Head coach Norv Turner Record 9–7 Playoff finish did not qualify | Home field RFK Stadium Division place 3rd NFC East | |
The 1996 Washington Redskins season began with the team trying to improve on their 6–10 record from 1995. This was the Redskins' last season playing at RFK Stadium, where they had played since 1961. The Redskins are one of only two teams in NFL history to start the season 7–1 and not make the playoffs, the 2012 Chicago Bears being the other.
Although they were eighth in the league in scoring, the Redskins surrendered 2,275 rushing yards, the most in the NFL in 1996. Statistics site Football Outsiders calculates that the 1996 Redskins had, play-for-play, the worst run defense they had ever tracked.
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