Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Dallas Cowboys for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
After an embarrassing 54–13 loss to the Vikings in week five and a humiliating 38–0 loss to the Cardinals on Monday Night Football in week nine, the 1970 Cowboys were 5–4, and the playoffs seemed out of reach. They beat the Redskins 45–21 in week ten to up their record to 6–4. They now needed … Read more
We have finished reviewing the first 50 Super Bowls, and if you want to relive those games, I suggest to you some homework: Ed Benkin’s The First 50 Super Bowls. Great stuff there that you’ll want to relive over and over. But for now, we’re going to do something a little different. I’m going to take … Read more
After an All-American career at Texas Christian University, Bob Lilly was the first-ever draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys. Lilly played from 1961 to 1974 and played defensive end for his first two and a half seasons with the Cowboys before Coach Tom Landry moved him to defensive tackle. The Cowboys, born in expansion, struggled … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXXI, which was held on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, between the two-time AFC champion New England Patriots and my favorite team, the eleven-time world champion Green Bay Packers. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1996 season, pick up my Nifty Nineties book and … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXX, which was held on January 28, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, between two teams who had won four Super Bowls going into this game: the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1995 season, … Read more