NFC Champions Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII
date: label: date made
content: 1983
name: label: referenced
content: Washington Redskins
notes: label: Description
content: Button commemorating the 1983 Washington Redskins football team’s winning of the 1983 NFC championship and participating in Super Bowl XVII. In a strike shortened season, the Redskins, behind quarterback Joe Theisman, running back John Riggins and a powerful offensive line nicknamed “the Hogs” went 8-1, going 3-0 through that year’s special playoff structure. In the Super Bowl, held in Pasadena CA's Rose Bowl, the team defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-17.
label: Description
content: In 2022 Washington renamed the franchise to "Commanders."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Pasadena
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Super Bowl
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In memory of Gordon Montgomery Connelly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.3100.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 2003.3100
label: catalog number
content: 2003.3100.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm