My parents took me to this game (I was 7) and I remember the ending being just as oddly anticlimactic as this video. I couldn't believe this was how Roger's career was going to end.
I'm a huge Dallas fan. Back in the day even as a kid I recall commenting with my dad that Football is a little different in Dallas. Respect was on the top of the list. Staubach and Landry demanded it. It's ironic because those two did not see eye to eye on the offense they were great leaders who acted professionally and Roger did what he was told. It was so palpable, their love of the game. They heated arguments were saved for the office not the field. Even more impressive was that Roger served five years in the Navy. He put his NFL career on hold and volunteered to go in the Navy serving in Vietnam. How righteous is that? So take a look at what he did in the NFL, then think about what he would of done starting four years earlier.; He chose fighting in the Navy over the NFL he stated "it was the right thing to do". Today the NFL can't even control all their ridiculous side shows payers do. Today even is they loose they still do their thing. How sick is that getting their ass kicked and still they try to upstage the league. Hollywood Henderson a linebacker wanted to shine more that his teen and the NFL I think he would of gone to the hall, but instead, despite his talent was asked to leave Texas
Agree with most of what you’re saying, back in the day, these players were gentlemen, they didn’t get paid the enormous salaries that the players of today get and all that money seems to go to some of these player’s heads. Now had Roger not gone to the Navy, I don’t know if his career would’ve been a whole lot different, because remember, at that time, Dallas had Don Meredith as their starter, and he was very good, Craig Morton was their backup then, and remember Craig was also a good quarterback whose relationship with Landry was better than Staubach’s, he was probably the most underrated quarterback of his time, remember, he played 16 years, he took two of the teams he played for, Dallas and Denver to their first ever Super Bowl, when the Cowboys traded Morton to the Giants, both Staubach and Landry said that they were sad to see him go, because he was a great teammate, but it was for his own good because as good as he was, he wouldn’t get much playing time in Dallas. So, if Roger had started earlier, his career probably wouldn’t be much different, what gets me, is why did he retire when he did ? Had he stuck around for 2 more seasons, he would’ve had at least one more Super Bowl ring
@@schnuurtchke I admire your knowledge. Personally, I really think a young Staubach was far better than Dandy Don and Mortin. That may be influenced by Don singing "turn out the lights the parties over" every Monday night. It was lame. Roger couldn't go on as he had 20 concussions. As you know it was so different. the QB had to run, had to dodge. Fran, the snake, Bradshaw ETC that got beat into the ground. In the 70's someone felt it was a good idea to have a label Americas team. The First team offered was the Skins, being from Washington and having a solid club. They passed. A label like that is problematic for many reasons. Dallas was a better choice. Clean cut great club. Tex and Coach ran a clean, proper, respectful organization, it was easy to see them as Americas team. Players like Lambert, all of Oakland "even the Raiders cheerleaders" took exception to it and wanted to plant Roger's head into the ground and they did. It's hard to say but he was smart to get out. He had a family and a whole other professional career. Football was a game to be played and enjoyed, what was really important was when it was over what was left to bring home to what really matters. My Fav heart and soul of the boys has got to be Bates. Just because of him a special teams position was made for the all-pro team
@@timelliott4117 Don’t disagree with you about young Roger being better than Dandy Don and Craig Morton, the only thing is that Dallas was winning with those guys and coach Landry wouldn’t have benched a winner. I know that though coach Landry and Roger didn’t always see eye to eye, they had a great deal of respect for each other. Anyway, it would’ve been really great for Roger to play one more season and exit the game as Super Bowl champion instead of going out like this, but it is what it is.
Did not know in 7seasons Roger got them 2 four super bowls. I kinda give White a pass because he did deal with some injuries. The fumble after "the catch" n the no Danny game , no explanation, no excuse.
I just learned that Roger had a concussion from a Youngblood hit earlier in the game. He said if he had been clear minded they would’ve had a better chance to win and if they had won, he would’ve played two more years. I was so relieved that they lost that game, because I didn’t want Pittsburgh to have to deal with them again.
Historically speaking, fans might not realize how important that play was. If Roger had played two more years, Dallas likely would have traded Danny White because he wanted to be starter before he grew too old. If Dallas had traded White, they would not have passed over their #1 rated quarterback in the draft. A guy by the name of Joe Montana.
@@DanielGarcia-fn4kh broken leg easier than qb brain fog. Playing with a concussion would be a great way to end up with interceptions, as happened last season with tua
@@texasstadium Montana was drafted by San Francisco before the start of the 1979 season. He was already wearing the red and gold and backing up Steve Deberg when this game was played.
Thanks. Too bad we couldn't close the deal at the end and finally bring a Lombardi Trophy to L.A.. Another missed opportunity to add to all the ones from the 1970's. But I'll always love the L.A. Rams.
I remember the Rams being backed up to their own 3 yard line and having to punt. The Rams punter ran out of the back end of the end zone and taking the safety rather than risking a blocked punt. Thus the odd point total of 19 for the Cowboys.
FM L he had a fantastic ass-kicking defense. Terry’s a good guy. No penalty in liking the guy. As for this 79’ game vs Rams, well it should be clear to all that Dallas was beginning to decline. They would go on to appear in 3 straight NFC championships but would lose them all.
FM L FM I was too young to remember much of SB 13 be you don’t what I seen in NFL films and read in books but, and I too love Roger, class act, but Terry was hindered by the Steelers offensive approach much the same way Aikman was with 90’s cowboys. But both could turn it on when I mattered most. Terry was awesome in SB 13/14 while Aikman single handily kept Dallas in the game in 94’ NFC championship game. I guess bottom line is I’d love to have chatted with both Roger and Terry. And I hate Pittsburgh lol
This one was tough cause Roger's last game..Rams actually came very close to beating Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl that year too..hats off to them hell of a run
Hindsight is always 20/20. Looking back on it now, 1979 was the beginning of the end of the Cowboy dynasty. The Doomsday defense was hit the hardest that season. Ed Jones "retired" for one year to try professional boxing. Charlie Water messed up his knee in the preseason that year. Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson was kicked off the team in November after he fell out with Coach Landry. Dallas literally lost Pro Bowl Caliber/All Pro players from the strong side of their defense that season. At the end of the season, Staubach, Cliff Harris, and Rayfield Wright retired (All Hall of Famers BTW). The team was still good as a whole, even great at times on offense in the early 1980's, but the end of the glory days of the Landry Cowboys actually began in the 1979 Divisional Playoffs, not in 1981 at Candlestick Park.
Although This Depleted Rams Team limped their way into The Playoffs with a 9-7 mark, no matter how weak of a team they were in 1979, I swear Their Pass Defense was definitely The Strongest in the NFL!
they weren't a weak team in 1979, when you take into account their full body of work leading up to this season...from 1973-1978 , the 6 seasons before 1979, the Los Angeles Rams had a combined record of 66-12, which i'm almost positive was the best in football.. their 9-7 record in 1979, was a mute point when you look at it from the perspective i illustrated..
You are correct. The Rams had been strong (especially defensively) for years under Chuck Knox and Ray Malavasi. This particular year, they had several injuries early in the season, thus losing several games, including being blown our 21 - 6 at Tampa, and 30 - 6 at Dallas. However, they were fortunate to be in the weak NFC West, and had time to get their key players back in time for the playoffs. They even set a record for fewest yards allowed in a game against the Seahawks, who weren't that bad of a team. A hugh reason for their late season success was after Pat Haden broke his hand against the Seahawks, Vince Ferragamo took over.
The week before The Seattle Game, the Rams were in Chicago with Jeff Rutledge as their Starting Quarterback with both Haden and Ferragamo out from Injuries.
The big change was that their starting QB got hurt and was replaced with a better QB in Ferragamo. Haden was not very good. Had Haden been the QB, they surly would hv lost.
So many what if's in sports. The Rams went on to beat Tampa in that horrible rain soaked NFC championship game. A play here and there and Dallas could have gone to 5+ super bowls in a row. We never got to see a Cowboys-Oilers or Cowboys-Raiders Super Bowl but that's life.
Dallas should of won this game Quite a A playoff history vs the old LA Rams. The games went one of two ways: It was either a Dallas blow out (1973, '75, '78, '80. Two of those in LA )or they would allow the Rams to escape with a narrow win (1976, '79, 83 all at Texas Stadium) However I know the last time facing off in the playoffs in '85 (the 8th playoff meeting in 13 years between the two) saw a close game broken open by one Eric Dickerson and his two long TD jaunts in the 2nd half (he had 248 yards) for a comfortable win out in LA
I remember this as a kid and I so wanted another shot at Pittsburgh because in both previous SBs Dallas lost to the Steelers by 4 and I also had no idea this would be Roger's last game ever.
Yep, good ol Roger. Staubach set the standard for every Cowboys quarterback after him. Troy Aikman was the only other Dallas QB who could match it. Tony Romo tried but came up way short.
Earlier in the game Staubach threw a TD pass to Jay Saldi but took a hard hit to the turf as he delivered the ball. He had to be helped off of the field by a couple of teammates. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Roger actually experienced a concussion during that hit. If he were concussed on that play that could explain why he threw a pass to a Guard and missed on all of his pass attempts during the last drive.
I was at that game and it was quite a gut-punch, moreso because they had blown the Rams out at home 30-6 just weeks earlier at a game I also attended. (At that game, they handed out free "bad bandannas" to everyone that were designed by Preston Pearson. I still have mine somewhere.) Of course, few thought it was the end for Roger at that time. I certainly didn't, even though he joked afterwards about his last pass ever going to "Herbie Scott."
See all those fan made banners and signs hanging along the fenced area? I miss those. It allowed fans to be part of the game. Now, the stadiums are nothing more than sterile environments, "no fun allowed".
+Joe Griego Except for scumbag owners who sneak out of town for better stadiums in the middle of the night. Leaving behind fans who were loyal to the team for decades. God! I hated that prick Al Davis! As a little kid 1980.
now it's ONLY corporate advertising... all about the damn money, as if those companies actually pay to see these games... Corporate greed is what's killing America.
The stank of PC-America. Phew! No imagination, no sense of humor, no nothin'. Dumb & Getting Dumber. As a physics professor (semi-retired) I know the State of the Union.
Incredibly, the Rams were one of only two teams to beat the Cowboys in the playoffs at Texas Stadium until January 1999, when Dallas lost to the ARIZONA CARDINALS. Unbelievable.
Obviously, you've never heard his call on Gibson 's home run in the' 88 World Series : "In a year which has so been improbable, the" Impossible " has happened" (LOL)!!!
Back when I LOVED football and the Cowboys. Thanks to the MANY rules added and the "it was only me and my ability that scored" attitude players have, I stopped watching it in 1999. Plus "head coach" and Jerry Mr. Ego Jones made my choice easy.
Aunque Vincent Ferragamo era el titular como QB (15) de los Carneros, se supone que es Joe Pendleton numero 16 lleva a los Carneros a ganar el supertazon contra los Steelers?... aquel que entienda la referncia ya esta viejo como yo --------- Although Vincent Ferragamo was the starter as QB (15) of the Rams, is it supposed to be Joe Pendleton number 16 leads the Rams to win the Super Bowl against the Steelers? ... anyone who understands the referral is already old like me
Según sé Pat Haden era el QB (11) de los Carneros, pero se quebró un dedo dejando al sustituto Vince Ferragamo, que los llevó hasta el Superbowl, XIV que con dificultad ganaron los Acereros de Pittsburgh.
Damn OL Herb Scott. It looked like Staubach was throwing it away and he accidentally caught it. If it's 4th and 10 Staubach wins this game 70% of the time. Then beats TB & finally gets to beat the Steelers.
I woulda liked to see some screens to TD/Springs/Pearson.. Landry kept dialing up medium/long distance throws.. no match against LA’s rush and secondary. They had plenty of time to play it short
Landry needed to give the playbook to Staubach but his ego wouldn't let it. When pregame shows pick your play calling apart for long to intermediate passes only there is a problem. Landry became too predictable and his "trick" plays got them smacked by Pittsburgh twice.
The one thing I remember about this game, is the Cowboys should have had the ball, and the lead, in the 4th quarter. The Rams had to punt, and some idiot on special teams, ran into the kicker. That gave the Rams a first down, and they went on to score the go ahead touchdown, on that drive.
4:52 - Dallas could easily have won this game. Staubach simply had an anti-Staubach moment at the worst possible time and threw the ball directly to an offensive linemen -- the first and only time I ever saw him do this.
Bad decision on letting him play with the full effects of a concussion. Just shows how bad it be and how much it can effect coordination. Terrible way to end a career for such a great and legendary player.
He calls a football game way better than Joe Buck does. He'll, he calls any sporting event better than Joe Buck does, even if it's an event involving dominoes toppling.
“The Only Playoff Defeat the Cowboys suffered here(At Texas Stadium) was against the Rams”. Vin Scully must have forgot about The 1973 NFC Championship Game when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cowboys 27-10, at Texas Stadium.
It was not right the way Roger ended his career. Not like this. But he quit at the right time. And he had been hit often. Roger had several concussions.
This drive felt as anti-climactic for Staubach's career as....as...I can't even find the words. Deflated balloons after a birthday party is over? Dirty dish water filling the sink? A wedding night spent watching television? The final player chosen in the NFL Draft? In 1976, losing to the Rams had a lot to do with Staubach's broken finger from weeks earlier against the Bears. But here, Roger was healthy, Dallas had slaughtered the Rams, 30-6 in early December, and this LA team, unlike the elite 1976 team, was 9-7 and only made the playoffs on the final play of the season when the Saints missed a FG. Clearly, Scully hit the nail saying the Cowboys were flat after all that emotion spent beating the Redskins a week earlier.This game should never have been close in the fourth quarter. Got to give the Rams credit, though, this is why the games are played on the field, not on paper. Ironically, in 1980, the reverse happened when LA slaughtered Dallas 38-14 on MNF late in the season, only to see the Cowboys eat the Rams alive in the Wild Card game, 34-13, running the ball down LA's throats for 338 yards.
The Cowboys and Rams had this strange occurrence happening in the 70s and 80s in which whoever won the head to head matchup in the regular season would lose the head to head matchup in the playoffs.
Yep. For three straight seasons , 78, 79, and 80, the winner of the Cowboys-Rams regular season game was eliminated by the other in the playoffs. And those regular-season wins were decisive.
it's one of the best playoff rivalries in NFL history...i think they played each other in the post season 8 times in just a 13 year period, with the two teams splitting the 8 games..
another thing to consider, is the frequency with which these two teams played each other, both in the reg season and playoffs..the first 30 or so seasons of the Dallas Cowboys existence, they played the L.A Rams more than any other team outside their division..i think 25 times to be exact, with L.A having a slight edge with an overall record of 13-12 against Dallas..
This Dallas loss makes the Redskins loss 35-34 to knock them out of the playoffs really stink as a Skins fan. Washington has the better team and had they won, Washington would have won the division and hosted the Rams in RFK.
Huge Dallas fan as a kid but we were in Fairfax county and I caught the Redskins bug that year. Most devastating loss ever. My principal started morning announcements the next day with “Happy Dallas Day.” Sad times.
@@cowboylegends4life681 Dallas and SF 49ers haven't been relevant since the salary cap was implemented. Can't buy SB's no more with thier overpaid all star cast like they did back in the day.
The cowboys were a great team though I was never a fan and thought they got all the calls( 1975 against Minnesota push off) I hated to see Staubach go out like that. I was looking forward to Steelers/Cowboys III.
No CONCUSSION protocol back the Hey remember Jack Reynolds from the Rams played with a FUCKING broke leg but not in this game but players played with all kinds of injuries !! Wish Roger would have been at his best and the NFL Would have had more concern for the players of that era example Lyle Alzado, even Tony Dorset who says he is all FUCKED UP,. Earl Campbell etc
roger staubach didnt know where he was throwing at on that last drive thats because he was told not to connect with any reciever because the higher ups didnt want to see another cowboys steelers super bowl
and the cowboys were robbed 2 years later against the 49ers in the nfc championship game when drew pearson was horse collard the next play right after the catch
Rams made it game though and I believe led after 3rd quarter 19-17, but 3rd and 10 long bomb broke it open in final quarter. Steelers were a great team.
For 3 quarters LA gave Pittsburgh all they could handle. As someone pointed out, the Rams were ahead going into the 4th quarter. Bradshaw has said that game was the least enjoyable of the 4 Super Bowl wins because it of how well the Rams defense played. People forget that the DC for LA that year was Bud Carson, the DC in Pittsburgh from 1973-1977, the glory years of the Steel Curtain. Terry said Carson knew all of their audibles. Bradshaw on MVP despite throwing 3 INTS in the game.
Ya..... Mr osso.....your BOYS won three bowls.....but you need to clarify it for me.....y use the word fixed??? That word....only that one...FIXED is the reason for my original comment. Nothing was FIXED Robert....they simply got beat
I was @ this Game with my best Buddy, "Snook" Nash. Was in my 3rd year of 20 @ Naval Shipyard Long Beach before Democratic policies officially closed her. I worked @ Dallas/Fort Worth Bulk Mail Center offa Fort Worth Avenue, about 3 blocks from me & Snooks 2 BR Apt. ( 1903 Atlantic Avenue I think ) $225.00 monthly. Left Dallas May 1977 & July 1977 I was paying $235.00 monthly in Long Beach for a 1 BR......Wasn't using common sense back then.
Wtf was Staubach thinking on 3rd and 10?....throws it to an ineligible receiver instead of Ron Springs in the right flat?...no wonder he retired after this game.....smh
San Diego had crushed Rams 40-14 and Steelers 35-7 in 1979 and would lose to an inferior Houston team in playoffs. They would lose to inferior teams, 79/80/81/82. Ahhh! The Chokers.
I read something interesting about the San Diego/Houston playoff game in 1979 that I had totally forgotten: Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell didn't play due to injuries. Yet, San Diego lost 17-14. San nearly gained 400 yds of offense but still lost due to 5 INT's from Fouts. An article on the SI website from back in the day said that Houston had figured out if SD was calling a run or pass based on the way Fouts set up behind center. It gave them an edge in the game because they new what was coming before the snap. Despite that they still only won by 3 points.
two minutes left in the game with 2 timeouts and roger staubach cant get into field goal range with the recievers and offense he has. yea right. so rigged
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My parents took me to this game (I was 7) and I remember the ending being just as oddly anticlimactic as this video. I couldn't believe this was how Roger's career was going to end.
I remember watching this game as a kid, and crying my eyes out at the end.
David Grider oh my Goodness!!! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one!!! I was heartbroken.
I remember watching this game when I was a kid in Germany. Getting up, sneaking to the tv at like 2am to watch my Cowboys lose. So sad.
Atleast with all the concussions he took throughout his career Staubach hasn't been affected by CTE that I'm aware of thank goodness.
I'm a huge Dallas fan. Back in the day even as a kid I recall commenting with my dad that Football is a little different in Dallas. Respect was on the top of the list. Staubach and Landry demanded it. It's ironic because those two did not see eye to eye on the offense they were great leaders who acted professionally and Roger did what he was told. It was so palpable, their love of the game. They heated arguments were saved for the office not the field. Even more impressive was that Roger served five years in the Navy. He put his NFL career on hold and volunteered to go in the Navy serving in Vietnam. How righteous is that? So take a look at what he did in the NFL, then think about what he would of done starting four years earlier.; He chose fighting in the Navy over the NFL he stated "it was the right thing to do". Today the NFL can't even control all their ridiculous side shows payers do. Today even is they loose they still do their thing. How sick is that getting their ass kicked and still they try to upstage the league. Hollywood Henderson a linebacker wanted to shine more that his teen and the NFL I think he would of gone to the hall, but instead, despite his talent was asked to leave Texas
No disrespect BUT they didn't want to lose to Pitt again in the SB had a lot to do w this game.
Agree with most of what you’re saying, back in the day, these players were gentlemen, they didn’t get paid the enormous salaries that the players of today get and all that money seems to go to some of these player’s heads. Now had Roger not gone to the Navy, I don’t know if his career would’ve been a whole lot different, because remember, at that time, Dallas had Don Meredith as their starter, and he was very good, Craig Morton was their backup then, and remember Craig was also a good quarterback whose relationship with Landry was better than Staubach’s, he was probably the most underrated quarterback of his time, remember, he played 16 years, he took two of the teams he played for, Dallas and Denver to their first ever Super Bowl, when the Cowboys traded Morton to the Giants, both Staubach and Landry said that they were sad to see him go, because he was a great teammate, but it was for his own good because as good as he was, he wouldn’t get much playing time in Dallas. So, if Roger had started earlier, his career probably wouldn’t be much different, what gets me, is why did he retire when he did ? Had he stuck around for 2 more seasons, he would’ve had at least one more Super Bowl ring
@@schnuurtchke I admire your knowledge. Personally, I really think a young Staubach was far better than Dandy Don and Mortin. That may be influenced by Don singing "turn out the lights the parties over" every Monday night. It was lame. Roger couldn't go on as he had 20 concussions. As you know it was so different. the QB had to run, had to dodge. Fran, the snake, Bradshaw ETC that got beat into the ground. In the 70's someone felt it was a good idea to have a label Americas team. The First team offered was the Skins, being from Washington and having a solid club. They passed. A label like that is problematic for many reasons. Dallas was a better choice. Clean cut great club. Tex and Coach ran a clean, proper, respectful organization, it was easy to see them as Americas team. Players like Lambert, all of Oakland "even the Raiders cheerleaders" took exception to it and wanted to plant Roger's head into the ground and they did. It's hard to say but he was smart to get out. He had a family and a whole other professional career. Football was a game to be played and enjoyed, what was really important was when it was over what was left to bring home to what really matters.
My Fav heart and soul of the boys has got to be Bates. Just because of him a special teams position was made for the all-pro team
@@timelliott4117 Don’t disagree with you about young Roger being better than Dandy Don and Craig Morton, the only thing is that Dallas was winning with those guys and coach Landry wouldn’t have benched a winner. I know that though coach Landry and Roger didn’t always see eye to eye, they had a great deal of respect for each other. Anyway, it would’ve been really great for Roger to play one more season and exit the game as Super Bowl champion instead of going out like this, but it is what it is.
@@schnuurtchke Yes Hind site. I would have never have gotten the crabs if I didn't choose the pretty girl
I agree not the way Roger should’ve gone out. From 79-83 Dallas was good but not great anymore. To lose to Rams at home! Unacceptable
Did not know in 7seasons Roger got them 2 four super bowls. I kinda give White a pass because he did deal with some injuries. The fumble after "the catch" n the no Danny game , no explanation, no excuse.
I just learned that Roger had a concussion from a Youngblood hit earlier in the game. He said if he had been clear minded they would’ve had a better chance to win and if they had won, he would’ve played two more years. I was so relieved that they lost that game, because I didn’t want Pittsburgh to have to deal with them again.
Historically speaking, fans might not realize how important that play was. If Roger had played two more years, Dallas likely would have traded Danny White because he wanted to be starter before he grew too old. If Dallas had traded White, they would not have passed over their #1 rated quarterback in the draft. A guy by the name of Joe Montana.
@@texasstadium I'm not sure if I ever heard of Joe Montana before
Excuses. Jack Youngblood played with a broken leg in the Super Bowl.
@@DanielGarcia-fn4kh broken leg easier than qb brain fog. Playing with a concussion would be a great way to end up with interceptions, as happened last season with tua
@@texasstadium Montana was drafted by San Francisco before the start of the 1979 season. He was already wearing the red and gold and backing up Steve Deberg when this game was played.
I remember this game. This one hurt for a long long time. Roger you are still my favorite Cowboys. Thanks for the memories.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, the NFC Championship game losses in ‘75 and ‘78 still hurt today.
Yeah I remember Roger's last completion was to Guard Herbert Scott.
@@losangelesrams3472 fair enough... plus you got us this year lol
Thanks. Too bad we couldn't close the deal at the end and finally bring a Lombardi Trophy to L.A.. Another missed opportunity to add to all the ones from the 1970's. But I'll always love the L.A. Rams.
@@losangelesrams3472 was pulling for you guys too
I remember the Rams being backed up to their own 3 yard line and having to punt.
The Rams punter ran out of the back end of the end zone and taking the safety rather than risking a blocked punt.
Thus the odd point total of 19 for the Cowboys.
The Cowboys would be "shocked" again in the '82 NFC Championship game this time with Danny White at the helm vs. San Francisco..
The Catch!
Roger Staubach will always be my favorite athlete of all time.
Roger Staubach was way better than Terry Bradshaw.He should have won 4 Superbowls. Bradshaw benefitted by having a better defense.
FM L he had a fantastic ass-kicking defense. Terry’s a good guy. No penalty in liking the guy. As for this 79’ game vs Rams, well it should be clear to all that Dallas was beginning to decline. They would go on to appear in 3 straight NFC championships but would lose them all.
@@RobertJohnson-mn3br I agree Dallas was on the decline.
FM L FM I was too young to remember much of SB 13 be you don’t what I seen in NFL films and read in books but, and I too love Roger, class act, but Terry was hindered by the Steelers offensive approach much the same way Aikman was with 90’s cowboys. But both could turn it on when I mattered most. Terry was awesome in SB 13/14 while Aikman single handily kept Dallas in the game in 94’ NFC championship game. I guess bottom line is I’d love to have chatted with both Roger and Terry. And I hate Pittsburgh lol
@@RobertJohnson-mn3br fair enough
I remember watching this game. I think Staubach might have been concussed at the end of the previous drive.
Just like the 1983 loss, this game was like seeing a Corvette lose to a Prius. At least in 1976 the Rams were an excellent team.
This one was tough cause Roger's last game..Rams actually came very close to beating Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl that year too..hats off to them hell of a run
I loved every minute of this. Roger had tormented us for years. I didn't feel safe until we stopped that last pass and he retired.
Staubach's last completion was to a guard.
I remember watching that game like it was YESTERDAY!!! One of the VERY FEW times I've EVER enjoyed watching my Cowboys get beat!!!
Why did you enjoy seeing your Cowboys lose?
I enjoyed seeing my Cowboys lose simply because EVEN WITH their losing it was STILL a GREAT GREAT game my friend!!! :)
Hindsight is always 20/20. Looking back on it now, 1979 was the beginning of the end of the Cowboy dynasty. The Doomsday defense was hit the hardest that season. Ed Jones "retired" for one year to try professional boxing. Charlie Water messed up his knee in the preseason that year. Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson was kicked off the team in November after he fell out with Coach Landry. Dallas literally lost Pro Bowl Caliber/All Pro players from the strong side of their defense that season. At the end of the season, Staubach, Cliff Harris, and Rayfield Wright retired (All Hall of Famers BTW). The team was still good as a whole, even great at times on offense in the early 1980's, but the end of the glory days of the Landry Cowboys actually began in the 1979 Divisional Playoffs, not in 1981 at Candlestick Park.
Although This Depleted Rams Team limped their way into The Playoffs with a 9-7 mark, no matter how weak of a team they were in 1979, I swear Their Pass Defense was definitely The Strongest in the NFL!
they weren't a weak team in 1979, when you take into account their full body of work leading up to this season...from 1973-1978 , the 6 seasons before 1979, the Los Angeles Rams had a combined record of 66-12, which i'm almost positive was the best in football.. their 9-7 record in 1979, was a mute point when you look at it from the perspective i illustrated..
You are correct. The Rams had been strong (especially defensively) for years under Chuck Knox and Ray Malavasi. This particular year, they had several injuries early in the season, thus losing several games, including being blown our 21 - 6 at Tampa, and 30 - 6 at Dallas. However, they were fortunate to be in the weak NFC West, and had time to get their key players back in time for the playoffs. They even set a record for fewest yards allowed in a game against the Seahawks, who weren't that bad of a team. A hugh reason for their late season success was after Pat Haden broke his hand against the Seahawks, Vince Ferragamo took over.
The week before The Seattle Game, the Rams were in Chicago with Jeff Rutledge as their Starting Quarterback with both Haden and Ferragamo out from Injuries.
The big change was that their starting QB got hurt and was replaced with a better QB in Ferragamo. Haden was not very good. Had Haden been the QB, they surly would hv lost.
Xavier Cabrera yes Haden sucked
One if the greatest days of my childhood.
Too bad Roger didn't have a final drive that led to victory. He certainly earned it.
I'll never forget this game. 21-19. We should have won it
Should have, would have, could have. Rams should have beaten Dallas a few other times during the 70's too. lol
That's why they play the game
So many what if's in sports. The Rams went on to beat Tampa in that horrible rain soaked NFC championship game. A play here and there and Dallas could have gone to 5+ super bowls in a row. We never got to see a Cowboys-Oilers or Cowboys-Raiders Super Bowl but that's life.
Dallas should of won this game Quite a A playoff history vs the old LA Rams. The games went one of two ways: It was either a Dallas blow out (1973, '75, '78, '80. Two of those in LA )or they would allow the Rams to escape with a narrow win (1976, '79, 83 all at Texas Stadium) However I know the last time facing off in the playoffs in '85 (the 8th playoff meeting in 13 years between the two) saw a close game broken open by one Eric Dickerson and his two long TD jaunts in the 2nd half (he had 248 yards) for a comfortable win out in LA
I remember this as a kid and I so wanted another shot at Pittsburgh because in both previous SBs Dallas lost to the Steelers by 4 and I also had no idea this would be Roger's last game ever.
David Holcomb you couldn't blame the guy for retiring though lol
+David Holcomb Cowboys of the 70,s could not beat Steelers of the 70,s if their lives depended on it.
Prince Zane he was old
Snake Oiler 12 if j smith makes the easy catch, cowboys win. Dont act like it wasnt close
willie beamen that too
GLAD that NFL referee Jerry Markbreit is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Yep, good ol Roger. Staubach set the standard for every Cowboys quarterback after him. Troy Aikman was the only other Dallas QB who could match it. Tony Romo tried but came up way short.
Staubach went to the playoffs even his last year, what a goat
Earlier in the game Staubach threw a TD pass to Jay Saldi but took a hard hit to the turf as he delivered the ball. He had to be helped off of the field by a couple of teammates. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Roger actually experienced a concussion during that hit. If he were concussed on that play that could explain why he threw a pass to a Guard and missed on all of his pass attempts during the last drive.
Landry’s play calling.
I was at that game and it was quite a gut-punch, moreso because they had blown the Rams out at home 30-6 just weeks earlier at a game I also attended. (At that game, they handed out free "bad bandannas" to everyone that were designed by Preston Pearson. I still have mine somewhere.) Of course, few thought it was the end for Roger at that time. I certainly didn't, even though he joked afterwards about his last pass ever going to "Herbie Scott."
See all those fan made banners and signs hanging along the fenced area? I miss those. It allowed fans to be part of the game. Now, the stadiums are nothing more than sterile environments, "no fun allowed".
+Joe Griego Except for scumbag owners who sneak out of town for better stadiums in the middle of the night. Leaving behind fans who were loyal to the team for decades. God! I hated that prick Al Davis! As a little kid 1980.
Miss the old yellow John 3:16 banners that was commonplace at an NFL stadium in the 80s and early 90s.
now it's ONLY corporate advertising... all about the damn money, as if those companies actually pay to see these games... Corporate greed is what's killing America.
The stank of PC-America. Phew! No imagination, no sense of humor, no nothin'. Dumb & Getting Dumber. As a physics professor (semi-retired) I know the State of the Union.
@@drbonesshow1 ... Thank you Dr. Mueller, i applaud that insightful comment... clap.... clap.....clap.
A very sad way for an all-time great Quarterback to end his briliant career.
When real men played the game of football.
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Roger was class.
Incredibly, the Rams were one of only two teams to beat the Cowboys in the playoffs at Texas Stadium until January 1999, when Dallas lost to the ARIZONA CARDINALS. Unbelievable.
The Vikings beat Dallas in the 73 NFC title game in Dallas...
Vin Scully did great play-by-play for football. I always thought he was better covering football than baseball.
Vin was very underrated as a great NFL announcer I agree.
Obviously, you've never heard his call on Gibson 's home run in the' 88 World Series : "In a year which has so been improbable, the" Impossible " has happened" (LOL)!!!
Vin Scully was also good at calling PGA Golf on CBS as well.
Vin was the best. Whenever he covered a sport he wasn't so familiar with, he always did his homework. He was a true professional.
a sad ending to a great nfl career for Roger.
At least he didn't get knocked out cold like Brett Favre did the last play of his career. That must have sucked. LoL
Love the Roger!
I remember Vince Ferragamo playing for Montreal.
What's a Alouettes?
@@markpedroza7294 ..Montreal Alouettes!
That was a time when the Cowboys used to play like the cowboys instead of the cowgirls and foot ball was exciting to watch!
the collective anthem kneel with Jerry broke the Cowboys irreparably.
Back when I LOVED football and the Cowboys. Thanks to the MANY rules added and the "it was only me and my ability that scored" attitude players have, I stopped watching it in 1999. Plus "head coach" and Jerry Mr. Ego Jones made my choice easy.
Even though the pass was incomplete and the end of Staubach's football career, look at the rocket arm: 6:05 He actually threw it too hard.
When CBS rolled the credits you knew the game was over, except for some Staubach magic, but not today: 4:16
I was one years old wow this LA Rams thing is a curse !
Aunque Vincent Ferragamo era el titular como QB (15) de los Carneros, se supone que es Joe Pendleton numero 16 lleva a los Carneros a ganar el supertazon contra los Steelers?... aquel que entienda la referncia ya esta viejo como yo ---------
Although Vincent Ferragamo was the starter as QB (15) of the Rams, is it supposed to be Joe Pendleton number 16 leads the Rams to win the Super Bowl against the Steelers? ... anyone who understands the referral is already old like me
Según sé Pat Haden era el QB (11) de los Carneros, pero se quebró un dedo dejando al sustituto Vince Ferragamo, que los llevó hasta el Superbowl, XIV que con dificultad ganaron los Acereros de Pittsburgh.
Damn OL Herb Scott. It looked like Staubach was throwing it away and he accidentally caught it. If it's 4th and 10 Staubach wins this game 70% of the time. Then beats TB & finally gets to beat the Steelers.
Not how Staubach should have gone out... 😞
Is what it is.
Staubach had a concussion earlier n obviously wasn’t himself here.
Worst play calling ever. Should've kept Dorsett running. Still a sore spot.
That would have been a little hard on the clock.
I woulda liked to see some screens to TD/Springs/Pearson.. Landry kept dialing up medium/long distance throws.. no match against LA’s rush and secondary. They had plenty of time to play it short
Landry needed to give the playbook to Staubach but his ego wouldn't let it. When pregame shows pick your play calling apart for long to intermediate passes only there is a problem. Landry became too predictable and his "trick" plays got them smacked by Pittsburgh twice.
Not only did they not comeback but Cowboys fans had to listen to George Allen on the color commentating
Ikr wasn't he awful
Staubach had a concussion. Different attitudes about head injuries back then.
The one thing I remember about this game, is the Cowboys should have had the ball, and the lead, in the 4th quarter. The Rams had to punt, and some idiot on special teams, ran into the kicker. That gave the Rams a first down, and they went on to score the go ahead touchdown, on that drive.
4:52 - Dallas could easily have won this game. Staubach simply had an anti-Staubach moment at the worst possible time and threw the ball directly to an offensive linemen -- the first and only time I ever saw him do this.
Bad decision on letting him play with the full effects of a concussion. Just shows how bad it be and how much it can effect coordination. Terrible way to end a career for such a great and legendary player.
I. Was. There.
Is that Vin Scully calling the play by play?
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That game was one of the biggest disappointments I can remember
Is that vin Scully?
Nope its Vin Skully
Yes It is.
recklessrick9
It certainly was, with George Allen as His Colorman covering the game.
He calls a football game way better than Joe Buck does. He'll, he calls any sporting event better than Joe Buck does, even if it's an event involving dominoes toppling.
My cowboys didn't want to face Steelers for a third time in that decade
U know, people forget that all Dallas needed was a field goal. Let's give credit to Mr.Jack Joungblood and company for that last stand.
“The Only Playoff Defeat the Cowboys suffered here(At Texas Stadium) was against the Rams”. Vin Scully must have forgot about The 1973 NFC Championship Game when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cowboys 27-10, at Texas Stadium.
Rams got them 14-12 in 1976, also.
Jeff Silva That’s what Vin Scully was referring to when mentioning about the Rams defeating the Cowboys at Dallas in A Playoff Game.
Staubach famous last completion to an offensive lineman!!!
Luther Jennings it was fixed he was told and ordered not complete any passes the nfl and the higher ups wanted the rams to win
all these years ive been calling this the fake drive because the drive was fixed
Robert Osso you have got to be the biggest idiot on RUclips.
It was not right the way Roger ended his career. Not like this. But he quit at the right time. And he had been hit often. Roger had several concussions.
This drive felt as anti-climactic for Staubach's career as....as...I can't even find the words. Deflated balloons after a birthday party is over? Dirty dish water filling the sink? A wedding night spent watching television? The final player chosen in the NFL Draft? In 1976, losing to the Rams had a lot to do with Staubach's broken finger from weeks earlier against the Bears. But here, Roger was healthy, Dallas had slaughtered the Rams, 30-6 in early December, and this LA team, unlike the elite 1976 team, was 9-7 and only made the playoffs on the final play of the season when the Saints missed a FG. Clearly, Scully hit the nail saying the Cowboys were flat after all that emotion spent beating the Redskins a week earlier.This game should never have been close in the fourth quarter. Got to give the Rams credit, though, this is why the games are played on the field, not on paper. Ironically, in 1980, the reverse happened when LA slaughtered Dallas 38-14 on MNF late in the season, only to see the Cowboys eat the Rams alive in the Wild Card game, 34-13, running the ball down LA's throats for 338 yards.
The Cowboys and Rams had this strange occurrence happening in the 70s and 80s in which whoever won the head to head matchup in the regular season would lose the head to head matchup in the playoffs.
Yep. For three straight seasons , 78, 79, and 80, the winner of the Cowboys-Rams regular season game was eliminated by the other in the playoffs. And those regular-season wins were decisive.
it's one of the best playoff rivalries in NFL history...i think they played each other in the post season 8 times in just a 13 year period, with the two teams splitting the 8 games..
another thing to consider, is the frequency with which these two teams played each other, both in the reg season and playoffs..the first 30 or so seasons of the Dallas Cowboys existence, they played the L.A Rams more than any other team outside their division..i think 25 times to be exact, with L.A having a slight edge with an overall record of 13-12 against Dallas..
Make that 14-12, after last week. : )
Even the greatest ones fail sometimes
Joshua Zepeda Being a Ram fan was so scared to give it back to Staubach with 2:06 left. Couldn't believe he threw to an interior lineman.
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Dallas was ordered to throw this game
WTF happened to the commercials and stupid reff calls???
Rams beat America's team wow what a upset
This Dallas loss makes the Redskins loss 35-34 to knock them out of the playoffs really stink as a Skins fan. Washington has the better team and had they won, Washington would have won the division and hosted the Rams in RFK.
LOL!
As Don Meredith said, "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas."
Huge Dallas fan as a kid but we were in Fairfax county and I caught the Redskins bug that year. Most devastating loss ever. My principal started morning announcements the next day with “Happy Dallas Day.” Sad times.
One of the most disappointing and just downright hurtful moments in sports history!
Losing to Ferragamo was a low point in cowboys history
Happened twice. '79 and '83. Rams were big underdogs in both.
Rams deservedly won.
yeah.. they did... but they'll never be the Cowboys!
Ask me how many SB's the Rams won?!
Cowboy Legends4Life true but this year we r more likely to make the SB than u r to get to the playoffs.
HELLO???!!! Super Bowl XXXIV(2000) vs. the Tennessee Titans.
I remember this game. Beat TB 9-0 in Championship.
@@cowboylegends4life681 Dallas and SF 49ers haven't been relevant since the salary cap was implemented. Can't buy SB's no more with thier overpaid all star cast like they did back in the day.
The cowboys were a great team though I was never a fan and thought they got all the calls( 1975 against Minnesota push off) I hated to see Staubach go out like that. I was looking forward to Steelers/Cowboys III.
😂😂😂😂. Salty AF
Super Bowl bound at last!
choke city is more like it.
@@vladtheimpaler5550 2021 LA Rams Super Bowl champions
Cowboys forgot to have Pearson push somebody.
There was no push. That field was a muddy mess, people falling down entire game. Go back and watch the whole game.
@@binkyxz3 He is referring to Drew Pearson's blatant push off in a playoff game against the Vikings on December 28th, 1975.
@@brianschocke9642 So was I. LOL
@Morley Sobol The Rams forgot to have a beaten crybaby cornerback point his finger and beg for a flag.
this last drive was fixed
You Cowboy cry babies. Damn......just go away
Rick Heras why in the world would i cry about that fixed drive. the cowboys won 3 super bowls since then. im just stating a fact
Robert Osso STUNADE BUCHIACH. You must be spouting alternative facts. You are one dumb fuck.
Rams will always give the Cowboys hell.
Gilbert Hernandez not really.
Will c
No CONCUSSION protocol back the Hey remember Jack Reynolds from the Rams played with a FUCKING broke leg but not in this game but players played with all kinds of injuries !! Wish Roger would have been at his best and the NFL Would have had more concern for the players of that era example Lyle Alzado, even Tony Dorset who says he is all FUCKED UP,. Earl Campbell etc
The one with the broken leg was Jack Youngblood #85.
roger staubach didnt know where he was throwing at on that last drive thats because he was told not to connect with any reciever because the higher ups didnt want to see another cowboys steelers super bowl
That makes sense, in retrospect...
There is definitely a hidden element in the NFL that controls the behind the scenes action....
@@michaelbanaszak7775 yes for sure the hidden element didnt want another cowboys steelers super bowl
@@robertosso5210 I have suspicions about the Buccaneers laying a goose egg the following week against the Rams, as well....
That's just stupid both those Super Bowls were great
Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good one. :(
Why the hell are the refs huddleing
and the cowboys were robbed 2 years later against the 49ers in the nfc championship game when drew pearson was horse collard the next play right after the catch
Robert Osso horse collars we're legal back then you subhuman less evolved idiot.
Wait a minute, you mean Staubach retired ?
Sad end to a great career. The Rams were no match for the Steelers. It made for a bad Super Bowl.
Rams made it game though and I believe led after 3rd quarter 19-17, but 3rd and 10 long bomb broke it open in final quarter. Steelers were a great team.
For 3 quarters LA gave Pittsburgh all they could handle. As someone pointed out, the Rams were ahead going into the 4th quarter. Bradshaw has said that game was the least enjoyable of the 4 Super Bowl wins because it of how well the Rams defense played. People forget that the DC for LA that year was Bud Carson, the DC in Pittsburgh from 1973-1977, the glory years of the Steel Curtain. Terry said Carson knew all of their audibles. Bradshaw on MVP despite throwing 3 INTS in the game.
it was fixed that the cowboys dont score on the last drive
Ya..... Mr osso.....your BOYS won three bowls.....but you need to clarify it for me.....y use the word fixed??? That word....only that one...FIXED is the reason for my original comment. Nothing was FIXED Robert....they simply got beat
Rick Heras cowboys were ordered on that last drive not to score
Ordered by who? And where did you hear this?
@@robertosso5210 Better put down the crack. Just because Dallas lost, the game was fixed. Get a grip.
Robert Osso you have obviously suffered some kind of brain injury. So sorry for your affliction.
Why would some idiot put this video .????
How stupid the cowboys were here. Lol. The calls were horrible just horrible and Roger looked horrible.
Vince Ferragamo ...........
I was @ this Game with my best Buddy, "Snook" Nash. Was in my 3rd year of 20 @ Naval Shipyard Long Beach before Democratic policies officially closed her.
I worked @ Dallas/Fort Worth Bulk Mail Center offa Fort Worth Avenue, about 3 blocks from me & Snooks 2 BR Apt. ( 1903 Atlantic Avenue I think ) $225.00 monthly.
Left Dallas May 1977 & July 1977 I was paying $235.00 monthly in Long Beach for a 1 BR......Wasn't using common sense back then.
so tacky rolling credits during 2 minute drill
See
Wtf was Staubach thinking on 3rd and 10?....throws it to an ineligible receiver instead of Ron Springs in the right flat?...no wonder he retired after this game.....smh
CTE concusssion
San Diego had crushed Rams 40-14 and Steelers 35-7 in 1979 and would lose to an inferior Houston team in playoffs. They would lose to inferior teams, 79/80/81/82. Ahhh! The Chokers.
I read something interesting about the San Diego/Houston playoff game in 1979 that I had totally forgotten: Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell didn't play due to injuries. Yet, San Diego lost 17-14. San nearly gained 400 yds of offense but still lost due to 5 INT's from Fouts. An article on the SI website from back in the day said that Houston had figured out if SD was calling a run or pass based on the way Fouts set up behind center. It gave them an edge in the game because they new what was coming before the snap. Despite that they still only won by 3 points.
God bless the Oilers. :-)
LOSE DALLAS LOSE
anybody could see how phony and fake this was
Robert Osso STUNADE BUCHIACH
My name is Barbara, and I'd like to make you an offer.
Go Hogs!
two minutes left in the game with 2 timeouts and roger staubach cant get into field goal range with the recievers and offense he has. yea right. so rigged
Robert Osso how many times are you going to post the same nonsense?
Timmy Johnson its not nonsense its the truth
Timmy Johnson it seems like you dont know anything about football
You sound like a conspiracy theorist?... Where's your proof?
oldies geek ordered by the higher ups the ones that run the show. they wanted the rams in the super bowl
Staubach was SO over rated..
LOL