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In 2007, ESPN.com ranked the 1991 Redskins as the 4th greatest team in NFL history, [13] noting, "you can look at two stats to get a pretty good idea of just how great a team is: yards gained per pass attempt, and yards allowed per pass attempt. The 1991 'Skins topped the NFL in each category, with Mark Rypien averaging 8.5 yards per attempt ...
During this period, they went without a single winning season between 1956 to 1968 and posted their worst regular-season record in franchise history, going 1–12–1 in 1961. [2] Since their last Super Bowl win in 1991, Washington has only four playoff wins and only three seasons with 10 or more wins. [2]
The 1991 NFL season was the 72nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). It was the final season for coach Chuck Noll. The season ended with Super Bowl XXVI when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills, 37–24, at the Metrodome in Minnesota. This was the second of four consecutive Super Bowl losses for Buffalo.
The Redskins would go on to make the 2012–13 NFL playoffs after winning their final seven games of the season en route to winning their division championship for the 13th time in franchise history, including defeating the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day by a score of 38–31, this marked the first time the Redskins had won at Cowboys ...
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. [155]
The team played as the Washington Football Team for two seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022. Washington won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games and Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. Washington has finished a season as league runner-up six times, losing the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 title games and Super Bowls VII and XVIII.
Washington Commanders, 33 years – Won Super Bowl XXVI, 1991 season (played as Washington Redskins) Buffalo Bills, 31 years – Lost Super Bowl XXVIII, 1993 season; Los Angeles Chargers, 30 years – Lost Super Bowl XXIX, 1994 season (played as San Diego Chargers)
The team changed its name to the Redskins the following year and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [1] The franchise retired the Redskins branding in 2020 , playing as the Washington Football Team before rebranding as the Washington Commanders in 2022 .