The Cowboys started the 1993 season with a 0-2 record as Emmitt Smith stayed away due to a contract holdout. After the second loss Jerry Jones realized the Cowboys needed Emmitt Smith to win and he signed him to a new contract. After signing his contract the Cowboys won their next four games as they entered a Halloween match-up with the Eagles. Against the Eagles Emmitt Smith took control and continued to add to his [...]

With the Cowboys playing on Christmas night this season, I thought I would flashback 15 years ago when the Cowboys also played on Christmas night. It was the final game of the 1995 season and the Cowboys were traveling to Arizona. They were looking to lock up home field advantage in the playoffs as well as trying to raise their game to the level they knew they should be at. In the weeks leading up [...]

When Jerry Jones hired Jimmy Johnson to coach the Cowboys in 1989 Johnson had a plan. He was going to build the Cowboys his way and bring back the glory days. Although the 1-15 record of 1989 was not a season to remember, there was one game that stood out as a stepping stone for future success for the Cowboys. The Cowboys went into RFK Stadium to play the hated Redskins with a 0-8 record. [...]

The Cowboys entered this Week 15 match-up against the Eagles looking to capture their 12th NFC East title in the last 16 years. The Eagles had taken the division title from the Cowboys one year earlier and now the Cowboys wanted it back. Danny White drove the Cowboys offense into Eagles territory on their first two possessions to setup Rafael Septien field goals, but Septien missed both attempts from 48 and 43 yards. The Eagles [...]

The 1981 Dallas Cowboys were in a habit of not playing their best football against lesser opponents. The Cowboys were 4-0 when they went up against the 1-3 St. Louis Cardinals and lost 20-17. They were 8-2 when they lost to the 4-6 Lions, 27-24. Then on Thanksgiving they were 9-3 and just got by the 3-9 Bears, 10-9. When week 14 came along the Cowboys were 10-3 and had to travel to Memorial Stadium in Baltimore to take [...]

It wasn’t a game that will go down in Cowboys history. Actually, it wasn’t even a game that the Cowboys had any business winning.  What the Texas Stadium crowd got in week 4 of the 1983 season was an ending that amazed even the players. The Cowboys scored first when Danny White connected with Drew Pearson on four yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The Cowboys followed that score with a Rafael Septien 41 yard [...]

The Cowboys entered the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit with an 8-2 record and tied with the Philadelphia Eagles for first place in the NFC East. The Lions were 4-6 and five of their six losses had come in the final minute. The Cowboys were considered Super Bowl contenders in 1981 and they came out in this game ready to hand the Lions their seventh loss. What this game came down too would be the leg of a certain [...]

Going into the second game of the season against the NY Giants in 1992, the Cowboys had only beaten the Giants once in the previous eight meetings. The Cowboys were looking to go 2-0 for the first time since 1986 and they got off to a good start. On their first possession of the game the Cowboys drove 72 yards on the Giants defense. They took a 7-0 lead when Emmitt Smith scored from the five yard [...]

Although the Cowboys are in the middle of a very disappointing season I thought it would be a good idea to continue my Flashback posts. It’s always nice to dive into a classic game that involved some all-time great players.  The 1982 season was a strange season with a strike that cancelled seven games of the regular season. The divisions in both conferences were wiped out and when the games started it up again the NFL [...]

It was a cold Sunday afternoon, late in the 1985 season when the NY Giants came to town. The Cowboys and the Giants had matching 9-5 records. The winner would capture the NFC East Division title. The game did not get off to a good start in the first quarter as Danny White was forced to leave the game with an injury, which meant Gary Hogeboom had to take over. Hogeboom quickly went to work as he [...]

The Cowboys went into the Metrodome in Minnesota with a 4-0 record early in the 1983 season. In the first four games of the season the Cowboys had to come from behind to win, this game against the Vikings would be no different. The Vikings scored in the first quarter when Vikings quarterback Steve Dils went deep to wide receiver Sammy White. Everson Walls tripped as he was covering White, which allowed him to catch [...]

The 1982 NFL season was unlike any other season before. After the second week of the season all games stopped due to a strike. The strike lasted two months and would end up wiping seven games off the schedule. The Cowboys were coming off back to back NFC Championship game losses and they played the 1982 season looking to get to the next level. With a 4-1 record the Cowboys traveled to Houston to take on [...]