1993 NFC Championship Game: Cowboys vs 49ers at Texas Stadium

yimyammer · May 15, 2020

America's Cowboy said:
The '90s Cowboys enroute to their 2nd SB trip during the '90s, led by Coach Jimmy Johnson.

Aaah, the memories. Enjoy!

I was there, it was the only game I ever attended where the typically tepid Cowboy fans stood for virtually the entire game, starting before the kick off when Jerry Rice got a penalty before the game had even begun

Given all the pent up rage caused by "The Catch" being rammed up our collective ***** for years, this win and the one in their house the previous year was sheer joy

gjkoeppen · May 15, 2020

Flamma said:
Are you talking about the one NFL Films cleaned up? The one that had a really good picture? I thought they did a great job on that. But I forget how long it was. I've been recently looking for the 1973 game against the 49ers where Dallas had that great comeback. I think it was 1973. The other one is SB II. Can't seem to find either of those.

The one I have isn't great. From what I've learned is because the original film was lost there were a couple of half hour highlight reels around that were sort of combines along with some commentary, at least that's what I got. The Super Bowl II I had was such terrible quality that I junked it. Way to much of it had a rolling screen or lines in the screen that I couldn't even watch it. I'm still trying to find a better quality of that too. I think the 49er game you're thinking of was in 1974 20-14 game. I have a friend that about 3 years ago told me he had a copy of that and he was going to send me a copy but I didn't get it and when I called him (he lived 800 miles away so I couldn't just go over and get it) and asked about it, he said that he and his wife divorced and she kept all of his sports stuff out of spite and when he finally got a judge to award them to him his then ex-wife told the judge that she had thrown all that stuff away just a few days after he had moved out.
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Cowboysheelsreds053 · May 16, 2020

Was there one H--- of a game.

BrassCowboy · May 16, 2020

Man... That defense! Thanks for posting

joseephuss · May 16, 2020

TheSkaven said:
Stop. The Niners were a good team. The Cowboys were better, but those two teams were the class of the NFC.

When they faced off again, the Cowboys were without Ken Norton, Alvin Harper, and Jimmy Johnson and the Niners were plus Deion. That was enough to put them over the top.

Alvin Harper was still on the Cowboys in 1994. He only caught one pass in the NFC Championship game that season. He was a non-factor.

Dallas was minus Erik Williams due to the car accident. Rookie Larry Allen was playing on an injured leg. My opinion at the time was that if Williams had not been in a car wreck, Allen would have replaced Tuinei at some point that season at LT. Emmitt Smith was still not close to 100% that game because of the hamstring he pulled in the 2nd to last game of the season.

Dallas had to play 3 of their final 4 regular season games on the road that season. That is after starting the season on the road. They played on Monday night against the Saints in NO in the next to last game and then the final game was on the road on Saturday against the Giants. That was brutal.

The 49ers and the Cowboys were the class of the NFL. Whichever team won those NFC Championship matchups between them was going to win the SB and win big. The AFC's top teams just weren't as good.

Gorgon · May 16, 2020

America's Cowboy said:
The '90s Cowboys enroute to their 2nd SB trip during the '90s, led by Coach Jimmy Johnson.

Aaah, the memories. Enjoy!

This first half was probably the most dominant half of football between truly good teams I've ever seen. Maybe the second would be the 1973 (?) Dolphins' defeat of the Colts, in which the Dolphins' ground game controlled virtually the entire second half of the game (I think the Colts had the ball 8 min or less)

But in this 1993 game, the Dallas O-line was just throwing the SF defenders to the ground and Erik Williams had a clean but brutal block on a SF defensive tackle that shattered his leg.

Still, the key to this game was that just as SF climbed back into the game & knocked Aikman out with a concussion, Bernie Kosar---after a rough start---hit three key passes, the last of which was the TD to Alvin Harper.

Flamma · May 16, 2020

gjkoeppen said:
The one I have isn't great. From what I've learned is because the original film was lost there were a couple of half hour highlight reels around that were sort of combines along with some commentary, at least that's what I got. The Super Bowl II I had was such terrible quality that I junked it. Way to much of it had a rolling screen or lines in the screen that I couldn't even watch it. I'm still trying to find a better quality of that too. I think the 49er game you're thinking of was in 1974 20-14 game. I have a friend that about 3 years ago told me he had a copy of that and he was going to send me a copy but I didn't get it and when I called him (he lived 800 miles away so I couldn't just go over and get it) and asked about it, he said that he and his wife divorced and she kept all of his sports stuff out of spite and when he finally got a judge to award them to him his then ex-wife told the judge that she had thrown all that stuff away just a few days after he had moved out.
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The Super bowl 1 film I was talking about is called "First World Championship game AFL VS NFL." It runs an hour and 5 minutes. A condensed game in high def. It's been remastered. Not just highlights. There's also a 2 hours and 42 minute one out there but much worse quality. Both are on you tube.

I know what you mean about SB II. The available version is unwatchable. But the good news is that it's out there. So one day they can remaster that one too.

gjkoeppen · May 16, 2020

Flamma said:
The Super bowl 1 film I was talking about is called "First World Championship game AFL VS NFL." It runs an hour and 5 minutes. A condensed game in high def. It's been remastered. Not just highlights. There's also a 2 hours and 42 minute one out there but much worse quality. Both are on you tube.

I know what you mean about SB II. The available version is unwatchable. But the good news is that it's out there. So one day they can remaster that one too.

Thanks for the tip. I think I saw that one before and didn't pay enough attention to it and thought it was just another "special" type program on Super Bowl I. The quality is better than what I have but the screen is reduced. The one I have is full screen. I got this now and will convert it to DVD to add to my collection. Again thanks.
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Red Dragon · May 16, 2020

Steve Young mentions this game in his autobiography. Prior to the game, dozens of 49ers players showed up wearing T-shirts that read "**** Dallas." Young made them take them off, he was afraid the Cowboys would get even more revved up.

Red Dragon · May 16, 2020

Jimmy guaranteed victory, the Niners got all enraged, then the Cowboys wiped the floor with San Fran anyway. The Niners hate and grief reached volcanic levels afterwards.

Red Dragon · May 16, 2020

TheSkaven said:
When they faced off again, the Cowboys were without Ken Norton, Alvin Harper, and Jimmy Johnson and the Niners were plus Deion. That was enough to put them over the top.

Harper was still with Dallas in 1994. But he was totally ineffective in that conference title game. The Niners had Deion on him most of the game, and Harper managed a grand total of one catch.

The main play that did Dallas in, in my opinion, wasn't the pass interference no-call in the fourth quarter, it was that Irvin couldn't get both feet inbounds on a would-be touchdown catch earlier in the first half. Had Irvin caught it, it would have cut the Niners lead to 21-14. Instead, the Cowboys had to settle for a field goal, missed it, and the lead remained 21-7. That Irvin touchdown could have totally changed the complexion of the game.

Red Dragon · May 16, 2020

ghst187 said:
Literally one of the most forgotten games....
Steve young was one of the most overrated players of all time.
SanFran showed the benefit of playing in a garbage division like the modern Pats....get home field advantage every year and Candlestick was a big advantage for them. This game shows how inferior they were to the Cowboys. The whiners and Young had no business winning a SB.

No, the Niners were an excellent team. They had just annihilated the Giants 44-3 in the divisional playoffs the week before they came to Dallas for the conference title game. They weren't garbage, they weren't pushovers.

Bobhaze · May 16, 2020

My favorite game of the Jimmy era. Even more than the two SBs he won. This game was so gratifying. We told the niners we were going to kick their collective arses and then went out and did just that. With Troy Aikman missing half the game.

TheSkaven · May 16, 2020

Red Dragon said:
Harper was still with Dallas in 1994. But he was totally ineffective in that conference title game. The Niners had Deion on him most of the game, and Harper managed a grand total of one catch.

The main play that did Dallas in, in my opinion, wasn't the pass interference no-call in the fourth quarter, it was that Irvin couldn't get both feet inbounds on a would-be touchdown catch earlier in the first half. Had Irvin caught it, it would have cut the Niners lead to 21-14. Instead, the Cowboys had to settle for a field goal, missed it, and the lead remained 21-7. That Irvin touchdown could have totally changed the complexion of the game.

Thanks, I apparently remembered it wrong, probably because he was such a non factor in the game. I still think the PI no-call changed the game - and of course Switzer’s 15-yard penalty.

But people are writing that the Niners weren’t a good team - it was the Cowboys (12-4), Niners (13-3) and everybody else in the NFC. I guess you could make a case for the Vikings or Pack but not really. Everyone knew who would be playing in the NFCCG going into that year.

ICP · May 16, 2020

Woodson was such a beast!

Cowboysheelsreds053 · May 16, 2020

The niners were a great team along with us and either would destroy whomever in the AFC PERIOD.

Alexander · May 16, 2020

Red Dragon said:
Harper was still with Dallas in 1994. But he was totally ineffective in that conference title game. The Niners had Deion on him most of the game, and Harper managed a grand total of one catch.

Fox rebroadcast that game in its entirety today.

The Niners swapped out their scheme at times, but mostly it was Sanders on Irvin. Irvin had a monster game. Even Kevin Williams was pretty effective.

Practically every Cowboy on offense was covered in mud from the Candlestick slop and he makes that catch and he was completely pristine.

Not a single stain on his whole uniform. That tells me he didn't do a single thing in that game. There is no way he could have ever been that clean if he threw even a couple of blocks all day.

Flamma · May 16, 2020

Red Dragon said:
Harper was still with Dallas in 1994. But he was totally ineffective in that conference title game. The Niners had Deion on him most of the game, and Harper managed a grand total of one catch.

The main play that did Dallas in, in my opinion, wasn't the pass interference no-call in the fourth quarter, it was that Irvin couldn't get both feet inbounds on a would-be touchdown catch earlier in the first half. Had Irvin caught it, it would have cut the Niners lead to 21-14. Instead, the Cowboys had to settle for a field goal, missed it, and the lead remained 21-7. That Irvin touchdown could have totally changed the complexion of the game.

What did the Cowboys in was going down 21-0 in San Francisco. The 49ers weren't punks at home. I'm not suggesting the Cowboys would have won had it been more of a conventional game, but I think it would have been a toss up.

Flamma · May 16, 2020

The one thing people tend to forget when comparing QBs of today with QBs of yesteryear was the situation itself. QBs back in the late 60s and throughout the 70s had no time to throw the ball. You got to the end of your drop and you had to get the ball out or you're eating grass. Today we have these steroid pumped OL that give QBs 3-4 seconds to throw the ball. Back then, that's why you needed a run game. Otherwise you were screwed.

JBond · May 16, 2020

TheSkaven said:
Stop. The Niners were a good team. The Cowboys were better, but those two teams were the class of the NFC.

When they faced off again, the Cowboys were without Ken Norton, Alvin Harper, and Jimmy Johnson and the Niners were plus Deion. That was enough to put them over the top.

Not to mention the pass interference by Deion during the comeback. Even by old school rules it should have been called.

Edit ...thinking of the year that broke the streak.

1993 NFC Championship Game: Cowboys vs 49ers at Texas Stadium

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