Buffalo Bills @ Dallas Cowboys ( 1993 Week 02 )

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00:00:00His style on the field off the field, but he was hardly that on Thursday

00:00:04Yeah, he had a real problem with the defense not stripping the ball

00:00:08He said look I'll pay you $5 every time you strip it in practice. Nobody did anything

00:00:13They played about 15 minutes and still nobody was stripping the ball. He said my tirades

00:00:19Don't carry the weight this year. He says this team is not focused

00:00:23They're having difficulty concentrating even when he's yelling and screaming at him

00:00:27They gave him an industrial strength lashing at practice. He said I used some words I didn't even know I had inside me

00:00:33But didn't get the response that he did a year ago

00:00:36Jeff Wright makes the tackle of Derrick Lassik who has replaced Emmett Smith

00:00:41Here's the blockers in front of that offense. 2 and A, Newton, Stepnowski, Goguen and Williams

00:00:48Troy Aikman the MVP in the Super Bowl, Daryl Johnston the blocker

00:00:52Derrick Lassik taking his big shoes. Kevin Williams will also come in in the nickel offense

00:00:58Urban and Harper the wide receivers and Jay Novacek checked a pro bowler a tight end

00:01:04Lassik trying to pick his way, nothing there except Phil Hansen number 90

00:01:09Pride and joy of Oaks, North Dakota. Two carries for Lassik, no yards gained

00:01:15You already see Lassik goes out on the third down situations

00:01:19Johnston is in there. He stays in there for pass protection. That's one of the main reasons that Lassik comes out

00:01:25That's another part of the Emmett factor here. Emmett such a superb pass protector

00:01:30But the threat of Emmett Smith in the backfield is on the sideline

00:01:34Gary Gaynor now in behind Aikman on third down and a long 10

00:01:39Aikman's first throw, guns it, intercepted. Nate Odoms

00:01:45Drew had five last year, the seven-year man from Wisconsin

00:01:49Beautiful coverage by Odoms. Drew Smith was the man putting pressure on Aikman

00:01:55But you know, it looked like Aikman had plenty of time. Michael Urban kind of rounds this pattern a little bit

00:02:01This is a technique, double zone

00:02:03I don't think Aikman ever saw Odoms. Easy pick, first turnover for Buffalo, not against him

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00:02:30Nate Odoms first interception and it comes right at his number, the 37, yard line of Buffalo

00:02:36And then nine turnovers forced by Dallas Super Bowl

00:02:4027 and passed it in, a result of 35 points. That was the difference in the score

00:02:4552-17. The turnovers have gone the other way against Dallas so far

00:02:48Washington recovered four fumbles on Monday night and Troy Aikman, a rare interception for Aikman. He had gone

00:02:55166 passes without an interception. Remember the great playoffs? He just was impeccable. Perfect. Perfect

00:03:02That's part of forcing the offense

00:03:05again

00:03:06Amit Factor

00:03:08Second down seven. Thomas is back in there

00:03:10An opening and a big cut

00:03:12As he skids across the 47, Dixon Edwards tripped him up. So many things this young man can do

00:03:19He doesn't need much of an opening

00:03:21Kelly runs out, hands the ball to Thurman Thomas and then look at that move. There's no coach in the world that can take credit for it

00:03:28Either got it or you don't

00:03:30Thurman does and the guy that used to play here, Amit Smith does. Four consecutive years leading the NFL in total scrimmage yards

00:03:36Don Beebe with a reception again at seven more. On first down, the ball at the Dallas 45, Larry Brown made the tackle

00:03:44Now Dick, already this game is starting to take on the personality that the Washington game did against Dallas last weekend and that was

00:03:51The Dallas defense could never dictate or feel comfortable at what Washington was going to do. They kept telling us that

00:03:58Buffalo's doing it again. Hurry up offense and it's Thomas close to a first down as he hits at the 41

00:04:05Tolbert and Jones with the stop

00:04:08Even though this is a hurry up, you see Casillas

00:04:1275-67 Maryland coming in. The defense here tries to keep six, seven, eight guys up front fresh

00:04:18They're there in the fourth quarter

00:04:21Thomas with 22 yards already and Kelly

00:04:24On a reverse to Andre Reid, he's got blockers

00:04:27And Reid out of bounds at the 31-yard line, a gain of about nine. Thomas Everett made the stop

00:04:33Well disguised

00:04:35We're not going downfield. Watch how much movement they get in the defense. Again, the Dallas defense last year so brilliant

00:04:42so tough

00:04:44at diagnosing what was coming next and

00:04:48Controlling the line of scrimmage in play in the opening parts of this game

00:04:54Second and one. Thomas diving forward a yard to the 30. That'll be close to a first down

00:05:01Nothing in the market outside the 30 and he'll bring up third and short

00:05:04Charles Haley, a veteran from James Madison

00:05:08Came here a year ago from San Francisco for a number two pick. Had six sacks

00:05:13But more importantly look at the star at the 42 pressures

00:05:17To lead the Cowboys. And not one of the biggest defensive ends you'll ever find in the league

00:05:21I mean he faces guys on a weekly basis that are 50 and 60 pounds heavier

00:05:26Great strength. Huge hands.

00:05:28He said we better get going. He said that coach

00:05:32Johnson can get ugly. He doesn't like being number two. That's Nate Turner from Nebraska a former tight end plowing for a first down

00:05:40inside the 30

00:05:41Robert Jones number 55 with the tackle a starter as a rookie at middlebacker last year

00:05:50First series, having it re-taped. Taped again. Tough guy. Lerman Thomas

00:05:57He will catch it, he'll carry it, he'll block. And he'll make it tough on the Dallas Cowboys front office.

00:06:03You see he's already done that. He's created some damage in the offseason

00:06:07Kelly with a fake in the screen to Davis. Davis doing a good job to skip away from a couple of tacklers

00:06:13to the 22

00:06:16Russell Merrill and tripped him up along with Kevin Smith

00:06:20Boy, Kelly just did get that one off. Speaking of tough in this league

00:06:25I think if you're going to list one of the top tough guys at quarterback

00:06:29You've got to include Jim Kelly who graciously last night attributed that characteristic to his mom

00:06:35Said I got all my toughness from my mom. He's watching and rooting in East Brady, Pennsylvania

00:06:42Davis

00:06:43And he runs into a tough

00:06:46spot in that Dallas defense Maryland 67 Casillas 75 the two tackles collaborate

00:06:55The Dean of NFL coaches at 65

00:06:59Marv Levy

00:07:00college

00:07:02PhD and then a English degree

00:07:05a master's degree from Harvard

00:07:09Masterminding this 10 play drive

00:07:15Wide open is Andre Reed and he's inside the 15 of Dallas with a first down

00:07:21Reed who had six catches in the opener last week half of them for touchdowns and won that 45

00:07:2741 yard run after the catch

00:07:29Oh, that was a four one six defense by the Dallas Cowboys at six defensive backs

00:07:34Nice little pick run there by Buffalo that got read out on the flat 10 yard pickup

00:07:40good

00:07:41Protection for Jim Kelly and Andre Reed, I think is coming off the sideline

00:07:46Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed have left the game in this first quarter

00:07:49But Thomas has returned he has the ball now and he's inside the 10-yard line

00:07:54Darren Woodson at safety makes the stop

00:07:56Now if you're a Dallas Cowboy fan, you got to be thinking wait a minute

00:07:59I saw this last week the Washington Redskins driving the ball down the field against this much born a defense

00:08:06We know Buffalo's a good offensive team. Why is this happening again?

00:08:09The Dallas fans don't want to see this pattern

00:08:13present itself

00:08:15Defense he helped the defense

00:08:19Gardner out of the backfield the big fullback wide open for the score

00:08:25That was a pretty drive

00:08:28We had reverses we had screens we had square outs

00:08:33Watch the fake

00:08:34right up the middle the Thurman Thomas holds the linebacker Jones 55 and

00:08:40Carwell Gardner just finds the seam

00:08:43Well, that's taking advantage of the defense the threat of Thurman Thomas to run it on the draw holds the linebacker

00:08:50Gardner uncovered nice throw by Jim Kelly Frank Reich to hold for Steve Christie's extra points, right?

00:09:00And Buffalo leads 7-0 after the interception by Odom's a 63-yard drive

00:09:05You

00:09:07See there's Gardner right there

00:09:10The fake to Thurman Thomas holds the linebacker

00:09:13Everett 27 drops him an easy six points after a nice drive

00:09:21Fortuneless

00:09:22Dallas Fort Worth area 97 degrees well over a hundred on the playing field Buffalo takes the early lead 7-0 just as they did

00:09:29in the Super Bowl in Pasadena the kick to Kevin Williams and the rookie will take a knee and

00:09:35Touchback of the 20. Well yesterday plenty of top collegiate football action and one of the biggest stories

00:09:41Lou Holtz is Irish upsetting a Michigan at Ann Arbor as a nine-point underdog

00:09:482723 they'll play Michigan State next Saturday stayed over the Jayhawks

00:09:523114 and you'll see that game next Saturday afternoon 1 30 Eastern Time here on NBC

00:09:59Kelly and the Bills really already in the first quarter look as if that heat having some impact, but what a drive

00:10:0663 yards he was four for four passing on the drive

00:10:11And the rookie bumped out of bounds after about a 10-yard gain by Mark Maddox, let's go to NFL live in New York

00:10:21All right, Jim the Lions off to a good start

00:10:24That's Harper who had a big day against night against Washington on Monday in motion

00:10:29Darrell Johnston who rarely gets a carry had only two against the skins on Monday night as the first down

00:10:36tally and others in on the tackle

00:10:40Derek Lassie who was picked in the fourth round the 13th running back selected in the last draft

00:10:47He is 13th in the game

00:10:49The 13th running back selected in the last draft he is 13th in a family of 16

00:10:56He's got some big brothers and some little ones. He said and one of the big brothers is here today to Rudy money

00:11:01He's a correctional officer

00:11:03240 pounder Nate who was with him on draft day and with a Dallas draft observer. They're almost closed

00:11:11They've been finds a wide-open tight end Novichok in the first down near midfield

00:11:1716 yards to Novichok

00:11:20This guy as long as Emmett Smith is not here as a key part of this offense

00:11:25He's got to alleviate some of the pressure from the outside receivers

00:11:28Their choice was Cornelius Bennett to cover him down the field and of course back outside where he wants to play

00:11:36Novichok gonna

00:11:37At least make the defense think about yeah, we've got a receiver on the inside. His name is Novichok anywhere 84. He's a real cowboy

00:11:47Nailed his last week at the 50 back to back to Novichok. He competes in cutting horse rodeo work

00:11:55He's from a small town Gothenburg, Nebraska the Swedes. They call him there

00:12:01Is they just another one of the boys in town?

00:12:06He just got a gun rack in the back of his pickup like everybody else it may be a little more expensive

00:12:14Second down and nine dollars seven nothing Buffalo

00:12:22And Aikman has to use a timeout

00:12:26That gives us a chance to break for some important words with 350 remaining in the opening period

00:12:32From

00:12:35Alabama on draft day thinking he might go in the second or third round then got a little tense

00:12:40Yeah, Nate was sitting there and he told the Dallas get you better draft him man. You better draft him

00:12:45Nate is a pretty good size individual

00:12:50York

00:12:52They drafted it the guy called and they drafted it just in time

00:12:55He's about to throw the Dallas

00:12:57Check right out the front door Darryl Johnson that ball right through his mitts Maddox was the closest bill

00:13:06And lasik saying that you know

00:13:07He was here early in the spring and met Emmitt Smith and Smith was such a nice guy said I'm rooting for him to come

00:13:12Back. I know it's a chance for me. I'm not you know, I'll do the best I can and I think I belong here

00:13:18But obviously no Emmitt Smith doesn't bother me that some of the players are wearing 22 helmets last week

00:13:2316 carry 77 yards 75 yards in Washington the Monday night game. That's a remarkable performance

00:13:40The bills acting as though they might have recovered it Henry Jones came in on a safety blitz number 20

00:13:47And now the scramble for the ball

00:13:49Bruce Smith was there. There were several people there, but it was keyed by Henry Jones the safety. You're absolutely correct as they can get up

00:13:57tallies there

00:13:59Hickman recovered the fumble

00:14:01But Dallas will have to punt looks like Buffalo's choice is to be a lot more aggressive when it comes to pressure

00:14:09You're looking at the Bruce Smith. There's

00:14:12Jones

00:14:13He did strip it. He did strip it

00:14:15And

00:14:16At Aikman get it. I can't tell who got it

00:14:19Dallas didn't recover it, but it still is a fourth down rookie free agent John Jett from East Carolina

00:14:24He did have to punch blocked in the preseason and the bill is certainly taking note of that Russell Copeland

00:14:31Returned a kick for a touchdown last week against New England

00:14:40Gets him at the 20

00:14:43A

00:14:44reminder tomorrow night a

00:14:46Big night late night on NBC the tonight show with Jay Leno and Burt Reynolds will be one of his guests

00:14:53That should be interesting as all the time about Burt and his private life and then

00:14:59Conan O'Brien debuts on the late-night show after Jay Leno's that's tomorrow night

00:15:05Quinella Leno and the late-night show

00:15:09A

00:15:11Market at the 19 7-nothing Buffalo 311 remaining first quarter

00:15:17Kelly comes out throwing

00:15:19Finds a wide open

00:15:20Well Gardner and the touchdown maker has a first down to the 32-yard line. Larry Brown bumps him out of bounds

00:15:2713 yards in the play

00:15:28Well, Kelly said we had a few new wrinkles for Dallas and having the fullback line up out as a wide receiver

00:15:35It draws people away from the pressure spots on the defense

00:15:39Has made some adjustments here, of course to make the adjustments. They had to look at the

00:15:45the game films of the Super Bowl

00:15:47They didn't like it one bit, but they had to watch it

00:15:49First time many of them have seen the Super Bowl

00:15:51They have not watched the replay of our telecast

00:15:53Only the film cut-ups

00:15:55Kelly included

00:15:57To Beattie

00:15:59And the little guy from Chatham State

00:16:01To the 40-yard line

00:16:04Kevin Smith makes the stop

00:16:06You also see Buffalo in a little more of a timing offense here, Ted

00:16:11Kelly goes back one, two, three, four, five steps, sets, throws

00:16:15It alleviates some pressure on the offense

00:16:18He's not as young as he used to be

00:16:21These are a little bothersome at times

00:16:24So it might protect him, Kelly, a little better

00:16:27Second and two and it's Thurman Thomas

00:16:29That offensive line is doing a great job

00:16:32The Cowboys were pushed two yards back before Thomas even met any resistance

00:16:37It's another first down for Buffalo

00:16:39And again, that happened in Washington

00:16:41We watched the game tapes the other day, Dick

00:16:43And I think even the most diehard Dallas Cowboy fan will admit

00:16:49That the Washington Redskins shoved the Dallas defense front seven all over the field

00:16:54See the block that Gardner put on middleback Robert Jones on that last play

00:16:59First down, Kelly, hit from behind, ball is free

00:17:03And it's recovered by Dallas, Russell Maryland

00:17:13Charles Haley from the back door stripped it away

00:17:17Again, he's got a young man at offensive tackle, John Fina

00:17:29Making just his second start at offensive tackle

00:17:32Was a defensive lineman

00:17:34They think John Fina is going to be a wonderful, wonderful offensive tackle

00:17:38But Haley is a handful for the most seasoned veteran at offensive tackle

00:17:44Offensive tackle, big turnover, now even Dallas with good field position

00:17:48Turnover is lethal to Buffalo's hopes in the Super Bowl

00:17:52And Dallas gets it at the 43 of the bill

00:17:54Finn Aikman, pumping and looking long

00:17:58His receiver is covered, he has to dump it out of bounds

00:18:01That's the new rule

00:18:04No intentional grounding there, protect the quarterbacks

00:18:09Which turned out to be the franchise

00:18:12For Buffalo, Kelly on the left, Frank Reich

00:18:15More of a coach than he is a player

00:18:18When Kelly is on the field, he's his main advisor as to what the defense is doing

00:18:24Those two and Gail Gilbert, they almost need their own office there in Orchard Park

00:18:29Reich, the son of a coach and a valuable backup

00:18:35Johnston, flanked out to the right on 2nd and 10

00:18:39And then Kevin Williams in motion

00:18:42Aikman underneath, incomplete to Williams

00:18:475'9", a solid 190 is Williams

00:18:52Native of Dallas, so how happy he was to have been drafted by the Cowboys

00:18:56Young man that Jimmie Johnston has great faith in

00:19:00He does an excellent job of getting by the defender

00:19:03Outstanding job, but all you have to do then is catch it

00:19:063rd and 10

00:19:09Final minute and a half of the opening quarter as the Cowboys trail 7-0

00:19:21Aikman

00:19:25Incomplete to Novacek and Henry Jones, the safety man, made the defensive play

00:19:31The Cowboys unable to pick up a yard after the Kelly fumble

00:19:36And the punt unit comes on

00:19:39You can see Aikman looking all over the field

00:19:41This is excellent coverage by Buffalo

00:19:43Keeps his feet moving

00:19:45Novacek is the outlet

00:19:47You can also see that Henry Jones is out there

00:19:50Michael Irvin, a good receiver, always says, man I'm wide open, throw it to me

00:19:53And in that case, he was and should have

00:19:56Made Odom stop coverage

00:19:59John Jett to punt

00:20:02High spiral, Copeland fair catch

00:20:05Uh oh, he caught it at the 4 yard line, didn't let it go

00:20:09That's one that Levy and the special teams coaches will talk to Copeland about

00:20:14As we go to New York for this chat

00:20:18To pick up high drama in the Georgia Dome

00:20:20Dick, fourth game of the day decided by a late field goal

00:20:23After Bobby Hebert produced a 21 point rally to tie it at 31 for Atlanta

00:20:27Then he coughed up a fumble in the last minute

00:20:30Morton Anderson capitalized from 43 yards out

00:20:32As time ran out, New Orleans survives 34-31

00:20:36Dick and Bob Trump

00:20:38All right Jim, and Morton Anderson was going for an NFL consecutive field goal record

00:20:42He had tied the record at 24

00:20:44He obviously had a couple today

00:20:47If he didn't have a miss, he owns that mark as well

00:20:50Buffalo starts from inside the 5

00:20:54Kenneth Davis, drilled after a 3 yard pickup

00:20:57Kevin Smith coming up from a corner

00:20:59And Thomas Hebert there too

00:21:01Uh, again Davis in there

00:21:03In part I believe to spell Thurman Thomas

00:21:06But Thurman Thomas also banged up his elbow slightly

00:21:08I can't really tell what the report from the bench was

00:21:11If it's not serious and will return

00:21:14It's hot, you need to spell these guys today

00:21:21A game of almost 5

00:21:23Davis again

00:21:25With a 12 yard line

00:21:27Robert Jones and others with a stop

00:21:31Davis lives in Dallas in the off season

00:21:34And actually has a

00:21:37A full service auto shop

00:21:39Harvey Martin, the great former Cowboys

00:21:41One of his clients and he was hoping in the Super Bowl

00:21:43That he'd have a party in the auto shop

00:21:45Well, a lot of black crepe

00:21:47But uh, perhaps a men's today

00:21:50Oops, no party in his body shop

00:21:543rd and 3, Kelly with 6 straight completions

00:22:02Gardner, intercepted

00:22:05And Gardner makes a tackle on Kevin Smith

00:22:09Poor choice Jim Kelly

00:22:13It's almost as if Kevin Smith dared Kelly to throw that one

00:22:23Gardner just runs an out

00:22:25And then turns up when Kelly gets in trouble

00:22:27The defender Kevin Smith was all over that play

00:22:33Hi, Super Dave Osborne

00:22:347-0 Buffalo

00:22:36The Cowboys, 2 turnovers

00:22:38Forced in the final minutes of the opening quarter

00:22:41In Kevin Smith's first interception of the season

00:22:43And the first turnover for Dallas this year

00:22:46Gives the Cowboys a chance at the 34, Buffalo

00:22:54Another check in motion

00:22:56Classic

00:22:59Henry Jones, the safety man, gets him after a yard gain

00:23:03Let's go back to the interception

00:23:06Let's go

00:23:11This is a classic

00:23:12Here's Gardner

00:23:13Comes out here and then turns up field

00:23:15The intended receiver was gonna be Beebe

00:23:17But the Dallas Cowboys do a good job of covering it

00:23:20Jim Kelly looks left

00:23:22And when Gardner turns up

00:23:24Maybe if he puts a little more air underneath the ball

00:23:26He's got a chance or at least it's incomplete

00:23:28But, I mean, that was right in Kevin Smith's hands

00:23:32You don't get him that good in practice

00:23:35Second and nine, Dallas

00:23:36Aikman

00:23:38Underneath he goes

00:23:39And Johnston, who had some running room, trips

00:23:41And then is covered by veteran Darryl Talley

00:23:44At the 31, a pickup of three

00:23:47That is a foot stuck in the turf there

00:23:49Tripped on the 0 on the 30

00:23:54Syracuse graduate

00:23:56His quarterback, Don McPherson

00:23:58For the Orange Men

00:23:59With a solid team again this year

00:24:01Marvin Graves

00:24:03Is a heck of a quarterback

00:24:07Third down, seven Dallas

00:24:17Bruce Smith gets in from the back side

00:24:20It'll go incomplete

00:24:21But it bounced off one of the Dallas linemen

00:24:25Kevin Goggin was a live ball

00:24:27It's caught in the air

00:24:28Bruce Smith

00:24:29Really putting the pressure on Aikman

00:24:31He's on mark two and eight

00:24:33Back full strength

00:24:34Shoulder not bothering him

00:24:35Looking to dive at him

00:24:36You also see 56 Talley there

00:24:3897 Bennett there

00:24:40Putting a lot more pressure

00:24:42On Troy Aikman than he saw all of the Super Bowl

00:24:45They get a fumble by Kelly

00:24:46They get the interception

00:24:48And they gain a total of two yards

00:24:51In those two opportunities

00:24:52And they're going to go for it here

00:24:54On fourth down and seven

00:24:57And this isn't just a draw

00:24:58Buffalo offside

00:25:00It's out of the field goal range

00:25:02Of Lynn Elliott

00:25:03And Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys

00:25:05Have used their second timeout

00:25:21Just over a minute gone

00:25:22In the second quarter

00:25:23The timeout was called

00:25:24Not by Dallas but by Buffalo

00:25:26As Buffalo looked at an offensive

00:25:29Lineup not the field goal unit

00:25:30Now the field goal team sent in

00:25:32And Jane Novacek

00:25:33Kneels at the 39

00:25:34A 49 yard attempt by Lynn Elliott

00:25:37Who missed an extra point at Washington

00:25:41A long shot for Elliott

00:25:44It is no good

00:25:47Slides wide right

00:25:49It remains 7-0 Buffalo

00:25:51And some bull birds here

00:25:53In Super Bowl champion country

00:25:56Elliott did not have a good preseason

00:25:58The Dallas Cowboys did not invite

00:26:00Another kicker to camp

00:26:02He had camp all to himself

00:26:04And he may get some company here

00:26:06In the next week or two

00:26:08If his kicking doesn't start

00:26:10Straightening out

00:26:11Good hold, good snap

00:26:13I think he knows immediately

00:26:15No, that's not going to hook in

00:26:17And that gives Buffalo the ball

00:26:19At the 31 yard line

00:26:21So two turnovers for Dallas

00:26:24In the Buffalo territory

00:26:26And they come away empty

00:26:28And so far, Buffalo

00:26:30Ten minutes of possession time

00:26:32Only six for Dallas

00:26:33105 yards, Buffalo 26 for the Cowboys

00:26:37Kelly DeWirt

00:26:39Dylan Thomas

00:26:41Good defensive play

00:26:43It's Kenneth Gantt

00:26:44Makes the tackle for us in the 30

00:26:46That's an aspect of the Buffalo offense

00:26:48That worked so well for them last year

00:26:50It's called the Reed screen

00:26:52He just goes out there in the flat

00:26:54That time there wasn't an offensive lineman

00:26:56In front of him

00:26:57Gantt did an excellent job

00:26:59Of stopping Dylan Thomas

00:27:00But Buffalo has gained a bunch of yards

00:27:02On that play

00:27:03Reed and Dewey to the right

00:27:04Brooks to the left

00:27:06Thomas

00:27:07Gets only a couple to the 34 yard line

00:27:10Haley in there to knife

00:27:12Get a piece of an ankle

00:27:13And Leon Lett to complete the play

00:27:16And Thomas comes up looking at that sore elbow

00:27:19It looked like Charles Haley

00:27:21Was running a stock in there

00:27:23Because he was coming from the inside

00:27:25Dallas trying to

00:27:27Pull a few tricks here early in this football game

00:27:36Kelly to Beebe

00:27:37It's caught at the 44

00:27:39First down, Buffalo

00:27:41John Beebe

00:27:45Finally now a starter

00:27:46Since James Lofton is left

00:27:48Does he catch it?

00:27:50I don't see it hit the turf

00:27:52This kid has great hands

00:27:54And outstanding speed

00:27:55Obviously gained the confidence of Jim Kelly

00:27:57Used to be the inside receiver

00:27:59Now that's where James Lofton used to line up

00:28:01Lofton's speed is gone

00:28:03So Beebe represents that

00:28:04Oh in the backfield

00:28:05Leon Lett

00:28:06To drill Kenneth Davis

00:28:08Lett from Emporia State of Kansas

00:28:11An N.A.I.A. program

00:28:13He uh

00:28:14Well National Notoriety in the Super Bowl

00:28:17It was Lett with a premature celebration

00:28:19As he ran for a touchdown

00:28:21And Don Beebe

00:28:22Flucked it away

00:28:23As he was holding it down low

00:28:25With the right hand

00:28:29Someday it'll be fun

00:28:31It isn't this year

00:28:32Not yet

00:28:33Doesn't want to talk about it

00:28:35The throw is a little short to Brooks

00:28:37Well covered by Kevin Smith

00:28:39And that'll bring up

00:28:41Third down and long for the Bills

00:28:43Third and about 14

00:28:44Pressure by Dallas

00:28:46Kelly couldn't really get over his front leg

00:28:48To put a real bit of steam on that pass

00:28:52You know the marvel of the football challenge

00:28:55Is that here's Kelly

00:28:56Operating over 100 degrees

00:28:58Game 2

00:28:59End of the year

00:29:00We're likely to be talking about a game

00:29:01Where it's well below zero

00:29:03In terms of chill factor

00:29:05And you try to perform as well

00:29:06Under both conditions

00:29:08That one looked like a possible interception

00:29:10As right there was Thomas Everett

00:29:12He had two

00:29:14Picked off two against Kelly in the Super Bowl

00:29:16Bill Brooks was the target

00:29:20Of course with this offense

00:29:22The quarterback has got to make the right choices

00:29:24And as you can see here

00:29:25One, two, three guys

00:29:27Right around Billy Brooks

00:29:28I'm not sure that Jim Kelly made the right choice there

00:29:31And Buffalo may be very fortunate

00:29:33That that one was not picked off

00:29:36Chris Moore to punt

00:29:37Kevin Williams way back at the 10-yard line of Dallas

00:29:40That's really giving Moore a lot of respect

00:29:44Passes him up to the third catch

00:29:46Back to 16

00:29:49Dallas with the ball once again

00:29:51A 43-yard punt

00:29:52Buffalo leads by a touchdown

00:29:57I think he got the edge of the shoulder pads

00:30:01They're calling a face mask

00:30:085-yard face mask penalty

00:30:10On number 97 on the defense

00:30:12We'll assess it from the end of the run

00:30:14I'm not sure he got the face mask, Dick

00:30:17But the one thing that Derrick Lassik brings to

00:30:19And let's watch the play

00:30:20Let's see if he got the face mask

00:30:24He scraped it

00:30:25And then he got the jersey afterwards

00:30:26And then he got the face mask the second time

00:30:28You're right

00:30:29A little jab

00:30:30Yep

00:30:31Derrick Lassik does bring more speed at that spot

00:30:35Than Emmitt Smith did

00:30:36He is quick

00:30:38He's down at the 29

00:30:41And the flag down

00:30:46It looked like

00:30:49A false start, Dallas

00:30:50And you know, Jimmy Johnson told us

00:30:55Jimmy Johnson told us five or six times

00:30:57He just can't get this football team to concentrate

00:31:01They keep losing their focus

00:31:03I yell at them

00:31:04It doesn't make any difference

00:31:05They just can't concentrate

00:31:06Troy Aikman said

00:31:07It's a lack of enthusiasm

00:31:09It's a lack of emotion

00:31:11And it shows a little way

00:31:13Just like that one

00:31:14And Aikman said

00:31:15You know, there's some resentment

00:31:16He was over

00:31:17There's resentment about the fact that

00:31:18We gave our owner a world championship

00:31:21And he's not paying one of our stocks

00:31:24Michael Irvin's first catch

00:31:26And he's to the 35 yard line

00:31:30And Michael Irvin, one of those

00:31:31His closest friend on the team is Emmitt Smith

00:31:33He wore number 22 on his helmet on Monday night

00:31:36And may again today

00:31:39Nice little crossing around here by Irvin

00:31:41Uncovered

00:31:43Certainly can't turn Michael Irvin loose in your defense

00:31:46Odom's in tally on the stop

00:31:48Yeah, it's amazing to see how quickly this team has gone from

00:31:53Many dynasties to a dynasty to

00:31:55We're just not happy with the situation

00:31:57Moody

00:32:01It's Lassig breaking into the clay

00:32:03First down, but he fumbles

00:32:04And it's picked up by J.D. Williams at Buffalo

00:32:07And Williams

00:32:08To the sidelines and out of bounds

00:32:10At the 37 yard line

00:32:12Now they're going to whistle it dead

00:32:13There's two officials talking on the 45

00:32:16As to whether or not the ball was down

00:32:17They said no

00:32:18It was a fumble

00:32:20Mark Maddox made the tackle on the rookie Lassig

00:32:23And it's a first down

00:32:24The play has been ruled as a fumble

00:32:28Lassig making a good play

00:32:30And then not covering

00:32:32That's just what Emmitt Smith gave the Cowboys

00:32:34He'd make a run like this

00:32:36But he wouldn't give up the ball

00:32:37He would never fumble

00:32:39Of course he's like Emmitt Smith in that he carries the ball in his left hand

00:32:43And you can see the right people at the right time

00:32:45And there's big brother Nate

00:32:49Nate looks like he can get upset here

00:32:51No, he's saying he's down

00:32:52No, sorry Nate

00:32:53It is another turnover for the Dallas Cowboys

00:32:56And Buffalo again with good field position

00:32:58At the 37 yard line

00:33:00Leading 7-0

00:33:01And Thurman Thomas

00:33:03A painful couple

00:33:06This Buffalo offense with this hurry up

00:33:08And this heat

00:33:09And in there in the sun

00:33:10They are redefining conditioning

00:33:12They can do it here

00:33:14They can do it anywhere

00:33:15Thurman Thomas

00:33:17Smith finding the right spot

00:33:19At least the Bills are in the shadows

00:33:21The Cowboys are in the sun of this late afternoon game

00:33:24And there's a temperature on the field near 110 degrees

00:33:28Kelly to the tight end

00:33:29Metzlars

00:33:30And the former basketball star at Wabash College

00:33:34Is at the 31

00:33:36Dixon Edwards, the tackle

00:33:38One of the things I like about Jim Kelly

00:33:40There's a turnover

00:33:41More than 100

00:33:42110

00:33:44That's on Dallas' side

00:33:45And they're in the sun

00:33:47A guy like Kelly

00:33:48You want a person with a certain attitude as a quarterback

00:33:52And this guy's a gunslinger

00:33:53I don't care if I threw an interception on the last drive

00:33:56I'm going to go out there and fire it again

00:33:5878 yards passing

00:33:59This is a 3rd and 3

00:34:01Batted in the air

00:34:02Incomplete

00:34:03Jim Jepko

00:34:04The veteran from Arizona State

00:34:07Makes the play

00:34:11And in comes Steve Christie

00:34:12And this will be a long attempt for Buffalo

00:34:15A little half roll here by Jim Kelly

00:34:17Just 3 steps

00:34:18Jepko able to get his hand up there

00:34:20On Fina 70

00:34:22Just to knock it away

00:34:23I'm not sure the receiver was open anyway

00:34:26It will be a 48 yard attempt

00:34:28Frank Reich to hole

00:34:30Lynn Elliott of Dallas missing from 49 earlier in this period

00:34:40Plenty of distance

00:34:41And it is good

00:34:4410-0

00:34:46The Bills lead

00:34:47The Super Bowl champion Cowboys

00:34:49Middle of the 2nd quarter

00:34:558 o'clock Eastern

00:34:567 Central Time

00:34:59It's a show for the entire town

00:35:02Christie's kick halfway into the end zone

00:35:04And Williams has to take the touch back

00:35:06Dallas starts at the 20

00:35:09And Troy Aikman

00:35:10Facing a 10-0 deficit

00:35:12As we take a look at the natural gas quarterback efficiency ratings

00:35:16Leaders after the first week

00:35:18Montan and Sims

00:35:19Two veteran passers

00:35:20Aikman and Kelly

00:35:22Both over 100

00:35:24Montan will stay there

00:35:26He didn't play today against the Houston Oilers

00:35:30As the Oilers shutout

00:35:31The Chiefs 30-0

00:35:36With a 10-0 advantage

00:35:38And Kelly a touchdown and an interception

00:35:40The touchdown 10 yards

00:35:41To Carwell Gardner

00:35:42Gardner's first touchdown as a Bill

00:35:46Aikman throws on first down

00:35:48Underneath

00:35:50Irvin gets 7 yards

00:35:52Before Marcus Patton nails him

00:35:54And we go to Jim Lampley in New York

00:35:57Or an Elway explosion in Mile High

00:35:59Moments after Elway's 34-yard TD pass to Arthur Marshall

00:36:02The Broncos get it back at the 12

00:36:04Reggie Rivers meets some resistance at the goal line

00:36:07But a Rivers runs through it

00:36:09And Denver leads 14-0 over San Diego in the 2nd

00:36:12Nick

00:36:14He's been up there

00:36:15I've got that

00:36:16Montana, Idaho

00:36:17He's been up there, huh?

00:36:18Rivers runs through it

00:36:21Save that for my next episode

00:36:25Lampley takes all the good stuff

00:36:27To the 34 goes Derrick Lassik

00:36:29And a Dallas first down

00:36:327-19 left in this first half

00:36:34We'll have all the scores and highlights

00:36:37NFL Live at halftime for you

00:36:39Lassik and talking to us the other day

00:36:42I was

00:36:43I was humored by his line

00:36:45Emmitt is the man

00:36:46You started to say, you know

00:36:48The whole team feels that

00:36:49He's really the soul of this Dallas team

00:36:50Absolute core of this football team

00:36:52And this guy's throwing a one-minute camp

00:36:54And over the nose

00:36:55Lassik now with 27 yards on each rise

00:36:58Aikman has a wide open Novacek

00:37:01But couldn't get the ball there

00:37:03Dug into the turf at the 50-yard line

00:37:06Looked like the nose tackle

00:37:07Jeff Wright was right in Troy Aikman's face

00:37:10Kind of shortened up that

00:37:12Shortened up that delivery a little bit

00:37:14You can see Novacek goes out

00:37:16The linebacker

00:37:18Batten can't quite stay with him

00:37:20But if Novacek doesn't get the pressure

00:37:23Is it from Wright?

00:37:25Well, it was

00:37:26It was a late hit from 55

00:37:28Maddox

00:37:29That put him on the ground

00:37:30That was

00:37:31That was supposed to be a penalty

00:37:35Aikman now 5 for 12

00:37:38A draw to Lassik

00:37:39Hit from behind at the 40-yard line

00:37:42A game of six

00:37:43To be certain for Mike Lodish

00:37:45Backing up Jeff Wright makes the stop

00:37:48We asked Lassik about his salary

00:37:50And that Emmitt Smith is not

00:37:53Happy about 11 million in four years

00:37:55He said, well, I just get peanuts

00:37:56And I said, well, you get them by the bag

00:37:58Or do you get them by the bushel?

00:38:00He said, I get them by the peanut

00:38:02By the peanut

00:38:03He's got a bright eye

00:38:04Good-looking guy

00:38:05And he, you know, just has

00:38:07Rookie written all over him

00:38:09Eager, modest

00:38:11An outstanding talent

00:38:13And you have to be rooting for him

00:38:16Fans here are rooting for Emmitt to come

00:38:18Aikman under pressure

00:38:20And can't find Kevin Williams

00:38:22And Aikman again had to throw from a crowd

00:38:25And Dallas on third downs

00:38:26Now 0 for 5 in this game

00:38:28It was the Cowboys best in the league by far

00:38:31Stopping opponents on third downs

00:38:33And they've been blank 0 for 5 today

00:38:35And that was certainly a big part of their success

00:38:37Offensively last year

00:38:38Time of possession

00:38:40They kept their defense out of the field

00:38:42They converted it

00:38:43You can see the look of concern on Troy Aikman's face

00:38:45And it really goes through

00:38:47Almost the entire football team

00:38:49Russell Copeland running for Memphis State

00:38:51Waits for Jets

00:38:53Hunt

00:38:55To the 10

00:38:57Ooh, she hit

00:38:59Looked like a Bill Bates tackle

00:39:00Without even seeing a number

00:39:02There it is, number 4

00:39:03Bill Bates, the veteran from Tennessee

00:39:05Makes the stop

00:39:06A 50-yard kick

00:39:08Timeout at Irving, Texas

00:39:11You mentioned to Charlie Bailey

00:39:12He said, this guy doesn't like to finish second

00:39:14Anytime, anywhere

00:39:16Don't get up when he's hit

00:39:18Dermot Thomas kicking his way

00:39:20And a typical Thomas run

00:39:22And near a first down at the 27-yard line

00:39:25Before safety, Darren Woodson can twist him down

00:39:28Oh, Dick, the prettiest part of that play was

00:39:30Oh, you see Hanson coming off here on the sideline

00:39:33For the Buffalo Bills

00:39:35Being put on the stretcher

00:39:37At least the back of a pickup truck

00:39:39Or a golf cart or something

00:39:41That last run by Thurman Thomas

00:39:43He just waited for the blockers to make the block

00:39:45Then he accelerated up the field

00:39:47First down play and Thomas

00:39:49Gets a couple to the 29-yard line

00:39:51Robert Jones

00:39:53And Jim Jeffcoat with a tackle

00:39:55Thomas, uh, just to reiterate

00:39:58Getting the big contract in the off-season

00:40:00Four years, 13 million

00:40:02And it's home

00:40:04I'm as good as Thomas and he has a point

00:40:06I mean, many would argue that he belongs right there

00:40:08So he says, I'm two million shy on the offer

00:40:10That, uh, Jerry Jones is giving me

00:40:12And I'm not going to sign for apparently anything less

00:40:15Underneath it goes

00:40:17And, uh, first down catch made

00:40:19Looked to be Bill Brooks

00:40:21Brooks, who, uh, had a touchdown catch

00:40:23In his debut as a Bill last week

00:40:2512 yards on that one

00:40:27Jim Kelly last night in our conversation

00:40:29I said, were you surprised when this guy was available

00:40:31He said, I was shocked

00:40:33I mean, he comes from ending up as Colts

00:40:35Mark Gibrotas, the head coach there

00:40:37The transition of this Buffalo offense

00:40:39Is going very easily

00:40:41And this guy runs precise patterns, great hands

00:40:43And an excellent leader

00:40:45And Thomas on the first down

00:40:47Maybe three, Everett

00:40:49And, uh, Russell Maryland with a tackle

00:40:51Now, Dick, let's look at the defensive side of the ball here

00:40:53I'm looking at just about the same guys

00:40:55That were playing in that Super Bowl

00:40:57Where is the difference

00:40:59I have not seen, I did not see it

00:41:01Against Washington

00:41:03And to this point in this football game

00:41:05I have not seen it either

00:41:07We're talking the same guys

00:41:09In the same uniforms

00:41:11Bill Hanson being taken to the Buffalo dressing room

00:41:13Apparently an ankle injury

00:41:15The right ankle

00:41:17Just to continue

00:41:19I don't think Dallas thought they had any problems

00:41:21With their defense this year

00:41:23And through the first game and a half

00:41:25Almost a half

00:41:27Game and a half, almost a half

00:41:29They've had major problems with their defense

00:41:31Thomas, stop, start

00:41:33Avoids a tackle

00:41:35Gets four yards out of nothing

00:41:37Before Robert Jones, 55

00:41:39And Tolbert, 92, can make the stop

00:41:41And the clock runs to the 340 mark

00:41:43As we approach halftime

00:41:45With Buffalo leading 10-0

00:41:47Now these are the kinds of drives that the Cowboys

00:41:49Mesmerized the NFL with last year

00:41:51Just keep it down, Emmitt Smith

00:41:53Second down, third, first down, third down

00:41:55Four for four downs, and Buffalo's doing it today

00:41:57And Jimmy Johnson made the point to us

00:41:59Our defense was good last year

00:42:01Because it was only on the field an average of 26 minutes a game

00:42:03Four for eight on third downs

00:42:05Buffalo today

00:42:07Dallas 0 for five

00:42:11Crowd comes into the picture

00:42:13And so does Kenneth Davis

00:42:15Who is close to a first down

00:42:17It'll depend upon the spot

00:42:19Gonna be very close

00:42:21Thomas Everett from a safety spot

00:42:23Dick, let me go out on a limb here

00:42:25Last year, you don't go for it

00:42:27Fourth and down against this defense

00:42:29I think today, Marv Levy says, yeah, I'll go for it

00:42:31Not in this spot, at the 50-yard line

00:42:33With a 10-0 lead

00:42:35But they could stuff you so quickly

00:42:37They not only stopped you

00:42:39They just stopped your momentum

00:42:41Changed your thinking

00:42:43I mean, all kinds of things

00:42:45This defense doesn't, to this point in the season

00:42:47Get the respect it had last year

00:42:49It's a big measurement for Dallas

00:42:51Two-forty-eight left

00:42:53And it is just short of a first down

00:42:57Sprained ankle

00:42:59Hopefully not worse

00:43:01That's the report as we receive it from Buffalo

00:43:03On Phil Hanson

00:43:05But he is out for the rest of this game

00:43:07So easy choice, tough choice

00:43:09Marv Levy sends out the punter

00:43:11Now with a 10-0 lead

00:43:13And Levy is barking at the linesman

00:43:15Who had started a spot one way

00:43:17And kind of weaved his way

00:43:19We have to be watching it

00:43:21He started marking it one way

00:43:23And by the time he put his foot down

00:43:25He had moved it back just about enough

00:43:27That it wasn't a first down

00:43:29That's why Marv is barking

00:43:31He saw it as a play

00:43:33Chris Moore, his third punt

00:43:35Kevin Williams back at the 10

00:43:45High kick

00:43:47And it's out of bounds

00:43:49Inside the 15

00:43:51They'll mark it at the 12-yard line

00:43:53Well, tonight on NBC

00:43:55It's a big night of premieres

00:43:57We hope you'll stay with us

00:43:59Enough of that on television these days

00:44:01Eight o'clock's the time for Sequest

00:44:03As we premiere it on our Sunday night NBC schedule

00:44:05I have one of those rules when it comes to movies

00:44:07I see Spielberg movies

00:44:09No matter who they're intended for

00:44:11I see Spielberg movies

00:44:13He has a hand in this

00:44:16You like your

00:44:1820 Fathoms deep

00:44:20Aikman throwing underneath and short again

00:44:22Michael Irvin the target

00:44:24Jeff Wright and Bruce Smith

00:44:26Pressuring Aikman

00:44:28Again, this has got to be part of the image factor

00:44:31The Dallas Cowboys have not been able to threaten

00:44:33The Buffalo Bills with the run

00:44:35Inside 2 and 8

00:44:3725 Lastic tried to chip on the block

00:44:39Bruce Smith ran by both of them

00:44:41Puts his helmet straight in the chest to Troy Aikman

00:44:43And Troy has taken a beating

00:44:45In this first game and a half so far

00:44:47It has to be related

00:44:49To the lack of respect of the running game of the Dallas Cowboys

00:44:5177 for Buffalo

00:44:53Oliver Barnett from Kentucky

00:44:57Has replaced Bill Hanson in tackle

00:45:01That's Lastic out of the backfield

00:45:03Daryl Talley along with Nate Odoms

00:45:05With a stop at the 19

00:45:07Short of a first down by about 3

00:45:09And Dallas will let the final seconds

00:45:11Stick to the 2 minute warning

00:45:13Here in Irving, Texas

00:45:15The Buffalo Bills seeking revenge

00:45:1710-0

00:45:19With the scores and highlights

00:45:21A little disappointed in one thing on that show

00:45:23Mike Ditka, you know this week

00:45:25You see how he was dressed

00:45:27I thought he was going to continue to get his wardrobe

00:45:29At Toys R Us

00:45:31Actually today, he looks like Robert Hall

00:45:33He looked too professional

00:45:35Come on Iron Mike, be yourself

00:45:37Be yourself Iron Mike

00:45:39Show your tattoos

00:45:43Third down and 3

00:45:45And over the middle, first down to Irving

00:45:47It's a 30 yard line

00:45:49So that's the first third down conversion

00:45:51For Dallas in the half

00:45:5311 yards in the play

00:45:55As big as Michael Irving is

00:45:57Nate Odoms, not a particularly big corner

00:45:59Good coverage man

00:46:01Dallas going with a hurry up

00:46:03Another check

00:46:05End of round 7

00:46:07Henry Jones and Darryl Talley

00:46:09And Aikman now in the Dallas Cowboy

00:46:11Hurry up offense

00:46:13That offense that counters

00:46:15Buffalo's full game

00:46:17K-Gun

00:46:19But he still stays underneath the center

00:46:21No shotgun

00:46:23Again, comes in underneath to Derek Gaynor

00:46:25This time he's chopped down

00:46:27First down at the 41 yard line

00:46:29Tackle made by Mickey Washington

00:46:3125 for Buffalo

00:46:33This is all set up, practiced

00:46:35Orchestrated throughout the week

00:46:37All these players know exactly what sequence

00:46:39Of plays are going to take place here

00:46:41Then they also have an automatic play

00:46:43Looks like there's a substitution

00:46:45Coming in here for Buffalo, timeout Buffalo

00:46:47Stops the clock with

00:46:491-0-3 remaining

00:46:51Dallas trying to take a bite out of the Bills

00:46:5310-0 lead

00:46:57For this new season and

00:46:59Dallas, should they go and two face

00:47:01A rather difficult

00:47:03Challenge, no team

00:47:05And you've probably heard this a hundred times

00:47:07Has gone from an 0-2 start

00:47:09To a Super Bowl win

00:47:11Just getting to the Super Bowl

00:47:13But then no team had gone to the Super Bowl

00:47:15With the NFL rushing champ either

00:47:17That's right, they had him last year

00:47:19Emmitt Smith

00:47:21Leaving Rush for the last two years

00:47:23Absent this season

00:47:25Derek Gaynor playing in that spot

00:47:27Emmitt Smith reception

00:47:29Gets only three, you wonder

00:47:31Emmitt Smith, what he might have earned

00:47:33Out of that catch

00:47:35The difference between Emmitt Smith and Derek Gaynor

00:47:37Not even worth comparison

00:47:39Look at the rushing yards here for Dallas

00:47:412-1 Buffalo

00:47:43Final seconds of the first half

00:47:45It's Gaynor again

00:47:47To the sidelines and out of bounds

00:47:49Shia the first down at the Dallas 49

00:47:51Keith Goguenis, number 50

00:47:53A linebacker making the hit

00:47:55And Dick

00:47:57Nice drive here by the Dallas Cowboys

00:47:59But what they've done in this first half

00:48:01Trailing 10-0

00:48:03What I see is nothing but finesse

00:48:05And last year this was a

00:48:07Smash mouth football team

00:48:09Well when you've got to throw the ball to the outside

00:48:11Throw it underneath

00:48:13It's a finesse football team

00:48:15The personality of this team has changed dramatically

00:48:17Dallas has

00:48:19Two timeouts left

00:48:21Six consecutive completions for Aikman

00:48:23He drops

00:48:25And hits the tight end Novacek

00:48:27Buffalo 39 yard line

00:48:29As they're close to field goal range

00:48:31Now in the second timeout used by

00:48:33Dallas, 29 seconds to go

00:48:35What a weapon

00:48:37Novacek is

00:48:39Taken from the Phoenix Cardinals

00:48:41The plan being

00:48:431990 has three catches

00:48:45Today, he had three

00:48:47Monday night, he was the Kaplan champion

00:48:49Of the WAC conference while

00:48:51For the Wyoming Cowboys

00:48:53A cowboy from Nebraska

00:48:55Even in his football years

00:48:57College and professionally

00:48:59A cowboy

00:49:01The drama, the emotion

00:49:03One of the greatest traditions in golf

00:49:05Returns to NBC

00:49:07We bring you the 30th Ryder Cup

00:49:09Ten and a half hours of coverage

00:49:11The final weekend of this month of September

00:49:13And next weekend in anticipation of the event

00:49:15We'll take you back to the Belfry

00:49:17A preview of the 30th Ryder Cup matches

00:49:19The history of one of golf's most exciting traditions

00:49:21The Ryder Cup

00:49:23All next Saturday, 5 p.m. Eastern

00:49:25You'll be going across the pond

00:49:27Yes, I will. I'm excited to be there

00:49:29Back to the Belfry

00:49:31Being down at Kew Island the last time

00:49:33It was electric

00:49:35All at the 40

00:49:37Ten more yards

00:49:39To be in a decent field goal range

00:49:41Even underneath

00:49:43And off the fingertips of Novacek

00:49:45That looked like a

00:49:47Heat

00:49:49And humidity

00:49:51Fatigue play

00:49:53The throw and the catch

00:49:55That ball just dove right into the ground

00:49:57And of course this offense

00:49:59Designed by Norv Turner

00:50:01Which functioned so well last year

00:50:03Was an offense of balance

00:50:05First and foremost

00:50:07Absolute balance

00:50:09When they could run and throw

00:50:11They were almost unstoppable

00:50:13Amply passed after

00:50:15Seven in a row

00:50:17Connected with Aikman

00:50:19That's the scramble

00:50:21And it's Cornelius Bennett in pursuit

00:50:23And dragging him down inside the 25

00:50:25Clock will continue to run

00:50:2714

00:50:29And Dallas spends its final time out

00:50:31With 12 seconds

00:50:33That'll put the Cowboys in good field goal range

00:50:35A 15-yard scramble

00:50:37Not something you see Troy Aikman do a lot

00:50:39Not something that he likes to do

00:50:41But is certainly willing to do

00:50:43He's a big strong kid

00:50:45This is a foot race that Bennett's going to win

00:50:47With most quarterbacks

00:50:49I guess Steve Young you probably would not catch

00:50:51But drags him down

00:50:53And Troy Aikman when he lands here

00:50:55Gets a huge AstroTurf strawberry

00:50:57Right there on his throwing elbow

00:50:59It came up

00:51:01And it was

00:51:03Scraped like somebody put sandpaper on it

00:51:05And the fans

00:51:07Are going because

00:51:09And Jimmy Johnson says I want to get a field goal

00:51:11Out of this we'll take it right now

00:51:13And there you see the skin just

00:51:15Scraped away

00:51:17Those things never heal

00:51:19That'll heal

00:51:21February 22nd

00:51:23The others

00:51:25The infection dangerous

00:51:27Although they've pretty much taken that out

00:51:29Of AstroTurf fields

00:51:31You don't get much infection anymore

00:51:33This is an important

00:51:35Kick here

00:51:3749 this from 42

00:51:39To get Dallas on the board

00:51:45And it's right down the middle

00:51:4943 yards officially

00:51:51And Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys

00:51:53Finally

00:51:55Have some points

00:51:59And it's a compliment to Aikman's scramble of 15

00:52:01But also a compliment

00:52:03To the Buffalo defense that he had to scramble

00:52:05Couldn't find a man open to hit

00:52:07With a pass

00:52:09They score three

00:52:11Certainly not the personality of the Dallas Cowboys

00:52:13The world champion Dallas Cowboys

00:52:15You're right

00:52:17There's something for Dallas to build on there

00:52:19It was in the hurry up offense

00:52:21But they got it down the field

00:52:23Domino's halftime report

00:52:25Coming up

00:52:27Final seconds

00:52:29Eight seconds left

00:52:31The kickoff may be a play for Buffalo

00:52:33Talking to young Marcus

00:52:35Patton the linebacker

00:52:37Was replaced Shane Conlin

00:52:39Now a Los Angeles Rams

00:52:41Russell Copeland and Kenneth Davis

00:52:43Will retreat toward the goal line

00:52:45To receive the kickoff

00:52:51You have a young guy

00:52:53A veteran guy like Copeland Davis

00:52:55Back there

00:52:57One guy in charge

00:52:59And it's got to be Kenneth Davis

00:53:01He's the one that's going to tell Copeland

00:53:03What to do with it

00:53:05Understand the end zone

00:53:07This one just driven low

00:53:09To skid it

00:53:11Down to Copeland at the five

00:53:13And he just doesn't even take a chance

00:53:15Waits for the hit

00:53:17With four seconds to go

00:53:19Apparently he was told don't take any chances

00:53:21And he followed that to the letter

00:53:23That sounds like it came from

00:53:25Marv Levy

00:53:27Not from Kenneth Davis

00:53:29You want to be with us next week

00:53:31In our bye week young Mr. Copeland

00:53:33You just don't even take a chance

00:53:35Don't even consider

00:53:37As a matter of fact most times coaches

00:53:39Pass along information to a receiver

00:53:41Tell him this is what you want

00:53:43I'm sure Marv woke up and said

00:53:45Son this is what you do

00:53:53We always have someone telling us

00:53:55What to do

00:53:57Stand by to throw to New York

00:53:59Is what he's telling us

00:54:01And indeed we'll be back

00:54:03With all the scores and highlights

00:54:05Of this second week of the NFL season

00:54:07After these messages from your local station

00:54:13So many offensive changes

00:54:15As Buffalo kicking it off to Dallas

00:54:17To open their second half

00:54:19And the Cowboys will take it at the 20 yard line

00:54:21Troy Aikman

00:54:23And here are the official numbers

00:54:25In the first half

00:54:27And possession time always

00:54:29Apparently on Dallas' side

00:54:31And of course Buffalo gets it up and down the field

00:54:33Quicker than anybody and yet look at that

00:54:35Look at the rushing yards there

00:54:37Remember that 15 of that 52

00:54:39Came on a rush by

00:54:41On a scramble by Troy Aikman

00:54:43And 63 of the 139 total yards

00:54:45For Dallas came in the

00:54:47Final drive

00:54:49That 4th drive

00:54:51In the first half

00:54:53Let's see what adjustments have been made

00:54:55On that Dallas offensive

00:54:57Thinking

00:54:59Lassit gets the call

00:55:01And gains barely a yard

00:55:03Bruce Smith and Mark Maddox make the hit

00:55:05Maddox in the middle from

00:55:07There's Bruce Smith and Maddox 55

00:55:09From Northern Michigan

00:55:11Oh Bruce Smith

00:55:13The leg of Thurman Thomas

00:55:15Saying hello to

00:55:17Emmitt Smith

00:55:19He'd like to see him get more than Thurman

00:55:21Next time he'd say that

00:55:23Absolutely

00:55:25Emmitt would be wearing 34 and it would go back and forth

00:55:27And Jerry Jones to half

00:55:29He's looking ahead to the salary cap

00:55:31Around 31 million dollars for the team salaries

00:55:33Next year

00:55:35Underneath

00:55:37Trying to drag Henry Jones and Durst

00:55:39For 3 more yards to the 29

00:55:41Where it will be 3rd and 1

00:55:43And Dick Troy Aikman got hammered again

00:55:45This time by Bruce Smith

00:55:47Watch from the left hand side

00:55:49By Bruce Smith

00:55:51Just gets him in his legs

00:55:53Excellent catch by Novacek

00:55:55And you're right, Jones is hanging on for dear life

00:55:57Watch this move

00:55:59Just can't quite get there

00:56:01You don't

00:56:03Reggie White I think was the first guy to move that

00:56:05And Bruce Smith has perfected it

00:56:07He's gotta be an athlete

00:56:09And Smith was a great athlete

00:56:11High school was on the state basketball championship team

00:56:13Son of a boxer

00:56:15Drilled

00:56:17There's Darrell Talley

00:56:19Almost as if he knew what was coming

00:56:21Stops that play for a loss on 3rd and 1

00:56:23And that's what they're saying

00:56:25They can't run inside

00:56:27There is no chance here whatsoever

00:56:29You can't blame that on Derek Lassen

00:56:31You can see that

00:56:33Buffalo is beginning to feed off of this

00:56:35And

00:56:37Conversely the Dallas Cowboys

00:56:39Are beginning to wonder

00:56:41Was it last year we won the Super Bowl

00:56:43Or was it 2 or 3 years ago

00:56:45Now Jet to punt

00:56:47With Copeland the rookie at the other end

00:56:51A wobbly

00:56:53Short kick, Copeland

00:56:55Fair catch, he had a chance to run it

00:56:57That'll be a penalty

00:56:59Rookie mistake

00:57:01He realized after signaling fair catch

00:57:03That he really had a chance to run that one

00:57:05But had already stopped

00:57:07Defensive play with a fair catch signal

00:57:09Illegal fair catch

00:57:11Young man

00:57:13Man they don't even allow that on the street

00:57:15In the backyard, in the playground

00:57:17It was kind of a weak wave wasn't it

00:57:19It wasn't very clear when he thought

00:57:21Well maybe no one noticed

00:57:23Invalid fair catch signal

00:57:25On number 85 on the return team

00:57:27Five yard penalty from the spot

00:57:29First down

00:57:3127 yard line

00:57:33Buffalo gets its first second half possession

00:57:35Tonight on NBC

00:57:37Premier night for the 93-94 season

00:57:39A new eyewitness

00:57:41There's a young fella

00:57:43In a place where young people identify

00:57:45A very important role played by a young

00:57:47Computer whiz

00:57:49A dolphin, they got it all

00:57:51The whole family will enjoy

00:57:53Chider sent you a hat to wear

00:57:55Over there in England

00:57:57I'll proudly wear it

00:57:59Robert Jones on the coverage

00:58:01As Thomas Bass incomplete

00:58:03Marv Levy

00:58:05He has been

00:58:07As angry on the sidelines

00:58:09As we've seen

00:58:11He wants this win

00:58:13Absolutely, big time

00:58:15No question about it

00:58:17Second down

00:58:19They go underneath to Brooks

00:58:21And he rolls across the 40

00:58:23And finally touched at the 43

00:58:25Got a yard and a half on the roll

00:58:2714 yards

00:58:29Excellent read by Jim Kelly

00:58:31He is going to the outside first

00:58:33That's not there

00:58:35Comes back to Brooks on the inside

00:58:37There's no reason to make any more yards

00:58:39Look at the little fingers on Bill Brooks' hands

00:58:41From catching balls

00:58:43I said, you look like an old catcher

00:58:45He said, well I did play some catcher when I was a kid

00:58:47Almost served his hooks

00:58:49To make sure that ball stays in there

00:58:51One of the shortest handed

00:58:53Players in the league

00:58:55Is Brooks who finished his Colts career

00:58:57Number two to the immortal Raymond Berry

00:58:59In Colts catching history

00:59:01While with the Colts

00:59:03He nabbed 411

00:59:05What a thrill

00:59:11Kelly goes down

00:59:13Tony Tolbert

00:59:15With his first sack of the season

00:59:17Two today, his second today

00:59:19That was a good choice

00:59:21By Jim Kelly

00:59:23We saw in the Super Bowl a couple of times

00:59:25When Jim Kelly threw it up

00:59:27And Delos took advantage of it

00:59:29This time, he just puts it down

00:59:31Takes the sack

00:59:33Third down in long yardage

00:59:35But I'm not going to give it to the Dallas Cowboys

00:59:39Kelly out of the shotgun

00:59:45Charles Haley

00:59:47Putting the pressure on Kelly

00:59:49That was a 47 defense

00:59:51Four man rush

00:59:53Seven defensive backs

00:59:55There's Fina

00:59:5770 on Charles Haley again

00:59:59And Haley

01:00:01Haley is right there at his feet

01:00:03Of course, this preseason

01:00:05Has been very, very busy

01:00:07In the preseason, he faced swelling of Detroit

01:00:09Dolman of the Vikings

01:00:11Derek Thomas of Kansas City

01:00:13He is really getting his lessons in a hurry

01:00:15And Charles Haley today

01:00:21Good kick with heavy pressure

01:00:23Fair catch by Williams

01:00:25At the 17 yard line

01:00:27Dallas has its second possession

01:00:29And three in the third

01:00:33It just feels right

01:00:35By Budweiser

01:00:37Fresh, pure, natural

01:00:39Proud to be your bud

01:00:41By the American Express card

01:00:43Don't leave home without it

01:00:45And by MCI

01:00:47The company that brings you root positive

01:00:49Dallas Cowboys

01:00:51Has scored 42 points

01:00:53In annihilating Buffalo's hopes

01:00:55In their third straight Super Bowl chance

01:00:57Have scored but three today

01:00:59Troy Aikman for the fifth straight possession

01:01:01Starts from his 20th

01:01:03Or 20 yard line or less

01:01:05Play action on first down

01:01:07Wide open over the middle is Irvin

01:01:09Nate Odoms

01:01:11Gets him by the jersey at the 37

01:01:1518 yards on the play

01:01:17Dick, an excellent play action

01:01:19Faked by Troy Aikman

01:01:21And you see Irvin gets inside

01:01:23The receiver again

01:01:25It's the double zone

01:01:27And the linebackers were sucked up

01:01:29Thinking it was going to be a run

01:01:31There you see Talley come in late

01:01:33Play works perfectly

01:01:35When you've got the threat of the running game

01:01:37It holds those linebackers at the line of scrimmage

01:01:39The middle of the defense opens up

01:01:4578 catches the lead

01:01:47The Cowboys last year

01:01:49His last extended overhaul

01:01:51To the 39 Cornelius Bennett grounds him

01:01:53Let's look at the double zone

01:01:55As used by the Buffalo Bills

01:01:57In the first half

01:01:59You'll watch the cornerbacks

01:02:01When the receivers go down the field

01:02:03They chuck them and then what they're doing

01:02:05Is they're riding with them as they go down the field

01:02:07The safeties rotate out

01:02:09You see the running back

01:02:11And the two running backs in the tight end

01:02:13Are going to run around in the middle

01:02:15But Buffalo really doesn't respect

01:02:17What they're doing here in the middle

01:02:19Because of the lack of Emmitt Smith

01:02:21He drops back

01:02:23Nate Odoms comes underneath Urban

01:02:25Makes the interception

01:02:27It was just a lack of respect for the running game

01:02:29On the ground for short yardage

01:02:31To the 40 Mark Maddox

01:02:33Stuffing Lasek

01:02:35And the rookie from Alabama

01:02:37Has had a tough afternoon here

01:02:39In his home debut

01:02:41And you can't put this on Derek Lasek

01:02:43You can't say it's his fault

01:02:45He doesn't have the reputation of twice

01:02:47Leading the NFL in rushing

01:02:49He doesn't have the reputation of bouncing off people

01:02:51And turning a 2 yard gain into a 30 yard run

01:02:53And he comes out

01:02:55On long yardage situations

01:02:57In this instance 3rd and 5

01:02:59Daryl Johnson or Gary Gaynor

01:03:01Is no threat like Emmitt Smith

01:03:09Might have been a first down

01:03:11It was right at the yardstick

01:03:13Nate Odoms on the coverage

01:03:15But Michael Urban running before he caught the ball

01:03:17Great job to unload that one

01:03:19Blitz right up the middle

01:03:21Bruce Smith

01:03:23And it looked like Henry Jones number 20

01:03:25Right in his face

01:03:27And Buffalo has done one thing very well today

01:03:29They have kept people in Troy Aikman's face

01:03:33Buffalo

01:03:35Bruce Smith and Jim Kelly and all the rest

01:03:37Reminding us hey the core of a team

01:03:39That has gone to 3 straight Super Bowls

01:03:41And yeah we didn't win them

01:03:43We got to 3

01:03:45Count us out

01:03:47Not only in Buffalo but in uniform

01:03:49What a kick

01:03:51Jet airborne to the 9

01:03:53Copeland

01:03:55Returns to the 20

01:03:57Tackled by Matt Vanderbeek

01:03:59Timeout with 9-14

01:04:01Left in the 3rd

01:04:05Back in Texas Stadium

01:04:07You're looking at Cat Hall

01:04:09The Goal Pro Center

01:04:11The Bills are hopeful

01:04:13He'll be back

01:04:15They miss him

01:04:17Tripped in the backfield

01:04:19Thurman Thomas

01:04:21And there was Haley

01:04:23And Casillas

01:04:25Back to that center position

01:04:27So John Davis

01:04:29Who had a serious knee surgery 2 years ago

01:04:31And came back to the club

01:04:33Middle of last year

01:04:35You have a new man in left tackle

01:04:37With Wolford gone

01:04:39So the offensive line somewhat rebuilt

01:04:41In those great hands

01:04:43As he's tackled at the 27

01:04:45Kevin Smith perfect coverage

01:04:47Brooks clutches on to the pass

01:04:49It'll be close to a first inning

01:04:51Interesting that Bill Brooks told us

01:04:53This is the same offense that they run

01:04:55In Indianapolis

01:04:57But I had to give it to Jim Kelly

01:04:59Kelly said I like this route

01:05:01I want you to run to you this way

01:05:03The slant that way

01:05:05Brooks falls down

01:05:07And Buffalo will have to punch

01:05:09He pointed to us at this

01:05:11K-Gun attack

01:05:13Where's he at

01:05:15He said I get tired

01:05:17I'll give you a blow occasionally

01:05:19Kevin Smith on the bump and run

01:05:21Legs did go out from underneath

01:05:23Sometimes that happens on the AstroTurf

01:05:25But he was certainly covered

01:05:27There had to be somebody else open

01:05:29The Bills flanked in their last 6th down attempt

01:05:40At the same time as Ray

01:05:42The same time as Ray Guy

01:05:44Williams a shorter kick this time

01:05:46At the 36 yard line

01:05:48Thompson Georgia

01:05:5010-3 and a timeout

01:05:54On the sidelines

01:05:56Using a little air conditioning unit

01:05:58Huloff, that was Mark Pike

01:06:00Don Davis

01:06:02As Dallas trailing 10-3

01:06:048 minutes left in the 3rd quarter

01:06:06Takes over at the 36 yard line

01:06:09But the results of Lassik

01:06:11Into that Buffalo defense

01:06:13Doesn't

01:06:15Marcus Patton stops him after a gain of 2

01:06:17We've seen Lassik

01:06:19Remember in the Super Bowl

01:06:21An important part of the offense

01:06:23Of the Dallas Cowboys

01:06:25Is Emmitt Smith's ability to stay on the field all the time

01:06:27Here in pass protection

01:06:29Watch the block that he puts on Cornelius Bennett

01:06:31And by design you can see

01:06:33That Dallas takes 63

01:06:35Slides him out

01:06:37And they use Emmitt Smith's man

01:06:39They have that much confidence

01:06:41Easy to spend the other guy's money

01:06:43Oh yeah

01:06:45Here's a throw to Darryl Johnston

01:06:47And he's in Buffalo territory

01:06:49At the 49 with a first down

01:06:51A dozen on that throw

01:06:55One of the real unsung heroes I think in the NFL

01:06:57Johnston seems to do all the dirty work

01:06:59He's the lead blocker

01:07:01Runs a little flat pattern here

01:07:03Darryl tallies the man in coverage

01:07:05They don't throw it very much

01:07:07So the coverage is not particularly tight

01:07:09Nice completion. First down

01:07:13Family of athletic talent

01:07:15His sister Joanne

01:07:17A member of the two-time national champion soccer team

01:07:19At the University of Rochester

01:07:21Was the goalkeeper

01:07:25First down

01:07:27Kevin Williams who has the catch

01:07:29He's down by contact

01:07:31At the 43 of Buffalo

01:07:33Let's go for an update to New York

01:07:35Here's Jim Lampley

01:07:37Seattle 18-12 last week

01:07:41Second down

01:07:43And three

01:07:45Lassit driving close to the 40

01:07:47Shy of the first down

01:07:49Talley and Darby made the tackle

01:07:51Along with Mike Lodish

01:07:53Who's in a defensive tackle

01:07:55Number 73

01:07:57That's certainly a big part of what Emmitt does

01:07:59In my estimation

01:08:01When you face Dallas with Emmitt Smith

01:08:03The defense

01:08:05Less respect for the run

01:08:07Because you've got to plan all week

01:08:09To have somebody at the line of scrimmage to stop Emmitt Smith

01:08:11Pass protection we just show that big block

01:08:13Less time of possession without him

01:08:15Because Emmitt Smith

01:08:17Routinely turns a four or five yard play

01:08:19With a

01:08:21Breaking a tackle

01:08:23He's 20 or 25 yards down the field

01:08:25And that allows the offense

01:08:27More patience when he's here

01:08:29If he's not here

01:08:31You get less patience if you're the offensive coordinator

01:08:33The net result is

01:08:35Not a lot of time

01:08:37He's such a huge factor

01:08:39On this team

01:08:41You can hear a chant in the background

01:08:43It's not full chorus of the 60,000 fans

01:08:45But it's we want Emmitt

01:08:47Dave Hamilton

01:08:49The umpire took a solid bump

01:08:51On that last play

01:08:53And Jerry Jones the owner

01:08:55The businessman

01:08:57He's got a salary cap

01:08:59The others who have spent freely are not

01:09:01And I'm going to be in the advantage

01:09:03Maybe disadvantage this year without Emmitt

01:09:05But the next six years

01:09:07I'll have the advantage over others

01:09:09As Darryl Johnston on a third down pass

01:09:11Has a first down at the 37th

01:09:13Jerry Jones the play for

01:09:15Buffalo

01:09:17He did a lot of this against the 49ers

01:09:19In the NFC conference championship game

01:09:21Quality guy

01:09:23You're right about Jerry Jones

01:09:25And it's a plan

01:09:27It's his money, it's his team

01:09:29But if you poll

01:09:31Dallas Cowboy players and coaches

01:09:33And said who is the one guy

01:09:35On this team that stands at its core

01:09:37I think 99% would say Emmitt Smith

01:09:39More than Troy Aikman

01:09:41More than Troy Aikman

01:09:43He is the core and soul of the team

01:09:45Aikman off play action

01:09:47And dumps it off on Lassik

01:09:49Hit immediately by Mark Maddox

01:09:51Dallas is struggling

01:09:53They're moving the ball down the field

01:09:55But it's been very difficult

01:09:57For them offensively today

01:09:59Because of the weapon not there

01:10:01And I thought it was interesting

01:10:03That Jimmy Johnson said

01:10:05We were all hoping that

01:10:07Superman had come at the last minute

01:10:09He'd pop out of a cake

01:10:11He said this week

01:10:13I think reality set in

01:10:15We know he's not going to be here this week

01:10:17And he may not be here for a while

01:10:19He was on NFL Live early today

01:10:21Both with Emmitt Smith and Terry Jones

01:10:23It certainly looked like they were at a total impasse

01:10:25Underneath and Novacek eludes Maddox

01:10:27He's inside the 15

01:10:29The deepest penetration for Dallas today

01:10:41Not a very complicated pattern

01:10:43Straight drop back

01:10:45Watch Troy Aikman he throws out of his shoe

01:10:47Turnout the linebacker

01:10:49That'll be a little more complete

01:10:51That's Mark Maddox who's kind of brushing him

01:10:53You've got to get

01:10:55Novacek on the ground

01:10:57Watch Troy Aikman's shoe come right off

01:10:59One of the quickest guys away from center

01:11:01To the set up in the NFL

01:11:03Ball at the 14 yard line

01:11:05This is the longest Dallas drive of the day

01:11:07Underneath incomplete

01:11:09And that was Nate Odoms closing on Michael Irvin

01:11:11That was nice

01:11:13That was perfect timing

01:11:17Irvin runs the inside route

01:11:19And just watch Odoms

01:11:21Perfect timing

01:11:23Fans in Dallas see it with different eyes

01:11:25Yes they do

01:11:27But that's perfect timing

01:11:29Remember the guy throwing the flag

01:11:31Is behind Odoms

01:11:33A Badger of Wisconsin where a couple of years

01:11:35He had to work and practice against Al too

01:11:37In the retired New York Jets machine

01:11:39This is second ten

01:11:41This is four down area for Dallas

01:11:43They need a touchdown just psychologically

01:11:45They go to two tight ends here

01:11:47And give it to

01:11:49Derrick Lassig

01:11:51Tripped up by Cornelius Bennett

01:11:53It'll be third down and long

01:11:57A Buffalo mid-range missile

01:11:59Bennett

01:12:01Happy now that he's positioned outside

01:12:03Not playing him inside

01:12:05As he was asked to do last year

01:12:07Frankly I think playing Bennett outside

01:12:09Makes this defense of Buffalo's

01:12:11A little better

01:12:13A pass rusher from the outside with Bennett

01:12:15Smith on the other side

01:12:17And the two young linebackers on the inside

01:12:19Patton and Maddox

01:12:21They're going to get a lot of attention

01:12:23Buffalo likes the way they play inside

01:12:25Dallas after starting 0 for 5

01:12:27In third down conversions

01:12:293 for 10

01:12:31Aikman ducks the rush

01:12:33But can't get away from Henry Jones

01:12:35Bennett got a little piece of him

01:12:37And Jones moving quickly

01:12:39From a safety spot to make the tackle

01:12:41This is a field goal try

01:12:43For Jimmy Johnson's Cowboy

01:12:45Trying to keep those emotions up

01:12:47But you know he's burning inside

01:12:49Is he ever

01:12:51And he doesn't have a lot of confidence in Elliot

01:12:53Did not have a particularly good season

01:12:55Or preseason either

01:12:57Cornelius Bennett

01:12:59And Derrick Gator

01:13:01And Derrick Gator was the primary receiver on that last play

01:13:03That's why he had to run

01:13:05This one is a 30 yard attempt to make it 10-6

01:13:07Novacek who did not hold last year

01:13:09Berline had that role

01:13:13It's wide to the right

01:13:15And they'll be groaning

01:13:17In Irving now

01:13:25The longest miss drive

01:13:27Of the day ends with a miss

01:13:29From 30 yards by Lynn Elliot

01:13:31Deep in the third

01:13:33Buffalo retains a 10-6 lead

01:13:35In the third

01:13:37Buffalo retains a 10-3 advantage

01:13:43Cowboy fans

01:13:45Trying to help this Dallas club

01:13:47With a missed 30 yard field goal

01:13:49And now it's Sherman Thomas for 5 yards

01:13:51As the Cowboys have had 10 possessions

01:13:53And much like the pattern on Monday night

01:13:55Against Washington

01:13:57No long drives

01:13:59They only had 3 possessions that lasted over 3 minutes

01:14:01In Washington

01:14:03They had 2 over 3 minutes

01:14:05And the last was the longest

01:14:07Nearly 6 minutes they held the ball

01:14:0910 plays only to miss from 30 yards on a field goal

01:14:11And that's one of the reasons

01:14:13Why the defensive numbers of the Dallas Cowboys

01:14:15Have gone down in this first game and a half

01:14:17This defense is not used to playing as much

01:14:19On a weekly basis

01:14:21Somehow that finds

01:14:23Pete Metzelaars

01:14:25It looked as if it was intended for Carwell Gardner

01:14:27They were running in tandem

01:14:29And Gardner who caught the touchdown early in this game

01:14:31With a 13 yard pickup

01:14:33The pattern is

01:14:35If I throw it low Gardner gets it

01:14:37If I throw it high Metzelaars gets it

01:14:39At 6, 7 and a half

01:14:41The bricklayer

01:14:43Pete Metzelaars gets it

01:14:49Thomas driving for about 3

01:14:51Across the 40 yard line

01:14:53Robert Jones and Dixon Edwards

01:14:55The linebackers in on the hit

01:14:57You can see the Dallas Cowboys

01:14:59Defense there

01:15:01This is the second week in a row

01:15:03They have spent, wrap them up

01:15:05But he admitted to it

01:15:07They don't listen to me anymore

01:15:09I'm not getting through

01:15:11Every coach that has won a Super Bowl

01:15:13Would parrot what Jimmy Johnson is saying

01:15:15To the reporters now

01:15:17Metzelaars with flags down

01:15:19A catch at the 50 yard line

01:15:21I mean there's just that natural human instinct

01:15:23You've won the big one

01:15:25And then the next year you're figuring

01:15:27Hey, I mean I've won it, we're the best team

01:15:29And then you're maybe not the best

01:15:31When you lose the top runner in the league

01:15:33And the tendency is you don't

01:15:35You're busy writing books and taking vows

01:15:37And going to parties

01:15:39Penalty against Charles Haley

01:15:41And by the way Charles Haley's comment was

01:15:43Hey when you win that, I said

01:15:45You know you won that Super Bowl

01:15:47Wearing a couple of them in San Francisco

01:15:49He says well you do kind of look around

01:15:51We did a pretty good job here

01:15:53Sat a little bit, enjoyed it

01:15:55Meanwhile every opponent

01:15:57There's a big play by Jimmy Jones

01:15:59And Russell Maryland

01:16:01The two young tackles from Miami of Florida

01:16:05Maybe the only way

01:16:07Dallas can get control of this football game

01:16:09Is some kind of a turnover by the offense

01:16:13Richard 51 pulls Davis is out on Tolbert

01:16:15And it looks like

01:16:17Right around Parker

01:16:1974 Glenn Parker

01:16:21Allowed Russell Maryland around there

01:16:23For the sack

01:16:25The third by the Dallas defense

01:16:27Jimmy Jones

01:16:29Who had that touchdown in the Super Bowl

01:16:31A two yard fumble return

01:16:33Deli to Brooks

01:16:35And Brooks gets away from Larry Brown

01:16:37And fights for a first down

01:16:39Dallas 38 yard line

01:16:41Big play, that ball was there for either man

01:16:43Brown or Brooks to catch

01:16:45And Brooks with a better hands

01:16:47And position at the end of the third period

01:16:4910-3 Buffalo

01:16:51We'll be back after these messages

01:16:53From your local station

01:16:55With Bob Trumpey

01:16:57Dick Invert we go to the fourth quarter

01:16:59A surprising score in a couple of ways

01:17:01One, too high powered offense

01:17:03Is limited to a touchdown

01:17:05And the fact that

01:17:07The Dallas Cowboys continue to struggle

01:17:09And at home they thought this would be the answer

01:17:11Home crowd

01:17:13Other than Emmitt Smith

01:17:15What's wrong?

01:17:17It's a profound reverse

01:17:19And Thurman Thomas has to

01:17:21Keep the ball

01:17:23That was well read by Dallas

01:17:25And Andre Reid just didn't get a chance

01:17:27To take the handoff from Thomas

01:17:29As Norton and Casillas read it well

01:17:31Let's go back to the last play of the third quarter

01:17:33Big catch by Brooks, 20 yards

01:17:35When Larry Brown had a chance for an interception

01:17:37Especially when you consider it's second and 18

01:17:39Great confidence by Kelly

01:17:41To throw it into Brooks in that crowd

01:17:43Knowing he'll get it

01:17:45Smith the big tackler

01:17:47And he's able to get the 20 yards in the first down

01:17:49To keep the crowd alive

01:17:51Second and long, Kelly

01:17:53Eluding Tolbert

01:17:55And throws to the sideline for Thomas incomplete

01:17:59For a guy who had his knee drained on Wednesday

01:18:01He looks pretty agile out there

01:18:03Now Tolbert

01:18:05Misses him completely

01:18:07Was it Tolbert? Have I got the right number?

01:18:09That is Tolbert

01:18:1192, misses him completely

01:18:13He's in there, he sees Casillas

01:18:15He is a tough man

01:18:1733 year old Jim Kelly

01:18:2170 V's now for the Dallas Cowboys

01:18:23A trap works perfect here to Thurman Thomas

01:18:27Third and 15

01:18:29Here comes Haley

01:18:31And he's got him

01:18:33Jimmy Jones

01:18:35And Haley

01:18:37But Jones taking advantage

01:18:39Of Kelly having to move up

01:18:41Haley from the outside rush

01:18:43Fourth sack for Dallas

01:18:45They had none against the Redskins

01:18:49So from the 49 to Dallas

01:18:51That's no field goal on this up

01:18:53An opportunity that presented itself earlier

01:18:55There's Haley from the top

01:18:57And they've got a tight end

01:18:59Why do they have a tight end?

01:19:01Rob Awolf trying to

01:19:03Stop Charles Haley

01:19:05I would not volunteer for that job

01:19:08Chris Morris punt

01:19:10Williams lets it bounce

01:19:12And Tasker

01:19:14Does he save that? What a play

01:19:16By Steve Tasker

01:19:18Is he about the best special teams player

01:19:20In the league? Many would argue he is

01:19:22He had the block punt in the Super Bowl

01:19:24Midair, gets that ball

01:19:26Not on the bounce, on the fly

01:19:28Mind you, this ball does not bounce

01:19:30And gets it back in play

01:19:32A very legal play and Dallas starts

01:19:34From inside, it's by

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01:20:01The hustle and presence of Steve Tasker

01:20:03To be able to keep his toes

01:20:05From underneath midair and back the ball

01:20:07Back into the field of play

01:20:09Perfectly legal and Troy Aikman has the start

01:20:11From his three yard line

01:20:13Lassik the lone running back

01:20:15And the rookie gets the call, fumbles!

01:20:17And who's got it at the one yard line?

01:20:19Could be the game if it's Buffalo

01:20:21That's two fumbles by Lassik

01:20:23Am I correct today? Two fumbles

01:20:25It appears the Cowboys

01:20:27Have recovered, yes

01:20:29Oh, Jimmy Johnson

01:20:31Cheeks even redder

01:20:33From behind the offense

01:20:35Who hits him?

01:20:3791, Jeff Wright

01:20:39He strips the ball away

01:20:41Lassik to his credit

01:20:43With his nose buried in the carpet

01:20:45Able to reach out and recover the fumble himself

01:20:47Look at the right 91 handle

01:20:49Stepnowski in the center, 53

01:20:51Stepnowski, a wonderful center

01:20:53Overpowered there by Jeff Wright

01:21:03Second and 10

01:21:05Lassik will take

01:21:07And throw outside to Novacek

01:21:09The tight end gets a first down

01:21:11That's a big play, Dallas gets some running room

01:21:13Out across the 15 is Novacek

01:21:15A 14 yard catch

01:21:17Beautiful play action fake by Troy Aikman

01:21:19Six catches for the tight end

01:21:21Watch what happens

01:21:23You can see how Biscuit bites on the play action

01:21:2597

01:21:27Novacek out there by himself

01:21:29Does pick up the first down

01:21:31That gives him a little breathing room

01:21:33But you gotta throw it

01:21:35To get the breathing room

01:21:55There was no need for Jones to bring him down

01:21:57When he finally tackled him

01:21:59Two steps out of bounds

01:22:01But not ruled as a foul

01:22:03Just a crossing pattern

01:22:05Nothing real fancy but Michael Irvin

01:22:07With that great size, that long stride

01:22:09Excellent timing by Troy Aikman

01:22:11Hits him in the middle of the stride

01:22:13In at the sideline

01:22:15He let him go

01:22:17That's a legal hit on the sideline

01:22:19Big pick up, 22 yards by Michael Irvin

01:22:21He has five catches

01:22:2370 yards today

01:22:25So from the two yard line

01:22:27To the 37 yard line

01:22:29Moves Dallas

01:22:31And Aikman warms up the right arm again

01:22:33To the sideline, complete again

01:22:35Irvin out of bounds at the Buffalo

01:22:3746

01:22:39This is the Dallas Cowboy team

01:22:41That terrorized the league a year ago

01:22:43Yeah, isn't this what the Washington

01:22:45Redskins did to the Dallas Cowboys

01:22:47A few nights ago

01:22:49In Washington, a 99 yard drive

01:22:51Look at that setup, perfect weights

01:22:53Nice delivery

01:22:55Irvin so big on the sideline

01:22:57But he senses the defenders behind

01:22:59He just stands there making himself

01:23:01A little bigger

01:23:03Just absorbs that football

01:23:05Beautiful receiver

01:23:07Irvin with six, Lomacek with seven catches

01:23:09Alvin Halperin has been cut out so far

01:23:11He was the big man in Washington

01:23:13Classic

01:23:15For two or three

01:23:17To about the 42 of Buffalo

01:23:19And a chance for an NFL update

01:23:21Let's go to Jim in New York

01:23:23I'll tell you Dick, some people thought

01:23:25Boomer Esiason couldn't still play

01:23:27But he's been red hot ever since the second half

01:23:29Of last week's game

01:23:31Here's the third quarter flea flicker

01:23:33With Blair Thomas pitching it back to Esiason

01:23:35He throws 46 yards downfield to Terrence Mathis

01:23:37They couldn't score a TD

01:23:39But the 39 yard Cary Blanchard field goal

01:23:41Set up by that has put the Jets on top

01:23:43In Miami, 17-14

01:23:45Back to Dick

01:23:47So Boomer and the Jets

01:23:49That reputation of playing Miami

01:23:51And a take man

01:23:53To the 36 yard line

01:23:55That'll be close to a first down

01:23:57Marcus Patton made the stop

01:23:59First down Dallas

01:24:01I don't think that was intentional

01:24:03I mean, it did not look

01:24:05Like it was intentional

01:24:07He never gets it, goes down on his knee

01:24:09And you see the linebackers rush right by him

01:24:11It's a good thing that Patton is there to make the tackle

01:24:13There was no one there in the defensive backfield

01:24:15The eighties scrambled

01:24:17For 21 yards today

01:24:19Lastic has 50

01:24:21Well maybe we put that play in

01:24:23That worked pretty well

01:24:25Time remaining in the fourth quarter

01:24:27Buffalo 10, Dallas 3

01:24:35Aikman with Jones on him

01:24:37And he throws it out of bounds

01:24:39There won't be a penalty

01:24:41Even though Novacek was tackled

01:24:43By Cornelius Bennett

01:24:45Because it was not a catchable ball

01:24:47Aikman was throwing it away

01:24:49You can see the signal by the official

01:24:51You'll see from the left hand side

01:24:53The strong safety

01:24:55Henry Jones 20 on the blitz

01:24:57Johnston picks him up

01:24:59And then he's just throwing it away

01:25:01There's no way in the world

01:25:03I mean, the plus side is you're protecting the quarterback

01:25:05With that new rule

01:25:07The downside is there's going to be some contact

01:25:09On plays like that

01:25:11And some people are going to get upset

01:25:13But you've got to protect the franchise players

01:25:15And that's the third time Jones

01:25:17The safety man has run a blitz

01:25:19He wouldn't have done that

01:25:21With Emmitt Smith running the ball

01:25:23Here's Gary Gaynor

01:25:25Slipping outside

01:25:27And the former Raider

01:25:29Has about seven with a 28 of Buffalo

01:25:31Nate Odom's coming up from the corner

01:25:33To make the tackle

01:25:35Blitzes are eaten alive

01:25:37By screens, draws

01:25:39And a great running back

01:25:41And Emmitt Smith fits that whole package

01:25:43You can see that Buffalo

01:25:45Kind of stays on the line of scrimmage here

01:25:47Gaynor runs over Nate Odom

01:25:49For a good drive

01:25:51For Dallas

01:25:53Two linebackers out

01:25:55And two defensive backs go in

01:25:57So

01:25:59Buffalo with six BBs

01:26:01And third

01:26:03And a long two

01:26:05Gaynor, big hole

01:26:07And he falls forward

01:26:09At the 25, first down

01:26:12Gaynor, 240 pounder

01:26:14From Florida A&M

01:26:16Buffalo was late

01:26:18Getting their defense on the field

01:26:20And deployed

01:26:22You can see that Wright misses the tackle

01:26:24And if he doesn't get a hold of his knee

01:26:26Gaynor is still running

01:26:28Well the tenth play of the drive coming up

01:26:3010-3, this is about

01:26:32Where Dallas was on the last possession

01:26:34And moved a little tighter

01:26:36And then missed the 30 yard field goal

01:26:38This drive started back at the two yard line

01:26:41That's it

01:26:43They almost humbled it to the Bills at the two

01:26:45On the first play of this long series

01:26:47Gets a couple of Marcus Patton from UCLA

01:26:49Lots of UCLA presence on both sides

01:26:51Of this game

01:26:53Patton who grew up in Los Angeles

01:26:55College walk-on with the Bruins

01:26:57As you watch Jimmy Johnson

01:26:59Looking for the big offensive play

01:27:06I think after the last defense

01:27:08I think after the last attempt by

01:27:11Lynn Elliott

01:27:13Again we're in four down area here

01:27:15For Dallas

01:27:17Take no chances with the kicker

01:27:19Second and eighth

01:27:21Underneath

01:27:23First down

01:27:25To the 11 yard line

01:27:27Before J.D. Williams can drag him down

01:27:32Jimmy Johnson contestant now

01:27:34A tying touchdown

01:27:36Irvin is a tough receiver

01:27:38Big, strong

01:27:40Knows how to spread himself out

01:27:44Watch him fight for extra yards

01:27:46Hangs on to the football

01:27:48Big play from

01:27:50Big play players

01:27:52Michael Irvin included

01:27:54Seven catches the Max's total on

01:27:56Monday night against the Redskins

01:28:00Twelve yards away from a tying touchdown

01:28:02The Cowboys with 747

01:28:04In the eyes of many

01:28:06Appeared to be

01:28:08Premature in the hip

01:28:10Cornelius Bennett

01:28:12Was pressuring Aikman to throw right now

01:28:14You'll see the whole thing happen

01:28:16Here's Bennett

01:28:18Aikman rolls out

01:28:22That's good defense

01:28:24I mean I don't know

01:28:26If you're a Cowboy fan you say

01:28:28He was early in the game

01:28:30He was early in the game

01:28:32If you're a Cowboy fan you say

01:28:34He was early with the contact

01:28:36And if you're not that's good defense

01:28:40Slowed down

01:28:42And the slower version

01:28:44Appeared to be a penalty

01:28:46Henry Jones asked to be taken out

01:28:48As Aikman just beats

01:28:50The clock

01:28:52Underneath, juggling catch

01:28:54By the fullback Johnston

01:28:56They're at the 5 yard line

01:28:58Talley saved the touchdown

01:29:00Just a little

01:29:02Fullback circle

01:29:04This time good protection for Aikman

01:29:06Although Smith does get in there

01:29:08Stepnowski, 53, picks it up

01:29:10Not a clean catch

01:29:12But a catch nonetheless

01:29:14Well

01:29:16Third down and three

01:29:18Let's see what they

01:29:20What they call here

01:29:22Do they call a run?

01:29:24No, they got Johnston

01:29:26They got the nickel package

01:29:28Here's Carter with Washington

01:29:30And Jones comes back in

01:29:34Kevin Williams

01:29:36That's going to be a Dallas touchdown

01:29:58You saw the shot

01:30:00Of Jimmy Johnston 3-4 plays ago

01:30:02And you almost sensed

01:30:04That he was setting up a play

01:30:06Like that one

01:30:08Kevin Williams, a rookie from Miami

01:30:10Recruited by Jimmy Johnston

01:30:12From Dallas to go to college

01:30:14In South Florida

01:30:16His first touchdown for the Cowboys

01:30:18And here's the point

01:30:20For a tie

01:30:22Lynn Elliott able to punch it through

01:30:24And it's 10 all

01:30:28It was well executed

01:30:30By the Dallas Cowboys

01:30:32You'll see

01:30:34Him come from the left

01:30:36Nice little escort out front

01:30:38Nate Newton

01:30:40He gets it in

01:30:42That was a 98-yard drive

01:30:44Wow

01:30:48It's going swimmingly

01:30:50Here in the fourth

01:30:52That's Kenneth Gant

01:30:54He does the shark

01:30:56Maybe a sea quest inspired

01:30:58I don't know

01:31:00The spirit of our premiere team

01:31:02But it took him forever to get to that dance

01:31:04Didn't it

01:31:06He's been waiting a long time to use it

01:31:08He's their special team star

01:31:10And trying to rev up the crowd as well

01:31:12They've been quiet the 60,000 plus

01:31:14Here at Texas Stadium

01:31:16But they've tied at 10

01:31:18651 to go

01:31:26Big kickoff

01:31:28That won't be returned

01:31:30Copeland sits on a 20-yard line

01:31:32For Buffalo

01:31:346 minutes 46 seconds left in regulation time

01:31:36What a drive

01:31:3814 plays

01:31:407 of them rushes

01:31:427 of them passes

01:31:4498 yards

01:31:46The rookie gets the touchdown

01:31:48Tie it at 10

01:31:50Took three and a half quarters

01:31:52But Dallas finally with a touchdown

01:31:54And look at the switch in possession time

01:31:56Dallas really controlling the ball

01:31:58In the second half

01:32:00And overall now

01:32:0230 and a half minutes

01:32:04To Buffalo's 22 and a half

01:32:06Again it's the Carwell Gardner

01:32:08For four yards

01:32:10As Buffalo comes out with two tight ends

01:32:12In this situation

01:32:14Russell Maryland and Robert Jones

01:32:16With a stop

01:32:18Well it's been a while since Buffalo

01:32:20Mounted any kind of offense

01:32:22I think this is their high percentage

01:32:24Offense two tight ends

01:32:26Big pullback with Thurman Thomas

01:32:28Thurman Thomas

01:32:30With a 29-yard line

01:32:32A yard shy of the first down

01:32:34Ken Norton

01:32:36Who had 19 tackles in the game

01:32:38Monday night

01:32:40And much quieter today

01:32:42Well you have to admire this Buffalo team

01:32:44To come down in this heat and humidity

01:32:46Second game of the season

01:32:48And after that

01:32:50Second game of the season

01:32:52And execute this

01:32:54Hurry up offense

01:32:56Run to the line of scrimmage offense

01:32:58As much as they have

01:33:00Short yardage

01:33:02They've not converted a first down

01:33:04In the second half

01:33:060 for 3

01:33:08And they're 0 for the last 7

01:33:10Kelly having trouble

01:33:12With his team hearing the signals

01:33:14A crowd

01:33:16A factor

01:33:18Ken Norton

01:33:2051 was in the hole

01:33:22Does that sound familiar

01:33:28Dick watch 75

01:33:30Tony Casillas

01:33:32Across the line of scrimmage

01:33:34He makes Thurman Thomas jump outside

01:33:36And Norton is there to pounce on him again

01:33:38Yeah I do remember that

01:33:40That does sound familiar

01:33:42Ken Norton

01:33:44A chance

01:33:46The turning point play

01:33:48On the goal line in Pasadena

01:33:50When it was 14 to 7

01:33:52So Moore has to punt

01:33:54Buffalo 3 and out

01:33:56Kevin Williams the touchdown maker

01:33:58Has a return chance

01:34:02Oh that was close to being a fumble

01:34:04And they do force the fumble

01:34:06Who's recovered

01:34:08Booker says

01:34:10It's our ball

01:34:12Oh my

01:34:14Kevin Williams

01:34:16Dodged one bullet when he avoided that

01:34:18Slap from behind that he didn't see

01:34:20But kept jitterbugging

01:34:22Until Buffalo surrounded him

01:34:24And stripped him of the ball

01:34:26Nick Steve Tasker was the guy

01:34:28Who almost makes the first strip

01:34:30Watch 89 come back in your picture

01:34:32Right there

01:34:34He does hang on to it

01:34:36Get on the ground

01:34:38Moore finally pulls away

01:34:40Can't really tell

01:34:42It was critical

01:34:44See if we can pick it up

01:34:4653

01:34:48It looked as if he was able to rip it away

01:34:50Marcus Peck

01:34:52And look who's right there to recover it

01:34:54Tasker

01:34:56What a big play

01:34:5810-0 tie and the Bills almost in field goal range

01:35:00At the 34

01:35:02Pretty odd Christie's kicked him from over 50

01:35:04Threw a pass

01:35:06But no one opened

01:35:08So Thomas has to run it out of bounds

01:35:10Thomas has never thrown a pass

01:35:12In the NFL

01:35:14But his man Reed was well covered

01:35:16Didn't fool Dallas a bit

01:35:18Kevin Smith 26 days

01:35:20Right with Andre Reed

01:35:22Is that unbelievable

01:35:24Nine foes lost in 16 games a year ago

01:35:26Dallas

01:35:28As they protected

01:35:30Six coughed up in less than two games this year

01:35:32Well that'll make a difference in the outcome of games

01:35:34Just ask Buffalo

01:35:36Here's Thomas protecting the ball

01:35:38And driving inside the 25

01:35:40That'll be close I believe

01:35:42A first down depending on where they spot it

01:35:44Right on the 25

01:35:48And they'll ask for a measurement

01:35:50That's a bread and butter offense

01:35:52Of the Buffalo Bills

01:35:54They give the ball to Thurman Thomas

01:35:56And basically everybody maintains contact

01:35:58With the defensive guy

01:36:00And they just let Thurman Thomas pick this body

01:36:02Once they run

01:36:04And don't you think this is where that hurry up offense

01:36:06Is most effective on a turnover play

01:36:08Teams have that natural tendency

01:36:10Of defense here we are back out there again

01:36:12And there's a little relaxing boom

01:36:14They hit you with a quick play

01:36:16Yes except there's 428 to go in this football game

01:36:18There is no reason for them to hurry up

01:36:20Other than just personality

01:36:22You know you should try to conserve some time here

01:36:24Even if you do score

01:36:26You're going to leave too much time for Dallas

01:36:28There's no hurry here

01:36:30But yes the hurry up does

01:36:32Lock you into personnel

01:36:34And it does

01:36:36Kind of it affects your concentration

01:36:38Because you're never off the field

01:36:40You feel like you never get a deep breath

01:36:42Then Elliott has missed a couple of field goals

01:36:44In this game one from 31 from 49

01:36:46Steve Christie if they don't make it

01:36:48Would be shooting about a 47 yarder

01:36:50It's to the fullback Nate Turner

01:36:54255 pounder

01:36:56And looked as if he was able to wedge in there

01:36:58For the yard and a first down

01:37:00Yes

01:37:02And the clock will run

01:37:04Four minutes left in the fourth quarter

01:37:06Tied at 10

01:37:08It looks like Carvel Gardner is hurt down on the field

01:37:10He was the lead blocker on that play

01:37:12There he is

01:37:14Gardner has scored his first NFL touchdown

01:37:16In the first quarter

01:37:18On a 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly

01:37:28Ball at the 29 yard line

01:37:30As the Buffalo medical crew

01:37:32Attends to Carvel Gardner

01:37:34We'll take this time out

01:37:38He used to have a fullback

01:37:40Back in the 70's for the Cincinnati Bengals

01:37:42His name was Charles Booby Clark

01:37:44And Carvel Gardner got

01:37:46Booby back there

01:37:48Running back and running back

01:37:50Blocking back and blocking back

01:37:52Takes the bench

01:37:54Fortunately Gardner off under his own power

01:37:56Appears to be okay

01:37:58First down at the 24

01:38:00Tied at 10

01:38:02Thurman Thomas

01:38:04Gets five on first down

01:38:06Take a look at Thurman Thomas' total

01:38:08Rushing and receiving in this game

01:38:10Hadn't been a pass receiver much

01:38:12Ticking down both teams with

01:38:14All three timeouts

01:38:16Thomas has

01:38:1873 yards

01:38:2023 carries

01:38:22As you look at Derek Lassick

01:38:24At over 50 yards the last we counted

01:38:26Dick, maybe the most important stat there

01:38:28Is the 23 carries

01:38:30Not the 73 yards for Thurman Thomas

01:38:32That's 23 plays

01:38:34You can give it to somebody

01:38:36Plus two catches

01:38:38Here he goes again

01:38:40Robert Jones, a middlebacker meets him head on

01:38:42And Thomas Everett

01:38:44Jumping for a timeout

01:38:46So Dallas will spend one right here

01:38:48It's tied at 10 in Irving, Texas

01:38:50Let's go to New York for this report

01:38:52Alright Dick

01:38:54Let's take a look at a match point from Flushing

01:38:56Entirely befitting the absence of drama

01:38:58In Pete Sampras' quiet destruction

01:39:00Of Cedric Cornbread Peoleen

01:39:02With the victory Sampras

01:39:04Adds the U.S. Open title to the Wimbledon

01:39:06Championship he won before your eyes

01:39:08Earlier this summer

01:39:10Remains number one in the world

01:39:12We go back to Dick Enberg

01:39:14Cornbread giving Pam the maze

01:39:16Cedric Peoleen

01:39:18Well Pete Sampras congratulations

01:39:20The Wimbledon and U.S. Open championships

01:39:22To the 21 year old

01:39:24California

01:39:26And here

01:39:28Where we're getting close to

01:39:30Game, set and match

01:39:36You know what we need right now, a reminder about

01:39:38What's up on NBC

01:39:40Is that good luck or what?

01:39:42Monday night, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

01:39:44And Burt Reynolds will be his guest

01:39:46And obviously Reynolds is always a delightful guest

01:39:48But there will be more to the question

01:39:50Than one might imagine

01:39:52And then, don't forget

01:39:54Conan O'Brien debuts Monday night

01:39:56After the Tonight Show

01:39:58And third down and short

01:40:00Thomas is stopped after about a yard

01:40:02He's a couple yards short

01:40:04Of a first down, that's the second time out

01:40:06Called by Dallas, 2.52 left

01:40:08And Steve Christie coming in

01:40:10To try to hit a winning field goal

01:40:12One of these engines was filled with

01:40:14Castrol Syntec, a synthetic oil

01:40:16The rest with conventional oils

01:40:18They were then drained

01:40:20And started without oil to prove a point

01:40:22You see Syntec has a unique

01:40:24Molecular structure that bonds

01:40:26To engine parts

01:40:28Lab tests show it leaves a layer of protection

01:40:30Far stronger than conventional oils

01:40:32And if Syntec protects

01:40:34This well now, imagine

01:40:36If you leave it in

01:40:38Castrol Syntec protects in ways

01:40:40Other oils can't

01:40:44A battered, exhausted Thurman Thomas

01:40:46Leaving the field

01:40:48The Buffalo Bills

01:40:50After the recovery of the fumble

01:40:52By Kevin Williams on the punt

01:40:54Have it at the 22

01:40:56And Steve Christie, their reliable field goal kicker

01:40:58He missed only six times in 30 attempts

01:41:00A year ago

01:41:02Made his only field goal last week

01:41:04This one from 35 yards

01:41:08Across the border in Canada

01:41:10Is a big hockey fan and a fan of Warren Moon

01:41:12And the CFL

01:41:14Kevin Christie

01:41:22Right into the yogurt sign

01:41:24And any flavor

01:41:26Tastes good for Buffalo for the moment

01:41:28They regain the lead

01:41:30At 13-10

01:41:34Peanut butter

01:41:362.49 to go

01:41:38That must be a California tradition

01:41:40Peanut butter yogurt

01:41:42Yeah, that's a great flavor

01:41:44Have you never had that?

01:41:46It's on me and next time you're out on the coast

01:41:48I'm more of a meat and potatoes guy

01:41:50You know, being from the Midwest

01:41:52Turnover story, so important

01:41:54Both coaches just preach it

01:41:56Most every coach would say

01:41:58The single most important statistic

01:42:00It certainly was in the Super Bowl

01:42:02And the Buffalo Bills

01:42:04And somewhat of a

01:42:06Turnabout is fair play

01:42:08Using the turnover today

01:42:10As a matter of fact

01:42:12Jimmy Johnson stated it

01:42:14Prior to the Super Bowl

01:42:16We're going after the turnover

01:42:18That's what we want

01:42:20The night before the game

01:42:22He predicted we're going after the football

01:42:24Get the turnover they did

01:42:26And produce the win

01:42:28And now the turnovers have hurt his football team

01:42:30In the first two games of the season

01:42:32Again, it's the lack of focus

01:42:34That just

01:42:36That little extra concentration

01:42:38And don't you think it's also

01:42:40Without Emmitt Smith

01:42:42The younger players trying to do too much

01:42:44Lassik and Kevin Williams both

01:42:46No question whatsoever

01:42:48A lot of people are trying to replace

01:42:50The performance of Emmitt Smith

01:42:52Now the pressure will be on

01:42:54The Buffalo defense

01:42:56Dallas will get its final chance

01:42:58And Christie, a terrific all-around kicker

01:43:00Doesn't give you a chance to

01:43:02Return many

01:43:04And Aikman will get it at the 20-yard line

01:43:06Jimmy Johnson, what did he do after the Super Bowl

01:43:08He said, I took five whole days off

01:43:10Went down the Caribbean

01:43:12He loves to scuba dive

01:43:14Had this picture in his office

01:43:16Swimming with sharks

01:43:18There's an obvious segue here somewhere

01:43:20I can't imagine what it is

01:43:22Does it involve Sequest

01:43:24He loves dolphins as well

01:43:26And a dolphin

01:43:28Yes, he'll be glued to the television tonight

01:43:30You know that he won't

01:43:32I mean this is one time tonight

01:43:347 o'clock

01:43:367 o'clock here in Dallas

01:43:38He's going to be watching Sequest

01:43:50Darryl Talley makes the tackle

01:43:52And Aikman who was rushed off his feet in the first half

01:43:54Has had more time in the second half

01:43:56And Irvin has been wide open in this hit

01:43:58And Buffalo also going with

01:44:00Kind of that prevent mentality

01:44:02Giving these receivers

01:44:04An awful lot of room here

01:44:06That prevent victory mentality

01:44:08In a lot of instances, that's exactly what it is

01:44:10Again, wide open underneath

01:44:12Novacek about 10 more

01:44:14Close to another first down

01:44:16Talley and Jones with a tackle

01:44:18Remember, Dallas has only

01:44:20One time out left

01:44:22Plus this time out for the two minute warning

01:44:24Buffalo leads by three

01:44:26Lynn Elliott

01:44:28He's missed two today

01:44:30One from forty-nine

01:44:32An easy one from thirty

01:44:34His longest fifty-three yards

01:44:36Which means that Dallas

01:44:38Would like to get the ball at least

01:44:40To the thirty-five yard line of Buffalo

01:44:42It's currently at the forty-eight

01:44:44Jerry Jones and a lot of nervous Texans

01:44:46Rooting for the Cowboys

01:44:48To rally in the final two minutes

01:44:50They have one time out left

01:44:52And the Cowboys

01:44:54In the final two minutes

01:44:56They have one time out left

01:44:58They go against six defensive backs

01:45:04Eight minutes

01:45:06And incomplete

01:45:08Riding down the receiver

01:45:10Michael Irvin was J.D. Williams

01:45:12But the pass was not there

01:45:14Imagine what it feels like on the field

01:45:16With

01:45:18Jerry Jones' exasperation there

01:45:20What did I get in this business

01:45:22The Cowboys were second to the forty-niners

01:45:24In points scored last year

01:45:26They averaged nearly twenty-six points a game

01:45:28At this point almost two full games

01:45:30Of this season

01:45:32They've scored a total of twenty-six

01:45:34They can't all be in the Smith

01:45:36They can't all be in the Smith

01:45:38This is a changed football team

01:45:40From a year ago

01:45:42Six for forty-one after a slow start

01:45:44Now's the time

01:45:46He's got it

01:45:48And a first down at the thirty

01:45:50Well the linebackers are playing

01:45:52Very nonchalantly here

01:45:54Novacek releases

01:45:56And watch

01:45:58Ninety-seven minute tally

01:46:00Very nonchalant

01:46:02Not much help there

01:46:04Mickey Washington, expert defensive back

01:46:06Finally making the tackle

01:46:08Irvin and Novacek, big days

01:46:10Eight catches each, movement

01:46:12Ball start I believe

01:46:14It was mark two and eight

01:46:16He's got Bruce Smith over him

01:46:18Did the defense drama

01:46:20Jimmy Johnson taking a couple of

01:46:22Flags all over the field

01:46:24Illegal snap

01:46:26On the center number fifty-three

01:46:28Five yard penalty, still first down

01:46:30They always get the offense in that situation

01:46:32You know, they always get the offense

01:46:34An academic All-American

01:46:36And pro bowler Mark Stepnowski

01:46:38From Pittsburgh

01:46:40A GTE academic All-American

01:46:42Who was a guard in college

01:46:44Learned to play center in the pro

01:46:46First down fifteen

01:46:48Gainer

01:46:50Doesn't gain much

01:46:52To the thirty-one yard line

01:46:54Where it'll be second and eleven

01:46:56No game, it's made the tackle

01:46:58Now Dallas has got one timeout left

01:47:00Second down and long

01:47:02Michael Packer Jr.

01:47:04Six defensive backs for Buffalo again

01:47:06Great man again, well protected

01:47:08Throws short

01:47:10Looked as if he ran into his own block

01:47:12And it was Bruce Smith who was pushing that blocker

01:47:14Right into him and then filled it through

01:47:16And got a piece to the quarterback too

01:47:18They call that the bull rush

01:47:20And Bruce Smith can do it

01:47:22He gets two in a right underneath the shoulder pads

01:47:24And just shoves him back into the chest

01:47:26Of Troy Aikman

01:47:32This is a career high

01:47:34And pass attempt for Troy Aikman

01:47:36That was his forty-three, forty-third

01:47:38First down

01:47:40And there is Alvin Harper

01:47:42His first catch of the game

01:47:44And it's good for a first down

01:47:46No catch

01:47:48No, they're waving it off

01:47:50They're saying no catch

01:47:52Well it's not very definitive

01:47:54They've already moved the change

01:47:58And what a catch

01:48:00That's a good catch

01:48:02That's a good catch

01:48:04That's a good catch

01:48:06That's a good catch

01:48:08That's a good catch

01:48:10And one official saw it differently than the others

01:48:12Here's our look at it

01:48:14That's a catch

01:48:16Clearly

01:48:18Does it come loose?

01:48:20No, it's a catch

01:48:22Does not hit the ground

01:48:24Tucks it in, rolls

01:48:26Now the official saw that ball loose in between

01:48:28But it didn't hit the ground

01:48:30That's a legal catch

01:48:32But unfortunately

01:48:34With the absence of any instant replay

01:48:36All you do is you get one chance to see it at full speed

01:48:40It has been ruled a completed pass

01:48:42The majority rules

01:48:46Gary Jones couldn't agree more

01:48:50Now, forty-eight seconds

01:48:52The clock is running

01:48:54One timeout left for Dallas

01:48:56They're an easy field goal range to tie

01:48:58Harper's first catch was for thirteen yards

01:49:00On the third down

01:49:02That was big

01:49:04And Gaynor to the tenth

01:49:08That play call would make one think

01:49:10That they're setting it up for an easy field goal for Elliott

01:49:12Don't take a chance on a pass being intercepted

01:49:14They're going point-blank range here for Elliott

01:49:22Now Aitman looking into the end zone

01:49:24It is intercepted

01:49:26Intercepted by Matt Darby

01:49:28Oh my

01:49:30Can you believe it

01:49:32Take the chance on one final pass

01:49:34And Darby has his

01:49:36First career interception

01:49:38Dick, that's because

01:49:40Elliott misses the two

01:49:42Earlier field goals

01:49:44From reasonable range

01:49:46They take a chance to throw it

01:49:48Darby with excellent coverage

01:49:50It looked as if Darby had shielded the receiver

01:49:52I think it was Novacek from the ball

01:49:54It hit Novacek, bounced back

01:49:56And Darby intercepts

01:49:58That close to victory

01:50:00And now

01:50:02The Dallas Cowboys are staring at 0-2

01:50:06And so far

01:50:08Jerry Jones' bet

01:50:10That the defending world champion

01:50:12Dallas Cowboys can win

01:50:14Without Emmitt Smith

01:50:16Has been proven incorrect

01:50:18Turnovers, turnovers

01:50:20Goodness

01:50:22Just into the line

01:50:24Oh, would you

01:50:26Like to have a microphone

01:50:28And that man's presence

01:50:30The rest of this week

01:50:36The Buffalo Bills

01:50:38With Dallas driving

01:50:40Toward what seemed to be a certain time

01:50:42Field goal and maybe a winning touchdown

01:50:44And the

01:50:46Interception on the goal line by Matt Darby

01:50:48Four Dallas turnovers today

01:50:50Goodness

01:50:52The one by Kevin Williams on the punt fumble

01:50:54Set up the field goal that wins it for Buffalo

01:50:56And now Jimmy Johnson with the longest

01:50:58Jog any coach

01:51:00Must take at the end of the game to

01:51:02Congratulate the opposing coach on a

01:51:04Defeat that is so, so

01:51:06Difficult to digest

01:51:080-2

01:51:10The Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys

01:51:12Start and Marv Levy

01:51:14Enjoys this

01:51:16The Hager wrinkle-free

01:51:18Cotton super play of the game

01:51:20Off Novacek

01:51:22Darby, the second year man from UCLA

01:51:24With the interception on the ricochet

01:51:26And the Buffalo Bills

01:51:28Who had to live through the

01:51:30Third straight Super Bowl defeat for the

01:51:32Six months of the offseason

01:51:34Gain some sweet revenge

01:51:36In Irving today

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