2000 Washington Redskins season

2000 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Norv Turner Terry Robiskie
Home field	FedExField
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	3

The 2000 Washington Redskins season began with the team trying to improve on their 10–6 record from 1999. Instead, they struggled and ended the year at 8-8.

Newly acquired Deion Sanders played in just one season with Washington before retiring as the season ended. Sanders came out of retirement in 2004 and signed with the Baltimore Ravens and played there until 2005.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 2000 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	2	LaVar Arrington	Linebacker	Penn State
1	3	Chris Samuels	Tackle	Alabama
3	64	Lloyd Harrison	Defensive Back	North Carolina State
4	129	Michael Moore	Guard	Troy
5	155	Quincy Sanders	Defensive Back	UNLV
6	202	Todd Husak	Quarterback	Stanford
7	216	Delbert Cowsette	Defensive Tackle	Maryland
7	250	Ethan Howell	Wide Receiver	Oklahoma State

Personnel

Staff

2000 Washington Redskins staff

Front Office

Owner – Daniel Snyder
Director of Player Personnel – Vinny Cerrato
Assistant General Manager – Bobby Mitchell

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Norv Turner

Offensive Coaches

Passing Game Coordinator – Terry Robiskie
Quarterbacks – Rich Olson
Running Backs – Kirby Wilson
Tight Ends – Pat Flaherty
Offensive Line – Russ Grimm
Offensive Assistant – Jason Verduzco

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Ray Rhodes
Defensive Line – Rubin Carter
Defensive Line – Mike Trgovac
Linebackers – Foge Fazio
Defensive Backs – Ron Meeks
Defensive Assistant – Kirk Olivadotti

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – LeCharls McDaniel

Strength and Conditioning

Strength – Dan Riley
Conditioning Director – Jason Arapoff

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Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Redskins points	Opponents	Record
1	August 4	at Tampa Bay	Loss	12	13	0–1
2	August 11	New England	Win	30	20	1–1
3	August 19	at Cleveland	Win	24	0	2–1
4	August 25	Pittsburgh	Win	17	10	3–1

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 3, 2000	Carolina Panthers	W 20–17	FedEx Field	1–0	80,257
2	September 10, 2000	at Detroit Lions	L 15–10	Pontiac Silverdome	1–1	74,159
3	September 18, 2000	Dallas Cowboys	L 27–21	FedEx Field	1–2	84,431
4	September 24, 2000	at New York Giants	W 16–6	Giants Stadium	2–2	78,216
5	October 1, 2000	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 20–17	FedEx Field	3–2	83,532
6	October 8, 2000	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–14	Veterans Stadium	4–2	65,491
7	October 15, 2000	Baltimore Ravens	W 10–3	FedExField	5–2	83,252
8	October 22, 2000	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 35–16	ALLTEL Stadium	6–2	69,061
9	October 30, 2000	Tennessee Titans	L 27–21	FedEx Field	6–3	83,472
10	November 5, 2000	at Arizona Cardinals	L 16–15	Sun Devil Stadium	6–4	52,244
11	Bye
12	November 20, 2000	at St. Louis Rams	W 33–20	Trans World Dome	7–4	66,087
13	November 26, 2000	Philadelphia Eagles	L 23–20	FedEx Field	7–5	83,284
14	December 3, 2000	New York Giants	L 9–7	FedEx Field	7–6	83,485
15	December 10, 2000	at Dallas Cowboys	L 32–13	Texas Stadium	7–7	63,467
16	December 16, 2000	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 24–3	Three Rivers Stadium	7–8	58,183
17	December 24, 2000	Arizona Cardinals	W 20–3	FedEx Field	8–8	65,711

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ New York Giants	12	4	0	.750	328	246	W5
⁽⁴⁾ Philadelphia Eagles	11	5	0	.688	351	245	W2
Washington Redskins	8	8	0	.500	281	269	W1
Dallas Cowboys	5	11	0	.313	294	361	L2
Arizona Cardinals	3	13	0	.188	210	443	L7

Best performances

Marco Coleman, Week 1, 2.5 Quarterback Sacks vs. Carolina Panthers ^[3]
Marco Coleman, Week 5, 3.0 Quarterback Sacks vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers ^[3]
Albert Connell, 3rd Best Receiving Performance of Season, 211 Receiving Yards vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, October 22 ^[4]
Bruce Smith, Week 12, 3.0 Quarterback Sacks vs. St. Louis Rams ^[3]

Player stats

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rate
Brad Johnson	228	365	62.5	2,505	11	15	75.7

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Yards	Average	Long	Touchdowns
Stephen Davis	332	1318	4.0	50	11
Larry Centers	19	103	5.4	14	0
James Thrash	10	82	8.2	34	0
Skip Hicks	29	78	2.7	12	1
Brad Johnson	22	58	2.6	21	1

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Receiving

Player	Number	Yards	Average	Long	Touchdowns
Larry Centers	81	600	7.4	26	3
James Thrash	50	653	13.1	50	2
Stephen Alexander	47	510	10.9	30	2
Irving Fryar	41	548	13.4	34	5
Albert Connell	39	762	19.5	77	3
Stephen Davis	33	313	9.5	39	0
Adrian Murrell	16	93	5.8	12	0
Andre Reed	10	103	10.3	21	1
Michael Westbrook	9	103	11.4	21	0

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Sacks

Player	Number
Marco Coleman	12.0
Bruce Smith	10.0
LaVar Arrington	4.0
Dan Wilkinson	3.5

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Awards and records

LaVar Arrington, PFW/Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team
Marco Coleman, NFC Defensive Player of the Week, Week 5 ^[5]
Albert Connell, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 8 ^[5]
Deion Sanders, NFL Defensive Player of the Week, Week 5
Chris Samuels, PFW/Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team
Bruce Smith, NFC Defensive Player of the Week, Week 12 ^[5]

References

↑ 2009 Washington Redskins Media Guide. pp. 323–324. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
1 2 3 4 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 151
1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 209
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 207
1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202

Washington Redskins

Founded in 1932 Formerly the Boston Braves and Boston Redskins Based in Landover, Maryland Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Players Coaches First-round draft picks Draft Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Braves Field Fenway Park Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium FedExField

Culture	Redskins Band Hail to the Redskins Hogettes Cheerleaders Chief Zee Joe Gibbs Team name controversy Name change advocates Trademark dispute Original Americans Foundation "Go Fund Yourself" (South Park episode)

Lore	Redskins 0, Bears 73 The Hogs The Fun Bunch The Over-the-Hill Gang The Body Bag Game Redskins Rule

Rivalries	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles

Division championships (14)	1936 1937 1940 1942 1943 1945 1972 1983 1984 1987 1991 1999 2012 2015

Super Bowl appearances (5)	VII XVII XVIII XXII XXVI

League championships (5)	1937 1942 1982 1987 1991

Hall of Fame players	Battles Baugh Dudley Edwards Green Grimm Hanburger Houston Huff D. Jones S. Jones Jurgensen Krause Millner Mitchell Monk Riggins Smith Taylor

All-time leaders	Passing Receiving Rushing Kick & Punt Returning

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

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2000 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Baltimore	Denver	Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cincinnati	Kansas City	Dallas	Detroit	Carolina
Miami	Cleveland	Oakland	NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Jacksonville	San Diego	Philadelphia	Minnesota	St. Louis
NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay	San Francisco
	Tennessee

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