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

[Hardline]

Right before the ball was snapped I was wondering why Ron Springs was running off the feild.

 

[cowboyec]

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.

the two pillars among great plays in cowboys history:
☆the hail mary.
☆tony dorsett goes 99.

both against minnesota.

 

[pitt33]

Tony Dorsett ran for a long standing 6045 yards at Pitt.

Retired from the NFL as the 2nd all-time leading rusher behind Walter Payton.

For all his greatness I can’t help but think that he was under appreciated.

Man he was good.

 

[Thomas82]

Tony Dorsett ran for a long standing 6045 yards at Pitt.

Retired from the NFL as the 2nd all-time leading rusher behind Walter Payton.

For all his greatness I can’t help but think that he was under appreciated.

Man he was good.

It also didn't help that he had to share carries with other backs for his whole career, unlike his contemporaries.

 

[big dog cowboy]

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.

The greatest trade was between those teams also.

 

[atlantacowboy]

One of my best cowboy childhood memories. Staying up late and being rewarded with a piece of history.

 

[pitt33]

It also didn't help that he had to share carries with other backs for his whole career, unlike his contemporaries.

If my memory serves me well he only averaged about 17 carries a game. Many of his games his stat line would be like 18 - 103 yds. Teams would hold him and then he’d peel off a 50 yard run.

 

[Thomas82]

If my memory serves me well he only averaged about 17 carries a game. Many of his games his stat line would be like 18 - 103 yds. Teams would hold him and then he’d peel off a 50 yard run.

Yeah, he only carried the ball 300+ times in a season 3 times....in 1981, 1984, and 1985.

 

[WTtoolman]

I would have only been two years old, but the overwelming odds are that I was in my dad's arms while he was running right along with Tony!!

 

[NorthoftheRedRiver]

I remember it like it was yesterday.

 

[cowboyec]

Tony Dorsett ran for a long standing 6045 yards at Pitt.

Retired from the NFL as the 2nd all-time leading rusher behind Walter Payton.

For all his greatness I can’t help but think that he was under appreciated.

Man he was good.

i can't believe i lived long enough to see tony dorsett become under-rated.
one of the best of his era.
a game changer.
coach landry called him the best natural runner he'd ever seen.
the man who retired as the greatest cowboy back to lace'm up...and was the #2 all-time leading rusher in NFL history.
and i'm asked by a panel of NFL network "historians" to pretend it never happened.
criminal.

 

[mrmojo]

Dand Don with his "99 and a half...."

Great moment in Cowboys history too bad it was a loss. Tony was so smooth and explosive, prettiest runner I ever saw, never got the credit he deserved in that era. Landry did limit his carries but it did result in a long career for him.

 

[Flamma]

At the very beginning of the video you can see Ron Springs running off. Keep your eyes on Danny White. He's staring at Springs running off. He then looks to the right. Looks left, and then behind him. I think he knew they were down a man.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I remember that game. So so long ago. Loved TD. Back when the Cowboys were respected.

 

[Doomsday77]

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.

Played Strat O football, baseball and basketball. Many seasons of baseball. You should have seen Pete Maravich's card in basketball. Didn't miss. My best friend and I would sit at the dining room table and play a 3 game series of baseball. Crazy.

 

[Doomsday77]

I remember this well like everyone else. School night with an ancient radio on an AM station. The announcers were Jack Buck and Hank Stram. Buck was "low and slow" with the call. Low voice and slow in description if that makes sense. When Tony got to the 20 on the other side of the field Buck says something like, "...and he is being pushed out at the 20" and then the next thing he says is "it's a Touchdown"! Never forget it.

 

[links18]

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.

"I was only fwee years awld."--Elmer Fudd.

 

[fivetwos]

Played Strat O football, baseball and basketball. Many seasons of baseball. You should have seen Pete Maravich's card in basketball. Didn't miss. My best friend and I would sit at the dining room table and play a 3 game series of baseball. Crazy.

I loved that stuff as a teen. The problem with it was the lack of human element, and people that age not wanting to play realistically. So I played with myself quite a bit at that age. Have fun with that one lol.

A pitcher gets tired in real life. A piece of cardboard doesn’t. Why ever remove the ace?

I’m not into basketball at all, so can’t comment on Maravich but I do know the name. The most impressive card I ever saw in either MLB/NFL was Rich Gossage from 1981. Nearly every roll was a K. Ah, to be young…in a much better time.

 

[sbark]

Was at that game...
Crowd there was stunned lol