The brackets are set, the game times are announced, and the Dallas Cowboys are readying for another NFL postseason. What that phrase does to your level of...
In what was the beginning of the end for the Cowboys’ 1990s dynasty, Dallas returned to the NFL playoffs after winning three of the last four Super Bowls and posting a 10-6 record in the 1996-97 regular season. They routed the Vikings at home in the opening round, but were done in by the Carolina Panthers in what was the expansion franchise’s second season of existence.
Dallas started quick with a 65-yard run from RB Emmitt Smith to set up a field goal, then Smith ran in a five-yard touchdown to give the Cowboys a 10-3 lead. Minneapolis, MN -- Dallas Cowboys' Troy Aikman walks off the field with Michael Irvin against the Vikings at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Cowboys lost 27-10.After the Dave Campo 5-11 Spectacular, Bill Parcells took over at head coach and promptly led the Cowboys to a 10-6 season and their first playoff berth in four years.
With Seattle leading 21-20 and just over a minute left in the game, the Cowboys’ offense set up a chip-shot 19-yard field goal for kicker Martin Gramatica to take the lead. Instead, Romo, who was still serving as the field goal holder after taking over as the starting QB mid-season, botched and fumbled the snap.
Their divisional round matchup with the Giants was a tragedy of errors. The Cowboys were penalized 11 times, got a terribly-timed pair of misplays from WR Patrick Crayton, and went punt-punt-punt-interception in their final four drives of the game. That Romo interception came with 16 seconds left and ended the Cowboys’ hopes of breaking their streak of playoff losses., and Terrell Owens — in a rather out-of-character display, for the time — came to a tearful defense of his quarterback postgame.
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