In 1991 the Cowboys replaced offensive coordinator Dave Shula with Norv Turner ; the Cowboys raced to a 6-5 start then defeated the previously-unbeaten Redskins despite injury to Troy Aikman.

Since then, a number of other teams have worn their white uniforms at home, including the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins.

The Redskins then advanced from their own 17-yard line to the Miami 48-yard line ( their first incursion into Miami territory ) with less than two minutes left in the half.

The game then became a rematch of Super Bowl VII, also played in the Los Angeles area at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ten years before, where the Dolphins completed their 17 – 0 perfect season at the Redskins ' expense by a score of 14 – 7.

The Redskins then drove to Miami's 43-yard line, and once again tried to fool Miami with a trick play, this time a flea flicker.

The Redskins ran three plays to reach Miami's 43-yard line, but then faced a fourth down and one to go.

The Redskins then executed 5 consecutive running plays by Riggins, consuming a lot of time off the clock and moving the ball to the 23-yard line.

Meanwhile, the Redskins crushed the Los Angeles Rams 51 – 7, and then narrowly defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 24 – 21, with Mark Moseley kicking the game winning field goal with just 40 seconds left.

The Redskins defense then forced Buffalo to a three-and-out on their ensuing possession, and punter Chris Mohr's 23-yard punt sailed out of bounds at the Washington 49-yard line.

The Redskins then drove 51 yards in 5 plays to score with Byner's 10-yard touchdown reception.

A 14-yard run by Ricky Ervins then set up fullback Gerald Riggs ' 1-yard touchdown run to expand the Redskins ' lead, 17 – 0.

The Redskins then met the Bears again in the 1940 NFL Championship Game on December 8, 1940.

The following season, the Redskins then hosted their first post-season game in Washington since 1942, where they beat the Green Bay Packers 16 – 3 in the NFC Divisional Playoffs.

Short sold the team to Washington Redskins owner and publisher Jack Kent Cooke in 1965 for a then league record amount of $ 5, 175, 000.

A time-honored and perhaps apocryphal story about Nagurski is a scoring gallop that he made against the Washington Redskins, knocking two linebackers in opposite directions, stomping a defensive halfback and crushing a safety, then bouncing off the goalposts and cracking Wrigley Field's brick wall.

He then went on to play for, and eventually coach, the Washington Redskins.

* J. T. Smith, wide receiver for the St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs, played 13 years in the NFL, then coached the San Angelo indoor team.

On December 7, 2008, an M & T Bank Stadium then record crowd of 71, 438 watched the Baltimore Ravens defeat the Washington Redskins 24-10 on Sunday Night Football, only to be surpassed the next week when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Ravens 13-9 in front of 71, 502.

Finally, in 1962, Interior Secretary Stewart Udall issued an ultimatum — unless Marshall signed a black player, the government would revoke the Redskins ' 30-year lease on the year-old D. C. Stadium ( now Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium ), which had been paid for by government money and was owned by the Washington city government ( which, then and now, is formally an arm of the federal government ).

The Patriots lost to the Washington Redskins 20-17 in Week Four but swept the rest of the NFC East and the entire AFC South ; the Patriots shut out Dallas in bitter cold and edged the Giants in the rain while hammering Philly following the infamously erroneous " They hate their coach " quote from Tom Jackson ; the Patriots also edged the Titans, Houston in overtime, and former division rival Indianapolis in shootouts while routing Jacksonville ( which like Carolina had entered the NFL in 1995 ) in the regular season, and then edged the Titans and hammered the Colts in the playoffs.

The Redskins then once again won an NFC Championship, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 24 – 21 on a last-second field goal ( aided by a controversial pass interference call ), advancing to Super Bowl XVIII.

The 1987 Redskins made the playoffs and again defeated the Chicago Bears 21 – 17 on the road in the divisional round, then beat the Minnesota Vikings 17 – 10 at home in the NFC Championship Game, then at Super Bowl XXII, they rode on the arm of quarterback Doug Williams to blow out the Denver Broncos 42 – 10.

He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952.

The Redskins increased their lead to 28 – 10 on their next possession with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Williams to Sanders, making him the first player in Super Bowl history to catch 2 touchdowns in a single quarter.

Other notable events of Lujan's term included frequent debates over the spotted owl, the construction of the Washington Redskins stadium on federal property in Washington, D. C., and the increased regulation of Indian casinos.

The Washington Redskins, after wearing white exclusively in the ' 80s and ' 90s, including the 1982 NFC Championship Game ( having gone 3 – 0 in them during the regular season, during CBS ' pregame show, Jimmy " The Greek " Snyder actually invoked the blue jerseys in picking Dallas to win the game ), have since 2002 occasionally reverted to using their burgundy jerseys for second-half home games, but will still wear white against the Cowboys.

On October 16, 2011, the Cowboys wore their road blue jerseys against the New England Patriots for the first time since December 27, 2009, against the Redskins ; the Patriots defeated the Cowboys 20 – 16.

Some notable moments in the rivalry include Washington's victory over Dallas in the 1982 NFC Championship and the latter's 1989 win over the Redskins for their only victory that season.

History would forget these latter despicable beings, and speak, in latter ages of the glory of these grand Kings of forest and plain that Cooper loved to heroize .</ br >< p > We cannot honestly regret their extermination, but we at least do justice to the manly characteristics possessed, according to their lights and education, by the early Redskins of America.

The Giants defeated the 49ers 49 – 3 in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs and the Redskins 17 – 0 in the NFC championship game, advancing to their first Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXI, against the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

The Redskins beat the Giants 28 – 14, but the Giants won their next three games against the Saint Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals.

Soon after, the Giants would lose to the Washington Redskins again, but they would bounce back from this defeat by beating their cross-town rival New York Jets, also knocking the Philadelphia Eagles out of playoff contention, leaving them with a tiebreaker versus the Cowboys.

Most notable among these is the 1986 NFC Championship game in which the Giants defeated the Redskins 17 – 0 to earn their first ever trip to the Super Bowl.

Wellington Mara always felt this was the Giants oldest and truest rival and after passing away in 2005 the Giants honored their longtime owner by defeating the Redskins 36 – 0 at home.

With the merger of the NFL and AFL in 1970, the Eagles were placed in the NFC East Division with their archrivals the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys.

From 1978 through 1983, the Chargers wore their white jerseys at home, coinciding with the hiring of coach Don Coryell – when Joe Gibbs, a Coryell assistant in 1979 – 80, became head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1981, he did the same, and white at home became a Redskins staple through 2007 – but Coryell switched the Chargers to their blue jerseys at home starting in 1984.

The Redskins were making their first Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11-3 regular season record and playoff victories over the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys.

After finishing the 1970 season with a 6 – 8 regular season record, the Redskins hired George Allen as their head coach, hoping he could turn the team's fortunes around.

Meanwhile, the Redskins advanced to the Super Bowl without allowing a touchdown in either their 16-3 playoff win over the Green Bay Packers or their 26-3 NFC Championship Game victory over the Cowboys.

Still, many favored the Redskins to win the game because of their group of " Over the Hill Gang " veterans, and because Miami had what some considered an easy schedule ( only two Dolphin opponents, Kansas City and the New York Giants posted winning records, and both of those teams were 8-6 ) and had struggled in the playoffs.

The Redskins were forced to use up all of their timeouts on the Dolphins ' ensuing five-play possession, but forced Miami to punt ( nearly blocking the punt ) from its own 36-yard line with 1: 14 remaining in the game, giving themselves a chance to drive for the tying touchdown.

The Vikings were making their second Super Bowl appearance after also finishing the regular season with a 12-2 record, and posting postseason victories over the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.