The Plays That Changed Cowboys History

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Carl Banks sacking Danny White and breaking his wrist in 1986. Season started 6-2, finished 1-7. Danny White had become a great passer, but he was never the same again.

I think you could go back a little further on Danny White to the "No Danny NO!" game. They did go to the playoffs with White eventually, but that game was when he really fell out of favor with Landry, getting benched for Hogenboom, later breaking his wrist and being replaced by Pelluer. Those should have been White's prime years but that game was kind of the beginning of the end.

 

[Flamma]

Speaking of plays that changed Cowboys history, a play that happened on the same drive as the Hail Mary. At the 1:33 mark was a 4th and 17. If the Cowboys don't convert, game over. No Hail Mary. No Cowboys in SB 10. Viking more than likely go on to stomp the Rams and it's a repeat of SB 9.

Check out what the security guard does to Pearson while he's on the ground.

 

[Flamma]

I think you could go back a little further on Danny White to the "No Danny NO!" game. They did go to the playoffs with White eventually, but that game was when he really fell out of favor with Landry, getting benched for Hogenboom, later breaking his wrist and being replaced by Pelluer. Those should have been White's prime years but that game was kind of the beginning of the end.

Was that the '83 regular season fun bunch game against Washington when we got embarrassed? That season puzzled me. Dallas starts off 12-2, has a bad loss against the Commanders and doesn't show up at all the following Monday night against the 49ers. Then goes on to lose to the 9-7 Rams in the playoffs.

The previous year is when White got injured in the Championship game against the Commanders hurting his shoulder and Hogeboom came in. He passed for a couple of TDs and got picked twice to seal it for the Commanders.

 

[buybuydandavis]

I think you could go back a little further on Danny White to the "No Danny NO!" game. They did go to the playoffs with White eventually, but that game was when he really fell out of favor with Landry, getting benched for Hogenboom, later breaking his wrist and being replaced by Pelluer. Those should have been White's prime years but that game was kind of the beginning of the end.

Wade had his "You can't do that" moment with Tony against Philadelphia. The game was out of hand at that point. I don't blame Tony.

Was Danny White wrong? If your punter is your QB, you should probably be taking advantage of that. 1 yard.

Unlike Wade, Landry held it against his QB.

 

[joseephuss]

Wade had his "You can't do that" moment with Tony against Philadelphia. The game was out of hand at that point. I don't blame Tony.

Was Danny White wrong? If your punter is your QB, you should probably be taking advantage of that. 1 yard.

Unlike Wade, Landry held it against his QB.

Yes, Danny White was wrong in that instance. The plan was to try and draw the Commanders offsides and if they couldn't, just call a time out and punt. Instead White audibles to a run to Ron Springs resulting in a 2 yard loss.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Landry held it against his QB

Yeah, that was the main point of my post. Coach Landry basically lost all confidence in White and things were never the same afterwards. DW was still there for years afterwards but the team was never really the same and it was the beginning of the end of the Landry era.