Yes, the greatest 2nd quarter since 2010, of all seasons. The Cowboys scored three TD's and even two FG's in the 2nd quarter of one of their games that year against the Eagles. They scored a then record 27 points which is now broken by two points last Sunday.
In fact, it is now the most points scored in any single quarter by the Cowboys.
Their best 1st quarter is a tie but I remember one of them. It was 1971 and I was 15.
The Cowboys scored 28 points in a game against the Jets on their way to a Super Bowl championship, Roger Staubach's first year as a starter.
The other story, one probably just as important as Staubach's emergence was the long awaited duel running threat of two RB's drafted in the 1st round in consecutive years and both winning Rookie if the Year honors. Tom Landry decided to convert Duane Thomas to fullback after Hill had returned from an injury. he had suffered the previous year. Walt Garrison, the former starting FB would rotate with either to give them rest if needed..
What resulted was one of the most dominant running games in the history of the NFL.
In this particular game, the Cowboys didn't slow down after the 1st quarter. They won 52-10. Calvin Hill scored 3 TD's. Duane only scored 2 TD's. Roger threw a grand total of 15 passes. Yeah, it went down like that. The following week they beat the Giants 42-14.
During the record 1st quarter, the scoring started with the opening kick return....for the second game in a row. Ike Thomas returned the opening kickoff for a TD two games in a row.
Then Calvin Hill caught back to back 27 yard passes for TD's. That was followed by a Duane Thomas three yard run..
The greatest 3rd quarter was the 24 points scored by the 1992 Cowboys in their last regular season against the Bears. This was Jimmy's first championship team. The first half ended with the Cowboys leading 3-0. This 3rd quarter was all big plays, a 31 yard run by Emmitt, a 26 yard fumble return by bowling ball Russel Maryland, and a Curvin Richards 3 yard run with a field goal added on by Lin Elliott. The Cowboys coasted to a 27-14 victory before moving on to winning Super Bowl 27.
The greatest 4th quarter came in 2006 against the Panthers and it was Tony Romo first start and Parcells was being judicious with the play selection. The Cowboys went into the 4th quarter trailing 14-10. They had been down after the 1st quarter 14-0.
First, a field goal by Vanderjagt. Sam Hurd forced and recovered the fumbled kick return and it took one play for Julius Jones to reach the endzone. The Cowboys scored 10 points in seven seconds. The Panthers then created back to back turnovers deep in their own territory with only a few minutes left leading to back to back Barber TD's for teh 24 points.
