Perhaps the most interesting thing is Madden on 17:10 asking for serious studies on concussions and the creation of what today is known as concussion protocol. The guy was truly a visionary and knew everything about football.
I noticed that too, good catch. Madden was the best. Not only did he have the enthusiasm and the one liners, but he had such an incredible insight about the game and really was ahead of his time in his thinking.
It's true, but the other thing I've noticed from watching these older videos is Madden talks a lot about REALLY obvious stuff. Like, on the last drive, he's talking about the value of spiking the football on 1st down of a moving clock with less than a minute and no TOs left. I don't know if it's just the audience being less educated during that time period but it's almost painful to listen to some of the obvious stuff he says.
Andrew Sears so you're over here on the internet and then Boom! you got this guy over here talkin about that, then someone else agrees with him and then Boom! you're only 20 people away from having a team of village idiots 🙃
Dallas got that trade from Minnesota and San Francisco gifted them Charles Haley. Otherwise it might’ve been harder for you guys growing up. It’s currently going on thirty years since Dallas made a NFC championship game.
@@ThePinkPoodle well if the Chiefs don't get Mahomes they would still have only one Superbowl. We can't sit here and do what ifs all day long. Thanks for your input. 👌
Yet it's even more important which games you win. 49ers won 1 more total than Cowboys in head-to-head match-ups, but Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls in that time span to 49ers' 1.
In 93' they were, but the 49ers should've beaten them in 92', and probably in 95' had they not fallen apart in the 2nd half in Atlanta at end of season, and gotten the home-field advantage throughout, which would've also meant avoiding their kryptonite, the Packers. Of course, had they paid to keep reigning DPO Deion Sanders & their lone true tailback Ricky Watters, it never would've come down to that game in Atlanta, plus they would've blown the Falcons out.
I miss those days...I watched Aikman come out of UCLA and ball out through the 1-15 yrs, 3 super bowl years and then watch him finish his career. Football was football back then. Not this Arena style, handicap the defense style
The best between the 49ers and Cowboys was 92,93,94 those games were the best three NFC Championship Games in a row those games were better then the Superbowls because you knew who ever won those NFC Championship Games was going to win the Superbowl like they did Cowboys 92,93 49ers 94, then the Cowboys went back to the Superbowl in 95 then both teams started to go down hill both teams have Five SuperBowl Championshis I think the New England Patriots have five to the only team that has more Pittsburgh Steelers with Six the most in the NFL, Niners were the first to win Five,95 is the last time the Cowboys have been to a Superbowl I believe 2012 was the last time the 49ers was at a Superbowl !
Since your comment here, the Niners have made it in 2019. They have no championships since 94, but they have gotten closer to winning one than Dallas has.
Little bart.thanks for the game.my two favorite running backs of all time in the same game and same time.Walkers last year yes .almost no yards rushing for the whole season yes.but return yards over 1167 .thats a way to go out .another running back would have retired.but Walker goes for 1167 yards.thats outstanding on your last year.....and thanks for no commercials
Great upload, this 49er Cowboy rivalry was epic, especially int he early 90's. But this was the year the Cowboys dynasty crumbled under it's own weight. Aging players that got complacent, coach Switzer was way to lenient and the salary cap done them in a couple years later. I hope this rivalry comes back in the coming years.
Yeah, it would be nice to restablish that rivalry. Here's the deal though. It happened because as the two best NFC teams and probable one the winner of the next Superbowl, TV pitted them against each other for viewers and commercial income. To get that rivalry going again they both need to be the two best again.
17:30 Deion was supposed to score on dat play he should of kept running straight he knew Damn well Steve young wasn't gone catch him... deion zig zagging towards him was only reason he got tackled and wanna blame it on his teammate for not blocking Steve young... hell he beat them to steve young before they could block him. Lol young might of took a L from throwing that INT, but won one for flipping deion that was a classic...
I still remember people teasing Troy Aikman about being a weak quarterback, who dived too much. With the kind of hits that man took, it's no wonder why he might have started trying to evade getting sacked. That first sack looked like it could have easily broken his neck, and then to think he took another hit like that the previous week. I'd be amazed if the man is still able to string a complete sentence together in this current day.
It’s almost sad watching this game, Dallas was definitely done and the 49ers were closer to the cliff than anyone realized Edit: and yes I know the 49ers were still relevant thru 2003 but not a SB threat after 98
So true! It used to be all about SF and Dallas and the NFC, and then it was Denver during this time and pretty soon the other AFC teams like New England, Indy, and Pittsburgh. Nowadays Dallas can barely hold on to a Wildcard spot and SF is even worse...
98 was when the 49ers lost to the Altanta Falcons right in the playoffs, the Falcons went on to the Superbowl to lose to the Denver Broncos the Broncos won two in a row year before they beat the Green Bay Packers !
But the Niners came back and went to three NFC Championship Games in a row I believe in 2010, 2011, 2012 went to a Superbowl and lost by four points to the Balitmore Ravens to go 5 and 1 in SuperBowls so the Niners, Patriots, Cowboys have five SuperBowl Championship and the Pittsburgh Steelers have the most with Six SuperBowl Championship!
The 49ers pretty much conducted a soft rebuild from 2000-2001 and became a treadmill team (never getting past the divisional round) until 2003...after that it’s been nearly 15 years of ineptitude aside from three great years (2011-2013). Hopefully the 49ers can reverse that trend permanently this year!
Yep. Although San Francisco has been to three Super Bowls though and was ripped off in all three. San Francisco has fallen victim in two Super Bowls to the NFL propaganda machine of Patricia Mahomes. Dallas hasn’t even made a NFC Championship game in almost thirty years.
We didn’t know it at the time, but 1997 was the beginning of the end for the ‘90s Cowboys. This team just didn’t look confident anymore. They played better in 1998 and 1999, but it was more of a minor reprieve than an actual comeback. By the time the 2000 season started it was really over for these guys.
Peezster , niners should have had 1 more ring in that 94-97 window , perhaps in 97. They would have faced Denver in bowl and would have physically dominated that team just as they did during that regular season. Matchup nightmare for broncos But SF couldn’t get past GB in post season 3 years in a row , thanks to T Owens later this season (end zone TD drops). Rice or no Rice, this SF team was very well balanced and hard to beat
@@publikenemi49 Garrison Hearst getting hurt towards the end of the regular season was an even greater killer than losing Rice that yr. 49ers still featured other talented receivers, but Hearst gave them that 1 power back w/ game-breaking speed, you could hand the ball off to 20+times a game to keep the defense honest. He rushed for over a thousand yards in just 12 1/2 games that yr. The weakness of that Packers offense was at stopping the run. See how Emmitt Smith & Terrell Davis just ran wild on them. Hearst's 1st game back was the Championship game vs. Green Bay, and he was clearly not fully healed. He carried the ball 8x for 12yds. They still should've handed him the ball more, but the collarbone was clearly still hurting him, plus he was rusty. This effected the 49ers play-calling more than even not having the great Jerry Rice in the game, although Rice's presence alone would've opened up the rushing lanes more for Hearst, and single-coverage for everybody else, and just a couple more 1st downs can totally change a game like that, so not having Rice was also a huge loss to the 49ers. 49ers defense actually had the personnel up front to confront Terrell Davis & make the Broncos 1-dimensional, so Denver's chances against the 49ers would've been much less than against the Packers.
Arson Hakobyan I thought I had a decent memory of this niner era but you have an amazing memory. I recall Hearst wrecking his ankle at ATL in div round following year , but do not recall collar bone in 97. He was awesome though and suited that niner team perfectly. After Watters and before Hearst , they were a team in search an elite RB. Seems like they were always lacking something 95, 96 - but even with loss of Rice , I really felt 97 was the year. Nope. They gave me a lot of good years though. (disappointments too, 1990)
17 minutes in: Madden stated "the NFL needs a comprehensive program on concussions." And the NFL was listening. They performed studies, didn't like the results, and would hide findings for the next decade in employing medical professionals to distort and deny. The game is great today because of the players we're watching. The NFL & Ownership are SLIME; as they enjoy their new Yachts.
Pete C The NFL was terrified of losing their bottom line, but in reality they are just kicking the can down the road...they should not be surprised if the chickens come home to roost when pro football’s popularity falls off.
The graphic at 19:40 is explained simply by the fact that in 1996, Dallas tended to pull Emmitt out of the offense in the red zone and on 3rd downs. Dallas’ offensive production took a significant hit when they decided to try to micromanage Smith in the offense.
I always felt that was the beginning of the end due to their inability to get touchdowns when they were in the redzone and it somewhat was a problem up until Parcells took over.
It continued in 98 and 99 Aikman couldn't get it done in the red zone. It was borderline pathetic. Got used to Emmitt and the line just dominating in the early 90's.
The 1997 season was such a difficult season to watch if you were a fan of the 90’s Dynasty. What started off with a dominant victory over Pittsburgh turned into a 6-10 season with images of tears flowing out of Michael Irvin in the season finale because of how bad the team fell in only two seasons. Sad part is, it never should’ve came to this. The Offense had grown stale and predictable. Other than Larry Allen, Tuinei, Newton, and Williams were all getting older with Clay Shiver at Center. Eric Bjornson and a rookie David LaFleur were the Tight Ends which tells you all you need to know why they had red zone problems that season. Of course, Emmitt was never the same after his short paralysis injury in the season opener against the Bears in 1996. He was banged up, constant nagging injuries and seemed like he was playing more tentative. Switzer lost the team because of his lackadaisical style. It’s no wonder they had a slight resurgence in 1998 with a new innovative coach in Chan Gailey but even that was not enough to beat the Cardinals at Texas Stadium in the playoffs. Coaching can only get you so far, eventually talent has to do the rest and by 1997, talent was few and far between. Sad when I see these videos because of what could have been.
SF, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Green Bay were the best of dynasties from the era of the 60s to the 90s...the new millenium eventually turned into a way different game and NE pretty much owned it as to date
I remember watching this game and seeing Herschel Walker back with the Cowboys. I found a weird to see him there, after Jimmy traded him to the Vikings for all those draft picks which helped them win 3 Superbowls in 4 years during that time.
Without that trade and San Francisco gifting them Charles Haley, the Dallas Cowboys are stuck on two 1970s Super Bowl championships. And Jimmy Johnson was vastly overrated. When Jimmy went to the Miami Dolphins he won zero division titles and his last three playoff outings ended in 17-3, 38-3 and 62-7 losses.
As Pat Summerall's introduction made clear, Dallas could only recall its past Super Bowl glory. This loss was only the beginning of the end of the 1997 season. Steve Young and the 49ers were just too great an opponent to overcome.
Yeah unfortunately Jones was notorious for not paying big money to LBs back then. Ken Norton Jr and Deion Sanders were the key reasons why SF beat Dallas in the 1994-95 NFC Championship game.
For sure! Very dumb decision by Jerry. Along with Haley, Norton was the leader of that ‘92-93 Cowboys Defense. Jerry could’ve replaced Norton with Derrick Brooks in the ‘95 draft, but he pissed that away too...
As great as the Cowboys were in the 90’s, they were really only dominant for 4 years. They were good in 91 and 96. They were great from 92-95. And they just fell off and haven’t come close to a ring since then. Sad for the most popular NFL team in the world.
He had respect for Young’s speed, even though I’m sure (even as a Niners fan) that he would’ve beat Young down the sideline. One thing to note is that he didn’t have a blocker in front of him. That also affected his decision...
I never figured out why Deion didn't just run down the sideline on his INT! That was a score the whole way if he had just turned up the juice a bit cuz Young wouldn't have come close to tackling him!
That was one of my beefs with Sanders when he came to my team in 1999. He was put back to return punts after Snyder had Mitchell Cut to make cap room for Sanders. Sanders would catch the ball do his dance and get tackled waiting for a hole to open up. He was striking out trying to hit a home run when a base hit would have put the team in Field Goal range or close to it. We could have had Brian Mitchell return punts in 1999 and gotten better field position. He made too many business decisions and not enough football being played
1:33:07 now there have been some rediculous shenanigans involving referees determining the outcome of a game. But this is right up there with tuck rule and fail mary IMO. The fact that a defensive back made contact with the receiver, back judge throws flag, 1st and goal, shady side judge immediately runs over from the middle of the endzone and f*cking talks him out of an obvious pass interference call. Very suspect and extremely unreasonable. Very much underrated and not talked about no call. Infact, the last 2 minutes of niner home games in 97 and 98 always seemed to involve the referees bailing them out. This game, Chargers, Saints, Colts and of course the infamous Packers playoff game where Jerry Rice fumbled and lost the game but coincidentally got bailed out by an inadvertent whistle.
Interesting Facts: 49ers vs Team of the 90s (Cowboys) From '90 to '99 49ers - Wins 113 - 47 Losses Cowboy - 101 - 59 Losses Where it mattered the most for both teams: Cowboys 2 - 1 49ers in NFC Championship games Late 90s ('96-99) - Post Salary Cap years 49ers - Wins 41 - 23 Losses Cowboys - Wins 34 - 30 Losses Playoff Appearances '90 - '99 Cowboys 8 - Winning 3 SBs 49ers 8 - Winning 1 SB Note: 49ers lost to Giants 1, Cowboys 2, Packers 3, Falcons 1 Cowboys lost to Lions 1, 49ers 1, Panthers 1, Cardinals 1, Vikings 1.
Do you know if you have a copy of the 1996 Cowboys 49ers match up from the year before when the Cowboys won a 20 to 17 victory over sf that you could post onto youtube ?
The 49ers should of never let Charles Haley, Deion Sanders, few other players to go, Deion was a very big factor in 1994 with the Niners Haley for the longest time the only NFL Player to have five SuperBowl Rings now Tom Brady does too, Deion was defense of player of the year in 94 he had I believe Eight Interceptions in the regular season he had a Interception in the NFC Championship Game, and a Interception in the Superbowl vs the Chargers in there win,and they never should of let Ricky Waters leave to !
I think if San Francisco really wanted to, they would’ve found a way to keep Deion. Just like the NFL accused Jerry Jones in 1995, Eddie DeBartolo and the 49er organization were accused of circumventing the salary cap to sign Deion and other players in 1994. Deion liked SF, arguably had his best season as a pro ever as a 49er. I think it ultimately came down to his quarrel with Jerry Rice and how he felt under appreciated. Some stated Deion was the missing link for the 49ers and that made Rice pissed because as he stated “wasn’t giving credit to the other 52 men in the locker room”. But when he won the Super Bowl in Dallas the next year, the first thing he said when he got to the podium and given the Lombardi trophy was “I didn’t even get to hold this last year.” Kinda messed up how you treat the 1994 Defensive Player of the Year and the one mainly responsible for making your good Defense, Great. Sure the money the Cowboys offered him was unprecedented at the time for a Defensive Player, but he later stated that Oakland actually offered a bigger contract. Ultimately SF got the last laugh as the 49ers beat the Cowboys and Deion at Texas Stadium in 1995 but yet Deion was hosting his 2nd Lombardi in back-to-back seasons in January with another team.
Don't see that. If anything Madden's a Bay Area guy But he was straight up when it came to announcing. Summerall though did seem to have a soft side for The football Giants
Perhaps the most interesting thing is Madden on 17:10 asking for serious studies on concussions and the creation of what today is known as concussion protocol. The guy was truly a visionary and knew everything about football.
I noticed that too, good catch. Madden was the best. Not only did he have the enthusiasm and the one liners, but he had such an incredible insight about the game and really was ahead of his time in his thinking.
I was just about to post this, I was like damn Madden was on point with that.
It's true, but the other thing I've noticed from watching these older videos is Madden talks a lot about REALLY obvious stuff. Like, on the last drive, he's talking about the value of spiking the football on 1st down of a moving clock with less than a minute and no TOs left. I don't know if it's just the audience being less educated during that time period but it's almost painful to listen to some of the obvious stuff he says.
Andrew Sears so you're over here on the internet and then Boom! you got this guy over here talkin about that, then someone else agrees with him and then Boom! you're only 20 people away from having a team of village idiots 🙃
to me, the idea of brain damage resulting from head trauma is equally obvious. I can't imagine that the NFL didn't know.
The best rivalry of the 90's!!!
Video Brinquedo 90’s
Video Brinquedo 90’s
Miss these commentators!!!
97 was a tough season to watch as a Cowboys fan. Going 6-10 after all those playoff and super bowl years.
Same for me.. I definitely wasn’t used to that, growing up back then
Dallas got that trade from Minnesota and San Francisco gifted them Charles Haley. Otherwise it might’ve been harder for you guys growing up. It’s currently going on thirty years since Dallas made a NFC championship game.
@@ThePinkPoodle well if the Chiefs don't get Mahomes they would still have only one Superbowl. We can't sit here and do what ifs all day long. Thanks for your input. 👌
Hershel Walker played with Dorsett and Emmitt! That’s crazy!!
And Ken Norton was a 49er
And rod Woodson
The final DAL/SF showdown of the 90s. By the time they met again in 2000, both teams looked different.
1990: SF
1992 CG: DAL
1993: DAL
1993 CG: DAL
1994: SF
1994 CG: SF
1995: SF
1996: DAL
1997: SF
SF: 5 - DAL: 4
Yet it's even more important which games you win. 49ers won 1 more total than Cowboys in head-to-head match-ups, but Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls in that time span to 49ers' 1.
Arson Hakobyan but clearly shows that even though Cowboys were the team of the 90’s they were never better than the 49ers during the 90’s 5>4
In 93' they were, but the 49ers should've beaten them in 92', and probably in 95' had they not fallen apart in the 2nd half in Atlanta at end of season, and gotten the home-field advantage throughout, which would've also meant avoiding their kryptonite, the Packers. Of course, had they paid to keep reigning DPO Deion Sanders & their lone true tailback Ricky Watters, it never would've come down to that game in Atlanta, plus they would've blown the Falcons out.
Arson Hakobyan Keeping Ricky Watters alone could have won the 49ers a Super Bowl in 1995.
Key Plays:
16:10 SF: Owens 26-yd rec from Young
17:20 DAL: Sanders 31-yd INT ret
20:35 DAL: Irvin 5-yd rec TD from Aikman
39:55 SF: Drakeford INT
41:55 SF: Levy 30-yd rec from Young
42:35 DAL: Woodson fumble recovery
48:15 SF: Owens 23-yd rec from Young
50:45 SF: Uwaezuoke 18-yd rec from Young
52:10 SF: Hearst 8-yd rush TD
55:55 DAL: Miller 54-yd rec from Aikman
58:50 DAL: Cunningham 21-yd FG
1:15:00 San Francisco game-winning drive start
1:17:05 SF: Stokes 29-yd rec from Young
1:17:45 SF: Floyd 1-yd rush TD
1:29:45 Dallas final drive start
1:32:10 DAL: Miller 21-yd rec from Aikman
1:35:15 SF: McDonald 15-yd INT ret
Key Stats:
DAL:
Troy Aikman 22/36 pass, 218 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Sherman Williams 17 car, 54 yds
Anthony Miller 4 rec, 85 yds
Michael Irvin 6 rec, 51 yds, 1 TD
SF:
Steve Young 15/23 pass, 180 yds, 1 INT
Garrison Hearst 22 car, 104 yds, 1 TD
Terrell Owens 3 rec, 57 yds
Dana Stubblefield 2 sacks
This is awesome man. This is the first time I ever got to see Troy aikman play
I miss those days...I watched Aikman come out of UCLA and ball out through the 1-15 yrs, 3 super bowl years and then watch him finish his career. Football was football back then. Not this Arena style, handicap the defense style
this Cowboy team was already on the decline big time in 97
Troy was horrid in 96 and 97. Decent in 98 and 99. Unplayable in 2000.
The best between the 49ers and Cowboys was 92,93,94 those games were the best three NFC Championship Games in a row those games were better then the Superbowls because you knew who ever won those NFC Championship Games was going to win the Superbowl like they did Cowboys 92,93 49ers 94, then the Cowboys went back to the Superbowl in 95 then both teams started to go down hill both teams have Five SuperBowl Championshis I think the New England Patriots have five to the only team that has more Pittsburgh Steelers with Six the most in the NFL, Niners were the first to win Five,95 is the last time the Cowboys have been to a Superbowl I believe 2012 was the last time the 49ers was at a Superbowl !
Since your comment here, the Niners have made it in 2019.
They have no championships since 94, but they have gotten closer to winning one than Dallas has.
I remember watching this game.
The last matchup in the great 1990s chapter in the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry.
Owens was a beast of a receiver, tall, fast.
Yep,tall,fast,big,strong also
But not very bright and probably totally broke.
Merton Hanks sesame street dance at the end of game lol
Summerall and Madden were just the best.
though I think Michaels, Gifford, and Dierdorf may have been insulted by never getting to call a 49ers-Cowboys game together
the introduction ,the voice of PAT AND MADEN priceless we miss this duo
Missed this game because I was in Marine Corps basic training at the time.
So
I was at Parris Island during this time as well..
I'm a die hard 49er fan, but I will say this the Dallas Cowboys had the best ever then or now Offense line the best !
Yeah, would've been nice if Steve young could've had a line like that
Great Game & good win for the 49ers over the cowgirls...I remember watching this game when i was teenager
Little bart.thanks for the game.my two favorite running backs of all time in the same game and same time.Walkers last year yes .almost no yards rushing for the whole season yes.but return yards over 1167 .thats a way to go out .another running back would have retired.but Walker goes for 1167 yards.thats outstanding on your last year.....and thanks for no commercials
Great upload, this 49er Cowboy rivalry was epic, especially int he early 90's. But this was the year the Cowboys dynasty crumbled under it's own weight. Aging players that got complacent, coach Switzer was way to lenient and the salary cap done them in a couple years later. I hope this rivalry comes back in the coming years.
Yeah, it would be nice to restablish that rivalry. Here's the deal though. It happened because as the two best NFC teams and probable one the winner of the next Superbowl, TV pitted them against each other for viewers and commercial income. To get that rivalry going again they both need to be the two best again.
17:30 Deion was supposed to score on dat play he should of kept running straight he knew Damn well Steve young wasn't gone catch him... deion zig zagging towards him was only reason he got tackled and wanna blame it on his teammate for not blocking Steve young... hell he beat them to steve young before they could block him. Lol young might of took a L from throwing that INT, but won one for flipping deion that was a classic...
LOL Tony Casillas should've blocked him.
To date, this remains the 49ers last home win against the Cowboys.
*EDIT:* Until the 2022 divisional round playoffs
UNTIL NOW
Great rivalry.
Turnovers were the key in this rivalry.
I still remember people teasing Troy Aikman about being a weak quarterback, who dived too much. With the kind of hits that man took, it's no wonder why he might have started trying to evade getting sacked. That first sack looked like it could have easily broken his neck, and then to think he took another hit like that the previous week. I'd be amazed if the man is still able to string a complete sentence together in this current day.
This was football 🏈 !
"You always cover your man and don't step on the pigeon!" Only Madden can say something like that. Pure entertainment!
Pat n John were the best I miss them Fr fr Rip to u both.
Cowboys Offense Line was the all time best in the 90s!
They weren't that good that year. Look how many times Aikman was getting hit!
@@dannymoe9028 no more Kevin gogan
It’s almost sad watching this game, Dallas was definitely done and the 49ers were closer to the cliff than anyone realized
Edit: and yes I know the 49ers were still relevant thru 2003 but not a SB threat after 98
So true! It used to be all about SF and Dallas and the NFC, and then it was Denver during this time and pretty soon the other AFC teams like New England, Indy, and Pittsburgh. Nowadays Dallas can barely hold on to a Wildcard spot and SF is even worse...
98 was when the 49ers lost to the Altanta Falcons right in the playoffs, the Falcons went on to the Superbowl to lose to the Denver Broncos the Broncos won two in a row year before they beat the Green Bay Packers !
But the Niners came back and went to three NFC Championship Games in a row I believe in 2010, 2011, 2012 went to a Superbowl and lost by four points to the Balitmore Ravens to go 5 and 1 in SuperBowls so the Niners, Patriots, Cowboys have five SuperBowl Championship and the Pittsburgh Steelers have the most with Six SuperBowl Championship!
The 49ers pretty much conducted a soft rebuild from 2000-2001 and became a treadmill team (never getting past the divisional round) until 2003...after that it’s been nearly 15 years of ineptitude aside from three great years (2011-2013).
Hopefully the 49ers can reverse that trend permanently this year!
Ahhhh.. The nostalgia
Hard to believe neither dallas nor the 49ers have won a super bow since 96, 23 years,
Yep. Although San Francisco has been to three Super Bowls though and was ripped off in all three. San Francisco has fallen victim in two Super Bowls to the NFL propaganda machine of Patricia Mahomes. Dallas hasn’t even made a NFC Championship game in almost thirty years.
Cowboys and San Fran are some o the best games ever played in he NFL.
We didn’t know it at the time, but 1997 was the beginning of the end for the ‘90s Cowboys. This team just didn’t look confident anymore. They played better in 1998 and 1999, but it was more of a minor reprieve than an actual comeback. By the time the 2000 season started it was really over for these guys.
49ers had the #1 defense IIRC in 1997
@Razh 80 .....and what about Kevin Greene getting 10.5 sacks and he barely played !
Yeah, their defense was the most stacked it had been since the 94' Super Bowl season.
Peezster , niners should have had 1 more ring in that 94-97 window , perhaps in 97. They would have faced Denver in bowl and would have physically dominated that team just as they did during that regular season. Matchup nightmare for broncos But SF couldn’t get past GB in post season 3 years in a row , thanks to T Owens later this season (end zone TD drops).
Rice or no Rice, this SF team was very well balanced and hard to beat
@@publikenemi49 Garrison Hearst getting hurt towards the end of the regular season was an even greater killer than losing Rice that yr. 49ers still featured other talented receivers, but Hearst gave them that 1 power back w/ game-breaking speed, you could hand the ball off to 20+times a game to keep the defense honest. He rushed for over a thousand yards in just 12 1/2 games that yr. The weakness of that Packers offense was at stopping the run. See how Emmitt Smith & Terrell Davis just ran wild on them. Hearst's 1st game back was the Championship game vs. Green Bay, and he was clearly not fully healed. He carried the ball 8x for 12yds. They still should've handed him the ball more, but the collarbone was clearly still hurting him, plus he was rusty. This effected the 49ers play-calling more than even not having the great Jerry Rice in the game, although Rice's presence alone would've opened up the rushing lanes more for Hearst, and single-coverage for everybody else, and just a couple more 1st downs can totally change a game like that, so not having Rice was also a huge loss to the 49ers. 49ers defense actually had the personnel up front to confront Terrell Davis & make the Broncos 1-dimensional, so Denver's chances against the 49ers would've been much less than against the Packers.
Arson Hakobyan I thought I had a decent memory of this niner era but you have an amazing memory. I recall Hearst wrecking his ankle at ATL in div round following year , but do not recall collar bone in 97.
He was awesome though and suited that niner team perfectly. After Watters and before Hearst , they were a team in search an elite RB.
Seems like they were always lacking something 95, 96 - but even with loss of Rice , I really felt 97 was the year. Nope.
They gave me a lot of good years though. (disappointments too, 1990)
17 minutes in: Madden stated "the NFL needs a comprehensive program on concussions." And the NFL was listening. They performed studies, didn't like the results, and would hide findings for the next decade in employing medical professionals to distort and deny. The game is great today because of the players we're watching. The NFL & Ownership are SLIME; as they enjoy their new Yachts.
Pete C The NFL was terrified of losing their bottom line, but in reality they are just kicking the can down the road...they should not be surprised if the chickens come home to roost when pro football’s popularity falls off.
Whose here after John Madden ? R.I.P.
The graphic at 19:40 is explained simply by the fact that in 1996, Dallas tended to pull Emmitt out of the offense in the red zone and on 3rd downs. Dallas’ offensive production took a significant hit when they decided to try to micromanage Smith in the offense.
I always felt that was the beginning of the end due to their inability to get touchdowns when they were in the redzone and it somewhat was a problem up until Parcells took over.
It continued in 98 and 99 Aikman couldn't get it done in the red zone. It was borderline pathetic. Got used to Emmitt and the line just dominating in the early 90's.
The 1997 season was such a difficult season to watch if you were a fan of the 90’s Dynasty. What started off with a dominant victory over Pittsburgh turned into a 6-10 season with images of tears flowing out of Michael Irvin in the season finale because of how bad the team fell in only two seasons. Sad part is, it never should’ve came to this. The Offense had grown stale and predictable. Other than Larry Allen, Tuinei, Newton, and Williams were all getting older with Clay Shiver at Center. Eric Bjornson and a rookie David LaFleur were the Tight Ends which tells you all you need to know why they had red zone problems that season. Of course, Emmitt was never the same after his short paralysis injury in the season opener against the Bears in 1996. He was banged up, constant nagging injuries and seemed like he was playing more tentative. Switzer lost the team because of his lackadaisical style. It’s no wonder they had a slight resurgence in 1998 with a new innovative coach in Chan Gailey but even that was not enough to beat the Cardinals at Texas Stadium in the playoffs. Coaching can only get you so far, eventually talent has to do the rest and by 1997, talent was few and far between. Sad when I see these videos because of what could have been.
Aikmen getting rocked is FOOTBALL..
Game has completely changed because of lawsuits regarding concussions.
why is Manu Ginobili's Bald Spot always making comments on these old nfl games?
Idk cause he the man and knows good football
@@ericpackers1700 I guess..he's everywhere
He’s a huge football fan
@@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly 😂✌🏽💯
@@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly so are you, how come I don't get a shout out
SF, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Green Bay were the best of dynasties from the era of the 60s to the 90s...the new millenium eventually turned into a way different game and NE pretty much owned it as to date
The NFL is gifting Kansas City everything now.
I remember watching this game and seeing Herschel Walker back with the Cowboys. I found a weird to see him there, after Jimmy traded him to the Vikings for all those draft picks which helped them win 3 Superbowls in 4 years during that time.
Without that trade and San Francisco gifting them Charles Haley, the Dallas Cowboys are stuck on two 1970s Super Bowl championships. And Jimmy Johnson was vastly overrated. When Jimmy went to the Miami Dolphins he won zero division titles and his last three playoff outings ended in 17-3, 38-3 and 62-7 losses.
Pat summeral and John madden greatest announcers of all time
As Pat Summerall's introduction made clear, Dallas could only recall its past Super Bowl glory. This loss was only the beginning of the end of the 1997 season. Steve Young and the 49ers were just too great an opponent to overcome.
People would go to prison for hits on QBs like that nowadays.
I’d love to see the Kansas City QB take some of these types of hits. That kid would get humbled quite fast.
Yeah, the whole game is for pussies now.
Where the hell do you find these games?
Not resigning Ken Norton was the first of countless dumb things Jerry Jones has accomplished in his 30yrs as owner/gm.
Thats easy to say with someone elses wallet.
Yeah unfortunately Jones was notorious for not paying big money to LBs back then. Ken Norton Jr and Deion Sanders were the key reasons why SF beat Dallas in the 1994-95 NFC Championship game.
Jay Lucien Yea back then Jerry Jones and the front office thought it was better to just draft new Lbs then pay them
Oh hell yeah. Ken Norton jr. And Jimmy Johnson.
For sure! Very dumb decision by Jerry. Along with Haley, Norton was the leader of that ‘92-93 Cowboys Defense. Jerry could’ve replaced Norton with Derrick Brooks in the ‘95 draft, but he pissed that away too...
As great as the Cowboys were in the 90’s, they were really only dominant for 4 years. They were good in 91 and 96. They were great from 92-95. And they just fell off and haven’t come close to a ring since then. Sad for the most popular NFL team in the world.
They had home field throughout the playoffs in 07 an 16 and choked both times. Then Romo's fumbled snap on the fg in 06. 🤦♂️
@@billbright100 well said
I wonder how big an impact the Salary cap affected both these teams. By 96, the Cowboys were just not the same.
Manu Ginobili's Bald Spot, i was at Marine Corps boot camp as well during this game.
17:15 John Madden was spot on here
Cowboys vs 49ers, the greatest rivalries of all time.
Have to toss the Giants in there. They stopped the Niners in their prime when you thought SF was unbeatable.
If primetime would just kept running straight and not cut back in!!! He may have scored on the int 17:40
Yeah I dunno why he thought he couldnt outrun Steve at that point
He had respect for Young’s speed, even though I’m sure (even as a Niners fan) that he would’ve beat Young down the sideline.
One thing to note is that he didn’t have a blocker in front of him. That also affected his decision...
Wars with the cowboys undefeated
Wow herschel walker went back to dallas later in his career as a fullback I remember when he was traded to minnesota earlier in his career
This was the beginning of the end for Switzer. He could never beat San Francisco, and it was downhill from there.
1996 huge win over San Fran
This should have been the MNF game on 11/10/1997
I never figured out why Deion didn't just run down the sideline on his INT! That was a score the whole way if he had just turned up the juice a bit cuz Young wouldn't have come close to tackling him!
Adam Markman young had the angle on him
That was one of my beefs with Sanders when he came to my team in 1999. He was put back to return punts after Snyder had Mitchell Cut to make cap room for Sanders. Sanders would catch the ball do his dance and get tackled waiting for a hole to open up. He was striking out trying to hit a home run when a base hit would have put the team in Field Goal range or close to it. We could have had Brian Mitchell return punts in 1999 and gotten better field position. He made too many business decisions and not enough football being played
Do you have the Green Bay/Dallas game from 1997?
This is going to be the nfc championship game this year
16:44
Terrell Owens
HOF WR
3rd round draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers in 1996
Miss those jerseys
1:33:07 now there have been some rediculous shenanigans involving referees determining the outcome of a game. But this is right up there with tuck rule and fail mary IMO.
The fact that a defensive back made contact with the receiver, back judge throws flag, 1st and goal, shady side judge immediately runs over from the middle of the endzone and f*cking talks him out of an obvious pass interference call.
Very suspect and extremely unreasonable. Very much underrated and not talked about no call. Infact, the last 2 minutes of niner home games in 97 and 98 always seemed to involve the referees bailing them out. This game, Chargers, Saints, Colts and of course the infamous Packers playoff game where Jerry Rice fumbled and lost the game but coincidentally got bailed out by an inadvertent whistle.
None of the players were protesting, how odd? This was real football. These are the only games I've watched since 2016. Thanks to Kaperstink.
This might be a stretch...2000 Patriots vs Bills snow game??
What is the song at the start?
17:26
17:50
Deion Sanders intercepts a pass but is stopped in his tracks by Young
Alot of hall of famers here including Madden
At 38:35 how the heck did Sherman Williams fall and bounce up like that??
Interesting Facts:
49ers vs Team of the 90s (Cowboys)
From '90 to '99
49ers - Wins 113 - 47 Losses
Cowboy - 101 - 59 Losses
Where it mattered the most for both teams:
Cowboys 2 - 1 49ers in NFC Championship games
Late 90s ('96-99) - Post Salary Cap years
49ers - Wins 41 - 23 Losses
Cowboys - Wins 34 - 30 Losses
Playoff Appearances '90 - '99
Cowboys 8 - Winning 3 SBs
49ers 8 - Winning 1 SB
Note:
49ers lost to Giants 1, Cowboys 2, Packers 3, Falcons 1
Cowboys lost to Lions 1, 49ers 1, Panthers 1, Cardinals 1, Vikings 1.
49ers!!!! Lets get #6 this season!
Kevin Greene put Aikman into the ground at 13:13
Yep that's a personal foul these days
1997 was the 9ers year if not for Brett Farve.
1997 Packers were the reason. Favre was lucky to be on that team and is known by many to be the weakness of the 90s Packers.
I agree they had the good team. Most playoff matches .... 9ers saw Farve play the better hand than Steve Young.
The Packers did not win the SB that year.
Still can't believe the 49ers never made an offer to Sanders after the 94 season.
Yeah that was the biggest mistake they made in '95. Deion said only one player reached out to him to stay and that was S.Young. Smh
Biggest mistake they made was letting Ricky Waters walk.
Irving couldnt get a interference call in Frisco for nothing
This would be the last time the 49ers beat the Cowboys at home, and the 49ers also only beat them once since this game (2014 Week 1).
the 49ers next host the Cowboys in 2023
perhaps the 49ers should wear white jerseys and buy into the Blue Jersey Jinx for that game
They also won the Dallas Star game in 2000
Do u have Panthers Steeler 1999?
This 97 49ers was a Super Bowl bound team just could not get past the Packers had we won don’t think the Broncos would of won 🏆
Good old days
Sweat coming out of places that sweat normally doesn't come out of(John Madden)
1:18 “what can they do John in your opinion to write this shit?”
The 49ers' last home win over the Cowboys to date.
Crazy watching this game knowing that Dana Stubblfield would end up getting life in prison for rape.
15 years to life. He’ll get out.
You have to credit Jimmy Johnson for building this team, and blame Jerry Jones for ruining it.
Touching a receiver is a penalty? They should see what they do today.
123:30...BWAHAHAHA...That coach knocks him into the next dimension!!!
Dez caught it
1:01:09 deion a beast wow
The play didn't count lol
John Madden, master of the obvious.
as opposed to you, a weak ass troll.
T.O. pancakes Deion 1:26:26 lmao...
I saw that but deion was looking n the backfield he got caught off balance
Kevin Greene Bull rushed Erik Williams.. Amazing
this was post car crash Erik Williams......pre car crash Williams was the best OLineman in football
James Zenitram I would agree ... He handled Reggie and Strahan
The shotgun could have saved Troy a lot of punishment.
The line was still 🔥
Do you know if you have a copy of the 1996 Cowboys 49ers match up from the year before when the Cowboys won a 20 to 17 victory over sf that you could post onto youtube ?
someone else actually posted that game: th-cam.com/video/wvh8pyLGZfQ/w-d-xo.html
Any chance you have the game where Norton broke Bryant Young's tibia with a head first tackle? I believe it was a Monday nighter.
Yep, it was Monday game 49ers vs giants
Niners giants from November 98. I haven’t been able to find it anywhere.
24:19 - deion dancing :-D
The 49ers should of never let Charles Haley, Deion Sanders, few other players to go, Deion was a very big factor in 1994 with the Niners Haley for the longest time the only NFL Player to have five SuperBowl Rings now Tom Brady does too, Deion was defense of player of the year in 94 he had I believe Eight Interceptions in the regular season he had a Interception in the NFC Championship Game, and a Interception in the Superbowl vs the Chargers in there win,and they never should of let Ricky Waters leave to !
I think if San Francisco really wanted to, they would’ve found a way to keep Deion. Just like the NFL accused Jerry Jones in 1995, Eddie DeBartolo and the 49er organization were accused of circumventing the salary cap to sign Deion and other players in 1994. Deion liked SF, arguably had his best season as a pro ever as a 49er. I think it ultimately came down to his quarrel with Jerry Rice and how he felt under appreciated. Some stated Deion was the missing link for the 49ers and that made Rice pissed because as he stated “wasn’t giving credit to the other 52 men in the locker room”.
But when he won the Super Bowl in Dallas the next year, the first thing he said when he got to the podium and given the Lombardi trophy was “I didn’t even get to hold this last year.” Kinda messed up how you treat the 1994 Defensive Player of the Year and the one mainly responsible for making your good Defense, Great. Sure the money the Cowboys offered him was unprecedented at the time for a Defensive Player, but he later stated that Oakland actually offered a bigger contract. Ultimately SF got the last laugh as the 49ers beat the Cowboys and Deion at Texas Stadium in 1995 but yet Deion was hosting his 2nd Lombardi in back-to-back seasons in January with another team.
If Deion stays sf wins super bowl n 95,97 easy
Michael Irvin got screwed over in 1994 and 1997 with bad calls vs SF.
Irvin made a career outta pushing off. And lm a lrvin fan.
These Cowboys sucked. Switzers final year, and for good reason. They went 6-10 in 1997
You have 2008 Tennessee Titans @ KC Chiefs? DATE: 10-19-08
All right, I will watch those two when ever they are uploaded, those good old times. THX
Go 49ers
C-19 Watching
I miss Pat Summerall and John Madden but geez, I forgot how biased they were for the Cowboys. It’s disgusting.
Don't see that. If anything Madden's a Bay Area guy
But he was straight up when it came to announcing. Summerall though did seem to have a soft side for The football Giants