That’s what was taking place the final time the Commanders received a Super Bowl

For the primary time in 33 years, the Washington Commanders will play within the NFC Championship Game, going through the NFC East rival Eagles on Sunday in Philadelphia (3 p.m. ET on Fox and the Fox Sports app).

That similar season (1991) was additionally the final time Washington received the Super Bowl.

Loads can change in three-plus a long time, and we have rounded up the most important moments that occurred on the earth of the NFL and sports activities, in popular culture, and world wide the final time Washington received a Super Bowl:

• Washington turned the all-time NFC East chief with three Super Bowls after successful Super Bowl XXVI, with Philadelphia nonetheless to assert the Vince Lombardi Trophy as soon as within the Super Bowl period.
• Joe Gibbs was in what turned the penultimate season of his first stint as Washington’s head coach (1981-92). Gibbs later returned to the sidelines to educate Washington from 2004-07.
• The Arizona Cardinals have been nonetheless within the NFC East and remained via the 2001 NFL season.
• The Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers did not exist.
• The final time Washington and Philadelphia met within the playoffs (1990 wild-card spherical in Philly), they performed at Veterans Stadium. Lincoln Financial Field turned the brand new residence of the Eagles within the 2003 NFL season.
• The New York Yankees drafted infielder and future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter about 4 months after Washington’s Super Bowl triumph.
• The Minnesota Twins received the 1991 World Series. They have solely received two playoff collection since then (2002 and 2023).
• There have been solely 4 divisions in MLB.
• Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls have been within the second season of what turned an NBA cake and 6 titles in eight seasons.
• Pat Riley was in his first season as head coach of the New York Knicks.
• The Vancouver Grizzlies have been the one NBA group primarily based in Canada.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champions (1991 and 1992).
• Mark Messier was in his first season with the New York Rangers, with whom he received the 1994 Stanley Cup.
• The WNBA did not exist; It was based in 1996.
• The Miami Hurricanes cut up the nationwide title with the Washington Huskies, giving Miami their third nationwide championship title in 5 seasons. Meanwhile, former Hurricanes head coach Jimmy Johnson was three seasons into being the pinnacle coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who had but to win the Super Bowl with him.
• There have been 10 groups within the Big Ten. Imagine?
• The Duke Blue Devils continued to repeat as males’s school basketball champions, scoring their second championship underneath head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
• The Stanford Cardinal received its second girls’s school basketball championship in three years underneath head coach Tara Vanderveer.
• In 1991, Bryan Adams had the No. 1 music. 1, “(Everything I Do) I Do For You,” with Boyz II Men having the No. 1 music. 1 in 1992, “End of the Road”.
• Dr. Dre’s first album, “The Chronic”, was launched in December 1992. A yr earlier (1991), Tupac’s first album, “2Pacalypse Now” and Pearl Jam’s first album, “Ten.”
• “White Men Can’t Salt,” “A League of Their Own,” “Beethoven,” “My Cousin Vinny” and “Sister Act” have been among the many movies launched in 1992.
• “Barney & Friends” and “Martin” have been among the many reveals that started in 1992. Meanwhile, the second season of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” was underway, “Seinfeld” was in its third season and “Cheers” was in its penultimate penultimate season.
• The world of Star Wars was on hiatus, as there was a 16-year hole between movies; “Return of the Jedi” was launched in 1983 and “The Phantom Menace” was launched in 1999.
• The “Mission: Impossible” movie collection didn’t exist. Meanwhile, Ethan Hunt/Tom Cruise starred in “Some Good Men” in 1992.
• Just a couple of months after Super Bowl XXVI, “Super Mario Kart” was launched for buy. Want to play the favored recreation on an Xbox or PlayStation? It will not occur as a result of they did not exist in 1992.
• Soccer star Neymar, nation music singer Lainey Wilson, actor Jennette McCurdy and pop stars Selena Gomez and Nick Jonas have been born in 1992.
• The world hasn’t been launched to Woody and Buzz but, with “Toy Story” being launched in 1995.
• JetBlue Airlines and Airtran Airways did not exist.
• About a yr and a half after Washington’s final Super Bowl victory, the C-17 Globemaster III was deployed for the primary time.
• The Animal Kingdom theme park in Disney World was not constructed. Additionally, Hollywood Studios was hovering at three years outdated.
• Sticking with the Disney theme, the Disney Cruise Line wasn’t a factor; It turned one in 1998.
• Fox Sports did not exist.

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