FunBunch7 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Let's take a little trip back to 4 seasons when Gibbs was coach the first time around... 1981 season...Skins started 0-5...went 8-3 down the stretch to finish 8-8. Skins won the Super Bowl the next season! still don't believe? 1984 season...Skins started 5-4...went 6-1 down the stretch to finish 11-5 and won division. still don't believe? 1985 season...Skins started....hmmmm...5-5...lost Joe Theisman to broken leg week 11...went 5-1 down the stretch to finsih 10-6...missed the playoffs becvause at this time there were only 2 wild cards. Skins won Super Bowl 2 years later! still don't beleive? 1989 season...Skins started 5-6...went 5-0 down the stretch to finish 10-6...missed playoffs because only 2 wild cards at the time. Skins won Super Bowl 2 years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 So what you're saying is that at this rate we're on pace to win the Super Bowl in 2007? Shweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins4ever Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 1981 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 6 L 26-10 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 2 Sep 13 L 17-7 vs New York Giants Week 3 Sep 20 L 40-30 at St. Louis Cardinals Week 4 Sep 27 L 36-13 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 5 Oct 4 L 30-17 vs San Francisco 49ers Week 6 Oct 11 W 24-7 at Chicago Bears Week 7 Oct 18 L 13-10 at Miami Dolphins Week 8 Oct 25 W 24-22 vs New England Patriots Week 9 Nov 1 W 42-21 vs St. Louis Cardinals Week 10 Nov 8 W 33-31 vs Detroit Lions Week 11 Nov 15 W 30-27 at New York Giants (OT) Week 12 Nov 22 L 24-10 at Dallas Cowboys Week 13 Nov 29 L 21-14 at Buffalo Bills Week 14 Dec 6 W 15-13 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 15 Dec 13 W 38-14 vs Baltimore Colts Week 16 Dec 20 W 30-7 at Los Angeles Rams 1984 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 2 L 35-17 vs Miami Dolphins Week 2 Sep 9 L 37-31 at San Francisco 49ers Week 3 Sep 16 W 30-14 vs New York Giants Week 4 Sep 23 W 26-10 at New England Patriots Week 5 Sep 30 W 20-0 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 6 Oct 7 W 35-7 at Indianapolis Colts Week 7 Oct 14 W 34-14 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 8 Oct 21 L 26-24 at St. Louis Cardinals Week 9 Oct 28 L 37-13 at New York Giants Week 10 Nov 5 W 27-14 vs Atlanta Falcons Week 11 Nov 11 W 28-14 vs Detroit Lions Week 12 Nov 18 L 16-10 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 13 Nov 25 W 41-14 vs Buffalo Bills Week 14 Nov 29 W 31-17 at Minnesota Vikings Week 15 Dec 9 W 30-28 at Dallas Cowboys Week 16 Dec 16 W 29-27 vs St. Louis Cardinals 1985 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 9 L 44-14 at Dallas Cowboys Week 2 Sep 15 W 16-13 vs Houston Oilers Week 3 Sep 22 L 19-6 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 4 Sep 29 L 45-10 at Chicago Bears Week 5 Oct 7 W 27-10 vs St. Louis Cardinals Week 6 Oct 13 W 24-3 vs Detroit Lions Week 7 Oct 20 L 17-3 at New York Giants Week 8 Oct 27 W 14-7 at Cleveland Browns Week 9 Nov 3 W 44-10 at Atlanta Falcons Week 10 Nov 10 L 13-7 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 11 Nov 18 W 23-21 vs New York Giants Week 12 Nov 24 W 30-23 at Pittsburgh Steelers Week 13 Dec 1 L 35-8 vs San Francisco 49ers Week 14 Dec 8 W 17-12 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 15 Dec 15 W 27-24 vs Cincinnati Bengals Week 16 Dec 21 W 27-16 at St. Louis Cardinals 1989 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 11 L 27-24 vs New York Giants Week 2 Sep 17 L 42-37 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 3 Sep 24 W 30-7 at Dallas Cowboys Week 4 Oct 1 W 16-14 at New Orleans Saints Week 5 Oct 8 W 30-28 vs Phoenix Cardinals Week 6 Oct 15 L 20-17 at New York Giants Week 7 Oct 22 W 32-28 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 8 Oct 29 L 37-24 at Los Angeles Raiders Week 9 Nov 5 L 13-3 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 10 Nov 12 W 10-3 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 11 Nov 20 L 14-10 vs Denver Broncos Week 12 Nov 26 W 38-14 vs Chicago Bears Week 13 Dec 3 W 29-10 at Phoenix Cardinals Week 14 Dec 10 W 26-21 vs San Diego Chargers Week 15 Dec 17 W 31-30 at Atlanta Falcons Week 16 Dec 23 W 29-0 at Seattle Seahawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1SkinsFan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 joe better keep the trend going he has a caliber team rite now, and once we get these little things fixed in practice, this season will look like the 84' season or the 85' season, b/c we are 5-5, and were 5-4. man this really hypes me up, and i really hope ole joe pulls through and we beat the chargers at home, and go on to the playoffs. I m so excited. Go Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Skins!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsTheMan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 These records don't matter for anything really. You can say this happened then,and this is a trend for Gibbs teams, but this is more than a decade later....its clearly not the same Gibbs teams. So No, it doesn't give me faith, only Wins give me faith. And we've only had 2 in the past five games. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunBunch7 Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Thanks Redskins4ever for posting those seasons in question. Granted, what happened in the past, won't neccessarily determin what happens in the future...but Joe Gibbs is "The Face" of this franchise...I think he has EARNED the benefit of the doubt. He builds Champions people! He builds Champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 it means it can happen, keep hope alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1SkinsFan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 1981 Washington RedskinsRegular Season Week 1 Sep 6 L 26-10 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 2 Sep 13 L 17-7 vs New York Giants Week 3 Sep 20 L 40-30 at St. Louis Cardinals Week 4 Sep 27 L 36-13 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 5 Oct 4 L 30-17 vs San Francisco 49ers Week 6 Oct 11 W 24-7 at Chicago Bears Week 7 Oct 18 L 13-10 at Miami Dolphins Week 8 Oct 25 W 24-22 vs New England Patriots Week 9 Nov 1 W 42-21 vs St. Louis Cardinals Week 10 Nov 8 W 33-31 vs Detroit Lions Week 11 Nov 15 W 30-27 at New York Giants (OT) Week 12 Nov 22 L 24-10 at Dallas Cowboys Week 13 Nov 29 L 21-14 at Buffalo Bills Week 14 Dec 6 W 15-13 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 15 Dec 13 W 38-14 vs Baltimore Colts Week 16 Dec 20 W 30-7 at Los Angeles Rams 1984 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 2 L 35-17 vs Miami Dolphins Week 2 Sep 9 L 37-31 at San Francisco 49ers Week 3 Sep 16 W 30-14 vs New York Giants Week 4 Sep 23 W 26-10 at New England Patriots Week 5 Sep 30 W 20-0 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 6 Oct 7 W 35-7 at Indianapolis Colts Week 7 Oct 14 W 34-14 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 8 Oct 21 L 26-24 at St. Louis Cardinals Week 9 Oct 28 L 37-13 at New York Giants Week 10 Nov 5 W 27-14 vs Atlanta Falcons Week 11 Nov 11 W 28-14 vs Detroit Lions Week 12 Nov 18 L 16-10 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 13 Nov 25 W 41-14 vs Buffalo Bills Week 14 Nov 29 W 31-17 at Minnesota Vikings Week 15 Dec 9 W 30-28 at Dallas Cowboys Week 16 Dec 16 W 29-27 vs St. Louis Cardinals 1985 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 9 L 44-14 at Dallas Cowboys Week 2 Sep 15 W 16-13 vs Houston Oilers Week 3 Sep 22 L 19-6 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 4 Sep 29 L 45-10 at Chicago Bears Week 5 Oct 7 W 27-10 vs St. Louis Cardinals Week 6 Oct 13 W 24-3 vs Detroit Lions Week 7 Oct 20 L 17-3 at New York Giants Week 8 Oct 27 W 14-7 at Cleveland Browns Week 9 Nov 3 W 44-10 at Atlanta Falcons Week 10 Nov 10 L 13-7 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 11 Nov 18 W 23-21 vs New York Giants Week 12 Nov 24 W 30-23 at Pittsburgh Steelers Week 13 Dec 1 L 35-8 vs San Francisco 49ers Week 14 Dec 8 W 17-12 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 15 Dec 15 W 27-24 vs Cincinnati Bengals Week 16 Dec 21 W 27-16 at St. Louis Cardinals 1989 Washington Redskins Regular Season Week 1 Sep 11 L 27-24 vs New York Giants Week 2 Sep 17 L 42-37 vs Philadelphia Eagles Week 3 Sep 24 W 30-7 at Dallas Cowboys Week 4 Oct 1 W 16-14 at New Orleans Saints Week 5 Oct 8 W 30-28 vs Phoenix Cardinals Week 6 Oct 15 L 20-17 at New York Giants Week 7 Oct 22 W 32-28 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 8 Oct 29 L 37-24 at Los Angeles Raiders Week 9 Nov 5 L 13-3 vs Dallas Cowboys Week 10 Nov 12 W 10-3 at Philadelphia Eagles Week 11 Nov 20 L 14-10 vs Denver Broncos Week 12 Nov 26 W 38-14 vs Chicago Bears Week 13 Dec 3 W 29-10 at Phoenix Cardinals Week 14 Dec 10 W 26-21 vs San Diego Chargers Week 15 Dec 17 W 31-30 at Atlanta Falcons Week 16 Dec 23 W 29-0 at Seattle Seahawks holy cow, the 89' season looks just like the one now, we lost to the broncos, raiders and giants, and beat the seahawks, bears, and eagles. WE have to beat the chargers, and cardinals according to the schedule. Also it has us 5-5 at the midway point, and lost 2 in a row, won one vs. the eagles ( how ironic) and then lose the next game, to the broncos( this year twas the raiders)This is very uplifting . Woohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets Go Skins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsair_joe Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 ever hear the phrase past performane is no guarantee of future results? still, it's better than nothing I guess. Here's to hoping they turn it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunBunch7 Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 ever hear the phrase past performane is no guarantee of future results? still, it's better than nothing I guess. Here's to hoping they turn it around. This can also be taken that this past week's performance (against the Raiders) is no guarantee of future results. Keep the Faith my Redskin brotherin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 "so you're saying there's a chance" <------Dumb and Dumber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinzzfan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Great Post! Love the Optimism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins1972 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Its pretty sad we have gotten to this point!!! In JG I trust but its this era of players that I dont!! I will cheer my skins again this Sunday, I ll take my wins with a grace of an adult and loses the same but.. 14 years of defeat are taking their toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_Skinz Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Holy CROW!!! You just made my decade!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esm9577 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 It's 2005 and it won't happen. My prediction is 8-8 at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRay Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Under Gibbs the Skins has and always been notoriously slow starters for what reason I have no idea but they usually finish strong they started strong in the superbowl year in 91 but notoriously they get going the last part of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozskin Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 This is 20 years ago. The game has changed dramaticlly in that time. I don't think you can make any comparisons between now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akorn22 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 True, it gives us hope but what were the records of other NFC teams at that point? I mean we fell way behind the cowboys. Although im pretty sure denver can handle them for us this week. bet we also have the bucs, falcons, and giants ahead of us fort the wild card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 holy cow, the 89' season looks just like the one now, we lost to the broncos, raiders and giants, and beat the seahawks, bears, and eagles. WE have to beat the chargers, and cardinals according to the schedule. Also it has us 5-5 at the midway point, and lost 2 in a row, won one vs. the eagles ( how ironic) and then lose the next game, to the broncos( this year twas the raiders)This is very uplifting . Woohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets Go Skins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 1989 season is my first full season memory as a Skins fan I remember that Tuesday morning asking my dad if we beat the Cowboys I watched that fun 38-14 win over the Bears, then hit some duckpins later on that evening I remember during the Seahawks game a sweet INT by AJ Johnson, one handed And then yup, a year later playoffs, 2 years later Superbowl! I'll be very happy with a 10-6 record What hurts though is this team really does have the ability to run the table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rad Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Gives me hope! Thanks for great post. Hope we can live up to his legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 The 1989 season is my first full season memory as a Skins fanI remember that Tuesday morning asking my dad if we beat the Cowboys I watched that fun 38-14 win over the Bears, then hit some duckpins later on that evening I remember during the Seahawks game a sweet INT by AJ Johnson, one handed And then yup, a year later playoffs, 2 years later Superbowl! I'll be very happy with a 10-6 record What hurts though is this team really does have the ability to run the table I was just thinkin the same thing! Only I went duckpin bowlin' after the Seahawks game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelarkascend1ng Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 why do people keep saying that this it's wrong to compare the 80s seasons with today's football scene because they are "apples and oranges" or what not. the game has changed, yeah - THAT dramatically? i'm not sure. the point is that PEOPLE haven't changed, and the same ability for coach Gibbs to work with people well exists. i can't believe how many people overlook the fact that a good coach is also a good leader, not just someone who knows their Xs and Os, which Gibbs knows. look at norv (yes, he beat us, but point still works) - he leads teams of mediocrity. he's an "offensive genius", but it doesn't stop him from losing touch with his players and losing credibility league wide for someone who can't legitimately make a playoff run frequently. there's no one else who i'd trust more than coach Gibbs to right a ship like ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budski Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 The Redskins are not the only ones that have to play 6 more games. While we all get focused in on the Skins, dont forget other teams seasons might not play out to expectations either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtdetri Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 The Redskins are not the only ones that have to play 6 more games.While we all get focused in on the Skins, dont forget other teams seasons might not play out to expectations either. You are absolutely right. Let's look at our NFC East foes Eagles..... well lets just say DONE.. Beaten by everyone in our division. Dallas... Fairly soft schedule beaten by Redskins in Dallas Giants.. By far the easiest schedule to date by any other team in the NFC east. Any tough team they faced they lost almost all of them. Then there was the Vikings .. Eli Picked off 4 times. Sure we had a let down against them but that won't happen again. The Giants and Cowboys have a long road ahead of them. We will beat the Eagles... We will beat Dallas and We will beat the Giants. Thats 3 more wins right there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMetal Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 In both of Gibbs' last two seasons the Skins have had a losing record over the last 7 games. Recent trends are more meaningful IMO. 8-8 is really the best that can be hoped for at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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