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The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in 2022. [1]
Over 93 seasons, the Commanders have a regular season record of 641–648–29 (.497) and a playoff record of 25–21 (.543). [2] They have won three Super Bowls (XVII, XXII, and XXVI), two NFC championships, and 15 NFC East divisional titles. [2] [3] Before the AFL and NFL merged in 1970, [4] Washington won two NFL Championships (1937 and 1942).
The team improved on their 3–9 record from 1954 and finished 8–4. This was the Redskins' last winning season until 1969 . The Redskins continued their ongoing strategy of establishing themselves as the dominant NFL franchise of the Southern United States, broadcasting their games to a network of 19 television stations across Virginia ...
After the Super Bowl, the Redskins set another franchise record by sending eight players to the Pro Bowl. [57] The 1991 Washington Redskins are widely considered one of the best teams in NFL history. [62] In 1992, the Redskins reached the playoffs as a wild-card team, but lost in the Divisional playoffs to the 49ers, 20–13.
The 1986 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 55th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 51st in Washington, D.C. The team improved on their 10–6 record from 1985 and returned to the playoffs after missing them the previous year, finishing with a 12–4 record, a second place finish in the NFC East, and qualified for the playoffs as a wild card.
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 ...
The 1974 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 38th in Washington, D.C. The team matched on their 10–4 record from 1973. It is also notable for being Deacon Jones ' first and only season with the Redskins; as well as being his final year in the NFL.
The team failed to improve on their 6–6 record from 1956 and finished 5–6–1. From the 1955 season until 1962 , the Redskins were the last bastion of racial segregation in the NFL, refusing to include a single black player on their roster, unlike the other 12 teams in the league.