Washington Redskins Tickets

Washington Redskins information, Before the Washington Redskins made Washington D.C. their home in 1937, the franchise then known as the Boston Braves, played their home games in Boston from 1932-1936 including four seasons at Fenway Park.

Today, the Redskins are among the most popular teams in the NFL and according to Forbes Magazine, are currently the 2nd most valuable sports team in North America, only behind the Dallas Cowboys. The Redskins accrue around $300million in revenues per year, rank first in average attendance per game in the NFL and are currently valued at close to $1.467 billion dollars. Among the Redskins' successes are three Super Bowl Championships in 1982, 1987 and 1991. They also appeared in the 1972 and 1983 Super Bowls. Since 1997, the Redskins play their home games at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.

A key ingredient to much of the Redskins previous success came from former head coach Joe Gibbs. Gibbs became the 20th head coach in Redskins history in 1981 and went on to lead the Skins to all three of their Super Bowl titles before retiring in 1993. This, however, would not be the end of Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins partnership. Gibbs was lured out of retirement in 2004 by new owner, Dan Snyder. His first season back was a bit of a letdown as the team finished with a losing record of 6-10, but Gibbs and the Redskins turned it around for the 2005 season. They finished with a 10-6 record and secured a wild card berth in the Playoffs.

Gibbs announced on Jan. 8, 2008 that he was resigning as head coach, opting out of the remainder of his 5-year $28.5 million dollar contract that he had agreed to when he came out of retirement in 2004. He will be staying on with the team as a “special advisor” to the owner.

Taking over for this season for Gibbs will be former NFL quarterback Jim Zorn. Under Zorn, the Redskins look to build off of their 2007 season record of 9-7 that earned them a wild card playoff berth. Behind the defensive leadership of DE Jason Taylor and QB Jason Campbell, the Skins will look to compete in 2008 with the Cowboys and Giants in a tough NFC East Division.