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Throwback Thursday: Redskins Rout Rams In Playoffs

Each week during the season Redskins.com will look back at one of the franchise’s best moments against the upcoming opponent for Throwback Thursday, presented by Subway.

It was a playoff matchup, so you’d assume the game would be tight.

That, however, was never the case, as the Redskins’ biggest victory over the Rams, then calling Los Angeles home, came in the Divisional Round of the 1983 playoffs, as Washington cruised to a 51-7 victory at RFK Stadium.

The Redskins easily took control in the first quarter and didn't look back, as a John Riggins three-yard touchdown, Art Monk 40-yard touchdown and a Mark Moseley 42-yard field goal gave Washington a 17-0 lead by the end of the first 15 minutes.