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SuperBowlConcierge.com > Super Bowls > SB 30 Champion Dallas Cowboys |
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Pro Bowl quarterback Troy Aikman finished the regular season completing 280 out of
432 passes for 3,304 yards and 16 touchdowns, with only 7 interceptions. Pro
Bowl running back Emmitt Smith won his fourth league rushing crown in his career
with 1,773 yards, and broke a league single-season record with 25 rushing touchdowns.
Smith was also a reliable receiver out of the backfield, recording a career
high 62 receptions for 375 yards. Pro Bowl wide receiver Michael Irvin led
the team in receiving with 111 catches for 1,603 yards and 10 touchdowns. Pro
Bowl tight end Jay Novacek also had 62 receptions for 705 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Dallas' offensive line was led by Pro Bowlers Larry Allen, Ray Donaldson, Nate
Newton and Mark Tuinei. |
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SB 30 Champion Dallas Cowboys |
The Cowboys entered the 1995 regular season attempting to win 3 out of the last 4
Super Bowls. They had previously won Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII but their chance
of a "three-peat" (winning three consecutive championships) was thwarted when
they lost the NFC Championship Game to the San Francisco 49ers, the eventual
Super Bowl XXIX winners. This was the Cowboys’ 8th appearance in the Super Bowl,
the most of any franchise. After taking over the Cowboys in 1989, team owner/general manager Jerry Jones and head coach Jimmy Johnson rebuilt the team into a Super Bowl contender with young talent. Both had different ideas on the future personnel plans for the Cowboys and both wanted equal credit for the team's recent success. As a result, Johnson eventually left the team after their XXVIII win and was replaced by former University of Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer, who had one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history with a mark of .837. In 1995, the Cowboys finished with a 12-4 regular season record, the best in the NFC. |
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Dallas' major acquisition before the season was 4-time Pro Bowl cornerback Deion
Sanders. However, Sanders only played 9 regular season games for the Cowboys in
1995 due to injuries, and thus only recorded 24 tackles and 2 interceptions for
34 yards. However, defensive back Darren Woodson was named to the Pro Bowl with
89 tackles and 2 interceptions for 46 return yards and a touchdown. defensive
back Larry Brown led the team in interceptions with 6 for 124 return yards and
2 touchdowns. Pro Bowl defensive lineman Charles Haley led the team in sacks
with 10.5. Safety Brock Marion recorded 6 interceptions, returning them for 40
yards and a touchdown. |
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Cornerback Larry Brown's two interceptions led to 14 second-half points and helped
lift the Cowboys to their third Super Bowl victory in the last four seasons and
their record-tying fifth title overall. Brown's interceptions foiled the comeback
efforts of the Steelers, and earned him the Pete Rozelle Trophy as the game's
most valuable player. Dallas scored on each of its first three possessions, taking a 13-0 lead on Troy Aikman's 3-yard touchdown pass to Jay Novacek and a pair of field goals by Chris Boniol. Neil O'Donnell's 6-yard touchdown pass to Yancey Thigpen 13 seconds before halftime pulled Pittsburgh within 6 points, and the Steelers had the ball near midfield midway through the third quarter. But O'Donnell's third-down pass was intercepted by Brown at the Cowboys' 38-yard line, and his 44-yard return carried to Pittsburgh's 18. After Aikman's 17-yard completion to Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith ran one yard for the touchdown that put Dallas ahead again by 13 points. The Steelers rallied, though, behind Norm Johnson's 46-yard field goal, a successful surprise onside kick, and Byron (Bam) Morris's 1-yard touchdown run with 6:36 to play in the game. And when they forced a punt and took possession at their own 32-yard line trailing only 20-17 with 4:15 remaining, it appeared they might have a chance to break the NFC's recent domination in the Super Bowl. But on second down, Brown struck again, intercepting O'Donnell's pass at the 39 and returning it 33 yards to the six. Two plays later, Smith barreled over from four yards out for the clinching touchdown with 3:43 to go. Pittsburgh limited the Cowboys' powerful running game to only 56 yards and enjoyed a whopping 201-61 advantage in total yards in the second half, but could not overcome the three interceptions (another came on the game's final play) thrown by O'Donnell, the NFL's career leader for fewest interceptions per pass attempt. In all, O'Donnell completed 28 of 49 passes for 239 yards. Morris rushed for a game-high 73 yards on 19 carries. For Dallas, Aikman completed 15 of 23 pass attempts for 209 yards. The Cowboys' victory was the twelfth in a row for NFC teams over AFC teams in the Super Bowl. |
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Date January 28, 1996 Stadium Sun Devil Stadium City Tempe, Arizona MVP Larry Brown, Cornerback Favorite Cowboys by 13 1/2 National anthem Vanessa Williams Coin toss Joe Montana representing previous Super Bowl MVPs Referee Red Cashion Halftime show Diana Ross Attendance 76,347 TV in the United States Network NBC Announcers Dick Enberg, Phil Simms and Paul Maguire Nielsen Ratings 46.1 Market share 72 Cost of 30-second commercial US$1.085 million |
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Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2008 Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 1, 2009 Super Bowl XLIV, South Florida TBA, 2010 Super Bowl XLV, North Texas TBA, 2011 |
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