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Throwback Thursday: Redskins Get Revenge Vs. Eagles

For today's Throwback Thursday moment presented by Subway, Redskins.com looks back at the Redskins revenge after "The Body Bag Game," defeating the Eagles 20-6 in the 1990 playoffs.

In the second of two regular season matchups between the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles during the 1990 regular season, the latter wanted to let their division rivals know that they were a worthy contender in a difficult NFC East.

The Redskins entered the matchup 5-3, coming off a 41-38 overtime victory over the Detroit Lions while the Eagles had just beaten the New England Patriots 48-20 to get to 4-4 on the season.