Best Thanksgiving Game Memory

[Jarv]

1974, I don't even have to think twice about it.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Best memory, any they won, least, any game they lost.

I remember 2005 against Broncos, my mom was over looking after my son so I could watch the game in peace. She then took him and my dog for a walk as overtime started. She came back, saw my face and knew we had lost.

Another least fav was 2001 when Campo thought that team would have an easier chance to score three times in the fourth than two eight point TDs so he kicked extra points. We of course lost by two.

2003 was a bad game, but I will always remember it as my wife was induced that day and CCFjr was born at 1:23am the next morning. The loss seemed insignificant.

[EGTuna]

1. Beating the Chiefs 24-12 in 1995. Great game. Great day. Great season.
2. Beating the Skins in 1990 27-17. Whoa. This Emmit Smith guy is GOOD.
3. Beating Seattle in 1980 51-7. As a kid we went to my grandparents' house in Sunrise, FLA every thanksgiving, and this game encapsulates those memories as well as anything.
4. Beating Oaktown 24-7 in 2009. Perhaps the last time I felt truly confident that the Cowboys would win. But the perfect thanksgiving day game; dominance from start to finish; nice and relaxing.
5. 1992. 30-3 win over NYG. Slow game until Aikman and Emmit took over in the 2nd half. Just a relaxing, enjoyable domination, which is what it should be.

Worst 5 because why not.
1993. 16-14 loss to Miami in the Leon Lett game. My brother smashed the remote against the wall. My technically challenged dad managed to put it back together. Shocked the world that day he did.
2001. 26-24 loss to Denver that the above poster mentioned where Campo inexplicably didn't go for two 2x (and we lost be two).
1997. 27-14 loss to Tennessee Oilers where Dallas out-gained Tennessee by like 2-1, but had 5 turnovers. I knew after that game that the season was kaput.
1986. 31-14 loss to Seattle, which like in 1997 marked the point where I knew the season was done. Plus my dad being a huge Seahawks fan didn't help.
2005. Denver loss where Ron Dayne went nuts in OT with a 50+ yarder. Seriously. Ron Dayne. Ugh.

[Dallas4ever]

I agree with the majority on the 74 Redskins comeback win being the best. It was at a time when both teams were good and the rivalry was at it's peak.

[Numbers921]

Thanksgiving 98 with Randy Moss crapping all over the team. It was one of the first Cowboys disappointments I can remember. Set the stage for what being a Cowboys fan has been like for most of my life.

[JohnsKey19]

Good or bad, the Randy Moss "show" sticks out more than any other Thanksgiving game.

[erod]

Every single one of them.

The Cowboys and Thanksgiving are synonymous.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by erod

Every single one of them.

The Cowboys and Thanksgiving are synonymous.

True, Det game is for eating and taking a short nap before the Cowboys game.

[cowboys2233]

Originally Posted by erod

Every single one of them.

The Cowboys and Thanksgiving are synonymous.

Have to say the Leon Lett game, but only in hindsight. A terrrible down-up-down range of emotion, but the season got so much better after that.

[cowboys2233]

Originally Posted by Numbers921

Thanksgiving 98 with Randy Moss crapping all over the team. It was one of the first Cowboys disappointments I can remember. Set the stage for what being a Cowboys fan has been like for most of my life.

Man, you didn't even get to enjoy the early and mid-nineties Cowboys? How the heck are you a Cowboys fan? Cause this stuff is brutal to watch. Just brutal.

[QT]

By far to me, the snowbowl. KWill doing the slide in the endzone. Leon Lett mistake.

After the game, went to play some football in the snow as well...

[dwmyers]

Originally Posted by Jarv

1974, I don't even have to think twice about it.

I was in the stadium for that one with my brother, dad, and grandfather.

I took pictures at the time. I wish I still had them.

D-

[DallasCowpoke]

Mine isn't a particular game, more just the fun, laughter and love of my family gathering at my maternal grandparent's house and cheering for the Pokes during the 60's.

My Dad and 3 of the other adult males of that side of my family had season tickets and it was always a "lottery" to see who got to go as "the guest of" the ticket holder.

Memama and Granddaddy lived about 15 mins from The Cotton Bowl, so to-go boxes were made from whatever was ready for those leaving for the game around 1 or 1:30.

Man, I really miss those times and even more so, those loved ones who are gone!

[lurkercowboy]

1990 with a room full of Redskin fans. We were all screaming and talking so loud we couldn't hear John Madden. What a coming out party for the triplets on a national stage.

[Numbers921]

Originally Posted by cowboys2233

Man, you didn't even get to enjoy the early and mid-nineties Cowboys? How the heck are you a Cowboys fan? Cause this stuff is brutal to watch. Just brutal.

Honestly, I became a fan because my dad is one. He was born in 1961 and has followed the team since he was a kid. The Cowboys games were always on and I watched with him. He's more of a casual Cowboys fan than I am even though he's been following them for so long. He usually just brushes off whatever they do with "those guys are getting paid millions" ( ) when the team screws up but I take it much more to heart.