The Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 67th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 62nd in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 8–7–1 and finished fourth in the NFC East, with a record of 6–10 and missed the NFL playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. They started the season 0–7, before going 6–3 after their bye week.

After ranking 28th out of 30 NFL teams in defense against the run in 1997, the Redskins had tried to revamp their interior defensive line during the off-season. They had signed Dana Stubblefield from the San Francisco 49ers, and Dan Wilkinson from the Cincinnati Bengals. The acquisitions, in particular Stubblefield's, were eventually considered to have been costly failures though.

Offseason NFL draft

Personnel Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 6 at New York Giants L 24–31 0–1 Giants Stadium 76,629 2 San Francisco 49ers L 10–45 0–2 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 76,798 3 September 20 at Seattle Seahawks L 14–24 0–3 Kingdome 63,336 4 September 27 Denver Broncos L 16–38 0–4 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 71,880 5 October 4 Dallas Cowboys L 10–31 0–5 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 72,284 6 October 11 at Philadelphia Eagles L 12–17 0–6 Veterans Stadium 66,183 7 October 18 at Minnesota Vikings L 7–41 0–7 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 64,004 8 Bye 9 November 1 New York Giants W 21–14 1–7 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 67,976 10 November 8 at Arizona Cardinals L 27–29 1–8 Sun Devil Stadium 55,950 11 November 15 Philadelphia Eagles W 28–3 2–8 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 57,704 12 November 22 Arizona Cardinals L 42–45 2–9 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 63,435 13 November 29 at Oakland Raiders W 29–19 3–9 Network Associates Coliseum 41,409 14 December 6 San Diego Chargers W 24–20 4–9 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 65,713 15 December 13 at Carolina Panthers W 28–25 5–9 Ericcson Stadium 46,940 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20–16 6–9 Jack Kent Cooke Stadium 66,309 17 December 27 at Dallas Cowboys L 7–23 6–10 Texas Stadium 63,565 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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