1992 Washington Redskins season

61st season in franchise history November 2022 March 2026 Washington Redskins 1992 9–7 3rd NFC East Joe Gibbs Charley Casserly Jack Kent Cooke John Kent Cooke Joe Gibbs Richie Petitbon RFK Stadium Won Wild Card Playoffs(at Vikings) 24–7Lost Divisional Playoffs(at 49ers) 13–20 LB Wilber Marshall LB Wilber Marshall Redskins seasons The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. The Redskins finished with a record of 9 7, making the 1992–93 NFL playoffs and winning a Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings before losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round. The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason again until the 1999 season. The season would be head coach Joe Gibbs' final with the team until he returned in the 2004 season. Draft 1992 NFL draft The Redskins traded up in the first round to draft Desmond Howard, who would go on to play the most games for the Redskins of the draft class, despite only playing in 48 games for the team. He later won Super Bowl MVP as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Howard went on to have the longest career of the draft class playing 11 seasons, while the remainder of the draft class was out of league by the end of the 1997 season, all but one (Matt Elliott) of which was out by the end of the 1994 season. In 2015, the entire 1992 NFL Draft was named the worst draft class from 1990 to 2015 by NFL.com.Five worst NFL draft classes of last 25 years NFL.com June 4, 2015 https://www.nfl.com/news/five-worst-nfl-draft-classes-of-last-25-years-0ap3000000495614 October 1, 2026 1992 Washington Redskins 1 4 Desmond Howard Wide receiver Michigan from Cincinnati yes yes 2 47 Shane Collins Defensive end Arizona State from Kansas City via Dallas yes 3 74 Paul Siever Tackle Penn State from Kansas City via Dallas no 4 112 Chris Hakel Quarterback William & Mary no 6 168 Ray Rowe Tight end San Diego State yes 7 196 Calvin Holmes Defensive back USC no 8 224 Darryl Moore Guard UTEP yes 9 252 Boone Powell Linebacker Texas no 10 280 Tony Barker Linebacker Rice yes 11 308 Terry Smith Wide receiver Penn State no 12 336 Matt Elliott Center Michigan yes yes no Roster 1992 Washington Redskins 12 Cary Conklin 10 Jeff Rutledge 11 Mark Rypien 21 Earnest Byner 32 Ricky Ervins 39 Robert Green American football y 30 Brian Mitchell running back 84 Gary Clark American football 24 Carl Harry 80 Desmond Howard y 81 Art Monk 83 Ricky Sanders 88 James Jenkins American football 87 Ron Middleton American football 89 Terry Orr 82 Ray Rowe American football y 67 Ray Brown offensive lineman G 52 Matt Elliott American football y C 72 Mike Haight T 66 Joe Jacoby T 79 Jim Lachey T 63 Raleigh McKenzie C 69 Mark Schlereth G 76 Ed Simmons T 99 Jason Buck DT 91 Shane Collins American football y DE 97 Jumpy Geathers DT 78 Tim Johnson defensive lineman DT 71 Charles Mann DE American football 60 Fred Stokes DE 77 Jim Wahler DT 98 Tony Barker OLB y 59 John Brantley linebacker MLB 51 Monte Coleman OLB 55 Andre Collins OLB 54 Kurt Gouveia MLB 58 Wilber Marshall OLB 22 Todd Bowles SS 26 Danny Copeland SS 27 Brad Edwards American football FS 28 Darrell Green CB 29 David Gulledge FS 47 A. 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Johnson cornerback CB 20 Alvoid Mays CB 41 Johnny Thomas cornerback CB 57 Guy Bingham LS  2 Kelly Goodburn P  8 Chip Lohmiller K 61 Mark Adickes G IR 53 Jeff Bostic C IR 93 Victor Cahoon WR IR 50 Ravin Caldwell LB IR 64 Mo Elewonibi G IR  6 Chris Hakel y QB IR 34 Terry Hoage S IR 86 Stephen Hobbs WR IR 45 Sidney Johnson CB IR 35 Martin Mayhew CB IR 62 Darryl Moore y G PUP -- Paul Peters wide receiver y WR IR -- Boone Powell y LB IR 95 Ted Rogers linebacker LB IR 44 John Settle RB IR -- Cris Shale P IR 74 Paul Siever y T PUP -- Mark Stock American football WR PUP 31 Clarence Vaughn S IR 85 Don Warren TE IR 75 Eric Williams defensive lineman DT IR 94 Bobby Wilson defensive tackle DT IR —— Kevin Brothen y G 73 Tom Fuhler y DT -- Calvin Holmes y CB 56 Tom Myslinski y G -- George Searcy running back RB Schedule Pre-season Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 August 1 at Miami Dolphins L 21–22 0–1 2 August 8 at New York Jets L 13–14 0–2 3 August 16 San Francisco 49ers L 15–17 0–3 4 August 22 at Los Angeles Raiders W 27–23 1–3 5 August 28 Minnesota Vikings L 0–30 1–4 Regular season Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Gamerecap 1 September 7 at Dallas Cowboys L 10–23 0–1 Texas Stadium 63,538 Recap 2 September 13 Atlanta Falcons W 24–17 1–1 RFK Stadium 54,343 Recap 3 September 20 Detroit Lions W 13–10 2–1 RFK Stadium 55,818 Recap 4 Bye 5 October 4 at Phoenix Cardinals L 24–27 2–2 Sun Devil Stadium 34,488 Recap 6 October 12 Denver Broncos W 34–3 3–2 RFK Stadium 56,371 Recap 7 October 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 16–12 4–2 RFK Stadium 56,380 Recap 8 October 25 at Minnesota Vikings W 15–13 5–2 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 59,098 Recap 9 November 1 New York Giants L 7–24 5–3 RFK Stadium 53,647 Recap 10 November 8 at Seattle Seahawks W 16–3 6–3 Kingdome 53,616 Recap 11 November 15 at Kansas City Chiefs L 16–35 6–4 Arrowhead Stadium 75,238 Recap 12 November 23 at New Orleans Saints L 3–20 6–5 Louisiana Superdome 68,591 Recap 13 November 29 Phoenix Cardinals W 41–3 7–5 RFK Stadium 53,541 Recap 14 December 6 at New York Giants W 28–10 8–5 Giants Stadium 62,998 Recap 15 December 13 Dallas Cowboys W 20–17 9–5 RFK Stadium 56,437 Recap 16 December 20 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13–17 9–6 Veterans Stadium 65,841 Recap 17 December 26 Los Angeles Raiders L 20–21 9–7 RFK Stadium 53,032 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Playoffs Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Attendance Gamerecap Wild Card January 2, 1993 at Minnesota Vikings W 24–7 1–0 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 57,363 Recap Divisional January 9, 1993 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–20 1–1 Candlestick Park 64,991 Recap Standings References Washington Category:Washington Redskins seasons Red Category:Long stubs with short prose