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Postseason starters Season Quarterback(s) Notes Ref 1936: Riley Smith (0–1): 1937: Sammy Baugh (1–0): Baugh led the Redskins to the NFL Championship game against the Chicago Bears, where he finished 17 of 33 for 335 yards and his second-half touchdown passes of 55, 78 and 33 yards gave Washington a 28–21 victory. [154]
Charley Taylor, halfback from Arizona State University taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Washington Redskins. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1984. [12] Roger Staubach, quarterback from Navy taken 10th round 129th overall by the Dallas Cowboys. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1985. [12]
The 1982 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 46th in Washington, D.C. Although the Redskins lost all their preseason games, [ 3 ] they advanced from an 8–8 record the previous season to become one of the only two teams in NFL history to win the Super Bowl after not winning ...
In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before becoming the Commanders in 2022. [ 1 ] Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection ...
The 1980 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 43rd in Washington, D.C. They failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 1979, dropping to 6–10, their only double-digit losing season between 1964 and 1992. This was Jack Pardee's last season as head coach.
The 1979 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting.
This was the last draft until 1980 in which the Washington Redskins exercised their first-round pick. Most of them were traded away by coach George Allen between 1971 and 1977 due to Allen's well-known preference for veteran players over rookies.
The 1971 Washington Redskins season was the team's 40th in the National Football League, and its 35th in Washington, D.C. The Redskins were led by first-year head coach George Allen, who had been the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams for the previous five seasons. Coming into the 1971 season, the team had not made the postseason in 26 years.