Glory days

[MTK]

Let's face it, it's all we have now. Let's use this thread to reminisce a bit about the glory days, the times where the Skins were a perennial Super Bowl contender and right behind the 49ers as the team of the decade for the 80's.

For those that weren't around during these times all I can say is I'm sorry, you truly have suffered. I honestly feel lucky to have lived through these great times and have these memories to look back on.

YouTube - superbowl XVII Highlights - Redskins vs...

YouTube - superbowl XXII Highlights - Redskins vs...

YouTube - superbowl XXVI Highlights - Redskins vs...

[Gmanc711]

....I then, truly have suffered, dont remember any of this... my glory years are Gibbs II... at least we were respectable then and had some good memories.

[skinsguy]

Definitely pick up the "3 Greatest Games" DVDs of the Redskins three Super Bowl victories. It is definitely something any Redskins fan should own! I've been watching these DVDs quite often lately. Watching these Super Bowls, you can just sense how truly together these teams were. You can definitely get a feel for how truly great the hogs were, Riggins, Theismann, Art Monk, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders, etc...

It was truly a different franchise back then.

[SouperMeister]

Where to start? There are so many great memories:

• Riggo hitching the team to his wagon with 4 consecutive 100 yard games in the 1982 postseason, culminating with the greatest clutch 4th down run to clinch Super Bowl XVII - the greatest play in Redskins history.
• The 1982 NFC Championship over the hated Cowboys. The stands literally rocking as fans bounced and chanted "We Want Dallas!!!"
• The Hogs, our rock, our constant that enabled our QBs the time to go vertical in Gibbs's potent play action attack, while allowing our bruising Running backs to control the ball.
• Darrell Green catching Tony Dorsett from behind in his first NFL game. For that matter, D. Green catching Eric Dickerson from behind in the 1986 playoffs.
• Gibbs on his knees, unable to watch the 4th down and goal stop against Minnesota to clinch the 1987 NFC Championship.
• 2nd Quarter of Super Bowl XXII - the most perfect quarter of offensive football in NFL history.
• 1990 wild card victory in Philly - redemption after the "Body Bag Game", leading directly to Buddy Ryan's ouster.
• 11-0 start in 1991. Mark Rypien hitting every long pass imaginable during this incredible run.
• Jumping to 24-0 lead in Super Bowl XXVI, with Skins faithful singing Hail to the Redskins more boisterously after every score.
• RFK. It may have been a dump, but it was our dump, and there wasn't a louder stadium in the NFL. I've attended huge games at both (most recently the 2005 win over the Giants) and FedEx doesn't even come close in terms of ear splitting volume. I hope that acoustics are taken into consideration for the next stadium, because we've lost much of our home field advantage since moving.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

RFK. It may have been a dump, but it was our dump, and there wasn't a louder stadium in the NFL. I've attended huge games at both (most recently the 2005 win over the Giants) and FedEx doesn't even come close in terms of ear splitting volume. I hope that acoustics are taken into consideration for the next stadium, because we've lost much of our home field advantage since moving.

I went to several games at RFK, and have been to several more at FedEx, and it's not even close. RFK was certainly was an old dump, but it was a magical place.

My first game was in 1987 when the Skins played the Lions. Up 20-13 going into the 4th quarter, there wasn't a fan sitting and the stadium rocked for the entire quarter. I remember the noise of the platforms leading from the concourse to the seats sounds like thunder. Chuck Long was the Lions QB, and I think he threw 1 or 2 picks (of 4) in the 4th quarter. I just remember how awesome it was, and how awesome it was each time I went thereafter. You just don't get that feeling, that aweness at FedEx.

So many fond memories of this team...

[Lotus]

I will never forget that Dolphins game in particular. We had not yet won a Super Bowl and were not yet the Gibbs 1.0 Skins in terms of reputation. It was a reasonably close game, too, which did not always happen in those days. That might be my favorite Redskins team. They were fired up and well-coached.

[InsanePianist]

Speaking of the glory days, what happened to our home white socks? I might be the only one alive who gives a damn, but our home uniforms just looked better with the white socks and not those solid burgundy ones. Sorry. And I had no idea where to put this... it had just been irking me lol

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by InsanePianist

Speaking of the glory days, what happened to our home white socks? I might be the only one alive who gives a damn, but our home uniforms just looked better with the white socks and not those solid burgundy ones. Sorry. And I had no idea where to put this... it had just been irking me lol

Ha...I actually share this pet peeve. We need the striped socks back.


Thankfully I remember watching SB XXII and XXVI.

[InsanePianist]

I was born in '89 so unfortunately I have no clue what you old guys are talking about... it is sad though.

I've watched all three super bowls over and over and over again. My whole life I've been watching highlights of those super bowls. It's the only thing I've got to hang on to lol

[CrustyRedskin]

I always liked the no namers that always played so hard!!!!
Mel Kaufman
Neil Olkeiwitz
Martin Mayhew
Curtis Jordan
Kurt Gouvea
Don Warren
Clint Didier
Barry Wilburn
Alvin Walton (my fav)

[SFREDSKIN]

Is it that bad that we have to reminisce? I guess so. I'm looking forwards to the development of our young guys on the roster and to next year when we have a new GM and coach.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by CrustyRedskin

I always liked the no namers that always played so hard!!!!
Mel Kaufman
Neil Olkeiwitz
Martin Mayhew
Curtis Jordan
Kurt Gouvea
Don Warren
Clint Didier
Barry Wilburn
Alvin Walton (my fav)

Where's Mark Murphy

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Let's face it, it's all we have now. Let's use this thread to reminisce a bit about the glory days, the times where the Skins were a perennial Super Bowl contender and right behind the 49ers as the team of the decade for the 80's.

For those that weren't around during these times all I can say is I'm sorry, you truly have suffered. I honestly feel lucky to have lived through these great times and have these memories to look back on.

YouTube - superbowl XVII Highlights - Redskins vs Dolphins

YouTube - superbowl XXII Highlights - Redskins vs Broncos

YouTube - superbowl XXVI Highlights - Redskins vs Bills

As much as I love watching the glory days it's painful to watch knowing the odds are against me experiencing anything like that as long as the current structure is in place.

The highlights of me being a fan for the last ten years was winning 5 in a row to make the playoffs back in '05, and winning 4 in a row to make the playoffs back in '07. Other than that and a few games interspered (14-13, 35-7 - aka the last time I think we had a game well in hand before the 4th q even started) the pickins' are slim.

[Defensewins]

My favorite Redskins moment. Our NFC Championship game against Dallas. THis was the game that told the nation the Redskins have arrived! We beat to a pulp the famed doomsday defense.
This was the famous game Grimm changed Gibbs playcalls in the huddle near the end of the game to run right at HOF'er Randy White and run out the clock.
We do not have that physical play anymore.
Notice in the background the home made banners and painted bed sheets that Jack Kent Cooke allowed fans to bring to the games back them.

YouTube - Washington Redskins-Diesel destroys...

[SkinDogg]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

My favorite Redskins moment. Our NFC Championship game against Dallas. THis was the game that told the nation the Redskins have arrived! We beat to a pulp the famed doomsday defense.
This was the famous game Grimm changed Gibbs playcalls in the huddle near the end of the game to run right at HOF'er Randy White and run out the clock.
We do not have that physical play anymore.
YouTube - Washington Redskins-Diesel destroys Dallas!

Video could also be called Dexter Destoys Dallas. Check out 1:01 and 1:50 when he bats the ball.

I also feel lucky to have experienced this, and can get a little choked up about it sometimes. Four Super Bowls in 10 years racks up a lot of lifelong memories with family, friends, and yes bartenders, and complete strangers. I've hugged the young and old, rich and poor, a lot of drunks and a couple dudes in wheel chairs during a championship game. It's what Redskin fans did, especially when RFK roared (and when beer man came around).



Here's my video contribution outside of the Super Bowls. This one's only a few seconds, but says it all. Who we were, and will be again someday.

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Get to 4:00 on this one (playoffs v. Atlanta...it was about effing cold and rained the entire time, one of favorite RFK memories). Anyway, I was in my early 20s during the glory years, and hope those of you of the same age today get a taste of this. You so deserve it.

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