Finally playing in the Super Bowl the Cowboys faced the Baltimore Colts in Miami with the Lombardi Trophy on the line. In an ugly game marred by turnovers, the Cowboys led the Colts 13-6 midway through the 4th quarter. However, two Craig Morton interceptions led to 10 points including Jim O'Brien's game winning FG that gave the Colts a 16-13 win in a game better known as the Blunder Bowl. Despite the loss LB Chuck Howley was named the game's MVP. On October 24th the Cowboys new state of the art stadium finally opens as the Cowboys slaughter the New England Patriots 44-21 in the first ever game at Texas Stadium. However, the Cowboys struggled early sitting at 4-3, as Craig Morton and Roger Staubach alternated between plays at Quarterback. On November 7th the Cowboys finally gave Staubach the job fulltime and the Cowboys never looked back winning their final 7 games to win the NFC East with an 11-3 record. In the Divisional Playoff the Cowboys would defeat the Minnesota Vikings 20-12 to earn a NFC Championship rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. In the Championship Game Doomsday carried the Cowboys to their 2nd straight Super Bowl by crushing the 49ers in a 14-3 victory.
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Playing in New Orleans the Cowboys faced the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl, as the Cowboys tried to erase their reputation of losing the big game. The Cowboys would jump out to a 10-3 halftime, as Doomsday shut down the Dolphins offense all day. The Cowboys would go on to shut out the Dolphins in the 2nd half finally becoming World Champions with a 24-3 super triumph, as QB Roger Staubach earned MVP honors With Offensive Rookie of the Year Tony Dorsett providing the needed running support, the Cowboys could not be denied winning their first 8 games, on the way to dominating the NFC with a 12-2 record. In the playoffs the Cowboys continued to roll destroying the Chicago Bears 37-7 in the Divisional Playoffs. In the NFC Championship the Cowboys would also win easily beating the Minnesota Viking 23-6 at Texas Stadium to earn a trip to their 4th Super Bowl, establishing a new NFL record. In the first Super Bowl played in a dome the Cowboys faced the upstart Denver Broncos led by former Cowboys QB Craig Morton in New Orleans. Once again the Cowboys were the dominant force jumping out to a 13-0 lead at halftime. After the Broncos got on the scoreboard with a FG, the Cowboys would get a stranglehold on the game when Roger Staubach found Butch Johnson for a 45-yard TD pass. The Broncos would answer it with a TD of their own, but the Cowboys would shut Denver down the rest of the way scoring a 4th Quarter TD to complete a 27-10 rout. Defensive stalwarts Randy White, and Harvey Martin would share game MVP honors. The Cowboys continued to stockpile players in the draft selecting CB Kevin Smith, LB Robert Jones, S Darren Woodsen, and CB Clayton Holmes. In addition the Cowboys acquired DE Charles Hailey to give their young defense a veteran leader. The moves worked out as the Cowboys quickly established themselves as a NFL power with a 9-1 start. They would go on to finish with a 13-3 record, winning the NFC East for the first time in 7 years. In the Divisional Playoffs the Cowboys destroyed the Philadelphia Eagles 34-10 to earn a trip to San Francisco with Super Bowl on the line. A decade earlier the Cowboys faced the 49ers for a trip to the Super Bowl on the line, in that game the 49ers won establishing themselves as the new power in the NFC. Now it was the Cowboys turn to claim that title back, beating the 49ers 30-20 after a 10-10 tie at half time. For the first time in 15 years the Cowboys were back in the Super Bowl, facing the Buffalo Bills in Pasadena. The Bills jumped on the scoreboard first capitalizing on a fumble near the goal line to take a 7-0 lead. However, the Cowboys would turn the tables capitalizing on Bills mistakes to score 14 points in 25 seconds late in the 1st Quarter. The Cowboys would continue to make the Bills pay late in the 2nd Quarter by scoring another 14 points in 18 seconds to take a 28-10 halftime lead. After being outscored 7-3 in the 3rd, the Cowboys put the game away in the 4th, scoring 21 points to take a 52-17 lead, as the Bills committed 9 turnovers. The Cowboys would have the all time record for points in a Super Bowl with 59, but Leon Lett's long fumble return for a TD was wiped out when he began to hotdog by the goal line, and had the ball knocked out of his hands by Don Bebe. However, there was no denying in the Cowboys were back on top, as Troy Aikman firmly established himself as one of the game's best Quarterbacks by winning the Super Bowl MVP. The season did not begin well; Emmitt Smith was in the midst of contract dispute with Jerry Jones and did not play in the first two games of the season, as the Cowboys got off to a 0-2 start. However, after the dispute was resolved the Cowboys did not miss a beat winning 12 of their final 14 games as Emmitt Smith took home NFL MVP honors with 1,486 yards rushing, as the Cowboys won the NFC East and earned Home Field Advantage. In the Divisional Playoffs the Cowboys held off the Green Bay Packers 27-17 to earn a rematch in the NFC Championship with San Francisco 49ers. After the game was tied at 7 the Cowboys reeled off 21 unanswered points on the way to 38-21 win, as the Cowboys walked the walk after Coach Jimmy Johnson talked talk, guaranteeing in # inch letter the Cowboys would win.
The Cowboys were back in the Super Bowl for the 7th time seeking to win their 2nd straight Lombardi Trophy against Buffalo Bills in Atlanta. Through the first half the Cowboys were held in check trailing the Bills 13-6. However, the game turned in the Cowboys favor when James Washington scooped up a Thurman Thomas fumble and returned in 46 yards for a game tying TD less than a minute into the 3rd Quarter. From there it became the Emmitt Smith show as earned the Super Bowl MVP by scoring 2 Touchdowns as the Cowboys won going away 30-13. While the Cowboys were beginning their season with a 35-0 blowout of the Giants in New York Jerry Jones was finalizing a Free Agent contract with CB Deion Sanders. With Sanders in the fold the Cowboys easily won their 4th straight Division Title with a 12-4 record, as Emmitt Smith set a record with 25 Touchdowns on the season. In the Divisional Playoffs the Cowboys easily beat the Philadelphia Eagles 30-11 to advance to the NFC Championship Game, where they were matched up against the Green Bay Packers who upset the San Francisco 49ers a week earlier. The Cowboys would lead the Packers 28-27, before pulling away to win the game 38-27, with 10 unanswered points in the 4th Quarter.
Back in the Super Bowl for the 3rd time in 4 years Cowboys fans must have had a flashback to the 70's as they faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tempe, Arizona. The Cowboys appeared to have the game in control leading 20-7 after a Larry Brown Interception set up an Emmittt Smith TD run. However the Steelers would score 10 unanswered points in the 4th to get back in the game. After the Cowboys stalled on offense the Steelers got the ball and drove down the field getting into Cowboys territory and appeared on the way to at least tying the game. However, CB Larry Brown stepped up again intercepting a Neil O'Donnell pass and returning it deep into Steelers, to set up Emmitt Smith for a TD that sealed the Cowboys 5th Super Bowl Championship 27-17. For his 2 key interception return unheralded Larry Brown received MVP honors.
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