Team Facts

Firsts, records, odds & ends

Franchise granted: 
July 9, 1932 as the Boston Braves

First season: 
1932

Changed nickname to Redskins: 
1933

Moved to Washington: 
1937

Super Bowl championships: 
XVII, XXII, XXVI

NFL Championships: 
1937, 1942

NFC Championships: 
1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991

NFC East Division Championships: 
1972, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2020

NFL Eastern Division Championships: 
1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945

All-time record:
(At start of 2023 season) 
625-630-29

Retired uniform numbers:
#9 Sonny Jurgensen
#21 Sean Taylor
#33 Sammy Baugh
#49 Bobby Mitchell
 

• Original franchise location/name: The Redskins franchise began in 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. The team used the nickname "Braves." The team became known as the "Redskins" in 1933 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937.
• First draft choice: Riley Smith (QB), Alabama, was selected second overall in the NFL's first-ever draft in 1936.
• First regular-season game: A 14-0 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10/2/32.
• First winning season: 1936 (7-5-0).
• First playoff appearance: A 21-6 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the 1936 NFL Championship Game played at the Polo Grounds in New York, 12/13/36.
• First all-league players: Turk Edwards (T), 1932.
• First Redskins enshrined into the Hall of Fame: Sammy Baugh (QB) and George Preston Marshall (founder/administrator), charter members, 1963.
• First to rush 200 yards in a game: Cliff Battles, 215 yards vs. New York Giants, 10/8/33 was the first player in NFL history to rush for 200 yards in a single game.
• First 1,000-yard rusher: Larry Brown, 1,125 yards (1970).
• First to pass for 400 yards in a game: Sammy Baugh, 446 yards vs. Boston Yanks, 10/31/48.

 

• Most yards rushing, career: John Riggins, 7,472 yards (1976-1979, 1981-1985).
• Most yards passing, career: Joe Theismann, 25,206 yards (1974-1985).
• Most receptions, career: Art Monk, 888 receptions (1980-1993).
• All-time leading scorer: Mark Moseley, 1,206 points (1974-1986).