A lot of mistakes in this game by the Cowboys cost them. Dexter Manley would have had a personal foul nowadays with that hit on White that put him out of the game.
I attended this game. RFK was never this loud before or since. While I also attended Super Bowl XVII two weeks later, this game will always be my favorite. ❤
Rusty Nailz I always loved watching Skins games on television when I was little just for that reason. It seemed like the fans were almost on the field, it seemed like it was always rainy and muddy and the crowds were insane.. I enjoy watching these old games much more than the modern day crap that they try to call football.. penalties, reviews, targeting calls, 500 television timeouts!! Can't stand it..
I'm about to be 57 years young next month and I've seen the Bullets in 75 against Golden State and the Sonics in 78 79....the Orioles in against Pittsburgh and the Phillies in 83...the Nationals in 2019 and the Capitals against Vegas but this game still is the best sporting event I've ever attended in my life/I watch it over and over to get the TV and crowd enthusiasm
I was there too. A 13 year old kid who sold programs before the game and then watched the rest of the game sitting on the rails in the mezzanine. Great memory.
I was there too bro! I was in the corned by the band. I just left a comment that points to the play of the game when Dexter ended Danny White’s career.
Michaels is nothing like these old skool guys. His voice is nasal, and for those paying attention, he’s always slow to react to action on the field. Mediocrity personified.
I never liked Madden - he was terrible w/ the rules (esp. for an ex coach) and he was juvenille w/ that boom bamm nonsense. Once in a while he'd explain why a play worked or didn't work, rest of the time he was talking about the food john riggins ate for breakfast or how much tape rob't Newhouse used on his peacock.
I came here when I heard about Madden's death today. What a great broadcast team Summerall and Madden were. Growing up a Redskins fan, this will always be my favorite game. RIP, gentlemen. You're back together again.
Jacoby and Bostic both should have been inducted by now, but offensive linemen are always overlooked. Jacoby and Bostic were a major part of the “Hogs” and helped take the Redskins to 4 Super Bowls, winning three within a decade. They were also instrumental in setting the Super Bowl rushing record TWICE! Yeah, anyone can argue that Riggins was one of the best rushers in NFL history, but Timmy Smith? Who in the hell is Timmy Smith? He was released by the Skins a year later and eventually ended up in the defunct startup league, then disappeared. He was not a great runner, he just ran through huge holes that even some obese couch potato could have danced through. Holes opened by the power of the pulling tackle on the counter gap, which no one did better than Joe Jacoby. How can their talent be denied? Russ Grimm is the only “Hog” that has been rightly inducted into the HOF so far, but Joe Jacoby and Jeff Bostic should have been inducted by this point and it’s a crime they haven’t been, since the “Hogs” were the most notorious and the most feared offensive line ever in the NFL. Timmy Smith’s rushing record, set in 1988, is still the mark for rushing in the Super Bowl to this day. Anyone who paid any attention to football back then, knows damn well it was the “Hogs” that were responsible for that record more than Smith. What other line helped set the Super Bowl rushing record twice?
@@RoarOfWolverine Most who run the HOF now weren't even born or were in diapers back then so they haven't a clue on these players accomplishments unless they research and watch whatever of these old games are available. Yes I remember Timmy Smith who is looked at now as a one hit wonder. Too bad as he should have went beyond that.
I can't think of too many QB/RB combos in NFL history with more personality than Theismann and Riggins. On top of that, they were both fantastic players. It was great growing up in the 1980s as a Redskins fan!
I got to know Joe a little by patronizing his restaurant in Arlington for a few years. He is a genuinely nice and humble person, despite the perceptions otherwise.
@@pretorious700 I agree Theismann gets a bad rap. My biggest criticism of him is that he should not be chummy with Dan Snyder, who has ruined the Washington franchise.
"A coach isn't a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein". ~Joe Theismann "Hey Sandy Baby" (talking to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor while he is drunk) ~John Riggins
You’re right. This team and especially the ‘83 team were both dominant. ‘83 was more dominant by the fact they had a +43 takeaway ratio. A record that will never be broken. If they woulda went back to back they would have been in that rarefied air with the best teams ever.
I don't know about that. I'm astonished that they didn't X-ray Danny White's head. He could have been having a brain hemmorhage for all they knew. Instead they let him just sit on the bench looking like he was at a Grateful Dead concert. Not everything was better back then.
Absolutely. Marv Albert would be interesting!!! I would love to have Aikman, Romo and that Sunday night football analyst from NBC.... the lead guy, hook up together too.
Sports, as a whole, is missing exactly *this* nowadays. There's no hate in sports anymore. Washington absolutely loathed the Cowboys. Their fans hated them. This game was personal to everyone in that stadium.
@@pronkb000 Dallas hated wearing their blue jerseys and the Redskins knew it. Those are the inside secrets of the rivalry only real Redskin and Dallas fans know about, like the time Dallas stole the rights to the Redskins fight song. They made the Cowboys wear blue whenever they came to RFK. Those were the great days of football in Washington.
I was in the end zone seats when Grant intercepted & scored in the fourth quarter. I thought the whole place was coming down literally. Never forget that day!
I rented a room at the Down town Marriot in Dallas that day, was a Penthouse Suite, I was the only Redskins Fan, got totally wasted and had the time of my life!
I was a teenager when this game was played. What I remember the most was how loud that stadium was. The crowd chanting "WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS!!!" The stadium was literally shaking. You forget how small RFK stadium really was. When Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant made that play. I thought that place was going to explode. There are only a few current stadiums that have been that loud: Arrowhead, Century Link, and The Superdome. In terms of old school stadiums that were that loud where the place was literally shaking: Arrowhead, the old Mile High, and the old Cleveland Browns stadium .
You forgot THE, loudest stadium.....it set off the earthquake seismometer! Seattle & Saints, in Seattle, when 'Beast' mode was in full power, and scored the winning touchdown.
Best things about the NFL in the 80s : banners hanging in the stadiums, air horns, much less commercials, no constant scores and fantasy stats scrolling all over the screen, more passionate fans, sold out stadiums, RFK stadium, Orange Bowl, Texas Stadium, Candlestick Park and the Marlboro Man billboard, MNF was truly special, no Pink October stuff all over the place with teams and players. NFL was amazing in the 70s, 80s, very early 90s
If they kept the yellow helmet with the R circled logo with the lone feather on the outside of helmet, as opposed to a full-fledged Redskin face perhaps the protests would not have been so strong.
Crowds don't get this loud anymore. Maybe in Seattle. RFK during this time period was awesome. Not a fancy stadium. No amenities. No jumbo tron. Just football. Miss this era in the NFL. I was actually a Cowboys fan back then. Was 7 , but remember this game very well.
Joseph Arrambidez I think you can say Arrowhead Stadium as well. That place is deafening and sickening to play if your team is in the AFC West. Seattle definitely is part of that group.
Oakland Man yeah that's very true forgot about Arrowhead. Old Mike High was loud too. Think the amazing thing about RFK is that it only holds like 55k I think. Amazing how loud a crowd gets when you don't play a bunch of music with jumbo trons reminding you that its third down. Haha.
Oakland Man you do realize that I'm a broncos fan and you and I just had a peaceful conversation. Hope that doesn't ruin your evening. Lol. Cheers brother.
@@davemazza5506 when/IF Dan Snyder sells the Washington franchise, there will be a Parade in the DMV area, complete with Fireworks. That man has completely sunk Washington with his Greed, Ego, and Mismanagement.
Gibbs, Riggins, Theismann, Monk, Jacoby... The 'Skins were very, very good back then. I loved it when they just pounded the Cowpatties (which they did a lot).
I remember watching this game as a huge "Skins fan. These old-style games were the best with Madden and Summerall commentating. Today it's all about the fancy charts and stats and bimbos talking about far too much. I miss those days where the game, not the announcers and analysts, was the star.
Please take note , after the first touchdown call Summerall says nothing until he calls the PAT . You feel the crazy crowd , the field , the players all the emotions of this game, it brings you in and makes you feel all of it. I’m so glad Pat and John were my youth growing up in the 80s and 90s .
I still root for all DC area teams at 46 despite having moved to Arizona in my late twenties a few decades ago. Anyway, Randy White was a Maryland terrapin player. But of course that was just before my time basically when I was a toddler. So I was like go Terps / go Redskins. I don't mean, go Randy White. the cowboys had intercepted theismann three times that day earlier in the season. Anyway aside from them being our archrival oh, it was a passing of the torch from the cowboys dynasty onto the Redskins one. (Does the NFC east or NFC was tough and we had to contend with the Bill Walsh 49ers era and the Bill Parcells Giants one. not to mention the almost dynasty that never was one that was the mic dicta bears. Thanks for the Redskins upsetting them in soldier Field consecutive years. maybe that team should have just kept Buddy Ryan, and promoted him to head coach and let go Mike Dikta instead of the other way after that super bowl win that they got in New Orleans. That's just 20-20 hindsight. Of course you can't fire a super bowl-winning coach! But only if they had a time machine or something... Well good thing for me or the Redskins might not one two more super bowls like they did... Fun fact, it was bears who ended the Redskins Theismann / Riggins / playoff domination era. Never had the Redskins lost at RFK before in a playoff game. (That Chicago team went on to lose the NFC championship to the mighty 49era...but to win the Superbowl the following year. The 80s were a great time for football and I miss those days and they're never coming back.
Looking at this game now makes me so angry about what Dan Snyder and the obsequious NFL did to the Washington Redskins. It really was one of the greatest teams, franchises and fan bases in league history. The name change, the logo erasure and all the other BLM based bullshit are egregious and idiotic but were really just icing on the cake. Snyder’s systematic eradication of that great team started when he bought the franchise and went hand in hand with the decline of the NFL as a whole. Hail to the Redskins forever! Gone but never forgotten.
Don't know what BLM has to do with the Skins downfall. Outside of Snyder the NFL never really respected the Skins. Even doing the tribute to Madden you saw very little footage of the Skins on there even though Madden & Pat did every game of them outside of the MNF alone which was at least 18 games alone
I can not stop smiling & a grinning watching this game & remembering watching this game in the past. I love Redskins, I love D.C., I love the Rivalry between these 2 teams. So many great legendary players & coaching staff. This was when football really was football from the Heart.
Back when Washington was truly exciting to watch. Even though they were never really a team that had a lot of super stars, their teams always worked so well together and complimented each other's talents. The first Gibbs era really was something special.
I was in the USAF, stationed in Turkey, but on a TDY at Hahn AFB in Germany. I remember staying up into the wee hrs. of the morning to watch my Cowboys disappoint, lol.
Gary Hogeboom looked great for about a quarter until the Redskins figured out he couldn't read defenses. Wonder if the outcome would've been any different had White not gotten hurt? Or was it pretty much Redskin destiny that they were going to win that day one way or the other?
11:28 - That was one of the key plays of the game, because it denied the Cowboys 4 of the 7 points they seemed on the verge of getting after what had been, up to that point, a masterful, time-consuming drive. The denial of an almost certain touchdown, even when it results in a 3-0 lead for the opposing team, is often enough to swing the momentum in your favor. That's one of those "intangibles" for which there are no statistics, yet which contribute greatly to the outcome of a game between two powerhouse teams.
@uJohn Lynch , just a lot of missed opportunities in this game for the Cowboys to turn this game into a win. Washington did nothing special in this game, it was there for the taking
To whomever you are who posted this Thank you I'm a cowboys fan I was a kid back then when this game was played and I remember it like it was yesterday but the nostalgia and the pageantry and the Indian in the headdress was priceless John riggins ran hard that day the whole Redskin team was just on another level Dallas dropped a lot of balls that day it was Washington's time to get that super bowl but it was nothing like it and to relive it Thank you and God bless you😊😊😊🙏🙏
Big mistakes by coach Landry & the Cowboys not taking advantage of opportunities cost them this game & all 3 NFC title games. Staubach said there were plenty of times he wanted to change the plays that he called or call the plays himself but coach was a control freak and wouldn't let him. I was very pissed when JJ fired him, but he had too because Landry was not going to retire or give up control.
This is one of if not the greatest game in Washington Redskin history. The strike shortened season.The Skins were 8-1 and the only loss was to Dallas. This game was personal and revenge was a motive. Also this game was played on Saturday January 22 1983. The AFC Championship was Sunday with Miami hosting the Jets. Great era and Gibbs proved to be the goods and one of the greatest head coaches in NFL History.
Do you know why this game was played on a Saturday? Network commitments maybe? I mean considering that this was SUPPOSED to be the "off week" before the Super Bowl but they pushed everything back (except for the SB) to accommodate a "ninth game" due to the 8 week long midseason players strike.
I did some more research on this since my above reply. For a reason that is completely ignored today, The NFL was very conscious about cold weather games back then. Hence why when the Buffalo Bills always hosted AFC championship games in the 90's, they always went on first at 12:30pm est (although an argument could've been made for San Francisco hosting their game in the late afternoon slot since they were on the west coast, but go back and look, plus this was before they moved the starting times of the conf. championship games to the later times they use today). But I discovered with my latest research on this, is that BOTH conference championship games for this year each started at 12:30pm est for this year (this game and NYJ at Mia the next day). Plus I remember an NFL Today story by (I think) Phyllis George saying that with them pushing the playoffs back a week and eliminating that week off (for the first time ever) before the Super Bowl, that the NFL was very worried about cold weather during this 3rd week of January (normally that aforementioned "off week") that they were considering when they decided on this reformatted playoff setup to play both conference championship games in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. I see that idea didn't go over well. I also believe that eliminating the divisons and going with 1-8 seeds that it did not guarantee as much that a warm weather or a west coast team would be hosting a conference championship game so I believe that's why they played early on each day. I do remember the Cowboys had to play their "2nd round" game late on the Sunday prior while the Redskins got to play their game that weekend during the early time slot the day before.
And fumble. Looked like he saw Dexter coming, changed his mind about throwing and wisely went to brace himself for the hit, but unfortunately too late. White was a great QB though.
Don't forget us winning the NFC East championship essentially at the end of the 2012 season. That was a great game despite me being glad that they showed RG-MEE the door. or the nojennyno Danny game The following season. Which could be argued as the end of the Tom Laundry era because they were just never the same after 1983. I guess aside from the team being old or getting old, it's like Larry Bird said, after he retired as a coach, "the thing that happens in sports is that the teams eventually tune out their coaches after they've been there for too long!" of course one of the greatest players of NBA history and the greatest white one for sure would know about how the Dynamics between coaches and players work and I think it might work that way in football after a while. Especially post 90s!
They would have enjoyed the day a lot more if the refs gave Everson Walls the interception that would have change the game. Walls makes a great interception that kills the second then would be SKins TD drive. IT IS A JOKE.
Greatest teams on the field....greatest announcers off. Will never be matched. The NFL has lost this game and fans. RIP Pat and John. Hope you are calling games in heaven!
Love this Old School kinda Football!! When anyone scored a Touchdown didnt act or look like they were having some Damn Seizure or something!! They acted like they were planning on being back there again very Soon, Hell ,Guy makes a Tackle Nowadays and spends 10 Minutes saying Look at Me!! I made a Tackle!! Pathetic
enriquerodriguez8244 Please, a TD celebration back then is nothing compared to the d-bags that make a big deal over a four yard gain on first down in todays NFL
i feel so bad for Landry ...80, 81, 82 ..i think the Cowboys had a really good chance to win at least two out three of those SB's had they just manage to win those NFC games...but the NFC by the 80s had become a VERY tough conference as the SB record would show that entire decade
the cowboys got their butts kicked by the redskins in this game and by the eagles two years earlier.... but they had a legit chance of beating the 49ers in the 81 nfccg, as they were driving for the winning fg and drew pearson was nearly gone on a td pass at near the end, and the cowboys then fumbled at the very end... giving sf possession of the ball
I really miss this era of football when u could keep your favorite players for 10 to 15 years. Having that element was really an essential part of creating long lasting rivalries.
Absolute nostalgia! I've been a Redskins fan over 40 years, when I was younger I would literally cry when they lost. 😂 Unfortunately never got to to see them play at RFK and I lived up the street from the stadium. 😥 Games were ALWAYS sold out, sometimes years in advance. Still heartbroken over that... Thanks for allowing me to relive one of my greatest moments as a fan! Hail to the Redskins! (not a fan of the commanders 🤢)
I’ve been a loyal Skins fan since 1954. This game was the dawn of the glorious Gibbs era. This is real football. Mano a Mano w the game won in the trenches w studs like Riggo. carrying the mail. These are nostalgic days w the Skins fans rocking ol Roller Coaster roof at RFK. We had a great owner in Jack K Cook. The Squire, the Hogs and Joe Theisman s grossly underrated qb. We are now rid of the worst owner in the history of pro sports, stuck w a new very lame name and a rebuild ahead . How I miss Hail to Tthe Redskins. I still get choked up when I hear it played. Go Skins!!
What A Great Game----Now This Is Real Football-Not The Garbage We Have Today!!!!-Thank You For Posting This Tremendous Game--Thank You Pat and John!!You Are and Always Will Be The BEST!!!!!!!!!-Old School Redskins Fan!!-Tom 27019
Cousins, Garçon, Jackson and Norman are all better athletes than their counterparts here, but the old Hogs and Co. had more heart and guts than any team today.
The Hogs were one of the best offensive lines in NFL history. The Hogs were always the strength of those Redskins Championship teams. The 70's Raiders and the 90's Cowboys were the only O-Line's in league history that might've been better than the Hogs
Always liked watching games from RFK on tv with the low angle and the crowd so close to the field. Especially THE games that started in the afternoon during winter when it would get dark at the end of the game.
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Everytime I drive by RFK stadium when I'm on 295 I look over and I always think of this game.
It's one of the Redskins greatest moments
A lot of mistakes in this game by the Cowboys cost them. Dexter Manley would have had a personal foul nowadays with that hit on White that put him out of the game.
I remember the line on 295; people on the shoulder with signs trying to buy tickets.
That is sacred grounds...lots of wonderful memories for me there.
I attended this game. RFK was never this loud before or since. While I also attended Super Bowl XVII two weeks later, this game will always be my favorite. ❤
I miss this announcing team. Nothing better than hearing Summerall & Madden.
Amen to that!
Rip John madden
They were always my favorite broadcasting team
Their first time teaming up to call an NFC Championship
Madden RIP. 🤧🤧🤧
Real game, Real field, Real fans,Real stadium, Real players
Real announcers.
Real life
Craig Simmons real football
We may never have NFL games again....fans or no fans. Thanks, Covid:(
@@brettscott8288 Likely made up government scam
Wish they still played at RFK..always thought it was the Boston Garden of football, crowd on top of the field and always noisy. The good old days man
Rusty Nailz at least the stadium is still around
Rusty Nailz
I always loved watching Skins games on television when I was little just for that reason. It seemed like the fans were almost on the field, it seemed like it was always rainy and muddy and the crowds were insane.. I enjoy watching these old games much more than the modern day crap that they try to call football.. penalties, reviews, targeting calls, 500 television timeouts!!
Can't stand it..
RFK Stadium was bad ass. Great stadium and fans. Giant fan here, since 1970.
The stands would SHAKE & the enemy would know FEAR. #httr
@@sXSniping unfortunately not for much longer now that the new soccer stadium is open
I'm about to be 57 years young next month and I've seen the Bullets in 75 against Golden State and the Sonics in 78 79....the Orioles in against Pittsburgh and the Phillies in 83...the Nationals in 2019 and the Capitals against Vegas but this game still is the best sporting event I've ever attended in my life/I watch it over and over to get the TV and crowd enthusiasm
I was there too. A 13 year old kid who sold programs before the game and then watched the rest of the game sitting on the rails in the mezzanine. Great memory.
I agree, I was there too. Never been in a louder place when Grant ran the ball into that end zone
@@bonethirstyi was 18
I was at RFK that day . Words cant describe the experience...Amazing game and victory.
I was there too bro! I was in the corned by the band. I just left a comment that points to the play of the game when Dexter ended Danny White’s career.
Me too, I never saw a stadium so crazy. I remember the upper deck shaking and thinking the stadium would break!
How was it growing up in the 80s?
I’m jealous. I watched from home with my mom. We had a “Beat Dallas” banner in the front of our house.
@@leeinoregon1326I was there too. Honestly I was worried about the grandstands collapsing. Never saw anything like that before or since!!!
Pat Summerall was just a master at broadcaster. He let the play speak for itself. He's missed.
Learned from the great Ray Scott, who said "Starr........to Dowler, ..Touchdown.".
Agreed....his measured, objective delivery heightened the drama. He didn't need to infuse hyperbole or sensational commentary.
YUP... Miss that kind of talent a lot... they never shut up now - I think Greg Olsen is still talking from the KC/PHI Super Bowl.
That Bible Belt diction is the hook...
He actually did color commentary early in his career. Very versatile.
I could listen to these guys read a phone book. They are so much better than anyone doing it today.
except Al Michaels...the best ever!
Indeed.
Casey Junkins You are right Joe Buck and Troy Aikman make me sleep. They are so boring!!
Michaels is nothing like these old skool guys. His voice is nasal, and for those paying attention, he’s always slow to react to action on the field. Mediocrity personified.
I never liked Madden - he was terrible w/ the rules (esp. for an ex coach) and he was juvenille w/ that boom bamm nonsense. Once in a while he'd explain why a play worked or didn't work, rest of the time he was talking about the food john riggins ate for breakfast or how much tape rob't Newhouse used on his peacock.
I came here when I heard about Madden's death today. What a great broadcast team Summerall and Madden were. Growing up a Redskins fan, this will always be my favorite game.
RIP, gentlemen. You're back together again.
That summed it all up. Amen.
Yeah this was revenge for 1979...
The only use of artificial intelligence I whole heartedly indorse. Bring these guys back!
I miss Pat and John
Marshall Slade no one did it better than those two
Can somebody please tell me why Joe Jacoby isn’t in the HOF? Whoever’s voting must’ve never played
I didn't know he wasn't. Jacoby should have been in the HOF years ago.
Jacoby and Bostic both should have been inducted by now, but offensive linemen are always overlooked. Jacoby and Bostic were a major part of the “Hogs” and helped take the Redskins to 4 Super Bowls, winning three within a decade. They were also instrumental in setting the Super Bowl rushing record TWICE!
Yeah, anyone can argue that Riggins was one of the best rushers in NFL history, but Timmy Smith? Who in the hell is Timmy Smith? He was released by the Skins a year later and eventually ended up in the defunct startup league, then disappeared. He was not a great runner, he just ran through huge holes that even some obese couch potato could have danced through. Holes opened by the power of the pulling tackle on the counter gap, which no one did better than Joe Jacoby.
How can their talent be denied? Russ Grimm is the only “Hog” that has been rightly inducted into the HOF so far, but Joe Jacoby and Jeff Bostic should have been inducted by this point and it’s a crime they haven’t been, since the “Hogs” were the most notorious and the most feared offensive line ever in the NFL.
Timmy Smith’s rushing record, set in 1988, is still the mark for rushing in the Super Bowl to this day. Anyone who paid any attention to football back then, knows damn well it was the “Hogs” that were responsible for that record more than Smith. What other line helped set the Super Bowl rushing record twice?
@@RoarOfWolverine Most who run the HOF now weren't even born or were in diapers back then so they haven't a clue on these players accomplishments unless they research and watch whatever of these old games are available. Yes I remember Timmy Smith who is looked at now as a one hit wonder. Too bad as he should have went beyond that.
Easy answer. The writers who vote are a bunch of whiny WOKE WHIPPERSNAPPERS.
@@kingswoodroadproductions6570 LOL...indeed
I can't think of too many QB/RB combos in NFL history with more personality than Theismann and Riggins. On top of that, they were both fantastic players. It was great growing up in the 1980s as a Redskins fan!
I got to know Joe a little by patronizing his restaurant in Arlington for a few years. He is a genuinely nice and humble person, despite the perceptions otherwise.
@@pretorious700 I agree Theismann gets a bad rap. My biggest criticism of him is that he should not be chummy with Dan Snyder, who has ruined the Washington franchise.
Just wish Joe hadn't throw that ^%$#@! pass to Jack Squirek one year later . . . .
"A coach isn't a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein".
~Joe Theismann
"Hey Sandy Baby" (talking to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor while he is drunk)
~John Riggins
@@RayManzarekRocks Washington wasn't going to win that game, anyway.
crank up that Diesel
Summeral and Madden could make a peewee game sound like an NFL playoff game.
The Cowboys couldn't control John Riggins on that day
On grass, in playoffs, in winter, behind hogs, nobody could.
Joe Jacoby and Russ Grimm
I'm a Cowboys fan. To me, they will always be the Redskins. This team was awesome and should have repeated.....
You’re right. This team and especially the ‘83 team were both dominant. ‘83 was more dominant by the fact they had a +43 takeaway ratio. A record that will never be broken. If they woulda went back to back they would have been in that rarefied air with the best teams ever.
This is real non corrupt football
I don't know about that. I'm astonished that they didn't X-ray Danny White's head. He could have been having a brain hemmorhage for all they knew. Instead they let him just sit on the bench looking like he was at a Grateful Dead concert. Not everything was better back then.
knowbody called the game like summerall and madden
I agree !
TRUTH!
You've got that right! They were the best...
I miss Pat Summerall R.I.P. 😢
Absolutely. Marv Albert would be interesting!!! I would love to have Aikman, Romo and that Sunday night football analyst from NBC.... the lead guy, hook up together too.
You never lied
Sports, as a whole, is missing exactly *this* nowadays. There's no hate in sports anymore. Washington absolutely loathed the Cowboys. Their fans hated them. This game was personal to everyone in that stadium.
I miss the rivalries.
I'm a Cowboys fan in (Roanoke Va) Redskins territory...the rivalry is alive and well here.
They wore the white jerseys out of pure spite, forcing Dallas to wear their "bad luck" blues.
@@pronkb000
Oh really?
@@pronkb000 Dallas hated wearing their blue jerseys and the Redskins knew it. Those are the inside secrets of the rivalry only real Redskin and Dallas fans know about, like the time Dallas stole the rights to the Redskins fight song.
They made the Cowboys wear blue whenever they came to RFK. Those were the great days of football in Washington.
I was in the end zone seats when Grant intercepted & scored in the fourth quarter. I thought the whole place was coming down literally. Never forget that day!
Hail to the Redskins fight for old DC!
It Is because of that song the Cowboys exist.... our owner bought the rights to the song to get the vote for a team in Dallas
@@jamesswing2115 they will always be the redskins
The greatest Redskins home game victory in franchise history.
I rented a room at the Down town Marriot in Dallas that day, was a Penthouse Suite, I was the only Redskins Fan, got totally wasted and had the time of my life!
I was a teenager when this game was played. What I remember the most was how loud that stadium was. The crowd chanting "WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS!!!" The stadium was literally shaking. You forget how small RFK stadium really was. When Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant made that play. I thought that place was going to explode. There are only a few current stadiums that have been that loud: Arrowhead, Century Link, and The Superdome. In terms of old school stadiums that were that loud where the place was literally shaking: Arrowhead, the old Mile High, and the old Cleveland Browns stadium .
i was in grade school in Virginia and surrounded by Cowboys fans
I was 17 going on 18 graduating in May of that year...
Very few stadiums have very passionate fans
The loudest of them all, Three Rivers Stadium
You forgot THE, loudest stadium.....it set off the earthquake seismometer! Seattle & Saints, in Seattle, when 'Beast' mode was in full power, and scored the winning touchdown.
Glad to see someone is not trying to be woke and retroactively call Washington's team the 'Commanders'.
Nice to see the name REDSKINS again. You watch Dallas vs Washington today. Nothing like this, no true rivalry like this.
The good 'ol days
RRRUUUMMMM....RRRRRRUUUUUMM...REV UP THAT DIESEL!!
The NFL was so basic back then. Nostalgic
except for the line constantly trapping and pulling on almost evry run play
Best things about the NFL in the 80s : banners hanging in the stadiums, air horns, much less commercials, no constant scores and fantasy stats scrolling all over the screen, more passionate fans, sold out stadiums, RFK stadium, Orange Bowl, Texas Stadium, Candlestick Park and the Marlboro Man billboard, MNF was truly special, no Pink October stuff all over the place with teams and players. NFL was amazing in the 70s, 80s, very early 90s
Basic meaning rules that made the game tougher, esp. passing. Now you have basic indoor football. The BIFL = Basic Indoor Football League.
Basic is good.
@Kingdom of the Son of God
Even that was a sharp decline. The beginning of the end if you will.
Those Redskins uniforms are a thing of a beauty... gone forever
As a Cowboys fan....I agree. Dad the uniforms and mascot are gone. What a shame.
If they kept the yellow helmet with the R circled logo with the lone feather on the outside of helmet, as opposed to a full-fledged Redskin face perhaps the protests would not have been so strong.
Bring the uniforms back.
Two very good teams. The Redkins wore the Cowboys down at the end.
50 gut
It was the Cowboys mistakes that cost them not being worn down
Crowds don't get this loud anymore. Maybe in Seattle. RFK during this time period was awesome. Not a fancy stadium. No amenities. No jumbo tron. Just football. Miss this era in the NFL. I was actually a Cowboys fan back then. Was 7 , but remember this game very well.
Joseph Arrambidez I think you can say Arrowhead Stadium as well.
That place is deafening and sickening to play if your team is in the AFC West.
Seattle definitely is part of that group.
Oakland Man yeah that's very true forgot about Arrowhead. Old Mike High was loud too. Think the amazing thing about RFK is that it only holds like 55k I think. Amazing how loud a crowd gets when you don't play a bunch of music with jumbo trons reminding you that its third down. Haha.
Joseph Arrambidez LOL.
Oakland Man you do realize that I'm a broncos fan and you and I just had a peaceful conversation. Hope that doesn't ruin your evening. Lol. Cheers brother.
Joseph Arrambidez Haha I had times like this, such as being a Dubs fan I get along with Cavs fans, or any type of rival as well.
Those are my Childhood Redskins, so cool seeing old RFK in her glory days. HTTR! :)
Not a cell phone in sight.
Maybe a few rich people had some.
The technology was rare at the time.
Madden was so awesome. Miss hearing that guy call games.
Too bad we’ll never hear “Hail to the Redskins” again.
1:18:00 after the riggings TD. The crowd gives me chills. I hope we can get back to that in my lifetime.
Gotta get rid of Snyder for those days to return!!
and get your name back
Won't happen in the woke bullshit NFL now.
@@davemazza5506 when/IF Dan Snyder sells the Washington franchise, there will be a Parade in the DMV area, complete with Fireworks.
That man has completely sunk Washington with his Greed, Ego, and Mismanagement.
@@yujirohanma5199he will … those emails would EXPOSE a ton dirt … so Synder will be the sacrifice…
No cell phones and crap all over the tv screen. Just 2 great announcers and the game.
The line of scrimmage and first down line are good to see nowadays
Gibbs, Riggins, Theismann, Monk, Jacoby... The 'Skins were very, very good back then. I loved it when they just pounded the Cowpatties (which they did a lot).
I loved it when my 49ers pounded them too and the Redskins and any team that got in our way. Nothing like going into RFK and laying the wood to them.
I remember watching this game as a huge "Skins fan. These old-style games were the best with Madden and Summerall commentating. Today it's all about the fancy charts and stats and bimbos talking about far too much. I miss those days where the game, not the announcers and analysts, was the star.
Skins 4 LIFE
We’ll played game. Nostalgic seeing the old Landry Cowboys way of getting set. And you forget how good big John was
Please take note , after the first touchdown call Summerall says nothing until he calls the PAT . You feel the crazy crowd , the field , the players all the emotions of this game, it brings you in and makes you feel all of it. I’m so glad Pat and John were my youth growing up in the 80s and 90s .
Madden and Summerall called the best games. I missed them.
Russ Grimm vs Randy White
Grimm kicked his ass.
pretorious700 yep
Grimm & Bostic vs. Randy White
I still root for all DC area teams at 46 despite having moved to Arizona in my late twenties a few decades ago. Anyway, Randy White was a Maryland terrapin player. But of course that was just before my time basically when I was a toddler. So I was like go Terps / go Redskins. I don't mean, go Randy White.
the cowboys had intercepted theismann three times that day earlier in the season.
Anyway aside from them being our archrival oh, it was a passing of the torch from the cowboys dynasty onto the Redskins one. (Does the NFC east or NFC was tough and we had to contend with the Bill Walsh 49ers era and the Bill Parcells Giants one. not to mention the almost dynasty that never was one that was the mic dicta bears. Thanks for the Redskins upsetting them in soldier Field consecutive years. maybe that team should have just kept Buddy Ryan, and promoted him to head coach and let go Mike Dikta instead of the other way after that super bowl win that they got in New Orleans.
That's just 20-20 hindsight. Of course you can't fire a super bowl-winning coach! But only if they had a time machine or something... Well good thing for me or the Redskins might not one two more super bowls like they did... Fun fact, it was bears who ended the Redskins Theismann / Riggins / playoff domination era. Never had the Redskins lost at RFK before in a playoff game. (That Chicago team went on to lose the NFC championship to the mighty 49era...but to win the Superbowl the following year.
The 80s were a great time for football and I miss those days and they're never coming back.
@@AZDC99
Yup, the NFL is dead. It lost its purity, nerve and intrigue. At its best the NFL was more than just great athletes. It had heart and soul.
The greatest NFL broadcasting partnership of all time pat Summerall & John Madden cause they were the best simply accurate
Looking at this game now makes me so angry about what Dan Snyder and the obsequious NFL did to the Washington Redskins. It really was one of the greatest teams, franchises and fan bases in league history. The name change, the logo erasure and all the other BLM based bullshit are egregious and idiotic but were really just icing on the cake. Snyder’s systematic eradication of that great team started when he bought the franchise and went hand in hand with the decline of the NFL as a whole.
Hail to the Redskins forever! Gone but never forgotten.
Don't know what BLM has to do with the Skins downfall. Outside of Snyder the NFL never really respected the Skins. Even doing the tribute to Madden you saw very little footage of the Skins on there even though Madden & Pat did every game of them outside of the MNF alone which was at least 18 games alone
@@rjam1974
The name change was prompted by the BLM woke spuming and jeering. I have no respect for the “NFL” of today so the feeling is mutual.
If it wasn't for May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, they would still be the Redskins
All for 2 percent of the population.
I can not stop smiling & a grinning watching this game & remembering watching this game in the past. I love Redskins, I love D.C., I love the Rivalry between these 2 teams. So many great legendary players & coaching staff. This was when football really was football from the Heart.
2:03:54 That sign nailed it. This game was Landry's last shot at a Super Bowl.
Back when Washington was truly exciting to watch. Even though they were never really a team that had a lot of super stars, their teams always worked so well together and complimented each other's talents. The first Gibbs era really was something special.
Last NFC Championship game the Cowboys played under Tom Landry.
I really miss kick off returns..... thanks Roger Goodell.
Ahh this makes me feel much better #HTTR
HTTR Productions still lost to my boys let's go cowboys you know what's weird that cowboys were the ones that killed Indians
Zebulonite Warrior you being racist now
+Cris Aguirre Your last name is Aguirre, you are a traitor and disgrace to us, Tio Tomas.
Zebulonite Warrior 😂😂😂
This was the final nail in Landry's Cowboys having a real shot at a Super Bowl. They were getting long in the tooth.
I was in the USAF, stationed in Turkey, but on a TDY at Hahn AFB in Germany. I remember staying up into the wee hrs. of the morning to watch my Cowboys disappoint, lol.
DigitalSoldier-17 fast forward to 2020 not much has changed with the Cowboys...jk bro😁
As a Redskins fan, this is all we have left.
The times they are a changing
R.I.P. John Madden
R.I.P. Pat Summerall
Gary Hogeboom looked great for about a quarter until the Redskins figured out he couldn't read defenses. Wonder if the outcome would've been any different had White not gotten hurt? Or was it pretty much Redskin destiny that they were going to win that day one way or the other?
Randy white = Monster
Dexter Manley in my grandfather
I always liked Dexter, he had a lot of heart.
Cowboys vs Redskins rivalry was great rivalry.
chris orr best ever
1:58:10 First of nine straight carries by Riggins before Theisman takes a knee to end the game.
John Riggins I'm bored I'm broke and I'm back give me the rock
11:28 - That was one of the key plays of the game, because it denied the Cowboys 4 of the 7 points they seemed on the verge of getting after what had been, up to that point, a masterful, time-consuming drive. The denial of an almost certain touchdown, even when it results in a 3-0 lead for the opposing team, is often enough to swing the momentum in your favor. That's one of those "intangibles" for which there are no statistics, yet which contribute greatly to the outcome of a game between two powerhouse teams.
I agree, Drew Really needed to catch that TD pass to open the game. You can feel the air getting sucked out of Dallas after that.
That, and Newsome dropping a sure touchdown pass over the middle late in the third quarter.
@uJohn Lynch , just a lot of missed opportunities in this game for the Cowboys to turn this game into a win. Washington did nothing special in this game, it was there for the taking
Cowboys recent poor drafts coming home to roost. It would fully bloom by decades end.
Remember reading Drew Person talk about that in 1987. Mentioned Rod Hill and Howard Richards.
To whomever you are who posted this Thank you I'm a cowboys fan I was a kid back then when this game was played and I remember it like it was yesterday but the nostalgia and the pageantry and the Indian in the headdress was priceless John riggins ran hard that day the whole Redskin team was just on another level Dallas dropped a lot of balls that day it was Washington's time to get that super bowl but it was nothing like it and to relive it Thank you and God bless you😊😊😊🙏🙏
The Redskins were Americas team in the 80's. And to have Pat Summerall and John Madden call this game is just epic.
Kind of wish I could take a step through my screen.
I'll never forget it. HTTR!
Danny White is still looking for the plate number of that truck that hit him.
By the way Danny it's DC tags, M A N L E Y 7 2
IL-Lit-erit
Manley was ahead of his time.
Number 72 Dexter Manley
As a 46 year Cowboys fan this was a tough loss. Three in a row NFC Championship games and lost all three.
Big mistakes by coach Landry & the Cowboys not taking advantage of opportunities cost them this game & all 3 NFC title games. Staubach said there were plenty of times he wanted to change the plays that he called or call the plays himself but coach was a control freak and wouldn't let him. I was very pissed when JJ fired him, but he had too because Landry was not going to retire or give up control.
Karma for being JERKS for all those years in the NFL. I love the aligator tears. feels good.
@@w41duvernay that is ok! Made it up in the 90’s! How does 5 trophies feel?😂
All on the road. As a Giants fan I use to love them. But a few years later, under Jones, I despise no team more. Including the Eagles.
This is one of if not the greatest game in Washington Redskin history. The strike shortened season.The Skins were 8-1 and the only loss was to Dallas. This game was personal and revenge was a motive. Also this game was played on Saturday January 22 1983. The AFC Championship was Sunday with Miami hosting the Jets. Great era and Gibbs proved to be the goods and one of the greatest head coaches in NFL History.
Do you know why this game was played on a Saturday? Network commitments maybe? I mean considering that this was SUPPOSED to be the "off week" before the Super Bowl but they pushed everything back (except for the SB) to accommodate a "ninth game" due to the 8 week long midseason players strike.
@@ryanstrnad8442 out of fairness to both teams, should have scheduled the game on sunday
I did some more research on this since my above reply. For a reason that is completely ignored today, The NFL was very conscious about cold weather games back then. Hence why when the Buffalo Bills always hosted AFC championship games in the 90's, they always went on first at 12:30pm est (although an argument could've been made for San Francisco hosting their game in the late afternoon slot since they were on the west coast, but go back and look, plus this was before they moved the starting times of the conf. championship games to the later times they use today). But I discovered with my latest research on this, is that BOTH conference championship games for this year each started at 12:30pm est for this year (this game and NYJ at Mia the next day). Plus I remember an NFL Today story by (I think) Phyllis George saying that with them pushing the playoffs back a week and eliminating that week off (for the first time ever) before the Super Bowl, that the NFL was very worried about cold weather during this 3rd week of January (normally that aforementioned "off week") that they were considering when they decided on this reformatted playoff setup to play both conference championship games in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. I see that idea didn't go over well. I also believe that eliminating the divisons and going with 1-8 seeds that it did not guarantee as much that a warm weather or a west coast team would be hosting a conference championship game so I believe that's why they played early on each day. I do remember the Cowboys had to play their "2nd round" game late on the Sunday prior while the Redskins got to play their game that weekend during the early time slot the day before.
Frank Reading agreed
NFL: Please start packaging classic single games on DVD/blu-ray... that would be incredible! ESP with Pat and John in the booth!
I's rather watch a blurry video of this game than a HD version of any current game.
I am a Redskins fan so maybe a little bit biased, but this was a classic game Both teams played hard the whole game
obvious concussion for danny white....
And fumble. Looked like he saw Dexter coming, changed his mind about throwing and wisely went to brace himself for the hit, but unfortunately too late.
White was a great QB though.
I will gladly take the 2 victories in the Playoffs vs dallas over trading all those losses in regular season through the years.
Don't forget us winning the NFC East championship essentially at the end of the 2012 season. That was a great game despite me being glad that they showed RG-MEE the door. or the nojennyno Danny game The following season. Which could be argued as the end of the Tom Laundry era because they were just never the same after 1983. I guess aside from the team being old or getting old, it's like Larry Bird said, after he retired as a coach, "the thing that happens in sports is that the teams eventually tune out their coaches after they've been there for too long!" of course one of the greatest players of NBA history and the greatest white one for sure would know about how the Dynamics between coaches and players work and I think it might work that way in football after a while. Especially post 90s!
12:04 Septien 27-yard Field Goal
16:26 Joe Theismann Escapes rush and delivers strike
19:46 Theismann 19-yard TD Pass
37:17 Moseley misses field goal
40:01 Tony Dorsett stopped on 3rd and 1
43:45 Cowboys Botch Punt, Redskins recover
47:30 Riggins 1-yard TD Run
1:11:51 Drew Pearson 6-yard TD Catch
1:17:41 Riggins 4-yard TD Run
1:25:58 Butch Johnson 23-yard TD catch
1:37:55 Septien Missed Field Goal
1:47:15 Moseley 29-yard Field Goal
1:48:51 Darryl Gant Pick Six
1:56:57 Redskins Stop Cowboys on 4th Down
2:06:26 Redskins Celebration
NFL
I had forgotten that Danny White also handled the punting duties.
They would have enjoyed the day a lot more if the refs gave Everson Walls the interception that would have change the game. Walls makes a great interception that kills the second then would be SKins TD drive. IT IS A JOKE.
More commercials than football, takes ALL the enjoyment out! HTTR
1:00:48 Danny White knocked out of game
Greatest teams on the field....greatest announcers off. Will never be matched. The NFL has lost this game and fans. RIP Pat and John. Hope you are calling games in heaven!
I was at this game. Seated in an end zone seat in the end Grant scored. Bleachers had shock absorbers and they were jumping.
I was above you sitting on the rails of the mezzanine. Never seen a sporting event since with the crowd going that crazy.
boy, i love the good old days of football!!!
And despise the modern NFL
Love this Old School kinda Football!! When anyone scored a Touchdown didnt act or look like they were having some Damn Seizure or something!! They acted like they were planning on being back there again very Soon, Hell ,Guy makes a Tackle Nowadays and spends 10 Minutes saying Look at Me!! I made a Tackle!! Pathetic
Are u kidding? The Skins wide recievers the "smurfs" had their little jump-dance. Stay focused
enriquerodriguez8244
Please, a TD celebration back then is nothing compared to the d-bags that make a big deal over a four yard gain on first down in todays NFL
i feel so bad for Landry ...80, 81, 82 ..i think the Cowboys had a really good chance to win at least two out three of those SB's had they just manage to win those NFC games...but the NFC by the 80s had become a VERY tough conference as the SB record would show that entire decade
the cowboys got their butts kicked by the redskins in this game and by the eagles two years earlier.... but they had a legit chance of beating the 49ers in the 81 nfccg, as they were driving for the winning fg and drew pearson was nearly gone on a td pass at near the end, and the cowboys then fumbled at the very end... giving sf possession of the ball
but they got robbed in 81 when eric wright horse collard Drew pearson after the catch
@@robertosso5210 yeah i agree Cowboys got bad calls (or non calls) in many of their big games SB 10 for sure maybe being the worst imo
@@robertosso5210 horse collar tackles were perfectly legal at the time
@@ksronlinemedia3798 but danny white didnt really fumble it was an incomplete pass his arm was going forward when the ball got knocked out of his hand
I really miss this era of football when u could keep your favorite players for 10 to 15 years. Having that element was really an essential part of creating long lasting rivalries.
1:58:02 - 50 Gut, 50 Gut, 50 Gut
LOL Dexter Manley running over Danny White like a Mack Truck. LOL God I Love It. .. those were the days
Absolute nostalgia! I've been a Redskins fan over 40 years, when I was younger I would literally cry when they lost. 😂 Unfortunately never got to to see them play at RFK and I lived up the street from the stadium. 😥 Games were ALWAYS sold out, sometimes years in advance. Still heartbroken over that... Thanks for allowing me to relive one of my greatest moments as a fan!
Hail to the Redskins! (not a fan of the commanders 🤢)
RIP Redskins name
They're still the Redskins to non PC people.
I’ve been a loyal Skins fan since 1954. This game was the dawn of the glorious Gibbs era. This is real football. Mano a Mano w the game won in the trenches w studs like Riggo. carrying the mail. These are nostalgic days w the Skins fans rocking ol Roller Coaster roof at RFK. We had a great owner in Jack K Cook. The Squire, the Hogs and Joe Theisman s grossly underrated qb. We are now rid of the worst owner in the history of pro sports, stuck w a new very lame name and a rebuild ahead . How I miss Hail to Tthe Redskins. I still get choked up when I hear it played. Go Skins!!
It's awesome watching people jump up and down with joy and NOT on phones. I watched this game on TV back then. Loved Summeral and Madden, too.
Who misses "The Redskin's"? (It's okay, the thought police in the pink and purple squad car with the disco ball siren aren't coming to get you.)
What A Great Game----Now This Is Real Football-Not The Garbage We Have Today!!!!-Thank You For Posting This Tremendous Game--Thank You Pat and John!!You Are and Always Will Be The BEST!!!!!!!!!-Old School Redskins Fan!!-Tom 27019
This is real football, not the arena football of today. Way too much passing. Very boring.
Cousins, Garçon, Jackson and Norman are all better athletes than their counterparts here, but the old Hogs and Co. had more heart and guts than any team today.
Coaching had a lot to do with it. Current Redskins staff is average at best.
Back in them days they had more love for the game of football without them million dollar contracts
Art Mobk was a better receiver than Jackson and Garcon
The Hogs were one of the best offensive lines in NFL history. The Hogs were always the strength of those Redskins Championship teams. The 70's Raiders and the 90's Cowboys were the only O-Line's in league history that might've been better than the Hogs
@@collin355 100x better. Jackson and Garcon aren't getting anywhere near the HOF
Riggins was the Diesel!!!!
Hail!
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40 years ago...I remember everything I felt in that moment...
Dave Butz was the freaking man!
Total and complete bad ass!
Butz, Manley, Mann, Grant. Even the names were great…like the Mt. Rushmore of defensive lineman.
It's wild we haven't played Dallas for the nfc championship since
Always liked watching games from RFK on tv with the low angle and the crowd so close to the field. Especially THE games that started in the afternoon during winter when it would get dark at the end of the game.
everytime i hear john madden i think of frank caliendo doing john madden.
Huh-huh-huh BOOM!!!
this is what I miss about the NFL this is when it was a game and not a drama filled circus like it is today
Ahh the good old school football days. Love the duo of Summerall and Madden.
Grew up and enjoyed watching this game.
Great game, great coaches.
Great hearing Pat and John, and as a Redskins fan, remembering the glory days before Snyder destroyed a once-proud franchise and city.