NFL: Dallas Cowboys 10 Greatest Games

Even though the Dallas Cowboys have not made a Super Bowl appearance so far this century, "America's Team" still has one of the most illustrious histories in the NFL during the Super Bowl era. This DVD set contains edited versions of the original network telecasts of ten of the greatest games in Cowboys history. The games contained are as follows:* 1/16/72 - Super Bowl VI. The Cowboys finally shed the "Next Year's Champions" and "The Team That Can't Win the Big One" monikers, capturing their first-ever world title with a 24-3 win over the Miami Dolphins in New Orleans. It was definitely a different era in that the game was played in what looks like the early afternoon. Ray Scott and Pat Summerall called the game.* 12/28/75 - NFC Divisional Playoff. Roger Staubach hits Drew Pearson with the famous Hail Mary pass in the last minute of the game to give Dallas a 17-14 win over the Vikings in Minnesota.* 1/15/78 - Super Bowl XII. The Cowboys take advantage of numerous Broncos turnovers in the Superdome to win 27-10 and earn their second world title in the first Super Bowl played in a domed stadium.* 1/4/81 - NFC Divisional Playoff. Danny White leads Dallas back from a 14-point deficit as the Cowboys beat the Falcons 30-27 in Atlanta. Vin Scully was the play-by-play man for this broadcast.* 1/17/93 - NFC Championship Game. In a classic game between two teams with absolutely loaded rosters, the Cowboys advance to their first Super Bowl in 14 years and first of the Jerry Jones-Jimmy Johnson era with a 30-20 win over the 49ers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Troy Aikman hit Alvin Harper for a long pass play late that led to the score that put the game away--The Slant was sweet revenge for The Catch, and if I could borrow Doc Brown's DeLorean to go back and see one game from Cowboys history in person, this is the one I'd pick. This victory is the one that led Johnson to exclaim "How 'Bout Them Cowboys!"* 1/31/93 - Super Bowl XXVII. In a game that was anticlimactic compared to the NFC Championship Game, the Cowboys crush the Bills 52-17 to win their first world championship in 15 years in what was the last Super Bowl played in the Rose Bowl. Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy call the game for NBC.* 1/23/94 - NFC Championship Game. Dallas makes good on Jimmy Johnson's victory guarantee as the team plays a near-flawless first half, opening up a 28-7 halftime lead over the 49ers en route to an easy 38-21 win at Texas Stadium. This was the final game of the NFC's long run on CBS, and Pat Summerall and John Madden called it.* 1/30/94 - Super Bowl XXVIII. Dallas erases a 13-6 Buffalo halftime lead to win 30-13 at the Georgia Dome in what turned out to be Jimmy Johnson's last game as coach of the Cowboys. The Cowboys become the fifth franchise to win back-to-back Super Bowls.* 1/14/96 - NFC Championship Game. In an entertaining seesaw affair, Dallas scores two fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull out a 38-27 win over Green Bay at Texas Stadium. It was the Cowboys' first win over the Packers in an NFC title game.* 1/28/96 - Super Bowl XXX. The Cowboys become the first franchise to win three Super Bowls in four seasons as they hold off Pittsburgh 27-17 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. It is the last Super Bowl triumph for Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, and the rest of the Nineties Cowboys and is also the first time the Cowboys beat the Steelers in a Super Bowl.There are a few missing plays from the games from the Seventies, but the vast majority of the games are here. It is also interesting to see how much less NFL players weighed then and how much the style of play has changed--today's game is definitely superior to the game that was played 35-40 years ago. Any die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan would appreciate watching these key games from the team's past.

Since the early reviews have blasted Warner Home Video for the games they chose as the Dallas Cowboys' "10 Greatest Games," I thought it was important to point out that THE FANS THEMSELVES helped choose five of these ten games!Obviously, five of the ten games were going to be the Cowboys' Super Bowl triumphs. To determine the five remaining games, fans were asked on the Cowboys' official website to vote for their favorites. They were, however, given only nine choices:1975 Playoffs - Cowboys vs. Vikings - The "Hail Mary" from Staubach to Pearson...1977 NFC Championship Game - Cowboys vs. Vikings1980 Playoffs - Cowboys vs. Falcons - The Danny White-led come from behind win...1983 Cowboys at Vikings - Tony Dorsett's 99 yard TD run...1992 NFC Championship Game - Cowboys vs. 49ers1993 NFC Championship Game - Cowboys vs. 49ers1995 NFC Championship Game - Cowboys vs. Packers2002 Cowboys vs. Seahawks - Emmitt Smith breaks the all-time rushing record...2006 Cowboys vs. Buccaneers - Tony Romo throws five touchdowns on Thanksgiving Day...Now, who chose those nine games and why they chose those nine games, I couldn't tell you. But, given such limited choices, it does look like the fans got it right -- the Hail Mary game, the Atlanta playoff comeback, and the three NFC Championship games of the 90s. Maybe it would have been nicer to see the 75 NFC Championship game or the Dorsett game (which the Cowboys lost, by the way), but it's hard to argue with the results -- again, given such limited choices.Certainly, the biggest omission is the 1979 season-ending shootout win over the Redskins. That is, without question, one of the greatest games in Dallas Cowboys history, if not THE greatest. Maybe Warner couldn't get the original network broadcast of the game. I don't know. But Warner did include a lengthy recap and highlight reel of that game as a bonus feature on Disc 1 of the first "Complete History of the Dallas Cowboys" DVD. They described it as "the greatest game of the NFL's greatest rivalry" and yet, it didn't make the Cowboys' Top 10. Go figure.But it is what it is. It's hard to argue with the inclusion of the five Super Bowl victories, the Hail Mary game, or the Atlanta playoff comeback and certainly the NFC Championship games over the 49ers and Packers are AMONG the greatest in Cowboys history. This may not be a definitive collection, but it is nice to be able to watch the original network broadcasts of some of the greatest moments in the rich history of America's Team.

My husband really enjoyed his gift of the 10 Greatest Games of the Dallas Cowboys. The only thing we found frustrating, is that the disks are mislabeled. So none of the games are properly labeled. We would put the Superbowl disk in and it would be some other game. Very frustrating.

esattamnete quello che cercavo le migliori partite dei miei Dallas Cowboys , unici difetto non riesco a vederele sul tv x il problema dei bloccghi di zona deli dvd

Gran oportunidad para accesar a grandes juegos de los Vaqueros, sobre todo ver partidos que no pudimos por edad. Ya conocía el contenido de los discos, pero sería recomendable que se inclutera una reseña de los contenidos para que el interesado sepa que contiene. Excelente servicio y calidad.

The games selected were close to the ones I thought would be in the set. Just a little disappointed certain plays were missing. But the warning was there before each game that could happen. Overall, very good!

Excellent coverage of the highlight games in Dallas's history.