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Between the 1973 and 1985 seasons, the Cowboys faced the Rams eight times in the playoffs. The teams split the series at four games a piece.
Here are some quotes related to two of those games.
“I just got pushed back. He didn’t mark it where I caught it…It’s one of those things you have to live with, I guess. You can’t change it now.”
Billy Joe DuPree regarding a reception he made with less than two minutes to play in a 14-12 loss to the Rams in the 1976 playoffs. DuPree caught the on a fourth-and-ten play, but the referees spotted the ball short. Tom Landry said later that there was “no doubt whatsoever” that DuPree had made the first down.
Note: Today (March 7) is DuPree’s birthday.
Source: St. Petersburg Times, December 20, 1976
“There was no way he made it over.”
Lee Roy Jordan regarding a touchdown by Lawrence McCutcheon that put the Rams ahead of the Cowboys 14-10 in the 1976 playoff game. Several Cowboy defenders said that McCutcheon did not cross the goalline. The score came on third down, and had Dallas made the stop, the Rams likely would have kicked a field goal to tie the game.
“That’s the psychology of football. If coaches knew the answer to it, we would be much better off.”
- Tony Dorsett’s quote after the Rams game in 1980.
Tom Landry after the Cowboys destroyed the Rams 34-13 in the 1980 playoffs. The Cowboys had only managed 96 rushing yards against the Rams two weeks earlier but gained 338 yards on the ground in the playoff win.
Source: The Telegraph-Herald, December 28, 1980
Did You Know?
The only time the Cowboys ever gained 500 or more yards in total offense in a playoff game was against the Rams in 1980. The team’s total yardage of 528 ranks 11th in NFL playoff history.
Dallas is also one of only six NFL teams since 1940 to have 300 or more rushing yards in a playoff game. Here is the list:
| Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Year | Date | Opp | W# | G# | Day | Result | OT | Att | Yds ? | TD | ||
| 1 | CHI | 1940 | 1940-12-08 | @ | WAS | 12 | 12 | Sun | W 73-0 | 53 | 381 | 7.19 | 7 | |
| 2 | BUF | 1995 | 1995-12-30 | MIA | 0 | 17 | Sat | W 37-22 | 52 | 341 | 6.56 | 3 | ||
| 3 | DAL | 1980 | 1980-12-28 | RAM | 17 | 17 | Sun | W 34-13 | 46 | 338 | 7.35 | 1 | ||
| 4 | ATL | 2004 | 2005-01-15 | STL | 0 | 17 | Sat | W 47-17 | 40 | 327 | 8.18 | 3 | ||
| 5 | SDG | 1963 | 1964-01-05 | BOS | 15 | 15 | Sun | W 51-10 | 32 | 318 | 9.94 | 4 | ||
| 6 | DEN | 1997 | 1997-12-27 | JAX | 0 | 17 | Sat | W 42-17 | 49 | 310 | 6.33 | 5 | ||
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