A glimpse of recent Redskins history...

[Beemnseven]

So I was bored tonight, and I started flipping through some books I have of the Redskins. One of them is titled Washington Redskins - The Authorized History, by Thom Loverro, published in 1996.

In the back of the book, it has all the records, the names of everyone who ever coached or played for the team, and schedules from 1932 season through 1995.

Here's what caught my eye. In 1994, the Skins played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 4, at Tampa Bay, then played them again just two weeks later in Washington on Dec. 18. Can anyone ever remember playing another non-divisional NFC team twice in one year, not including the playoffs? Was there some scheduling quirk that set up two games with the Bucs in the span of three weeks? Coincidentally, that first matchup with the Bucs is notable for a Redskins team record of fewest rushing yards in a game: The Bucs held us to 10 total yards rushing. Anyway, the Skins finished 3-13 that season, losing both contests with the Bucs.

One more little trivia fact to play on your friends, -- in Dallas' championship years of 1992, '93, and '95, the Redskins went 4-2 against the Cowboys in that particular 3 season span. Next time you want to irritate a Cowboy fan, hit 'em with that one.

[SmootSmack]

That's odd. Wonder why that was. Looking back on their 1994 schedule I see that they only played two AFC teams, Colts and Seahawks, the whole season.

[htownskinfan]

One more little trivia fact to play on your friends, -- in Dallas' championship years of 1992, '93, and '95, the Redskins went 4-2 against the Cowboys in that particular 3 season span. Next time you want to irritate a Cowboy fan, hit 'em with that one.

the problem is we have nothing on them,they could come back with too many things to rub our dick in the dirt,the loss in 89 to them might be the worst,the cowgirls only win that yr,at rfk to boot,plus we miss the playoffs by one game,Paul Palmer had his only 100 yrd rushing game in his career,and i think frickin steve walsh was the qb,face it redskin fans,dallas has our #,man i hate those fking guys!!

[dmek25]

the tide has tourned my friend.after last year the rivalry is back!

[MTK]

Yeah I remember that year we played the Bucs twice, very strange indeed.

[gibbsisgod]

im thinkin it was consecutive games . i remember playing them back to back, one at their place and one at ours. there might have been a bye in between.i could be wrong.both close games i think.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

That's odd. Wonder why that was. Looking back on their 1994 schedule I see that they only played two AFC teams, Colts and Seahawks, the whole season.

situations like that are exactly why they came up with the new "Balanced" schedules. this must have been a regular occurance back in the 80's and early 90's. i heard something about that on nfl ta during the schedule debut show.

[Darrell_Green_28]

I know its AFC but in 1966 the Redskins played the Steelers 2 times, and in back to back weeks, weeks 4 and 5 and the Skins won both.