Tampa Bay - 1999

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:22 pm

I remember it like it was yesterday.

The Skins enter the playoffs in 1999 and their first game was against the Detriot Lions led by no other than QB Gus Frerotte. This was a home game and, as a season ticket wait lister, I had the opportunity to buy 2 tickets and I went to this game. Great game. Electric fans. Dominating defense. Redskins win. Off to Tampa Bay for Round #2.

Here the Redskins handled the Bucs quite well out of the gate....leading most of the game. Bucs came back and took the lead. Then, with time running out (just over 1 minute left in the game), the Redskins line up for a 50+ yard field goal to win the game and advance to the next opponent. Brett Conway lines up for the kick.....the snap by Dan Turk is low....QB Brad Johnson tries to recover it, perhaps a lucky pass? No way. Skins lose a heart-wrencher.

This year will be pay back in more ways than one.

1) We owe the Bucs for that B.S. Alstott call earlier in the year; and

2) We owe the Bucs for 1999.

Let's go SKINS!!

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:50 pm

Every NFL player fears hearing that the Turk wants to see them. In 1999 the Turk (Dan, RIP) came calling with the botched center snap. Thank goodness we now have Ethan Albright as our long snapper. BTW, big ups to Ethan for not having anyone ever mention his name for the last 6 years. We definitley owe some payback to the Bucs this Saturday in Raymond James Stadium. Go Skins!

Smithian · Post by **Smithian** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:50 pm

And we still haven't abused them for the torture they put on Ramsey in 2003.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:21 pm

Really the play of the game was the fumble picked up by Dunn on third down..the Skins had them stopped and Dunn picks up the fumble annd runs for a first down and scored the winning TD on that drive.

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:23 am

JH, you have no idea how much I have been thinking about this game! I was one of the few who spent the night in FEDEX for the first game...
Then I watched my beloved REDSKINS get robbed in the next round...... Alcrap robbed us this year, but that year (99), he did the same....i'm pissed...
I want revenge so frigg'n bad it hurts!

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:42 am

I vaguely remeber that game. Surely I wasn't the fan I am now. I didn't start paying A LOT of attention until the end of the Norv Era, a fan with Marty, an fanactic with Spurrier, an addict with Gibbs!

The difference between now an 1999 is that we're a 4th quarter team as of late. We've been closing the game out, sealing them shut and getting stronger as the game goes on.

NC43Hog · Post by **NC43Hog** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:39 am

We finished the 1999 season the same way we started. Botching field goal attempts that would have won the games. Did it in week one after blowing a 21 point lead in the first quarter only to lose in overtime - to Dallas no less! :evil:

This time will be different.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:18 am

I've hated John Lynch ever since that game. The Redskins were cruising til he made that leaping interception that turned the tables. Sure, we could have won the game with a field goal, but the way the momentum was going at the time, I didn't think we were going to make it anyway.

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:18 am

That game was such a heartbreaker. One game away from the NFC Championship.

That was such a depressing day in Redskins history.

We owe Tampa!

RIP Dan Turk.

gibbsfan · Post by **gibbsfan** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:45 am

like JH i remember it like it was yesterday as well,we played very well all game against detroit.then went to tampa bay boy what a gut check game and it came down to a field goal with a bad snap. that was tough to swallow.
what was even tougher to swallow was thatao called two point condersion by alstott,that one burned me new you know what so yes i,m lookin at this game as a payback game and i really don,t care where we play either.

go skins HTTR

beat the bucs on saturday.

JPM36 · Post by **JPM36** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:01 pm

Punu wrote:JH, you have no idea how much I have been thinking about this game! I was one of the few who spent the night in FEDEX for the first game...
Then I watched my beloved REDSKINS get robbed in the next round...... Alcrap robbed us this year, but that year (99), he did the same....i'm pissed...
I want revenge so frigg'n bad it hurts!

I was at that game. I remember the Dunn play vividly. Heartbreaking stuff.

The Redskins were the better team.

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:08 pm

"Turked " is official Skins lingo.

Tony Banks Turked up the place again...

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:10 pm

DEHog wrote:Really the play of the game was the fumble picked up by Dunn on third down..the Skins had them stopped and Dunn picks up the fumble annd runs for a first down and scored the winning TD on that drive.

Absolutely. We recover King's fumble, and that game was over.