1994 Cowboys

[dargonking999]

whats sad about that game and the catch was we still had a chance to win, but some how when it came to SF,(excluding a couple of games) we always fail, do i hate the 49ers

[Big Country]

Originally Posted by Juke99

A picture is worth a thousand words. Note how Irvin's right arm is locked up.

As far as Switzer...He could never beat the 49ers. The teams were evenly matched for years. Jimmy was the difference maker. Switzer could whup the rest of the NFL because he had superior talent (as he did at Oklahoma where he was a great recruiter, not a great coach).

The mistakes that were BAD NEWS...after regaining some momentum, moving in to the close of the first half, deep in his own territory with little time remaing, rather than run out the clock Switzer elected to throw the ball. We lost the ball on downs...

SF gets the ball back. Jerry Rice was left in one on one coverage and scored on a bomb from Young going into half time...a real back breaker.

[View Full Quote]And leaving Larry Allen out at RT all game was insanity. Guys just blew past him play after play. Knowing what we now know about Ron Stone (that he was in fact a quality lineman) it makes the decision to leave Allen out there even worse.

Yep, bad decisions all around by that old curd of a coach... He wasn't used to managing a game at the pro level... He was way in over his head... Are you sure LA was a RT back then... His rookie year I thought he was a guard. We are talking about 94 right... I thought it was around 97 when he was a RT for the full year. Wait!!!?? Erik W. was injured after the AZ game this same year in his infamous Mercedez vs. the concrete highway barrier wreck... was the switch made then for LA... ??

[Big Country]

Originally Posted by SultanOfSix

Don't forget about SF cheating the salary cap. In my mind, that SB "champion" 49ers football team will always have an asterisk next to it.

Yep, in my book SanFran definately should have a big asterisk, since they couldn't beat Dallas to get to the big one. They went out and literally leased a defense just to beat Dallas, which included Ricky Jackson, Gary Plummer, our own Ken Norton Jr. (one of Jerry's first biggest mistakes was letting this guy go) and of course Deion Sanders... It helped that SF had some really good drafts that brought DT Dana Stubblefield and DT Bryant Young.

[jem88]

For me, no game sums up the Greek Tragedy that was the mid-90's Cowboys as succinctly as this loss to the 49ers. For all our greatness (3 SuperBowl rings,) I really believe we could and should have won so much more.

The 49ers had destiny, Deion at his best and a massive free agent haul on their side in 1994, we had Erik Williams' car crash, Shante Carver and Barry Switzer on ours. Yet Aikman put in arguably his best performance ever in that Championship match, as did Irvin. I remember Emmitt limping off and Larry Allen struggling valiantly to play through his injury. Nevertheless, we almost pulled off an incredible comeback, only to fall agonizingly short.

Granted we won the Superbowl the following season, but even that was tinged with sadness, knowing that the salary cap noose would continue to tighten and more players developed through our system would leave. Then Irvin got busted and it all started to nose dive. But yet again, which team beat both Superbowl finalists without having to score a touchdown (Green Bay and New England) and thoroughly humiliated the Vikings in the 1st round? Of course, the star-crossed nature of the team would surface all too soon the following week with the false charges against Irvin and Big E and then Irvin getting knocked out of the game against the Panthers.

Is it any wonder that the bottom completely fell out in 1997?

[bbgun]

Big E car crash + Switzer personal foul = breakdown in team discipline. Troy was right.

[jcblanco22]

Originally Posted by aardvark

Yep, bad decisions all around by that old curd of a coach... He wasn't used to managing a game at the pro level... He was way in over his head... Are you sure LA was a RT back then... His rookie year I thought he was a guard. We are talking about 94 right... I thought it was around 97 when he was a RT for the full year. Wait!!!?? Erik W. was injured after the AZ game this same year in his infamous Mercedez vs. the concrete highway barrier wreck... was the switch made then for LA... ??

Allen was playing RT that season after Williams suffered the car accident. You're thinking of 1998, when Gailey switched Allen to LT and he made the Pro Bowl. 2002 was actually the only other season that he saw time at RT, and he was besieged by injury that year as well.

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BTW, that pic was taken late in the 4th quarter. Notice how clean Deion's uni is?