NFL Blew It By Not Having Redskins Play in Texas Stadium Finale

Ask any Redskins fan about the final game at RFK Stadium and nearly all of them will tell you they beat the Dallas Cowboys.

The favor will not be returned in Texas Stadium's final contest. Instead of having the rival Redskins face Dallas one last time in the regular season finale ... the Cowboys will host the Baltimore Ravens.

Wrong Beltway team!

Now, the Baltimore Ravens have never ... I mean NEVER ... played at Texas Stadium. In fact, the two franchises have met just twice with both games played in B'more. Having them close out the iconic stadium instead of the Redskins is sad, really.

Tom Landry's last coaching victory was over the Redskins. Roger Staubach's last regular-season victory was over the Redskins. Vince Lombardi finished his first and only season as head coach of the Redskins losing to the Cowboys. Troy Aikman's final regular-season game was against the Redskins that 2000 season. Emmitt Smith's final game as a Cowboy was against the Redskins (2002), as was Dave Campo's last as a head coach.

The Cowboys' only regular-season victory in 1989 came at the expense of the Redskins. The Redskins' only loss during the strike-shortened 1982 season was to the Cowboys. Washington's first loss during the 1991 season, having started out 11-0, was to the Cowboys, and some argue had they beaten the Cowboys they would have played all their starters in the final game of the season they lost by two at Philadelphia to have a chance at finishing 16-0. And, well, Jimmy Johnson's last regular-season coaching appearance at Texas Stadium came against . . . yep, the Redskins.

I might also add that Joe Gibbs final regular season game came against the Cowboys. Who knows? Maybe they'll meet up in the postseason.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

4-16-2008 @ 9:54AM

DChosen1 said...

Who ever made this schedule probably didn't realized that this is the last year they will play at the stadium. It's so dissapointing on the other hand it'd be great if they play against the Pinkskins in the new stadium. Go Cowboys!!

4-16-2008 @ 10:47PM

nunya said...

Read it clearly,....Dallas has a history of stopping the foreskins COLD leading the series 55-37! NEXT?
GO COWBOYS!!!!!

4-18-2008 @ 8:48PM

Trev said...

I'm not a Cowboys fan, but I'm fairly certain they'll be good enough to host at least one playoff game - ruling out Balt as the last game in Texas Stadium

4-21-2008 @ 6:44PM

DALLASSUCKS said...

DALLAS WOULD LOSE THEN T.O WOULD CRY AND SAY ITS FAIR TO TALK ABOUT HIS SORRY ASS QUARTERBACK.GO REDSKINS ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD SEASON.

4-21-2008 @ 6:46PM

DALLASSUCKSAKADOUG said...

GO SKINS

4-21-2008 @ 11:36PM

jeff said...

HEY SUCKS WHO IS YOUR COACH,O'YEA,WHO IS YOUR OWNER,O'YEA, LETS SEE, THIS = LOSERS!

4-25-2008 @ 7:08PM

REAL NICE JEFF HOPE YOU DIDNT HURT YOURSELF THINKING OF THAT.WHO LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND BY A LOWER SEEDED TEAM O'YEA THE COWBOYS.

4-22-2008 @ 6:38PM

greg said...

Why, Why, Why!!!!!,in the world would the NFL top brass not let the best & longest standing rivalry in nfl histoty not finish up against each other in Irving ,Texas, For the whole Wide World to watch & cherish A moment in HISTORY!.I can't think of one avid skin or cowboy fan who would'nt want it that way.I think every player hanging there names on both walls of fame would think the same.!!!!!!!! GO SKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4-25-2008 @ 1:21AM

HEY SUCKS(GOOD NAME),IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I HAVE TO DROP TO YOUR LEVEL. DON'T WORRY, I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR YOUR TEAM SUCKING. DID SNYDER EVER PLAY FOOTBALL??

4-25-2008 @ 1:58AM

GREG, YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME IN TEXAS STADIUM. THE BEST RIVALRY IN FOOTBALL AND MAYBE ANY SPORT. BEEN A COWBOY FAN FROM 1966 ON. I ALWAYS LOOKED FOR THOSE GAMES ON THE SCHEDULES. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHICH TEAM WAS THE BETTER, THERE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE EXTRA FROM ALL THE PLAYERS FOR THE 'SKINS, 'BOYS GAMES.

4-25-2008 @ 7:24PM

HOW DO WE SUCK WE BOTH MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS.DROP DOWN TO MY LEVEL.YOU ALREADY DID YOUR A COWBOY FAN. WHAT DOES SNYDER PLAYING FOOTBALL HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING. COME ON JEFF YOU HAVE TO DO BETTER THEN THIS.

4-25-2008 @ 7:26PM

YOU SAID YOU LIKE MY NAME LOOK WHAT IS IN FRONT OF SUCKS.

4-26-2008 @ 1:48AM

YEA SUCK, THE 'BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOURS. AS FAR AS SNYDER PLAYING FOOTBALL, IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED AND JUST LIVE OFF DADDY'S MONEY THEN YOU MAKE POOR CHOICES AND HAVE SUCK FOR A FAN.

4-26-2008 @ 8:37AM

JEFF I SAID IT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO DO BETTER THEN THAT.THERE ARE ALOT OF SPORTS TEAMS THAT HAVE OWNERS THAT WERE HANDED THERE MONEY T THEM.NOT SNYDER.I SEE YOU ARE GOING TO BE A WASTE OF MY TIME THIS FOOTBALL SEASON.IM THE TYPE OF FAN THE REDSKINS WANT DIEHARD. ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT. NOT LIKE YOU . YOUR A BAND WAGON FAN. AND YOUR COME BACKS ARE BORING. DO YOU HAVE KIDS WRITE THEM FOR YOU.TALK TO ME DURING THE SEASON .ALL OF YOUR DALLAS FANS STOP TALKING TO ME AFTER THEY LOST IN FIRST ROUND, EVEN THE ONE THAT WANTED TO MEET ME IN DC BECAUSE WAS MADD AT WHAT I SAID. CRYBABY HOPE YOU CAN KEEP MY INTREST THIS YEAR SO FAR NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. GO SKINS HOPE TO SEE AT A GAME I GO TO ALL OF THEM. THATS A FAN.

4-26-2008 @ 6:50PM

HEY SUCKS,I THINK IT IS AMUSING YOU STILL RESPOND TO "SUCKS". THAT IS THE BEST PART OF THIS LITTLE GAME. REALITY IS I DON'T REALLY CARE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME AND THE COWBOYS. THE TEAMS WILL DO THE WALKING AND TALKING ON THE FIELD NEXT SEASON. YOUR PETTY HATE FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS MEANS NOTHING, JUST THE FACT YOU ECCEPT BEING "SUCKS". (LOL) LOOK FOR YOU ON OTHER PLACES....

4-26-2008 @ 8:30PM

NOTE: SUCKS TRY THE SPELL CHECK. MAYBE THE ANGER HAS BLURRED YOUR VISION.

4-27-2008 @ 10:28AM

JEFF DONT WORRY THE REDSKINS WILL DO ALOT OF TALKING ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR. UNLIKE YOUR TEAM. LIKE I SAID BEFORE YOU BORE ME.IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW I SPELLED DALLASUCKS. THATS HOW I WANTED TO SPELL IT. MY HAYE FOR THE COWBOYS MUST MEAN SOMETHING. IT MUSTS GET TO YOU CAUSE YOU KEEP ON DEFENDING THEM. NOTE TRY CHEERING FOR A BETTER TEAM. HOPE TO SEE YOU AT A GAME. THATS EVEN IF YOU GO.

4-27-2008 @ 11:16AM

STILL NOT USING THE SPELL CHECK.

4-27-2008 @ 11:28AM

SUCKS THE ONLY THING BORING IS YOUR HATE. AND I DO GO TO GAMES WHEN THEY ARE IN MY AREA. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. AS FAR AS SEEING YOU AT A GAME, I DON'T HAVE SEATS IN THE HOG SECTION. I LIKE BEING MORE ALONG THE 50 YARD LINE. I DON'T CARE TO MUCH FOR MEN WHO WEAR DRESSES, BUT WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT.

4-27-2008 @ 2:43PM

SORRY I SIT IN CLUB LEVEL SEATS. YOU KEEP ON SAYING THE SAMETHING OVER AND OVER. ITS GETTING BORING. HOGS WEARING DRESSES THATS FUNNY. NOT REALLY. THE HOGS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY OF YEARS.DO BETTER. ONLY THING THAT COMES FROM DALLAS ARE STEERS AND QUEERS.I THINK YOU ARE THE QUEER. NEXT TIME YOU WRITE BACK TALK FOOTBALL PLEASE.YOU ARE A WASTE OF TIME. ALSO THE SPELL CHECK THING IS GETTING OLD. I DONT THING YOU REALLY KNOW ALTO ABOUT FOOTBALL. DONT TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A FAN FROM 1966 BS

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