On this day in Washington history – September 30th, 1990 – Washington pounded the Phoenix Cardinals 38-10.
Gary Clark caught not one, but TWO 42 yard touchdown passes from quarterback Stan Humphries.
Washington History
Washington Football fans wax poetic about Redskins history to help younger Skins and Commanders fans learn about our gloried burgundy and gold past.
Throwback Thursday: Mitchell Hauls in 50-Yard Pass For The Win
On this day in Washington history – September 23rd, 1962 – Washington edged the Browns 17-16 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
It was 16-10 Browns late in the fourth, until Bobby Mitchell hauled in a 50-yard pass from Norm Snead. Mitchell took it to the house and gave Washington the lead for good. Snead only completed eight passes in the game, and was sacked four times.
1962 was Mitchell’s second best season stats-wise. He caught 72 balls for 1384 yards, and caught a career high eleven touchdowns. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the second time, and was named First Team All pro.
Throwback Thursday: Riley Smith Beats Giants Single-Handedly
On this day in Washington Football history – September 16th, 1937 – Washington beat the New York Giants 13-3.
It was opening day for the 1937 season, and 24,500 fans lined Griffith Stadium for what was technically the first ever Washington Redskins game. The season before, the franchise was still in Boston and called the Boston Redskins.
Memorial Day: Remembering Eddie “The Littlest General” LeBaron
Eddie LeBaron isn’t a name that all Washington fans are familiar with. After all, it’s nearly seventy years ago since he quarterbacked in Washington. On a day of remembrance though, he’s a good player to take a look back at.
LeBaron was with the Washington Football Team from 1952 to 1959. For the two years previous to arriving in Washington, he was a Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant in the Korean War.
Redskins Helmet History: A Thing Called Tradition
Whenever a debate creeps up about the Redskins’ uniforms, many people trot out the word “tradition” in defense of the current outfit. It’s not an unreasonable position. However, the Redskins haven’t always worn their current uniform. They did not adopt the current uniform set until 1979. The first half of our franchise’s history didn’t involve … Read more
Relative Quarterback Ratings: Honolulu Hughes to Jason Campbell
While trying to distract myself from the fact that a Gus Frerotte vs. Norv Turner Super Bowl is still a possibility, I took a look at Sammy Baugh’s statistics. I was surprised to see his rookie season quarterback rating: 50.5, an incredibly low number by today’s standards. Even Heath Shuler (sorry, Congressman Heath Shuler) never posted a mark that low when he wore the burgundy and gold. Yet Baugh’s 1937 campaign was not only good enough to guide the Redskins to their first NFL Championship, but it was also good enough to lead the league in quarterback rating. 71 years ago, the league average quarterback rating was just 34.4.
Q&A With Larry Brown
We here at theHogs.net were lucky enough to have #43 Larry Brown stop by and answer the questions posted by our members. Here are the questions and answers…
Smith, Brown, Hanburger, Fischer For HOF – Part II
From: Washington Times Redskins Fan Forum, by Robert Janis If you read my first blog last week, then you know that I don’t want the travesty Art Monk had to tolerate before he was finally named into the Pro Football Hall of Fame fall on any other Redskins player we feel is worthy of the … Read more
Smith, Brown, Hanburger and Fischer For HOF
This is the first installment of a weekly contribution from Rob Janis. Rob is the lead blogger at the Redskins Fan Forum community on WashingtonTimes.com. – eds. My name is Rob Janis. This is my first column for the-hogs.net. I should introduce myself but that was already done in < a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/redskins-fan-forum/2008/May/16/hello6651a/" target="_blank">my first blog … Read more