The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the

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. The Redskins finished with a record of , making the

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and winning a Wild Card game against the

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before losing to the

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in the Divisional Round. The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason again until the 1999 season. The season would be head coach Joe Gibbs' final with the team until he returned in the 2004 season.

Draft

The Redskins traded up in the first round to draft Desmond Howard, who would go on to play the most games for the Redskins of the draft class, despite only playing in 48 games for the team. He later won Super Bowl MVP as a member of the

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. Howard went on to have the longest career of the draft class playing 11 seasons, while the remainder of the draft class was out of league by the end of the 1997 season, all but one (Matt Elliott) of which was out by the end of the 1994 season. In 2015, the entire 1992 NFL Draft was named the worst draft class from 1990 to 2015 by NFL.com.

Roster

Schedule

Pre-season

Regular season

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

Standings

References

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