It’s considered one of the 50 best Redskins games in the team’s history.
The Redskins faced the undefeated Lions at Griffith Stadium on Nov. 11, 1956. At that point, the Lions had four Hall of Famers on their roster – quarterback Bobby Layne, linebacker Joe Schmidt and defensive backs Yale Lary and Jack Christiansen. This was a team that had won the NFL championship in 1952 and 1953.
The deck was stacked in their favor, you could say.
But Washington came out strong. They connected on a field goal to open the scoring and then rookie Dick James (pictured above) ran the ball 41 yards for a touchdown to give them a 10-0 lead.