He was much more successful during the playoffs, during which he gained 444 yards in victories over the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings (where he had a franchise playoff record 185 yards), and Dallas Cowboys, and helped the Redskins reach Super Bowl XVII. [16]

Nov 26, 2020 · John Riggins, a Washington and NFL legend and Hall-of-Famer, dishes on his Thanksgiving table and why he's picking ‘his’ Cowboys today.

May 18, 2022 · Washington ended the truncated season with an 8-1 record and then bounced Detroit, Minnesota, and Dallas in the playoffs with Riggins scoring a touchdown each against the Vikings and Cowboys. In addition, he rushed for a franchise playoff …

Jan 25, 2025 · After years of struggle, the joy has returned. Washington Redskins’s John Riggins (44) heads for the end zone for the team’s second touchdown in the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Washington, Jan. 22, 1983. (AP Photo/File)

Dec 17, 1984 · In Sunday's epic, Joe Theismann, the Redskins' quarterback, picked himself up off the canvas, where he'd been dumped eight times by the ferocious Cowboy blitzers, and completed the pass that...

Jan 26, 2025 · Washington Redskins’s John Riggins (44) heads for the end zone for the team’s second touchdown in the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Washington, Jan. 22, 1983. The images are still vivid. Still …

Dallas Cowboys 17 at Washington Redskins 31 on January 22nd, 1983 - Full team and player stats and box score

Jul 26, 2011 · A must-win game of the highest accord, the Cowboys trailed visiting Washington, 34-28, with two minutes left in the 1979 regular-season finale. The Redskins had the ball, third down-and-2, on their own 33-yard line. The play call was a …

Nov 22, 2022 · The one-hour documentary features sit-down interviews with Riggins, his brothers Frank and Bill Riggins, former teammates Joe Theismann and Joe Namath, and former Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs, among others.

Oct 21, 2015 · On the fans of the Dallas Cowboys: "An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend any amount of time with a Cowboys fan." On his life’s philosophy: "Football was never my life....