Nelms@the20 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 My most vivid early memory was the 82 Dallas NFC championship game. I wondered if the strike that season would ever stop. How about that 51-7 playoff decapitation of the Rams the next year. Or the following goal line stand against the Vikings that sealed the NFC championship in 83 (the year skins lost to the raiders). If I remember correctly Riggins was in the hospital from a bad back that entire week and just ran over the vikings. I still when remember Darrell Green broke up that last pass in the front corner of the endzone the entire neighborhood just exploded. Awesome times, hopefully there will be more of the same very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyRules Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 1957 - Eddie Lebaron (QB), emerging from a collapsed pocket, running for a 1st down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 billy kilmer continuing to play with a broken and bloody nose vs the giants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Riggo going off right tackle for 60+ against the cowboys in a game we would later lose 35-34. Thus began a life-long love affair and HATE affair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpy007 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I had to be around 5 years old. We were living in Germany at the time. My mom and I were looking at Redskin shirts in the PX (Postal Exchange) catalog. I remember I use to take my sisters stuffed animals and put them in my shirt so I could have shoulder pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Flames Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I was 7, and I remember going to my grandfather's house in Temple Hills to watch the Raiders kill the Skins in the superbowl. I remember everyone being really upset. :laugh: :helmet: same here, that was a horrible memory!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Remember watching my parents getting all excited as the Skins came from behind for a victory. I think the year was 1973 and the opponent was the NY Giants. Final score was 27-24. The next week I remember watching the TV as the Cowboys kicked our butts 27-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinscantbestopped Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 '82 playoff game against Dallas when Dexter Manly hurtled a block an put Danny White on his ass...He Cried on the sidelines and every scince that game I've been hooked. HTTR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyster Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 First real skins memory is Super Bowl XXII. I was about 7.5 years old and I remember running around my house with my friend like little madmen every time we scored in that 2nd quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I can remember looking at game programs in 1966 when I was 8 and listening to the games on the radio. Besides looking at the pictures (like Playboy, I didn't really read the articles back then), I liked checking out the stats page to see where any Skins ranked among the lead leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieFlatline Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I know I started watching the Skins in Gibbs first year, but many of the games are a blur in those first few years. I remember vividly Mosely beating the Giants with a FG and Jeris White intercepting a ball against Detroit in the playoffs on the way to beating the Dolphins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 That one stands out in my brain as well. Not sure why. Only as I recall, the final was 42-0. Sure about the score?Cheers, CLBinMD Yep, it was 42-0. I was at that game. George Allen sent Deacon Jones in to kick the last extra point. The kick banked off the right upright and went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNut73 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 watching a kick return by the Dolphins in the 82 super bowl.Was there a kickoff return? Man, that was weird because I was only about 8 years old and I was watching each quarter between my neighbors house and my parents house, but now that I remember my neighbors were a bunch of 20-30 something asian dudes that couldn't speak english? Why was I there? Maybe this is dream? :doh: I'm calling my mom .... Yes, there was a return for a TD by the Dolphins...right after Alvin Garrett scored his TD they returned the kickoff 90+ yds for a TD. That was right before halftime...I remember being devastated then.... My first memory...here in CT the Skins did not get much exposure in the '70's, so I had to wait for them to play the Giants in order to establish a memory:). I do remember us beating them to open the 1974 season...13-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Collecting bottle caps for footballs, banners and other items. You'd paste the cap to a long sheet. If you got all the right players, you'd get a real NFL football. I got two. I knew all the players on the Skins' team. Around 1962 0r 1963... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butz65 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Mid-70's. Redskins-Cowboys game. I was 4 or 5 years-old surrounded by My Dad, Uncles, cousins, etc. The Cowboys won the game on a late play and I remember my shock and awe at how angry and upset the other men in the room were. I was hooked and the rest is history. Greatest memory? - Riggins TD to win Super Bowl XVII. My brother and I were in our PJ's and ran screaming "Hail to the Redskins" down our street as the game ended. Go Skins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrarde Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The first game I remember from start to finish is the 1986 Championship game when the Giants blew us out 17-0. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[S.S.F. | Nero] Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I was born a Redskins fan but the first time I remeber watching a game and actually understanding what was happening, was the infamous Joey T leg break game. It's not really the break I remeber but Jay coming in and leading us to the huge victory over the Gnats. I was 7 at the time and was just so happy, not only for the win but that my mother let me stay up with my dad to watch the game.:gaintsuck :dallasuck :eaglesuck I was 6 when this happened and it is actually my first recognizable football memory. I remember asking my dad if Joe was going to come back after he went to the doctor's office and my dad said "Probably". It's sorta sad, but I have been a Redskins fan ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard86 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I don't remember the 82 and 83 superbowls but I'm told I saw them. I remember watching the end of a game against the Cin. Bengals in late 1985, kicking a field goal to win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love_Them_Dirtbags Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Following the Redskins during the '82 Super Bowl season, as an 8-year old, when my family first moved to DC from Washington state. I watched every game on TV and was hooked. It spoiled me forever: after that year, and ever since, nothing less than a Super Bowl is satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Thomas Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have a vague recollection of the 1982 playoffs, but I don't think I was as much a fan until the next year. I remember the Rams game, the 49ers game (both at RFK) and then that God-awful Super Bowl in Tampa from the 83 season much better. I just remember crying myself to sleep after that one and being madder than I think I had ever been. I was about 8 at the time. Funny, the 83 team seems like a better one than the year before, but losing like that to the Raiders. Never understood it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frediemac Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 They Had me at "THE FUTURE IS NOW" :adoration and I have never missed a game Since The Very 1st game in 1971 it was September 19th 1971 George Allen's Skins win the 1st Game I ever Watch 24-17 in St. Louis, BUT October 17th 1972 the Skins Beat the St. Louis Cardinals at home 20-0 to Start the Season 5-0 that Season and went to the playoffs. The Big Ugly that Season was in Week 6 when the Skins went to Kansas City and were leading at Halftime against the World Champions, but CHARLEY TAYLOR BROKE HIS LEG MAKING A TD CATCH WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT BEFORE HALFTIME. The Skins went on to Lose that Game and finish the Season 4-4-1 to end up with only a Wild card Finish at 9-4-1. BUT as I said They Had me at "THE FUTURE IS NOW" :adoration :logo: :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFan64 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 According to my folks, the only time I would sit still at a very young age was when the 'Skins were on. I have "vague" memories of Sonny slinging the ball around in the old burgundy helmet with the spear. Can't associate it with a specific game, so I'm not sure it counts.First specific game memories start around age 6 - the 1971 season: - Watching 'Skins v. Bears at my much-older brother's apartment. He & his wife had a "futuristic" looking TV/stereo combo and a panel phone that was recess mounted into the wall. Thought that was the coolest thing I'd ever seen at that point... - Larry Brown checking out of the hospital to play the Cowboys & getting kneed in the head by Cliff Harris. Not long afterword I was playing football on the sidewalk (smart!!) when I smacked my head. Wanted a bandage, "..just like Larry's..." Other "vivid" early memories: - Somebody (no idea who now - newspaper, Texaco?) was giving away characture drawings of various 'Skins players. I had to have them all... - Being asked "who's that?" all the time by my family during the games. From an early age, I had the entire roster memorized. - My Dad paying a coworker to bring me back a pennant from Super Bowl VII. Sill have it. - My Dad giving me a copy of I'll Always Get Up by Larry Brown for Christmas. Still have it. Good times!!! CLBinMD Forgot to mention this - the illustrations were in the old Washington Star. I collected them, too. I remember Pat Fishers the most. They were in color and were a full page of the paper - very cool! Wish I'd kept them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz2Win Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yep, it was 42-0. I was at that game. George Allen sent Deacon Jones in to kick the last extra point. The kick banked off the right upright and went through. HA! I remember that one. One of the more interesting extra points in Skins history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frediemac Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Forgot to mention this - the illustrations were in the old Washington Star. I collected them, too. I remember Pat Fishers the most. They were in color and were a full page of the paper - very cool! Wish I'd kept them. Awesome, My Dad :notworthy (God Rest his Soul) bought me a book Autographed by Mike Bass that Bass Wrote about the 1972 Season. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR READ THAT BOOK? I can't remember the name of it, but I cherished it like Gold. Still have it packed away somewhere with my old Baseball, Football Cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFan63 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 The 1973 Superbowl against the Dolphins. Washington was the underdog so I rooted for them. Of course, they lost, but the rest is history! Hail!:point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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