1992 Washington Redskins season

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.

1992 Washington Redskins season
Head coachJoe Gibbs
Home fieldRFK Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 24–7
Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 20–13

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
Main article: 1992 NFL Draft

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/KR 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

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule

Pre-season
Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 August 1, 1992 at Miami Dolphins L 21–22 0–1
2 August 8, 1992 at New York Jets L 13–14 0–2
3 August 16, 1992 San Francisco 49ers L 15–17 0–3
4 August 22, 1992 at Los Angeles Raiders W 27–23 1–3
5 August 28, 1992 Minnesota Vikings L 0–30 1–4

Regular season
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance Record
1 September 7, 1992 at Dallas Cowboys L 10–23
63,538
 0–1
2 September 13, 1992 Atlanta Falcons W 24–17
54,343
 1–1
3 September 20, 1992 Detroit Lions W 13–10
55,818
 2–1
4 Bye
5 October 4, 1992 at Phoenix Cardinals L 24–27
34,488
 2–2
6 October 12, 1992 Denver Broncos W 34–3
56,371
 3–2
7 October 18, 1992 Philadelphia Eagles W 16–12
56,380
 4–2
8 October 25, 1992 at Minnesota Vikings W 15–13
59,098
 5–2
9 November 1, 1992 New York Giants L 7–24
53,647
 5–3
10 November 8, 1992 at Seattle Seahawks W 16–3
53,616
 6–3
11 November 15, 1992 at Kansas City Chiefs L 16–35
75,238
 6–4
12 November 23, 1992 at New Orleans Saints L 3–20
68,591
 6–5
13 November 29, 1992 Phoenix Cardinals W 41–3
53,541
 7–5
14 December 6, 1992 at New York Giants W 28–10
62,998
 8–5
15 December 13, 1992 Dallas Cowboys W 20–17
56,437
 9–5
16 December 20, 1992 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13–17
65,841
 9–6
17 December 26, 1992 Los Angeles Raiders L 20–21
53,032
 9–7

Playoffs
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance Record
Wild Card January 2, 1993 at Minnesota Vikings W 24–7
57,363
 1–0
Divisional January 9, 1993 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–20
64,991
 1–1

Standings
NFC East
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
  1. "Five worst NFL draft classes of last 25 years". NFL.com.


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