On This Day In Cowboys History - Tony Dorsett 99 Yard Touchdown Run

[big dog cowboy]

Hawkeye houses it!!! I'll NEVER forget that play. Also won't forget the Cowboys only had 10 players on the field.

 

[Praxit]

..smoothest strut of all RB's. Tony ran like he was gliding.

 

[dupree89]

back when MNF was a real big event

 

[cowboyec]

one of the single greatest runners of my lifetime.
and i don't care what some NFL panel of experts says...he was...is...and always will be one of the 100 greatest players this league has ever seen.
tony dorsett happened.
and i will not pretend he didn't.
TONY 33 DORSETT

 

[noshame]

I remember it well, in a bar in the city of Orange, California, for Monday night football , free food and a dollar drinks.
my Black Russian and chicken strip went flying up in the air.
Ahhhh the good ol days.

 

[Thomas82]

Judging from the stories from other Cowboys fans, media, and TD's teammates, this sounds like it was an amazing to witness or experience. I wish I could have been old enough share in that experience myself. I was only 3 years old at that time.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I watched this game, and my Dad left the room for a moment and missed it. He heard me yelling, and ran back. I tried to describe what I just saw through my excitement. He then watched the replay. It's still one of the single biggest plays in Cowboys history. What others compete? The Hail Mary for sure, The Slant too as it started the 90s dynasty and ended the 49ers 80s dynasty. Maybe the Aikman to Rocket bomb against Washington.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I remember it well, in a bar in the city of Orange, California, for Monday night football , free food and a dollar drinks.
my Black Russian and chicken strip went flying up in the air.
Ahhhh the good ol days.

 

[Coogiguy03]

You guys are old old!!!!

 

[maryquality]

You guys are old old!!!!

Hey hey now young whipper snapper!! I remember that play too as I watched it live on TV. Many of us could have been small children then.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Hey hey now young whipper snapper!! I remember that play too as I watched it live on TV. Many of us could have been small children then.

you're only 25 and you know it!!! Lol a young Coog was born in 1983!!!!!!!

 

[RodeoJake]

Still the most electrifying play I've ever seen live. It left me in awe.

 

[RodeoJake]

you're only 25 and you know it!!! Lol a young Coog was born in 1983!!!!!!!

Are you sure you weren't formed in a cabbage patch?

 

[Coogiguy03]

Are you sure you weren't formed in a cabbage patch?

That's not funny

 

[The Quest for Six]

You guys are old old!!!!

I resemble that remark...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Are you sure you weren't formed in a cabbage patch?

 

[FVSTONE]

Hawkeye houses it!!! I'll NEVER forget that play. Also won't forget the Cowboys only had 10 players on the field.

Thanks for the memories! I was watching that game I believe Dandy Don and the boys in the booth were discussing how the Cowboys were kind of going through the motions that night and Dandy Don said something like, " Well all we need is for Tony to break one for 99 yds and we'll have ourselves a game". It was shortly after that is when Tony D was off to the races for 99yd TD! Unfortunately, the Boys lost the game 31 - 27........................

 

[Cowboys5217]

You guys are old old!!!!

 

[fivetwos]

Wasn’t allowed to stay up to finish that game. Had school the next day, so I was in bed with my Sony Walkman listening on the sly.

That game was a reschedule from earlier in the season due to the strike.

I had the Strat O Matic game from 1982 and Tony had a +99 on his card. That was cool to look at…if anyone at all knows what I mean lol.

Without looking it up I’m pretty sure we were the only team to beat Washington that year, but of course lost when it counted most in the NFCCG.

 

[jazzcat22]

I remember watching that.

So 2 of the greatest plays in NFL history were the Cowboys at Vikings.

TD's 99 yard TD run, and the original Hail Mary pass.