the last time the redskins were to the playoffs was 2012.
the last time the redskins were to the playoffs was 2012.
when was the last time the redskins been to the playoffs?
2012
washington returned to the playoffs in the 1990 season (1990–91 nfl playoffs). with an offensive line composed of bostic, raleigh mckenzie (replacing the injured russ grimm again) and mark schlereth at guards, jim lachey and joe jacoby at tackles, the redskins beat the philadelphia eagles in a wild card game, with 93 rushing yards, but could not get by joe montana and the san francisco 49ers in the divisional round, gaining only 80 rushing yards, as the redskins had to pass to try to catch up to the 49ers' potent offense. in the 1991 regular season, with bostic starting all 16 games, washington finished with a record of 14-2, leading the nfl with 485 points (30.3 points/game). in the 1991–92 nfl playoffs, with the same offensive line as the previous year, washington beat successively the atlanta falcons, detroit lions, and buffalo bills with 162, 117, and 125 rushing yards, respectively, triumphant in super bowl xxvi, bostic's last playoff game. the following year, bostic, due to an injury, played in only 4 of 16 regular season games and was replaced by raleigh mckenzie in the 1992–93 nfl playoffs, the redskins beating the minnesota vikings with 196 rushing yards, but losing, as they did in 1990, to the san francisco 49ers. in 1993, his last, bostic played in only 10 games and the redskins finished with an ugly 4-12 mark. he was replaced as the starting center in 1994 by john gesek. on october 25, 2015 bostic was inducted into the washington redskins ring of fame at half time of the game versus tampa bay. during the first half of the game, the redskins play was horrible. after the induction ceremony, the team had one of the greatest comebacks in team history and won the game 31 to 30.
jeff bostic
the redskins would go on to make the 2012–13 nfl playoffs after winning their final seven games of the season en route to winning their division championship for the 13th time in franchise history, including defeating the dallas cowboys on thanksgiving day by a score of 38–31, this marked the first time the redskins had won at cowboys stadium as well as the first time washington had defeated the cowboys on thanksgiving, previously 0–5 to their archrival on thanksgiving day. rgiii completed 19 of 27 passes for 304 yards and had 4 touchdown passes and 1 interception on his way to winning the galloping gobbler award issued to the player deemed to have had the best performance in the game. alfred morris also had 113 yards rushing on 24 carries and 1 touchdown while the redskins defense intercepted two passes from cowboys quarterback tony romo and sacked him a total of three times. then in the last game of the 2012 nfl season the redskins met the cowboys in a huge game in prime time on nbc sunday night football at fedexfield in a matchup that was to decide the winner of the nfc east division with the winner advancing to the playoffs and the loser missing the playoffs. the redskins would not disappoint the home crowd and put on a show winning the game 28–18 behind a spectacular performance by redskins rookie running back alfred morris who rushed for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns on 33 carries, while the redskins offensive line only gave up one sack the entire game and held cowboys defensive stalwart demarcus ware, who was playing with a hurt shoulder and elbow, to 0 sacks and just one assisted tackle. the redskins defense, led by london fletcher’s 11 total tackles, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defensed, confused and rattled cowboys quarterback tony romo all game long. the redskins defense had 2 sacks and 3 interceptions in the game with the final one being the most costly, with dallas trailing 21–18 late in the fourth quarter from the cowboys own 29-yard line, romo threw a pass to the flat intended for cowboys running back demarco murray which was intercepted by redskins outside linebacker rob jackson who was pretending he was going to blitz on the play but at the last second dropped into coverage fooling tony romo to make the game changing interception on a play designed by redskins defensive coordinator jim haslett, propelling the redskins to their first playoff appearance since 2007 and their first nfc east title since 1999.
history of the washington redskins