Super Bowl XXVI

football [1992]

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Super Bowl XXVI, played in 1992, was the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1991 season. The game featured the Washington Redskins (NFC) against the Buffalo Bills (AFC). The Redskins won the game with a score of 37-24. This was the third Super Bowl title for the Redskins. The Super Bowl originated from the merger of the NFL and the American Football League (AFL) and was first played in 1967.12

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Buffalo Bills
Jim Kelly and Doug Flutie
The next year Buffalo returned to the Super Bowl, where they were defeated by the Washington Redskins. In the 1992 postseason’s Wild Card round, the Bills—playing without an injured Kelly—trailed the Houston Oilers by a score of 35–3 early in the third quarter. Backup quarterback Frank…
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Washington Commanders
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