True but the Washington Football Club will be back soon. With the team getting new ownership, and the city losing the basketball and the hockey team, they'll be back very soon.
We are coming back home to Washington, DC now..city approved the the stadium and no corporate sponsor can take that name over...so we're getting a new R.F.K. Stadium that belongs to us from DC who are Redskins/Commanders fans...I didn't choose this team they chose me....Burgundy and gold til I'm cold
The Redskins err Washington Football Team have been irrelevant the last 25 years since this game. A once storied franchise is now a shadow of itself. THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE THE SAME NAME
true to some degree but Gibbs did not back and had some good years, when you look at the coaches hired since Synder took over its amazing how he screwed of the franchise
I came here from ESPN @9:15pm, Pacific Coast Time. This is where I heard the news that RFK was gonna be demolished by 2021. For the first 30yrs of my life our family season tickets sat in section 520, seats 11 and 12, up high and just right of south goal post. In our family photo album we still have the ticket stubs from the night George Allen lead the Redskins to a victory over the Cowboys and on to Super Bowl VII from RFK. Well, I can't squeeze all the memories right now. I just remember most the mell of the hot dogs, the good time everyone seemed to be having on cold sunny days, the guy who used to sell the Game Day Programs in front of the Armory, "Programs!! Programs!!" Wait, I do have one memory I want to mention... In the early 70's after the games the Skins would trickle out from the stadium to their cars parked in a lot beside the stadium. My dad let me and my little brother hang around out there and one day us and some other kids were throwing a football around. I was chasing a long pass and I bumped into and fell down and looked up and saw the reddest head of hair I'd ever seen, Sonny Jurgensen. Sonny just looked down at me, teeth showing but, barely a grin. We looked at each other and before I knew it my Dad was there. He and Sonny shook hands and the next thing I remember my Dad and Sonny and the other guys my Dad was with were having a drink together. Different time, different place. Goodbye old friend.
My family was section 525 seats 8,9,10,11; my parents got the seats for the expanding family(had tickets when it opened...rare for a young black couple) with my dad carrying my younger brother into RFK as a small boy. At this game my sister and I( brother in Boston) got on the field and I took home a piece of the field and planted it in my yard. Sooo many memories that have stuck and will always make me smile. Hail to The Redskins!
@@atradition My dad got his tickets when RFK opened too! We still have the stubs from the night George Allen beat the Cowboys to go to the SB7!! Damn! Probably passed each other one day, only God knows!!
I don’t even like the Redskins. Never have. But they’ll always be The Redskins. Don’t give in to the Communists. If this franchise were founded today, would naming them the Redskins be appropriate? HELL NO! Very inappropriate. But that’s been their name for decades.
It's really heartbreaking, my dad had season tickets from the beginning. As a boy we would go to all the games watching the greatest players in NFL history. Everyone knew each other in our section, sharing beers and snuck in booze. It really did feel like family and old friends. Unfortunately I feel it was the beginning of the end of a great place and storied franchise. They will always be the Washington REDSKINS in my heart.
And the combination of FedEx Field and lousy leadership of Daniel Snyder the team has not been the same since they left. Maybe like the Orange Bowl compared to Hard Rck Stadium, fans are too comfortable at FedEx Field.
The problem with most new sports stadia (in all sports) is that they're not really built for sports fans anymore. They're built more like shopping malls, with all the shiny extracurricular bells and whistles geared towards a different audience than actual sports fans. What do you really need as a sports fan? A good seat with great sightlines, reasonably priced food, and cheap, plentiful beer. Good luck getting any of those things at modern major league sports stadiums nowadays. You're paying higher prices and getting less of the things you really want.
This 1996 Redskins squad started out the season really well at 7-1 but only won 2 more games after that to finish 9-7, becoming the first team in NFL history to start 7-1 & miss the playoffs. What better way to say goodbye to RFK than with a good old ass whooping of the Cowboys, although they were resting most of their starters since they had already clinched the division.
YUP, WHAT A COLLASPE, had season tickets in the mezanine and went to all 8 home games, this could of \ should of been a playoff game itself for NFC east but it was not to be.
Pat Summerall’s commentary during the Legends of the Redskins Halftime was fantastic. He played against some of those players, played with Sam Huff, but anyone can tell he respected the players and Redskins history.
So interesting that Pat Summerall played in the first game at RFK and was on the call for the last game there. RIP Pat and John Madden, the gold standard for NFL television announcers.
I was there....geez...25 years ago...cant believe it. Went out to dead center 50 yard line and looked at the goal post and lied to myself that I could kick it that far...HAIL TO THE REDSKINS
what people may not have known it at the time, but 1996 was also the demise of the Cowboys franchise; America's Team has won only four playoff games to present....
As a Cowboys fan, I miss the old NFC East Stadiums. There was just something special about those old stadiums, Texas Stadium will always be remembered as the home of the Cowboys, RFK the Redskins, Veteran’s Stadium for the Eagles, and Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands for the Giants. Those stadiums were REAL home field advantage. It didn’t matter how bad those teams were, simply put, it was hard to win in Texas Stadium, as much as it was hard to win in RFK, it was difficult to win in Veterans Stadium, and in the Meadowlands, the Giants were just a different team up there (although the Giants were a better team on the road in the playoffs).
This is what pissed me off about this game. 1:31:26 as a skins fan. The team chocked a 7-1 start and played with little heart the rest of the year till this game. And you could tell how much Dallas was on cruise control and didn't care about this game, no Aikman or Emmitt and you got Irvin laughing up a storm after Wilson threw a pick...
I am a Raider fan and I greatly appreciated watching this game and watching all those Redskins greats. Such a shame the NFL had to wreck such a legendary franchise allowed woke bullshit to change them. Hope new ownership rights the ship changes it back to the Redskins again. Make Washington Great Again!
They going tear it down....seems like we might get our "Redskins " name back...but I live in DC and they said no corporate sponsorship...it will be named RFK again
Pat classed up a broadcast. He was the best at setting the tone for a game and making it feel legendary. Fitting he closed out the Redskins glory years at RFK.
FOX: John Madden, Pat Summerall GAME 16--December 22, 1996 QB's: Gus Frerotte, Wade Wilson Most DAL starters out Great VCR quality / ads edited out 0:03:32 (1Q) 32:21 (2Q) 1:06:36 halftime celebration 1:12:42 (3Q) 1:47:35 (4Q) 2:17:00 John and Pat 2:21:42 "Hail To RFK" WASH wins 37-10, 9-7 record Terry Allen: 3 rushing TD's 1,351 rushing yds (Redskins single-season record) RFK Playoff Record: 11-1
I was at that game. Loved RFK. My seats were much better there than at Fed Ex Field. Somewhere, in a plastic box, I have grass from the end zone at RFK. First and only time I was ever on the field. HTTR!
I remember this like it was yesterday!! I was 7 years old. My Mother won 2 tickets on the radio. For my DC people it was (WKYS 93.9 ) "Easy Street" was the radio host at the time in 1996. I'm still and always will be a fan today at 32 years old. #httr
Thank you for sharing. I have been to DC STADIUM many times watching the Senators and Redskins games. I saw the Nationals first season play in 2005 on opening day against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fantastic memories !
Unfortunately never got to see Redskins Football there. But saw DC United Soccer and Nationals Baseball while both Teams were there. Seen a Redskins/WFT/Commanders game at FedEx Field when they played the Ravens back in 2006. I can only imagine how a game was at RFK. Also, RFK built around the same time as the Baltimore Arena up the beltway.
This was kind of an awkward farewell game - for most of the season it looked like this game would decide the NFC East title but the Redskins collapsed after a 7-1 start and were out of the playoffs while their hated rivals had clinched the division. So this game, which was looking like a blockbuster matchup, ended up being a glorified preseason game that meant nothing to either team. The celebration of RFK Stadium was tempered by the home team having lost six of seven, the Cowboys having already beaten them out for the division, and Dallas playing their second and third-string players.
Should have made the playoffs that season. Terry Allen ran wild that year and we shouldn't have loss to the Cardinals. Norv Turner spoiled that season. Scott is a whole lot like him but worst.
And as of 2021, the stadium still hasn't been demolished. Abandoned and the stadium still have electrical power costing $3million per year! UNBELIEVABLE!! But stadium is finally due for demolition later this year... after 25 years 🤦
Im 25 so i never experienced RFK when it comes to football. But looking at this video i see what the DMV was when the team was respectable and the area wasnt so transient. I grew up when the skins were awful so i gravitated towards the cowboys (like a lot of others my age lol) Its a shame how far the franchise has fallen. 11-1 in the playoffs at rfk to zero playoff wins at fedex… Damn.
@@lewnwdc aye man like i said im 25. people in my age group never saw the skins when they were good. blame dan for dividing the dmv so much. If the product was better throughout his tenure, Fedex field wouldnt have been half filled on sundays.
I remember going upstairs to my room crying after this game i was so sad the cowboys lost i was 9 years old at the time but i remember this game like it was yesterday
The last time the redskins actually played in the city of Washington DC
Yes sir
True but the Washington Football Club will be back soon. With the team getting new ownership, and the city losing the basketball and the hockey team, they'll be back very soon.
We are coming back home to Washington, DC now..city approved the the stadium and no corporate sponsor can take that name over...so we're getting a new R.F.K. Stadium that belongs to us from DC who are Redskins/Commanders fans...I didn't choose this team they chose me....Burgundy and gold til I'm cold
I had season tickets to RFK for 22 years. Never missed one game. What an amazing place.
The Redskins err Washington Football Team have been irrelevant the last 25 years since this game. A once storied franchise is now a shadow of itself. THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE THE SAME NAME
Both teams are irrelevant since this game.
NFC East Champs tho...even right now shut the hell up
true to some degree but Gibbs did not back and had some good years, when you look at the coaches hired since Synder took over its amazing how he screwed of the franchise
FedEx field only symbolizes losing and ineptitude from ownership. Jack Kent Cooke and RFK epitomize winning, integrity and a proud legacy.
Clinton Portis broke Terry Allens' record, Alfred Morris broke Portis'.
I came here from ESPN @9:15pm, Pacific Coast Time. This is where I heard the news that RFK was gonna be demolished by 2021.
For the first 30yrs of my life our family season tickets sat in section 520, seats 11 and 12, up high and just right of south goal post.
In our family photo album we still have the ticket stubs from the night George Allen lead the Redskins to a victory over the Cowboys and on to Super Bowl VII from RFK.
Well, I can't squeeze all the memories right now. I just remember most the mell of the hot dogs, the good time everyone seemed to be having on cold sunny days, the guy who used to sell the Game Day Programs in front of the Armory, "Programs!! Programs!!"
Wait, I do have one memory I want to mention...
In the early 70's after the games the Skins would trickle out from the stadium to their cars parked in a lot beside the stadium. My dad let me and my little brother hang around out there and one day us and some other kids were throwing a football around. I was chasing a long pass and I bumped into and fell down and looked up and saw the reddest head of hair I'd ever seen, Sonny Jurgensen. Sonny just looked down at me, teeth showing but, barely a grin. We looked at each other and before I knew it my Dad was there. He and Sonny shook hands and the next thing I remember my Dad and Sonny and the other guys my Dad was with were having a drink together.
Different time, different place.
Goodbye old friend.
And that news is NOT true. Due to the covid money losses it will NOT be torn down anytime soon
Cool Story
My family was section 525 seats 8,9,10,11; my parents got the seats for the expanding family(had tickets when it opened...rare for a young black couple) with my dad carrying my younger brother into RFK as a small boy. At this game my sister and I( brother in Boston) got on the field and I took home a piece of the field and planted it in my yard.
Sooo many memories that have stuck and will always make me smile.
Hail to The Redskins!
@@atradition My dad got his tickets when RFK opened too! We still have the stubs from the night George Allen beat the Cowboys to go to the SB7!! Damn! Probably passed each other one day, only God knows!!
@@PaulGreen11 Yup; that place was such a family affair.
We need a new stadium right where RFK stands now we need the old team name back and logo we need our marching band back to play our fight song
Man the golden days of “redskins” football
You can say that again pal lol
REDSKINS
I miss madden’s voice, too.
The Glory Day's 😎💯🏈😊
I wouldn’t consider this the “golden” days of Redskins football. But from 1982 to 1991? Now you’re talking!!
If you ever went to a game at RFK you would realize how much FED EX field sucks! RFK was ALIVE!!!
Yeah i heard rfk was so great no matter how loud the crowd was you could still hear one of the referees fart
Thanks for the upload. It will be mighty weird to call the Redskins by another name.
Hail to the Redskins.
I don’t even like the Redskins. Never have. But they’ll always be The Redskins. Don’t give in to the Communists. If this franchise were founded today, would naming them the Redskins be appropriate? HELL NO! Very inappropriate. But that’s been their name for decades.
Tu no te gustas ni a.even ypurself pebdejo
A ti lo que tr gusta son los manes
Madden and Summerall: a duo that will never be matched
It's really heartbreaking, my dad had season tickets from the beginning. As a boy we would go to all the games watching the greatest players in NFL history. Everyone knew each other in our section, sharing beers and snuck in booze. It really did feel like family and old friends. Unfortunately I feel it was the beginning of the end of a great place and storied franchise. They will always be the Washington REDSKINS in my heart.
Never been to Fedex Field, and have zero desire to go there.
It’s horrid. I have been there.
And the combination of FedEx Field and lousy leadership of Daniel Snyder the team has not been the same since they left. Maybe like the Orange Bowl compared to Hard Rck Stadium, fans are too comfortable at FedEx Field.
The problem with most new sports stadia (in all sports) is that they're not really built for sports fans anymore.
They're built more like shopping malls, with all the shiny extracurricular bells and whistles geared towards a different audience than actual sports fans.
What do you really need as a sports fan?
A good seat with great sightlines, reasonably priced food, and cheap, plentiful beer. Good luck getting any of those things at modern major league sports stadiums nowadays.
You're paying higher prices and getting less of the things you really want.
I gotta give it to the Skins. That's how you close out a legendary stadium.
This 1996 Redskins squad started out the season really well at 7-1 but only won 2 more games after that to finish 9-7, becoming the first team in NFL history to start 7-1 & miss the playoffs. What better way to say goodbye to RFK than with a good old ass whooping of the Cowboys, although they were resting most of their starters since they had already clinched the division.
YUP, WHAT A COLLASPE, had season tickets in the mezanine and went to all 8 home games, this could of \ should of been a playoff game itself for NFC east but it was not to be.
HAIL TO THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS!
Pat Summerall’s commentary during the Legends of the Redskins Halftime was fantastic. He played against some of those players, played with Sam Huff, but anyone can tell he respected the players and Redskins history.
RFK...and Redskins are memories now
Ain't that crazy.
Yup
Washington Redskins gone but never forgotten.
That's true they are now the Washington Commanders and the Washington Redskins Name will always be remembered forever
@@mikesheppard5723 You know, you sounded just like my coworker.
So interesting that Pat Summerall played in the first game at RFK and was on the call for the last game there. RIP Pat and John Madden, the gold standard for NFL television announcers.
"Another sellout, no surprise there."
Wow. I couldn't imagine. But hopefully this nightmare at the top will end soon and we can get back to this
Let's sure hope so!
The nightmare is only beginning for safe spaces (“commanders”) fans. But anyone who roots for that bastardization in Landover deserves misery.
Too late. Even when he goes, the team is something else now. Commanders. They are an expansion team. Redskins are over that franchise is over.
Back when football was played by men who put the game over money.
Hearing Summeralls voice brings back so many sunday afternoons memories of my childhood
I was there....geez...25 years ago...cant believe it. Went out to dead center 50 yard line and looked at the goal post and lied to myself that I could kick it that far...HAIL TO THE REDSKINS
what people may not have known it at the time, but 1996 was also the demise of the Cowboys franchise; America's Team has won only four playoff games to present....
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Dan Snyder is the only owner keeping Jerry Jones from being the worst.
So?? How many playoff games has washington won since 96?? U sound like a bum making fun of a guy who earns minium wage.
@@pretorious700 Dan Snyder is no longer the owner anymore, so guess who takes over as the worst
This was the day the Redskins died
Facts.
Yup
As a Cowboys fan, I miss the old NFC East Stadiums. There was just something special about those old stadiums, Texas Stadium will always be remembered as the home of the Cowboys, RFK the Redskins, Veteran’s Stadium for the Eagles, and Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands for the Giants. Those stadiums were REAL home field advantage. It didn’t matter how bad those teams were, simply put, it was hard to win in Texas Stadium, as much as it was hard to win in RFK, it was difficult to win in Veterans Stadium, and in the Meadowlands, the Giants were just a different team up there (although the Giants were a better team on the road in the playoffs).
This is what pissed me off about this game. 1:31:26 as a skins fan. The team chocked a 7-1 start and played with little heart the rest of the year till this game. And you could tell how much Dallas was on cruise control and didn't care about this game, no Aikman or Emmitt and you got Irvin laughing up a storm after Wilson threw a pick...
I am a Raider fan and I greatly appreciated watching this game and watching all those Redskins greats. Such a shame the NFL had to wreck such a legendary franchise allowed woke bullshit to change them. Hope new ownership rights the ship changes it back to the Redskins again. Make Washington Great Again!
that will never happen.
Neither team won a championship since 1992 and 1996 respectively 😂
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And in an instant Daniel Snyder messed it up just man how did you mess up a proud franchise this badly.
Absolutely. He's worse than Jerry Jones, if that's possible.
On the bright side, Snyder is about to sell the team... Hallelujah!
RIP TO THE SKINS.... LOL
Damn... I miss this Era of redskins football.. fire snydner and get back to RFK
Just get back to dc. These fools talking about Loudon County for the new one. And I'm a dallas fan. From dc.
RFK is in bad shape now.
March 2024 RFK Stadium is still standing
I know, crazy! Let's hope it's demolished soon and a new Redskins stadium is finally built in its place.
not for long! there is the bill hearing in the senate is tomorrow, so hopefully that'll speed things up
They going tear it down....seems like we might get our "Redskins " name back...but I live in DC and they said no corporate sponsorship...it will be named RFK again
The REDSKINS Name and Logo are Immortal and quite Frankly WAAAY Cooler than the Commanders Destroying the NFL with stupidity
Pat classed up a broadcast. He was the best at setting the tone for a game and making it feel legendary. Fitting he closed out the Redskins glory years at RFK.
Should've stayed there instead of FedEx dump field with horrible parking and getting off the lot
I was there. We still have the sideline AstroTurf as a memento.
FOX: John Madden, Pat Summerall
GAME 16--December 22, 1996
QB's: Gus Frerotte, Wade Wilson
Most DAL starters out
Great VCR quality / ads edited out
0:03:32 (1Q)
32:21 (2Q)
1:06:36 halftime celebration
1:12:42 (3Q)
1:47:35 (4Q)
2:17:00 John and Pat
2:21:42 "Hail To RFK"
WASH wins 37-10, 9-7 record
Terry Allen: 3 rushing TD's
1,351 rushing yds (Redskins
single-season record)
RFK Playoff Record: 11-1
I was at that game. Loved RFK. My seats were much better there than at Fed Ex Field. Somewhere, in a plastic box, I have grass from the end zone at RFK. First and only time I was ever on the field. HTTR!
2:16:27
The last fight song at RFK and fans burning a helmet in the stands at 2:17:28. What a sight.
Next year should have been 59 years
I remember this like it was yesterday!! I was 7 years old. My Mother won 2 tickets on the radio. For my DC people it was (WKYS 93.9 ) "Easy Street" was the radio host at the time in 1996. I'm still and always will be a fan today at 32 years old. #httr
Stephen Davis' First Year with the Washington Redskins the Final Game at RFK Stadium
Born October 1995
Watching this December 2021 WEEK 14 ,Dallas week. Tomorrow is Sunday
H T T R !
That team will always be called the Washington Redskins. I don't care about that political correctness bs that's present nowadays.
It's Been 25 Years Since The Last Game At RFK Stadium!
Thank you for sharing. I have been to DC STADIUM many times watching the Senators and Redskins games. I saw the Nationals first season play in 2005 on opening day against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fantastic memories !
After this game Barry Switzer took the podium, smiled, and said “Merry Christmas”.
Incredible post. Thank you!!
like a cold stone i squeeze to draw warmth from, this stone i carry.
Wow Thank you for posting this video on TH-cam #HTTRFORLIFE 💪💪🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
I am a proud Washingtonian. And I can honestly say..."Luv them Hogs"!
Oink, Oink, Oink!
Redskins are still trash, Cowboys still no superbowl ever since
My uncle took me for the memories.
Love the Fox NFL Sunday theme music.
The swan song of the Cowboys as Super Bowl contenders. Switzer got by on Jimmy Johnsons' team, left to his own devices he sucked.
A sad goodbye to RFK Stadium.
Unfortunately never got to see Redskins Football there. But saw DC United Soccer and Nationals Baseball while both Teams were there. Seen a Redskins/WFT/Commanders game at FedEx Field when they played the Ravens back in 2006. I can only imagine how a game was at RFK. Also, RFK built around the same time as the Baltimore Arena up the beltway.
2:31:03 The music from the 1990 CBS Sports Dream Season.
This was kind of an awkward farewell game - for most of the season it looked like this game would decide the NFC East title but the Redskins collapsed after a 7-1 start and were out of the playoffs while their hated rivals had clinched the division. So this game, which was looking like a blockbuster matchup, ended up being a glorified preseason game that meant nothing to either team. The celebration of RFK Stadium was tempered by the home team having lost six of seven, the Cowboys having already beaten them out for the division, and Dallas playing their second and third-string players.
The Redskins closed out the place with a 37 -10 demolition of the Cowboys
Always for me HTTR!!!!
God damn burning the Cowboys helmet lol rivalries used to mean something
I was there. Got on the field after the game. Sad day.
R.I.P to the both of them
Should have made the playoffs that season. Terry Allen ran wild that year and we shouldn't have loss to the Cardinals. Norv Turner spoiled that season. Scott is a whole lot like him but worst.
Holy crap it was loud
I was there and at end of game roamed the field. Most special day as a Redskin fan.
I miss football openings like these
Brought back memories, forgot about Allen he was a great back.
Don't worry it surely won't be demolished almost 30 years later
ironically there's rumors that washington would return to RFK considering that Fedex Field is a dump
@@a_coleman11RFK has to be demolished have you seen how it looks now!!...RFK belongs to the DC government so it's up to them on what to do with RFK
2:20:01…that’s was me at the la coliseum in 2019
Damn
And as of 2021, the stadium still hasn't been demolished.
Abandoned and the stadium still have electrical power costing $3million per year!
UNBELIEVABLE!!
But stadium is finally due for demolition later this year... after 25 years 🤦
Weird seeing Allen with #21
Great memories
Im 25 so i never experienced RFK when it comes to football. But looking at this video i see what the DMV was when the team was respectable and the area wasnt so transient. I grew up when the skins were awful so i gravitated towards the cowboys (like a lot of others my age lol) Its a shame how far the franchise has fallen. 11-1 in the playoffs at rfk to zero playoff wins at fedex… Damn.
Thou shalt hate thy Cowboys always!
Let's hope things get better soon now that the Redskins have new ownership.
@@lewnwdc aye man like i said im 25. people in my age group never saw the skins when they were good. blame dan for dividing the dmv so much. If the product was better throughout his tenure, Fedex field wouldnt have been half filled on sundays.
I remember going upstairs to my room crying after this game i was so sad the cowboys lost i was 9 years old at the time but i remember this game like it was yesterday
And you'll be crying again tomorrow when the Redskins beat the Cowboys and narrow the gap for first place to one game!
@@lewnwdc but what if cowboys win tomorrow are you gonna cry?
@@JackVegetables18 😢
Most Cowboy fans are on a 9 year old emotional and knowledge level.
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This game meant nothing. Lol cowboys were resting their starters.
"Merry Christmas!" - Barry Switzer
Dallas sat their starters lmao but I guess if it makes folks feel better that they “crushed” them 😂
Because they did. They only sat Aikman, Smith, and a few others.
@@pretorious700 right ‘crushing’ Cowboys in meaningless end of season game basically a preseason game - mmmmm k