Looking Back: 1982 Regular Season Finale
A poster named coinsmr posted a clip of Tony Dorsett’s 99-yard run against the Minnesota Vikings in the Cowboys’ regular season finale in 1982. This has been posted on other blogs, but here it is for anyone who may not have seen it.
Some other interesting tidbits about this game, as well as the run:
* Dorsett’s run helped the Cowboys to overcome a 24-13 fourth quarter deficit, only to see the Vikings score the winning touchdown with less than two minutes remaining in the game.
* Had the Cowboys won, they would have played Minnesota again the following week, this time at Texas Stadium. Instead, the Cowboys faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whom the Cowboys defeated 30-17.
* This loss resulted in the Cowboys losing back-to-back games to end the season. That had not happened since 1962.
* Dorsett finished with 745 rushing yards in the strike-shortened 1982 season, enough to give him the title as NFC rushing champion. Though it was the first time he had not gained 1,000 yards in a season during his career, it was the only time that he had won a rushing title.
* Dorsett’s run from scrimmage broke the previous record of 97 yards, set by Bob Gage of Pittsburgh in 1949 and Andy Uram of Green Bay in 1939.
Wow! I remember that run like it was yesterday. I was in the Air Force stationed in Hawaii at the time. I was watching the game with mostly Viking fans and tho the Boys lost that run was sweet. You talk about sweet memories, watching it again broke back great times from the past.
July 11th, 2007 at 12:37 am[…] * The Cowboys won the first 16 games in which Dorsett gained at least 100 yards. * After his initial streak was broken on November 9, 1980, in a 38-35 loss to the New York Giants, the Cowboys won 13 more games in a row when Dorsett topped this mark. The second streak ended, ironically, in the game in which Dorsett scored on his record-breaking 99-yard run against Minnesota on January 3, 1983. * The Cowboys lost two of the last three games where Dorsett gained 100 yards. * During his career, Dorsett had 43 total 100-yard games. The Cowboys went 39-4 in those games. […]
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