Opening night of the 1983 season found the Dallas Cowboys back at a place that held bad memories. The last time they were in RFK Stadium to play Washington was the 1982 NFC Championship game where not only did they lose their quarterback Danny White, but they lost the game as well, 31-17. It was the Cowboys third straight loss in the NFC Championship and now they were back at RFK Stadium to open the [...]

Looking back on my memories between the Cowboys and the Packers a few games come to mind. One being a second round playoff game from the strike shortened 1982 season where the Cowboys beat the Packers 37-26 at Texas Stadium. But then I started to think more and decided to write about one of the greatest NFC Championship games I have ever seen. The game was the 1995 Championship game at Texas Stadium with the [...]

The Cowboys 1-15 season in 1989 seemed so far ago. They had shown improvement every season following 1989, the team was getting stronger with coach Jimmy Johnson leading the way. The Cowboys finished the 1992 season with a 13-3 record. Their most wins in franchise history. They were champions of the NFC East and received a first round bye in the playoffs. Their first opponent in the 1992 playoffs? The hated division rival Philadelphia Eagles. [...]

It was Thanksgiving Day in 1980 when Dallas met up with the Seattle Seahawks, who back then played in the AFC West. Seattle took the giving part of Thanksgiving way too far in this game in the form of points they gave up to Dallas. The Cowboys came into the game with a 9-3 record, but still looking up to division leader Philadelphia. The Cowboys offense got off to a quick start with Danny White [...]

It was a cold day at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium for this Divisional Playoff game against the Falcons. They had won the NFC West division with a 12-4 record. Coming to town was the Wildcard Cowboys with an identical 12-4 record, but lost out on the NFC East crown to the Philadelphia Eagles the last week of the season. The Cowboys had put the LA Rams away a week earlier in the Wildcard game, 34-13 [...]

This must be one of the hardest Flashback posts of the season since Dallas and Kansas City have only played each other eight times over the years, with Dallas winning five of the eight. I try to come up with a game that I remember most for this feature and it’s not always a memorable one for most people. So with this weeks match-up with the Chiefs getting closer we will Flashback to 1983 at [...]

It was a cold, but not too cold Sunday afternoon on December 6, 1992 at Mile High Stadium in Denver. Dallas came into the game with an 11-2 record looking to clinch a spot in the NFC playoffs for the second straight season. They were well rested after having their usual time off after the Thanksgiving Day game where they beat the NY Giants 30-3. The Denver Broncos came into the game with a 7-6 [...]

It was week 5 of the 1985 season. Sunday Night Football on ABC which back then was very rare. Both the Cowboys and the Giants had 3-1 records and they would battle it out at Giants Stadium for first place in the NFC East. The Cowboys had the leagues number 3 defense and the Giants had the leagues number 1 defense. But on that early October night defense would be hard to come by as [...]

As the 2009 season is about to begin I thought I would start a new feature about a popular match-up from the past against who Dallas is playing every week. The first game this season is against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Playing against Tampa Bay brings back a memory from the 1981 playoffs. It was the divisional round and Tampa Bay was visiting Texas Stadium on a Saturday afternoon. Dallas had won the NFC East [...]