Glad that Drew made it in finally, now they have let C.W. in! He's long overdue ... And thats coming from a Forty Niner Faithful that hated the '70s Cowboys.
Hollywood Henderson if not for cocaine would be in the hall of fame and Dallas would have gone back to the superbowl beating one of those teams in 81,82,83 that's how talented he was
That's what he's saying... IF NOT for cocaine and barring injury he most certainly would have had a case for the hall of fame. He's not saying he belongs there the way it played out...
Although this was before I was born, the Cowboys have been my team ever since I grew up with Emmitt Smith. I've always liked the history of my favorite team.
The 1977 Cowboys are the most underrated GREAT team in NFL history. Despite being the last team to lead the league in total offense AND defense, they are never mentioned as being one the Top Ten greatest teams of all-time. Their exclusion from Top Ten lists becomes even more absurd when you consider the FACT that they outscored their playoff opponents 87-23.
1986 Giants outscored their playoff opponents 105-23. Regular season average points for: 23.2 (8th in NFL) - average points against: 14.8 (2nd in NFL) 1985 Bears outscored their playoff opponents 91-10 Regular season average points for: 28.5 (2nd in NFL) - average points against: 12.4 (1st in NFL) 1969 Chiefs outscored their playoff opponents 53-20 Regular season average points for: 25.6 (2nd in AFL) - average points against: 12.6 (1st in AFL) 2000 Ravens outscored their playoff opponents 95-23 Regular season average points for: 20.8 (14th in NFL) - average points against: 10.3 (1st in NFL) 1971 Cowboys outscored their playoff opponents 58-18 Regular season average points for: 29.0 (1st in NFL) - average points against: 15.9 (7th in NFL) 1989 49ers outscored their playoff opponents 126-26 Regular season average points for: 27.6 (1st in NFL) - average points against: 15.8 (3rd in NFL) 1977 Cowboys outscored their playoff opponents 87-23 Regular season average points for: 24.6 (2nd in NFL) - average points against: 15.1 (8th in NFL) 1971 Cowboys were more dominant in the Super Bowl than the 1977 version: 24-3 vs. 27-10. Yet are ranked lower on the list #21 vs #16 Out of all teams listed above, only two teams made the top 10 Super Bowl champions of all time in the Sporting News list: 1985 Bears at #4, 1989 49ers at #3 1993 Cowboys are in the top 10 Super Bowl Champion's list at #9. www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/list/the-best-super-bowl-winning-teams-ranked/kc9izx8mw7hm14cgyegdj27xk/50
@@dantesinfernopurgatory7826 Lists compiled by the likes of the Sporting News are borderline worthless. For example, the 1993 Cowboys were not even the best Cowboy's team of the 90's and keeping the 1992 Cowboys out of the top 10 NFL teams of all-time is laughable. In 1992, the NFC East sent 3 teams to the playoffs and the Cowboys defeated the Eagles 34-10 in the NFC Divisional Playoffs, defeated the 14-2 49ers 30-20 on the road in the NFC Championship Game, and crushed the 3 time AFC Super Bowl representative Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl 27. I suck at math, but it appears that the 1992 Cowboys took apart stout playoff competition by a combined score of 116-47.
RB Preston Pearson, who started before Dorset’s, is a really interesting man who played for the Colts (1968-‘69), but then Steelers from 1979 to ‘74 & got a SB ring with them. Steelers cut him at end of camp in 1975 (they had Franco Harris) so Cowboys were happy to pick him up. He helped the Cowboys get to the Super Bowl that year facing the Steelers. Then in 1977 the Cowboys drafted Dorsett so eventually he once again saw a younger RB become the starter. Pearson’s perseverance is admirable & he was a Cowboy through the 1980 season. He gets overshadowed by the other Pearson on the Cowboys. 😀 He played in 5 Super Bowls with 3 teams!
Great points all. Interesting to note that Coach Landry created plays just for PP as "the 3rd Down Back" who changed the way 3rd downs were executed. Preston Pearson's book is a must read. Yet another player who belongs in the HOF.
Agree 100% with the Paul Brown Show & Michael Leroy. In college I had a class taught by a professor who had a Cowboys Super Bowl ring from the 1970s. He never spoke about it but the sports fans all knew & we used to say “Z wore his ring today!” That was the 1980s when there was no internet. I miss the days when the Super Bowl ended & the players of both teams hung out on the field & talked about the game instead of ushering the losing team off the field like they lost WW2. Anyway, back in those days former NFL most players didn’t make a lot of money & most went on to normal lives after their football days. Preston Pearson is one of the great NFL stories because he was part of the beginning of a new era & had mobility between teams in a time when most were done after one team.
Its going to be unpopular to say in this video's comment line, but had it not been for either the Steelers and or the Raiders failing to repeat as AFC Champions for 1977, this episode would be "Lost Rings" The 1977 Dallas Cowboys.
@@kidmack3556 I'm a Cowboy fan and I agree. Dallas would have lost to either of those teams. Oakland would have been too much for them and let's face it the Cowboys simply could not beat Pittsburgh in the 70's. But then along came Super Bowl XXX on Jan.28th 1996 and sweet revenge ala Larry Brown.
Loved Hollywood but there has never been a day Randy White was afraid that Hollywood would kill him. Randy would have and still to this day destroy Hollywood. Long live the MANSTER.
One thing I remember very much was that Preston Pearson was their 3rd down and LONGGGGGG player. Everyone and their dog knew that Preston Pearson was going to get the ball right on the dot to get the first down. He'd come out and incredible no matter the yards, there was Preston.... Bang he'd get hit and suddenly there was Preston with the ball. Cowboys where number one in the league on 3rd down. Amazing!!! Suddenly they are showing Preston. Great Karma!
from Portland and always a cowboys fan. I was just a gradeschool kid when Duane Thomas #33 was my favorite running back. To see Tony Dorset going through a couple of name changes etc, I did not think he was going to be as brutal as he needed to be for the NFL. Oh he was. I met him in the 80s in a dance club in San Antonio and congratulated him (BTW he was a very approachable gracious fella) . Like Drew Pearson noted, Yes, he was not a really big dude; however, the man was amazing. How can one figure the power that man had on tap incredible! He did not run like Earl Campbell; however, I saw a few games where he carried people like Campbell when he really needed to. Tony knew he could not do that every day of his game; however, yes, he had that power and lasted a long time in the NFL. Tony, you ROCK! Congrats Again!!!! God Bless!!!!
As a kid growing up in Houston back then, mentioning TD and the Tyler Rose together always takes me back in bittersweet ways. Ask me how much I hate the '78 Steelers, who single-handedly prevented an All-Texas Super Bowl (and pretty much ended the careers of both Bum and Earl, while incidentally inspiring Replay Review, by replaying their AFCCG home win the following season.) My dad was a Day One Cowboys fan, so '77 was probably the happiest I ever saw him, and some of my earliest fondest memories are staying up late with a pillow and blanket in the living room floor to see the end of Monday Night games with him. But for this Luv Ya Blue fan, it was a very conflicted and impressionable time (like much of the '70s.)
Amazing how destiny works sometimes. The Vikings lost the NFC title game to this Cowboys team (yes, Dallas was a vastly better team at this point), but then Dallas plays an overmatched Denver Broncos team in SB XII. The Vikings had been to the Super Bowl four times previously, losing to the Chiefs, with an offense ahead of its time, then they lost to the Dolphins at the end of their dynasty, the Steelers at the beginning of their dynasty and the Raiders, who were so overdue for a title, it was crazy. Switch out any of those four losses to four powerhouses and put that Vikings team in SB XII against the Broncos and the Vikings would have a title, which that team did richly deserve to have given its components.
Tom Landry is an all time great coach. However, choosing to alternate QB’s was one of the dumbest decisions ever. And I’m a 45 year fan of the Cowboys.
Landry was a great coach. It's too bad he tripped himself up from time to time. That double reverse on the opening drive in SB 13 was the same play Dallas couldn't get right against Denver in SB 12. Dorsett was firing on all cylinders on that opening drive. Jimmy Johnson would have told TD to shove the ball up their asses. But 'The System' always knew what would happen next. Until it didn't.
@@acsmooth110 Because of a horrendously bad call by the refs. Denver RB Rob Lytle's fumble at the goal line was returned for a TD by Oakland and although Lytle was standing up when he fumbled, the ball was ruled dead, no fumble. Fourteen point turnaround and Denver went to the SB.
This Dallas team deserves more credit. From 76-78 you can argue they were the best in the nfl during that span. Two SBs, three division titles, lost 11 games. Steelers lost 13 games during that span, three division titles, one SB win. Oakland won two division titles, lost 9 games, one SB win. The Cowboys of the 70s peaked during 77. Raiders peaked in 76. Steelers in 78.
They didn't make the '76 Superbowl, and they lost to the Steelers twice. I actually like those Cowboys teams, but them being the best in that stretch is a stretch.
I grew up with Tony Dorsett and Randy White. I saw what Americas Team was/is supposed to be. The Patriots can claim to be the greatest Dynasty of all-time, and deservedly so. But the REAL champ will always be the champ!
What career? He stunk almost every year and was already 34 years old in this game. He was decent in 1970 and 1971, but nothing great, then was terrible until 1977 when he landed with a team that had a great defense, good running attack, and didn't need that much from him, and even with a 14-3 season, he only eclipsed 200 yards passing in a game twice that whole season, and one of those was when they were losing 0-24 to Oakland and they played a soft zone for the last 20 minutes. Morton was usually bad in the big games, not just Super Bowl XII. He played in 15 playoff games in his career, completing only 91 passes out of 227 attempts (abysmal 40% rate, bad even for the 70's), with 9 TD's and 16 INT's. The amazing thing is how Dallas made it to the Super Bowl in 1970 when Morton went 4 for 18 for 38 yards against Detroit in the 5-0 playoff win, and then 7 for 22 for 101 yards against San Francisco in the NFC title game they won 17-10. Obviously, he played poorly in Super Bowl V that year as well, so anybody familiar with Morton's terrible passing technique and horrid decision- making year after year (I saw him every week when he was with the Giants) wasn't surprised when he stunk up Super Bowl XII. Even with 8 turnovers, the Denver defense played their asses off, and the game was closer than anybody remembers it being.
This game is 45 years old, I watched it live on TV, and I'm still wondering how Butch Johnson's TD was ruled a catch, even by 1977 rules? I mean he dropped the ball almost immediately; I didn't understand it watching the game in '78, and I still don't.
I hear you, I was rooting for the Cowboys and was glad it was ruled a TD but every time I see it I'm going, "Man,...I don't know,..." About as liberal of an application of the breaking the plane rule there ever was. Pretty amazing job getting his hands on the ball in the first place though.
Johnson made contact with his chest, and since he broke the plane, it counted. And remember, there was no replay, so once the hands went up, it's a touchdown. Watch the original TV broadcast at full speed and you will see it's more of a judgement call.
By 1977-78 standards it absolutely *was* a TD. There was no amount of time that you had to possess the ball once you crossed the plane of the goal line. It was instantly a TD if you had possession in the endzone for even a nanosecond. Today's ridiculous rules have gone to the other extreme with all the "surviving the ground" b.s.
@@Bob31415 Nonsense. Using your criteria, Jackie Smith's dropped TD pass in the following year's Super Bowl would have been a TD also, as he had control of the ball in the end zone at least as long as Johnson, which was infinitesimal. Johnson never caught the ball...period. The rule was always meant to negate fumbles once a receiver had broken the plane with possession, or had caught the ball in the end zone, not to give TD's to a receiver that had two hands on the ball but never actually caught it.
Well if you hadnt been so cheap Tex you could have bumped up Duane Thomas's salary and had that break away back for six years before Dorsett got there.
Efren Herrera missed three field goals, otherwise the score would have ben more lopsided. Rafael Septien replaced him the next year. Maybe just a coincidence.
Cowboys would of had 4 maybe 5 superbowl wins in the 70's if they could of kept Duane Thomas happy...Tom Brady? Pleaaaaaassse. I'll take my favorite player of all-time #12 Roger Staubach over Brady anytime, TWICE on Sundays.
@@patrickgray5633 He was referring to Super Bowl 12. He was talking about what it would've been like had the Raiders gotten past Denver and made it to the Super Bowl vs the Cowboys.
I think they would’ve beat Oakland. The Raiders were beat up & while they would’ve performed better than Denver, particularly on offense, they had too many key injuries & Dallas was too well-rounded.
@@ianforsyth9472 Maybe so...years ago I communicated with Pat Toomay who played for Dallas then Oakland in 77 and he was convinced the Raiders would have won easily after playing with Dallas the year before.
cowboys should of won 4 years later they would of beat the bengals in super bowl 16 but drew pearson got horse collard against the 49ers in the championship game
All of the Faithful let out huge groan, followed by NO... NOT AGAIN?! when Drew caught that pass... I was listening to it on the car radio, returning to the city from Reserve drill up on the Sacramento River and I could visualize Pearson running all the way to the house. Thanks God for Eric Wright!!!
The '77 Cowboys were lucky they played the sorry ass Broncos. Because the Doomsday Defense forced 8 turnovers, Cowboys offense only scored 27pts. '92 Cowboys forced 9 turnovers from the Buffalo Bills and they scored 52pts. Should've been 59pts if Leon Lett didn't make that mistake...🤷🏾♂️
36 yds passing in a Super Bowl? Lol yeesh. Even for the 70s that seems damn near impossible. You think coach woulda called some swings, screens, or even some quick dumping HB angle routes just to get your QB familiar w/ the feeling of throwing a completion lol. Being steadfast in those 5 and 7 step drops as your QB keeps gettin wrecked seems more like coaching malfeasance than poor execution. Not familiar w/ later 70s Broncos teams. I imagine they were like most teams in that era and relied on strong defense and their run game that’s complimented by their passing game. But who was their bell cow? Dallas had TD. Bears had Sweatness. Assume OJ in Buffalo Franco in Pit. Earl somewhere around that era. Dunno of any Denver backs tho .
That's because the Broncs offensive backfield were the real "No Name" unit... Otis Armstrong and Lonnie Perrin were the starters. Jim Kiick from the Dolphs was a seldom used backup RB and he better known than their starters.
May have led the league in total offense and total defense but where it really matters - points - they were 2nd in point scored and 8th in points given up. Did finish 15-2 but dont forget the 84 49ers and 85 bears played 2 more games and still finished with 1 less loss. Those teams would probably handle this cowboy team fairly easily. The 1992 Cowboys were probably better than this team too.
This team was better than the 1992 team, which didn't even have the best record that year. I agree about the 1984 San Francisco and 1985 Chicago teams - two of the best ever.
Ive watched every Super Bowl ever played, except the last two because i no longer watch the NFL, and the Dallas-Denver "Super Bowl" was the worst game of all of them! It was more like two middle of the road teams playing! Fumbles, mistakes, penalties, sloppy play, you name it! Denver had a very good defense that year, but Dallas was easily the better team.
Worst game? Not even close to the SF over Denver game in 1990. I never saw the blunder bowl SB 5 live but from What I’ve seen it was a horrible game. So bad that several colts players have admitted they are embarrassed by that ring.
Pittsburgh, as the defending Champs in SB X in Jan 76 defeated Dallas. Then when Dallas was the defending Champs in SB XIII, Jan 79, Pittsburgh still beat Dallas.
@@galaxy7176 the Cowboys didnt even respect the Steelers and looked past them, and still Kicked their asses. If they had any other coach than Switzer they would have scored 60 points on that shit as team.
40:12 Stupidest comment ever. Landry had two weeks to prepare three other times in Super Bowls and lost, including twice to the Steelers, one of which was one year after this and with this same team.
40:20 Give Landry two weeks to prepare? Come on man, Landry had two weeks to prepare for the Steelers. In two different Super Bowls. And he lost twice. He had two weeks to prepare Dallas for the Super Bowl vs the Colts, and the teams combined to produced the #1 sloppiest Super Bowl ever played. And Landry lost. Incorrect interview is incorrect. Pfft, he say give Landry two weeks to prepare...
I'll always admire and respect Coach Landry, but in SB XIII, he made a big mistake. Dallas took the opening kick-off and went 38 yards on three hand-offs to Dorsett. The Cowboys O-line was opening lanes and I think it was Donnie Shell who made a shoestring TD-saving tackle after Dorsett shot past the Steelers' LBers. Then, once in Steelers' territory, Landry calls for the double reverse. Drew Pearson bobbles the exchange and Pittsburgh recovers. Dallas came out handling the Steelers front four, and Landry goes away from his best skill position player, Dorsett. That first down should have been another running play on a quick count, or a play action pass. And having Randy White on the kick-off protection unit with his hand/forearm in a cast? That was a freak play, granted, as Gerela slipped on the slick turf and flubbed the kick. White should have fallen on the ball instead of trying to run with it. Steelers recovered and scored on first play to open up a close game. Dorsett ran the ball 16 times. Dallas should have ran him 25 times and gotten him into the passing game more. Jimmy Johnson would have run Dorsett all day until Pittsburgh shut him down. Dorsett was faster than any player on the field, offense or defense, and Coach Landry should have used him a lot more. I'm sure Chuck Noll would have ran Dorsett at Dallas all game if they weren't stopping him. And on the 2nd quarter INT, Staubach did not want to go with that play. Dallas scored a TD on it vs Pittsburgh in SB X, and Staubach was afraid the Steelers would be ready for it. They were. Staubach should have audibled out of that play since his gut was telling him not to run that play in that situation in that part of the field. It was a heartbreaking loss for Dallas, and had Dallas won SB XIII, Pittsburgh would still have nine guys in Canton, but Dallas would have more: Chuck Howley (definitely), Drew Pearson (almost certainly), Harvey Martin (very likely), Lee Roy Jordan (possibly) and Cliff Harris (possibly) and John Niland (possibly). Championships count and losing has consequences.
Yeah well having a game plan and your players executing on what they are supposed to execute on are 2 different things, and I wouldn't put it all on Tom. I watched it but was too young to speak on SB 10, and way too young to remember 6 against the Colts but know that they still had the monkey on their back of being the bridesmaids, but I did watch and understand SB13, and it was different players that "dropped the ball" and blew the game in that one!
Pittsburgh was the superior team, physically, in both Super Bowls. In the Super Bowl X, the Dallas defense played well enough to keep the Cowboys within striking distance. Also, Pittsburgh let its foot off the gas too early defensively, when it went up 21-10. The Steelers made the same mistake in Super Bowl XIII when they were up 35-17. Where I might blame Landry is that he didn't get aggressive with his play calling until his teams were behind. Also, in Super Bowl, he should have gotten the ball into Dorsett's hands anyway possible, either on a run or short pass. Several Pittsburgh players said later they were surprised Dorsett wasn't used more in that game.
You mean that Pittsburgh team that got dragged by The Orange Crush that postseason? Steelers were just alright that year. The Cardinals beat the Cowboys that year too. So what?
@@danielmoore411Pittsburgh had a down year and still beat the Cowboys. If Pittsburgh and Dallas met up in the super bowl that year it would’ve resulted how it usually did back then, with the Steelers winning.
@@theredbaronlives9889 Morton beat their asses twice that year. the cowboys played the best the afc had that year. Morton beat the raiders twice that year as well.
@@carlostorres8342 Plus the Cowboys' loss at Pittsburgh came after a Monday night home loss against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Cowboys were 8-0 before losing to St. Louis, 7-0 after losing to Pittsburgh. That was a little 0-2 hiccup in a 15-2 Super Bowl championship season.
The world was robbed in the AFC championship game. Of course the Cowboys were going to beat Denver with Morton as the QB. The Raiders would have kicked Dallas's a**.
Nobody was beating Dallas in 1977 clobbered Chicago 37-7 Minnesota 23-6 Denver in the Super Bowl 27-10 in the postseason there are seasons when a team has it all going right in 1977 it was How Bout Them Cowboys
There is some merit to this argument. Dallas was a physical bully team that had problems v other bully teams. They were a combined 1-5 v the Steelers and raiders that decade and got punished by the Steelers this season despite the fact they were missing three starters on defense that day.
You know………Drew Pearson came a little annoying and very arrogant when speaking about Tony Dorset. I did not appreciate that one bit and I’m not even a Cowboys fan!
Drew Pearson is annoying and arrogant. This is a guy that had a hall of fame induction party..then didn’t get in ( he got in the next year deserved it too).
............"Tony's a different type of runner. You guys are just going to have to put your hat on your guy, and keep your hats on em. And Tony will run to what he sees." "From then on, I never had another problem." And with that, the final piece to the puzzle fell in, and Dallas would not be stopped.
1977 team should be remembered as one of the all time greats. They were ranked #1 in offense and #1 on defense in the regular season
Amen
No 1 on offense and defense usually means a Super Bowl Champion
@@michaelleroy9281 not the 2010 Chargers.
Just like the 92 team.
@@ForWhatItsWorth_ The 2010 charger's didn't win shit.
My childhood hero Drew Pearson finally in the Hall of Fame where he belongs!
Congratulations DP. !!!Finally!!!.
Hear hear! Couldn't have happened to a better guy.
Long overdue for Drew Pearson. Richly deserved.
Mine childhood hero also. HOF
He should of been there a long time ago, but better late than never. Congrats DP!!!
Even as an Eagles fan-I love Charlie Waters
Not many know this but Charlie Waters is tied for the most all-time career playoff interceptions.
He held the record for a long time.
He had 3 in the 1977 divisional playoff where they stomped the Bears 37-7
Glad that Drew made it in finally, now they have let C.W. in!
He's long overdue ...
And thats coming from a Forty Niner Faithful that hated the '70s Cowboys.
I would take this team any day of the week and go play anybody. And Drew Pearson belongs in the HOF.
Steven Kloepping Charlie waters too
SO TRUE!! What a GREAT TEAM!!
Absolutely!!
I agree
Steven Kloepping AMEN
Hollywood Henderson if not for cocaine would be in the hall of fame and Dallas would have gone back to the superbowl beating one of those teams in 81,82,83 that's how talented he was
Maybe.
Well, he won $28 million in the lottery in 2000. :-)
rick fedorick agree.
ruclips.net/video/8Jyc7YaAT84/видео.html I rest my case
That's what he's saying... IF NOT for cocaine and barring injury he most certainly would have had a case for the hall of fame. He's not saying he belongs there the way it played out...
I love how Dallas approach these games in the players did too
Although this was before I was born, the Cowboys have been my team ever since I grew up with Emmitt Smith. I've always liked the history of my favorite team.
The 1977 Cowboys are the most underrated GREAT team in NFL history. Despite being the last team to lead the league in total offense AND defense, they are never mentioned as being one the Top Ten greatest teams of all-time. Their exclusion from Top Ten lists becomes even more absurd when you consider the FACT that they outscored their playoff opponents 87-23.
1986 Giants outscored their playoff opponents 105-23. Regular season average points for: 23.2 (8th in NFL) - average points against: 14.8 (2nd in NFL)
1985 Bears outscored their playoff opponents 91-10 Regular season average points for: 28.5 (2nd in NFL) - average points against: 12.4 (1st in NFL)
1969 Chiefs outscored their playoff opponents 53-20 Regular season average points for: 25.6 (2nd in AFL) - average points against: 12.6 (1st in AFL)
2000 Ravens outscored their playoff opponents 95-23 Regular season average points for: 20.8 (14th in NFL) - average points against: 10.3 (1st in NFL)
1971 Cowboys outscored their playoff opponents 58-18 Regular season average points for: 29.0 (1st in NFL) - average points against: 15.9 (7th in NFL)
1989 49ers outscored their playoff opponents 126-26 Regular season average points for: 27.6 (1st in NFL) - average points against: 15.8 (3rd in NFL)
1977 Cowboys outscored their playoff opponents 87-23 Regular season average points for: 24.6 (2nd in NFL) - average points against: 15.1 (8th in NFL)
1971 Cowboys were more dominant in the Super Bowl than the 1977 version: 24-3 vs. 27-10. Yet are ranked lower on the list #21 vs #16
Out of all teams listed above, only two teams made the top 10 Super Bowl champions of all time in the Sporting News list: 1985 Bears at #4, 1989 49ers at #3
1993 Cowboys are in the top 10 Super Bowl Champion's list at #9.
www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/list/the-best-super-bowl-winning-teams-ranked/kc9izx8mw7hm14cgyegdj27xk/50
@@dantesinfernopurgatory7826 Lists compiled by the likes of the Sporting News are borderline worthless. For example, the 1993 Cowboys were not even the best Cowboy's team of the 90's and keeping the 1992 Cowboys out of the top 10 NFL teams of all-time is laughable. In 1992, the NFC East sent 3 teams to the playoffs and the Cowboys defeated the Eagles 34-10 in the NFC Divisional Playoffs, defeated the 14-2 49ers 30-20 on the road in the NFC Championship Game, and crushed the 3 time AFC Super Bowl representative Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl 27. I suck at math, but it appears that the 1992 Cowboys took apart stout playoff competition by a combined score of 116-47.
@@pjtheory > Lists compiled by the likes of the Sporting News are borderline worthless.
Exactly.
They're the last team that won the Super Bowl to do it at least. I know the 2010 Chargers did it.
@@IfIPickedtheWinners I think the 1991 redskins did it.
Best commercial ever. American Express with Tom Laundry.
Used then Washington Redskins great classy move.
Greatest team dallas ever had.
You are joking, right? 1992 team was way better.
People don't realize that Drew Pearson was also an outstanding blocker especially after a catch from another reciever.
key blocks on most of Dorsett's longest runs. Esp. the 99yrd vs. Minn.
@@carlostorres8342 I remember that run!And Pearson was right up there with Dorsett blocking!
@@carlostorres8342 Don Meredith " 99 yards and a half"
RB Preston Pearson, who started before Dorset’s, is a really interesting man who played for the Colts (1968-‘69), but then Steelers from 1979 to ‘74 & got a SB ring with them. Steelers cut him at end of camp in 1975 (they had Franco Harris) so Cowboys were happy to pick him up. He helped the Cowboys get to the Super Bowl that year facing the Steelers. Then in 1977 the Cowboys drafted Dorsett so eventually he once again saw a younger RB become the starter. Pearson’s perseverance is admirable & he was a Cowboy through the 1980 season. He gets overshadowed by the other Pearson on the Cowboys. 😀 He played in 5 Super Bowls with 3 teams!
First player on 3 different teams in the Super Bowl
Great points all. Interesting to note that Coach Landry created plays just for PP as "the 3rd Down Back" who changed the way 3rd downs were executed. Preston Pearson's book is a must read. Yet another player who belongs in the HOF.
He was in 5 Super Bowl teams. How many did he won?
@@tonyarceneaux286 He has 2 Super Bowl rings:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Pearson
Agree 100% with the Paul Brown Show & Michael Leroy. In college I had a class taught by a professor who had a Cowboys Super Bowl ring from the 1970s. He never spoke about it but the sports fans all knew & we used to say “Z wore his ring today!” That was the 1980s when there was no internet. I miss the days when the Super Bowl ended & the players of both teams hung out on the field & talked about the game instead of ushering the losing team off the field like they lost WW2. Anyway, back in those days former NFL most players didn’t make a lot of money & most went on to normal lives after their football days. Preston Pearson is one of the great NFL stories because he was part of the beginning of a new era & had mobility between teams in a time when most were done after one team.
the fact that Hollywood ended up winning the lottery is amazing lol
He won it TWICE.
When football was tough.And so was the country.
The Steelers gave the Cowboys one of their 2 loses that year in 1977.
Pittsburgh had Dallas's number in the 1970s.
@@acsmooth110 You forgot Super Bowl X Steelers 21, Cowboys 17....
@@acsmooth110 Plus the '82 NFL Season Opener before the Strike 36-28 Steelers in Dallas.
Its going to be unpopular to say in this video's comment line, but had it not been for either the Steelers and or the Raiders failing to repeat as AFC Champions for 1977, this episode would be "Lost Rings" The 1977 Dallas Cowboys.
@@kidmack3556 I'm a Cowboy fan and I agree. Dallas would have lost to either of those teams. Oakland would have been too much for them and let's face it the Cowboys simply could not beat Pittsburgh in the 70's. But then along came Super Bowl XXX on Jan.28th 1996 and sweet revenge ala Larry Brown.
Loved Hollywood but there has never been a day Randy White was afraid that Hollywood would kill him. Randy would have and still to this day destroy Hollywood. Long live the MANSTER.
Randy wasn't going to buck up from a bullet. Hollywood wasn't going to fight Randy, he was going to shoot him.
Planet of the Apes - *APE DOES NOT KILL APE*
Dallas Cowboys - *COWBOY DOES NOT BEAT UP COWBOY*
This defense was dominant
DOOMSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great team! Great front 4 on defense. Great QB and skill positions on offense.
Consider this...the Cowboys are the only NFC team to win a Superbowl in the 1970's...and they did it twice.
yep, and they threw away the SB 5 vs. the colts
@@carlostorres8342 Threw it away with poor play, and got shafted by the refs.
Super Bowl V was the Blunder Bowl the real winner were the refs
@@Famijoly One ref in particular...Jack Fette.
One thing I remember very much was that Preston Pearson was their 3rd down and LONGGGGGG player. Everyone and their dog knew that Preston Pearson was going to get the ball right on the dot to get the first down. He'd come out and incredible no matter the yards, there was Preston.... Bang he'd get hit and suddenly there was Preston with the ball. Cowboys where number one in the league on 3rd down. Amazing!!! Suddenly they are showing Preston. Great Karma!
Greatest cowboys team of all time. Only lost 2 games and had home field advantage through out the playoffs.
Drew is finally in………about time….
Charlie Waters, Cliff Harris, Harvey Martin, and Ed "Too Tall" Jones belong in the HOF
Cliff Harris is there for 2021
from Portland and always a cowboys fan. I was just a gradeschool kid when Duane Thomas #33 was my favorite running back. To see Tony Dorset going through a couple of name changes etc, I did not think he was going to be as brutal as he needed to be for the NFL. Oh he was. I met him in the 80s in a dance club in San Antonio and congratulated him (BTW he was a very approachable gracious fella) . Like Drew Pearson noted, Yes, he was not a really big dude; however, the man was amazing. How can one figure the power that man had on tap incredible! He did not run like Earl Campbell; however, I saw a few games where he carried people like Campbell when he really needed to. Tony knew he could not do that every day of his game; however, yes, he had that power and lasted a long time in the NFL. Tony, you ROCK! Congrats Again!!!! God Bless!!!!
As a kid growing up in Houston back then, mentioning TD and the Tyler Rose together always takes me back in bittersweet ways. Ask me how much I hate the '78 Steelers, who single-handedly prevented an All-Texas Super Bowl (and pretty much ended the careers of both Bum and Earl, while incidentally inspiring Replay Review, by replaying their AFCCG home win the following season.) My dad was a Day One Cowboys fan, so '77 was probably the happiest I ever saw him, and some of my earliest fondest memories are staying up late with a pillow and blanket in the living room floor to see the end of Monday Night games with him. But for this Luv Ya Blue fan, it was a very conflicted and impressionable time (like much of the '70s.)
Man they was so dominant a force
Amazing how destiny works sometimes. The Vikings lost the NFC title game to this Cowboys team (yes, Dallas was a vastly better team at this point), but then Dallas plays an overmatched Denver Broncos team in SB XII. The Vikings had been to the Super Bowl four times previously, losing to the Chiefs, with an offense ahead of its time, then they lost to the Dolphins at the end of their dynasty, the Steelers at the beginning of their dynasty and the Raiders, who were so overdue for a title, it was crazy. Switch out any of those four losses to four powerhouses and put that Vikings team in SB XII against the Broncos and the Vikings would have a title, which that team did richly deserve to have given its components.
The Dallas Cowboys rule!💖🏈🇺🇸
A commercial like that could never exist today.
Neither one team 's name
Love their defense
DOOMSDAY
How is Charlie Waters not in the Hall?
Tom Landry is an all time great coach. However, choosing to alternate QB’s was one of the dumbest decisions ever. And I’m a 45 year fan of the Cowboys.
It was. But he's not just an all-time great coach. He's arguably the greatest of all time.
@@BigTenVOCFB He’s not the greatest. Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells, Joe Gibbs, Vince Lombardi. All better
Alternating Staubach and Morton in 1971 wasn't too smart it was dividing the locker room
Landry was a great coach. It's too bad he tripped himself up from time to time. That double reverse on the opening drive in SB 13 was the same play Dallas couldn't get right against Denver in SB 12. Dorsett was firing on all cylinders on that opening drive. Jimmy Johnson would have told TD to shove the ball up their asses. But 'The System' always knew what would happen next. Until it didn't.
@@davidpaz9389 Tom Landry started doing what the old folks call, “Smelling his top lip”. The best coaches adjust. He didn’t.
A lot of dallas haters here
Guilty!
But I respect Landry (R.I.P.) Drew, C.W. and Dorsett.
Anyone else agree Stabler and the Raiders would have at the very least given Dallas a fight?
Either the Steelers or Raiders. Steelers whipped Dallas 28-13 that season.
Yeah the Raiders would had been a tough opponent but they could not get by Denver in the AFC championship.
@@acsmooth110 Because of a horrendously bad call by the refs. Denver RB Rob Lytle's fumble at the goal line was returned for a TD by Oakland and although Lytle was standing up when he fumbled, the ball was ruled dead, no fumble. Fourteen point turnaround and Denver went to the SB.
What's the name of the song during the Randy White segment?
Number 11 my ass. This is a top 5 team.
This Dallas team deserves more credit. From 76-78 you can argue they were the best in the nfl during that span. Two SBs, three division titles, lost 11 games. Steelers lost 13 games during that span, three division titles, one SB win. Oakland won two division titles, lost 9 games, one SB win. The Cowboys of the 70s peaked during 77. Raiders peaked in 76. Steelers in 78.
They didn't make the '76 Superbowl, and they lost to the Steelers twice. I actually like those Cowboys teams, but them being the best in that stretch is a stretch.
I love Dallas but Landry had a pretty lousy Super Bowl record overall.
"Craig Morton always wanted to quarterback the Cowboys to a Super Bowl victory. On this day sadley, he did" 😂
Ran fast and hard. TD!
4.3
The Doomsday Defense
Boise State is without question America's Team and the kind of player that goes to Boise State are real deal Cowboys
I grew up with Tony Dorsett and Randy White. I saw what Americas Team was/is supposed to be. The Patriots can claim to be the greatest Dynasty of all-time, and deservedly so. But the REAL champ will always be the champ!
Drew Pearson HOF long overdue!! But that touchdown catch would be challenged now!!
that was Preston Pearson vs. Rams. - if that is the one you are referencing.
Aren't you talking about the Butch Johnson catch?
It was good to see Clutch get his just due.
First rule of Zero club is you don't talk about Zero club
Both Thomas Henderson & Cowboys defense had one word nicknames.
Craig Morton's career never rebounded after the Super Bowl loss.
What career? He stunk almost every year and was already 34 years old in this game. He was decent in 1970 and 1971, but nothing great, then was terrible until 1977 when he landed with a team that had a great defense, good running attack, and didn't need that much from him, and even with a 14-3 season, he only eclipsed 200 yards passing in a game twice that whole season, and one of those was when they were losing 0-24 to Oakland and they played a soft zone for the last 20 minutes. Morton was usually bad in the big games, not just Super Bowl XII. He played in 15 playoff games in his career, completing only 91 passes out of 227 attempts (abysmal 40% rate, bad even for the 70's), with 9 TD's and 16 INT's. The amazing thing is how Dallas made it to the Super Bowl in 1970 when Morton went 4 for 18 for 38 yards against Detroit in the 5-0 playoff win, and then 7 for 22 for 101 yards against San Francisco in the NFC title game they won 17-10. Obviously, he played poorly in Super Bowl V that year as well, so anybody familiar with Morton's terrible passing technique and horrid decision- making year after year (I saw him every week when he was with the Giants) wasn't surprised when he stunk up Super Bowl XII. Even with 8 turnovers, the Denver defense played their asses off, and the game was closer than anybody remembers it being.
@@jackprecip5389 He still won big games in 77.
Landry didn't start TD , at least not right away, and he still ran for 1, 007 yards
The reason he did not start TD right away was because he wasn't grasping the play book right away.
Loss to Steelers hurt their image got their butts kicked. Vikings played them close 2 times.
12:05 song?
This game is 45 years old, I watched it live on TV, and I'm still wondering how Butch Johnson's TD was ruled a catch, even by 1977 rules? I mean he dropped the ball almost immediately; I didn't understand it watching the game in '78, and I still don't.
I hear you, I was rooting for the Cowboys and was glad it was ruled a TD but every time I see it I'm going, "Man,...I don't know,..." About as liberal of an application of the breaking the plane rule there ever was. Pretty amazing job getting his hands on the ball in the first place though.
Johnson made contact with his chest, and since he broke the plane, it counted. And remember, there was no replay, so once the hands went up, it's a touchdown. Watch the original TV broadcast at full speed and you will see it's more of a judgement call.
It wasn’t a TD but Dallas was so much better than Denver anyway.
By 1977-78 standards it absolutely *was* a TD. There was no amount of time that you had to possess the ball once you crossed the plane of the goal line. It was instantly a TD if you had possession in the endzone for even a nanosecond. Today's ridiculous rules have gone to the other extreme with all the "surviving the ground" b.s.
@@Bob31415 Nonsense. Using your criteria, Jackie Smith's dropped TD pass in the following year's Super Bowl would have been a TD also, as he had control of the ball in the end zone at least as long as Johnson, which was infinitesimal. Johnson never caught the ball...period. The rule was always meant to negate fumbles once a receiver had broken the plane with possession, or had caught the ball in the end zone, not to give TD's to a receiver that had two hands on the ball but never actually caught it.
hof owes us seven cowboys: drew, charlie waters, harvey martin, too tall, leroy jordan, darren woodson and chuck howley.
exactly right - Woodson will get in this year.
The great Verne Lundquist
ROGER! #12
Ask Tony Doresette about St Darryl of Texas A&I
No running game in 75 and 76 hurt this team big time drafting TD and Doomsday II ( at least for 1977) they were not going to be beaten
Dorsett almost ran for 100 yds on the Steelers the following year.
If Calvin Hill doesn't go to the WFL...they have their big break away runner.
Well if you hadnt been so cheap Tex you could have bumped up Duane Thomas's salary and had that break away back for six years before Dorsett got there.
the commercial at 14:26 would never be aloud today.
Funny thing is that commercial was made in 82 or 83….not 77
Thomas Henderson referring to himself as a Cocaine Addict, lol.
Yes he did write a book. I have it, he autographed it to me.
he was pretty blunt and honest about himself. it helped him turn his life around for the best.
The book: "Out of Control"
Efren Herrera missed three field goals, otherwise the score would have ben more lopsided. Rafael Septien replaced him the next year. Maybe just a coincidence.
Cowboys would of had 4 maybe 5 superbowl wins in the 70's if they could of kept Duane Thomas happy...Tom Brady? Pleaaaaaassse. I'll take my favorite player of all-time #12 Roger Staubach over Brady anytime, TWICE on Sundays.
Could the Cowboys have beaten the Raiders in that Jan 78 Superbowl?
That we will never know unfortunately but it would have been a great Super Bowl
78 it was Dallas vs Pittsburgh I think you mean 76 Raiders vs Vikings.
@@patrickgray5633 He was referring to Super Bowl 12. He was talking about what it would've been like had the Raiders gotten past Denver and made it to the Super Bowl vs the Cowboys.
I think they would’ve beat Oakland. The Raiders were beat up & while they would’ve performed better than Denver, particularly on offense, they had too many key injuries & Dallas was too well-rounded.
@@ianforsyth9472
Maybe so...years ago I communicated with Pat Toomay who played for Dallas then Oakland in 77 and he was convinced the Raiders would have won easily after playing with Dallas the year before.
cowboys should of won 4 years later they would of beat the bengals in super bowl 16 but drew pearson got horse collard against the 49ers in the championship game
SF had six turnovers. If you lose to a team that gave you the ball six extra times, you deserve to lose. Besides horse collar tackles were legit then.
@@Biggdoom344 Danny white didnt fumble it was an incomplete pass
All of the Faithful let out huge groan, followed by NO... NOT AGAIN?! when Drew caught that pass...
I was listening to it on the car radio, returning to the city from Reserve drill up on the Sacramento River and I could visualize Pearson running all the way to the house.
Thanks God for Eric Wright!!!
@@kidmack3556 he was horse collard!!
@@kidmack3556 you do know that eric wright is the one who actually launched the 49er dynasty not montana and clark
Seriously thought the thumbnail of Charlie Waters was a digitally aged John Cena. Weird.
The '77 Cowboys were lucky they played the sorry ass Broncos. Because the Doomsday Defense forced 8 turnovers, Cowboys offense only scored 27pts.
'92 Cowboys forced 9 turnovers from the Buffalo Bills and they scored 52pts. Should've been 59pts if Leon Lett didn't make that mistake...🤷🏾♂️
BEST TEAM EVER>...#11 MY FUCKING ASS....CHARLIE WATERS IS MY HERO....SHOULD BE IN THE PFHOF AS WELL AS DREW PEARSON AND RAPH NEELY
Drew Pearson and Cliff Harris are in there now
Imagine winning it all in college going pro and winning it all in consecutive years…. It’s all down hill from there
36 yds passing in a Super Bowl? Lol yeesh. Even for the 70s that seems damn near impossible. You think coach woulda called some swings, screens, or even some quick dumping HB angle routes just to get your QB familiar w/ the feeling of throwing a completion lol. Being steadfast in those 5 and 7 step drops as your QB keeps gettin wrecked seems more like coaching malfeasance than poor execution.
Not familiar w/ later 70s Broncos teams. I imagine they were like most teams in that era and relied on strong defense and their run game that’s complimented by their passing game. But who was their bell cow? Dallas had TD. Bears had Sweatness. Assume OJ in Buffalo Franco in Pit. Earl somewhere around that era. Dunno of any Denver backs tho .
That's because the Broncs offensive backfield were the real "No Name" unit...
Otis Armstrong and Lonnie Perrin were the starters. Jim Kiick from the Dolphs was a seldom used backup RB and he better known than their starters.
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charlie waters looks like john cena
I'm from tx and I have always hated the tainted star.
Doomsday better than the Steel Curtain? Maybe not.......
My father hated him thought he was a selfish player and only cared about himself .
10:28-10:39
May have led the league in total offense and total defense but where it really matters - points - they were 2nd in point scored and 8th in points given up. Did finish 15-2 but dont forget the 84 49ers and 85 bears played 2 more games and still finished with 1 less loss. Those teams would probably handle this cowboy team fairly easily. The 1992 Cowboys were probably better than this team too.
This team was better than the 1992 team, which didn't even have the best record that year.
I agree about the 1984 San Francisco and 1985 Chicago teams - two of the best ever.
1977 Dallas Cowboys was lucky they didn't play against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Wow not top 10 very surprising? NO?
Ive watched every Super Bowl ever played, except the last two because i no longer watch the NFL, and the Dallas-Denver "Super Bowl" was the worst game of all of them! It was more like two middle of the road teams playing! Fumbles, mistakes, penalties, sloppy play, you name it! Denver had a very good defense that year, but Dallas was easily the better team.
No, Super Bowl V was by far the worst. Poor play, poor officiating, game decided on lucky bounces.
Worst game? Not even close to the SF over Denver game in 1990. I never saw the blunder bowl SB 5 live but from What I’ve seen it was a horrible game. So bad that several colts players have admitted they are embarrassed by that ring.
Pittsburgh, as the defending Champs in SB X in Jan 76 defeated Dallas.
Then when Dallas was the defending Champs in SB XIII, Jan 79, Pittsburgh still beat Dallas.
Pittsburgh beat Dallas ass during the 1977 season
@@pp3k3jamail who cares. the cowboys still won the super bowl against denver
Yeah same as the cowboys beating the Steelers asses in 1995 right
And it was sweet revenge when Dallas beat Pittsburgh in SB XXX.
@@galaxy7176 the Cowboys didnt even respect the Steelers and looked past them, and still Kicked their asses. If they had any other coach than Switzer they would have scored 60 points on that shit as team.
40:12 Stupidest comment ever. Landry had two weeks to prepare three other times in Super Bowls and lost, including twice to the Steelers, one of which was one year after this and with this same team.
40:20 Give Landry two weeks to prepare? Come on man, Landry had two weeks to prepare for the Steelers. In two different Super Bowls. And he lost twice. He had two weeks to prepare Dallas for the Super Bowl vs the Colts, and the teams combined to produced the #1 sloppiest Super Bowl ever played. And Landry lost. Incorrect interview is incorrect. Pfft, he say give Landry two weeks to prepare...
I'll always admire and respect Coach Landry, but in SB XIII, he made a big mistake. Dallas took the opening kick-off and went 38 yards on three hand-offs to Dorsett. The Cowboys O-line was opening lanes and I think it was Donnie Shell who made a shoestring TD-saving tackle after Dorsett shot past the Steelers' LBers. Then, once in Steelers' territory, Landry calls for the double reverse. Drew Pearson bobbles the exchange and Pittsburgh recovers. Dallas came out handling the Steelers front four, and Landry goes away from his best skill position player, Dorsett. That first down should have been another running play on a quick count, or a play action pass. And having Randy White on the kick-off protection unit with his hand/forearm in a cast? That was a freak play, granted, as Gerela slipped on the slick turf and flubbed the kick. White should have fallen on the ball instead of trying to run with it. Steelers recovered and scored on first play to open up a close game. Dorsett ran the ball 16 times. Dallas should have ran him 25 times and gotten him into the passing game more. Jimmy Johnson would have run Dorsett all day until Pittsburgh shut him down. Dorsett was faster than any player on the field, offense or defense, and Coach Landry should have used him a lot more. I'm sure Chuck Noll would have ran Dorsett at Dallas all game if they weren't stopping him. And on the 2nd quarter INT, Staubach did not want to go with that play. Dallas scored a TD on it vs Pittsburgh in SB X, and Staubach was afraid the Steelers would be ready for it. They were. Staubach should have audibled out of that play since his gut was telling him not to run that play in that situation in that part of the field. It was a heartbreaking loss for Dallas, and had Dallas won SB XIII, Pittsburgh would still have nine guys in Canton, but Dallas would have more: Chuck Howley (definitely), Drew Pearson (almost certainly), Harvey Martin (very likely), Lee Roy Jordan (possibly) and Cliff Harris (possibly) and John Niland (possibly). Championships count and losing has consequences.
Yeah well having a game plan and your players executing on what they are supposed to execute on are 2 different things, and I wouldn't put it all on Tom. I watched it but was too young to speak on SB 10, and way too young to remember 6 against the Colts but know that they still had the monkey on their back of being the bridesmaids, but I did watch and understand SB13, and it was different players that "dropped the ball" and blew the game in that one!
As a cowboys fan AGREED. Id never kick a man when he's down..but we all knew his coaching cost us in that Superbowl.
Pittsburgh was the superior team, physically, in both Super Bowls. In the Super Bowl X, the Dallas defense played well enough to keep the Cowboys within striking distance. Also, Pittsburgh let its foot off the gas too early defensively, when it went up 21-10. The Steelers made the same mistake in Super Bowl XIII when they were up 35-17.
Where I might blame Landry is that he didn't get aggressive with his play calling until his teams were behind. Also, in Super Bowl, he should have gotten the ball into Dorsett's hands anyway possible, either on a run or short pass. Several Pittsburgh players said later they were surprised Dorsett wasn't used more in that game.
@@Asahel717 Thanks for the information bro. You read this in a book I am guessing...
Dallas is lucky Pittsburgh had a down year and had an early exit in the playoffs.
Pittsburgh beat them 28-13 in the regular season.
You mean that Pittsburgh team that got dragged by The Orange Crush that postseason? Steelers were just alright that year. The Cardinals beat the Cowboys that year too. So what?
@@danielmoore411Pittsburgh had a down year and still beat the Cowboys. If Pittsburgh and Dallas met up in the super bowl that year it would’ve resulted how it usually did back then, with the Steelers winning.
@@DynomyteDewd91 who cares? Dallas still went to the super bowl and defeated Denver. My question is how did Pittsburgh lose to the broncos?
@@EthanGuevara781 how did Dallas lose to Pittsburgh in 77’?
They were fortunate they didn’t have to face the Steelers in the super bowl that year.
@@DynomyteDewd91 but they still won the super bowl in 77
💥💥Pittsburgh beat this team ass during the season.
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in pitt.oh and pitt got its ass beat in Denver to craig morton.
Lol
@@theredbaronlives9889 Morton beat their asses twice that year. the cowboys played the best the afc had that year. Morton beat the raiders twice that year as well.
@@carlostorres8342 Plus the Cowboys' loss at Pittsburgh came after a Monday night home loss against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Cowboys were 8-0 before losing to St. Louis, 7-0 after losing to Pittsburgh. That was a little 0-2 hiccup in a 15-2 Super Bowl championship season.
Pittsburgh owned Dallas with Bradshaw at qb
The world was robbed in the AFC championship game. Of course the Cowboys were going to beat Denver with Morton as the QB.
The Raiders would have kicked Dallas's a**.
Nobody was beating Dallas in 1977 clobbered Chicago 37-7 Minnesota 23-6 Denver in the Super Bowl 27-10 in the postseason there are seasons when a team has it all going right in 1977 it was How Bout Them Cowboys
There is some merit to this argument. Dallas was a physical bully team that had problems v other bully teams. They were a combined 1-5 v the Steelers and raiders that decade and got punished by the Steelers this season despite the fact they were missing three starters on defense that day.
But the Raiders did not get pass Denver in the AFC championship.
You know………Drew Pearson came a little annoying and very arrogant when speaking about Tony Dorset. I did not appreciate that one bit and I’m not even a Cowboys fan!
Drew Pearson is annoying and arrogant. This is a guy that had a hall of fame induction party..then didn’t get in ( he got in the next year deserved it too).
............"Tony's a different type of runner. You guys are just going to have to put your hat on your guy, and keep your hats on em.
And Tony will run to what he sees."
"From then on, I never had another problem."
And with that, the final piece to the puzzle fell in, and Dallas would not be stopped.