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2,090. Receiving touchdowns: 12. Player stats at PFR. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Robert John Riggins (born August 4, 1949), nicknamed " Riggo " and " Diesel ", is an American former football fullback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks.
The team played as the Washington Football Team for two seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022. Washington won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games and Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. Washington has finished a season as league runner-up six times, losing the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 title games and Super Bowls VII and XVIII.
The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before becoming the Commanders in 2022. [1]
After a renaming process that took 18 months and two full NFL seasons, the team formerly known as the Washington Football Team introduced its new nickname on Wednesday: the Commanders.
The team, which has won three Super Bowls, began play in 1932 as the Boston Braves. From 1933 until 1936, they were the Boston Redskins before moving to Washington in 1937.
The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in 2022.
Washington head football coach Darrell Crouch hugs senior running back Kainon McQueary after their 34-18 loss to East St. Louis in the Class 6A football state semifinals Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023 at ...
The team won its first three games, including a Monday Night Football victory over Dallas. The Monday Night Football game would go down as one of the greatest comebacks in Redskins history. Trailing 13–0 with 3:46 left in the game and facing a 4th down with 15 yards to go at the Dallas 39-yard line, QB Mark Brunell hit WR Santana Moss in the ...