50th anniversary of first SB winning team

[EST_1986]

another 24 years we can have a 50th anniversary of the last Super Bowl team

 

[Pantone282C]

another 24 years we can have a 50th anniversary of the last Super Bowl team

I won't be alive to experience that! Thankfully.

 

[plasticman]

I remember watching the game.......50 years ago?.......that part hurts a little.

I'll admit it. I cried when they lost Super Bowl 5 in the last minute after coming back from a 5-4 record and passing the Cardinals and the Giants in the division standing. This was when there was only one wild card team per conference.

However, the 1970 season had one consolation. It made winning the 1971 Championship all the sweeter.

 

[Bobhaze]

I remember watching the game.......50 years ago?.......that part hurts a little.

I'll admit it. I cried when they lost Super Bowl 5 in the last minute after coming back from a 5-4 record and passing the Cardinals and the Giants in the division standing. This was when there was only one wild card team per conference.

However, the 1970 season had one consolation. It made winning the 1971 Championship all the sweeter.

I was 12 yrs old when SB V happened. Like you, I cried when we lost that game. We were clearly better than the Colts. When we beat the dolphins in SB VI, I remember screaming with joy with my dad and brother. I still remember the goosebumps I felt when Mel Renfro, Bob Hayes, and Rayfield Wright carried Landry off the field that day. A truly great sports memory.

 

[BigBlacKahuna]

That last time the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA Championship, we won the SuperBowl. That was 50 years ago! Milwaukee did their part……

Let’s go Cowboys!

 

[RS12]

another 24 years we can have a 50th anniversary of the last Super Bowl team

Eh... that's how its lookin.

 

[RS12]

I was 12 yrs old when SB V happened. Like you, I cried when we lost that game. We were clearly better than the Colts. When we beat the dolphins in SB VI, I remember screaming with joy with my dad and brother. I still remember the goosebumps I felt when Mel Renfro, Bob Hayes, and Rayfield Wright carried Landry off the field that day. A truly great sports memory.

Apparently the refs had money on the Colts in SB5 because Manders recovered that fumble. Looking back the fix was in.

 

[gimmesix]

Fifty seasons ago, the 1971 Dallas Cowboys won their first Super Bowl, defeating the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in one of the most dominant defensive performances in SB history. Bob Lily’s 29 yard sack of Miami QB Bob Griese is still one of the iconic plays in SB history. The Cowboys had 12 HOFers at that game, including 8 players 2 coaches, and 2 executives.

Sure would be nice to see 50 years later, the 2021 team have a little 50 year magic.

Sure would be nice for the 2021 team to have that defense.

 

[plasticman]

It's also the anniversary of the entire season and it wasn't boring.

For half of the season Landry actually rotated his quarterbacks, Craig Morton and Roger Staubach. he would rotate them by quarters, drives, and finally plays.

The Cowboys began the season in the hole. They lost three games to teams they should have beaten. They lost to the Saints, a team that didn't have a winning record in their franchise history until1987, 16 seasons later. Even worse, their quarterback was a rookie. Well, the rookie did happen to be Archie Manning.

They lost to the Bears whose quarterback barely completed 40% of his passes that season. Bobby Douglass couldn't pass well but he was big and tough to bring down for a quarterback. This was before quarterbacks could surrender themselves.

They also lost to the Commanders in George Allen's first season as the Head Coach. I'm not going to say this started the rivalry but it did begin the long ascent to the peak of this rivalry. The Cowboys-Commanders rivalry was never more intense than it was when Allen was the HC. The players actively participated in it. They hated each other.

The Cowboys went 4-3 to start the season. Landry decided to name Staubach the starter and they never lost another game that season, including the playoffs, of course.

That wasn't the only offensive catalyst. The Cowboys had drafted back to back RB's in the 1st rounds in 1969 and 1979, Calvin Hill and Duane Thomas. They were both named offensive Rookies of the Year in their first years

They were both halfbacks and Walt garrison was the fullback. They were all contributors as ball carriers. Hill was in and out with injuries but he got healthy towards the end of the season. that's when Landry decided to convert Thomas to a fullback.

So Duane and Calvin would both start in the backfield as they outscored their last three opponents 125-36. Garrison would come in and spell Duane. When Hill needed a break Garrison would come in and they would slide Thomas back to fullback.

But that's not all:

One of the receivers for the Cowboys was Lance Rentzel who was married to a Hollywood bombshell named Joey Heatherton. Apparently that wasn't wild enough. He was caught exposing himself to little girls. Yep, in the middle of the season. The Cowboys traded for AFL legend Lance Alworth, nicknamed "Bambi". He was the 2nd leading receiver in AFL history and only 1 of 2 receivers in the AFL and NFL to have 1600+ yards in a single season between 1960 and 1980.

It was a little strange. Of course, I'm not talking about Rentzel's behavior, I mean both receivers were named Lance and they both wore #19. So, if you weren't paying attention to the news it might have been confusing. Anyway, Alworth, a HOFer, was paired with Bob Hayes, another HOF. In addition, the Cowboys made a trade with the Bears the previous year and acquired HOFer TE Mike Ditka.

That's not all:

Halfway through this season they decide to change kickers. Frank Clark is losing his accuracy so they sign this Austrian soccer player who had never played football. His name was Tony Fritsch

Anyway, his first game is against the Cardinals and he lines up to kick and all the Cardinals special teamers try to rattle him by yelling and intimidating. It wasn't a bad idea, I mean, he's a rookie who never played the game before.

However, there was two problems with that theory. First, he's played in filled stadiums all throughout Europe and I mean 100,000 minimum screaming soccer fans. The second problem was pointed out by a Cowboy special teamer as Fritsch connected on his third and final field goal of the day which won the game 16-13.

Walking off the field, he informed the Cardinal special teams that Fritsch couldn't understand what they were yelling. At that point in his life, he couldn't speak English.

I was 14.