Because that's the number of Super Bowls the Redskins have won. They have played in 5 Super Bowls, winning XVII, XXII, and XXVI and losing VII and XVIII.
No NFL team, through Super Bowl XLII, has won exactlyfour Super Bowl Games. Those teams winning 5 total Super Bowls: * San Francisco * Dallas * PittsburghThose teams winning 3 total Super Bowls: * Green Bay * New England * N.Y. Giants * L.A./Oakland Raiders * Washington
The San Fransisco 49ers won 5 Super Bowls in 5 appearances.
No team has ever lost 5 Super Bowls. The Buffalo Bill lost 4 consecutive Super Bowls from 1991 - 1994.
As of the 2008 season, Dallas has won 5 Super Bowls and Washington has won 3 Super Bowls.
There haven't even been 5 Super Bowls since 2008.
They won 4 or 5 super bowls
Never cause they suck ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This answer is wrong: The Redskins have been to 5 superbowl, winning only 3 of them( Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI.)
As of Super Bowl XLII, there has never been a player to actually play in five consecutive Super Bowls, however, there has been one player, backup quarterback Gale Gilbert, who was on the roster of the Buffalo Bills that went to Super Bowls XXV-XXVIII and then was on the roster of the San Diego Chargers who went to Super Bowl XXIX.
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Through Super Bowl XLIV, there have been several ... 1) Tom Flores - player for the Chiefs in Super Bowl I and head coach of the Raiders in Super Bowls XV and XVIII. 2) Forrest Gregg - player for the Packers in Super Bowls I and II and head coach of the Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. 3) Mike Ditka - player for the Cowboys in Super Bowls V and VI and head coach of the Bears in Super Bowl XX. 4) Dan Reeves - player for the Cowboys in Super Bowls V and VI and head coach of the Broncos in Super Bowls XXI, XXII, and XXIV and Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII. 5) Sam Wyche - player for the Redskins in Super Bowl VII and head coach of the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. 6) Tony Dungy - player for the Steelers in Super Bowl XIII and head coach of the Colts in Super Bowl XLI.
5 Super bowls in, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984