowl XXVI.

Contents

The Redskins finished with a record of nine wins and seven losses, a far inferior record to their previous 14–2 season, but made the 1992–93 NFL playoffs and defeated the Minnesota Vikings in the wild-card round. However, their hopes of back to back championships ended with a loss to the 49ers in the Divisional Round. The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason again until the 1999 season.

The season would be Joe Gibbs' final season coaching the Washington Redskins until he returned in the 2004 season. Gibbs is the most successful coach in Braves/Redskins/Football Team/Commanders history, leading the team to three Super Bowl victories (1982, 1987, 1991), and eight playoff berths in eleven seasons (1981-1992).

Draft

The Redskins traded up in the first round to draft Desmond Howard, who would go on to play the most games for the Redskins of the draft class, despite only playing in 48 games for the team. He later won Super Bowl MVP as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Howard went on to have the longest career of the draft class playing 11 seasons, while the remainder of the draft class was out of league by the end of the 1997 season, all but one (Matt Elliott) of which was out by the end of the 1994 season. In 2015, the entire 1992 NFL Draft was named the worst draft class from 1990 to 2015 by NFL.com. [1]

1992 Washington Redskins Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollege
14 Desmond Howard WR Michigan
247 Shane Collins DE Arizona State
374 Paul Siever T Penn State
6168 Ray Rowe TE San Diego State
8224 Darryl Moore G UTEP
10280 Tony Barker LB Rice
12336 Matt Elliott C/G Michigan

Roster

1992 Washington Redskins roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad


47 active, 22 inactive, 5 practice squadReserved


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Pre-season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1August 1at Miami Dolphins L 21–220–1
2August 8at New York Jets L 13–140–2
3August 16 San Francisco 49ers L 15–170–3
4August 22at Los Angeles Raiders W 27–231–3
5August 28 Minnesota Vikings L 0–301–4

Regular season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceGame
recap
1September 7at Dallas Cowboys L 10–230–1 Texas Stadium 63,538 Recap
2September 13 Atlanta Falcons W 24–171–1 RFK Stadium 54,343 Recap
3September 20 Detroit Lions W 13–102–1RFK Stadium55,818 Recap
4Bye
5October 4at Phoenix Cardinals L 24–272–2 Sun Devil Stadium 34,488 Recap
6October 12 Denver Broncos W 34–33–2RFK Stadium56,371 Recap
7October 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 16–124–2RFK Stadium56,380 Recap
8October 25at Minnesota Vikings W 15–135–2 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 59,098 Recap
9 November 1 New York Giants L 7–245–3RFK Stadium53,647 Recap
10November 8at Seattle Seahawks W 16–36–3 Kingdome 53,616 Recap
11November 15at Kansas City Chiefs L 16–356–4 Arrowhead Stadium 75,238 Recap
12November 23at New Orleans Saints L 3–206–5 Louisiana Superdome 68,591 Recap
13November 29 Phoenix Cardinals W 41–37–5RFK Stadium53,541 Recap
14December 6at New York Giants W 28–108–5 Giants Stadium 62,998 Recap
15December 13 Dallas Cowboys W 20–179–5RFK Stadium56,437 Recap
16December 20at Philadelphia Eagles L 13–179–6 Veterans Stadium 65,841 Recap
17December 26 Los Angeles Raiders L 20–219–7RFK Stadium53,032 Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultRecordVenueAttendanceGame
recap
Wild Card January 2, 1993at Minnesota Vikings W 24–71–0 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 57,363 Recap
Divisional January 9, 1993at San Francisco 49ers L 13–201–1 Candlestick Park 64,991 Recap

Standings

NFC East
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(2) Dallas Cowboys 1330.8136–29–3409243W2
(5) Philadelphia Eagles 1150.6886–28–4354245W4
(6) Washington Redskins 970.5634–47–5300255L2
New York Giants 6100.3752–64–8306367L1
Phoenix Cardinals 4120.2502–64–10243332L2

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References

  1. ↑ "Five worst NFL draft classes of last 25 years". NFL.com.
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