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Meanwhile, Jones and Johnson immediately started to shuffle the team's depth chart
to find players talented enough to build a winning team. Linebacker Ken Norton
Jr., one of the few holdovers from Landry's last losing seasons, would later
claim that he would often go into a player huddle and meet new teammates for the
first time. Then, Jones and Johnson made a move midway through the 1989 season that shocked many in the league: they traded their only Pro Bowl player, running back Herschel Walker, to the Minnesota Vikings for five veteran players and eight draft choices. Although the Cowboys finished the 1989 season with a 1-15 record, their worst record since the team's inception, the foundations for the Cowboys' return to glory had been set. |
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SB 27 Champion Dallas Cowboys |
Super Bowl XXVII saw the resurrection of the Cowboys. Between 1966 and 1985, the
team made the playoffs 18 out of 20 seasons under coach Tom Landry, including 5
Super Bowl appearances and 2 Super Bowl wins. But in the late 1980s, the team
suffered several losing seasons, including a 3-13 regular season record in 1988.
Then Jerry Jones bought the team on February 25, 1989, and promptly fired Landry,
the only head coach Dallas ever had. Jones replaced Landry with University
of Miami head coach, Jimmy Johnson. With Johnson as head coach and Jones as his own general manager, people in the league thought they could take advantage of them. Both did not have any NFL experience. Instead of hiring coaching assistants with experience in the league, they hired ones that worked with Johnson in Miami. And Jones fired the two men that brought previous success to Dallas: its founding president Tex Schramm and its famed personnel man Gil Brandt. The Cowboys' 3-13 record in 1988 did have a silver lining, it was the worst in the league and thus gave the Cowboys the first pick in the 1989 NFL Draft. Jones and Johnson picked UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, who would eventually go on to be selected to the Pro Bowl 6 times in his NFL career. |
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Although Dallas had the league's worst record, they traded away the first pick in
the 1990 draft so they could get backup quarterback Steve Walsh in the supplemental
draft. Then with the 17th pick, they drafted running back Emmitt Smith, and
the trifecta of Aikman, Smith, and wide receiver Michael Irvin (who was drafted
by Landry in 1988) was now set. Dallas also signed veteran tight end Jay Novacek,
who went on to make the pro bowl in five of his six years with the Cowboys. |
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Troy Aikman passed for four touchdowns, Emmitt Smith rushed for 108 yards, and the
Cowboys converted nine turnovers into 35 points while coasting to the victory. Dallas's win was its third in its record sixth Super Bowl appearance; the Bills became the first team to drop three in succession. Buffalo led 7-0 until the first two of its record number of turnovers helped the Cowboys take the lead for good late in the opening quarter. First, Dallas safety James Washington intercepted Jim Kelly's pass and returned it 13 yards to the Bills' 47, setting up Aikman's 23-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jay Novacek with 1:36 remaining in the period. On the next play from scrimmage, Kelly was sacked by Charles Haley and fumbled at the Bills' 2-yard line where the Cowboys' Jimmie Jones picked up the loose ball and ran two yards for a touchdown. Dallas, which recovered five fumbles and intercepted four passes, struck just as quickly late in the first half, when Aikman tossed 19- and 18-yard touchdown passes to Michael Irvin 18 seconds apart to give the Cowboys a 28-10 lead at intermission. The second score was set up when Bills running back Thurman Thomas lost a fumble at his 19-yard line. Buffalo scored for the last time when backup quarterback Frank Reich, playing because Kelly was injured while attempting to pass midway through the second quarter, threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Don Beebe on the final play of the third period to trim the deficit to 31-17. But Dallas put the game out of reach by scoring three times in a span of 2:33 of the fourth quarter. Aikman, the game's most valuable player, completed 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards. The victory was the ninth in succession for the NFC over the AFC. |
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Date January 31, 1993 Stadium Rose Bowl Stadium City Pasadena, California MVP Troy Aikman, Quarterback Favorite Cowboys by 7 National anthem Garth Brooks Coin toss O.J. Simpson Referee Dick Hantak Halftime show Michael Jackson Attendance 98,374 TV in the United States Network NBC Announcers Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy Nielsen Ratings 45.1 Market share 66 Cost of 30-second commercial US$850,000 |
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Johnson also started to rebuild the team by drafting players who were fast, quick,
and athletic. The defense was designed to become aggressive, while the offense
was made to be a conservative one that did not make mistakes. The Cowboys finished
7-9, but Smith won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award and Jimmy Johnson was
selected as NFL Coach of the Year. By 1991 season, the Cowboys finished with an
11-5 record and made the playoffs for the first time in six years. In 1992, the Cowboys finished with a 13-3 regular season record, the second best in the league. Although not a single one of their defensive players made the Pro Bowl, Dallas was ranked as the number one defense in the league (allowing only 4,278 yards) and ranked as the number one defense against the run (allowing only 1,244). The defensive line was anchored by Jim Jeffcoat (10.5 sacks) and Tony Tolbert (8.5 sacks), along with Charles Haley, who had led the NFC in sacks in 1990. While Norton anchored the linebacking core, the team's solid secondary was led by defensive backs Kenneth Gant and James Washington, who both recorded 3 interceptions each. Aikman finished the regular season completing 302 out of 473 passes for 3,445 yards and 23 touchdowns. Smith rushed for 1,713 yards and scored 18 rushing touchdowns, while also catching 59 passes for 335 yards and another touchdown. Irvin caught 78 passes for 1,396 yards and 7 touchdowns. Other contributors on the offense included wide receiver Alvin Harper (35 receptions for 562 yards and 4 touchdowns) and Novacek (68 receptions for 630 yards and 6 touchdowns). Dallas' offensive line was led by Pro Bowlers Nate Newton and Mark Stepnoski. |