Riggins77 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 So everyone probably knows that the movie "The Replacements" was based on the Redskins winning 3 games with replacement players in 1987 to advance to the playoffs and win the Super Bowl. Does anyone know of any good links or literature that will describe the season, players, etc. ?? When I google search I get summaries mainly. I am just curious and interested to know who the players were, mainly since they beat Dallas after their players crossed the picket line. I was way too young to really remember it (12 yo) to the degree of what was really going on. Also, if any old timers on here have any stories, I'd love to hear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 all you need to know are two names: which I don't know Rubert and the Wr that racked up 216 receiving The Dallas game was amazing. Basically a bunch of scabs beat the snot out of Dallas who was playing with their full roster IN Dallas no less. It was simply incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 all you need to know are two names: which I don't knowRubert and the Wr that racked up 216 receiving The Dallas game was amazing. Basically a bunch of scabs beat the snot out of Dallas who was playing with their full roster IN Dallas no less. It was simply incredible. Your my age for the most part, who was the QB? Where did he play, etc. I really would like to find some kind of documentary if it exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The QB was Ed Rubbert and I was wrong in my first post. Dallas didn't play their full roster but they did have a lot of starters on both sides of the ball. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rubbert some facts are not correct. 3 straight games not 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 cool, I was just able to look up Rubbert and see he was the QB. Who was the replacement WR though? Or did we have in our starting WRs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Allen? was his last name. can't think of the first name Edit: Anthony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Allen_(football_player) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 I just saw the link you posted, it was Anthony Allen. He caught 8 catches for 255 yards and 3 TDs.......and we struggle to get Moss a TD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 1987 was a great year to be a Skins fan. I was shocked when the Viqueens beat SF in SF to get to the Championship. What a game it would have been. Skins vs. 9ers again. I think we played them the year before and lost after a fumble on the game winning drive. Sigh. Some things never change lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 I hear ya bro. I also find it amazing that people call for Gibbs head and he won 3 games with scrub replacement players to advance to the playoffs. Not to mention that even though his play calling was getting prehistoric, he led us to two playoff appearances in four years. If he were here this year, I have no doubt that we would still be in the hunt, if not already sealing a spot in the playoffs. The players played for Joe, they gave up on Zorn after week 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Dallas starters included Tony Dorsett, Danny White, Randy White and Ed "Too Tall" Jones. BTW, Tony Robinson, who was on a work release program from prison, completed 11 of 18 against Dallas and Lionel Vitale outgained Dorsett 136 yards to 81. I think Dorsett had a costly fumble or two as well and White got sacked a bunch of times. Craig McEwen was a scab player who went on to a pretty long NFL career. There was a offensive lineman named Darrick Brilz who stayed with the team after the strike (see Bostic's rant about him in the 1987 America's Game Series). Also, I believe Anthony Allen still holds the single game yardage receiving record for the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Go to iTunes and buy the America's Game episode of that year. Not a lot about the replacement players, per se, but a terrific job of telling the story of that season. The replacement players weren't even the best story of that year for the Skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffylookin Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The Dallas game was amazing. Basically a bunch of scabs beat the snot out of Dallas who was playing with their full roster IN Dallas no less. It was simply incredible. Whoa there. Slow down. Let's not let this take on a life of it's own. Dallas did not have their full compliment of players on their roster. They did have some key players like Danny White, Tony Dorsett and Randy White (plus a few others) but they were nowhere near a complete roster of regulars. I think we all like to remember it that way but it was still a pretty big accomplishment without the embelishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Scruffy check out my post above: The QB was Ed Rubbert and I was wrong in my first post. Dallas didn't play their full roster but they did have a lot of starters on both sides of the ball. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Rubbert some facts are not correct. 3 straight games not 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Here is an article from the the Dallas game http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/dw1987a.htm and the box scores from the 3 games http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198710040was.htm http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198710110nyg.htm http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198710190dal.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWCREDSKINS Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 You can rag on the scabs all you want, without them we likely don't win the Super Bowl trophy in 1987. I remember Daryl Grant punching a window on a bus and that bus having things thrown at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 You can rag on the scabs all you want, without them we likely don't win the Super Bowl trophy in 1987. I remember Daryl Grant punching a window on a bus and that bus having things thrown at it Who was ragging on the scabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMK9973 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Ed Rubbort won 2 staring games - The other guy mentioned won against Dallas cause Ed Got hurt. Anthony Allen actually stayed on the team and played another couple years for different teams. Keep in mind - While I absolutly agree that the scab team was a big reason we got to the playoffs - they played games 3 -6. Not the last 3. You can't say they won 3 straight to put us in the playoffs. We were 4-1 when the strike ended. We finished 11-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseBowlrz Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 1987 was a great year to be a Skins fan.I was shocked when the Viqueens beat SF in SF to get to the Championship. What a game it would have been. Skins vs. 9ers again. I think we played them the year before and lost after a fumble on the game winning drive. Sigh. Some things never change lol During the Gibbs I era, I think we met the 49ers only three times: 1983 NFC Championship Game (RFK) 1990 Divisional Playoffs (Candlestick) 1992 Divisional Playoffs (Candlestick) The 1992 game stings because we lost 20-13 and committed a lot of turnovers ... (I want to say eight but I can't recall) A summary of who we met in the NFC playoffs during Gibbs I ... 1982: Detroit, Minnesota, Dallas (all at RFK) 1983: LA Rams, San Francisco (all at RFK) 1984: Chicago (at RFK) 1986: LA Rams, Chicago, NY Giants (Rams at RFK) 1987: Chicago, Minnesota (Vikings at RFK) 1990: Philadelphia, San Francisco 1991: Atlanta, Detroit (all at RFK) 1992: Minnesota, San Francisco cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWCREDSKINS Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Who was ragging on the scabs? No one on this board but I know ex players resent them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Rich Fla Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I just saw the link you posted, it was Anthony Allen. He caught 8 catches for 255 yards and 3 TDs.......and we struggle to get Moss a TD pffffft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunBunch7 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Think about this...our replacement went 3-0...the Giant's replacements went 0-3...we finished the year 11-4 where as the Giants finshed 6-9...if you turn the replacement records around the Giants would have finished 9-6 where as we would have finshed 8-7...no division Title...we would have beaten out Mineesota for the final wild card spot since they were 8-7 and we beat them in the finale...but then our journey to the playoffs would have gone through New Orleans (12-3) and San Fran (13-2). The replacements players were ABSOLUTELY the reaosn we won the Super Bowl...that and 35 points in the 2nd quarter...lol I have always felt that the replacements should have gotten "some type" of Super Bowl ring...maybe not the "bling" Ring...but definitely something. And I don't really think they should be referred to as scabs...they were the best players available at the time...heck, they might even beat this current team...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 And I don't really think they should be referred to as scabs...they were the best players available at the time...heck, they might even beat this current team...lol And guess who found them... c'mon... guess... Ok I'll just tell you: Bobby Bethard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFKFedEx Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 So everyone probably knows that the movie "The Replacements" was based on the Redskins winning 3 games with replacement players in 1987. I wouldn't know that because other than the team in the movie being from Washington and a players strike, the film has absolutely nothing to do with the Redskins or Washington. I don't remember any other parallels b/t the screen play and what actually transpired here in 1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70Chip44 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 - Did those guys get rings that year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg28daman Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 And guess who found them...c'mon... guess... Ok I'll just tell you: Bobby Bethard Could you imagine if this happened now? Vinny would never be able to put a team together like this. Just shows the difference between our front office during the glory years and now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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