Heath Shuler
No, the Washington Redskins actually started in Boston in 1932 as one of the earliest teams of the National Football League. The only professional team to originate in Washington state is the Seattle Seahawks, which were founded in 1976. Ironically, the Seahawks first quarterback was Jim Zorn, who eventually went on to be an unsuccessful head coach of the Washington Redskins.
The Washington Redskins won 3 Super Bowls and lost 2.
Through Super Bowl XLIII, Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins is the only one. He completed 18 of 29 passes for a then Super Bowl record 340 yards which included an 80 yard pass to Ricky Sanders. He also tied the then Super Bowl record with four touchdown passes as the Redskins went on to win Superbowl XXII in January 1988, with Williams deservedly picking up the MVP.
The Redskins went to the superbowl 5 times and won 3 out of the 5 times.
He went to Miami University RedHawks (Redskins), in Oxford, Ohio and he played football. He was number 5
The Washington Redskins' longest win streak is 10 games, which they achieved in the 1991 season. They went on to win the Super Bowl that year, beating the Buffalo Bills.
Doug Williams was the starting QB for the Redskins in Super Bowl XXII. He had 18 completions in 29 attempts for 340 yards and 4 TDs with 1 INT. Williams was named Super Bowl MVP and became the first African American QB to start and win a Super Bowl. Schroeder got into the game temporarily when Williams went out with a minor knee injury in the second quarter. He attempted 1 pass and it was incomplete.
The last time the Washington Redskins won a playoff game was after the 2005 season, during which they went 10-6 and qualified for the playoffs as a wild card team. They won the wild card playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-10. The Redskins went on to lose in the divisional playoffs the next week to the Seattle Seahawks by the score of 20-10.
2 ... QB Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins and DT Bob Lilly of the Dallas Cowboys.
Earl Morrall. Morrall was the starting QB for Michigan State that won the 1956 Rose Bowl over UCLA and was the backup QB to Bob Griese on the 1972 Miami Dolphins that went undefeated and won Super Bowl VII over the Washington Redskins.
Greg McElroy played behind quarterback Chase Daniel at Southlake Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas. Chase went on to play quarterback for the University of Missouri, was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2009, and is now with the New Orleans Saints. Greg played only one year, his senior year, behind Daniel, and should be drafted into the NFL this year.
1995. The Cowboys lost to the Redskins 27-23 in Washington and 24-17 in Dallas and went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX.