1998 Washington Redskins season

The 1998 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 67th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 62nd in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 8–7–1 and finished fourth in the NFC East, with a record of 6–10 and missed the NFL playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. They started the season 0–7, before going 6–3 after their bye week.

1998 Washington Redskins season
Owner	Jack Kent Cooke's estate
President	John Kent Cooke
General manager	Charley Casserly
Head coach	Norv Turner
Offensive coordinator	Norv Turner
Defensive coordinator	Mike Nolan
Home stadium	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	P Matt Turk
← 1997 Redskins seasons 1999 →

After ranking 28th out of 30 NFL teams in defense against the run in 1997, the Redskins had tried to revamp their interior defensive line during the off-season. They had signed Dana Stubblefield from the San Francisco 49ers, and Dan Wilkinson from the Cincinnati Bengals.^[1] The acquisitions, in particular Stubblefield's, were eventually considered to have been costly failures though.^[2]

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1998 NFL draft

1998 Washington Redskins draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2	48	Stephen Alexander *	Tight end	Oklahoma
3	69	Skip Hicks	Running back	UCLA
4	113	Shawn Barber	Linebacker	Richmond
5	140	Mark Fischer	Guard	Purdue
6	170	Patrick Palmer	Wide receiver	Northwestern State
7	191	David Terrell	Safety	UTEP
7	206	Antwaune Ponds	Linebacker	Syracuse
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

^[3]

Personnel

Staff

1998 Washington Redskins staff

Front office President – John Kent Cooke General Manager – Charley Casserly Assistant General Manager – Bobby Mitchell Head coaches Head Coach – Norv Turner Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Mike Martz Running Backs – Bobby Jackson Wide Receivers – Terry Robiskie Tight Ends – Mike Pope Offensive Line – Russ Grimm Offensive Assistant – Ed Sidwell

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Mike Nolan Defensive Line – Earl Leggett Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Defensive Backs – Tom Hayes Defensive Assistant – Jeff FitzGerald Special teams coaches Special Teams – LeCharls McDaniel Strength and conditioning Strength – Dan Riley Conditioning Director – Jason Arapoff

Roster

1998 Washington Redskins roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Gus Frerotte 10 Trent Green 11 Casey Weldon Running backs (RB) 21 Terry Allen 48 Stephen Davis 20 Skip Hicks 36 Le'Shai Maston 30 Brian Mitchell 45 Mike Sellers FB Wide receivers (WR) 83 Albert Connell 85 Henry Ellard 86 Leslie Shepherd 89 Chris Thomas Tight ends (TE) 80 Stephen Alexander 88 James Jenkins

Offensive linemen (OL) 74 Brad Badger G/T 61 Lamont Burns G 60 Mark Fischer C 69 Rod Milstead G 68 Joe Patton T/G 67 Shar Pourdanesh T 52 Cory Raymer C 63 Keith Sims G 79 Kipp Vickers G 73 Paul Wiggins T Defensive linemen (DL) 93 Marc Boutte DT 78 Doug Brown DT 92 Jamal Duff DE 91 David Hoelscher DE 72 N. D. Kalu DE 97 Kelvin Kinney DE 90 Kenard Lang DE 94 Dana Stubblefield DT 95 Dan Wilkinson DT

Linebackers (LB) 59 Shawn Barber OLB 56 Chester Burnett MLB 54 Greg Jones OLB 53 Marvcus Patton MLB 50 Derek Smith OLB Defensive backs (DB) 41 Buddy Crutchfield CB 25 Tim Denton CB 26 Cris Dishman CB 27 Greg Evans SS 35 Leomont Evans SS 28 Darrell Green CB 31 Darryl Pounds CB 24 Stanley Richard FS 23 Matt Stevens FS 22 Jamel Williams FS Special teams (ST) 14 Cary Blanchard K  5 Brett Conway K 66 Dan Turk LS  1 Matt Turk P

Practice squad 32 Chad Dukes RB 13 Junior Lord WR 39 Norman Miller RB 64 Ozell Powell T 71 Rahmaan Streater DE Reserve 84 Jamie Asher TE (IR) 47 Larry Bowie FB (IR) 37 Jesse Campbell S (IR) 75 Bob Dahl G (IR) 70 Troy Drake T (IR) 55 Malcolm Hamilton LB (IR) 57 Ken Harvey LB (IR) 15 Jeff Hostetler QB (IR) 77 Tre' Johnson G (IR) 96 Rich Owens DE (IR) 51 Antwaune Ponds LB (IR) 98 Twan Russell LB (IR) 87 James Thrash WR (IR) 82 Michael Westbrook WR (IR) 53 active, 14 inactive, 5 practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 6	at New York Giants	L 24–31	0–1	Giants Stadium	76,629
2	September 14	San Francisco 49ers	L 10–45	0–2	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	76,798
3	September 20	at Seattle Seahawks	L 14–24	0–3	Kingdome	63,336
4	September 27	Denver Broncos	L 16–38	0–4	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	71,880
5	October 4	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–31	0–5	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	72,284
6	October 11	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 12–17	0–6	Veterans Stadium	66,183
7	October 18	at Minnesota Vikings	L 7–41	0–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64,004
8	Bye
9	November 1	New York Giants	W 21–14	1–7	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	67,976
10	November 8	at Arizona Cardinals	L 27–29	1–8	Sun Devil Stadium	55,950
11	November 15	Philadelphia Eagles	W 28–3	2–8	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	57,704
12	November 22	Arizona Cardinals	L 42–45	2–9	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	63,435
13	November 29	at Oakland Raiders	W 29–19	3–9	Network Associates Coliseum	41,409
14	December 6	San Diego Chargers	W 24–20	4–9	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	65,713
15	December 13	at Carolina Panthers	W 28–25	5–9	Ericcson Stadium	46,940
16	December 19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 20–16	6–9	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium	66,309
17	December 27	at Dallas Cowboys	L 7–23	6–10	Texas Stadium	63,565

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(3) Dallas Cowboys	10	6	0	.625	381	275	W2
(6) Arizona Cardinals	9	7	0	.563	325	378	W3
New York Giants	8	8	0	.500	287	309	W4
Washington Redskins	6	10	0	.375	319	421	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	13	0	.188	161	344	L3