A Strange Category of Losses in Super Bowl Seasons
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Dallas Cowboys News in Brief |
This almost has to fall under the category of making up the obscure…
Anyone ever look at the last losses in each of the Cowboys Super Bowl seasons during the 1990s? In each season, the Cowboys lost a game that they never should have lost, due to a fluke play. But in each instance, the Cowboys never lost again that year. A summary:
1992- Washington 20, Dallas 17: The Cowboys were 11-2 and playing to clinch the NFC East. They went to RFK Stadium in Washington and took a 17-7 lead at the half. But the Redskins cut the lead to 17-13 by the fourth quarter, and the Cowboys had the ball near their own goalline. Troy Aikman dropped back to pass but fumbled. Emmitt Smith tried to pick the ball up, but strangely tried to flip the ball forward. Washington safety Danny Copeland recovered the ball for a touchdown with 3:14 to play, giving the Redskins the win.
Dallas beat Atlanta and Chicago in the last two weeks of the season, and obviously did not lose again that year.
1993- Miami 16, Dallas 14: The infamous Leon Lett blunder game in the snow at Texas Stadium. Here is the Dallas Morning News summary:
In one of the strangest finishes possible, the Cowboys turned what should have been a triumphant blocked field goal into disaster Thursday. With his teammates shouting to stay away, Leon Lett brought a dead ball (and some dead Dolphins) back to life. Lett slid into the ball at the seven-yard line and the Dolphins’ Jeff Dellenbach recovered at the Dallas one with three seconds to go.
Given this gift of new life, Pete Stoyanovich’s 19-yard field goal on the game’s final play lifted Miami to a 16-14 victory over Dallas before 60,198 at Texas Stadium.
The Cowboys won five straight en route to their win at Super Bowl XXVIII.
1995- Philadelphia 20, Dallas 17: The infamous back-to-back 4th-and-one calls by Barry Switzer at Veterans Stadium led to the Eagles’ game-winning field goal. Dallas edged the Giants the following week, leading to a string of wins in their championship run.
So what does this have to do with anything? Not sure, except
2006- Washington 22, Dallas 19: Fit the bill? Hope so.
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Big Shot Blurbs brought up some potential Pro Bowl selections this year. The list?
Likely:
P- Mat McBriar
S- Roy Williams
WR- Terrell Owens
Possible:
LB- Bradie James
LB- DeMarcus Ware
CB- Terence Newman
Also Mentioned (in the comments):
TE- Jason Witten
From that point, the discussion focused on everyone’s favorite type of beer. Mine is Guinness, but nobody cares about that. I’m quite sure.
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Mickey Spagnola on the Giants’ player-only meeting:
Why does it seem every time the Cowboys are fixing to play someone, the team calls one of those “players only” meetings? The Giants, trying to end a three-game losing streak, called one on Monday. With all their injuries, hope the meeting had some medicinal benefits. That’s the second one in a month, the Cardinals summoning one while trying to end a seven-game losing streak. And that one in Arizona sure cured what ailed the Cards that week, didn’t it?
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DCFanatic’s show is up. There are also quite a few clips from today at DallasCowboys.com that are worth checking out.
