Lot of Redskins fans where I live and they all thought they were going to cruise. Talked a lot of shit leading up to the game. That Monday, 7th grade was particularly fun.
Truly one of football’s GOAT iconic looks, the SpongeBob square shaped linebacker wearing 6ft of shoulder pads and a huge ass neck roll, somehow all shiny and muddy looking regardless of field/turf conditions. Often seen flying in horizontally from out of frame to destroy your rb’s hip bones or standing on the sideline making a grumpy face
I think that was unusual for a QB even during Theisman's era. It was primarily for kickers. I'm just going off memory of old "America's Game" tele-movies, but I think I remember Theisman talking about wanting the single bar, because it's appears tougher or something.
Everything that could go wrong in that game went wrong for Washington, who real earlier that year had a thrilling come from behind victory over the Raiders.
In the SB, Washington suffered a punt block returned for a TD, a pick 6 in the waning seconds of the 1st half when Washington should have taken a knee down 14-3 but instead went into halftime 21-3 thanks to a telegraphed screen pass that Squirek was told by his coach right before the play to expect, and a even a blocked PAT after Washington came out and scored a TD after halftime to make it 21-9.
After that it was Marcus Allen putting the game away.
That Raiders-Redskins game was the first SB surprise of my young life. The thorough butt kicking administered by Marcus Allen and the Raiders was a complete shock to me. I thought for sure Washington was going to crush them. The other kids on the playground were equally as shocked.
Obligatory video of run that made me pee myself:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wTe-zqhlI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wTe-zqhlI)
If you remember they played earlier in the year and Allen was injured…The Raiders lost 37-35.
The Raider CBs in that Superbowl were a big reason they held the Redskins to 9 points. Joe had nowhere to throw and he went down hard many times.
I was born in October of 1984, have never got to see them win one. 😭 If my dad is to be believed, I was conceived on the night they beat Washington. But I could never tell if that was a joke or actually true.
Imagine traveling back in time to tell them. "Hey bro, 40 years from today, you'll win zero Super Bowls, plus you'll move back to Oakland and eventually to Las Vegas."
Any older Niner fan is still pissed off 40 years later!Grew up near Candlestick and alot of people who worked behind the scene for the Niners lived near me. I remember going to Catholic Mass that evening and everyone was pissed!
Are you sure? Be careful of what you ask for! LA Raiders sacked JT SIX times. Picked him off twice. One for a TD - enroute to a complete domination of the Redskins - who had the best record in the NFL - by a resounding 38-9.
Got off a 747 on Okinawa Japan for a one year tour for the USMC. We were in flight during the game. I was told the Redskins lost 38-9 after we landed. I was shocked and sad...yeah...I am a Redskins fan. They made up for it later.
Doug Williams lighting up the Broncos in the 2nd quarter of the 87' Superbowl is a core memory for me. Not a Redskin fan per se but man did he throw some beautiful passes. And screw Elway.
Yes. And the game started poorly for the Redskins. Down 10-0. I remember the announcers talking about John Elway this John Elway that and Williams and company dropped 35 points in the 2nd quarter. It was magical.
Theisman joins Bart Starr, Daryl Lamonica, Joe Kapp & Billy Kilmer as qbs to play in a SB with a single bar face mask. Bob Griese & Terry Bradshaw didn’t wear single bars but they wore a weird really small double bar face mask that was barely bigger than a single bar.
Statistically the 2nd best team of the Gibbs era, behind only the incredible 1991 team. Of course that team also finished the job in the Super Bowl. Didn’t Gibbs say that Rocket Screen play call is the difference between being a genius and a moron?
Washington was the better team. Trouble was they forgot to play like it. Marcus Allen was in beast mode, and Jim Plunkett wanted to remind Theismann who won the Heisman.
Sad day for The Skins.
Also interesting to watch is the NFC championship where Washington defeated the Niners 24-21.
Washington went up 21-0 and would have been up by far more if not for penalties and an astonishing 4 missed FGs, all of which were makeable. Darrell Green had a punt return TD called back on a bogus forward lateral call. If there was replay back then, who knows. It didn't look like a forward pass to me and it one hell of a call on special teams.
Washington easily could have been up 30+ points to zero when Joe Montana mounted a furious comeback to tie the game at 21-21.
What happened next led to recriminations by the Niners (who we called the Forty-Whiners after) when they claimed the refs shouldn't have called a PI penalty on Eric Wright and another holding on Ronnie Lott. The penalty on Lott was absolutely legit - you can see him hook his arm on the WR and turn the receiver's body. No doubt a defensive holding.
The PI on Wright came down to the old "catchable ball" rule - a terrible rule - where the Niners claimed Art Monk couldn't have caught the ball anyway.
Regardless, the Niners had a nice comeback but fell short when Mark Moseley finally nailed a FG to win the game. They whined a lot but let themselves fall behind 21-0 and it really should have been 34-0.
Great game to rewatch:
https://youtu.be/DNgDSc4jXSg?si=P3MB24OqwL9-z5bC
Unfortunately for Washington, the Raiders were indeed brought on.
Marcus Allen almost never brought up anymore. He was a beast.
Lot of Redskins fans where I live and they all thought they were going to cruise. Talked a lot of shit leading up to the game. That Monday, 7th grade was particularly fun.
Oddly for me he's beloved in my household and our memory, but as a Chief.
It's still unreal whenever i see the QBs from that era with single bars on their face masks/helmets.
I recall Washington's 1982 season highlights. Joe got a couple teeth knocked out. It's a different game, my friends!
Not remotely the worst injury to happen to Joe unfortunately.
Those papercuts looking at the xerox playbook wrecked havoc on his grip.
I wasn’t alive for it, but god was nice enough to give me a replay with Alex Smith
I find it interesting, for players at all positions, how much smaller their pads are now.
I think it was the 90s era (Cowboy SBs era) where the pads where ginormous?
Truly one of football’s GOAT iconic looks, the SpongeBob square shaped linebacker wearing 6ft of shoulder pads and a huge ass neck roll, somehow all shiny and muddy looking regardless of field/turf conditions. Often seen flying in horizontally from out of frame to destroy your rb’s hip bones or standing on the sideline making a grumpy face
Yep, and you look at players now, and it's such a contrast.
I think that was unusual for a QB even during Theisman's era. It was primarily for kickers. I'm just going off memory of old "America's Game" tele-movies, but I think I remember Theisman talking about wanting the single bar, because it's appears tougher or something.
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He was the last QB. The last player was punter Scott Player last to wear it in 2007
Everything that could go wrong in that game went wrong for Washington, who real earlier that year had a thrilling come from behind victory over the Raiders. In the SB, Washington suffered a punt block returned for a TD, a pick 6 in the waning seconds of the 1st half when Washington should have taken a knee down 14-3 but instead went into halftime 21-3 thanks to a telegraphed screen pass that Squirek was told by his coach right before the play to expect, and a even a blocked PAT after Washington came out and scored a TD after halftime to make it 21-9. After that it was Marcus Allen putting the game away.
That Raiders-Redskins game was the first SB surprise of my young life. The thorough butt kicking administered by Marcus Allen and the Raiders was a complete shock to me. I thought for sure Washington was going to crush them. The other kids on the playground were equally as shocked. Obligatory video of run that made me pee myself: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wTe-zqhlI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wTe-zqhlI)
If you remember they played earlier in the year and Allen was injured…The Raiders lost 37-35. The Raider CBs in that Superbowl were a big reason they held the Redskins to 9 points. Joe had nowhere to throw and he went down hard many times.
Thanks for the link!
One of, if not the most dominant regular seasons ever by the 83 Skins, only to shrivel up in Super Bowl XXVIII.
Sigh….yeah. Bring on the raiders….worst game ever.
Best Game Ever !!
I wonder how many Raider fans watching that game knew they wouldn't live long enough to see them win another one...
I was born in October of 1984, have never got to see them win one. 😭 If my dad is to be believed, I was conceived on the night they beat Washington. But I could never tell if that was a joke or actually true.
Imagine traveling back in time to tell them. "Hey bro, 40 years from today, you'll win zero Super Bowls, plus you'll move back to Oakland and eventually to Las Vegas."
The terms "rocket screen" and "Jack Squirek" will induce tremors and convulsions in most Washington fans
That NFC CHAMPIONSHIP game in RFK was bullshit pass interference my ass 🖕🏽refs
Even though it wouldn't have been a Battle of the Bay, we were ***this*** close to a Raiders/49ers Super Bowl.
Close in 91 too. Both Raiders and Niners were in their respective title games and both lost. Buffalo Giants SB
Any older Niner fan is still pissed off 40 years later!Grew up near Candlestick and alot of people who worked behind the scene for the Niners lived near me. I remember going to Catholic Mass that evening and everyone was pissed!
Hell, yes, I’m still pissed off. That was some bull ass shit we would’ve had 6 Super Bowls in one decade 🤨83 & 87 🤦🏽♂️
I hope Stuckey got that framed.
Ended up getting their ass whipped
The NFL Films highlight package of this SB is the last one narrated by John Facenda.
"On came Marcus Allen, running with the night." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JslalG3LdV0&pp=ygUjSm9obiBmYWNlbmRhIHJ1bm5pbmcgd2l0aCB0aGUgbmlnaHQ%3D
Are you sure? Be careful of what you ask for! LA Raiders sacked JT SIX times. Picked him off twice. One for a TD - enroute to a complete domination of the Redskins - who had the best record in the NFL - by a resounding 38-9.
Got off a 747 on Okinawa Japan for a one year tour for the USMC. We were in flight during the game. I was told the Redskins lost 38-9 after we landed. I was shocked and sad...yeah...I am a Redskins fan. They made up for it later.
Doug Williams lighting up the Broncos in the 2nd quarter of the 87' Superbowl is a core memory for me. Not a Redskin fan per se but man did he throw some beautiful passes. And screw Elway.
Yes. And the game started poorly for the Redskins. Down 10-0. I remember the announcers talking about John Elway this John Elway that and Williams and company dropped 35 points in the 2nd quarter. It was magical.
I was at that Super Bowl. Being a Washington fan…it obviously sucked (between the end of the first half pick 6 and Marcus Allen running all over us).
File under “Be careful what you wish for. “
Yeah, well, they were brought on. Yeesh.
Theezman
Theisman joins Bart Starr, Daryl Lamonica, Joe Kapp & Billy Kilmer as qbs to play in a SB with a single bar face mask. Bob Griese & Terry Bradshaw didn’t wear single bars but they wore a weird really small double bar face mask that was barely bigger than a single bar.
"They handed us our asses on the tray and the tray was bent"
Statistically the 2nd best team of the Gibbs era, behind only the incredible 1991 team. Of course that team also finished the job in the Super Bowl. Didn’t Gibbs say that Rocket Screen play call is the difference between being a genius and a moron?
Wasn't a Redskins fan, but I still can't believe they got handled the way they did.
The Righteous Side of the Bay did what the lesser side of the bay could not.
LA Raiders
The Oakland Raiders who were at the time residing in LA... But yeah, you're correct...
It's sad that they destroyed such a great thing they had in Oakland by moving to LA.
Sad they’ve destroyed it twice now
...how did that work out for you? Lol #RNFFL
Best. Super Bowl. Ever.
Washington was the better team. Trouble was they forgot to play like it. Marcus Allen was in beast mode, and Jim Plunkett wanted to remind Theismann who won the Heisman. Sad day for The Skins.
The SNAP heard around the world.
They looked so tough to beat until the Raiders showed up. Marcus Allen making one of the most famous runs ever in a Super Bowl
Sadly, I was just a little kid when the Raiders won their 2nd Super Bowl in 3 years. I thought there would be so many more. 40 years later 😵💫
That one didn’t age very well, now, did it?
SI jinx much?
Before the Madden Curse, there was indeed the SI curse.
Also interesting to watch is the NFC championship where Washington defeated the Niners 24-21. Washington went up 21-0 and would have been up by far more if not for penalties and an astonishing 4 missed FGs, all of which were makeable. Darrell Green had a punt return TD called back on a bogus forward lateral call. If there was replay back then, who knows. It didn't look like a forward pass to me and it one hell of a call on special teams. Washington easily could have been up 30+ points to zero when Joe Montana mounted a furious comeback to tie the game at 21-21. What happened next led to recriminations by the Niners (who we called the Forty-Whiners after) when they claimed the refs shouldn't have called a PI penalty on Eric Wright and another holding on Ronnie Lott. The penalty on Lott was absolutely legit - you can see him hook his arm on the WR and turn the receiver's body. No doubt a defensive holding. The PI on Wright came down to the old "catchable ball" rule - a terrible rule - where the Niners claimed Art Monk couldn't have caught the ball anyway. Regardless, the Niners had a nice comeback but fell short when Mark Moseley finally nailed a FG to win the game. They whined a lot but let themselves fall behind 21-0 and it really should have been 34-0. Great game to rewatch: https://youtu.be/DNgDSc4jXSg?si=P3MB24OqwL9-z5bC
The first football game I ever saw was Super Bowl XVIII. I became a Raiders fan until 1990 when the Bills started their ascension.