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The Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills met for a Super Bowl rematch in Super Bowl XXVIII. It capped what for me was the most satisfying Super Bowl our our 5 Championships. First of all I have no doubt that of the teams we beat in Super Bowls the Bills were by far the best. They are perhaps the best team to have never won a Super Bowl. Again, that is just my opinion, but that is the amount of respect I have for that team going to four straight Championships.
It was the only rematch in Super Bowl History where the previous two teams met again the next year. It gave us 4 Super Bowls which at that time tied the 49ers and Steelers for the most in NFL History.
Most of all it capped a year that has to go down as one of the most amazing in our History. Let's start with the fact that Emmitt Smith held out. He missed all of pre-season and the first 2 games of the season. Dallas lost both of those games. The second of these 2 losses was to the same Buffalo Bills, 10-13 in Texas Stadium.
After the game, Jerry Jones walked into the locker room and as he did a helmet was thrown so hard by Charles Haley that is allegedly imbedded into a wall near Jerry. An enraged Haley was glowering at Jerry who had rolled the dice that 4th round pick Derrick Lassic could carry the load that Emmitt's absence created. With Lassic close enough to hear every word Haley bellowed at Jerry to get off his *** and sign Emmitt because they could not win with this rookie.
Emmitt got his deal. In it he had a provision that showed the togetherness of that team. He had a stipulation in it that if he led the NFL in rushing each of his Offensive Line got a bonus. Is it any wonder they would kill for the man?
Emmitt did do just that, he led the NFL in rushing that year despite spotting the field a 2 game lead. It took a monumental effort in the last game of the season for that to happen. Playing with a dislocated shoulder Emmitt fought through the pain and continued to grind the New York Giants down. The game went to overtime and Dallas won 16-13 to preserve home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Had New York won, they would have had that distinction and Dallas would have been the top Wildcard.
The Giants battered Emmitt, but he kept getting up. He ran the football 32 times for 168 yards. He caught another 10 passes for 62 more yards. It was perhaps the greatest display of heart we will ever see on a football field. John Madden was so impressed he did something he never did in any other game in his broadcast career. He went down to the locker room to shake Emmitt's hand.
In the playoffs that season Dallas aced Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers to set up a rematch in the NFC Championship with San Francisco, the team we have faced in 6 NFC Championship tilts, the most in NFL History. It would be the 2nd of 3 straight seasons the 2 teams met in this game. Prior to the game Jimmy Johnson, sensing his team needed an edge declared that Dallas was going to win the game and the media could put it in 3 inch high letters. George Seiffert noted that Jimmy had balls, but wondered if they were brass or paper mache. After the game Jimmy announced that they were brass.
Finally the Super Bowl on this date 18 years ago, a 30-13 Cowboys romp. The Emmitt Smith triple crown. He led the NFL in rushing as has been reported earlier. He was named the NFL MVP. He was named the Super Bowl MVP. A feat that has never been repeated.
In a bittersweet summation it was Jimmy's last game as Cowboys Head Coach.
It was the only rematch in Super Bowl History where the previous two teams met again the next year. It gave us 4 Super Bowls which at that time tied the 49ers and Steelers for the most in NFL History.
Most of all it capped a year that has to go down as one of the most amazing in our History. Let's start with the fact that Emmitt Smith held out. He missed all of pre-season and the first 2 games of the season. Dallas lost both of those games. The second of these 2 losses was to the same Buffalo Bills, 10-13 in Texas Stadium.
After the game, Jerry Jones walked into the locker room and as he did a helmet was thrown so hard by Charles Haley that is allegedly imbedded into a wall near Jerry. An enraged Haley was glowering at Jerry who had rolled the dice that 4th round pick Derrick Lassic could carry the load that Emmitt's absence created. With Lassic close enough to hear every word Haley bellowed at Jerry to get off his *** and sign Emmitt because they could not win with this rookie.
Emmitt got his deal. In it he had a provision that showed the togetherness of that team. He had a stipulation in it that if he led the NFL in rushing each of his Offensive Line got a bonus. Is it any wonder they would kill for the man?
Emmitt did do just that, he led the NFL in rushing that year despite spotting the field a 2 game lead. It took a monumental effort in the last game of the season for that to happen. Playing with a dislocated shoulder Emmitt fought through the pain and continued to grind the New York Giants down. The game went to overtime and Dallas won 16-13 to preserve home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Had New York won, they would have had that distinction and Dallas would have been the top Wildcard.
The Giants battered Emmitt, but he kept getting up. He ran the football 32 times for 168 yards. He caught another 10 passes for 62 more yards. It was perhaps the greatest display of heart we will ever see on a football field. John Madden was so impressed he did something he never did in any other game in his broadcast career. He went down to the locker room to shake Emmitt's hand.
In the playoffs that season Dallas aced Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers to set up a rematch in the NFC Championship with San Francisco, the team we have faced in 6 NFC Championship tilts, the most in NFL History. It would be the 2nd of 3 straight seasons the 2 teams met in this game. Prior to the game Jimmy Johnson, sensing his team needed an edge declared that Dallas was going to win the game and the media could put it in 3 inch high letters. George Seiffert noted that Jimmy had balls, but wondered if they were brass or paper mache. After the game Jimmy announced that they were brass.
Finally the Super Bowl on this date 18 years ago, a 30-13 Cowboys romp. The Emmitt Smith triple crown. He led the NFL in rushing as has been reported earlier. He was named the NFL MVP. He was named the Super Bowl MVP. A feat that has never been repeated.
In a bittersweet summation it was Jimmy's last game as Cowboys Head Coach.
