1989: Washington Redskins vs New Orleans Saints Remastered NFL Highlights

If you love goal-line defense, you’re gonna love this. The Redskins and the Saints faced off in an encore rematch following their classic down-to-the wire ’88 battle (see the highlights here: • 1988: New Orleans Sain... ), this time in the Superdome. On this go ‘round, the day was all about defense - especially the Saint’s goal-line D that had the Redskins coaches throwing their hats in frustration. In the end, however, the game came down to the foot of the Saints’ best-of-the-best kicker Morton Anderson who, as before, was left kicking himself as the Redskins escaped with a hard-fought win.
You might not remember this game, but with Pat Summerall and John Madden on the call, this low-scoring but high energy throwdown between NFC rivals is well worth revisiting.
No animals were harmed in the processing of this VHS to 1080p(ish) digital remaster (unless parakeets count, in which case… never mind).
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[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

Just HEARING the announcers SAY "Redskins" is what the REAL NFL is to ME.

[@edwardoutlawjr8154]

For some reason, I loved when Pat said Redskins

[@chrislogan4280]

YUP DEMOCRATS DESTROY

[@evancortez2]

Mark Rypien was still wildly inconsistent at this time, I also remember he had a fumbling problem, every time he got sacked he fumbled - but he and Joe Gibbs worked on it and by 1990 he was getting the hang of things and by 1991, well, let's just say he was in the zone in 1991

[@nickcurran3105]

I feel so bad for Darryl Grant and Kelvin Bryant. They were both such good Redskins, and both just missed being on the '91 team that dominated the League and won the Super Bowl. Bryant's career was over after the '90 season, and Darryl was on the Bucs in his final season in '91.

[@jamiedove430]

Starting 0-2 in 89..this win would get us back to 500..httr

[@marcuslee1927]

Love watching Gerald Riggs run. Freight train coming down the tracks!

[@RetroSkins]

Stay tuned… very soon.

[@fantasticvoyage262]

It's interesting that Madden brings up the previous meeting the year before with both of these teams. And references the Saints getting a penalty on their last drive when Dombrowski punched Manley after he was spit on. Which pushed back Anderson's FG attempt back 15 yards. Which he missed. But that particular incident with Dombrowski and Manley wasn't included in your upload of the game.

[@RetroSkins]

Actually, the alleged spitting incident occurred earlier in the 4th quarter. The highlights capture a flag being thrown but then we move forward to the missed kick with mention of a 15-yd penalty pushing the kick back. This happened with 12 min left in the game. The score was 24-17 Saints and remained so after the kick was partly blocked and missed. This occurs at around 11 minutes into the highlight video. For your reference: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/11/07/redskins-get-a-kick-in-beating-saints-27-24/35986c5c-7a2a-404e-bf39-2e419ff48b9a/

[@fantasticvoyage262]

@@RetroSkins Did CBS never show a replay of it? So it wasn't included?

[@Raykibb1]

5:25 Madden talks about incident with Dumbo and Manley as occurring the year before.

[@DanStrayer]

Poor Morten. He would rebound, though. Frequently.

[@Clinton_Gore96]

That intro music 🎶🎶,need to bring that back