ESPN Classic - Cowboys v. Giants 12/19/81

Sitting Bull

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On tonight at 8:30 pm MST
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You don't want to know. Trust me.
 

Badattitude

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Will never forget that day..Cold....miserable...a loss that gave SF HomeField advantage....and IMO cost us the Catch game....
Dorsett was brutal...Danny White was terrible..Joe Danello a horrible kicker o beat us.... :(
 

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I think that game was played on a Saturday.

Dorsett was brutal? I thought he had a big game?
 

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Badattitude said:
Will never forget that day..Cold....miserable...a loss that gave SF HomeField advantage....and IMO cost us the Catch game....
Dorsett was brutal...Danny White was terrible..Joe Danello a horrible kicker o beat us.... :(

That loss alone didn't cost Dallas home field advantage. Dallas finished 12-4 that season. San Francisco finished 13-3 that year and held the tie breaker since they beat Dallas earlier in the season.
 

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joseephuss said:
That loss alone didn't cost Dallas home field advantage. Dallas finished 12-4 that season. San Francisco finished 13-3 that year and held the tie breaker since they beat Dallas earlier in the season.

SF was on a mission to beat Dallas. They whipped the Cowboys something like 45-14 earlier that year, but hadn't played against Too Tall Jones. I think they wanted to desperately avenged the 56-17 shellacking the Cowboys layed on them the year before.
 

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ravidubey said:
SF was on a mission to beat Dallas. They whipped the Cowboys something like 45-14 earlier that year, but hadn't played against Too Tall Jones. I think they wanted to desperately avenged the 56-17 shellacking the Cowboys layed on them the year before.
I think they put up a 55 spot on us..no?
I don't doubt what you say, but I think the tie breaker back then was Divisional records...
 

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Man that Giants game was painful to watch again. And talk about ugly away uniforms....does anybody miss seeing the number of the player on the hips of the pants?
 

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Dallas beat SF 59-14 in 1980. I have that game on tape with Ray Rhodes playing CB for the Niners.
 

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This is a pic from the 1980 game. The original road blues were better than I remember.

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JakeCamp12

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I would rather have those back than the 81 jersey's or our present away jerseys...
 

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Giants wore white because of our Blue Jersey Curse.
 
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