When Danny White got into a "zone," he was every bit as good as either Staubach or Aikman. One of the most underrated quarterbacks in history, in my view.
+mecha gojira69 Not true at all. He just wasn't fortunate enough to be the starting QB when the Cowboys' *defense* was in the same zone it was when Staubach and Aikman were the starting QBs. Was it Danny White's fault that the 49ers drove 89 yards for the winning touchdown in the NFC championship game? No.
Darth Zod I watched every heartbreaking game im 46 years old don't assume I watched the catch (49ers)I watched the redskins game the game where white got hurt I believe and I watched the eagles game. it was like yesterday b cause there are just as memorable as big wins danny white was a pretty good qb he was left with a veteran championship team leftover from the 70's remember that.the falcons game where he came back was unbelievable and it wasn't whites fault that montana closed his eyes while threw that ball and clark was like ay look what I found and then im ASSUMING you remember that white connected with drew pearson and pearson almost broke free for the touchdown that would have beat the 49ers and the catch would mean NOTHING.he was actually horsecollared but im ASSUMING u know that rule is a rule that was implemented by the hard hitting roy Williams when he played for the cowboys actually I don't like to admit this it was roy Williams who actually busted THE GREAT EMMITT SMITHS shoulder when emmitt was older and played w the cardinals I mean emmitt could have come back the next year but its very very very tough for these great athletes to just up and quit the game b cause NOTHING can compare ever again in your life to the feeling of playing football and going to war with your teammates every year after year.please don't ever question my knowledge about my cowboys my friend I happen to believe in the scoreboard the results roger staubach and troy aikman are champions danny white is NOT and I was the biggest danny white fan ever when I was a kid.but the scoreboard always always tells the story white didn't have scrubs surrounding him he had championship pedigree around him.sorry you cannot dispute facts but I do respect your comments peace.oh and by the way just to give you perspective of how big of a cowboys fan I am while I was on my ship in the navy in '89 when they went 1 and 15 I was still happy because they beat the redskins. my friend you tangled with the wrong cowboys fan.ive been humbled b4 it happens to everybody but you don't learn unless you ASSUME and make mistakes.
+mecha gojira69 I respect your beliefs too, but you are still wrong.The scoreboard doesn't tell the whole story. White is a champion. I played football too and know the truth.
Landry designed it to hide the backfield shift from the linebackers. watch when the dallas lineman raise up, the running backs shift formation. it shortens the reaction time of the linebackers and db's
Wow, this is great, Danny White leading Dallas in a 49 beat down, with Staubach as a TV commentator and doing a good job of it! Thanks for the upload of these Cowboy games, much appreciated! Fan since 1970
That's Mike Ditka on the Cowboys sideline congratulating Rafael Septien at 7:54. The 49ers had an incredible 10 turnovers in this game, including 5 interceptions by Steve DeBerg.
Danny White was a great QB. He just had the misfortune of playing during the eighties , the decade in which the NFC , and particularly the NFC East was becoming a powerhouse. 49ers, ‘Skins, and the G-Men all became very dominant during that decade.
I was about 16, and I too remember that game.. I love the cowboys of those days, of Tom Landry, Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett and the rest of the boys..
Never knew how great this win would be! Through adversity comes strength. Who would have known that this adversity helped to create 5 Super Bowl wins for the 49ers? Truly amazing.
As a huge Cowboys fan I hate to say it but this was a carryover from the 70s. It was nice to beat the Whinners during the 80s this one year. It would be all Dallas would get as for the 49ers would have our number of the rest of the decade. A year later their Dynasty started.
Sadly, the following year one player on the 49ers turned the tables completely: Joe Montana. In his third year in the NFL, he would lead the 49ers to victory over Dallas 45-14 in the regular season and 28-27 in the NFC championship, the latter of which featured the famous "Catch" by Dwight Clark.
Thanks for the upload.....this really was a turning point in the history of San Francisco....Montana started the following week and this game among many convinced Walsh to obtain a new secondary of brilliant rookies in the draft. The Niners licked their wounds and learnt the lessons of this game. The following year they blew out the Cowboys at Candlestick but Dallas insisted that the real Cowboys did not show up that day. In the NFC Championship game a few months later between the two teams everything was up for grabs. We all know what happened in that historic game but the seeds of change were sewn for the Niners in this sobering rout against the brilliant Cowboys.
In regard to their three championship games Dallas was probably emotionally spent after beating Atlanta in the divisional playoff before the Philadelphia game. Dallas came from behind on the road against a quality Atlanta team to win 30 to 27. In the second championship game the Dallas defense could not stop Montana driving 89 yards in the final minutes. In the third championship game the kicking of Septien cost Dallas along with a couple of interceptions by Hogelboom. The Dallas teams of the early 1980's were still very good but could not get over the final obstacle. Even the 1985 Cowboys won their division and went to the playoffs only to lose to the Rams. That would be Landry's last playoff appearance. Dallas was one of only two teams to beat the NY Giants in 1986 and had a good start at 6 -2. From that point on Dallas steadily eroded until 1990. Dallas was exciting to watch for first part of the 1980's and still showed similarities to the 1970's Cowboys. Tom Landry's last playoff win was against Green Bay in Dallas 37 to 26. This was the game prior to the championship game against Washington. Keep in mind that the Jets were playing the Dolphins in the other championship. Being a die hard Giants fan I remember that week leading up to the championship games with trepidation. The possibility of a Dallas v. Jets Super Bowl existed which has been lost in NFL folklore. The NY jets almost appeared in a second Super Bowl before the NY Giants went to their first in 1986. Things started to change a lot after that strike shortened season.
I agree. To bad he didn't win a super bowl or 2. Had 3 good chances to go but all 3 championship games were away games played in hostile environments. The game at Philly was played in minus 18 degree wind chill. He got knocked out in the game at Washington and just wasn't meant to be in SF against the legend of Joe Montana. Still had a great career.
+Kenny Tilley by montana clark was like ohh look what I found.if staubach was playing maybe they win 2 out of 3 always trust in staubach.and the funny thing with the catch game w the 49ers white threw a slant I think to pearson and the 49er defensive guy caught pearson with 3 fingers or he would have gone all the way actually drew got horse collared but rule was obviously not in effect then.
David Skarica well they were getting a little long in the tooth I hear ya but I wonder if staubach was playing ahh who knows all these what if's right??!! it's history. they were the best team in the nfc in the 70's and if that stupid ref doesn't call interference on Washington or barnes i'm not sure but it was in the 2nd super bowl against the steelers maybe dallas wins 3 and steelers win 3 and then the dynasty moniker goes to dallas because they were in 2 more SB'S than pitt. I remember the very gentlemanly Staubach being interviewed and saying the ref that called interference must be a Communist!!!! true story and then the NFL apologizes 2 weeks later and says they made the wrong call.that's where they got the incidental contact rule from.then of course the sickest man in America Jackie smith choking in the end zone when roger hits him right between the numbers...ohh well.ezekial Elliot will be if healthy a top 5 running back this year.i thought they were gonna go for Jalen ramsey but they have been burned by 2 supposed very good corners in the draft.terrence newman sucked and morris Claiborne is sucking.plus Jalen just injured his knee and Dallas's success was when they had murray healthy and controlling the clock and not exposing the defense so it could be playoffs or bust at the very least for dallas this year.they have ezekial,romo,and Bryant and for the most part that offensive line for the next 3 or 4 years so this is it.oh yeah a suckass honorable mention is Brandon carr who they paid like a revis who just played like a guy who got his contract for life.
If they had today's rules in play back then, The Cowboys would have had a chance to win the game in San Francisco. After the catch by Dwight Clark was made, the Cowboys was driving for a possible game winning FG. If you watch replays of the entire game, watch how Drew Pearson was tackled before the final sack on Danny White that sealed it for the 49ers. that tackle on Pearson in day and age would be 15 yard penalty.
Norm Brewster danny white played great in that game against san fran period. I remember it like it was yesterday. hey montana was being chased by 3 cowboys and threw it up. then like u said drew pearson almost got by that tackle..it was a "horse collar" tackle but back then they didn't call those.the other 2 games were lousy.im soooo glad philly lost!!! feel bad for carr and the raiders...I would have loved to seen a classic matchup like the cowboys and raiders...oh well. been a cowboys fan for roughly 37 years unfortunately I live in ma.!!! sick of the fucking patriots. I love the sox,bruins and Celtics but when I was a kid I never liked the fact that the patriots were called "new England" instead of boston although they were the boston patriots b4 new England. ha ha at about 10 years old I had yet to really follow football yet and my grandfather asked me at the mall at a woolworths window "what helmet do you want"? (yes I'm old!!) it was like 1979 and they had 3 helmets...steelers patriots and cowboys and I picked the helmet with the classy star and from then on I said "this is my team...period.even when they were 1-15 in 89' I was happy they beat the redskins!!! I'm a true fan for sure. I would have dallas cowboy xmas's!!!!!!! when I was I kid ha ha!! did you see zekes emmitt smith sweatshirt??? the 22 was real snakeskin!!! matthew staffords texas homecoming was ruined by the U.F.O.'S as Gruden put it. lions got smashed. I hope the best o-lineman in the game Tyron Smith's knee is ok.
Longer sleeves and striped socks. Pretty much the rest are the same. The lousy variety more than uniformity helmets players use today totally ruins the star logo on the Cowboy's helmet. It's disgusting.
I remember you could just look at Danny Whites expression and know what kind of game He would have, sometimes you could see confusion or maybe even fear on his face and eye's, Aikman had the same look towards the end of his days, that said Danny was great at times and how many NFC Championship games did He guide them to ? was it 4, "The Catch" was out of his control or getting nailed by Dexter Manley, DW gave it his all.
Wow great memories. I was 10 yrs old and remember watching this game. The next year when Dwight Clark made the "catch " I sat in front of our big Zenith console TV and cried like a baby for probably 20 minutes, loved my Cowboys back then and still do today.
Oh, wow! I watched that game on our Zenith console TV. If you recall, the Cowboys almost came back after the catch. Drew Pearson came close to getting away on a pass from Danny, but Ronnie Lott collared him from behind....Too bad!
This is why the 49ers went so fucking hard on the cowgirls the next year and beat 'em 45-14 and ultimately didn't lose to them again until a decade later...because with a 38 pt lead, Dallas was still throwing deep balls. Bill Walsh had something for dat ass for the next decade.
I actually remember as a 16 year old changing channels and turning on this game. I saw the 49ers player running for a touchdown just as I changed the channel, and wondered how they were doing. After the extra point, the score was Dallas 59, San Francisco 14.
I'm surprised he is not. He was 62-30 as a starting QB. He was the primary starter for most of the 1980s including 5 playoff teams - 3 of which went to the NFC Championship Game.
Sort of makes up for the 1972 Thanksgiving Day beating they took by SF 31-10. It was the Skip Vanderbundt Show (Skip who?): He skipped his way to a 73 yard fumble return for a TD and a 21 yard interception return for a TD. Had to be the greatest game of his life. I just remember the menacing look of Charlie Krueger the SF nose tackle who played without a nose guard. Far more scary than Freddy Krueger. Check out this link (www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2012/11/24/the-worst-thanksgiving-games-for-the-dallas-cowboys/) for the details: The 7-3 Cowboys hosted the 49ers trying to stay close to the 9-1 Redskins. Instead, it was the Skip Vanderbundt show. He scored touchdowns on fumble and interception returns in a game that was never close. Dallas ended up finishing one game behind Washington in the NFC East. Of course, Dallas managed to avenge the loss to San Francisco in the playoffs in Roger Staubach’s first miracle comeback.
Wasn't it the following year that the Cowboys were waxed 45-14 in the regular season by the 49ers and beat once again in 'The Catch' NFC championship game 28-27? Some guy named Joe Montana was the QB.
Deberg was originally drafted by Dallas. Later the Cowboys passed up on a guy they rated best available and drafted tight end Doug Cosbie. The guy they passed up was named Joe Montana.
texasstadium I remember reading about that in a Sports Illustrated article, but the way the article had it, they DID have Montana rated ahead of Cosbie . . . they just figured they were set with White at quarterback. While I kinda said "oops" at the time . . . it's 20/20 hindsight. And Cosbie DID have at least one Pro Bowl season with the Cowboys, so it's not as if it was a terrible pick.
texasstadium a lot of teams passed up on montana just like a lot of teams passed up on marino landry wanted marino he didn't trust white and they almost got marino but irsay was a puke
***** Based on the documentary about the 1983 draft, it was JOHN ELWAY who Tom Landry and Gil Brandt wanted...not Marino. Elway's agent knew the Cowboys were interested in Elway, but Isray squashed it. I can't recall the reason why.
listen the dallas cowboys are the most famous football team in the world they have 5 silver balls and have a history of winning obviously not lately but had a damn good season last year one tough call from the nfc champ.the patriots(im from boston)don't have a history just recently. the patriots used to be a joke and the media in boston are a bunch of fucking assholes.they would eat their own young they suck I like all boston teams not new England they should be called the boston patriots originally they were. patriots are a bunch of cheaters.
Yes, it is really too bad we never had one of those NFC title games in Dallas, or if that 49'er defensive back had not grabbed Pearson's jersey in the 81 game things would have been different for White. Still he was one of my favorites back in the 80's.
Could've should've would've.lol Things happened the way they were supposed to. The fact that the 49ers had 6 turnovers in that game and and still won still shows that they were the better team. I could say IF the 49ers didn't turn the ball over so much they would've blew Dallas out of the stadium. And Danny White was an overrated qb.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 That was the year before the 49ers started their dynasty. Dallas was basically the same team from 1980 to 1982. Obviously, the 49ers were a much better team in 1981 than were in this 1980 game. They got legendary draft picks on defense in 1981 so I'm not sure what's your point. Got revenge and beat Dallas 45-14 in the regular season.
@@ChrisC709 I believe someone said something about San Fran should have blown out Dallas because of 6 turnovers by the niners, but it took a miracle pass and a fingertip tackle to stop the Cowboys from winning that playoff game. What I know is that Dallas is 4-2 against San Francisco in NFC Championship games. I also believe, and I think all Cowboys and Niners fans can agree here, is that the NFL is a helluva lot more fun to watch when those two teams are successful. I miss those days in the 90s when my buddy from Sonoma and I would hang out on base and watch some real football.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 We'll I'm sure many would disagree with you who aren't Cowboys or 49ers fans. lol Dallas recently has had numerous opportunities(and the talent) to advance or to do something in the playoffs but have consistently choked and come up short. And I don't think Dak is the qb that will win them a Super Bowl but we shall see in the immediate future. I will be glad when the 49ers are back on top and hopefully unseat the Rams in their division.
Danny White was a very good QB,by the time he took over for Roger,the team got old, except for Dorsett,,damn shame,, Garrett vand Linehan should watch this game and see what an offense really looks like
A list of the best QBs of the 80's to not win a super bowl begins with Dan Marino, but put Danny White on that list with Steve Bartkowski (Falcons) and Dan Pastorini (Oilers). Ken Anderson was the best QB of the 70's not to win SB. JMO
Thanx for posting, too bad we couldnt see the handshake at the end of the game, I hear coach walsh was not too happy with landry, I dont think the 2 particularly cared for each other after this game. It's worth noting this was the last time Landry would beat Walsh, the last 4 games between the 2 under walsh and landry (who both left the nfl after the 88 season) would be SF 45, Dal 14 the next season, 42-17 at the end of the 83 season, 31-16 at the end of the 85 season and of course the postseason game, the 81 nfc champ game, sf 28- dal 27. Granted all 4 of those were played in SF.
Drinking game...everytime someone mentions in these comments about how the 49ers won the next year you gotta take a drink....bet you're drunk before you read them all....🍻😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
First play isn't a TD, but it was an extremely good and important play nonetheless: White loses the snap but manages to get the ball back and throw a long bomb to Saldi.
I am a huge Danny White fan. 3 straight nfc championship games. Broke almost all of Rogers records. They lasted until Tony Romo. He was in the playoffs almost every year. He played through two shortened seasons from strikes. When the offensive coordinator came over from San Fran they changed to a count and Danny excelled. In 86 highest rated offensive in the NFL first 6 games. He finally had big guys on offensive line. Coach Landry wanted to go to big guys like the skins to take up more room. White said he just knew it was his time but Carlson shattered his wrist. So he started in 80. First 4 years they went like 12-3 and 3 straight nfc games. 82-87 strike years. 86 broken wrist. 88 broken leg. Didn't play 88. So in his short time as starter held records for 22 years that were better than Staubachs and Aikmans. He did not loose those nfc championship games either. Sb are won as a team. Eagles game they let them run for like 280 yards. You can not win a game that way. Poor defence. He fought tooth and nail with Montana in nfc game. Walls thought it was a throw away pass and didn't even try on the catch pass. Pearson got caught by a finger. Could have turned a lot different they would have been in fg range. Redskins he was knocked out with concussion. He didn't loose those games. Roger had young in their prime players and so did Troy. Danny did an incredible job for only playing 8 years starting. Two strikes and being benched for Hogeboom who did nothing. The reason he was benched? Four years as a starter with 3 nfc games straight and from memory like 4 straight years with a a 12-2 or 12-3 record. White will always be my favorite qb. He had a great High school record. I think 3 fiesta bowls. Did well in the Canadian leauge. Led in punting. Was drafted by two baseball teams but chose football. Went to 4 or 5 arena bowls and won 2. Like coach Landry said Danny knew how to win. Even said he was a much smarter qb than Staubach.
the up and down movement of Dallas O lineman was designed by Landry to hide the backfield shift of the running backs, it gave the linebackers less time to react and adjust. Landry also designed the flex defense to exclusively stop Jim Brown of Cleveland. When Landry was Giants defensive coordinator (Vince Lombardi was offensive coordinator- imagine those practices). Jim Brown was so quick and hit the hole so fast that Landry started bringing down lineman up and having them stand just a couple steps back of line, not quite as far back as linebackers, but just enough to give the defensive tackles an extra second to react. Watch rookie footage of Randy White (1975) when Landry insisted he was a linebacker, just cement trucking running backs. Randy White and the flex defense were like peanut butter and jelly. one last thing, no disrespect to Jimmy Johnson, but Landry drafted Michael Irvin and Troy Aickman.
Dallas wasn't running up 5th he score in this game one of the tie breakers was points scored. In fact the eagles won the division this year because of that. Dallas had to beat them by 35 points in the final game in order to win the division which was virtually impossible.
I became a 49ers fan when Dwight Clark made 'The Catch', but I've been loyal to them through all their ups and downs since - and that's what makes a true fan. Why we're there so many Cowboys fans in the 70's and 80's? Because they were winners - and winning is exciting. That doesn't make Cowboys fans bandwagon jumpers does it?
My point is this. I was a fan when they were bad. I stuck with them though.You couldnt even find a fan in the heart of sf in from 73 to 80. You yourself admit you didnt become a fan till they won. Yes evryone loves a winner but I hated being loyal and made fun of and then boom im a 49er fan after they win
+bruce davis I was 13 years old and hardly ever watched football. Yes, the won that game, but at the time I did not know if they were going to win the Super Bowl two weeks later and then go on to win four more after that.
+bruce davis I also knew very little about them as I am from New York where the Jets and Giants were the local teams. I had no idea the 49ers were an upstart team who were terrible before that season for about eight years.
+bruce davis Fans of a lot of teams you don't even know are fans until they win - I think it's in every city. I grew up in NY and I have been friends with people all my life and never knew they were Giants or Jets fans until they win. loyalty is if you let everyone know who you're favorite team is even if they aren't playing well.Right now as I write this here at home in NY I'm wearing my 49ers hat with pride and I don't care who makes a comment or not as to how they stink. LOL
In 1980, 49ers went through almost 25-30 defensive backs. Randy Cross said they stopped putting names on their helmets because they wouldn't last a week, so why bother. In 1981, they drafted Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright and Carlton Williamson. all future pro-bowlers led by 2-year vet. Safety Dwight Hicks. This same four shutdown Dan Marino in 1984. In this game the defense was a sieve. Glaringly noticeable against a good Cowboys team. By '81, 49ers also had Fred Dean and Jack Reynolds. Their defense vastly improved, enough to beat the Cowboys 45-14 in the Week 6 of the '81 season and finally eliminating them in the NFC game 28-27.
Nope, not in this game. DeBerg started and played the whole game. His first start was the game before @ the LA Rams and his next (second) start was the game after this game. That was at home against those same LA Rams. But strangely enough he was kept out of this game for whatever reason.
and who would of imagined after being in the cellar for 8 seasons the 49ers would emerge the next year as the dominant force throughout the 80's..? but the 49ers avenged this humiliating loss by crushing Dallas the next season, 45-14...
last game of the Old Guard beating the New Kids on the Block after 1980 things started to change in the NFL Giants and Redskins were the best NFC east teams of the eighties
Cowboys were the best team overall until about 85 - winning the division in 81 and 85 and with the best record in the division in the 80's through mid-season 86.
@@MiamiVOCFB yeah I can agree 1980 - 82 the Washington Redskins were a tough bunch as well. It always seem like Dallas and find a way to lose games with turnovers in the playoffs. 1984 and after the Cowboys weren’t so good they were OK but not what they were
San Francisco with 10 turnovers in the game. 10 !!! Dallas Cowboys with 0 turnovers in the game. Dallas Cowboys?? No. For this game they should instead be called the Dallas 59ers. Later in this same 1980 season Dallas would blast the Seahawks 51-7 on Thanksgiving. No wonder the Cowboys were easily the highest scoring team in the entire NFL that season, scoring a total of 454 points.
In today's NFL that first play would be a huge sack. Defensive linemen and linebackers are so much faster today and almost any quarterback much less one with "4.7 speed" would be roadkill.
Aaron Rodgers runs 4.7 and he out runs linemen routinely. And while D linemen are faster on average they aren't "so much faster" now. Just look at the speed of the game; it was still very fast back then.
Also, I'd put Dallas' D in tge 70's up against most nowadays; Randy White was unbelievably fast/quick, Hollywood Henderson ran a 4.3, and they had many other great athletes.
+mrkackerwacker I don't believe Henderson ran a real "4.3". He was fast but not that fast and besides he was only 220 pounds, the size of an average NFL safety today. There's a handful of modern defensive backs and running backs in today's NFL who run a legitimate 4.3/40. Also, Aaron Rodgers is mobile but he is not "routinely" outrunning defenders. He can escape well enough and pick up yards when it's there but he relies much more on a quick release and a timing offense to keep him upright. That first play simply doesn't happen with a "4.7" quarterback in today's NFL. Period. You do have a point about Randy White, though. He was a special athlete and he could've probably played in today's NFL (though he'd probably have to bulk up a little and get stronger).
Dandy Don and Staubach set the bar for Dallas Qb's Danny set it higher, Troy and Romo took it up even more. Dak is next. Now that they're giving him more weapons. The bar shall be raised once again.
it's too bad landry was so stiff THE SYSTEM cause staubach said to landry I will play a couple of more years if you let me call my own plays but landry got exactly what he deserved 3 nfc champ.losses in a row if staubach plays maybe cowboys win 2 out of 3.but landry was a football genius but too too stiff when it came to the system but it was because of his hard headness not letting the great staubach call his own plays. today any coach in the nfl with a talent like staubach would let roger be the offensive coordinator like payton manning is.
thegorn68 WELL WHETHER OR NOT HE SAID IT IN "JEST" IT WAS THE TRUTH.ROGER WOULD HAVE PLAYED A FEW MORE YEARS....FACT.ALSO ONE OF LANDRY'S BIGGEST BLUNDERS WAS HAVING CRAIG MORTON AND "CAPTAIN AMERICA" SHARE SNAPS IN GAMES!!!! EVEN IN" TOM LANDRY:A FOOTBALL LIFE" EVEN THE BIGGEST LANDRY SUPPORTERS LIKE MIKE DITKA SAID THAT WAS A "BLUNDER".IF IT WASN'T FOR LANDRY WHO KNOWS WHERE DITKA WOULD HAVE BEEN.DITKA HAD RUN HIMSELF OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR WHEN PLAYING FOR I BELIEVE PAUL BROWN AND THE BEARS.HE GOT CUT.THEN OUT OF THE BLUE LANDRY CALLS HIM UP AND ASKS HIM IF HE WANTS TO PLAY FOR THE COWBOYS..."I THINK YOU COULD HELP US" AND HE DID.HE CAUGHT A TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM STAUBACH IN SUPER BOWL VI.LANDRY WAS THE MAN WHO CREATED "THE SHOTGUN" HE CREATED THE 4-3 DEFENSE AND THE COWBOYS WERE SUCH AN INNOVATIVE TEAM IN THE 70'S.EVEN THOUGH THE STEELERS WON 4 SB'S I THINK THE COWBOYS WERE THE REAL CHAMPIONS OF THE NFL IN THE 70'S.THEY CAPTURED THE NATIONS IMAGINATION WITH GOING TO 5 SUPER BOWLS,WINNING 2.WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 IF JACKIE SMITH CATCHES THAT BALL THROWN BY #12 RIGHT IN THE END ZONE BETWEEN THE 8 AND THE 1.YEAH HE MUST BE THE SICKEST MAN IN AMERICA ALRIGHT,AS THE FAMOUS RADIO ANNOUNCER QUOTED AFTER THE PLAY.I THINK IT WAS THE GREAT VERNE LUNDQUIST WHO WAS THE RADIO GUY FOR THE COWBOYS BEFORE SHAM.THEN THE STEELERS AND COWBOYS WOULD HAVE BEEN CO-DYNASTIES BUT THE STEELERS I ADMIT WERE THE DYNASTY OF THE 70'S.IT;S TOO BAD THE COWBOYS HAD TO WAIT SOOOO MANY YEARS TO GET STAUBACH BECAUSE OF HIS DUTIES TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND VIETNAM.YOU WONDER IF DALLAS HAS STAUBACH INSTEAD OF MERIDETH THAT THEY WIN THOSE 2 NFL CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAINST GREEN BAY TO GO TO THE FIRST 2 SUPER BOWLS.BOTH GAMES CAME DOWN TO 1 PLAY AT THE END.EVEN TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGHT THEY HAVEN'T WON IN 21 YEARS THEY ARE STIL THE MOST LUCRATIVE FRANCHISE IN THE NFL.EVEN THE PATRIOTS STILL CAN'T TOP THEM.I LIVE 30 MILES FROM BOSTON IN MA.AND I NEVER LIKED THE PATRIOTS.I LIKE ALL THE BOSTON TEAMS NAMED BOSTON.AS A KID I NEVER LIKED THE FACT THEY WERE CALLED NEW ENGLAND.HA AH SORRY THIS IS SO LONG AND SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS BUT LAST THING!!EVEN BEFORE I REALLY STARTED WATCHING FOOTBALL MY GRANDFATHER TOOK ME TO THE MALL AND THEY HAD 3 REGULATION SIZE HELMETS IN THE WOOLWORTHS WINDOW IN 78.I WAS 9 YRS OLD.MY G-FATHER SAID "PICK A HELMET....THEY HAD THE STEELERS..PATRIOTS....COWBOYS.I CHOSE THE HELMET WITH THE STAR ON IT.THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.BUT I WAS SUCH A LOYAL FAN OF MY TEAMS AT THE TIME WHICH WERE THE RED SOX,BRUINS AND THE CELTICS.THEN OF COURSE MY THINKING WAS "OK NOW YOUR NFL TEAM IS THE COWBOYS FOR GOOD OR BAD AND IT WAS BAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T START FOLOWING THE COWBOYS UNTIL STAUBACH RETIRED AND WHITE TOOK OVER.I LOVED DANNY WHITE,BUT I HAD TO SUFFER "THE CATCH" OR "HEY LOOK WHAT I FOUND"....LUCKY THROW BY MONTANA WITH HIS EYES CLOSED AND CLARK HAD HIS EYES CLOSED TOO...HEY IT JUST WENT INTO MY HANDS.YES IM STILL BITTER.THEN THEY LOSE TO PHILLY AND WASHINGTON THEN THE REST OF THE 80'S WERE DOWNHILL.I WAS IN THE NAVY FROM 87-91 AND I WAS JUST HAPPY IN 89' WHEN THEY WERE 1-15 THAT THEY BEAT THE REDSKINS!!!! HA HA THEN AT 22 YRS OLD (EMMITTS # HA HA) I FINALLY AFTER SUFFERING ALL THOSE YEARS AND STAYING LOYAL I GOT MY DUE AGAINST BUFFALO.YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE BUT IF YOU WATCHED THAT GAME FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE FORGET THAT WAS THE MOST DOMINATING DEFENSE IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY ALONG WITH THE BEARS.I MEAN I THINK DALLAS GOT 9 TURNOVERS.I BELIEVE THAT IS A SUPER BOWL RECORD!!!!!! BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO REMEMBER THAT.THEY JUST SEEM TO REMEMBER THE BEARS AND RIGHTFULLY SO,THE RAVENS,THE SEAHAWKS AGAINST THE BRONCOS AND THE BRONCOS THIS YEAR.IN 92 DALLAS HAD THE # 1 RATED DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE!!!! AND IF LEON LETT DOESN'T SHOWBOAT DALLAS BREAKS THE SCORING RECORD IN A SB.I GUESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIG NAMES ON DEFENSE.WHO KNOWS BUT I WILL PUT THAT 92 COWBOYS TEAM AGAINST ANY SUPER BOWL TEAM.THEY WERE THE YOUNGEST TEAM IN THE NFL AT THE TIME.THEY WERE SOOOO DEEP IN TALEN TTHAT THE 2ND STRINGERS PROBABLY WOULD MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.THE THING THAT KILLED THE DALLAS DYNASSY WAS FREE AGENCY.PLUS JIMMY JOHNSON LEAVING.JIMMY DOESN'T LEAVE AND YOU GOT 4 IN A ROW.
Drinking game...every time you read in these comments about how the 49ers won the next year and/ or Dallas not beating them again till 1993 NFC title game.....you gotta take a drink.. Bet you're drunk before you read em all.. 🍻😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
The Cowboys made a huge mistake by routing the 49ers by so many points. I remember the next year, Bill Walsh paying the Cowboys back in San Francisco 45-14, and in the Championship game 28-27. The Cowboys should have called off the dogs.
Leon Watkins the 49ers got there playback the next year with a 45-14 beat down of Dallas at candlestick Park and beating your ass in the NFC Championship Game.
The Cowgirls got thier asses SMOKED the next year out at Candlestick 45-14 and don't forget the NFC title game that season. Oh but you don't want to talk about that do you?😀
The 49ers used this game in particular to help springboard them to a dynasty. SF throttled Dallas in 81 and then beat the Cowboys again, this time in the NFC Championship Game in Jan 82.
Joe Montana was sitting on the bench for most of 1980 because Bill Walsh the "Genius" thought he had to Groom Montana to be the starter. The next year when Montana got the QB job all to himself Montana won the Superbowl. Groom a QB only until he's ready to win a Superbowl and not a moment before? Who does that?!! LOL!! 1980 should have been Montana's second year as the starting QB. He would have had One more Superbowl ring at the least!
rawn4203 Walsh is a Hall of Famer only because he was smart enough to draft the Great Joe Montana in the 3rd round of the 1979 draft. Unlike Belichick, Walsh was never successful before, or after he coached Montana. Montana had an NCAA Championship and 2 Cotton bowls to his credit before Walsh drafted him. Keeping the Great Joe Montana on the bench for his first 2 seasons was just Flat out Stupid.
@@radar0412 That's not entirely true. Montana wouldn't have won the championships if the 49ers didn't vastly improve that defense, which was quietly one of the best of the decade with Hall of Fame players. And not to mention drafting Jerry Rice who makes any qb look much better.
@@radar0412 And that reason was mainly because of their defense. Just look at the difference they made in that '81 and '84 season. Where was the great Montana when he got smashed against the NY Giants several times in the playoffs in "defensive" matchups? Except for the '86 matchup(which was a total disaster for the entire team), the defense played great in those playoff matchups with the New York Giants. It was the 49ers offense who couldn't do anything. In the '90 NFC title game, "fragile" Montana again couldn't get it done getting knocked out in the 4th qtr and the offense only produce 13 points at home in a title game. And that's not even mentioning the regular season game against the NY Giants where Montana was awful completing only 12 of 29. The 49ers won that game 7-3 because of their defense not Montana and the offense. And don't get me started on his performance in that '87 Divisional game against the Minnesota Vikings. Another awful performance. That was a day the defense didn't play well and needed the offense to lift them up and Montana couldn't do it because he was inaccurate. My point is if the 49ers defense wasn't at it's best or near best, the 49ers would not have won those championships. In the first Super Bowl season in '81 the defense slowed down the Bengals and had a goal line stand which helped eat up the clock and help them win. I certainly don't think the 49ers would have won it in '84 season if it wasn't for their defense throughout the season and in those 3 playoff games where they only gave up 1 touchdown the entire postseason.
Jay Saldi Dot Com!!! And let's give some credit to a top 100 QB all time in Danny White. I realize many of you don't do the math. But even if he's not a HOF QB (nor should he be) ......he qualifies as a top 50 QB guy. Always compare the opposition.
When Danny White got into a "zone," he was every bit as good as either Staubach or Aikman. One of the most underrated quarterbacks in history, in my view.
+SingleTax unfortunately he wasn't in enough of a zone as staubach and aikman when it counted.
+mecha gojira69 Not true at all. He just wasn't fortunate enough to be the starting QB when the Cowboys' *defense* was in the same zone it was when Staubach and Aikman were the starting QBs. Was it Danny White's fault that the 49ers drove 89 yards for the winning touchdown in the NFC championship game? No.
+mecha gojira69 That's not true. You obviously didn't watch Cowboy games in the 80's.
Darth Zod I watched every heartbreaking game im 46 years old don't assume I watched the catch (49ers)I watched the redskins game the game where white got hurt I believe and I watched the eagles game. it was like yesterday b cause there are just as memorable as big wins danny white was a pretty good qb he was left with a veteran championship team leftover from the 70's remember that.the falcons game where he came back was unbelievable and it wasn't whites fault that montana closed his eyes while threw that ball and clark was like ay look what I found and then im ASSUMING you remember that white connected with drew pearson and pearson almost broke free for the touchdown that would have beat the 49ers and the catch would mean NOTHING.he was actually horsecollared but im ASSUMING u know that rule is a rule that was implemented by the hard hitting roy Williams when he played for the cowboys actually I don't like to admit this it was roy Williams who actually busted THE GREAT EMMITT SMITHS shoulder when emmitt was older and played w the cardinals I mean emmitt could have come back the next year but its very very very tough for these great athletes to just up and quit the game b cause NOTHING can compare ever again in your life to the feeling of playing football and going to war with your teammates every year after year.please don't ever question my knowledge about my cowboys my friend I happen to believe in the scoreboard the results roger staubach and troy aikman are champions danny white is NOT and I was the biggest danny white fan ever when I was a kid.but the scoreboard always always tells the story white didn't have scrubs surrounding him he had championship pedigree around him.sorry you cannot dispute facts but I do respect your comments peace.oh and by the way just to give you perspective of how big of a cowboys fan I am while I was on my ship in the navy in '89 when they went 1 and 15 I was still happy because they beat the redskins. my friend you tangled with the wrong cowboys fan.ive been humbled b4 it happens to everybody but you don't learn unless you ASSUME and make mistakes.
+mecha gojira69 I respect your beliefs too, but you are still wrong.The scoreboard doesn't tell the whole story. White is a champion. I played football too and know the truth.
LOVE that up/down shifting the offensive line does.
Landry designed it to hide the backfield shift from the linebackers. watch when the dallas lineman raise up, the running backs shift formation. it shortens the reaction time of the linebackers and db's
Yeah
Just another reason Landry was the best football mind in history
Landry shift.
A lot of fun to watch this. Wow, brought back a lot of great memories as a kid watching my Cowboys. And what a game for Drew Pearson!!
Beautiful Thanksgivings back then wish I could go back
I know this game wasn't on Thanksgiving just looking at the Cowboys back then just bring back memories
Wow, this is great, Danny White leading Dallas in a 49 beat down, with Staubach as a TV commentator and doing a good job of it! Thanks for the upload of these Cowboy games, much appreciated!
Fan since 1970
That's Mike Ditka on the Cowboys sideline congratulating Rafael Septien at 7:54. The 49ers had an incredible 10 turnovers in this game, including 5 interceptions by Steve DeBerg.
Danny White was a great QB. He just had the misfortune of playing during the eighties , the decade in which the NFC , and particularly the NFC East was becoming a powerhouse. 49ers, ‘Skins, and the G-Men all became very dominant during that decade.
Not to mention the Eagles.
This was my first cowboys game ever I was 10years old the score is how I remember the game its been in my head for ever
I was 10 years old and there too! It was a whipping of those 49ers!
I was about 16, and I too remember that game.. I love the cowboys of those days, of Tom Landry, Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett and the rest of the boys..
Never knew how great this win would be!
Through adversity comes strength. Who would have known that this adversity helped to create 5 Super Bowl wins for the 49ers? Truly amazing.
As a huge Cowboys fan I hate to say it but this was a carryover from the 70s. It was nice to beat the Whinners during the 80s this one year. It would be all Dallas would get as for the 49ers would have our number of the rest of the decade. A year later their Dynasty started.
Those were the days, my friend.
Sadly, the following year one player on the 49ers turned the tables completely: Joe Montana. In his third year in the NFL, he would lead the 49ers to victory over Dallas 45-14 in the regular season and 28-27 in the NFC championship, the latter of which featured the famous "Catch" by Dwight Clark.
Dallas had an opportunity to get joe montana but tom landry resisted. Came back to haunt us.
Thanks for the upload.....this really was a turning point in the history of San Francisco....Montana started the following week and this game among many convinced Walsh to obtain a new secondary of brilliant rookies in the draft. The Niners licked their wounds and learnt the lessons of this game. The following year they blew out the Cowboys at Candlestick but Dallas insisted that the real Cowboys did not show up that day. In the NFC Championship game a few months later between the two teams everything was up for grabs. We all know what happened in that historic game but the seeds of change were sewn for the Niners in this sobering rout against the brilliant Cowboys.
In regard to their three championship games Dallas was probably emotionally spent after beating Atlanta in the divisional playoff before the Philadelphia game. Dallas came from behind on the road against a quality Atlanta team to win 30 to 27. In the second championship game the Dallas defense could not stop Montana driving 89 yards in the final minutes. In the third championship game the kicking of Septien cost Dallas along with a couple of interceptions by Hogelboom. The Dallas teams of the early 1980's were still very good but could not get over the final obstacle. Even the 1985 Cowboys won their division and went to the playoffs only to lose to the Rams. That would be Landry's last playoff appearance. Dallas was one of only two teams to beat the NY Giants in 1986 and had a good start at 6 -2. From that point on Dallas steadily eroded until 1990. Dallas was exciting to watch for first part of the 1980's and still showed similarities to the 1970's Cowboys. Tom Landry's last playoff win was against Green Bay in Dallas 37 to 26. This was the game prior to the championship game against Washington. Keep in mind that the Jets were playing the Dolphins in the other championship. Being a die hard Giants fan I remember that week leading up to the championship games with trepidation. The possibility of a Dallas v. Jets Super Bowl existed which has been lost in NFL folklore. The NY jets almost appeared in a second Super Bowl before the NY Giants went to their first in 1986. Things started to change a lot after that strike shortened season.
I agree. To bad he didn't win a super bowl or 2. Had 3 good chances to go but all 3 championship games were away games played in hostile environments. The game at Philly was played in minus 18 degree wind chill. He got knocked out in the game at Washington and just wasn't meant to be in SF against the legend of Joe Montana. Still had a great career.
+Kenny Tilley by montana clark was like ohh look what I found.if staubach was playing maybe they win 2 out of 3 always trust in staubach.and the funny thing with the catch game w the 49ers white threw a slant I think to pearson and the 49er defensive guy caught pearson with 3 fingers or he would have gone all the way actually drew got horse collared but rule was obviously not in effect then.
+Kenny Tilley a major problem is the dallas defense was no where near as good in the early eighties as the seventies doomsday defenses
David Skarica well they were getting a little long in the tooth I hear ya but I wonder if staubach was playing ahh who knows all these what if's right??!! it's history. they were the best team in the nfc in the 70's and if that stupid ref doesn't call interference on Washington or barnes i'm not sure but it was in the 2nd super bowl against the steelers maybe dallas wins 3 and steelers win 3 and then the dynasty moniker goes to dallas because they were in 2 more SB'S than pitt. I remember the very gentlemanly Staubach being interviewed and saying the ref that called interference must be a Communist!!!! true story and then the NFL apologizes 2 weeks later and says they made the wrong call.that's where they got the incidental contact rule from.then of course the sickest man in America Jackie smith choking in the end zone when roger hits him right between the numbers...ohh well.ezekial Elliot will be if healthy a top 5 running back this year.i thought they were gonna go for Jalen ramsey but they have been burned by 2 supposed very good corners in the draft.terrence newman sucked and morris Claiborne is sucking.plus Jalen just injured his knee and Dallas's success was when they had murray healthy and controlling the clock and not exposing the defense so it could be playoffs or bust at the very least for dallas this year.they have ezekial,romo,and Bryant and for the most part that offensive line for the next 3 or 4 years so this is it.oh yeah a suckass honorable mention is Brandon carr who they paid like a revis who just played like a guy who got his contract for life.
If they had today's rules in play back then, The Cowboys would have had a chance to win the game in San Francisco. After the catch by Dwight Clark was made, the Cowboys was driving for a possible game winning FG. If you watch replays of the entire game, watch how Drew Pearson was tackled before the final sack on Danny White that sealed it for the 49ers. that tackle on Pearson in day and age would be 15 yard penalty.
Norm Brewster danny white played great in that game against san fran period. I remember it like it was yesterday. hey montana was being chased by 3 cowboys and threw it up. then like u said drew pearson almost got by that tackle..it was a "horse collar" tackle but back then they didn't call those.the other 2 games were lousy.im soooo glad philly lost!!! feel bad for carr and the raiders...I would have loved to seen a classic matchup like the cowboys and raiders...oh well. been a cowboys fan for roughly 37 years unfortunately I live in ma.!!! sick of the fucking patriots. I love the sox,bruins and Celtics but when I was a kid I never liked the fact that the patriots were called "new England" instead of boston although they were the boston patriots b4 new England. ha ha at about 10 years old I had yet to really follow football yet and my grandfather asked me at the mall at a woolworths window "what helmet do you want"? (yes I'm old!!) it was like 1979 and they had 3 helmets...steelers patriots and cowboys and I picked the helmet with the classy star and from then on I said "this is my team...period.even when they were 1-15 in 89' I was happy they beat the redskins!!! I'm a true fan for sure. I would have dallas cowboy xmas's!!!!!!! when I was I kid ha ha!! did you see zekes emmitt smith sweatshirt??? the 22 was real snakeskin!!! matthew staffords texas homecoming was ruined by the U.F.O.'S as Gruden put it. lions got smashed. I hope the best o-lineman in the game Tyron Smith's knee is ok.
I remember these days fondly, thanks for posting
i remimber this very well oct 12 1980 59_14 Dallasm
this game represents the old guard dallas cowboys displaying their superiority over a team who was looming up to be great, the 80's 49ers.
The "old guard" that liked to run up the score -- especially at home -- yet always made excuses when they lost.
Thanks Kenny. Good looking out. Been wanting to see more on this game for a long time.
Is that Roger Staubach's voice with Brad Sham?
That's Frank Glieber and Roger Staubach doing the CBS broadcast.
+Reverend Felcher I don't think Roger sounds that bad. More informative and less annoying than Collinsworth.
+thegorn68 Oh yeah, I can't stand Chris Collinsworth. I thought Roger did a fine job too. He's still pretty new at this broadcasting gig in 1980.
Better looking Cowboys uniforms in those days . Like them better than the current ones.
Longer sleeves and striped socks. Pretty much the rest are the same. The lousy variety more than uniformity helmets players use today totally ruins the star logo on the Cowboy's helmet. It's disgusting.
I remember you could just look at Danny Whites expression and know what kind of game He would have, sometimes you could see confusion or maybe even fear on his face and eye's, Aikman had the same look towards the end of his days, that said Danny was great at times and how many NFC Championship games did He guide them to ? was it 4, "The Catch" was out of his control or getting nailed by Dexter Manley, DW gave it his all.
Wow great memories. I was 10 yrs old and remember watching this game. The next year when Dwight Clark made the "catch " I sat in front of our big Zenith console TV and cried like a baby for probably 20 minutes, loved my Cowboys back then and still do today.
Oh, wow! I watched that game on our Zenith console TV. If you recall, the Cowboys almost came back after the catch. Drew Pearson came close to getting away on a pass from Danny, but Ronnie Lott collared him from behind....Too bad!
@@quiquepro69 I do remember, very well.
This is why the 49ers went so fucking hard on the cowgirls the next year and beat 'em 45-14 and ultimately didn't lose to them again until a decade later...because with a 38 pt lead, Dallas was still throwing deep balls. Bill Walsh had something for dat ass for the next decade.
I actually remember as a 16 year old changing channels and turning on this game. I saw the 49ers player running for a touchdown just as I changed the channel, and wondered how they were doing. After the extra point, the score was Dallas 59, San Francisco 14.
Danny White should be in the Ring of Honor.
I'm surprised he is not. He was 62-30 as a starting QB. He was the primary starter for most of the 1980s including 5 playoff teams - 3 of which went to the NFC Championship Game.
No he should not. Good qb, but not ring of honor worthy. Ed Jones and Drew Pearson should be in HOF.
@@sjames9005 Yes he should. He could score at will..the defense always gave the Big games away.
Sort of makes up for the 1972 Thanksgiving Day beating they took by SF 31-10. It was the Skip Vanderbundt Show (Skip who?): He skipped his way to a 73 yard fumble return for a TD and a 21 yard interception return for a TD. Had to be the greatest game of his life. I just remember the menacing look of Charlie Krueger the SF nose tackle who played without a nose guard. Far more scary than Freddy Krueger.
Check out this link (www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2012/11/24/the-worst-thanksgiving-games-for-the-dallas-cowboys/) for the details: The 7-3 Cowboys hosted the 49ers trying to stay close to the 9-1 Redskins. Instead, it was the Skip Vanderbundt show. He scored touchdowns on fumble and interception returns in a game that was
never close. Dallas ended up finishing one game behind Washington in the
NFC East. Of course, Dallas managed to avenge the loss to San Francisco
in the playoffs in Roger Staubach’s first miracle comeback.
watched Dallas a lot on T.V back then D.White was money.sad not in ring . Dallas was consistent wining team back then
I believe that this is (still) the highest-scoring game in Cowboys history.
Wasn't it the following year that the Cowboys were waxed 45-14 in the regular season by the 49ers and beat once again in 'The Catch' NFC championship game 28-27? Some guy named Joe Montana was the QB.
49ers won all games played against Cowboys from 1981-1990 (6 games). 49ers lost in 1992 NFC game.
Deberg was originally drafted by Dallas. Later the Cowboys passed up on a guy they rated best available and drafted tight end Doug Cosbie. The guy they passed up was named Joe Montana.
texasstadium I remember reading about that in a Sports Illustrated article, but the way the article had it, they DID have Montana rated ahead of Cosbie . . . they just figured they were set with White at quarterback.
While I kinda said "oops" at the time . . . it's 20/20 hindsight. And Cosbie DID have at least one Pro Bowl season with the Cowboys, so it's not as if it was a terrible pick.
texasstadium a lot of teams passed up on montana just like a lot of teams passed up on marino landry wanted marino he didn't trust white and they almost got marino but irsay was a puke
texasstadium Yep, that's right, the Cowboys had the chance to nab Joe Cool. Hindsight can be sobering to the point of painful.
***** Based on the documentary about the 1983 draft, it was JOHN ELWAY who Tom Landry and Gil Brandt wanted...not Marino. Elway's agent knew the Cowboys were interested in Elway, but Isray squashed it. I can't recall the reason why.
listen the dallas cowboys are the most famous football team in the world they have 5 silver balls and have a history of winning obviously not lately but had a damn good season last year one tough call from the nfc champ.the patriots(im from boston)don't have a history just recently. the patriots used to be a joke and the media in boston are a bunch of fucking assholes.they would eat their own young they suck I like all boston teams not new England they should be called the boston patriots originally they were. patriots are a bunch of cheaters.
Yes, it is really too bad we never had one of those NFC title games in Dallas, or if that 49'er defensive back had not grabbed Pearson's jersey in the 81 game things would have been different for White. Still he was one of my favorites back in the 80's.
Could've should've would've.lol Things happened the way they were supposed to. The fact that the 49ers had 6 turnovers in that game and and still won still shows that they were the better team. I could say IF the 49ers didn't turn the ball over so much they would've blew Dallas out of the stadium. And Danny White was an overrated qb.
@@ChrisC709 you don't call this game a blow out??
@@JeepersCreepers2013 That was the year before the 49ers started their dynasty. Dallas was basically the same team from 1980 to 1982. Obviously, the 49ers were a much better team in 1981 than were in this 1980 game. They got legendary draft picks on defense in 1981 so I'm not sure what's your point. Got revenge and beat Dallas 45-14 in the regular season.
@@ChrisC709 I believe someone said something about San Fran should have blown out Dallas because of 6 turnovers by the niners, but it took a miracle pass and a fingertip tackle to stop the Cowboys from winning that playoff game. What I know is that Dallas is 4-2 against San Francisco in NFC Championship games.
I also believe, and I think all Cowboys and Niners fans can agree here, is that the NFL is a helluva lot more fun to watch when those two teams are successful. I miss those days in the 90s when my buddy from Sonoma and I would hang out on base and watch some real football.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 We'll I'm sure many would disagree with you who aren't Cowboys or 49ers fans. lol Dallas recently has had numerous opportunities(and the talent) to advance or to do something in the playoffs but have consistently choked and come up short. And I don't think Dak is the qb that will win them a Super Bowl but we shall see in the immediate future. I will be glad when the 49ers are back on top and hopefully unseat the Rams in their division.
JUST DAMN GREAT TEAM THAK YOU MR TOM LAURDY A GREAT TEAM
This was the 49ers before they were taught on offense to use the illegal CHOP BLOCKS which took them to 4 super bowls in the 80s !
Sounds like someone still has sour grapes after all these years. Still salty? Guess what? Dallas can't win them all
next time Dallas beat 49ers was the 92 NFC championship game....12 plus years later.
Gloom and room was predicted for the Cowboys in 1980 because Staubach retired , not so fast, too much talent 12-4 made it to Championship Game
Wow! That was a ROMOesque type play by Danny White at the beginning.
Danny White was a very good QB,by the time he took over for Roger,the team got old, except for Dorsett,,damn shame,, Garrett vand Linehan should watch this game and see what an offense really looks like
Danny to Roger- “that’s the way we drew up that shotgun play, right?”
Roger to Danny- “yea fake a mishandled snap then throw a 40 yard pass!”
is that Staubach doing color commentary?
Yes
A list of the best QBs of the 80's to not win a super bowl begins with Dan Marino, but put Danny White on that list with Steve Bartkowski (Falcons) and Dan Pastorini (Oilers). Ken Anderson was the best QB of the 70's not to win SB. JMO
One o' my favorite Cowboy memories. Waxing the 49ers (pre-Montana). Still a shocker...but it happened :-)
I remember Danny White being good but not this good
Thanx for posting, too bad we couldnt see the handshake at the end of the game, I hear coach walsh was not too happy with landry, I dont think the 2 particularly cared for each other after this game. It's worth noting this was the last time Landry would beat Walsh, the last 4 games between the 2 under walsh and landry (who both left the nfl after the 88 season) would be SF 45, Dal 14 the next season, 42-17 at the end of the 83 season, 31-16 at the end of the 85 season and of course the postseason game, the 81 nfc champ game, sf 28- dal 27. Granted all 4 of those were played in SF.
59 points Cowboys record ( twice)
3 times if leon lett took care of the ball in superbowl.
Drinking game...everytime someone mentions in these comments about how the 49ers won the next year you gotta take a drink....bet you're drunk before you read them all....🍻😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
@@rshelley7496 three gallons is not enough, keep going!
First play isn't a TD, but it was an extremely good and important play nonetheless: White loses the snap but manages to get the ball back and throw a long bomb to Saldi.
Ha Ha!!! This is in the "Comedy" Category!! Fantastic!
Not shown: Dwight Clarke 8 Catches, 148 Yards, 2 TDs
Including a 52 yard touchdown catch.
I am a huge Danny White fan. 3 straight nfc championship games. Broke almost all of Rogers records. They lasted until Tony Romo. He was in the playoffs almost every year. He played through two shortened seasons from strikes. When the offensive coordinator came over from San Fran they changed to a count and Danny excelled. In 86 highest rated offensive in the NFL first 6 games. He finally had big guys on offensive line. Coach Landry wanted to go to big guys like the skins to take up more room. White said he just knew it was his time but Carlson shattered his wrist. So he started in 80. First 4 years they went like 12-3 and 3 straight nfc games. 82-87 strike years. 86 broken wrist. 88 broken leg. Didn't play 88. So in his short time as starter held records for 22 years that were better than Staubachs and Aikmans. He did not loose those nfc championship games either. Sb are won as a team. Eagles game they let them run for like 280 yards. You can not win a game that way. Poor defence. He fought tooth and nail with Montana in nfc game. Walls thought it was a throw away pass and didn't even try on the catch pass. Pearson got caught by a finger. Could have turned a lot different they would have been in fg range. Redskins he was knocked out with concussion. He didn't loose those games. Roger had young in their prime players and so did Troy. Danny did an incredible job for only playing 8 years starting. Two strikes and being benched for Hogeboom who did nothing. The reason he was benched? Four years as a starter with 3 nfc games straight and from memory like 4 straight years with a a 12-2 or 12-3 record. White will always be my favorite qb. He had a great High school record. I think 3 fiesta bowls. Did well in the Canadian leauge. Led in punting. Was drafted by two baseball teams but chose football. Went to 4 or 5 arena bowls and won 2. Like coach Landry said Danny knew how to win. Even said he was a much smarter qb than Staubach.
Danny White sucked. That's all I remember about him. When the pressure was turned on, he folded like a cheap tent.
@@ChrisC709 Gtfoh
@@terrycrotts2522 Bitch you GTFO. Danny White sucked! Get over it. It's the truth.
@@CC-sr3uo You suck bitch. Like to see your ass on the field! Especially in those years.
I would dearly trade one of those '80 TD's for a 1981 TD in the NFC Championship
I believe this was the game where Danny White had a punt blocked, then recovered the ball and ran for the first down.
the up and down movement of Dallas O lineman was designed by Landry to hide the backfield shift of the running backs, it gave the linebackers less time to react and adjust.
Landry also designed the flex defense to exclusively stop Jim Brown of Cleveland. When Landry was Giants defensive coordinator (Vince Lombardi was offensive coordinator- imagine those practices). Jim Brown was so quick and hit the hole so fast that Landry started bringing down lineman up and having them stand just a couple steps back of line, not quite as far back as linebackers, but just enough to give the defensive tackles an extra second to react.
Watch rookie footage of Randy White (1975) when Landry insisted he was a linebacker, just cement trucking running backs. Randy White and the flex defense were like peanut butter and jelly.
one last thing, no disrespect to Jimmy Johnson, but Landry drafted Michael Irvin and Troy Aickman.
Aikman was JJ’s first draft pick. Irvin was Landry’s last 1st round pick.
Rest In Peace Ron Springs and Robert Newhouse!
Dallas wasn't running up 5th he score in this game one of the tie breakers was points scored. In fact the eagles won the division this year because of that. Dallas had to beat them by 35 points in the final game in order to win the division which was virtually impossible.
Where were all the 49er fans when this took place?I was one and got made fun of bad.Bandwagon jerks jumped on after the 82 championship game
I became a 49ers fan when Dwight Clark made 'The Catch', but I've been loyal to them through all their ups and downs since - and that's what makes a true fan. Why we're there so many Cowboys fans in the 70's and 80's? Because they were winners - and winning is exciting. That doesn't make Cowboys fans bandwagon jumpers does it?
My point is this. I was a fan when they were bad. I stuck with them though.You couldnt even find a fan in the heart of sf in from 73 to 80. You yourself admit you didnt become a fan till they won. Yes evryone loves a winner but I hated being loyal and made fun of and then boom im a 49er fan after they win
+bruce davis I was 13 years old and hardly ever watched football. Yes, the won that game, but at the time I did not know if they were going to win the Super Bowl two weeks later and then go on to win four more after that.
+bruce davis I also knew very little about them as I am from New York where the Jets and Giants were the local teams. I had no idea the 49ers were an upstart team who were terrible before that season for about eight years.
+bruce davis Fans of a lot of teams you don't even know are fans until they win - I think it's in every city. I grew up in NY and I have been friends with people all my life and never knew they were Giants or Jets fans until they win. loyalty is if you let everyone know who you're favorite team is even if they aren't playing well.Right now as I write this here at home in NY I'm wearing my 49ers hat with pride and I don't care who makes a comment or not as to how they stink. LOL
Why Staubach quit when he did i will never know. Cost us a couple rings.....
boz987 Staubach was advised by doctors to retire, due to numerous concussions.
He suffered a number of concussions.
I saw that game on tv. That's why was so surprising when next year SF wiped them out in a regular season game and then the Catch in the playoffs
In 1980, 49ers went through almost 25-30 defensive backs. Randy Cross said they stopped putting names on their helmets because they wouldn't last a week, so why bother. In 1981, they drafted Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright and Carlton Williamson. all future pro-bowlers led by 2-year vet. Safety Dwight Hicks. This same four shutdown Dan Marino in 1984. In this game the defense was a sieve. Glaringly noticeable against a good Cowboys team. By '81, 49ers also had Fred Dean and Jack Reynolds. Their defense vastly improved, enough to beat the Cowboys 45-14 in the Week 6 of the '81 season and finally eliminating them in the NFC game 28-27.
This years Cowboys could break their record of 59 points when they play the Browns!
Bill Walsh at 7:30 " I will be back...with...a...VENGEANCE!"
I bet Bill Walsh took this loss personally and decided "I'm about to dominate this decade". 🤣
Why don't we just watch all the old games and forget the current NFL. Much more enjoyable.
Joe Montana became the Niners Starting QB for good ( barring injuries) during this game
Nope, not in this game. DeBerg started and played the whole game.
His first start was the game before @ the LA Rams and his next (second) start was the game after this game. That was at home against those same LA Rams.
But strangely enough he was kept out of this game for whatever reason.
This is the game that made them switch to Montana and they kicked our asses the next 2 games.....and one was The Catch.
3:45 typical sweetness from Tony Dorsett
Did he say geebeedee?
Ha! The category this is listed in is Comedy.
and who would of imagined after being in the cellar for 8 seasons the 49ers would emerge the next year as the dominant force throughout the 80's..? but the 49ers avenged this humiliating loss by crushing Dallas the next season, 45-14...
The fans look like ps2 graphics in madden lol
last game of the Old Guard beating the New Kids on the Block after 1980 things started to change in the NFL Giants and Redskins were the best NFC east teams of the eighties
Cowboys were the best team overall until about 85 - winning the division in 81 and 85 and with the best record in the division in the 80's through mid-season 86.
@@MiamiVOCFB yeah I can agree 1980 - 82 the Washington Redskins were a tough bunch as well. It always seem like Dallas and find a way to lose games with turnovers in the playoffs. 1984 and after the Cowboys weren’t so good they were OK but not what they were
Hey, where's the highlight package of the Niners 45-14 win over Dallas the following regular season. Let me know when it posts!
If it bothers you to watch highlights of a game from 35yrs ago then don't watch !
And this would be the last time you beat the 49ers for 13 years
San Francisco with 10 turnovers in the game. 10 !!! Dallas Cowboys with 0 turnovers in the game.
Dallas Cowboys?? No. For this game they should instead be called the Dallas 59ers.
Later in this same 1980 season Dallas would blast the Seahawks 51-7 on Thanksgiving. No wonder the Cowboys were easily the highest scoring team in the entire NFL that season, scoring a total of 454 points.
Dallas paid dearly for this game the very next year
In today's NFL that first play would be a huge sack. Defensive linemen and linebackers are so much faster today and almost any quarterback much less one with "4.7 speed" would be roadkill.
Aaron Rodgers runs 4.7 and he out runs linemen routinely. And while D linemen are faster on average they aren't "so much faster" now. Just look at the speed of the game; it was still very fast back then.
Also, I'd put Dallas' D in tge 70's up against most nowadays; Randy White was unbelievably fast/quick, Hollywood Henderson ran a 4.3, and they had many other great athletes.
+mrkackerwacker I don't believe Henderson ran a real "4.3". He was fast but not that fast and besides he was only 220 pounds, the size of an average NFL safety today. There's a handful of modern defensive backs and running backs in today's NFL who run a legitimate 4.3/40. Also, Aaron Rodgers is mobile but he is not "routinely" outrunning defenders. He can escape well enough and pick up yards when it's there but he relies much more on a quick release and a timing offense to keep him upright. That first play simply doesn't happen with a "4.7" quarterback in today's NFL. Period. You do have a point about Randy White, though. He was a special athlete and he could've probably played in today's NFL (though he'd probably have to bulk up a little and get stronger).
Dandy Don and Staubach set the bar for Dallas Qb's Danny set it higher, Troy and Romo took it up even more. Dak is next. Now that they're giving him more weapons. The bar shall be raised once again.
Was Joe Montana the Niners QB for this one?
He was on the team but not sure if he was starting yet. Might have been Steve DeBerg still.
this game forced Walsh to go with Montana the following week.
HA! Rout those phony-niners!
The last cowgirl win over the 9ers in over a decade.
Niners get their revenge the next year beating Dallas twice once in the NFC championship game.
Sf returned the favor the next year. En route to the super bowl
it's too bad landry was so stiff THE SYSTEM cause staubach said to landry I will play a couple of more years if you let me call my own plays but landry got exactly what he deserved 3 nfc champ.losses in a row if staubach plays maybe cowboys win 2 out of 3.but landry was a football genius but too too stiff when it came to the system but it was because of his hard headness not letting the great staubach call his own plays. today any coach in the nfl with a talent like staubach would let roger be the offensive coordinator like payton manning is.
+mecha gojira69 Staubach said that to Landry in jest as he was retiring because of medical advice from his doctor over concussions.
thegorn68 WELL WHETHER OR NOT HE SAID IT IN "JEST" IT WAS THE TRUTH.ROGER WOULD HAVE PLAYED A FEW MORE YEARS....FACT.ALSO ONE OF LANDRY'S BIGGEST BLUNDERS WAS HAVING CRAIG MORTON AND "CAPTAIN AMERICA" SHARE SNAPS IN GAMES!!!! EVEN IN" TOM LANDRY:A FOOTBALL LIFE" EVEN THE BIGGEST LANDRY SUPPORTERS LIKE MIKE DITKA SAID THAT WAS A "BLUNDER".IF IT WASN'T FOR LANDRY WHO KNOWS WHERE DITKA WOULD HAVE BEEN.DITKA HAD RUN HIMSELF OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR WHEN PLAYING FOR I BELIEVE PAUL BROWN AND THE BEARS.HE GOT CUT.THEN OUT OF THE BLUE LANDRY CALLS HIM UP AND ASKS HIM IF HE WANTS TO PLAY FOR THE COWBOYS..."I THINK YOU COULD HELP US" AND HE DID.HE CAUGHT A TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM STAUBACH IN SUPER BOWL VI.LANDRY WAS THE MAN WHO CREATED "THE SHOTGUN" HE CREATED THE 4-3 DEFENSE AND THE COWBOYS WERE SUCH AN INNOVATIVE TEAM IN THE 70'S.EVEN THOUGH THE STEELERS WON 4 SB'S I THINK THE COWBOYS WERE THE REAL CHAMPIONS OF THE NFL IN THE 70'S.THEY CAPTURED THE NATIONS IMAGINATION WITH GOING TO 5 SUPER BOWLS,WINNING 2.WOULD HAVE BEEN 3 IF JACKIE SMITH CATCHES THAT BALL THROWN BY #12 RIGHT IN THE END ZONE BETWEEN THE 8 AND THE 1.YEAH HE MUST BE THE SICKEST MAN IN AMERICA ALRIGHT,AS THE FAMOUS RADIO ANNOUNCER QUOTED AFTER THE PLAY.I THINK IT WAS THE GREAT VERNE LUNDQUIST WHO WAS THE RADIO GUY FOR THE COWBOYS BEFORE SHAM.THEN THE STEELERS AND COWBOYS WOULD HAVE BEEN CO-DYNASTIES BUT THE STEELERS I ADMIT WERE THE DYNASTY OF THE 70'S.IT;S TOO BAD THE COWBOYS HAD TO WAIT SOOOO MANY YEARS TO GET STAUBACH BECAUSE OF HIS DUTIES TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND VIETNAM.YOU WONDER IF DALLAS HAS STAUBACH INSTEAD OF MERIDETH THAT THEY WIN THOSE 2 NFL CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAINST GREEN BAY TO GO TO THE FIRST 2 SUPER BOWLS.BOTH GAMES CAME DOWN TO 1 PLAY AT THE END.EVEN TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGHT THEY HAVEN'T WON IN 21 YEARS THEY ARE STIL THE MOST LUCRATIVE FRANCHISE IN THE NFL.EVEN THE PATRIOTS STILL CAN'T TOP THEM.I LIVE 30 MILES FROM BOSTON IN MA.AND I NEVER LIKED THE PATRIOTS.I LIKE ALL THE BOSTON TEAMS NAMED BOSTON.AS A KID I NEVER LIKED THE FACT THEY WERE CALLED NEW ENGLAND.HA AH SORRY THIS IS SO LONG AND SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS BUT LAST THING!!EVEN BEFORE I REALLY STARTED WATCHING FOOTBALL MY GRANDFATHER TOOK ME TO THE MALL AND THEY HAD 3 REGULATION SIZE HELMETS IN THE WOOLWORTHS WINDOW IN 78.I WAS 9 YRS OLD.MY G-FATHER SAID "PICK A HELMET....THEY HAD THE STEELERS..PATRIOTS....COWBOYS.I CHOSE THE HELMET WITH THE STAR ON IT.THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.BUT I WAS SUCH A LOYAL FAN OF MY TEAMS AT THE TIME WHICH WERE THE RED SOX,BRUINS AND THE CELTICS.THEN OF COURSE MY THINKING WAS "OK NOW YOUR NFL TEAM IS THE COWBOYS FOR GOOD OR BAD AND IT WAS BAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T START FOLOWING THE COWBOYS UNTIL STAUBACH RETIRED AND WHITE TOOK OVER.I LOVED DANNY WHITE,BUT I HAD TO SUFFER "THE CATCH" OR "HEY LOOK WHAT I FOUND"....LUCKY THROW BY MONTANA WITH HIS EYES CLOSED AND CLARK HAD HIS EYES CLOSED TOO...HEY IT JUST WENT INTO MY HANDS.YES IM STILL BITTER.THEN THEY LOSE TO PHILLY AND WASHINGTON THEN THE REST OF THE 80'S WERE DOWNHILL.I WAS IN THE NAVY FROM 87-91 AND I WAS JUST HAPPY IN 89' WHEN THEY WERE 1-15 THAT THEY BEAT THE REDSKINS!!!! HA HA THEN AT 22 YRS OLD (EMMITTS # HA HA) I FINALLY AFTER SUFFERING ALL THOSE YEARS AND STAYING LOYAL I GOT MY DUE AGAINST BUFFALO.YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE BUT IF YOU WATCHED THAT GAME FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE FORGET THAT WAS THE MOST DOMINATING DEFENSE IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY ALONG WITH THE BEARS.I MEAN I THINK DALLAS GOT 9 TURNOVERS.I BELIEVE THAT IS A SUPER BOWL RECORD!!!!!! BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO REMEMBER THAT.THEY JUST SEEM TO REMEMBER THE BEARS AND RIGHTFULLY SO,THE RAVENS,THE SEAHAWKS AGAINST THE BRONCOS AND THE BRONCOS THIS YEAR.IN 92 DALLAS HAD THE # 1 RATED DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE!!!! AND IF LEON LETT DOESN'T SHOWBOAT DALLAS BREAKS THE SCORING RECORD IN A SB.I GUESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIG NAMES ON DEFENSE.WHO KNOWS BUT I WILL PUT THAT 92 COWBOYS TEAM AGAINST ANY SUPER BOWL TEAM.THEY WERE THE YOUNGEST TEAM IN THE NFL AT THE TIME.THEY WERE SOOOO DEEP IN TALEN TTHAT THE 2ND STRINGERS PROBABLY WOULD MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.THE THING THAT KILLED THE DALLAS DYNASSY WAS FREE AGENCY.PLUS JIMMY JOHNSON LEAVING.JIMMY DOESN'T LEAVE AND YOU GOT 4 IN A ROW.
damn thats too long for me to even take the time to read it LOL. I'm sure it's interesting though...
They ran up the score. The niners remembered that a year later.
Landry wasn't the type to run up the score. Glen Carano was the qb on the last td.
Next time we beat the 49ers was at Lake Candlestick in January 1993. Cowboys NEVER beat a 49er team led by Joe Montana. He killed Dallas.
Niners beat the snot out of the cowgirls the following year at candlestick and that was the beginning of the miner dynasty
bill walsh got his ass kicked, that day,
Talk about paying for this...BADLY.
Oops the score
San Fran paid them back the next season
Drinking game...every time you read in these comments about how the 49ers won the next year and/ or Dallas not beating them again till 1993 NFC title game.....you gotta take a drink..
Bet you're drunk before you read em all..
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The 49ers got beat like this today by the cowboys
The Cowboys made a huge mistake by routing the 49ers by so many points. I remember the next year, Bill Walsh paying the Cowboys back in San Francisco 45-14, and in the Championship game 28-27. The Cowboys should have called off the dogs.
The fourtywhiners got what they deserve!!!! Go Cowboys!!!
Leon Watkins the 49ers got there playback the next year with a 45-14 beat down of Dallas at candlestick Park and beating your ass in the NFC Championship Game.
MICOLE WHYTE Yeah it was the beginning of the end for the Cowboys in the 80s.
The Cowgirls got thier asses SMOKED the next year out at Candlestick 45-14 and don't forget the NFC title game that season. Oh but you don't want to talk about that do you?😀
The 49ers used this game in particular to help springboard them to a dynasty. SF throttled Dallas in 81 and then beat the Cowboys again, this time in the NFC Championship Game in Jan 82.
Cowboys get their ass whooped by the Niners the next years and Super Bowl Champ Forty Niners!
Joe Montana was sitting on the bench for most of 1980 because Bill Walsh the "Genius" thought he had to Groom Montana to be the starter. The next year when Montana got the QB job all to himself Montana won the Superbowl. Groom a QB only until he's ready to win a Superbowl and not a moment before? Who does that?!! LOL!! 1980 should have been Montana's second year as the starting QB. He would have had One more Superbowl ring at the least!
I dont think I'd question Bill Walsh, hes a hall of famer and in everybody's top 5 of greatest coaches ever.
rawn4203 Walsh is a Hall of Famer only because he was smart enough to draft the Great Joe Montana in the 3rd round of the 1979 draft. Unlike Belichick, Walsh was never successful before, or after he coached Montana. Montana had an NCAA Championship and 2 Cotton bowls to his credit before Walsh drafted him. Keeping the Great Joe Montana on the bench for his first 2 seasons was just Flat out Stupid.
@@radar0412 That's not entirely true. Montana wouldn't have won the championships if the 49ers didn't vastly improve that defense, which was quietly one of the best of the decade with Hall of Fame players. And not to mention drafting Jerry Rice who makes any qb look much better.
@@ChrisC709 Montana already had two Championships before Rice arrived. The average fan isn't aware of that.
@@radar0412 And that reason was mainly because of their defense. Just look at the difference they made in that '81 and '84 season. Where was the great Montana when he got smashed against the NY Giants several times in the playoffs in "defensive" matchups? Except for the '86 matchup(which was a total disaster for the entire team), the defense played great in those playoff matchups with the New York Giants. It was the 49ers offense who couldn't do anything. In the '90 NFC title game, "fragile" Montana again couldn't get it done getting knocked out in the 4th qtr and the offense only produce 13 points at home in a title game. And that's not even mentioning the regular season game against the NY Giants where Montana was awful completing only 12 of 29. The 49ers won that game 7-3 because of their defense not Montana and the offense. And don't get me started on his performance in that '87 Divisional game against the Minnesota Vikings. Another awful performance. That was a day the defense didn't play well and needed the offense to lift them up and Montana couldn't do it because he was inaccurate.
My point is if the 49ers defense wasn't at it's best or near best, the 49ers would not have won those championships. In the first Super Bowl season in '81 the defense slowed down the Bengals and had a goal line stand which helped eat up the clock and help them win. I certainly don't think the 49ers would have won it in '84 season if it wasn't for their defense throughout the season and in those 3 playoff games where they only gave up 1 touchdown the entire postseason.
Jay Saldi Dot Com!!! And let's give some credit to a top 100 QB all time in Danny White. I realize many of you don't do the math. But even if he's not a HOF QB (nor should he be) ......he qualifies as a top 50 QB guy. Always compare the opposition.