stwasm Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Twenty-three years ago today (can you believe it?), the Washington Redskins trailed Miami 17-13 and had a fourth-and-1 on the Dolphins 43 as quarterback Joe Theismann barked out the signal: "Goal line, goal line, I-left, tight wing, 70 chip on white!" Then he slapped the ball into the stomach of his indestructible, 33-year-old running back, and a few seconds later the Redskins' 40-year wait for an NFL championship was all but over. John Riggins, perhaps the league's most unconventional player, burst through the line, shook off a desperate grab by Dolphins cornerback Don McNeal and raced down the left sideline toward the end zone and everlasting Redskins glory. The play with 10:01 remaining in the fourth quarter put Washington ahead to stay in what ended as a 27-17 victory in Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. It remains the most famous play of the Redskins' 79 seasons in the nation's capital. http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20060130-124613-4021r.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 And we didn't stop singing HTTR until the following Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[ghost]] Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 ah, too bad i wasn't born anywhere near then to witness that. sounds absolutely wonderfil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieskin Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i love seeing that play on tv, fills my eyes with salty water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 It definitely was my most memorable experience watching a DC sports team win a world championship. The first time I saw it happen was when the Bullets took the NBA title back in '78. I was excited when that happened, but the Redskins first Super Bowl victory, for some reason, was so much more special to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyfan Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I was in Phoenix Arizona when I saw Riggo bust thorugh the line. I watched the replay of that Super Bowl on the NFL network yesterday afternoon. I always get a good feeling seeing that play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 And we didn't stop singing HTTR until the following Sunday. You stopped singing? That may have been the most important single play in Redskins history, certainly during the last 50 years. If we hadn't converted that 4th down, much less scored a TD on the play, that game may well have turned out differently. Not to say Gibbs' tenure would have been a failure or anything, but that season and that play marked turning points for this franchise. That we got an iconic Super Bowl moment out of it as well is just icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyburd Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Goose bumps. Yelling and screaming through the streets of Arlington with eveyone honking their horns. What a great day that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan44 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 That play to me IS the single biggest play in REDSKINS HISTORY!!!!!! I was 23 at that time and I remember that play like it was yesterday. When Riggins scored that TD after the run, I had tears running down my face. After we won, it was the greatest feeling I ever had in my life, including when I got married 7 months before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvan Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Seems like yesterday.......................man am I getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightForOldDC21 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 i have that picture and i touch it every day for luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thr0xx Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 kinda off topic but i turned on PTI and saw that they had discussed Riggins earlier but i missed it. did anyone see it and can you lemme know what they talked about? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 If only I was born 10 years earlier. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB33 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I was there at the Rose Bowl, it was am electric moment and all the Skins fans went crazy. We knew that the game was over since Miami could not move the ball. It was even better thatn the 2nd quarter at San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins11 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Sweet... I was 7 months old. I heralded a new era for the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuji869 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschurm Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The single most memorable play in Redskins history for me, by my favorite football player of all time! I was surrounded by Colts fans who were all rooting for the Fins, how sweet it was to shut them up!!!! I do have something disheartening to say about that game though. I was offered a ticket to the game a couple of days prior, but my mother could not afford to buy me a plane ticket. When my friend Tony returned (his mother offered me the ticket) from the game he told me he was about 5 rows back in the end zone when Riggo broke the tackle and ran straight toward him. We were both 15 years old. Oh what could have been . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 You stopped singing? Er...lost my voice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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