Growing Up When Was Your Pinnacle Cowboy Moment?

[Blast From The Past]

Mine was the Super Bowl against the Colts. Super Bowl 5. My Stepfather was a rabid Colts fan. I bet a dollar at halftime that the Cowboys would win. Lost the bet, but gained a team till this day will be mine till I die! This loss was my pinnacle moment for my team going forward. And Yours?

 

[jrumann59]

the 90's, I was in HS for all 3 SB. Had to listen to Whiner/Beagle/Squeeler/Bills/Lions and Commanders fans all making excuses about something

 

[Picksix]

Mine was SB XII over the Broncos. First SB I remember watching. Plus, my brother and I had that electric football game with the buzzing men, and the two teams were Dallas and Pittsburgh. He was a big Pitt fan, so I was always Dallas.

 

[Bay10]

A 70 yard slant from Aikman to Harper.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Mine was the Super Bowl against the Colts. Super Bowl 5. My Stepfather was a rabid Colts fan. I bet a dollar at halftime that the Cowboys would win. Lost the bet, but gained a team till this day will be mine till I die! This loss was my pinnacle moment for my team going forward. And Yours?

Emmitt with his broken collarbone against the giants, 1993. I live in NY so ......felt good

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Last game of the 1979 season...classic Staubach, best NFL game I've ever seen. I was already a huge fan, but that moment made me a die hard fan.

 

[Szczepanik]

Eh I started watching football during the Campo years. This year was good for me.

Roy Williams INT return in Philly was huge as well for me. Father gave up on that game and told me I was putting myself through torture and went into the other room. I had the TV on quite loud and he could hear me cheering. He doesn't give up on games since.

 

[Tabascocat]

Mine was SB XII over the Broncos. First SB I remember watching. Plus, my brother and I had that electric football game with the buzzing men, and the two teams were Dallas and Pittsburgh. He was a big Pitt fan, so I was always Dallas.

Same, this was the first game that I actually remember watching as a 7-year old. Ever since then, I was hooked!

 

[rpntex]

Ice Bowl - December 31, 1967.

I was (or at least thought I was) a Packer fan. They had drafted my idol - Donny Anderson from Texas Tech - in 1965 (#7 overall), and he was their starting HB, as well as their punter.

I remember watching the game with my dad, and not feeling the least bit anxious when Dallas took the lead on the first play of the 4th quarter (50-yard HB option pass - Dan Reeves to Lance Rentzel). Nor did I get excited as the Packers were mounting their final drive. I felt downright sad when Bart Starr sneaked across for the winning TD. It was at that moment that I realized that although I was a fan of Donny Anderson, my TEAM was the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[ottawacowpoke]

A 70 yard slant from Aikman to Harper.

This. My daughter bought me a DVD set of the 10 best Dallas Cowboys games for Christmas. I watch the 1992 NFC championship game more often than all of their SB Victories combined.

 

[Gameover]

Tony Dorsett in the 80's.

 

[PoundTheRock]

I'm 26, so Superbowl XXX is the only SB win I can remember vividly. I was aware of 27 and 28, but not invested. Even still I don't consider any of those.

As sad as it is when they beat the Eagles in the 2009 wildcard round. That's the first time I could legitimately appreciate the Cowboys winning a playoff game.

 

[Fmart322]

I go back before this but when Jimmy came to town. I knew it was destiny.
Troy/Michael then Emmitt.
My brother used to follow Emmitt in the USA today back when he played HS. He had crazy numbers. I knew the Cowboys would get him for some strange reason. Jimmy too. When all of that came together I just knew there was nothing that could stop us.......except us.
Before that, my first memory of my love of the Cowboys was a game vs the Vikings in the playoffs.
Also, the 1989 to 1990 seasons. We were so bad when Sept of 89 started then with 2 games left to play the Cowboys were sitting at 7-7 going to Philly. Down went Troy, down went our season. Yet the Cowboys still had a chance to make the playoffs at 7-9 but a last second field goal by the Saints vs the Rams on the last MNF of the season gave the Saints an 8-8 record and the last playoff spot. Watching them grow through those 89-95 years was the last time a team could do it that way. Free agency and the salery cap saw to that.

 

[windward]

Beating the Niners for me. My uncle is a diehard Niners fan and made sure to rub it in our faces all throughout the 80s and early 90s. It was so sweet to knock those guys off their perch.

 

[noshame]

Ice bowl for sure. But TD's 99 yarder on MNF was sweet, as was Rogers's 3 TD comeback.

 

[JDSmith]

1991, going into Washington and beating the 11 - 0 Commanders. That game had everything.

Cowboys were huge underdogs, people were saying the Skins had a legitimate chance to go undefeated. Irvin vs Green, nobody was throwing at Darrell Green but Troy and Michael went right at him and Irvin ate him up. Multiple 4th down attempts, including (I think) 4th and 9 at one point. A surprise onside kick, recovered and followed immediately with a TD bomb to Harper. Troy got hurt and Beuerlein came in to hold on for the win.

 

[Fredd]

can't remember the exact game/moment....I just know that I liked in Syracuse for my first 9 years so I was a Bills fan (OJ Simpson was big then)...then, we move to penna, I end up watching a game where Roger pulls one of his great comeback wins and I was hooked...

 

[Alexander]

Eh I started watching football during the Campo years.

You poor poor wretched soul. This made me weep.

 

[Alexander]

Beating the Niners for me.

Which time? Call me weird but the game in Candlestick was more exciting than satisfying. The following year in Texas Stadium felt so good to do it again.

 

[Jarv]

1974 Thanksgiving game...