1992 Washington Redskins season

The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. The Redskins finished with a record of 9–7, making the 1992–93 NFL playoffs and winning a Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings before losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round. The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason again until the 1999 season. The season would be head coach Joe Gibbs' final with the team until he returned in the 2004 season.

1992 Washington Redskins season
Owner	Jack Kent Cooke
President	John Kent Cooke
General manager	Charley Casserly
Head coach	Joe Gibbs
Offensive coordinator	Joe Gibbs
Defensive coordinator	Richie Petitbon
Home stadium	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoffs	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Vikings) 24–7 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 13–20
All-Pros	LB Wilber Marshall
Pro Bowlers	LB Wilber Marshall
← 1991 Redskins seasons 1993 →

Draft

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 (Matt Elliott) 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 to 2015 by NFL.com.^[1]

1992 Washington Redskins draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	4	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan
2	47	Shane Collins	DE	Arizona State
3	74	Paul Siever	OT	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	Michigan

Roster

1992 Washington Redskins roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Cary Conklin 10 Jeff Rutledge 11 Mark Rypien Running backs (RB) 21 Earnest Byner 32 Ricky Ervins 39 Robert Green 30 Brian Mitchell Wide receivers (WR) 84 Gary Clark 24 Carl Harry 80 Desmond Howard 81 Art Monk 83 Ricky Sanders Tight ends (TE) 88 James Jenkins 87 Ron Middleton 89 Terry Orr 82 Ray Rowe

Offensive linemen (OL) 67 Ray Brown G 52 Matt Elliott C 72 Mike Haight T 66 Joe Jacoby T 79 Jim Lachey T 63 Raleigh McKenzie C 69 Mark Schlereth G 76 Ed Simmons T Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Jason Buck DT 91 Shane Collins DE 97 Jumpy Geathers DT 78 Tim Johnson DT 71 Charles Mann DE 60 Fred Stokes DE 77 Jim Wahler DT

Linebackers (LB) 59 John Brantley MLB 51 Monte Coleman OLB 55 Andre Collins OLB 54 Kurt Gouveia MLB 58 Wilber Marshall OLB Defensive backs (DB) 22 Todd Bowles SS 26 Danny Copeland SS 27 Brad Edwards FS 28 Darrell Green CB 29 David Gulledge FS 47 A. J. Johnson CB 20 Alvoid Mays CB 41 Johnny Thomas CB Special teams (ST) 57 Guy Bingham LS  2 Kelly Goodburn P  8 Chip Lohmiller K

Practice squad —— Kevin Brothen G 73 Tom Fuhler DT -- Calvin Holmes CB 56 Tom Myslinski G -- George Searcy RB Reserve 61 Mark Adickes G (IR) 53 Jeff Bostic C (IR) 93 Victor Cahoon WR (IR) 50 Ravin Caldwell LB (IR) 64 Mo Elewonibi G (IR)  6 Chris Hakel QB (IR) 34 Terry Hoage S (IR) 86 Stephen Hobbs WR (IR) 45 Sidney Johnson CB (IR) 35 Martin Mayhew CB (IR) 62 Darryl Moore G (PUP) -- Paul Peters WR (IR) -- Boone Powell LB (IR) 95 Ted Rogers LB (IR) 44 John Settle RB (IR) -- Cris Shale P (IR) 74 Paul Siever T (PUP) -- Mark Stock WR (PUP) 31 Clarence Vaughn S (IR) 85 Don Warren TE (IR) 75 Eric Williams DT (IR) 94 Bobby Wilson DT (IR) Rookies in italics

Schedule

Pre-season

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

Regular season

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

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game recap
Wild Card	January 2, 1993	at Minnesota Vikings	W 24–7	1–0	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	57,363	Recap
Divisional	January 9, 1993	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–20	1–1	Candlestick Park	64,991	Recap

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	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