The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. The Redskins finished with a record of , 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
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.
Roster
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
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