1991 Divisional Playoff - Atlanta at Washington

[@GTX1123]

Joe Gibbs proved that you could win 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QB's. I believe he's still the only NFL coach to have done it. Gibbs was a master at building great teams on offense, defense & special teams. He never had a super star Montana / Marino level QB but the 3 he did have were all good enough to get it done.

[@davec1294]

Agree Steve as a Bears fan I wish we had Gibbs instead of Ditka in the 80'.

[@jpwjr1199]

I think Bobby Beathard had more than just a little to do with that, as well. Gibbs was a great coach, no question, but Beathard got the talent.

[@GTX1123]

@@jpwjr1199For sure. He couldn't a' done it without Bobby. He got Joe the talent he needed. But Joe was who got John Riggins to come back. That story is so amazing. Riggo was "put a fork in me I'm done" after having his heart broken in that 1979 season but Joe got him to come back.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

@@davec1294 Bears would have won 3 SB's under Gibbs. You can make the case that the Bears teams in the 80s were better than Gibbs' Redskins. Big difference was that Gibbs was a superior coach than Ditka.

[@Mr.sock28]

@@Joseph-lz5er yes, which was proven by Gibbs definitively when he went into Chicago twice in the playoffs ('86 and '87) as an underdog and beat Ditka. That '86 Bears team was 14-2 and looked like a lock to repeat in the Super Bowl. The Bears and Ditka were cocky. The local headline was "Bears Ready If Redskins Even Show Up" - the Redskins showed up and dropped 27 points on their vaunted defense. And they beat them again the following year with Darrell Green's punt return and McMahon's turnovers. You might say Gibbs and the Redskins singlehandedly prevented a Bears dynasty in the mid 1980s.

[@InHellBaby1]

I was at this game, never forget it. Hammer time.

[@johnliberty3647]

I am just here to watch Joe Jacoby #66 because I like watching guys who belong in the Hall of Fame

[@bdunk914]

Here watching The Posse in 2024!

[@daletaylor2524]

I've still got my seat cushion from this game.

[@jimfriery8641]

Didn’t most of the fans throw them onto the field??

[@daletaylor2524]

@@jimfriery8641 Yes most everyone. Including me, but on the way out I found a stray one under the bleacher scaffolding.LOL

[@YettiManChannel84]

​@@daletaylor2524That might be worth a little something 😂

[@ellejaycopeland8835]

My uncle Danny Copeland just had a interception love it.

[@martinwakefield8138]

who?

[@ellejaycopeland8835]

@@martinwakefield8138 Danny Copeland number 26 strong safety for Washington Redskins on this film.

[@SpaceYourFace]

We loved your uncle, too! HTTR

[@ellejaycopeland8835]

@@SpaceYourFace Thanks so much He raised me like a son went to all the home games the whole team when he said this my nephew everyone turned around and said hey nephew no matter or record I love Washington that's the good part of organization .

[@seanmills8910]

Your Uncle was great that season taking over at strong safety early in the season after Alvin Walton got hurt.

[@SpaceYourFace]

I was there for this whole playoff run (the following week vs. Detroit too) and had a blast! This is when Skins football was dominant.$

[@steves9964]

Dominant, dominant team. From an outsider's perspective the only negative is that their playoff run lacked a signature opponent. Atlanta/Detroit/Buffalo just doesn't have the same feel as a game with Dallas/Giants/Philadelphia/San Francisco. Of course this wasn't Washington's fault.

[@Hugging_Cactus]

an obscure fact: joe gibbs made the playoffs with more QB’s than anyone in history. he even managed to get Todd Collins to the playoffs in 2007 during his 2.0 stretch.

[@redmustangredmustang]

The thing is that Joe Gibbs is the last coach to win a playoff game in Washington. So since 1999 there has been ONE coach in Washington to win a playoff game other than Joe Gibbs and George Allen and that was Norv Turner in the wildcard against the Lions.

[@jamesmazzitelli6418]

Dont forget bruddah 3 diff. Qb's and 3 diff. Rb's - HTTR

[@washredskin887]

FACTS

[@DinnersOnSaturday]

Not true. Marty Schottenheimer has him beat. Joe Gibbs made the playoffs with 6 QBs: Joe Theismann Jay Schroeder Doug Williams Mark Rypien Mark Brunell Todd Collins. Marty Schottenheimer made the playoffs with 8 QBs: Bernie Kosar Steve DeBerg Dave Krieg Joe Montana Steve Bono Rich Gannon Drew Brees Phillip Rivers

[@bigred12327]

@Chris-di2fv I think the name should be the WASHINGTON WAR HOGS #HTTR 4EVER

[@jer0051]

I miss this era of the Redskins, such an underrated team.

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

I miss the Redskins.

[@jer0051]

@@Tenskwatawa4U same here

[@mrbuggz5213]

One of the best teams of all time👍🏼

[@jer0051]

There wasn’t one weak spot on the whole team.

[@Zazzaro703]

Underrated? This is a consensus top 5 team of all time and they were the most valuable franchise in the league, one of the top franchises in the world.

[@wesparks2358]

At the end of the game you can see the character of Jerry Glanville running off the field and not shaking hands with Joe Gibbs. Joe just kept looking for him to shake hands and eventually realized he just left. Glandville showed no class or sportsmanship. Joe Gibbs would never do that, that’s why he is respected not only for being a great football coach but also for being a great man who represented class, humility, and respect for the game. One of the all time greatest coaches ever! HTTR!

[@FranchiseENT202]

Bill Parcells has done it also to Gibbs (pause) during his 2.0 Era in 2005.

[@johnrusso6169]

I was at this game and at the regular season game when they blew out the Falcons. HTTR

[@mrhead6856]

Jerry Glandville had ZERO class

[@chiaroscuro7446]

Too legit to shake...smh.

[@dhart8451]

Glanville was the most overrated coach in the NFL. Cheap shots and gimmicks, that's all he knew.

[@jasperdriver8546]

1991 Skins is a top 5 all time great team. The weapons on offense were absurd and the defense was just as good.

[@MaximusWolfe]

No.1 in my book.

[@mitch_the_-itch]

The Niners would have killed them.

[@jasperdriver8546]

1989 and 1994 versions yes but they would be close

[@jasperdriver8546]

@Avingay Anfordstay 1986 Giants should be there

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Top 5 team, not sure on that, the 91' team isn't even the best Redskins team. Plus (my opinion) the 83 team I liked better and they got demolished by the Raiders.

[@sha9infinite450]

The NFC was so stacked. Brutal....

[@daletaylor2524]

Thanks for posting this. I was at this game and my vcr failed to record all of it. LOL

[@pretorious700]

This was a great Redskins team. Lot's of role players, no "stars". Awesome coaching, also.

[@Zombiefann]

Gary Clark was a star for sure.

[@dhenny21]

Darrell green . Garry Clark . Art monk .

[@boogitybear2283]

Brett Favre at 1:53! Little did he know his life was about to change for the better that year!

[@martinwakefield8138]

This game had the greatest cornerback in NFL history. It also had Deon Sanders

[@TUFAII]

Yes after Deion Sanders the Redskins had a top Cornerback in D Green..

[@martinwakefield8138]

@@TUFAII its obvious that you no little of football. But thanks for contributing

[@kevincahill5363]

@@martinwakefield8138 Sanders was all cover no tackle!

[@TL2354]

Deion

[@1JumpBall]

Man, listen to that crowd! 🤔 RFK stadium was like no other! 💯

[@fjr70]

The Redskins have never been the same after leaving that place. Really wish they didn't change their name, Snyder always said he'd never change it...I wonder if the work place environment charges swayed his hunger to keep it.

[@theone7538]

Awesome upload! I was at this game. Major azz kicking. Yellow seat cushions flew at the end of it. RFK was rocking!

[@richiebee1984]

IF IT WASN'T RAINING DEION,HAMMER AND HOLYFIELD WOULD DANCED ALL OVER THE SKINS/COMMANDERS,WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THE LIONS BUT NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD HAVE FAIRED AGAINST THE BILLS IN THE METRODOME!!

[@harrymann5523]

Divisional Playoffs Television Assignments Saturday 12:30pm CBS Falcons-Redskins Verne Lundquist, Dan Fouts 4pm NBC Oilers-Broncos Charlie Jones, Todd Christensen, OJ Simpson Sunday 12:30pm NBC Chiefs-Bills Dick Enberg, Bill Walsh 4pm CBS Cowboys-Lions Pat Summerall, John Madden, Lesley Visser

[@Joseph-lz5er]

The MVP of the Redskins in 91 was the offensive line. They protected Mark Rypien that year and allowed him to throw his signature long bombs to his receivers all season long.

[@RCVictoryLane]

The Hogs

[@williampowell3378]

Yeah

[@johnliberty3647]

Gibbs also did a great job of sticking with the running game even when it was stuffed the entire seasonwhich kept the pass rushers in check. What discipline coach Gibbs had. Think about the QBs Gibbs had, mediocre to somewhat good without him, superstars or record breakers with Gibbs. He really got the most out of his players.

[@d-mo733]

Damn, Joe Gibbs was wanting to shake hands with Glanville, but he ran off field without shaking hands and congratulating the REDSKINS! Hopefully they met up inside the stadium. Maybe Glanville wanted out of that wet attire?! Crazy

[@joemcmillan7894]

What a great year...I enjoyed every minute of it

[@carmenruggiro8663]

I remember this game like yesterday....definitely a great one ...HTTR!

[@daveygivens735]

This is football. Smack-mouth, mud and blood, and there was no love lost between those two teams, especially after Glandville had talked so much smack before.

[@joshuawilliams2119]

TOO LEGIT TOO LEGIT TO QUIT...."91 FALCONS!!!

[@EnemyWind1]

I was there, never been so soaking wet in my life! Kept my seat cushion though! I would've never thought in a million years the Redskins wouldn't play in another Superbowl for the next 30 years and counting!

[@martinwakefield8138]

on an aside, I recently came across the 91 Detroit Lions video tribute on KZbin, the one that commemorates probably their greatest season in the Super Bowl era, and I just had to comment HTTR.

[@rafeeqturner1458]

I miss seeing pro football players get dirty like this.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Glanville made such a fool of himself in the lead up to this game, during the game and after. I think it was incidents like that that consigned him to imperishable clown status in the annals of football lore.

[@stephenfarrar8475]

CBS: Verne Lundquist, Dan Fouts Jan. 4, 1992 (ads mostly removed) Constant rain / 30-40 mph winds Field conditions are terrible 0:00:50 ATL head coach Jerry Glanville sends entire team out for coin-toss / other head games 0:03:21 1Q 33:47 2Q 1:26:08 halftime 1:34:00 3Q 2:02:23 4Q 2:07:00 FUM-REC: W. Marshall / final scoring drive (53 yds) 2:20:05 TD: G. Riggs (1 yd. run) / the yellow cushions fly..... 2:36:08 Glanville runs off field, doesn't shake hands [pathetic] WASH wins 24-7 Final scoring drive: 13-play, 53 yds, 8:28 long ATL: 6 turnovers Deion Sanders's only significant play was defensive holding in the end zone on WASH'S final scoring drive

[@billyz5088]

Even way back then - RFK was a relatively small NFL stadium - only seating about 56K max - but I have never been to any stadium as loud as that one - esp. for playoff games - it was just deafening - you could say even a bit unfair to visiting teams ..

[@roninkraut6873]

These commercials take me back.

[@mspionage1743]

Mark Rypien threw a very nice deep ball.

[@jeffreyholmes7216]

I was at this game. You really don't see it on the tape. It was pouring rain.

[@bryanglass5818]

Brett Favre on the bench. His last game as a Falcon.

[@JamesGrinstead]

Before being traded to the Packers & would go on to have a Hall of Fame career.

[@MarkAJohnsonEDLDFall]

I hope the (Redskins) will return to championship form in the future because their fans show loyalty. Their offensive line was known as "Hogs", and their entire team had many Hall of Famers. Joe Gibbs did an amazing job to win three SBs with three different QBs who wrote their own history with Williams being the first black QB to win a championship SB 22. I also remember their battles in the 80s inside of the NFC East during that time Dallas won three SB Washington won three SB Giants won two Eagles played in SB 15. Thank you

[@jakegaming818]

We are finally on our way! JD5 is definitely impressing right now, and hopefully years to come... but with Snyder gone, Harris and Co. At thehelm, AP leading the way, and a great coaching staff.... we are the Phoenix rising from the ashes! Lfg!!! #HTTR

[@brianbachmeier34]

Brian Jordan playing in his final NFL game. He would go on to play major league baseball from 1992-2006.

[@1Dub79]

I’m an Atlanta native. I remember, when they announced it on the radio. I was shocked because Brian Jordan was a pretty good strong safety. He went on to be a pretty good baseball player, as well.

[@LogoAttitude]

I turned 2 years old the day this game was played

[@user-wz8kr1dx3s]

Cowboy fan here and and tWashington will always be the Redskins and I miss RFK

[@jakeflemming]

2:21:00 One day, I hope my generation realizes what was taken from us and our children. Hail to our beloved Washington Redskins

[@SeanKellyPastor]

Best Redskins season ever. That offense was a virtually flawless machine. All Gibbs.

[@bigorange2082]

Hail to the Redskins.

[@71robsahm]

One of the greatest redskins team in history

[@johntabler349]

What separated Gibbs from other great strategic coaches was his ability to instinctively know when to forget strategy and just run right at the defense and put the nail in the coffin and bury them

[@theheyseed]

I miss these days, hoping for some more good ones with the new owners.

[@edbair5480]

Granville was always all hat and no cattle , where as Gibbs didn’t talk trash and had a career winning and 3 Super Bowl championships.

[@scottbrown7497]

15 years old in 1991 now 47 as of Monday May 29 2023

[@Capecrusader79]

I don’t understand why the Falcons received so much hype that year. They looked good on paper but failed to do anything. The skins destroyed them in this game. Reminds me of those Oiler teams of the early 90s, good regular season but failed in the playoffs.

[@johns2159]

The whole NFC was weak that year,except for the Skins. Sure the Eagles were good, know the Lions were the 2 seed. Which explains the NFC right there

[@hollywoocdg]

they felt like a team of the future, like tge cowboys were. miller, rison, sanders, etc. they just felt like them, the cowboys and the niners were next up. then they gave mike holmgren brett favre and that was it

[@pretorious700]

@@johns2159 good point

[@pretorious700]

Won/loss records by career: Jerry Glanville 96-121 Joe Gibbs 154-94

[@bosskey7212]

I really liked this Atlanta team but no one and I mean NO ONE was beating the 91 Redskins, everything just came together that year for them, it was really the last great team they ever had

[@theone7538]

The 92 Redskins was basically the same team but Rypien had an all time bad year. 13 tds 17 int He was atrocious. They came close to beating the niners in playoffs thx to young’s poor play.

[@Skinnerposse]

56:00 Turnovers 4-0? Stat man must have a very short memory 😝 #HTTR always

[@smj10251974]

2:26:32 jerry glanville running off the field....2:36:46 Joe gibbs looking around for him to shake his hand...that moment encapsulates the reason why one was a footnote in history (glanvilleJG) and the other is an all time great (gibbs) jerry had no character or class, and ran off to pout...even if joe had lost, he'd still be looking around for the opposing coach to shake hands

[@NoBullsh_t]

I give him credit for changing the Falcons uniforms tho, I still think they kinda dope to this day, their red/silver unis used to suck..

[@scottbrown7497]

Brett Favre was on that 1991 Falcons team, would become a Packers legend in 1992

[@fixedimage.]

1:53 a Rookie Brett favre #4 on the falcons no one knew that day what that kid would go onto to do the rest of his career

[@strothermartin5368]

Those were the days,Those were the days!!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Verne lundquist and Dan fouts.

[@jpete3027666]

The falcons really went into this game talking all kinds of trash thinking they were going to win 😂

[@paulfitzgerald2673]

Jerry Glanville Didnt hive a damm about his linebacker being hurt. Was even joking around with another player laughing. Real piece of work.

[@aaronwalls6738]

Wow Glanville was telling the truth he dint even shake Gibbs hand at midfield after the game 😯

[@martinwakefield8138]

Glanville has no class. he will never be in Gibbs league

[@MaximusWolfe]

Because he was a boorish doofus who accepted defeat like a miffed 10 year old. Gibbs was a brilliant coach, gentlemen and genuinely nice person.

[@derricdueker64]

Yes, but Gibbs was also a killer.

[@redmustangredmustang]

Glanville could dish it out but never take it

[@davissae]

Hot take: this O line plus Don Warren were the best blockers of all time.

[@olschool121]

Dancing Ron Middleton

[@Kingejoe]

Can you please upload The NFC Championship game from this year?

[@ilikesports]

Might have it up next week, if it's not blocked by the NFL.

[@Kingejoe]

@@ilikesports Thank You!

[@ilikesports]

Unfortunately it got blocked which I suspected it would. Sorry.

[@Kingejoe]

@@ilikesports Its fine no worries, thanks for trying brother

[@brianbachmeier34]

@@ilikesports Thanks for trying. The 1987 and 1991 NFC championship games seem to get blocked.

[@melvinbarnesjr.8222]

The Falcons had beaten my Saints that year in the playoffs, so it was so satisfying to see the Redskins knock the Legit out of 'em.

[@jamesroberts1810]

Joe gibbs learned alot from don coryell being is OC !! Gibbs put more emphasis on the running game and motion in his version of the Coryell offense but his route concepts are similar to Coryell

[@joshuawilliams2119]

HAMMER WAS THERE IN THE RAIN..... SATURDAY, JANUARY-4-1992.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

a hard-nose gritty football team (the Redskins) vs a bunch of primadonna poseurs (the Falcons) in an environment the latter wasn't able to handle.

[@cdwardlaw]

I still have my seat cushion from this game.

[@redmustangredmustang]

The Redskins were in control the entire game. The Falcons defense somehow kept the score to 24 even though Chip Lohmiller missed 3 field goals and the Falcons were still in it 14-7 by halftime. That's the crazy thing. Even after all those turnovers the Falcons were still in this game, but the Redskins were just too good and too talented to lose this game.

[@fjr70]

I think Glanville got everything out of those Falcon teams he could. They came into Washington so fired up and the Skins simply swatted them away. Although it was a 7 point game at halftime..it felt like 20. 1991 also didn't have the super friendly offensive rules that we do now...where a 24 point can vanish before you can finish a beer.

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@fjr70 it was just one of those flash in the pan type of teams. They went down hill the next year and fired Jerry Glanville after the 93 season. Too bad they couldn't build off the 91 success.

[@EdmacZ]

From 1990-1993, an NFC East team won the Super Bowl.

[@MightMouse2174]

I remember going to Popeyes and they had the game on in the restaurant

[@0_Cece_0]

52:31 Rypien was pissed

[@pretorious700]

Mark Rypien puts a linebacker slam on Tim McGuyer @ 52:30

[@nickcurran3105]

Jerry Glanville is such an a-hole. In an interview in 2021 he said he was still bitter about Joe Gibbs allegedly asking the grounds crew to leave the field uncovered leading up to this game so that it would be water-logged and slow down Glanville's "faster" team. He conveniently forgot to mention, nor did the interviewer bring it up, that Glanville's Falcons had lost to the Redskins earlier in the season on a dry RFK by 39 points (56-17)! Rypien threw SIX TD passes in that game. Glanville was lucky the field was wet for this playoff game. It was the only thing that kept the Redskins from putting up another 50 spot and allow his overmatched Falcons to stay in this game for as long as they did!!

[@cardboardbelt]

and it's not like the Falcons didn't play on grass at the time, or like it never rains in Atlanta. Jerry was just grasping for excuses.

[@TiminSE]

how come we played on a Saturday even though we were the 1 seed that year?

[@derricdueker64]

I always wondered how much of an advantage it was for both Washington and San Fran playing games on their sloppy tracks.

[@martinwakefield8138]

this season not at all. The sloppy turf was a disadvantage for the Redskins this year.

[@markstevenson8209]

Right, too legit to quit, Nice song, unfortunately not appropriate for the Atlanta Falcons for that season.

[@slickway_apparel]

The beginning of this game is wild jerry didnt send the team out for the the coin toss then sent the whole team out as captains and then use the other teams helmet as prop on the field 🤣🤣 91 falcons was wild 🤣🤣🤣

[@Randall_Kildare]

2:21:00 *NOW* It's Raining!/ Ohh,,, RFK was just *magic.*

[@chrisbridges655]

Lots of talk in Atlanta how Washington coaches got the grounds crew to water the field down even more adding to the heavy rain.

[@Hexon66]

While Washington got to play on the dry field next door....? Is that the point?

[@chrisbridges655]

No the point is Washington was built for a game in bad weather and bad playing conditions. The Falcons relied on speed and needed a dry surface to do well. Rain is rain but when they water it down even more on purpose that is stretching the rules to say the least. @@Hexon66

[@Raider5One]

I was there - there was no need to water it down. It had rained for days and it just poured the entire game. That's how I got there - Mom and Dad had bought season tickets from someone in the diplomatic corps (as I recall) and, while Mom love going to the games, the rain was too much for her - she told me the day before that I could go - she didn't want to sit in the cold rain. I'm a lifelong Raider fan - we used to hear the same complaints from opposing teams - the truth was the Oak-Al Co. stadium was built below sea level and close to the bay - it was always soggy there. But it didn't slow Warren Wells and Cliff Branch.

[@lbowsk]

Late in the game Washington had a very substantial lead. One of the hotshot, loudmouth, showboating, blowhard, egomaniac Falcons jumped up and started dancing and "actin a fool" after they had a good play. It was pathetic. Russ Grimm (I think) ran over and grabbed the guy and then pointed at the scoreboard. The fans went nuts.

[@GildedShame]

Washington has won only one single playoff game without Joe Gibbs as coach in the last 50 years.

[@robertmarino7011]

They will always be the Washington Redkins....😊

[@Go_for_it652]

No first down TY line Fabulous ! You must remember the score Fabulous . Less TV camera angles Fabulous .Its like sitting in stadium Fabulous All the best folks .

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

The Falcons were afraid to get dirty.

[@handevore9778]

Glanville was not well liked by other coaches.... Sam Wyche of Cincinnati laid a huge whipping on him because he "hated his guts!!!!"

[@waynelaney42]

We need to find the 1991 nfc championship game in full

[@ilikesports]

It's out there on the internet but it's copyright blocked on YT. archive.org/details/1991nfcchampionshipgamedetroitlionsvs.washingtonredskinspt.1convertvideoonline.com

[@TUFAII]

1:29:00 brilliant half time

[@tootai]

100%humidity, you mean rain?

[@michaelgear7642]

Atlanta was talking all that shit

[@alanpeel1981]

2:21:00 - seat cushions fly

[@Colin_1977]

Is Bill Goldberg out there?

[@bigorange2082]

I hated Jerry Glanville. I was so happy we kicked their asses and shut the “Dirty” birds up.

[@marvinshenk]

Gibbs was looking for Glanville to shake hands after the game. That loser Glanville ran straight to the locker room. Gibbs was all class all the time. Greatest Head Coach in NFL History.

[@Jamesthomas12187]

91 skins, best super bowl era team?

[@walterhudson6416]

With Deion Sanders speed why is he playing 10 yards off the man he's covering? It doesn't make sense!

[@Bellthorian]

Because Gary Clark ate him alive in a previous meeting.

[@robertosso5210]

this was the year before the cowboy dynasty started

[@astrostar49]

If only the Falcons didn't win on that stupid hail mary pass against SF. 49ers against the Redskins would have been a better game. Especially since the 49ers got hot down the stretch.

[@handevore9778]

Yeah, Right!!!!

[@waynelaney42]

Somebody some where has to have the nfc championship game

[@w41duvernay]

TOO legit ain't spit...

[@chaunseybillings5381]

This when the NFL was real