On this Redskins throwback for November 5, the Washington Redskins pulled out an exciting 22-19 home win versus the Dallas Cowboys. The 2006 game at FedExField was full of twists. Washington led early. Then the teams traded blows until a wild finish decided it. Troy Vincent and Sean Taylor combined for one of the craziest … Read more
On this Redskins throwback for October 29, Washington ran into a buzzsaw named Bo Jackson. The 1989 game ended in a 37-24 loss for Washington at the Los Angeles Raiders. The defining moment came in the third quarter when Jackson took a handoff and outran the entire Redskins defense for a 73-yard touchdown. He finished … Read more
On this Redskins throwback for October 22, the Washington Redskins pulled off a gritty comeback against their fiercest rival. The 1972 game ended in a 24-20 victory for Washington over the Dallas Cowboys. The iconic moment came in the second half. Dallas led 20-7 early in the third quarter after a Walt Garrison touchdown run. … Read more
On this Redskins throwback for October 15, the Washington Redskins made NFL history with one of the most spectacular plays the league has ever seen. The 1939 game ended in a decisive 44-14 victory for Washington over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The iconic moment happened in the third quarter when Frank Filchock dropped back under pressure … Read more
On this Redskins throwback to September 25, 1966, the Washington Redskins defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 33–27 at D.C. Stadium. It was Week 3 of the 1966 NFL season, and the game marked the first victory under Washington’s new head coach, Otto Graham. Key Game Highlights (September 25, 1966): Charlie Gogolak’s Performance: Rookie kicker Charlie Gogolak … Read more
This Redskins throwback from September 11 takes us all the way back to 1988, when the defending Super Bowl champions nearly gave their fans heart failure at RFK Stadium. The Washington Redskins escaped with a dramatic 30-29 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 11, 1988 — a game that had absolutely everything. The Defending … Read more
Welcome to the Time Machine! The Throwback Thursday feature that allows you to swap current players with former players. Today’s edition is for punters.
You can either choose to keep the current player that holds the roster spot, or you can fire up the flux capacitor and travel back in time in the Redskins Commandelorean, and pick up one of three players that played that position at some point.
This week’s Throwback Thursday doesn’t look back at a day in Washington Football history like many of them do. Today, we use Throwback Thursday to take an extra chance to remember Sean Taylor.
Sean was forever memorialized on Sunday, when the Washington Football Team retired the jersey number 21. That means Sean is the last player that will ever wear that jersey for Washington. That’s fitting because when you think of “21,” it’s impossible not to think of Sean.
It was on this day – November 30th – in 1975, that Billy Kilmer led the Washington Redskins to a 31-30 upset victory over Fran Tarkenton’s Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings came into the matchup with a 10-0 record, but George Allen had his 7-3 Redskins ready for battle.