It's Commanders Week... Part V

[DallasEast]

I own a grainy VHS copy. Better than nothing.

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Roger "Captain Comeback" Staubach. There was only one like him and there never will be another one like him. Thanks bbgun.

 

[5Stars]

Roger "Captain Comeback" Staubach. There was only one like him and there never will be another one like him. Thanks bbgun.

But...I thought CrazyCowboy said Romo is the greatest of all time?

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[DallasEast]

But...I thought CrazyCowboy said Romo is the greatest of all time?

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Well, he is CRAZY after all, right?

Just kidding, CC.

 

[5Stars]

Well, he is CRAZY after all, right?

Just kidding, CC.

Thanks for posting.

 

[DallasEast]

Thanks for posting.

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[bbgun]

Thanks for posting.

CC as a mod:

"You have received an infraction. Thanks for the offensive post."

 

[5Stars]

CC as a mod:

"You have received an infraction. Thanks for the offensive post."

Nice read.

 

[Big Country]

It is mine. I watched it again last night to prepare for this thread. I still have the exact same emotions even though I know the outcome well.

WOW, just WOW!!! super storyline...

My first memorable game watching the Cowboys was SB12... but as far as regular season games that game there was probably my most memorable one to date... beating the Commanders like that was awesome... That is one reason that as far as D-linemen go, Larry Cole will always be one of my favorites

I was 10 years old and watching that game on my little black and white 13" TV with hotter than hades vacuum tubes... Sometimes the TV would get hot and it would fuzz (snow) over... I remember right after when Riggins scored his long run, that little TV snowed over right as I saw the Commanders swarming Riggins. I started crying my eyes out and I was MAD as hell... I had to turn the TV off to alleviate the snow and I let it cool off. I said to myself that it was over and I wouldn't turn it back on at all for any more football for the rest of that season. I felt devastated. I paced my room and tried to do something else in my sorrow, I can't remember what, but I always remember my dad saying "as long as Roger has the ball, Dallas always has a chance"...

Well I took that to heart, wiped my tears, changed my mind about finishing watching that game, and turned the TV back on... I had missed Dallas first score in the comeback and my heart dropped as I saw the scoreboard. I was anxiously ecstatic. The defense was lining up on that third and short and Larry Cole did his magic by dropping Riggins... Dallas won with the pass from Roger to Tony and the rest is history... Unfreaking-real!!!

I was hopelessly hooked and have been ever since.

Go Cowboys!!!!

 

[Hostile]

WOW, just WOW!!! super storyline...

My first memorable game watching the Cowboys was SB12... but as far as regular season games that game there was probably my most memorable one to date... beating the Commanders like that was awesome... That is one reason that as far as D-linemen go, Larry Cole will always be one of my favorites

I was 10 years old and watching that game on my little black and white 13" TV with hotter than hades vacuum tubes... Sometimes the TV would get hot and it would fuzz (snow) over... I remember right after when Riggins scored his long run, that little TV snowed over right as I saw the Commanders swarming Riggins. I started crying my eyes out and I was MAD as hell... I had to turn the TV off to alleviate the snow and I let it cool off. I said to myself that it was over and I wouldn't turn it back on at all for any more football for the rest of that season. I felt devastated. I paced my room and tried to do something else in my sorrow, I can't remember what, but I always remember my dad saying "as long as Roger has the ball, Dallas always has a chance"...

Well I took that to heart, wiped my tears, changed my mind about finishing watching that game, and turned the TV back on... I had missed Dallas first score in the comeback and my heart dropped as I saw the scoreboard. I was anxiously ecstatic. The defense was lining up on that third and short and Larry Cole did his magic by dropping Riggins... Dallas won with the pass from Roger to Tony and the rest is history... Unfreaking-real!!!

I was hopelessly hooked and have been ever since.

Go Cowboys!!!!

That was a cool addition to the story.

 

[lurkercowboy]

That was an incredible game. I remember it as though it were yesterday. Thanks Hostile.

 

[jobberone]

I was at some friends home and they were Skins fans. I had to suffer for much of the game. I still remember jumping up and pumping my fist and yelling out when Roger hit Hill. He was sooo wide open. Pissed them off but I got the last laugh. I didn't taunt them but just my smiling face said it all. How bout dem Cowboys!

 

[DallasCowpoke]

The date was December 16, 1979. It was a cold day in Dallas, Texas. So cold in fact that many of the fans in the stands had blankets as well as their heavy coats, gloves, and woolen caps.

Why did I know this was gonna be your Fri addition Hos? I'd of bet $$$-2-doughnuts on it.

Nice writing, and same goes for the rest of your submission's this week.

Here's my take on this game, written a few years back. Hope you don't mind me sharing in your thread.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let me set the scene for you here…

It's one of those rare N. Texas winter days, when it's not only bitterly cold but wet and with a brutal wind whipping out of the North.

I'm 19 and wake up knowing I have tickets to the final home game of the 79 season.

The phone rousts me out of bed around noon and I tell my friend Jeff Clayton "Dude, it's too freakin' cold to go to a basically meaningless football game today, let's watch it on TV". Jeff replies with "Dude… Captain America's last home game and your gonna miss it!?!?!" (yea, yea... shut-up. it was the 70's. we said "dude" a lot!)

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I could never repay Jeff enough for that one prophetic sentence, for this was the greatest, most emotional football game I've ever witnessed.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Midway through the 4th period, when the sun went down and Washington went up for the second time by 13, hoards of unfaithful Cowboy fans went scurrying for the warmth of their cars.

Jeff and I turned to each other and laughed because we knew, that's Captain Comeback in that backfield… you don't give up!!!

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Later, at a local Mexican food restaurant, Jeff and I toasted the greatness of the Dallas Cowboys as we warmed our frozen tootsies with a few libations.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] At the table next to us we overheard the two couples lamenting the fact they had left the game early, and wanting to get home to catch the highlights and see "what happened".

I leaned over to their table and loudly proclaimed…
"So y'all are some of the doubters who left early huh?? Let that be a lesson to you… when Captain America's at the helm… you don't give up… you never give up!!!"

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The great Harvey Martin tells a funny sidebar to this victory. [/FONT]​

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Dallas had already clinched a playoff birth, but the Commanders needed this game too receive a wild-card spot.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Commanders had talked a lot of smack in the papers about shutting down the Cowboys, blah, blah, yada, yada.

A funeral wreath had been to delivered to the Cowboys' team hotel where they stayed the night before each home game with RIP blazed across it on a red sash. This didn't set too well with Harvey and he carried it to the stadium with him. [/FONT]​

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After the crushing victory, Martin, still dressed in his uniform, carried the offending object to the door of the Washington locker room.

With timing that could not have been more perfect, Martin swung open the door and flung the wreath inside yelling "Who's dead now Mother *******" at exactly the moment the Skins were pausing for their post-game prayer.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Martin say's he got a short but direct reprimand from Landry the following week at practice. I say, it was worth it! [/FONT]​

I talk to Jeff, who moved to Fla in 85, no more than twice a year, generally at Christmas and every Dec 16.

Whoever initiates that Dec 16th call, simply starts the conversation with "THRILL HILL...THRILL HILL...THRILL HILL!!!" That feeling of sheer, unadulterated joy rushes up my spine, as I relive that moment-in-time, hugging everyone in striking distance and jumping up and down, chanting that phrase in unison.

It puts a lump in my throat every time I see video from or hear someone reference that game and I'm confident that will never change.

FWIW, Roger also refers to that game as his "favorite".

GOD, I love the Cowboys!!! :a-team:

 

[Hostile]

Why did I know this was gonna be your Fri addition Hos? I'd of bet $$$-2-doughnuts on it.

Nice writing, and same goes for the rest of your submission's this week.

Here's my take on this game, written a few years back. Hope you don't mind me sharing in your thread.

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I talk to Jeff, who moved to Fla in 85, no more than twice a year, generally at Christmas and every Dec 16.

Whoever initiates that Dec 16th call, simply starts the conversation with "THRILL HILL...THRILL HILL...THRILL HILL!!!" That feeling of sheer, unadulterated joy rushes up my spine, as I relive that moment-in-time, hugging everyone in striking distance and jumping up and down, chanting that phrase in unison.

It puts a lump in my throat every time I see video from or hear someone reference that game and I'm confident that will never change.

FWIW, Roger also refers to that game as his "favorite".

GOD, I love the Cowboys!!! :a-team:

Why in the world would I mind?

Thank you.

Glad you liked the series. One more tomorrow morning.

 

[Burgundy&Gold]

My first memory as a Commanders fan. I remember Riggins running 60 some yards for the touchdown and throwing the ball in the air to put us up by two scores. Of course, Roger took care of that.

I remember at the end of the game Theismann desperately calling for a timeout to attempt a game winning field goal. I was only 8 years old and in tears. I just learned recently that the field goal would have been 58 yards, had no idea it was that long.

Still, very painful. A win would have given us not only a playoff birth but home field throughout. Instead, we don't even MAKE the playoffs because the Bears (I think) outscored some team by more than 30 points or something crazy.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

My first memory as a Commanders fan. I remember Riggins running 60 some yards for the touchdown and throwing the ball in the air to put us up by two scores. Of course, Roger took care of that.

I remember at the end of the game Theismann desperately calling for a timeout to attempt a game winning field goal. I was only 8 years old and in tears. I just learned recently that the field goal would have been 58 yards, had no idea it was that long.

Still, very painful. A win would have given us not only a playoff birth but home field throughout. Instead, we don't even MAKE the playoffs because the Bears (I think) outscored some team by more than 30 points or something crazy.

Nice post B&G, and good insight from the "alternate" point of view.

That had to be crushing. I know I'd of been, if circumstances had been different.

Enjoy the game Sun, and here's to our 2 team's, who no matter our rivalry or records, are arguably the class of the conference and the benchmark of NFL.

 

[lurkercowboy]

No one says the 1979 game meant nothing because the Cowboys lost in the playoffs that year. Rather, it is one of the cherished memories of all-time. We need to remember that during this regular season and all the other seasons and not look ahead or wish the playoffs would hurry up and get here. Let's enjoy the regular season. Who knows what special things might happen?

 

[DaBoys4Life]

A win by the Cowboys would mean that they had the most wins in the NFL for the decade of the 70's with 105 wins. The win would put them one win ahead of the Miami Dolphins for the decade. An amazing feat for a team that only has 6 Hall of Famers for that entire decade. 5 Super Bowl appearances and 105 wins just aren't what they are cracked up to be.

I think its bull**** how the cowboys aren't reflected in the HoF we need to get the HoF committee and :chainsaw: talk sense into them

 

[Hostile]

No one says the 1979 game meant nothing because the Cowboys lost in the playoffs that year. Rather, it is one of the cherished memories of all-time. We need to remember that during this regular season and all the other seasons and not look ahead or wish the playoffs would hurry up and get here. Let's enjoy the regular season. Who knows what special things might happen?

That is one of the things that bothers me about the singular focus on the Post Season. I enjoy the season when things are going so well. Do I want to win in the post season? As much as anyone else, but I can't control that and neither can they. To be so bitter would just drive me nuts.

 

[jaybird]

LOL! AWESOME! That is probably my favorite story, thus far. Captain Comeback winning in a come from behind fashion, in the last regular season game he'd ever play, is pretty darn cool. I was about 3 months old at the time this game was played.

Iwas watching the game with my future faher in law (a huge Commander fan)when the game concluded he threw down the money he owed me on the coffe table and went to his room and slamed the door. Yes, I'm still married to his daughter. To this day the greastest game I've ever seen.