Posts under ‘Forgotten Classics’

This wasn’t the biggest comeback in terms of sheer points, but it may well be the biggest from the point of view of points per minute. I’ve never heard a half-empty stadium so loud (yes, about half of the crowd were of little faith).
In retrospect, though, it may have been better if they Skins had [...]

It was 40 years ago today that Vince Lombardi had the first practice of his only training camp with the Redskins. It ushered in an era of hope that came to a crushing end when Lombardi died of cancer before he could conduct his second training camp. He brought the team its first winning season [...]

Since the Cowboys flashback was so popular the other day, here’s another one. This one goes way back. It’s the first Redskins game I remember. Actually I don’t remember the whole game. I just remember Sonny standing there, with his hands on his hips watching the clock tick down. I was wondering what the neck [...]

I don’t know if this was a modern era record, but the Redskins scored six touchdowns and didn’t get the point after following four of them. Three of them were missed and the fourth touchdown didn’t have a conversion attempt because it was the game winner in overtime.
In any case, this was a breathtaking classic, [...]

This game, the 1987 regular-season finale, had no significance in and of itself for Washington. The Redskins already had wrapped up the division title and their playoff seeding was set.
And, yes, even though both of the teams’ records add up to 15 games it was the finale. This was a strike season and one game, [...]

The Sonny Jurgensen era was coming to the end in 1974. In fact, he “retired” at the end of that season (actually, George Allen did not offer him a contract for 1975). But he did have his last hurrah in this game against the two-time defending champion Dolphins at RFK Stadium.
Although it’s impossible to say [...]