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===== Super Bowl XXII champions (1987) =====
{{Main|1987 Washington Redskins season}}
The [[1987 NFL season]] began with a [[1987 NFL strike|players' strike]] that reduced the 16-game season to 15.<ref name="b433">{{cite web | last=Merrill | first=Elizabeth | title=NFL replacements part of history | website=ESPN.com | date=June 9, 2011 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=6642330 | access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref> No Redskins players crossed the picket line—the only such team—and the games for Weeks 4–6 were won with all-replacement squads.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2004 |title=Gibbs' first job is to tame Snyder |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2004-01-08-brennan-gibbs_x.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806105637/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2004-01-08-brennan-gibbs_x.htm |archive-date=August 6, 2007 |access-date=April 5, 2008 |work=USA Today}}</ref> Those three victories, often credited with getting the team into the playoffs, are the basis for the 2000 movie ''[[The Replacements (film)|The Replacements]]''. The Redskins won their second championship in [[Super Bowl XXII]] on January 31, 1988, in San Diego, California. The Redskins routed the [[1987 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] 42–10<ref name="playoffs" /> after starting the game down 10–0, the largest come-from-behind victory in Super Bowl history, which was tied by the [[New Orleans Saints]] in [[Super Bowl XLIV]] and the [[New England Patriots]] in [[Super Bowl XLIX]]. This game is also noted for [[Super Bowl MVP]] quarterback [[Doug Williams (quarterback)|Doug Williams]], who threw four touchdowns in the second quarter en route to becoming the first black quarterback to lead his team to a championship,<ref name="williams">{{Cite news |date=July 23, 1998 |title=Williams Delivers a Super Bowl Triumph |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/87sbowl.htm |url-status=live |access-date=April 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513164619/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/87sbowl.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> and for rookie running back [[Timmy Smith]], who ran for a Super Bowl-record {{convert|204|yd}}.<ref name="williams" />

In [[1988 Washington Redskins season|1988]], the team missed the playoffs with a {{Win-loss record|w=7|l=9}} record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/was/1988.htm |access-date=August 10, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> The [[1989 Washington Redskins season|1989]] Redskins finished with a {{Win-loss record|w=10|l=6}} record but missed the playoffs. The team is best remembered for [[List of NFL nicknames|"The Posse"]]—[[Art Monk]], [[Gary Clark (American football)|Gary Clark]], and [[Ricky Sanders]]—the first trio of NFL wide receivers to post more than 1,000 yards apiece in a single season. Also, Redskins head coach [[Joe Gibbs]] achieved his 100th career victory in a week-14 win against the [[San Diego Chargers]]. The Redskins returned to the [[1990–91 NFL playoffs|playoffs]] in [[1990 Washington Redskins season|1990]] as a Wild Card team, but lost in the Divisional round to the [[1990 San Francisco 49ers season|49ers]].<ref name="playoffs" />