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1991 Washington Redskins
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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1991 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 485 points (30.3/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 224 points (14.0/g), 2nd.
Differential of 261 points (16.3/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 13.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.1/g), 1st.
Coached by Joe Gibbs (14-2-0)
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Gibbs—The Hogs—Mark The Ripper—The “Capitol Punishment” Defense. Second only to the ’85 Bears in average margin of victory, playoffs included (17 pts). One of only two champions to play 11 teams with 10+ wins. Yet no player on this team is in the Hall!
1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | box | W | 1-0 | Detroit Lions | 45 | 0 | 23 | 392 | 201 | 191 | 1 | 9 | 154 | 61 | 93 | 4 | |
| 2 | Mon | September 9 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 33 | 31 | 20 | 332 | 192 | 140 | 1 | 19 | 349 | 224 | 125 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 3-0 | Phoenix Cardinals | 34 | 0 | 22 | 350 | 181 | 169 | 2 | 10 | 165 | 110 | 55 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 27 | 20 | 344 | 212 | 132 | 2 | 21 | 322 | 186 | 136 | 1 |
| 5 | Mon | September 30 | box | W | 5-0 | Philadelphia Eagles | 23 | 0 | 17 | 357 | 184 | 173 | 4 | 4 | 89 | 35 | 54 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 6-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 20 | 7 | 12 | 243 | 168 | 75 | 1 | 19 | 319 | 199 | 120 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 7-0 | Cleveland Browns | 42 | 17 | 23 | 398 | 190 | 208 | 1 | 17 | 389 | 301 | 88 | 2 | |
| 8 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 8-0 | @ | New York Giants | 17 | 13 | 16 | 254 | 159 | 95 | 1 | 15 | 271 | 137 | 134 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 9-0 | Houston Oilers | 16 | 13 | 19 | 349 | 195 | 154 | 4 | 16 | 267 | 242 | 25 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 10-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 56 | 17 | 20 | 559 | 451 | 108 | 12 | 271 | 209 | 62 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 11-0 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41 | 14 | 23 | 462 | 365 | 97 | 16 | 282 | 241 | 41 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 11-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 24 | 15 | 262 | 212 | 50 | 1 | 23 | 399 | 277 | 122 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 12-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 27 | 6 | 15 | 353 | 269 | 84 | 1 | 16 | 278 | 181 | 97 | 1 |
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | box | W | 13-1 | @ | Phoenix Cardinals | 20 | 14 | 21 | 384 | 249 | 135 | 1 | 11 | 194 | 128 | 66 | 2 |
| 16 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 14-1 | New York Giants | 34 | 17 | 18 | 415 | 264 | 151 | 2 | 20 | 337 | 259 | 78 | 3 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 14-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 22 | 24 | 18 | 287 | 200 | 87 | 1 | 14 | 207 | 157 | 50 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 4 | box | W | 15-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 7 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 12 | box | W | 16-2 | Detroit Lions | 41 | 10 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 26 | box | W | 17-2 | N | Buffalo Bills | 37 | 24 | ||||||||||