1992 Washington Redskins season

1992 Washington Redskins season
1992 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Joe Gibbs
Home field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Vikings) 24–7; Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 13–20
	← 1991; Redskins seasons; 1993 →;

The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. This season began with the team trying to win their second Super Bowl in a row, following Super Bowl XXVI.

The Redskins finished with a record of nine wins and seven losses, but still made the 1992–93 NFL playoffs. The Redskins did not go back to the postseason until the 1999 season.

This season would be Joe Gibbs' final season coaching the Washington Redskins until he returned in the 2004 season. Gibbs was the most successful coach in Redskins history, leading the team to three Super Bowl victories (1982, 1987, 1991), and eight playoff berths in eleven seasons (1981-1992).

Draft Selections[]

The Redskins traded up in the first round to draft Desmond Howard, who would go on to play the most games for the Redskins of the draft class, despite only playing in 48 games for the team. He later won Super Bowl MVP as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Howard went on to have the longest career of the draft class playing 11 seasons, while the remainder of the draft class was out of league by the end of the 1997 season, all but one of which was out by the end of the 1994 season. In 2015, the entire 1992 NFL Draft was named the worst draft class from 1990–2015 by NFL.com.^[1]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan
2	47	Shane Collins	DE	Arizona State
3	74	Paul Siever	T	Penn State
6	168	Ray Rowe	TE	San Diego State
8	224	Darryl Moore	G	UTEP
10	280	Tony Barker	LB	Rice
12	336	Matt Elliott	C/G	Michigan

Roster[]

**1992 Washington Redskins roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Cary Conklin 10 Jeff Rutledge 11 Mark Rypien Running backs 21 Earnest Byner 32 Ricky Ervins 39 Robert Green 30 Brian Mitchell 44 John Settle Wide receivers 84 Gary Clark 24 Carl Harry 86 Stephen Hobbs 80 Desmond Howard 81 Art Monk 83 Ricky Sanders Tight ends 88 James Jenkins 87 Ron Middleton 89 Terry Orr 85 Don Warren		Offensive linemen 57 Guy Bingham C 67 Ray Brown G 52 Matt Elliott G 66 Joe Jacoby T 79 Jim Lachey T 56 Tom Myslinski G 63 Raleigh McKenzie C 69 Mark Schlereth G 76 Ed Simmons T Defensive linemen 99 Jason Buck DT 91 Shane Collins DE 97 Jumpy Geathers DE 78 Tim Johnson DT 71 Charles Mann DE 90 Huey Richardson DE 75 Eric Williams DT		Linebackers 98 Tony Barker 59 John Brantley 51 Monte Coleman 55 Andre Collins 54 Kurt Gouveia 58 Wilber Marshall Defensive backs 22 Todd Bowles FS 26 Danny Copeland SS 27 Brad Edwards FS 28 Darrell Green CB 29 David Gulledge 47 A. J. Johnson CB 45 Sidney Johnson 35 Martin Mayhew CB 20 Alvoid Mays 41 Johnny Thomas Special teams 2 Kelly Goodburn P 8 Chip Lohmiller K		Reserve lists 53 Jeff Bostic C (IR) 50 Ravin Caldwell LB (IR) 64 Mohammed Elewonibi G (IR) 94 Bobby Wilson DT (IR) Practice squad —— G 62 Darryl Moore G 73 Paul Siever T Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Pre-season[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	August 1	at Miami Dolphins	L 21–22	0–1
2	August 8	at New York Jets	L 13–14	0–2
3	August 16	San Francisco 49ers	L 15–17	0–3
4	August 22	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 27–23	1–3
5	August 28	Minnesota Vikings	L 0–30	1–4

Regular season[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game recap
1	September 7	at Dallas Cowboys	L 10–23	0–1	Texas Stadium	63,538	Recap
2	September 13	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–17	1–1	RFK Stadium	54,343	Recap
3	September 20	Detroit Lions	W 13–10	2–1	RFK Stadium	55,818	Recap
4	Bye
5	October 4	at Phoenix Cardinals	L 24–27	2–2	Sun Devil Stadium	34,488	Recap
6	October 12	Denver Broncos	W 34–3	3–2	RFK Stadium	56,371	Recap
7	October 18	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–12	4–2	RFK Stadium	56,380	Recap
8	October 25	at Minnesota Vikings	W 15–13	5–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	59,098	Recap
9	November 1	New York Giants	L 7–24	5–3	RFK Stadium	53,647	Recap
10	November 8	at Seattle Seahawks	W 16–3	6–3	Kingdome	53,616	Recap
11	November 15	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 16–35	6–4	Arrowhead Stadium	75,238	Recap
12	November 23	at New Orleans Saints	L 3–20	6–5	Louisiana Superdome	68,591	Recap
13	November 29	Phoenix Cardinals	W 41–3	7–5	RFK Stadium	53,541	Recap
14	December 6	at New York Giants	W 28–10	8–5	Giants Stadium	62,998	Recap
15	December 13	Dallas Cowboys	W 20–17	9–5	RFK Stadium	56,437	Recap
16	December 20	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–17	9–6	Veterans Stadium	65,841	Recap
17	December 26	Los Angeles Raiders	L 20–21	9–7	RFK Stadium	53,032	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs[]

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game recap
Wild Card	January 2, 1993	at Minnesota Vikings	W 24–7	1–0	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	57,363	Recap
Divisional	January 9, 1993	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–20	1–1	Candlestick Park	64,991	Recap

Standings[]

NFC East
view talk	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Dallas Cowboys	13	3	0	.813	6–2	9–3	409	243	W2
⁽⁵⁾ Philadelphia Eagles	11	5	0	.688	6–2	8–4	354	245	W4
⁽⁶⁾ Washington Redskins	9	7	0	.563	4–4	7–5	300	255	L2
New York Giants	6	10	0	.375	2–6	4–8	306	367	L1
Phoenix Cardinals	4	12	0	.250	2–6	4–10	243	332	L2

References[]

^ "Five worst NFL draft classes of last 25 years". NFL.com.

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