{"id":19434,"date":"2013-01-31T06:15:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T11:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=19434"},"modified":"2013-01-31T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T11:15:28","slug":"doug-williams-led-redskins-to-super-bowl-xxii-win-25-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/01\/doug-williams-led-redskins-to-super-bowl-xxii-win-25-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Williams led Redskins to Super Bowl XXII win 25 years ago today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-five years ago today, <strong>Doug Williams<\/strong> led the Washington Redskins to 35 second quarter points in a 42-10 beatdown of the Denver Broncos. Williams did it on a bad knee, the day after dental surgery and after starting only a handful of games that season 5 years removed from being a regular NFL starting quarterback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepoptopshop.com\/osc\/images\/RedskinsWheaties88.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doug Williams was on the Wheaties box. This image is fair use because my mom bought a box back then.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game was historical and ironic at the same time. The Redskins, having been last to integrate, were the first team to start a Super Bowl with a black quarterback. Williams was MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/sports\/longterm\/memories\/gibbs\/87sbowl.htm\">Williams Delivers a Super Bowl Triumph<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Post<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/vault\/article\/magazine\/MAG1127036\/index.htm\">One Super Show!&#8230;and The Rout Was On<\/a> &#8211; <em>Sports Illustrated<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams would go 3-0 in the playoffs that year, but only 5-9 as a regular season starter over several seasons in D.C. He also won twice in relief of Jay Schroeder, a QB nobody liked. Health problems, including an emergency appendectomy the next season and a ascending Mark Rypien brought Williams&#8217; career to close. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnwashington.com\/football-washington-redskins\/talk\/25-years-ago-doug-williams-blazed-trail\">Rick Tandler has a good column on the Williams legacy<\/a> on <em>CSN Washington<\/em>. For a brief period, Williams was huge in the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The ABC telecast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqxTj4aWToE\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>America&#8217;s Game 1987 Washington Redskins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1M-DMRtoSMw\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years ago today, Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to 35 second quarter points in a 42-10 beatdown of the Denver Broncos. Williams did it on a bad knee, the day after dental surgery and after starting only a handful of games that season 5 years removed from being a regular NFL starting quarterback. 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