It was the greatest rivalry in all of professional sports back then. Not only was the hate, to this day, unparalleled, nearly every game meant something, usually a lot of something. We'll never see the likes of it again. The only other one that was close was Steelers/Raiders.
@@NosferatusCoffin I'll absolutely agree with that. Steelers/Raiders was brutal in it's own right, especially in the 70s. Mean Joe Green said himself that his greatest, most intimidating opponent was Bob Brown. Look it up on this platform. You're right that nearly every Redskin/Cowboy game had a lot riding on it. I will sorely miss those days.
I grew up in DC the Cowboys were always the team we had to beat.You guys were great for a long time.Beating you in this playoff game was the best Redskin moment! Props to the Cowboys as well!
They need to construct a new adjustable, bouncing Stadium. Giant hydraulics that move the bleachers with the crowd noise. It can be done. ENTER at your own risk
As a Washingtonian and long time Redskin fan, our family remember every second of that marvelous run. It still brings tears to your eyes to see the faces of victory. Perhaps one day we can reach the mountain top again one day soon. Thanks for the sweet memories. Hail to the W!
The redskins playing IN DC just hit different. There was no greater home field advantage than Joe Gibbs Redskins playing at RFK. The hood area around the stadium full of rabid fans ready to tip your bus over and take its wheels had opponents shitting themselves. The fans relationship with them was closer than any city could have with their team. You just saw a multi lombardi winning hall of famer tell you that a home playoff game was so far above his rings. Let that sink in for a second. Taking the skins out of DC took the soul out of the city.
My mom's house was around the corner from RFK on 25th & Benning Rd. And game day used to be lit. The crowd noise, you could literally be watching the game in the living room, and the crowd would still be heard over the tv. I grew up a Packers fan, but I'm not gonna even lie, but that was a great era for football in my hometown.
I miss the old NFC East stadiums. Dallas had the old Texas Stadium with the hole in the roof and a huge crown in the middle of the field. The Redskins had old RFK, the Eagles had Veterans stadium and the Giants had the old Meadowlands. Every stadium was significant to each team, and it helped them win big.
I’m a NY jets fan born in 1976. The 82 Skins with the hogs and Riggins are basically the first playoff games I can remember watching. Being raised on football it was quite an impression. Legendary offensive line. This video brought tears to my eyes.
Imagine exactly that and you were born just outside DC, that's me. My Dad's brother lived in Texas and was a Cowboys fan and he called him up right at the end of the game to talk shit. Also my first lesson in sports shit talking.
@@PickpocketJones must have been epic. My dad loved Riggins. I heard the story several times about the Skins fans that snuck a diesel truck horn into RFK. They were blowing the horn after Riggins ran over the Cowboys defense. Watching Russ Grimm take the game over on that last drive was absolutely incredible. “Randy it’s coming at you!” Old school football at its finest. I’ve lived and breathed football since I’m a little kid. I grew up a Jets fan but in the 80’s my other team was the Redskins.
we were at that game, me and Dad the atmosphere really was awesome. then listening to Ken Bietrice on WMAL on drive home in time to watch George Micheals' Sports Machine game highlights
I wasn’t alive and boy did I miss out. Man I wish my skins had that attitude today. To hear him say “Randy it’s comin at you” sent chills down my spine. HTTR!! Baby. bring the glory days back.
And they so desperately needed that win. Plus continue the postseason tradition wining against them. It had been 10-11 years when they last met in a playoff game.
I was 8 also and my school we were allowed to dress in skins gear. When they won the Super Bowl over the Dolphins. I was excused by my teacher to go to the Skins Parade (it was pouring rain but was worth it). That was a crazy week leading to the Super Bowl. All the local news media 4,5,7,9 dedicated most of the week to the skins. Even the local sportscasters (GlennBrenner, FrankHerzog & GeorgeMichael)
I wasnt born. Not for another 16 years after that. As a Redskins fan, I was born in the wrong time. I wish I could have witnessed that live. I just rely on these type of videos and stories from my dad.
Sweetest win in Redskins history. Obviously the Super Bowl wins were more important, but this was euphoric. Beating the arrogant Cowboys in the NFC championship game.
I played rugby as a forward for 35 years or so. I know where Russ Grimm is coming from. Down in the trenches it's not about the score it's about winning.
Riggins is the type of RB you just don't see in the NFL anymore. Its sexier to 'air the ball' out in a passing frenzy, but a solid RB like Riggins and no team can go wrong. Right now the Redskins could use a back like him.
Funny thing is that the few years the skins showed promise since 93, they had a top 5 rush attack and a competent qb.. The redskins have been drafting o and d line better than everybody since the 90s but have been so awful at picking a qb that their prowess at the draft is overshadowed because you can’t win without a competent qb. 9 games of Alex smith with an old Peterson shows you that the joe Gibbs is timeless.
@@80steen44 from the Time Lombardi came until Joe Gibbs left (with a heaping helping of George Allen in between) 20 out of 23 winning seasons 13 playoff appearances 5 superbowl appearances and 3 world titles not many teams have been that good for that long continuously
@@johntabler349 I'm not knocking Gibbs or the Redskins overall. But 82 is a weird season starting over that late. I will say that 83 as a regular season probably proved 82 was no fluke but I've always felt the 80s 49ers got their potential legacy robbed by misfortune in the 83 NFC Championship game with those 2 horrible PI calls and then Montana getting KOd in the 4th quarter of the 90 NFC Championship game with the lead. I'm a Steelers fan so not just being a Niners homer
@@80steen44 no guarantees that the niners would have won though they had momentum at the time I thought the one call was legit but not the other haven't rewatched in a long time
@@johntabler349 Well there's no guarantee they win either Super Bowls had they advanced vs the 83 Raiders and 90 Bills but Walsh was so good I see 83 winning and 90 was hard to stop except vs the Belichick Giants D who contained SF in the regular season of 90 and beat them in the 85 and 86 playoffs. Lately though TBH there's so much stuff coming out about players and refs getting paid I'm starting to wonder
The Daryl Grant interception was the play of the game. I saw the game live and i thought Tom Landry, as great as he is/was, made the wrong call. In the 70's and early 80's, he used to run that screen play for Tony Dorsett. It wouldn't have mattered which side the Cowboys would've ran that play, the Redskins were ready. It was a hell of a play .
The Screen pass the Cowboys did last week vs Pittsburgh, where Elliot scored from 85 yards was vintage 1970s-1980s Landry screen pass that was almost impossible to stop. But as for 1983, that Daryl Grant INT changed the game.
It may have not been a bad call but he did not have his starting quarterback in there so it's possible that Gary just did not play it well. No matter way the Redskins wanted this one real bad and they got it.
I was 7 and I remember this being THE game that made me a Redskins fan for life. My mom and dad were huge fans and I watched this game with them and remember my dad who was a DC native cheering and yelling with joy at the TV. Seeing his joy in this game taught me to love the Redskins forever.
Mom was a Redskins fan. Dad bought me a grey sweatshirt with a star on it. I think I only wore it once. It never returned from the dirty clothes hamper.
I'm a die hard cowboys fan, I was in the 6th grade, the skins punked my boys that year. The superbowls aren't the same without one of these franchises representing the NFC.
Not even a Redskins fan but I lived there when it happened. Most helpless feeling for a NFL defense. You know what you're gonna do, . . . they know what you're gonna do, . . . . and there ain't a damn thing they can do about it.
That my friend, is called imposing your will on your opponent. Moving a man against his will when he knows what's coming and still feeling helpless in stopping it, there's no better feeling in the world witnessing that.
Sometimes the greatness of a great team can be measured by how much they bring out the greatness in an otherwise not-so-great team. That was the story of the 1982 NFC championship game. Never underestimate how much intangibles like heart, desire and team spirit can determine the outcome of an important game.
Not so great!!! same team went 14-2 the next year, and went back to superbowl. yes they lost,because raiders taped redskins practice. f....ing cheaters
Why would they need to covertly tape their practices when they had already played them earlier that season? All they had to do was look at the game films and realize that, unlike their first meeting, they now had a healthy Marcus Allen and a recently acquired Mike Haynes -- both future Hall of Fame inductees. The Raiders were simply the better team that day. It's as simple as that. (And, no, I'm not a Raiders fan. I just call it like I see it.)
I've never heard about the Raiders taping the redskins practices. aside from that being a common practice that the Patriots abused where did you hear about that? I think John Otten a Raiders employee told Charlie Sumner about the screen pass to Joe Washington that Squirek intercepted
The Redskins playing with a Hangover against the Raiders is why they lost. Not the whole team but enough of them partied too hard because the season was to easy for them.
The best football game in Redskins history . . . hands down. Also the best stadium banner in Redskins history (which you can see in the Darryl Grant interception): "Dallas may have Southfork, but Washington has JR!"
Still gives me goosebumps....as a fan I felt that hatred and passion Theismann speaks of. I have never watched a game with butterflies in my stomach on every play like I did watching that one. The Manley tip and Grant pick six is probably the single most exciting play in Redskins history for me. Live, the play seemed like it was in slow motion despite happening so fast.
Still to this day my favorite singular moment as a Redskin fan (since 1980)! The Super Bowl against the Dolphins was only the cherry! Beating Dallas 2 reach Pasadena was the entire sundae! Beating them again to win the division in 2012 and taking it away from them almost as nice but not quite! Taking them down in the NFC championship game will always remain on top
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I got to see the second half of this game recently on you tube talking about the 1982 NFC Title game. The Redskins are only up 4. Skins punt. Hogeboom zips Dallas downfield. He misses Timmy Newsome down the middle on a critical 3rd down. They miss a FG att, Redskins punt again. The first play after the punt Mel Kauffman intercepts Hogeboom sets up a FG 24-17 then two plays after the KO Dexter Manley tips a Hogeboom screen into the arms of Darryl Grant who runs in for a TD 31-17. Then Dallas turns the ball over on downs on its next possession with 5 minutes to play. The defense came up with huge plays that entire second half and played an almost lights out Super Bowl the following week. Ritchie Pettibon was the best defensive coordinator in the game for a dozen years and belongs in the HOF.
Actually, Newsome just flat out drops that pass. If he catches it, easy touchdown. They still moved the ball on that drive but did miss the FG and that seemed to take the air out.
We may have a new team name and our owner is a class A - A-Hole. But we will always have these memories. This video embodies the good years. Remember the good times remember the family and friends you shared it with, remember RFK , and remember forever The Washington Redskins and the wonderful people that loved that team.
Now that’s HOG football!!! Russ Grimm and the hogs just straight up told Randy White that him and his crew weren’t man enough. Again and again and again. Right down to the last whistle. Where’d the pride in the helmet go?... No one. NO ONE got the heart out of every player like joe Gibbs did man.
I know! Some of my happiest memories was being at my aunt's house when he came back to coach the Skins.. My God, even though the second Gibbs comeback wasn't exactly the same as the first run, but the memories man... Santana Moss a.k.a the Cowboy Killer, Darrell Green's last home game, and I think that this is true of most of our minds, THERE WILL NEVER be another Sean Taylor... and probably my best memory about that situation, was when the next time the Redskin played the Cowboys at the Ol Texas Stadium, players from BOTH teams went to midfield and said a prayer... The Washington Redskins will always hold a very special part of my heart... 18 years of memories that will NEVER leave me and hopefully all of us...
Back then Dallas was consistently the best and the skins knew to be the best you have to beat the best and they did at home and went on to win their first Super Bowl against the Dolphins. Go Skins!!
So one day in the 90's, I'm standing in the airport waiting to board a flight. This big guy with a barrel chest is behind me. He's got a mustache. I turned around and something rung a bell, so I said. 'Hey, who are you, Russ Grimm'? He looked at me sternly and said, 'No, I'm Jeff Bostic'. I said 'holy shit, Jeff Bostic', and stood there like a 6 year old in awe. ))
As a lifelong Eagles fan, and Cowboys hater, I enjoyed every minute of this. I despised the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990’s just as much as the Redskins fans hated the Cowboys of the 1970’s. It was great to see Riggins and the hogs beat these arrogant punks to a pulp. 50 gut, baby!! Woo!!
As a Cowboys fan in the early '80s this game (and the catch one year before) were painful to watch. As a person gets older, I get it now from the Washington point of view, "50 gut" over and over. We want Dallas, I remember that, I can imagine Washington fans get chills if they remember being there. And they made Dallas wear the dark blues. I can appreciate years later, those 2 years, 1982 & 1983, Redskin fans were on top of the world. AND THE MIDDLE AGED MEN WEARING DRESSES AND PIG SNOUTS😂😂😂 THOSE WERE THE DAYS
As a Cowboys fan I remember this game very well. If I remember correctly the very first commercial that was shown after the loss was Landry's American Express commercial with the Redskins.
I remember when I was a 13 year old kid watching this on my couch. I think it was a early game. It probably was one of the greatest redskin victories of all time
Those Hog lines had that dog mentality and feared no defensive line anywhere in the NFL. The current WFT has not developed that mindset and until they do they will forever make our running backs struggle on 3rd & 1's and 4th & 1s
Remember it like it was yesterday. My brother and I sat for 25 years in Section 242 Row 12 Seats 3&4 at RFK. When they moved out to FedEx we never attended another game.
There is a video floating around about 50 gut. I saw it on UA-cam years ago and someone took it down. It was awesome. The fans snuck a diesel truck horn into the stadium. They ran the same play down the stretch a bunch of times. I know they talk about it here but the other video was so awesome. The Hogs took over and pound Dallas. Legendary NFL performance.
To be fair and accurate, it was never Russ Grimm vs Randy White. White was double teamed on every play lol. But having said that....Hail to the Redskins.
Huge Cowboys fan here and I miss how intense the rivalry was. I was secretly a John Riggins fan and wondered how cool it would be to have him and Tony Dorsett in the same backfield.
This was the 3rd straight, and last NFC Championship the Cowboys would be in for 10yrs. It might have been a small(or large) disadvantage that Dallas had to be on the road for 3 straight years. The best chance they had to make it to the Superbowl was the game against the 49'ers but thanks to Joe Montana, it didn't happen and Philly crushed Dallas in the Vet the year before.
philly...crushed --dallas??? score was 17-7---wat you say about the 56 points we scored against Washington ...then 51 last week---we musta ...BURIED DEM---50 FEET DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@vaughnkhan4210 He was talking about the NFC Championship Games Dallas was playing in. In the 1980 season. Dallas played Philadelphia and got shutout. The 1981 season Dallas lost to San Francisco by one point. The 1982 season you know about that one. So for about a decade, Dallas didn't see the NFC Championship until the 1992 season against San Francisco. After the 49ers narrowly held off Washington for a possible 3rd Washington vs Dallas NFC Championship Game matchup.
I was in 8th grade an a die hard Reskins fan. I acutally had to miss most of this game as I had to play in a basketball game. I guess this game was on a Saturday.
I remember in Philadelphia, an eagles fan said "we want Dallas" for the 1980 title game. A year later, it was the San Francisco 49ers for the 1981 title game. The 1980's was the downfall of America's team. This is most interesting rivalry, Cowboys v Redskins, Packers v Bears, 49ers v Rams, Raiders v Broncos, Jets v Dolphins.
I admired the Houston Oilers as a kid as long as Coach Phillips was there....and I guarantee many good folks in Houston enjoyed seeing the Cowboys get spanked and sent home.
This is still the greatest NFL rivalry of my lifetime.
In the current state of the NFC East the Cowboys/Eagles rivalry is better now.
Rivalry is dead unfortunately. Cowboy offensive line lining up against that stupid Commander helmet is the death knell
@@NYSkinsFan82 Yep. The old rivalry was worth watching.
It was the greatest rivalry in all of professional sports back then. Not only was the hate, to this day, unparalleled, nearly every game meant something, usually a lot of something. We'll never see the likes of it again. The only other one that was close was Steelers/Raiders.
@@NosferatusCoffin I'll absolutely agree with that. Steelers/Raiders was brutal in it's own right, especially in the 70s. Mean Joe Green said himself that his greatest, most intimidating opponent was Bob Brown. Look it up on this platform.
You're right that nearly every Redskin/Cowboy game had a lot riding on it. I will sorely miss those days.
Cowboys fan here. I MISS THE OLD FOOTBALL! THIS WAS REAL RIVALRY. PROPS TO OLD SCHOOL REDSKINS FANS
I grew up in DC the Cowboys were always the team we had to beat.You guys were great for a long time.Beating you in this playoff game was the best Redskin moment! Props to the Cowboys as well!
The 1991 Redskins team was their best Super Bowl team and 1 of the most dominant teams ever.
But less interesting and entertaining than the 1982 Redskins.
@@SingleTax and a great team that is forgotten because they lost the Super Bowl , 1983
@@SingleTax Black?
The stands bouncing up and down are one of the many things that made RFK such a great venue. Opposing players said they got seasick watching it.
They need to construct a new adjustable, bouncing Stadium. Giant hydraulics that move the bleachers with the crowd noise. It can be done. ENTER at your own risk
As the Dallas radio announcers said, "RFK means Rickety Field for Knuckleheads.
@@rockyhines5842 Rickety or not (those were retractable bleachers that pulled back for baseball), the Redskins were 11-1 in playoff games at RFK.
Now the stands just literally fall apart
@@jeffsmith9651 The Redskins left RFK 25 years ago. That was FedEx Field where the railing broke.
As a Washingtonian and long time Redskin fan, our family remember every second of that marvelous run. It still brings tears to your eyes to see the faces of victory. Perhaps one day we can reach the mountain top again one day soon. Thanks for the sweet memories. Hail to the W!
The redskins playing IN DC just hit different. There was no greater home field advantage than Joe Gibbs Redskins playing at RFK. The hood area around the stadium full of rabid fans ready to tip your bus over and take its wheels had opponents shitting themselves. The fans relationship with them was closer than any city could have with their team. You just saw a multi lombardi winning hall of famer tell you that a home playoff game was so far above his rings. Let that sink in for a second. Taking the skins out of DC took the soul out of the city.
And changing the name was complete BS.
My mom's house was around the corner from RFK on 25th & Benning Rd. And game day used to be lit. The crowd noise, you could literally be watching the game in the living room, and the crowd would still be heard over the tv. I grew up a Packers fan, but I'm not gonna even lie, but that was a great era for football in my hometown.
I miss the old NFC East stadiums. Dallas had the old Texas Stadium with the hole in the roof and a huge crown in the middle of the field. The Redskins had old RFK, the Eagles had Veterans stadium and the Giants had the old Meadowlands. Every stadium was significant to each team, and it helped them win big.
Pontiac for lions
Candlestick park for 49ers.... I was there in 2004
Anaheim stadium for Rams...
No one should care or follow this stupid sports crap. It is a waste of time and money.
"Randy, it's coming at you!" ...and they still couldn't stop the diesel. lol
Marv Hubbard used to say that against the Chiefs & Hubbard went right at them
I could watch this clip every day for the rest of my life.
If I don't watch this clip at least once a day for motivation, my day isn't as good. It's...it's something special.
Me too!! 👍🏽
Some of my best memories of my life were Screwing the Cowboys....
1 time a day lol
#HAILYEAH
I’m a NY jets fan born in 1976. The 82 Skins with the hogs and Riggins are basically the first playoff games I can remember watching. Being raised on football it was quite an impression. Legendary offensive line. This video brought tears to my eyes.
Imagine exactly that and you were born just outside DC, that's me. My Dad's brother lived in Texas and was a Cowboys fan and he called him up right at the end of the game to talk shit. Also my first lesson in sports shit talking.
@@PickpocketJones must have been epic. My dad loved Riggins. I heard the story several times about the Skins fans that snuck a diesel truck horn into RFK. They were blowing the horn after Riggins ran over the Cowboys defense. Watching Russ Grimm take the game over on that last drive was absolutely incredible. “Randy it’s coming at you!” Old school football at its finest. I’ve lived and breathed football since I’m a little kid. I grew up a Jets fan but in the 80’s my other team was the Redskins.
we were at that game, me and Dad the atmosphere really was awesome.
then listening to Ken Bietrice on WMAL on drive home
in time to watch George Micheals' Sports Machine game highlights
I wasn’t alive and boy did I miss out. Man I wish my skins had that attitude today. To hear him say “Randy it’s comin at you” sent chills down my spine. HTTR!! Baby. bring the glory days back.
This was most satisfying for the players that were on that 1979 skins team that played in that heartbreaking loss to the Cowboys.
And they so desperately needed that win. Plus continue the postseason tradition wining against them. It had been 10-11 years when they last met in a playoff game.
I was 8 when this game happen. the next day we had a celebration at my elementary school. the principle kept playing hail to the redskins allow day
principal
I was 8 also and my school we were allowed to dress in skins gear. When they won the Super Bowl over the Dolphins. I was excused by my teacher to go to the Skins Parade (it was pouring rain but was worth it). That was a crazy week leading to the Super Bowl. All the local news media 4,5,7,9 dedicated most of the week to the skins. Even the local sportscasters (GlennBrenner, FrankHerzog & GeorgeMichael)
I wasnt born. Not for another 16 years after that. As a Redskins fan, I was born in the wrong time. I wish I could have witnessed that live. I just rely on these type of videos and stories from my dad.
Sweetest win in Redskins history. Obviously the Super Bowl wins were more important, but this was euphoric. Beating the arrogant Cowboys in the NFC championship game.
The First Football Game I ever watched. I feel that was one of the years the NFC Championship game was bigger than the Super Bowl.
John Liberty one of the first games I remember watching.
John Liberty 50 gut
I still hate the Redskins
I played rugby as a forward for 35 years or so. I know where Russ Grimm is coming from.
Down in the trenches it's not about the score it's about winning.
My favorite Americas Game documentary and favorite championship for the Redskins.
Riggins is the type of RB you just don't see in the NFL anymore. Its sexier to 'air the ball' out in a passing frenzy, but a solid RB like Riggins and no team can go wrong. Right now the Redskins could use a back like him.
cratedog64 THAT is why we haven’t dominated in so many years. Gibbs and past coaches understood that you cannot win without a solid running game.
It looks like they don't know how to play like this anymore.
@@GGE47
I know.
I was searching for classic Redskins and found this.
Funny thing is that the few years the skins showed promise since 93, they had a top 5 rush attack and a competent qb.. The redskins have been drafting o and d line better than everybody since the 90s but have been so awful at picking a qb that their prowess at the draft is overshadowed because you can’t win without a competent qb. 9 games of Alex smith with an old Peterson shows you that the joe Gibbs is timeless.
Derrick Henry.
The Redskins in their glory days! Thanks for posting.
yeah glory days, a strike shortened season in 82 and refs in the 83 title game vs SF.
@@80steen44 from the Time Lombardi came until Joe Gibbs left (with a heaping helping of George Allen in between) 20 out of 23 winning seasons 13 playoff appearances 5 superbowl appearances and 3 world titles not many teams have been that good for that long continuously
@@johntabler349 I'm not knocking Gibbs or the Redskins overall. But 82 is a weird season starting over that late. I will say that 83 as a regular season probably proved 82 was no fluke but I've always felt the 80s 49ers got their potential legacy robbed by misfortune in the 83 NFC Championship game with those 2 horrible PI calls and then Montana getting KOd in the 4th quarter of the 90 NFC Championship game with the lead. I'm a Steelers fan so not just being a Niners homer
@@80steen44 no guarantees that the niners would have won though they had momentum at the time I thought the one call was legit but not the other haven't rewatched in a long time
@@johntabler349 Well there's no guarantee they win either Super Bowls had they advanced vs the 83 Raiders and 90 Bills but Walsh was so good I see 83 winning and 90 was hard to stop except vs the Belichick Giants D who contained SF in the regular season of 90 and beat them in the 85 and 86 playoffs. Lately though TBH there's so much stuff coming out about players and refs getting paid I'm starting to wonder
The Daryl Grant interception was the play of the game. I saw the game live and i thought Tom Landry, as great as he is/was, made the wrong call. In the 70's and early 80's, he used to run that screen play for Tony Dorsett. It wouldn't have mattered which side the Cowboys would've ran that play, the Redskins were ready. It was a hell of a play .
The Screen pass the Cowboys did last week vs Pittsburgh, where Elliot scored from 85 yards was vintage 1970s-1980s Landry screen pass that was almost impossible to stop. But as for 1983, that Daryl Grant INT changed the game.
Grant went to RICE!
It may have not been a bad call but he did not have his starting quarterback in there so it's possible that Gary just did not play it well. No matter way the Redskins wanted this one real bad and they got it.
I was 7 and I remember this being THE game that made me a Redskins fan for life. My mom and dad were huge fans and I watched this game with them and remember my dad who was a DC native cheering and yelling with joy at the TV. Seeing his joy in this game taught me to love the Redskins forever.
Mom was a Redskins fan. Dad bought me a grey sweatshirt with a star on it. I think I only wore it once. It never returned from the dirty clothes hamper.
I'm a die hard cowboys fan, I was in the 6th grade, the skins punked my boys that year. The superbowls aren't the same without one of these franchises representing the NFC.
Im feeling kinda of emotional watching this...russ grimm is a legend
So am I.
50 Gut.
Show this to your kids and grandkids back when football was football.
Had pleasure of meeting Joe once, great guy. Wish they still played there, little renovation can go a long way.
Not even a Redskins fan but I lived there when it happened. Most helpless feeling for a NFL defense. You know what you're gonna do, . . . they know what you're gonna do, . . . . and there ain't a damn thing they can do about it.
That my friend, is called imposing your will on your opponent. Moving a man against his will when he knows what's coming and still feeling helpless in stopping it, there's no better feeling in the world witnessing that.
Sometimes the greatness of a great team can be measured by how much they bring out the greatness in an otherwise not-so-great team. That was the story of the 1982 NFC championship game. Never underestimate how much intangibles like heart, desire and team spirit can determine the outcome of an important game.
Not so great!!! same team went 14-2 the next year, and went back to superbowl. yes they lost,because raiders taped redskins practice. f....ing cheaters
Why would they need to covertly tape their practices when they had already played them earlier that season? All they had to do was look at the game films and realize that, unlike their first meeting, they now had a healthy Marcus Allen and a recently acquired Mike Haynes -- both future Hall of Fame inductees. The Raiders were simply the better team that day. It's as simple as that. (And, no, I'm not a Raiders fan. I just call it like I see it.)
All,teams did it back then. Patriots got caught and paid for it
I've never heard about the Raiders taping the redskins practices. aside from that being a common practice that the Patriots abused where did you hear about that? I think John Otten a Raiders employee told Charlie Sumner about the screen pass to Joe Washington that Squirek intercepted
The Redskins playing with a Hangover against the Raiders is why they lost. Not the whole team but enough of them partied too hard because the season was to easy for them.
The best football game in Redskins history . . . hands down. Also the best stadium banner in Redskins history (which you can see in the Darryl Grant interception): "Dallas may have Southfork, but Washington has JR!"
Have to give them all due props but the 91 Skins were a machine....
@@71superbee39 Agree with you there - '91 is one of the best teams of all time.
@@wealthactuallywfrazerrice1873That year they lost they first game to an upstart Cowboys team it was a prelude of things to come for years later
@@zztv15 I remember!
@@wealthactuallywfrazerrice1873 I'm from Dallas but I'm a big Niners fan and can't stand the cowgirls loool I always rooted for the Skins vs the Girls
As a young Cowboy fan back then all I can say is Riggins was a beast!
So was Russ Grimm
@@yankees29 Who was the Buc's dude who was a beast? Not recently.
@@yankees29 Mike Alstott.
@@robertbaker3174 oh yeh that kid was nasty. He definitely had a mean streak.
Today is July 13, 2020 and the Redskins announce they are retiring the name Redskins. It’s a sad day.
Everyone knows they're a " Football Team" dumb ass name
That was so sad, that I quit loving them the way I did for 18 years of my life.... One of the most heartbreaking stories in sports...
1982 NFC Championship was a grudge match for the ages
as I sit in quarantine hell, I have my fond memories of days gone...
50 gut. This is working
@@michaelleroy9281 i think they should run it again for old time sake since everyone is still alive and kicking
As a Cowboys fan born and raised in Texas. I still remeber this game. We lost 3 NFC championships in a row. Eagles, Redskins, 9er's.... dam it.
Still gives me goosebumps....as a fan I felt that hatred and passion Theismann speaks of. I have never watched a game with butterflies in my stomach on every play like I did watching that one.
The Manley tip and Grant pick six is probably the single most exciting play in Redskins history for me. Live, the play seemed like it was in slow motion despite happening so fast.
Manly was such a great player, never got the credit he deserved
Nothing sweeter than beating the Cowboys but beating them and keeping them out of the Super Bowl was just euphoric. HTTR!
The Cowboys have owned the Redskins since about 1992-present
***** And a 2016 Sweep of the Redskins too :)
It's still better that the Redskins had denied the Cowboys 2 Super Bowl trips. LOL!
how are cowgirl fans bragging about "owning the skins since 92" when they havent done jack squat in the playoffs for 20 years no bragging rights
Still to this day my favorite singular moment as a Redskin fan (since 1980)! The Super Bowl against the Dolphins was only the cherry! Beating Dallas 2 reach Pasadena was the entire sundae! Beating them again to win the division in 2012 and taking it away from them almost as nice but not quite! Taking them down in the NFC championship game will always remain on top
One of the happiest day of my life!!! I was so jacked up for this game I could not sleep!! We kick that ass!! HTTR. Let's go Skins in 2020.
Man y’all suck now
Was a CLASSIC victory! The hell with Dallas back then and now.
At least we didn't cave in to the Woke and give up our Name !!! We are Still Those DALLAS COWBOYS !! ...
Washington Who ?
---YEAH---WASHINGTON---WHO?????????????? DROPPED 56 ON THEIR NO NAME ASSES ON DEC 26...AND ANOTHER 51 ON THE ...E GIRLS--LAST WEEK--NFC EAST ---TOTAL--DOMINATION--
YEAH---WASHINGTON---WHO?????????????? DROPPED 56 ON THEIR NO NAME BUTTS ON DEC 26...AND ANOTHER 51 ON THE ...E GIRLS--LAST WEEK--NFC EAST ---TOTAL--DOMINATION-
I got to give my Respect to " Riggo "
A Hell of a Football Player !!..
I got to see the second half of this game recently on you tube talking about the 1982 NFC Title game. The Redskins are only up 4. Skins punt. Hogeboom zips Dallas downfield. He misses Timmy Newsome down the middle on a critical 3rd down. They miss a FG att, Redskins punt again. The first play after the punt Mel Kauffman intercepts Hogeboom sets up a FG 24-17 then two plays after the KO Dexter Manley tips a Hogeboom screen into the arms of Darryl Grant who runs in for a TD 31-17. Then Dallas turns the ball over on downs on its next possession with 5 minutes to play. The defense came up with huge plays that entire second half and played an almost lights out Super Bowl the following week. Ritchie Pettibon was the best defensive coordinator in the game for a dozen years and belongs in the HOF.
Actually, Newsome just flat out drops that pass. If he catches it, easy touchdown. They still moved the ball on that drive but did miss the FG and that seemed to take the air out.
We may have a new team name and our owner is a class A - A-Hole. But we will always have these memories. This video embodies the good years. Remember the good times remember the family and friends you shared it with, remember RFK , and remember forever The Washington Redskins and the wonderful people that loved that team.
Now that’s HOG football!!! Russ Grimm and the hogs just straight up told Randy White that him and his crew weren’t man enough. Again and again and again. Right down to the last whistle. Where’d the pride in the helmet go?... No one. NO ONE got the heart out of every player like joe Gibbs did man.
I know! Some of my happiest memories was being at my aunt's house when he came back to coach the Skins.. My God, even though the second Gibbs comeback wasn't exactly the same as the first run, but the memories man... Santana Moss a.k.a the Cowboy Killer, Darrell Green's last home game, and I think that this is true of most of our minds, THERE WILL NEVER be another Sean Taylor... and probably my best memory about that situation, was when the next time the Redskin played the Cowboys at the Ol Texas Stadium, players from BOTH teams went to midfield and said a prayer... The Washington Redskins will always hold a very special part of my heart... 18 years of memories that will NEVER leave me and hopefully all of us...
The Redskins played 2 Super Bowls that season 1 Dallas 2 Miami
Dead skins, shegals, and Gants will never be as grand and glorious as the team that God himself watches on Sunday
Joe T. Should be in NFL Hall of Fame!! Theismann your the man!!
Back then Dallas was consistently the best and the skins knew to be the best you have to beat the best and they did at home and went on to win their first Super Bowl against the Dolphins. Go Skins!!
I remember this game like it was yesterday! We want Dallas chant was incredible!!!!!
I know right.
RFK stadium was rocking.
The diesel John Riggens and the hogs, the fun bunch.
Back when football was football.
So one day in the 90's, I'm standing in the airport waiting to board a flight. This big guy with a barrel chest is behind me. He's got a mustache. I turned around and something rung a bell, so I said. 'Hey, who are you, Russ Grimm'? He looked at me sternly and said, 'No, I'm Jeff Bostic'.
I said 'holy shit, Jeff Bostic', and stood there like a 6 year old in awe. ))
Those Redskins uniforms are a thing of beauty. gone forever unfortunately
Facts best looking uniforms in the game, damn shame what they have done to them
As a lifelong Eagles fan, and Cowboys hater, I enjoyed every minute of this. I despised the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990’s just as much as the Redskins fans hated the Cowboys of the 1970’s. It was great to see Riggins and the hogs beat these arrogant punks to a pulp. 50 gut, baby!! Woo!!
Sorry for you bruh eagles suck and Washington sucks
Them hogs were not to be messed with. Teams get so cute nowadays. I’m old school...run it until they stop it!
0:38 looks like Chief Zee holding the burning Dallas jersey.
As a Cowboys fan in the early '80s this game (and the catch one year before) were painful to watch. As a person gets older, I get it now from the Washington point of view, "50 gut" over and over. We want Dallas, I remember that, I can imagine Washington fans get chills if they remember being there. And they made Dallas wear the dark blues. I can appreciate years later, those 2 years, 1982 & 1983, Redskin fans were on top of the world. AND THE MIDDLE AGED MEN WEARING DRESSES AND PIG SNOUTS😂😂😂 THOSE WERE THE DAYS
As a Cowboys fan I remember this game very well. If I remember correctly the very first commercial that was shown after the loss was Landry's American Express commercial with the Redskins.
Facts...
I WAS THERE AS A YOUNGIN I WAS SOOO FUCKIN DRUNK WHEN I GOT HOME ME AND MY CUZZ DJ KOOL WENT FUCKIN CRAZY!!!!!!! HTTR!
I remember when I was a 13 year old kid watching this on my couch. I think it was a early game. It probably was one of the greatest redskin victories of all time
Is it just me or does Theismann know how to tell a story
he does but so does doc
No it’s just you
I like his spots on these talking head pannels for NFL Films. His color commentary can be grating but when he's reflecting on history, he's great.
Charisma
It’s just you!
4:28
"Randy, it's comin' at you."
Holy shit yes, put it in my veins.
Those Hog lines had that dog mentality and feared no defensive line anywhere in the NFL. The current WFT has not developed that mindset and until they do they will forever make our running backs struggle on 3rd & 1's and 4th & 1s
Remember the song?
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
This was not intended to downplay the Cowboys but to show a spotlight on how great the Cowboys/Skins rivalry was!
💗💗💗 the Redskins!!! Hope they can keep the Redskins name!!!
This is like a old school cowboy indian movie BUT THE INDIANS WOW AT THE END!!!
I still hate the Dallas Chokeboys. ✌🏻
@@princegroove 💕 your comment!!! Because I never ever was a cowboy fan there to arrogant
@@MrTeatreeoil Nice!
This never gets old ! #ProudDCNative #HTTR #HailToTheRedskins
Remember it like it was yesterday. My brother and I sat for 25 years in Section 242 Row 12 Seats 3&4 at RFK. When they moved out to FedEx we never attended another game.
50 Gut Randy White, from a future Hall of Famer *
There is a video floating around about 50 gut. I saw it on UA-cam years ago and someone took it down. It was awesome. The fans snuck a diesel truck horn into the stadium. They ran the same play down the stretch a bunch of times. I know they talk about it here but the other video was so awesome. The Hogs took over and pound Dallas. Legendary NFL performance.
Joe Jacoby, Russ Grimm, Jeff Bostic, Mark May. Awesome linemen
It's kinda ironic how these 2 teams met in the championship game 10 years before, in 1972.
Which Washington also won 26-3
@michaelleroy9281 same stadium, too. Both times they went to southern California to face miami in the super bowl
Fun Fact - The Redskins / WFT have NEVER lost to Dallas in the playoffs.
Oh really I didn't know that.
But then again they've only met 2 times in playoff games
Me too Joe. ..as a lifelong fan. That day I was 15 watching in Woodbridge Va. It was magical
I remember watching that game on a battery operated TV at work, what a time to be alive. HTTR!!
The 'Skins chose to wear their "away" jerseys for this home game to force Dallas into their blue, supposedly jinxed, jerseys. It worked.
The best part about this video is the part where they are all standing together singing the National Anthem.
We’ll get back there as soon as Snyder and Bruce Allen stop 69ing each other
To be fair and accurate, it was never Russ Grimm vs Randy White. White was double teamed on every play lol. But having said that....Hail to the Redskins.
correct. But Grimm was a helluva player. And it is clear that the Redskins had the ultimate respect for Randy White.
Greatest Redskin game ever by far. Dexter and the diesel showed their true colors. HTTR
As a Dallas Cowboy fan, you are welcome and we are glad you finally got one from us. That's all you got and you aint had none since!
Huge Cowboys fan here and I miss how intense the rivalry was. I was secretly a John Riggins fan and wondered how cool it would be to have him and Tony Dorsett in the same backfield.
As a Redskins fan respected the hell out of Tom Landry. This is where the rivalry needs to get back to.
Be careful what you wish for , you remember how Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker in the same backfield worked out
Who do you give the ball to?
redskins won 3 super bowls in a 10 year span! But the mighty cowboys of the 90s won 3 super bowls in a 4 year span!
I have to admit it the play that damn good game I'm not a sore loser I just don't like losing very much🏈🏈
After yesterday I needed this.
This was the 3rd straight, and last NFC Championship the Cowboys would be in for 10yrs. It might have been a small(or large) disadvantage that Dallas had to be on the road for 3 straight years. The best chance they had to make it to the Superbowl was the game against the 49'ers but thanks to Joe Montana, it didn't happen and Philly crushed Dallas in the Vet the year before.
philly...crushed --dallas??? score was 17-7---wat you say about the 56 points we scored against Washington ...then 51 last week---we musta ...BURIED DEM---50 FEET DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@vaughnkhan4210 He was talking about the NFC Championship Games Dallas was playing in. In the 1980 season. Dallas played Philadelphia and got shutout. The 1981 season Dallas lost to San Francisco by one point. The 1982 season you know about that one.
So for about a decade, Dallas didn't see the NFC Championship until the 1992 season against San Francisco. After the 49ers narrowly held off Washington for a possible 3rd Washington vs Dallas NFC Championship Game matchup.
thanks for the memories. id forgotten how epic this was
Now no longer 'Redskins' Snyder caved to the sjw's nickname gone and Wsh is a poorly run laughingstock franchise!
I was a Steelers fan, so I loved The Skins beating a dirty player like Randy White into the turf.
A Steelers fan complaining about a "dirty" player. That's hilarious.
I was in 8th grade an a die hard Reskins fan. I acutally had to miss most of this game as I had to play in a basketball game. I guess this game was on a Saturday.
“Randy it’s coming at you”. Makes me want to run through concrete 💪💪
i ran into some old dallas fans. they want the Redskins back too !!!
The fans in Washington want their identity back
-A cowboy fan
The Redskins made the most of a 9 game season plus playoffs because of the strike it's possible Super Bowl XVII (17) might not have been played at all
Made sense Redskins fans chant "WE WANT DALLAS!" due to both teams play in the same division and same conference.
Max Payne no shit!
This is American Football baby
I'm glad for you, Joe, that this is the one memory from your career that stands out most!
Me and pops watched this game, that's when football was football
Being a eagles fan this give me goosebumps
If the Eagles had beaten the Raiders after winning against Dallas it would've given the city of Philadelphia 2 outta 4 sport championships.
Forget all this Marxist woke crap.... Give Me Back My REDSKINS !!
I never heard that part of the story before, I like Russ Grimm even more if that is even possible
I was there. It was an out of body experience.
I remember in Philadelphia, an eagles fan said "we want Dallas" for the 1980 title game. A year later, it was the San Francisco 49ers for the 1981 title game. The 1980's was the downfall of America's team.
This is most interesting rivalry, Cowboys v Redskins, Packers v Bears, 49ers v Rams, Raiders v Broncos, Jets v Dolphins.
Hail to the Redskins!!
Joe jacoby should be in the hall of fame like if I agree.
I admired the Houston Oilers as a kid as long as Coach Phillips was there....and I guarantee many good folks in Houston enjoyed seeing the Cowboys get spanked and sent home.
As the great john facenda used to.ssy"great teams arnt always ,theyre just great when they have to be",this as a steelers fan
What a great time and a historic rivalry. Cowboys and Indians. And the pink-hatted, bored, latte' drinking whiners destroyed it.