18:31 - 18:37 - “Steve Young can come up here, let these guys really drop and read their patterns, and then just POOM it up the middle!” Beautiful. RIP.
I'm with all those names except Aikman. He's only in the hall because he QBd for Dallas, America's team. His stats are probably the worst in the Hall for QBs.
In his career these are the number of TDs Troy Aikman threw for 23, 19, 17, 16, 15, 13, 12, 12, 11, 11, 9 and 7. He threw almost as many interceptions as he did TDs and never threw for more than 3,450 yds in a season and only threw for 3k yds 5 times. Don't know how they let this guy in the Hall?!!!
Troy Aikman has said this is the game he's "most proud of" so after nearly 30 years I've brought myself to re-watch in spite of how disappointing loss was for Cowboys fans. A mistake free and better coached game would have made this game MUCH closer -- I knew Boys wouldn't win after giving up that TD before halftime. Valiant effort from the players on the field. Grateful for this rivalry - nothing like it since. Long live 90s NFL.
Man, I'm not a 49ers fan or a Cowboys fan, but I love this game. It was the best game of the first season I watched football. I watched it on a big screen (before everyone had them) with my dad and a couple of his old buddies. And I still think of these rosters as the "real" Cowboys and 49ers.
@@tobiaswilliamson00 New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco and DC. Not to mention other good markets like Atlanta, Detroit, Tampa, Phoenix, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The AFC has never been able to compete with that.
@@allengreene9954 Yup. On the other side of things, getting the NFC package established and legitimized Fox as a major player with the original big 3 networks.
@@IRON5 Yes. Bobby Ross Coach. Stan Humphreys QB. Junior Seau All Pro LB. Just were overwhelmed by Niners. Prob last time Chargers will ever make it to SB.
@@IRON5 Yeah. Madden would've called it "Smash Mouth" Bowl, but got feeling Niners would've blown out Steelers as that D was intense. Smarting from losses to Giants & Boys in NFC Championships led Niners to beef up & acquire hitters like Norton & the fastest man in the NFL--Deion. Still a blowout.
This is, by far the best quality version of this game that I have seen Uploaded on RUclips. Thank you so much, I have been looking for this for a long time.
still waiting for a time these pro leagues become smart, make deals with the networks and start reselling these games in remastered format a la carte or in bundles. They've already starting streaming quite a few on here already, take it to home video. Probably alone here but it would be nice if they kept a few commercials too but i know that's impossible.
The league probably doesn't want to romanticize the past. The newest is the best. And you're an old racist if you think otherwise. Why else does nfl films footage look terrible compared to the original broadcasts? Seriously.
Best conference championship game rivalry since Steelers-Raiders of the mid-70s, for which they met three consecutive times. The Steelers won the first two while the Raiders won the last.
Life long cowboy fan. Regardless of the score this was a great game. Tough, dirty gritty call it what you want this makes me miss playing. Also, young was a hell of a player.
I remember watching this game when i was a kid, but seeing it now, I realize how much the 49ers earned their spot in the Super Bowl. Dallas put up a really good fight here. Sometimes literally.
@@supersexysega Michael Irvin in the book "Boys will be Boys" said in the 94 season the Cowboys were technically worse because they were less sharper, which is not a surprise because Switzer didn't make the Cowboys practice as hard as Jimmy Johnson did. JJ drilled the Cowboys to not make any mistakes, there is a reason why in 92 and 93 the Cowboys owned the 49ers. There were big changes in the 94 season in the front office and coaching that spilled over to the field. Switzer was practically the worst coach in the NFL at that time, he was not qualified to be coaching the Dallas Cowboys.
Damn straight. Nowadays the AFC champion is usually the SB champion since the days of Brady and Peyton. Now that Brady is with the Bucs they will be the favorite until he retires or starts playing like shit….
Makes no sense why Dallas wouldn't run out the clock to go into halftime just down 24-14 with the momentum. Dallas gave SF this game... spotted them 21 points throughout and still only lost by 10... that's how bad the 49ers were.
@@plainsimple244 LoL really, Eric Davis broke on that ball, Kevin Williams got stripped, Ervin got stripped, Dallas didnt spot a damn thing it's called heads up football.
2:13:00 to 2:15:25 was a classic Dick Hantak sequence. Anyone who watched the NFL in the 80s and 90s remembers how it would take FOREVER for him to announce a penalty. He would frequently stop in the middle of announcing something to go back and confer with the other officials. It was annoying and comic relief depending what kind of mood you were in.
@@chandlersbryant4047 yes they would. Pats are not a dominant team. They are well coached and always win a close game because of their coaching and forcing other teams to make the big mistake to win at the end. This 49er team and cowboy team are dominant and capable of blowing out the rest of the teams in the nfl. If not for the 49ers the cowboys win 4 straight superbowls. If not for the cowboys the 49ers are in 3 straight. The patriots never had another dynasty to contend with. Just a weak afc east division and won superbowls by the skin of their ass.
@@chandlersbryant4047 Most points the Patriots ever scored in a Super Bowl = 34. Most Points the Cowboys ever scored in a Super Bowl = 52. Most points the 49ers ever scored in a Super Bowl = 55. These teams would have crushed the Pats.
What a NFC Championship game is supposed to be. Even though the Cowboys never took the lead it felt close. Cowboys never gave up, never played bad. Just the 9ers being just a bit better on both sides of the ball. Played with heart and muscle on both sides from start to finish. One of the best Championship games ever.
RIP, John Madden and Pat Summerall, including my Uncle Leonard Anton who recently passed away last year. My uncle was a season ticket holder since the beginning. He was the most faithful I’ve ever met. As a child I was the youngest with no father around. One day out of the blue I was at my home with brothers and some girls. I was a teen. It was at night and my uncle ( who was a trucker and always dressed classy with trench coat and feathered hats) walks into my room with my most loving aunt, out of nowhere and said “what’s going on? Mijo, pack your stuff, you’re coming with me.” Everyone looked at each other and as a kid I asked where are we going? He said “ I’m taking you to se the 9ers game vs Dallas cowboys!” 🥹 We all shouted with excitement. I flew off my top bunk and packed a shirt, pants, underwear and socks. I’ll never forget how magnificent this game was . I’ll never forget having my uncle as another father. I love you uncle. I love you
This was the absolute biggest pro sports game in the 1990s in the SF Bay Area. The next biggest game/serioes that led to a World Championship was the SF Giants in 2010. The Giants did make the World Series in 2002 but the Rally Monkey stole their thunder. The entire Bay Area (outside of Raider fans) were on their tip toes for this incredible Niners/Cowboys game. Amazing that it's been so long since they saw each other in the playoffs.
@Nate Cohen that was in the 80s. There was a division naturally in 89; two loyal fan bases. That was huge too but it was still the 80s. The Niners just had to win and not lose 3 years in a row to Dallas.
This NFC Title Game Reminds Me of The Early 70's Matchups Between The 49ers and The Cowboys Which The 49ers Could Not Get by Dallas Until "The Catch" and This Game After Losing Back to Back in 1992 and 1993 To Dallas Even As a Philadelphia Eagles Fan Since 1995 BTW I Used To Have This Game on VHS!
2:29:38 for some reason I always remembered Summerall saying “nobody’s ever won 3 in a row, and nobody ever will!” I just went back and listened and that’s not what he said lol. For the last 27 years my memory had been incorrect. Isn’t it funny how that can happen? But it is funny because 27 Super Bowls later and still no one has!
49ers cowboys was the best rivalry in the 90's. These teams were so talented. Turnovers were the key in this rivalry. Deion got away with pass interference on Irvin.
@@adedamolaodutayo2757 35-38, you don't think the 49ers get a bit ancy and try to press, and perhaps turn the ball over. Let's not forget they're was still 6 minutes on the clock. I think SF would of been in store for a choke job.
With the MLB/NHL strikes of that time and Jordan’s retirement and the NBA in flux, you could argue that in the summer and fall of 1994/early 1995, the Cowboys and 49ers were the biggest teams in all of sports. The only other squad that came close was maybe the Orlando Magic when they had Shaq/Penny Like with no baseball/hockey games from August onward of 1994, it made DAL/SF matter even more if that’s possible. It felt like a national divide- even neutral fans or fans of other teams would take sides when these teams faced off.
It was kind of weird how for three years, the football world knew that the NFL champion would be one of these two clubs and that the Super Bowl itself was so anti climatic. It was Green Bay ending the Cowboys/Niners lockdown of the NFC and Denver making the AFC relevent again,that saved the Super Bowl.
That Ted Popson catch on 4th and 2 won this game. The next play Ricky Watters scored a TD and put them up 14-0. If Popson doesn't make that catch and get the 1st, Cowboys probably win the game.
You can say that about Seifert inherited the 89 SB Team but in 94 that was his team Especially the defense. Switzer faded out after his 1 & only SB while Seifert after inheriting that 89 SB team he was able to keep them afloat & win another 1 in 94 . It's a big difference between the two
That's because we beat ourselves and it was a loss to the niners. We came in unprepared because of that coach and Jerry Jones firing. Fell apart early 21-0. Then started a comeback and kept blowing our chances. Missed FG early on, Larry Brown got burned by Rice before the half 31-14. Started to comeback again and kept making mistakes. Aikman over threw Irvin for a sanders pick. The no call PI late in the game killed our last hope. We should've won that game. They fought like champs and never game up. Aikman said that was the most proud game he played because they kept fighting. That's why it hurts so much. I feel the exact same way, it bothers me to this day. And the next game was the 2014 divisional game. We win that game and we win the super bowl.
@@rickanduiza186 you are correct-- on everything. we had a real shot at 3-peat. switzer committed a huge penalty on the sidelines that just took the air out of the game. i couldn't believe it. it should have been back-to-back-to-back championships.
You guys are good Cowboys fans and list all your specific misses and failures correctly, but you're missing the fact that the 9ers were just more dominating on both sides of the line - not by much, but enough. There's a reason for those interceptions and constant sacks and QB hits, which led to pressured passes that missed their targets. And there's a reason those holes got opened for those big Ricky Watters runs and the multiple weapons Steve Young had, including his own legs, that kept defenses from settling in. But though I'm a 9er fan, Deion should definitely have gotten the PI call in the 4th. Not only was it clear, and a possible momentum changer for the Cowboys, but I just think it would've made a great game even better. I did not want that game to end. Cowboys played their hearts out and it would've been nice to see it go into OT. It deserved to be an OT game, ...with the 9ers winning, of course!
@@rhmayer1 i appreciate your response but this is mostly revisionistic. the cowboys turned the ball over three consecutive possessions to start the game. that's called not being ready to play-- in a hostile environment on the road, between two evenly-matched teams. if sf were really dominant, the game would've been out of reach and over by halftime. super bowl 29, now that was a dominant performance from sf.
@@cortchiewelch9492 I respectfully disagree. Those first 3 turnovers didn't just happen because the Cowboys weren't ready to play. C'mon. This is the NFC Championship. They were more prepared and practiced than for any game that season. Aikman and others were veterans and knew how to prepare the team. Three consecutive turnovers happen only when there's a dominant defense. The 9er d-line dominated most of the game and their secondary blanketed or was faster getting to the ball in most cases. Sure, they didn't dominate as much as SB XXIX - there are degrees of dominance. But even then - if you want to compare the two halftime scores: SF led by 18 in that game (28 to 10) and led by 17 in this game (31 to 14); I'd say about equally out of reach at half-time, mathematically. Dallas did have a chance in the 4th - pity that the PI wasn't called on Deion when it clearly should've been. But even then, they would've needed 2 unanswered scores - not likely. The Cowboys never took the lead in the game and 2 scores behind was the best/smallest gap they had to overcome. I'm not saying they never had a chance. They played with impressive heart the whole game. They got a touchdown in every quarter but just never really dominated except for a couple of impressive drives. Sure, the 49ers didn't score in the 4th, but they went into a softer prevent defense to force short plays and run down the clock and played conservatively on offense also to run the clock and to prevent injuries in prep for the SB. Overall you could argue that the Cowboys performed better in the 4th, but they were never a real threat IMHO. I would concede that during the game the intensity by both sides obscured the 49er dominance. It didn't feel like the 49ers were dominating after the first 3 quick scores, despite the big lead. It took a little while for the 9er d-line pass rush to really click and change the feel of the game by the end of the 1st quarter. By the 2nd half there was a clear sense of who the better team was that day. The 49ers buried the Bears in the previous Divisional Playoff and buried San Diego in the subsequent SB - both by bigger spreads, with the 9ers scoring in the 40's. The Dallas game was clearly the least dominating/closest of the 49ers games that postseason. I really wish they called the PI on Deion and that Dallas scored and came back to tie it up. It was a great NFCC game and would've been even more historic if it went into OT. Dallas played with heart the whole way and from a Cowboy fan's perspective it deserved to go into OT. (But from a 9er fan's perspective, they would never have allowed it to go into OT by an unanswered comeback. Not that team, that year.)
Highlights Summerall and Madden: 0:31 Kickoff: 3:39 Eric Davis Pick Six: 5:56 Michael Irvin Fumble: 9:40 Ricky Watters’s Touchdown: 13:52 William Floyd Rush TD: 18:50 Michael Irvin First Touchdown: 28:31 Doug Brian Field Goal: 51:10 Emmitt Smith Rush TD: 57:16 Dropped Interception: 1:03:10 John Jet Bad Punt: 1:05:11 Jerry Rice Touchdown: 1:08:30 Missed Pass Interference Call: 2:05:01
7-0 and you say game over??? There was ALOT more then just one pick 6. That field SUCKED!!!! Slippery and hard to run on. If it hadn’t rained so much I think Dallas plays a lot better. SF got lucky they built a huge lead or Dallas wins that game easily….
Fond memories :) This is still fun to watch. Hopefully this Sundays WC playoff is just as entertaining. All these years later perhaps the San Fran/Dallas Rivalry can be revamped!
That's part of the reason I would neve say Brady or any QB from this era is better than the greats from the 80s and 90s. The hits they had to endure were literally some of the dirtiest backbreaking shit you will ever see. There's zero chance Brady plays 15 seasons let alone 20.
Oh god. I was a sophomore in HS, a cowboys fan since I was 10, and a Deion Sanders fanatic. It hurt my soul to watch Deion beat my dudes. What a secondary
For everyone complaining about the no call on die on Sanders. Maybe I should point out at 1:57:05 Madden "what about what Michael Irvin is doing he is pushing off against Eric Davis about 3 times" as he is making a touchdown catch. Offensive pass interference against Micheal Irvin that wasn't called anybody?
You are right, Glen Frog. The Eagles, crushing the 49ers, 40-8, at Candlestick Park, was the wakeup call, the 49ers definitely needed. The fell to 3-2 and 49ers went 13-1 the rest of the way, en route to their, fifth Superbowl championship, to conclude the 1994-95 NFL season.
@The Esquire of Sports® anyone could buy those free agents back then. In fact all of the contenders were very deep for this reason. Also SF has been to 2 super bowls and a few NFCCG since this era. Most of those losses came down to QB play and coaching, not bc of a salary cap. Harbaugh had some of the most talented teams that decade. Dallas hasn't been back bc Jerry Jones is a moron. Long live Jerry Jones, btw.
this was football at its best in that Generation....this was the super bowl that year...I hated the cowboys bt respected them....I watch this with my brothers and cousins...we cheer so loud every time the 49ers score a TD..especially when Eric Davis INT for a TD..
ah...the last days when you could really smack the quarterback...before the pussification of the league...montana, simms, aikman, young could all have played five years longer by today's sissified rules...
Cowboys really gave this game away .. even with the 3 turnovers if boniol makes the chip shot field goal and we run the clock instead of 3 straight incomplete passes we would have gone into the have down 7 points we could have easily won cuz all the momentum would have been on our side but damn that TD and the end of the 1st half really hurt us
Easily? Possibly yes. But nothing was easy that day. But I agree with you. The end of the first half made it almost impossible for them to come back from. Had the ref called PI on Deion, it would have made things really interesting. That was the key play in my opinion. Cowboys played their takes off in a loss.
Let's not forget Jerry Rice also dropped a touchdown pass early in the second quarter and there was a couple plays the Niners did not execute well so really if rice catches that touchdown and the Niners executed a few more plays this game wouldn't have even been close and let's not forget Troy Aikman was lucky to get rid of the ball in time on a third-down and long to find Irvin for the first touchdown otherwise the Cowboys are punting.... let that soak in
Well sometimes you get a break here and there but but with all that being said the Niners were the better team that year they had the better players and the Niner front seven was the only team that man handled Dallas's offensive line so the better team won Dallas had a good run and they did kick our asses in 92 and 93 but we answered back although we had the revamp the defense a little bit but it was well worth it even Emmitt Smith in the interview afterwards said they was the better team and I give and it Smith a lot of love and respect for acknowledging that when none of the other Cowboys didn't want to go there
With that logic SF gave the 92 game away, losing the turnover battle 4-0. Lies. Rice dropped a TD that would have made it 28-7. Adam Walker fumbled the 2nd half kickoff, giving Dallas a short field. If either of these plays don't occur, this game is never close. Not to mention, Dallas was down 10 with the entire 2nd half remaining. If they were truly better they would have rallied. SF finally won both lines of scrimmage vs Dallas.
I know salaries now dwarf those back then but that's a pretty sweet bonus .. almost a million for winning one game .. wonder what the taxes were on that though lol
RIP Mr. Madden, your voice will forever echo in the heads of NFL fans.
18:31 - 18:37 - “Steve Young can come up here, let these guys really drop and read their patterns, and then just POOM it up the middle!”
Beautiful. RIP.
This brings tears to my eyes my childhood I miss pat and John
"BOOM" : John Madden
@@chaunseybillings7889 Them two only went to Fox 🦊 Sports when they bought a NFL contact.
Love watching these games to fall asleep or wake up and get motivated with nostalgia
Pat Summerall and John Madden the best ever.
Easily!
Merlin Olson and Dick Enberg. The GOATS
I miss them
Yes sir!!
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Man I miss those days. So nostalgic, so comfortable, so right.
Who's here to commemorate Madden and reminisce?! RIP Madden, now you and Summerall are reunited and can call games from above 🙌🏽
These two rivalries were the best to watch back in the 90's. Go Niners
Back when the NFC Championship Game was the de facto Super Bowl.
Doesn't compare to Cowboys vs Redskins
What’s the other rivalry?
@@pretorious700yes it does
Rest in love John Madden and Pat Summerall 🕊️. Let's go Ninergang 🏈
The greats in this one, Young, Aikman, Rice, Emmit Smith, Deion ... good times, great rivalry.
And don't 4get Michael Irvin!
I'm with all those names except Aikman. He's only in the hall because he QBd for Dallas, America's team. His stats are probably the worst in the Hall for QBs.
In his career these are the number of TDs Troy Aikman threw for 23, 19, 17, 16, 15, 13, 12, 12, 11, 11, 9 and 7. He threw almost as many interceptions as he did TDs and never threw for more than 3,450 yds in a season and only threw for 3k yds 5 times. Don't know how they let this guy in the Hall?!!!
Thomas B was that actually his stats? Wow how did he end up in hof what the fuck
@@bigbenmk4873 he won
This was one of the best days of my life as a Niners fan.
Today could be the best day JESUS'CHRIST IS THE WAY
Same here!
LUCIFER & JESUS CHRIST ARE GAY LOVERS!!@@Setfree316
Troy Aikman has said this is the game he's "most proud of" so after nearly 30 years I've brought myself to re-watch in spite of how disappointing loss was for Cowboys fans. A mistake free and better coached game would have made this game MUCH closer -- I knew Boys wouldn't win after giving up that TD before halftime. Valiant effort from the players on the field. Grateful for this rivalry - nothing like it since. Long live 90s NFL.
Man, I'm not a 49ers fan or a Cowboys fan, but I love this game. It was the best game of the first season I watched football. I watched it on a big screen (before everyone had them) with my dad and a couple of his old buddies. And I still think of these rosters as the "real" Cowboys and 49ers.
The first NFC Championship Game on FOX.
CBS big loss. NFC always seems to be the more competitive conference
@@zachrizzo6525 Or maybe, just maybe, the NFC was the more popular half of the NFL. The NFC had popular teams like Green Bay, Dallas, and Chicago.
@@tobiaswilliamson00 New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco and DC. Not to mention other good markets like Atlanta, Detroit, Tampa, Phoenix, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The AFC has never been able to compete with that.
@@zachrizzo6525 CBS has never really recovered since losing the NFC.
@@allengreene9954 Yup. On the other side of things, getting the NFC package established and legitimized Fox as a major player with the original big 3 networks.
AKA:The Real Superbowl that year.
Niners fans considered it the SB. SD minor league.
Didn't SD best Pittsburgh in the AFC that year?
@@IRON5 Yes. Bobby Ross Coach. Stan Humphreys QB. Junior Seau All Pro LB. Just were overwhelmed by Niners. Prob last time Chargers will ever make it to SB.
@@bernieudo4399 See Pittsburgh would've been a better match-up for the 49ers.
@@IRON5 Yeah. Madden would've called it "Smash Mouth" Bowl, but got feeling Niners would've blown out Steelers as that D was intense. Smarting from losses to Giants & Boys in NFC Championships led Niners to beef up & acquire hitters like Norton & the fastest man in the NFL--Deion. Still a blowout.
This is, by far the best quality version of this game that I have seen Uploaded on RUclips. Thank you so much, I have been looking for this for a long time.
still waiting for a time these pro leagues become smart, make deals with the networks and start reselling these games in remastered format a la carte or in bundles. They've already starting streaming quite a few on here already, take it to home video.
Probably alone here but it would be nice if they kept a few commercials too but i know that's impossible.
The league probably doesn't want to romanticize the past. The newest is the best. And you're an old racist if you think otherwise. Why else does nfl films footage look terrible compared to the original broadcasts? Seriously.
Best conference championship game rivalry since Steelers-Raiders of the mid-70s, for which they met three consecutive times. The Steelers won the first two while the Raiders won the last.
Christopher Donaldson Facts. 💯
Yup, the one of the millennium so far has been Patriots vs Peyton Manning (two in Indy, two in Denver).
The last playoff game between these two teams…UNTIL THIS YEAR!
The rivalry is about to be restored.
The 49ers scored first again lol im watching this & the game live now the similarities are crazy
Lol. We all came here during the game
And once again it’s a 49ers victory.
It will never be like this ever again
Dallas will never win enough games to make the playoffs this year 7-10 at best
The intensity of this game is off the charts 👊👊👊
100% absolute grudge match
R.I.P. Pat Summerall and John Madden, the best broadcast team in NFL history.
Amen
Pretty impressive,3yrs strait NFC Championship games against each other
Oh how I miss Summerall and Madden calling games. RIP to the big man!!! We miss you already!!!! Games like these were fun to watch!!!
Life long cowboy fan. Regardless of the score this was a great game. Tough, dirty gritty call it what you want this makes me miss playing. Also, young was a hell of a player.
Obviously one of the great games in NFL HISTORY.
I forgot how amusing Madden was! I sure miss the Summerall / Madden dynamic duo. R.I.P. gentlemen. R.I.P. Candlestick.
I remember watching this game when i was a kid, but seeing it now, I realize how much the 49ers earned their spot in the Super Bowl. Dallas put up a really good fight here. Sometimes literally.
dallas had a big disadvantage... barry switzer.
@@andrewb4984 Trust me, Seifert was closer to Switzer than he was to Bill Walsh.
@@andrewb4984 Such a garbage narrative. Switzer didn't turn the ball over 3 times to start the game.
@@supersexysega you have the stupidest name i have ever seen in a youtube comment. Shut up.
@@supersexysega Michael Irvin in the book "Boys will be Boys" said in the 94 season the Cowboys were technically worse because they were less sharper, which is not a surprise because Switzer didn't make the Cowboys practice as hard as Jimmy Johnson did. JJ drilled the Cowboys to not make any mistakes, there is a reason why in 92 and 93 the Cowboys owned the 49ers. There were big changes in the 94 season in the front office and coaching that spilled over to the field. Switzer was practically the worst coach in the NFL at that time, he was not qualified to be coaching the Dallas Cowboys.
Football these days well never ever be as great as it once was.
Absolutely
My old man is a Cowboys fan and he told me the NFCCG was basically the Super Bowl throughout the 90s
Damn straight. Nowadays the AFC champion is usually the SB champion since the days of Brady and Peyton. Now that Brady is with the Bucs they will be the favorite until he retires or starts playing like shit….
The last playoff meeting between these two teams until the 2021 NFC Wild Card.
Makes no sense why Dallas wouldn't run out the clock to go into halftime just down 24-14 with the momentum. Dallas gave SF this game... spotted them 21 points throughout and still only lost by 10... that's how bad the 49ers were.
@@plainsimple244 spotted? Lol
@@mrpassley2307 What?
@@plainsimple244 “that’s how bad the 49ers were” do you realize how much of a brain dead comment this is?
@@plainsimple244 LoL really, Eric Davis broke on that ball, Kevin Williams got stripped, Ervin got stripped, Dallas didnt spot a damn thing it's called heads up football.
The part where Pat Summeral tells Madden the blimp guy got long arms to operate the camera is classic 😂
Love reliving the 90s watching this
That fox score board is so classic. I grew up on that 🤣🤣🤣
Love 90s football the mud on the jerseys I always thought was one of the badass things about football
2:13:00 to 2:15:25 was a classic Dick Hantak sequence. Anyone who watched the NFL in the 80s and 90s remembers how it would take FOREVER for him to announce a penalty. He would frequently stop in the middle of announcing something to go back and confer with the other officials. It was annoying and comic relief depending what kind of mood you were in.
Madden: "There wasn't a lot of confidence in that."
These were the real football days, grass field, mud and a bunch of studs.
The best game in NFL history. Cowboys vs 49ers.
Don't be ridiculous...oops, too late.
The greatest game of my childhood! I love the 49ers and hate the cowgirls…what a win
One of the best NFCC Games of all time. Not a fan of either team, but this was some good football in challenging conditions. HOF’s all over the place.
This was the super bowl. San Diego did not stand a chance against either team
Dallas would massacre SD that year 49-10 if they had played….
@@shanewalton3361 at least. The cowboys had a better running game for sure.
Patriots would have been underdogs to both these teams.
Nah, they wouldn't have.
@@chandlersbryant4047 yes they would. Pats are not a dominant team. They are well coached and always win a close game because of their coaching and forcing other teams to make the big mistake to win at the end. This 49er team and cowboy team are dominant and capable of blowing out the rest of the teams in the nfl. If not for the 49ers the cowboys win 4 straight superbowls. If not for the cowboys the 49ers are in 3 straight. The patriots never had another dynasty to contend with. Just a weak afc east division and won superbowls by the skin of their ass.
@@johnre1514 Sure, whatever you say Old Man.
@@chandlersbryant4047 your a perfect example of the phrase ( the youth is wasted on the young)
@@chandlersbryant4047 Most points the Patriots ever scored in a Super Bowl = 34. Most Points the Cowboys ever scored in a Super Bowl = 52. Most points the 49ers ever scored in a Super Bowl = 55. These teams would have crushed the Pats.
What a NFC Championship game is supposed to be.
Even though the Cowboys never took the lead it felt close. Cowboys never gave up, never played bad. Just the 9ers being just a bit better on both sides of the ball. Played with heart and muscle on both sides from start to finish. One of the best Championship games ever.
The 1994 San Francisco 49ers were so prepared and executed to a tee. They just wanted it more than the Dallas Cowboys that day.
Dallas played has bad has you could ever play in the 1st 6 or so minutes of this game. Down 21 points
@@mikekinsela7210 yup, and they looked lifeless at the beginning, but that start was so bad, it was just too much to overcome
Both of the two of the Greatest to ever call a game John Madden and Pat Summerall🙏🙏🙏🏈🏈🏈
Such great memories of this game. So happy for Steve Young exercising some demons. What a great win for the 49ers.
The td where young hit jerry down the sideline is just preposterous one of the best passes I've ever seen
RIP, John Madden and Pat Summerall, including my Uncle Leonard Anton who recently passed away last year. My uncle was a season ticket holder since the beginning. He was the most faithful I’ve ever met. As a child I was the youngest with no father around. One day out of the blue I was at my home with brothers and some girls. I was a teen. It was at night and my uncle ( who was a trucker and always dressed classy with trench coat and feathered hats) walks into my room with my most loving aunt, out of nowhere and said “what’s going on? Mijo, pack your stuff, you’re coming with me.” Everyone looked at each other and as a kid I asked where are we going? He said “ I’m taking you to se the 9ers game vs Dallas cowboys!” 🥹 We all shouted with excitement. I flew off my top bunk and packed a shirt, pants, underwear and socks.
I’ll never forget how magnificent this game was . I’ll never forget having my uncle as another father. I love you uncle. I love you
Faithful to which team?
You didn't say.
Best commentators ever!!!!
This was the absolute biggest pro sports game in the 1990s in the SF Bay Area. The next biggest game/serioes that led to a World Championship was the SF Giants in 2010. The Giants did make the World Series in 2002 but the Rally Monkey stole their thunder. The entire Bay Area (outside of Raider fans) were on their tip toes for this incredible Niners/Cowboys game. Amazing that it's been so long since they saw each other in the playoffs.
@Nate Cohen that was in the 80s. There was a division naturally in 89; two loyal fan bases. That was huge too but it was still the 80s. The Niners just had to win and not lose 3 years in a row to Dallas.
This NFC Title Game Reminds Me of The Early 70's Matchups Between The 49ers and The Cowboys Which The 49ers Could Not Get by Dallas Until "The Catch" and This Game After Losing Back to Back in 1992 and 1993 To Dallas Even As a Philadelphia Eagles Fan Since 1995 BTW I Used To Have This Game on VHS!
2:29:38 for some reason I always remembered Summerall saying “nobody’s ever won 3 in a row, and nobody ever will!” I just went back and listened and that’s not what he said lol. For the last 27 years my memory had been incorrect. Isn’t it funny how that can happen? But it is funny because 27 Super Bowls later and still no one has!
The Chiefs are attempting to win three in a row in 2024. Will they succeed?
May these two legends continue to rest easy!
Anyone know where you can view a better quality recording of this game? NFL + games only go back to 2009.
49ers cowboys was the best rivalry in the 90's.
These teams were so talented.
Turnovers were the key in this rivalry.
Deion got away with pass interference on Irvin.
If doesn't if they call that PI on Sander, 49ers would still had won
@@adedamolaodutayo2757 Are you sure about that?
@@jackduncan5442 yes sir.
@@adedamolaodutayo2757 35-38, you don't think the 49ers get a bit ancy and try to press, and perhaps turn the ball over. Let's not forget they're was still 6 minutes on the clock. I think SF would of been in store for a choke job.
@@jackduncan5442 nope, 49ers would have still won
With the MLB/NHL strikes of that time and Jordan’s retirement and the NBA in flux, you could argue that in the summer and fall of 1994/early 1995, the Cowboys and 49ers were the biggest teams in all of sports. The only other squad that came close was maybe the Orlando Magic when they had Shaq/Penny
Like with no baseball/hockey games from August onward of 1994, it made DAL/SF matter even more if that’s possible.
It felt like a national divide- even neutral fans or fans of other teams would take sides when these teams faced off.
This stands as the highest rated conference Championship game to date.
It was kind of weird how for three years, the football world knew that the NFL champion would be one
of these two clubs and that the Super Bowl itself was so anti climatic.
It was Green Bay ending the Cowboys/Niners lockdown of the NFC and Denver making the AFC relevent
again,that saved the Super Bowl.
Don't forget about the Indiana Pacers
RIP John Madden. Pat Summerall is waiting for you sir
@2:29:35....when Madden said the Cowboys have been great champions....they went out like Champs
yes, they played their heart out...that said, switzer was no jimmy johnson...leaving allen in there like that was shameful...
Michael Donovan agreed....I was proud of them
They really outplayed San Francisco in the last 54 minutes of the game...28-17. But the first 6 minutes also count and they were doomed.
Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot the horrific time management at the end of the first half also did them in
Irvin complaining about Deion pushing off….. something Michael did very often 😂😂😂
That Ted Popson catch on 4th and 2 won this game. The next play Ricky Watters scored a TD and put them up 14-0. If Popson doesn't make that catch and get the 1st, Cowboys probably win the game.
Here we are 2023 and 2nd year in a row we travel to SF . Hopefully it’s a good close game again. Best of luck both teams .
Except for the fact that the Cowboys are not two time defending champs this time.
George Seifert vs. Barry Switzer. Great teams they both inherited, and subsequently decomposed.
You can say that about Seifert inherited the 89 SB Team but in 94 that was his team Especially the defense. Switzer faded out after his 1 & only SB while Seifert after inheriting that 89 SB team he was able to keep them afloat & win another 1 in 94 . It's a big difference between the two
of all the hundreds of games (at least 700) i've watched as a cowboys fan, this loss hurts the most. and i don't know why.
That's because we beat ourselves and it was a loss to the niners. We came in unprepared because of that coach and Jerry Jones firing. Fell apart early 21-0. Then started a comeback and kept blowing our chances. Missed FG early on, Larry Brown got burned by Rice before the half 31-14. Started to comeback again and kept making mistakes. Aikman over threw Irvin for a sanders pick. The no call PI late in the game killed our last hope. We should've won that game. They fought like champs and never game up. Aikman said that was the most proud game he played because they kept fighting. That's why it hurts so much. I feel the exact same way, it bothers me to this day. And the next game was the 2014 divisional game. We win that game and we win the super bowl.
@@rickanduiza186 you are correct-- on everything. we had a real shot at 3-peat. switzer committed a huge penalty on the sidelines that just took the air out of the game. i couldn't believe it. it should have been back-to-back-to-back championships.
You guys are good Cowboys fans and list all your specific misses and failures correctly, but you're missing the fact that the 9ers were just more dominating on both sides of the line - not by much, but enough. There's a reason for those interceptions and constant sacks and QB hits, which led to pressured passes that missed their targets. And there's a reason those holes got opened for those big Ricky Watters runs and the multiple weapons Steve Young had, including his own legs, that kept defenses from settling in. But though I'm a 9er fan, Deion should definitely have gotten the PI call in the 4th. Not only was it clear, and a possible momentum changer for the Cowboys, but I just think it would've made a great game even better. I did not want that game to end. Cowboys played their hearts out and it would've been nice to see it go into OT. It deserved to be an OT game, ...with the 9ers winning, of course!
@@rhmayer1 i appreciate your response but this is mostly revisionistic. the cowboys turned the ball over three consecutive possessions to start the game. that's called not being ready to play-- in a hostile environment on the road, between two evenly-matched teams. if sf were really dominant, the game would've been out of reach and over by halftime. super bowl 29, now that was a dominant performance from sf.
@@cortchiewelch9492 I respectfully disagree. Those first 3 turnovers didn't just happen because the Cowboys weren't ready to play. C'mon. This is the NFC Championship. They were more prepared and practiced than for any game that season. Aikman and others were veterans and knew how to prepare the team. Three consecutive turnovers happen only when there's a dominant defense. The 9er d-line dominated most of the game and their secondary blanketed or was faster getting to the ball in most cases. Sure, they didn't dominate as much as SB XXIX - there are degrees of dominance. But even then - if you want to compare the two halftime scores: SF led by 18 in that game (28 to 10) and led by 17 in this game (31 to 14); I'd say about equally out of reach at half-time, mathematically. Dallas did have a chance in the 4th - pity that the PI wasn't called on Deion when it clearly should've been. But even then, they would've needed 2 unanswered scores - not likely. The Cowboys never took the lead in the game and 2 scores behind was the best/smallest gap they had to overcome. I'm not saying they never had a chance. They played with impressive heart the whole game. They got a touchdown in every quarter but just never really dominated except for a couple of impressive drives. Sure, the 49ers didn't score in the 4th, but they went into a softer prevent defense to force short plays and run down the clock and played conservatively on offense also to run the clock and to prevent injuries in prep for the SB. Overall you could argue that the Cowboys performed better in the 4th, but they were never a real threat IMHO.
I would concede that during the game the intensity by both sides obscured the 49er dominance. It didn't feel like the 49ers were dominating after the first 3 quick scores, despite the big lead. It took a little while for the 9er d-line pass rush to really click and change the feel of the game by the end of the 1st quarter. By the 2nd half there was a clear sense of who the better team was that day. The 49ers buried the Bears in the previous Divisional Playoff and buried San Diego in the subsequent SB - both by bigger spreads, with the 9ers scoring in the 40's. The Dallas game was clearly the least dominating/closest of the 49ers games that postseason. I really wish they called the PI on Deion and that Dallas scored and came back to tie it up. It was a great NFCC game and would've been even more historic if it went into OT. Dallas played with heart the whole way and from a Cowboy fan's perspective it deserved to go into OT. (But from a 9er fan's perspective, they would never have allowed it to go into OT by an unanswered comeback. Not that team, that year.)
These two were just amazing! Rip Summerall And Madden
I so love this more than anything
Highlights
Summerall and Madden: 0:31
Kickoff: 3:39
Eric Davis Pick Six: 5:56
Michael Irvin Fumble: 9:40
Ricky Watters’s Touchdown: 13:52
William Floyd Rush TD: 18:50
Michael Irvin First Touchdown: 28:31
Doug Brian Field Goal: 51:10
Emmitt Smith Rush TD: 57:16
Dropped Interception: 1:03:10
John Jet Bad Punt: 1:05:11
Jerry Rice Touchdown: 1:08:30
Missed Pass Interference Call: 2:05:01
Always a legend in the comments 👍
Thank you for including that blatant PI play
Thanks!
When Eric Davis intercepted Aikman's pass, that game was over.
no. the game was over on the 3rd and 10 draw play. if dallas get's the td on that drive, it's a close game.
@@andrewb4984 When E.David intercepted Aikman first drive, the game was over.
@The Esquire of Sports® It's easy for me to say it now, because I said it back then.
7-0 and you say game over??? There was ALOT more then just one pick 6. That field SUCKED!!!! Slippery and hard to run on. If it hadn’t rained so much I think Dallas plays a lot better. SF got lucky they built a huge lead or Dallas wins that game easily….
This game still hurts my heart. Love the ninner jerseys though
Lol well for me as a kid the 2 previous NFC Championship games hurt my Heart so let's just call it even.😃
@@robertgosney5657 HaA for real.-NINERS
Steve Young, The Stormin' Mormon!
Fond memories :) This is still fun to watch. Hopefully this Sundays WC playoff is just as entertaining. All these years later perhaps the San Fran/Dallas Rivalry can be revamped!
The greatest day in my sports life
same.... lol, I just said those exact words prior to reading this comment 💯🎯
Those hits on the QBs Real Football!!!! (Today 2020) Tom Brady " He touched me" where the flag 😂
That's part of the reason I would neve say Brady or any QB from this era is better than the greats from the 80s and 90s. The hits they had to endure were literally some of the dirtiest backbreaking shit you will ever see. There's zero chance Brady plays 15 seasons let alone 20.
5:54 - PICK6 Eric Davis
13:50 - Young to Watters TD
18:50 - Floyd TD
1:08:28 - Young to Rice TD
1:31:06 - Young TD
Deion technique at the line is so different from what many players do today. Don’t know too many cbs who line up almost like a wr for Press lol
This rivalry was great anytime the cowboys lose its good
Oh god. I was a sophomore in HS, a cowboys fan since I was 10, and a Deion Sanders fanatic. It hurt my soul to watch Deion beat my dudes. What a secondary
One of the best NFC championship game !!!
If they meet again for the NFC championship one day I don’t care how much it costs I’m going
Nothing like Cowboys 49ers too bad the rivalry has faded
For everyone complaining about the no call on die on Sanders. Maybe I should point out at 1:57:05 Madden "what about what Michael Irvin is doing he is pushing off against Eric Davis about 3 times" as he is making a touchdown catch. Offensive pass interference against Micheal Irvin that wasn't called anybody?
Ya Darn Tootin'!
Who died?
@@TL2354 I think I see what you are commenting on the name got broke off on 2 lines. The comment made was " about the no call on Dieon Sanders. lol
It's a pleasure to watch a game without the aerial sweeping dizzying cams.
That lost to Philadelphia I remember it very well, it was the turning point of this beautiful team
and the next game against the lions in the silverdome when steve young had took a serious hit
You are right, Glen Frog. The Eagles, crushing the 49ers, 40-8, at Candlestick Park, was the wakeup call, the 49ers definitely needed. The fell to 3-2 and 49ers went 13-1 the rest of the way, en route to their, fifth Superbowl championship, to conclude the 1994-95 NFL season.
Loss
RIP JOHN MADDEN
Dallas will go on to play 4 strait NFC Championship games!! Wow!!🏈🇺🇸
Straight
If the Cowboys should have won this game (as some Cowboys fans claim), the 49ers should have won the conference championship game two years prior.
I was 10 years old when I saw this most exciting game ever!
I was 2.
My favorite 49er game of all time
this niner team was stacked.
so were those cowgirls
@The Esquire of Sports® anyone could buy those free agents back then. In fact all of the contenders were very deep for this reason.
Also SF has been to 2 super bowls and a few NFCCG since this era. Most of those losses came down to QB play and coaching, not bc of a salary cap. Harbaugh had some of the most talented teams that decade.
Dallas hasn't been back bc Jerry Jones is a moron. Long live Jerry Jones, btw.
2020 Deja vu. 🤜🏈
Fact : Charles Haley won Super Bowl titles with both teams
Great unis for both teams
"deion sanders is trying to get some oxygen, he's trying to get close to that grass." - john madden, extreme knowledge.
Watching in prep for the first playoff matchup between the two since 1995. Go Cowboys.
I love the Dion, I got you, it's actually a sign of respect.
Deion
this was football at its best in that Generation....this was the super bowl that year...I hated the cowboys bt respected them....I watch this with my brothers and cousins...we cheer so loud every time the 49ers score a TD..especially when Eric Davis INT for a TD..
Good quality video
When it was 21-0 Niners the game was basically over Cowboys came back but it was too much to overcome
Turnovers were why the Cowboys & Patriots didn’t three peat. The same could potentially happen to the Chiefs.
No three-peat for the 49ers in 1990. No three-peat for the Cowboys in 1994.
Also no three-peat for the Patriots in 2005. Possibly no three-peat for the Chiefs in 2024?
I new supporter
When pro sports were still sports. You can just see on the players' faces how much they cared.
ah...the last days when you could really smack the quarterback...before the pussification of the league...montana, simms, aikman, young could all have played five years longer by today's sissified rules...
Let's stand you up and have some 280 lb linebacker use you for a tackling dummy. I'm sure you'd love it, if you survived.
I remember this game
Kudos to the 49ers for stopping a 3 peat and potential 4 peat. Boys fans are still unbearable about this team 😅
The greatest rivalry in NFL history👍
Cowboys really gave this game away .. even with the 3 turnovers if boniol makes the chip shot field goal and we run the clock instead of 3 straight incomplete passes we would have gone into the have down 7 points we could have easily won cuz all the momentum would have been on our side but damn that TD and the end of the 1st half really hurt us
Easily? Possibly yes. But nothing was easy that day. But I agree with you. The end of the first half made it almost impossible for them to come back from. Had the ref called PI on Deion, it would have made things really interesting. That was the key play in my opinion. Cowboys played their takes off in a loss.
Let's not forget Jerry Rice also dropped a touchdown pass early in the second quarter and there was a couple plays the Niners did not execute well so really if rice catches that touchdown and the Niners executed a few more plays this game wouldn't have even been close and let's not forget Troy Aikman was lucky to get rid of the ball in time on a third-down and long to find Irvin for the first touchdown otherwise the Cowboys are punting.... let that soak in
Gregory Pearce it’s all luck when you think about it.
Well sometimes you get a break here and there but but with all that being said the Niners were the better team that year they had the better players and the Niner front seven was the only team that man handled Dallas's offensive line so the better team won Dallas had a good run and they did kick our asses in 92 and 93 but we answered back although we had the revamp the defense a little bit but it was well worth it even Emmitt Smith in the interview afterwards said they was the better team and I give and it Smith a lot of love and respect for acknowledging that when none of the other Cowboys didn't want to go there
With that logic SF gave the 92 game away, losing the turnover battle 4-0.
Lies. Rice dropped a TD that would have made it 28-7.
Adam Walker fumbled the 2nd half kickoff, giving Dallas a short field. If either of these plays don't occur, this game is never close.
Not to mention, Dallas was down 10 with the entire 2nd half remaining. If they were truly better they would have rallied.
SF finally won both lines of scrimmage vs Dallas.
I know salaries now dwarf those back then but that's a pretty sweet bonus .. almost a million for winning one game .. wonder what the taxes were on that though lol
41:36 is a touchdown. Missed FG two plays later = 7-point swing. Completely changes the tone of the game.
No it wasnt not only was his left foot on the line but by the time he caught the ball his right foot was off the ground and landed out of bounds
We lost this game...but this was one of the BEST games the Cowboys ever played.
They lost