"The Washington Commanders football franchise has been around since 1932. In that time, it has experienced plenty of weird moments, both on and off the field. Any club owned by the mercurial showman George Preston Marshall - the P.T. Barnum of the early NFL - was bound to be involved in its share of oddities. The strangest game came in the 1940 championship, when they suffered the biggest blowout in NFL history, falling 73-0 to the Chicago Bears."
"But if you're looking for the single weirdest moment in Washington's long football history, you don't have to go back nearly that far. It was December of 2009. Say " swinging gate " to anyone who witnessed it, and you will get a laugh and a groan. How Washington's infamous "swinging gate" play came to pass To understand the moment, a bit of context is required."
The Washington Commanders franchise began in 1932 and accumulated numerous on- and off-field oddities. Ownership under George Preston Marshall, likened to the P.T. Barnum of the early NFL, produced many peculiar episodes. The team endured the NFL's largest championship blowout in 1940, a 73-0 loss to the Chicago Bears, and relinquished a title five years later in the 'sneakers game.' The franchise's single strangest moment occurred in December 2009 with the infamous swinging-gate play. By then owner Dan Snyder had already employed multiple coaches; Jim Zorn, an inexperienced head coach, presided over a team trailing 24-0 that attempted a baffling formation before halftime.
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