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The Cowboys scored the first 13 points of Super Bowl XII (game story/highlights), and the Doomsday Defense made sure the win was never in doubt. Co-MVPs Harvey Martin and Randy White led a defense that held the Broncos to a then-Super Bowl-record low 156 total yards. Denver QB Craig Morton, who stunk it up for the Cowboys in Super Bowl V, was harassed into the perhaps most horrendous performance in Super Bowl history. Morton had as many interceptions as completions (four) when he was benched in the third quarter. Roger Staubach, who split time with Morton at the start of his Hall of Fame career, was efficient in his second Super Bowl win. He completed 17 of 25 passes for 183 yards, including a beautiful post route to Butch Johnson for TD. But the knockout punch was a TD pass from fullback Robert Newhouse to Golden Richards, who seemed to take pleasure in beating a Bronco safety who badmouthed the Cowboys' receiving corps that week. "I didn't see [Bernard] Jackson coming in, but I heard him," Richards said. "He talks a lot, you know." |
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Posted by ***The*Best*Cowboy*Fan*Ever*** @ 4:01 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
what I remember most about this game was all the sacks the "Manster" and Jim Jeffcoat got on the hapless Morton/Norris Weese QB combo. What a defensive charge that day. Its going to stink watching the Super Bowl this year as WE SHOULD BE THERE!
Posted by Phil @ 4:14 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
The 1977 squad had 53 sacks in 14 games with Harvey Martin collecting 23 of those sacks. That awesome front four had 4 sacks in Super Bowl 12 and a ridiculous number of hits on both Morton and Weese. Everytime I watch that game on video, I'm amazed at the sheer quickness of players such as Martin, Randy White, and Thomas Henderson. The 1977 Dallas Cowboys led the NFL in Total Offense AND Defense. They clearly were one of the best teams in NFL history.
Posted by tex @ 5:13 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
The Best Cowboy fan ever, that was Harvey Martin and Randy "The Manster" White, not Jim Jeffcoat.
For all you 30-40 somethings out there, how many of you watched that Roger Staubach narrated, "SB XII"? The one where he sits in a sweater in Texas Stadium and says, "Back to SB 12". He also said "Hoo Hut Hut" on one of the plays?
Finally, that Butch Johnson "catch" would be overturned today in the era of replay. He never kept complete control all the way down.
P.S. The gap between 1977 and 1992 (SB victories was 15 years. It has been 12 years since the 1995 championship season. So yes, we have had droughts before, Cow fans.
Posted by Lee @ 5:29 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
I agree that the Johnson "catch" was really not a catch. As a 10 year old Cowboys' fan back then, I recall watching the play and even back then feeling uncomfortable about them ruling it a TD. But I was still happy at the time, and of course the Cowboys still dominated the game and would have won no matter what. Still...
Posted by Not So Crazy Ray @ 5:59 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008
This was the first football game I truly remember watching and somewhat understanding as a child, and a Cowboys fan was born that day.
Harvey Martin for the Hall of Fame!!