Wild Card Round: Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 2, 1993 at 12:30pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Washington Redskins versus Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Washington Redskins-Minnesota Vikings cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 11-5 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 10-6 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7-9 | L3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 11-5 | W3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 9-7 | W5 |
| New York Jets | 4-12 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 2-14 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W7 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 8-8 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 7-9 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2-14 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 14-2 | W8 |
| New Orleans Saints | 12-4 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-10 | L2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 11-5 | W2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 13-3 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 11-5 | W4 |
| Washington Redskins | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | L1 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | 4-12 | L2 |
Washington Redskins None, Minnesota Vikings None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 317242424 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77777 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vikings | Terry Allen 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 0-7 |
| Redskins | Chip Lohmiller 44 yard field goal | 3-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Redskins | Earnest Byner 3 yard rush ( Chip Lohmiller kick) | 10-7 |
| Redskins | Brian Mitchell 8 yard rush ( Chip Lohmiller kick) | 17-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Redskins | Gary Clark 24 yard pass from Mark Rypien ( Chip Lohmiller kick) | 24-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Washington Redskins defeated Minnesota Vikings 24-7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Redskins: Gary Clark 24 yard pass from Mark Rypien ( Chip Lohmiller kick). Top line of the day: Mark Rypien: 172 pass yards on 16-of-24, 1 TD, 1 INT. Washington Redskins advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Washington Redskins walked out of Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Minnesota Vikings will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 24-7. The final scoring play came from Redskins: Gary Clark 24 yard pass from Mark Rypien ( Chip Lohmiller kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Washington Redskins advance to the divisional round.
Washington Redskins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 57353. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Mark Rypien: 172 pass yards on 16-of-24, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Brian Mitchell: 109 rush yards on 16 carries
- Gary Clark: 6 catches for 91 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Final: Washington Redskins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7, with Washington Redskins taking the result by 17. **First quarter**
- Vikings: Terry Allen 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick)
- Redskins: Chip Lohmiller 44 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Redskins: Earnest Byner 3 yard rush ( Chip Lohmiller kick)
- Redskins: Brian Mitchell 8 yard rush ( Chip Lohmiller kick)
Third quarter
- Redskins: Gary Clark 24 yard pass from Mark Rypien ( Chip Lohmiller kick)
Top performers
- Mark Rypien: 172 pass yards on 16-of-24, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Brian Mitchell: 109 rush yards on 16 carries
- Gary Clark: 6 catches for 91 yards
| Redskins | Vikings | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 24 | 9 |
| Total Yards | 358 | 148 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 16/25 | 6/20 |
| Pass yards | 172 | 113 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 4 |
| Sack yards lost | 10 | 38 |
| Net pass yards | 162 | 75 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 47 | 17 |
| Rush yards | 196 | 73 |
| Rush TD | 2 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 2 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 15 | 53 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | |||||
| Mark Rypien | 16/24 | 172 | 1 | 1 | |
| Earnest Byner | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIN | |||||
| Sean Salisbury | 6/20 | 113 | 0 | 2 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | ||||
| Brian Mitchell | 16 | 109 | 1 | 38 |
| Earnest Byner | 20 | 62 | 1 | 9 |
| Robert Green | 5 | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| Art Monk | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mark Rypien | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | ||||
| Terry Allen | 10 | 48 | 1 | 15 |
| Roger Craig | 5 | 23 | 0 | 20 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sean Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | ||||
| Gary Clark | 6 | 91 | 1 | 29 |
| Art Monk | 3 | 35 | 0 | 15 |
| Ron Middleton | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Brian Mitchell | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Earnest Byner | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Ricky Sanders | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| MIN | ||||
| Cris Carter | 3 | 77 | 0 | 42 |
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Terry Allen | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
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