1998 Washington Redskins season

NFL team season

1998 Washington Redskins season

Owner| Jack Kent Cooke's estate
General manager| Charley Casserly
President| John Kent Cooke
Head coach| Norv Turner
Offensive coordinator| Norv Turner
Defensive coordinator| Mike Nolan
Home field| Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Results
Record| 6–10
Division place| 4th NFC East
Playoff finish| Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers| P Matt Turk

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The 1998 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 67th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 62nd in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 8–7–1 and finished fourth in the NFC East, with a record of 6–10 and missed the NFL playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. They started the season 0–7, before going 6–3 after their bye week.

After ranking 28th out of 30 NFL teams in defense against the run in 1997, the Redskins had tried to revamp their interior defensive line during the off-season. They had signed Dana Stubblefield from the San Francisco 49ers, and Dan Wilkinson from the Cincinnati Bengals.[1] The acquisitions, in particular Stubblefield's, were eventually considered to have been costly failures though.[2]

## Offseason

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### NFL Draft

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Main article: 1998 NFL draft

1998 Washington Redskins draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | College  | Notes
2  | 48  | Stephen Alexander * | Tight end | Oklahoma |
3  | 69  | Skip Hicks | Running back | UCLA |
4  | 113  | Shawn Barber | Linebacker | Richmond |
5  | 140  | Mark Fischer | Guard | Purdue |
6  | 170  | Patrick Palmer | Wide receiver | Northwestern State |
7  | 191  | David Terrell | Safety | UTEP |
7  | 206  | Antwaune Ponds | Linebacker  | Syracuse |
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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## Personnel

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### Staff

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1998 Washington Redskins staff |

Front office

* President – John Kent Cooke
* General Manager – Charley Casserly
* Assistant General Manager – Bobby Mitchell

Head coaches

* Head Coach – Norv Turner

Offensive coaches

* Quarterbacks – Mike Martz
* Running Backs – Bobby Jackson
* Wide Receivers – Terry Robiskie
* Tight Ends – Mike Pope
* Offensive Line – Russ Grimm
* Offensive Assistant – Ed Sidwell

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* Defensive Coordinator – Mike Nolan
* Defensive Line – Earl Leggett
* Linebackers – Dale Lindsey
* Defensive Backs – Tom Hayes
* Defensive Assistant – Jeff FitzGerald

Special teams coaches

* Special Teams – LeCharls McDaniel

Strength and conditioning

* Strength – Dan Riley
* Conditioning Director – Jason Arapoff

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### Roster

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1998 Washington Redskins roster Quarterbacks (QB)

* 12 Gus Frerotte

* 10 Trent Green

* 11 Casey Weldon

Running backs (RB)

* 21 Terry Allen

* 48 Stephen Davis

* 20 Skip Hicks

* 36 Le'Shai Maston

* 30 Brian Mitchell

* 45 Mike Sellers FB

Wide receivers (WR)

* 83 Albert Connell

* 85 Henry Ellard

* 86 Leslie Shepherd

* 89 Chris Thomas

Tight ends (TE)

* 80 Stephen Alexander

* 88 James Jenkins

|  | Offensive linemen (OL)

* 74 Brad Badger G

* 61 Lamont Burns G

* 60 Mark Fischer C

* 69 Rod Milstead G

* 68 Joe Patton T

* 67 Shar Pourdanesh T

* 52 Cory Raymer C

* 63 Keith Sims G

* 79 Kipp Vickers G

* 73 Paul Wiggins T

Defensive linemen (DL)

* 93 Marc Boutte DT

* 78 Doug Brown DT

* 92 Jamal Duff DE

* 91 David Hoelscher DE

* 72 N. D. Kalu DE

* 97 Kelvin Kinney DE

* 90 Kenard Lang DE

* 94 Dana Stubblefield DT

* 95 Dan Wilkinson DT

|  | Linebackers (LB)

* 59 Shawn Barber OLB

* 56 Chester Burnett MLB

* 54 Greg Jones OLB

* 53 Marvcus Patton MLB

* 50 Derek Smith OLB

Defensive backs (DB)

* 41 Buddy Crutchfield CB

* 25 Tim Denton CB

* 26 Cris Dishman CB

* 27 Greg Evans SS

* 35 Leomont Evans SS

* 28 Darrell Green CB

* 31 Darryl Pounds CB

* 24 Stanley Richard FS

* 23 Matt Stevens FS

* 22 Jamel Williams FS

Special teams

* 14 Cary Blanchard K

* 5 Brett Conway K

* 66 Dan Turk LS

* 1 Matt Turk P

|  |  |  | Practice squad

* 18 Kevin Alexander WR

* 13 Junior Lord WR

* 39 Norman Miller RB

* 64 Ozell Powell T

* 71 Rahmaan Streater DE

53 active, 14 inactive, 5 practice squad Reserve

* 84 Jamie Asher TE (IR)

* 47 Larry Bowie FB (IR)

* 37 Jesse Campbell S (IR)

* 75 Bob Dahl G (IR)

* 70 Troy Drake T (IR)

*   * 55 Malcolm Hamilton LB (IR)
* 57 Ken Harvey LB (IR)

* 15 Jeff Hostetler QB (IR)

* 77 Tre' Johnson G (IR)

* 96 Rich Owens DE (IR)

* 51 Antwaune Ponds LB (IR)

* 98 Twan Russell LB (IR)

* 87 James Thrash WR (IR)

* 82 Michael Westbrook WR (IR)

Rookies in italics

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## Regular season

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### Schedule

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Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | September 6  | at New York Giants | L 24–31  | 0–1  | Giants Stadium | 76,629
2  | September 14 | San Francisco 49ers | L 10–45  | 0–2  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium | 76,798
3  | September 20  | at Seattle Seahawks | L 14–24  | 0–3  | Kingdome | 63,336
4  | September 27  | Denver Broncos | L 16–38  | 0–4  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 71,880
5  | October 4  | Dallas Cowboys | L 10–31  | 0–5  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 72,284
6  | October 11  | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 12–17  | 0–6  | Veterans Stadium | 66,183
7  | October 18  | at Minnesota Vikings | L 7–41  | 0–7  | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 64,004
8  | Bye
9  | November 1  | New York Giants | W 21–14  | 1–7  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 67,976
10  | November 8  | at Arizona Cardinals | L 27–29  | 1–8  | Sun Devil Stadium | 55,950
11  | November 15  | Philadelphia Eagles | W 28–3  | 2–8  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 57,704
12  | November 22  | Arizona Cardinals | L 42–45  | 2–9  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 63,435
13  | November 29  | at Oakland Raiders | W 29–19  | 3–9  | Network Associates Coliseum | 41,409
14  | December 6  | San Diego Chargers | W 24–20  | 4–9  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 65,713
15  | December 13  | at Carolina Panthers | W 28–25  | 5–9  | Ericcson Stadium | 46,940
16  | December 19 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 20–16  | 6–9  | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium  | 66,309
17  | December 27  | at Dallas Cowboys | L 7–23  | 6–10  | Texas Stadium | 63,565

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Standings

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NFC East

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
(3) Dallas Cowboys | 10  | 6  | 0  | .625  | 381  | 275  | W2
(6) Arizona Cardinals | 9  | 7  | 0  | .563  | 325  | 378  | W3
New York Giants | 8  | 8  | 0  | .500  | 287  | 309  | W4
Washington Redskins | 6  | 10  | 0  | .375  | 319  | 421  | L1
Philadelphia Eagles | 3  | 13  | 0  | .188  | 161  | 344  | L3

## References

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1. ^ George, Thomas (September 1, 1998). "Redskins Hope 2 Bookends Fit in Trophy Case". The New York Times.
2. ^ Popper, Steve (October 28, 1998). "$57.4 Million Poorer, And Still No Victory". The New York Times.
3. ^ "1998 Washington Redskins Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

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Buffalo | Baltimore| Denver| Arizona| Chicago| Atlanta
Indianapolis | Cincinnati| Kansas City| Dallas| Detroit| Carolina
Miami | Jacksonville| Oakland| NY Giants| Green Bay| New Orleans
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