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Mr. Nostril

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I'm a 20 year old College student who has been a fan of the skins for a long time. However, being as young as I am Ihave some trouble remembering the great redskins teams. I am trying to remember what the redskins starting lineup was during the '91 season when they went 14-2 and defeated the bills in the super bowl. I can currently remember the following

Offense:

Quarterback - Mark Rypin

Running back - Ernest Byner

Wide Recievers - Art Monk, Gary Clark, Rickey Sanders

Tight End - ? (perhaps Terry Orr)

Center - Jeff Bostic

Guards - Russ Grim, ?

Tackles - Jim Lachey, Joe Jacoby

Defense:

Defensive ends - Charles Mann, ?

Defnsive Tackles - ?,?

Linebackers - Wilbur Marshall, ?, ?

Cornerbacks - Darrell Green, ? (perhaps Martin Mayhew)

Safeties - ?, ?

Special Teams:

Kicker - Chip Lohmiller

Punter - Kelly Goodburn

Kick Returner - Brian Mitchell

If anyone can help fill in the gaps that would great.

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This list is right for the Super Bowl.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/xxvi.htm

Offense

Pos. Player

WR Clark

TE Middleton

LT Lachey

LG McKenzie

C Bostic

RG Schlereth

RT Jacoby

TE Warren

WR Monk

QB Rypien

RB Byner

Defense

Pos. Player

LE Mann

LT Williams

RT Johnson

RE Stokes

LLB Marshall

MLB Gouveia

RLB Collins

LCB Mayhew

RCB Green

SS Copeland

FS Edwards

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Matt Millen was technically the starting MLB for that team. He was the run-stopping MLB.

The funny thing was that, during the playoff run, the Redskins played three teams that threw the ball a lot in the Falcons, Lions, and Bills. Consequently, Millen was de-activated for every game and didn't play a down in the playoffs.

Also, wasn't Orr the primary H-Back on that team?

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The question I have is what went wrong in 92? We dominated so much in 91 why were we bad in 92? Unless that was the year when we lost to the 49ers in the NFC championship game, then I understand. Did Gibbs leave after the superbowl or after the 92 season?

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Washington (NFC) Offense

Gary Clark WR

Ron Middleton TE

Jim Lachey LT

Raleigh McKenzie LG

Jeff Bostic C

Mark Schlereth RG

Joe Jacoby RT

Don Warren TE

Art Monk WR

Mark Rypien QB

Earnest Byner RB

Defense

Charles Mann LE

Eric Williams LT–NT

Tim Johnson RT–RE

Fred Stokes RE–LOLB

Wilber Marshall LLB–LILB

Kurt Gouveia MLB–RILB

Andre Collins RLB–ROLB

Martin Mayhew LCB

Darrell Green RCB

Danny Copeland SS

Brad Edwards FS

SUBSTITUTIONS

Washington–Offense: K–Chip Lohmiller. P–Kelly Goodburn. QB–Jeff Rutledge. RB–Ricky Ervins, Brian Mitchell, Gerald Riggs. WR–Stephen Hobbs, Ricky Sanders. TE–John Brandes, John Jenkins, Terry Orr. G–Mark Adickes, Russ Grimm. T–Ed Simmons. Defense: DT–Jumpy Geathers, Bobby Wilson. DE–Jason Buck. LB–Ravin Caldwell, Monte Coleman. CB–AJ Johnson, Sidney Johnson, Alvoid Mays. S–Terry Hoage. Inactive: QB–Stan Humphries. LB–Matt Millen.

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JBooma,

I think age was beginning to creep in at that point. I also remember that team having just a boatload of injuries. I recall a game against the Saints when you knew there wasn't a chance they were going to score because they were just pulling guys in off the street in order to field an offense. Rypien came back to Earth that season, too.

They had also lost just enough of that edge, too. That '91 team was one of the all-timers. You can't expect to duplicate that. They gave the 49ers a good scare in the playoffs that year, but that was just the last hurrah.

When times are lean (like say, now, for instance), I remember the beauty of that '91 team and it helps me feel a whole lot better.

And, for the impatient ones in the crowd, that team was 3-4 years in the making. It didn't just happen overnight. Those guys were out of the playoffs twice and a wildcard once in the three season preceding '91. It all came together that season.

Sometimes, you just have to let things run their course...

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Originally posted by TK421CLICKER

Didn't Rypien pull a hold out after the Super Bowl win?

Yeah, Rypien held out and missed some of the pre-season. We got crushed in week one at Dallas, and in our home opener (against the Falcons I think) he got booed. The QB of the defending SB Champions booed in the home opener.

We won a lot of close games and backed into the playoffs, but we came within a fumbled hand-off of the NFC Championship game. We should only be so lucky nowadays.

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Its funny how in the midst of a 4-8 season we quickly bring up the '91 team. haha. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it whatsoever. Its actually nice thinking about the happy times. In fact, I think I'm gonna pull out the game tape of the '91 Super Bowl and watch how true Washington Redskins football is meant to be played.

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Originally posted by TK421CLICKER

Didn't Rypien pull a hold out after the Super Bowl win?

Good memory, yes he did, and didn't look the same until about week 10, by then the team was only playing to make it to the playoffs, which they did.

Of course we lost our back up QB in Stan Humphries the year after we won the Super Bowl too. Maybe that was the beginning of the end for us, losing a good back up that could have taken over for Rypien. :doh:

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From the Roster Database:

'92 QBs

Cary Conklin

Jeff Rutledge

Mark Rypien

'93 QBs

Cary Conklin

Rich Gannon

Mark Rypien

'94 QBs

Heath Shuler

John Friesz

Gus Frerotte

'95 QBs

Heath Shuler

Gus Frerotte

Jeff Brohm

'96 QBs

Heath Shuler

Gus Frerotte

'97 QBs

Gus Frerotte

Trent Green

Jeff Hostetler

Jamie Martin

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Originally posted by jbooma

The question I have is what went wrong in 92? We dominated so much in 91 why were we bad in 92? Unless that was the year when we lost to the 49ers in the NFC championship game, then I understand. Did Gibbs leave after the superbowl or after the 92 season?

We lost to San Fran in the Divisional Series by 4, I believe. Monk dropped a pass that was a little behind him on 4th that would have kept the drive alive. They were a decent team (10-6 or 11-5), but didn't have that same swaggar as the best team of all time, the '91 'Skins. You're right...Gibbs was gone to NASCAR after that game. I was only 11, so my memory could be a little faded...

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Sorry to the repetitive reply to JBooma...I didn't read all the rest of them.

On another note: We tend to have a thing with giving QB's away. Humphries was solid for several years (Chargers to the SB)...Rich Gannon (but who could have seen that coming)...Trent Green (who played well in recovery of Frerotte in lieu of the head-butt-the-wall incident) who now is one of the best in the game. Anymore that I'm missing?

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