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JANUARY 31, 1983

Riggins’ Super run

Miami knew it had to stop him and couldn’t.

In what could possibly have been his last game in the National Football League, Redskin running back John Riggins bullied his way to five records yesterday, four Super Bowl and one playoff. And that was enough to lift the Redskins to a 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins and their first NFL championship since 1942.

And when President Ronald Reagan called Redskin coach Joe Gibbs to congratulate him after the game, he said he was thinking about changing the spelling of his name, to coincide with Riggins’.

“Ron [Reagan] may be President,” said Riggins, “but I’m the king.”

— Marty Hurney

JANUARY 23, 1984

Coming up short

For the better part of 19 weeks, the Washington Redskins carried the role of the most dominating team in professional football. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Raiders taught them what domination was all about.

The team that lost only two of 18 games this season by a total of two points, the team that had won 31 or its last 34 and was only one victory away from tying Miami’s record (set it 1972-73) for most victories in a season, was on the losing end of the most lopsided decision in Super Bowl history yesterday.

Los Angeles 38, Washington 9.

— Marty Hurney

JANUARY 27, 1992

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