What 2 plays in Cowboys history do you wish could be replayed, redone, reversed...

[coach316]

1. The Catch - I wanna smash a tv every time I see that @&#&#37@#&)_@ play over and over again. I keep hoping that Walls at the last minute will knock it away....but alas, it never happens. lol

2. Any of the BS plays that cost us the SuperBowls against Pittsburgh in the 70's. Which includes Jackie Harris' drop, Swanns lucky catch, the ref blocking Charlie Waters or Cliff Harris from making the tackle, and the multitude of horrible calls by the officials. Pick one, any one...I don't care.

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

#1- That "DAMN" Catch
#2- The non-P/I call against Deion (on Mike) in the 94 Champ game! We get that call and score and I wholeheartedly believe we win that game and pretty much ensure our 3 (or 4)-peat!

 

[bbgun]

We should be picking plays that almost certainly would have won us a game or a championship, so why are so many fans picking the Jackie Smith drop? Even if he catches it, it's only 21-21 in the 3rd quarter. Pittsburgh still could have pulled away. And why waste time on a mere divisional game as with Crayton's drop? In Dallas playoff lore, there are much bigger fish to fry.

 

[dffl11]

For me

1. The catch

2. Crayton dropping a sure TD vs the Giants in the playoffs.

 

[NorthTexan95]

So many to choose from ...

1. Ice Bowl non call on Kramer. The Cowboys win the first Super Bowl and the trophy is named the "Landry" trophy.

2. White's fumble after "the catch". Cowboys of the 80's get their deserves.

3. Non-PI call in '94. Cowboys win three straight.

 

[Longboysfan]

1. Bart Starr's lunge in the Ice Bowl. Jerry Kramer false started.

2. Dave Manders would be correctly credited with recovering a fumble in Super Bowl V. The refs said Baltimore recovered it. They didn't.

These were my top two also....

 

[FanSince61]

So many to choose from ...

1. Ice Bowl non call on Kramer. The Cowboys win the first Super Bowl and the trophy is named the "Landry" trophy.

That was the 2nd super bowl, the 1st was after the 1966 season which Green Bay beat us for the NFL Championship in the Cotton Bowl 34-27.

Green Bay won the 1st two super bowls.

 

[DallasKnight]

Irvin/Deion Non PI call, and I think we go on to win that game after that...

Pearson's horsecollar in '81. Oh the possibilities.

I absolutely HATE the 40whiners, but it is only equalled by my disdain for the Squeelers and Fecals and foreskinz...

Best of the rest... Lynn Swann missing that circus catch and we win that Superbowl and become the team of the '70's instead of the Squeelers.

'The Catch' *spit* 'nough said.

Any of the Turn overs in the 1st 5 minutes of the playoff game against the 40Whiners.

Romo's Bobble. We beat the Seahags, go on and beat the Fecals, and go to the Superbowl. At which point I'm ectatic either way... but we had a good chance to win that one.

Jackie please catch that football. How can you miss that? That's what you are paid to do. catch footballs...

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

So many to choose from ...

1. Ice Bowl non call on Kramer. The Cowboys win the first Super Bowl and the trophy is named the "Landry" trophy.

2. White's fumble after "the catch". Cowboys of the 80's get their deserves.

3. Non-PI call in '94. Cowboys win three straight.

#2... how about the fingers tackle that probably kept us from scoring TD AFTER "the catch"... BEFORE White's fumble :bang2:

 

[bbgun]

#2... how about the fingers tackle that probably kept us from scoring TD AFTER "the catch"... BEFORE White's fumble

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"Memories, like the corners of my mind ..."

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

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"Memories, like the corners of my mind ..."

So I ask.... was he a "lock" to score that TD??? (I see #22 there)

 

[bbgun]

So I ask.... was he a "lock" to score that TD??? (I see #22 there)

Maybe not, but by the time #22 caught up with him due to the bad angle, we'd have been in FG range. The announcers, who saw the whole field, said that Drew would have scored a TD.

 

[lurkercowboy]

So I ask.... was he a "lock" to score that TD??? (I see #22 there)

I remember thinking so at the time, but now that I see the replay it looks as though he may have been tackled anyway. Drew didn't have breakaway speed after all.

 

[Alexander]

To me, no play comes close to the Benny Barnes interference call in Super Bowl XIII.

That was far more blatant than the Deion Sanders no call. Barnes fell down and Swann tripped over his legs for heaven's sake. We still might have lost, but if you are looking for justice, that's play number one to start with in our history. We were completely cheated by that call.

In a game full of bad luck (the Smith drop, the Randy White fumble of Gerela's squib, Waters getting shielded out of the play by the umpire), that was true injustice. It might not have changed the outcome, but it was just a loathsome call.

 

[Hostile]

To me, no play comes close to the Benny Barnes interference call in Super Bowl XIII.

That was far more blatant than the Deion Sanders no call. Barnes fell down and Swann tripped over his legs for heaven's sake. We still might have lost, but if you are looking for justice, that's play number one to start with in our history. We were completely cheated by that call.

In a game full of bad luck (the Smith drop, the Randy White fumble of Gerela's squib, Waters getting shielded out of the play by the umpire), that was true injustice. It might not have changed the outcome, but it was just a loathsome call.

I almost chose that play too. To this day it sickens me to see the replays and see that flag.

 

[lkelly]

Definitely the 99 yard TD run by Dorsett. I would change it to make sure we have 11 players on offense instead of only 10. Just think how far Dorsett could have run with another blocker...

My other choice would be the second 4th and 1 try against Philly where Emmitt was stuffed (I was at that game sitting in the 700 level). If I could do it all over again, I'd have an accidental whistle stop the second play and give us a third time to run Emmitt into the back of the line. You'd think Switzer's fantastic decision making deserves at least 3 chances at the game changing play. One do over just isn't fair.

An alternate choice would be any play in the late-1990s where Larry Lacewell was standing down by the sideline. I'd change it so that Larry Allen accidentally veers out of bounds on a pulling run play and uses his superhero strength to nearly dismember Lacewell after mistaking him for an opposing CB. Lacewell does survive, but is rendered (even more) brain dead and thus has to give up his scouting duties.

 

[CoCo]

All of these are great.

Couple more.

1. Irvin's catch (and career-ending injury) vs Philly in 99. I wish he would've dropped it....or gone down differently. I hated to see him carted off like that.We were 3-0 going into that game...we looked pretty good. I'm not saying we would've won the SB that year.....but I think Aikman's career would've lasted a bit longer. And, we wouldn't have been forced into the Galloway deal.

2. The non-PI call in the 94 Championship game coupled with one of the early turnovers.

I could be wrong, but I think that incident only revealed the previously undiscovered condition Mike had his whole life. It didn't cause it.

I believe Mike could have chosen to play on and his risk would've been no greater than what he played with his entire career. He'd been playing in danger his whole life without knowing it.

 

[Joe Realist]

We should be picking plays that almost certainly would have won us a game or a championship, so why are so many fans picking the Jackie Smith drop? Even if he catches it, it's only 21-21 in the 3rd quarter. Pittsburgh still could have pulled away. And why waste time on a mere divisional game as with Crayton's drop? In Dallas playoff lore, there are much bigger fish to fry.

Its a thread. You can put anything you like.

I'll add another - That Stinking Commanders game that Suisham kicked the winning FG after the 15 yeard penalty on the blocked kick. Crazyyyyyyy

 

[coach316]

Definitely the 99 yard TD run by Dorsett. I would change it to make sure we have 11 players on offense instead of only 10. Just think how far Dorsett could have run with another blocker...

Had the rest of your post not been sarcastic, I would have questioned just how far past the end zone you would have wanted TD to run? lol

 

[cowboys2233]

All of these are great.

Couple more.

2. The non-PI call in the 94 Championship game coupled with one of the early turnovers.

That one hurts to this day -- that ref should've been thrown out of the league. How obvious can PI be?!?!?!

Typical 49ers -- have to cheat to win.