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00:00:00Won't fill you up and never let you down make it a bug light
00:00:07Third and five
00:00:1025 third quarter just under way Cowboys on top 16 to 3
00:00:16Protected well when the catch is made by Williams, but a minimal game short of the first
00:00:26Flag down to the 23
00:00:30It's against Dallas, it'll be declined and the Cowboys will be forced to punt
00:00:38Sure, Jimmy Johnson is not all together too happy with what's happening
00:00:41Oh, they have that lead number 53 offense penalty is declined brings up fourth down
00:00:46They had an opportunity to put this game away early
00:00:50All of a sudden they find themselves in their first series kicking from inside or close to the 25-yard line and Philadelphia
00:00:57Should get pretty good field position
00:01:00John Jett for his first part of the night by
00:01:02Sikahima who has brought back a few punch of his career stands at the 30-yard line jet averaging
00:01:0842.3
00:01:22Brings it back to the 34-yard line
00:01:25You
00:01:30You know the tackle Elvis Patterson slow to get up 49 yard kick in a
00:01:36Nine yard run back so sick of him. He's having a difficult time that wrecked that punt return there
00:01:43Tying the NFL record most punt returns and he shares that for the moment with Billy white shoes Johnson
00:01:55I don't know that there's anything in the league more physically demanding than running back or explosive
00:02:06Finally there's a TV that proves technology can make our lives easier a Magnavox TV with a precise color picture
00:02:15For the Philadelphia Eagles, this is the best starting position they have had tonight. They begin at their own 35 yard line
00:02:23First in 10
00:02:33Contact movement
00:02:36Tony Casillas was the Dallas Cowboy who came over and made contact
00:02:42Prior to the snap. We got a head bob on a quarterback false start
00:02:47Five-yard penalty
00:02:51Well, it's a penalty the quarterback doesn't get nailed with very often but it it was a discernible head movement by Brister
00:02:59But again quarterbacks get an awful lot of leeway in this league with how much they can hunch their shoulders
00:03:06there's the downward movement of the head to see us comes across makes contact and
00:03:12One of the few times the quarterback is made to India, I think it's a consistency with what you do it
00:03:17You can't go a few downs and not do it
00:03:21First in 15
00:03:24And the catch is made by the borrow and he is rolled out of bounds by Dixon Edwards at the 39-yard line
00:03:31Norman Brayman the owner of the
00:03:34Philadelphia Eagles
00:03:35We touched on it in the Cunningham interview a lot of people felt that the Eagles were being
00:03:40Dismantled in a San Diego Padre type of situation, but Brayman said that's not at all what I'm doing
00:03:46Hey, you know, we got the salary cap to worry about and all of that
00:03:49But we're bringing these other people in and I am committed to winning
00:03:53There is Cunningham and as he mentioned before he hopes to be back in a couple of weeks
00:04:06And I think the fact guys that
00:04:09The Eagles are are still in it going into tonight's ballgame at this stage of the season is is
00:04:16Really a statement that there is talent on this football team that there is a good nucleus of a football team
00:04:22Even with all the injuries that have happened. Take a look at this. This is in the first four games. These are the lowest
00:04:30Contributions ahead 20 points was the least they had done
00:04:33303 yards in offense the last seven games. These are the highest they've scored no more than 17 points
00:04:39Nor have they gained more than 299 yards in seven games a real marked difference
00:04:46Before and after Randall third and five fake inside give flip back to Walker
00:04:51Knows the play out beautifully
00:04:53Stopping fourth down. Yeah, it makes the hit
00:04:56That fooled absolutely no one
00:04:59Dallas sits in that zone defense. That's the tough way to run against them
00:05:02They're not people do they go for a lot of fakes inside there with a lot of speed
00:05:07But they sit on that outside zone and you're gonna run that play right into it
00:05:15Five yard penalty repeat their dad. That's a break for the Eagles. Yeah
00:05:23The play never happened so at least they get the down over
00:05:29You
00:05:34See a flag didn't hear a whistle nothing welcome a sudden out of nowhere
00:05:40Maybe they asked for it and got it
00:05:44Third attack at the 35-yard line
00:05:51Sandwich does
00:05:54I don't know. He's gonna hop up here. Oh boy Tolbert and Jeff go here. He comes
00:06:01Just this guy's tough
00:06:04The last week Carl Banks either dislocated his finger or jammed his hand Brewster wasn't even sure himself
00:06:11He didn't even take a timeout. He came back and let him on a touchdown drive to win the game
00:06:16nobody even touching Tolbert and
00:06:19I'll tell you a puppy caught a break there look like Jeff go to Tolbert hit each other more than they hit Brewster
00:06:26Eagles with a kick
00:06:3144 yarder fumbled by Edwards, but he recovers it or by Williams and he brings it back to the 25-yard line
00:06:38Kevin Williams has been prone
00:06:41To fumbling this season, but this time he recovers himself with 1134 to go in the third
00:06:46Well, this is a great play to to concentrate on that ball and come up with
00:06:55Rich coat I
00:06:57Consistently has been saying that William Perry has done everything. They've asked of him that his weight is below his assigned weight
00:07:03He comes in every morning does an hour on the Stairmaster so that he's in good shape
00:07:08Looks like he's got it for waivers
00:07:11neck brace, of course, I think it's I
00:07:14Assume that it's a different Stairmaster every day
00:07:18I'm not sure the same machine could take an hour of William. It was on a daily basis
00:07:27Then Harper gets into a jump ball with McMillan and it's incomplete
00:07:32Someone we thought we would saw earlier on when McMillan made a good play on Harper
00:07:36On an outplay, you know, it'd be long before they'd come back. We'll give a villain credit
00:07:42Beautiful Mellon was probably aware of that too. I certainly was told that
00:07:47Gives away eight inches here and look at the coverage. Look at the coverage
00:07:51You're talking about a seven-foot high jumper there going up hard
00:07:55No, that's that's called playing big
00:08:01Second and ten
00:08:06Closing in on a hundred yards for the night up to the 16-yard line. We have 1120 to play third quarter
00:08:13Dallas leading 16 to 3
00:08:17Dominating statistically, but the only touchdown tonight
00:08:21Aikman to urban early three Murray field goals and then a bar field goal for Philly at the end of the half
00:08:27and a 13-point lead
00:08:32Third and nine at the 16-yard line
00:08:36a
00:08:42Plus that loses the football Philly has it a huge break for the Eagles at the six-yard line John Roper
00:08:51winds up with the football
00:08:54Philadelphia with the safety blitz with the deal the line of scrimmage actually Aikman had time to get rid of the ball
00:09:00He just couldn't find the receiver. There was good coverage on the blitz and he had to try to eat it
00:09:06And it was stripped out. Well, this is a Dallas offensive team. That looks like they stayed in the locker room at halftime a
00:09:13Lot of people getting in there on top of him Andy Harmon the first one in who comes in and gets on his legs
00:09:18And the ball just hops right over to Roper
00:09:21But Aikman was having to make something happen here make something out of nothing
00:09:37And this is Heath Sherman they like to use him in short-guarded situations he gets about half the distance
00:09:44It'll be second and goal the Eagles have been very good
00:09:50extremely successful
00:09:52Well in first and goal situations this year. There it is
00:09:5692 percent 12 out of 13 on first and goal highest in the league
00:10:00They know how to get the ball into the end zone
00:10:03But you think about it 13 first and goals through 11 games is not all that much
00:10:10They haven't been here
00:10:17Take the Sherman
00:10:26By Brister good move by the bar to get off the line of scrimmage and this guy knows that all of a sudden if we have
00:10:32Successful extra point his team is less than a touchdown ahead
00:10:42Bar with the little moves as if he's going to block on the play fake and he is wide open back of the end zone
00:10:47Very bright
00:10:49He goes right back to the end line
00:10:52Christopher well somebody had to get up field and disrupt Bobby either make him pull up short go wider than he wanted to go
00:10:59Throw over somebody around somebody there was nobody anywhere near Brister
00:11:05Gave him the entire field of vision and he finds the bar
00:11:09bar for the point after it's 16
00:11:17Ten minutes to go third quarter Al Michaels Frank effort and Dan Deardorff all of a sudden a very competitive game
00:11:25It was 16 to nothing Dallas
00:11:29And it could have been a lot worse than that score indicates now. It is 16 to 10
00:11:37And that bar to send it down to the Cowboys a bouncing spinning kick that is fielded by
00:11:48Taken down
00:11:50by Mike
00:11:51Cholinsky the rookie from UCLA
00:11:54Saving not necessarily a touchdown, but he would have had maybe 15 or 20 more
00:12:00And
00:12:01He's tackled at the 37. Well dope Walker was a great running back at SMU there
00:12:06He is on the right and they give what is known as the dope Walker award to the top running back in college
00:12:12Flip Foreman Byron Sam Morris who goes to school at Texas Tech
00:12:16He's a junior won the award and was honored before this big crowd at halftime tonight at
00:12:21Texas Stadium and Irving
00:12:24Without Steve Osborne first and ten Dallas at the 37-yard line
00:12:32To Lincoln Coleman and he picks up about four, you know, there's a tremendous irony here John Roper who recovered that fumble before
00:12:40He's the guy he's been with the Bears and he was traded to Dallas in preseason. You might remember the story
00:12:45He fell asleep in a meeting and Jimmy Johnson said you're out of here. Well, he just woke Jimmy up
00:12:53Well, somebody ought to wake up the Dallas offense
00:12:56You stop and think about the things that could have gone wrong for this club tonight, but in a sense has gone, right?
00:13:03after this play
00:13:06This is Coleman again
00:13:08Football but after he was down just think of this now
00:13:11We've been looking at a 16 to 10 ballgame in a crippled Eagle squad Troy Aikman has thrown two balls that should have been intercepted
00:13:19Emmitt Smith running in the open field has the ball knocked loose by Eric Allen
00:13:23It bounces right back to him and on the last year as we see Williams
00:13:28And the ball bounces right back to him. There are four
00:13:32Possible turnovers for the Dallas Cowboys that did not happen. They retained possession all four times
00:13:39Even so they still are only leading by six points
00:13:44Not a strong performance by the Cowboys to this point tonight
00:13:48It comes the blitz
00:13:55We talked earlier about shifting gears at this being December and
00:14:00If the Cowboys are to make a stretch run
00:14:03To get into the playoffs in good shape that this is where it starts prior to the snap
00:14:07We got a false start on number 84 offense five-yard penalty
00:14:11Repeat third down and a lot of people
00:14:14Dallas Cowboy fans are waiting to see that kickstart waiting to see that
00:14:19Noticeable shift in the quality of their play on the field and I'll bet you a lot of them are a little concerned Frank that
00:14:24They haven't seen it yet. There's a mistake there. You wouldn't expect the Cowboys to make you
00:14:28Eagles showing a blitz
00:14:30movement on the part of
00:14:32Nova check the tight end
00:14:34He was setting up the block. They get the better
00:14:41The secondary did a wonderful job he has to slide to a halt at the 39 no game they'll punt again
00:14:48And hear the murmur in the crowd. Yep. In fact, that's more than a murmur
00:14:53a few thousand people here
00:14:56expressing a little displeasure
00:14:59Secondary doing an excellent job out a part of it being that they
00:15:02Kept it back in they kept the tight end in to protect quarterback Torrey Aikman and they had good coverage downfield
00:15:0938 yard line by sick of him
00:15:16We'll break the record most punt returns in
00:15:30To the 17 and Godfrey miles
00:15:33Makes the tackle 49-yard kick minimal return 742 remaining in the third
00:15:43The brawn oral B plaque remover
00:15:49Philadelphia Eagles hanging in and all of a sudden very much back in the game
00:15:54they were down 16 to nothing got a field goal at the end of the first half a
00:15:59Fumble a recovery and a touchdown at 16 to 10 and they have the ball now at
00:16:04their own
00:16:0517-yard line first and 10
00:16:10742 left third quarter
00:16:14Proud of pouring these
00:16:17Cowboys to get with it
00:16:24Herschel Walker picks up three to the 22nd at seven
00:16:30You know, we put up that
00:16:32graphic before indicating Walker the only man in the history of the league to gain 1,500 or more yards with
00:16:38three different teams
00:16:40You go back to the USFL. He spent those years those three seasons with New Jersey and gained over 5,000 yards there
00:16:47And he spent his entire career in the NFL. He'd be right up there third or fourth all-time
00:16:53rushing yardage
00:16:56Second and seven. Here's Walker making the cash and Walker is out of bounds at the
00:17:0423 and there's a marker down at the 29
00:17:10Mark it downfield and I think one of the Cowboys just absolutely pulled off one of the Philadelphia receivers
00:17:21That's holding against Dallas and it's going to be an automatic first down
00:17:26Sometimes when you're defensive back you make a wrong read the receiver is about to go by you. You just can't resist holding
00:17:32Defense number 26 five-yard penalty first down if you think that you're going to be beaten for a touchdown
00:17:39Get this thing to the field. It's a it's a smart play of Kevin Smith. Watch this
00:17:44This is not one of those where you really had to say to yourself. Did he or didn't he?
00:17:50Victor Bailey the rookie out of Missouri Kevin Smith just good of a service
00:18:06Mr. Guns want to go borrow the tight end makes the catch and gets a wrestle down for progress out of the 31 for Mark
00:18:14second and for a
00:18:20One of the Eagles
00:18:22slow to get up
00:18:24That is Brian
00:18:26Boulding or they are hurting at offensive left tackle balding or who is really a utility offensive line that plays all positions
00:18:34has been
00:18:36part of the constant
00:18:39Adjustment they've had to make in that offensive line with injuries all season long. There's Ron Hallstrom who?
00:18:45probably is next in line if he has to
00:18:48Replace balding or Thompson went down five weeks ago the free agent they got
00:18:54San Diego whether they made a trade for San Diego for Broderick Thompson. He's unavailable
00:19:00balding or was over on the left side and
00:19:02Really just extended himself trying to block Jim Jeff code and take a look
00:19:07There's Jeff code right in the middle of your screen and that's balding are on the left. He just goes after him
00:19:15For the life of me I can't
00:19:17See what happened unless he just pulled a muscle or something pops when he when he tried to stretch out and extend
00:19:24And he's
00:19:27Not lipping too badly as he comes off, maybe he'll be able to come back in
00:19:32They're gonna send Tom McHale into the game
00:19:36Number 68 to replace him you can almost see him say something hot
00:19:48This is an offensive line that already has a a rookie starting
00:19:56Right guard number 73
00:19:59second and two
00:20:06Darren Smith and Ken Norton make the tackle and these guys just won't go away
00:20:11The Philadelphia Eagles even on this drive saddled with bad field position as this drive starts all the way back
00:20:18around their 17-yard line have somehow moved the ball out to the 46
00:20:24And the crowd as you can hear a little anxiety as they try to get their guys fired up
00:20:30That was their first rushing first down tonight
00:20:34535 left in the third and Briggs
00:20:37A timeout had a man in motion looked at the
00:20:41Cowboy defense and Kotai says give me a timeout here. There's something
00:20:45I think we've seen an awful lot of this year in the quarterback under center and for whatever reason
00:20:52Forced to call that timeout most of it is because they have gone from 45 seconds between plays down to 40
00:21:00And that really has caused
00:21:02The problem if you are a team that substitutes a great deal plus uses
00:21:06Multiple formations in motion or after a big play. I've seen so much of that
00:21:10That's a big five second differential and boy haven't we seen it a lot this year where the quarterback is under center
00:21:16Somebody's in motion and he's forced to come up out of there and take that timeout
00:21:19I would think that's one of the things they'll be talking about in the offseason at the owners meeting amongst the competition committee
00:21:25Is it is getting to the point where
00:21:28There might be a little concern that it's getting tougher and tougher to score and that might be one of the reasons
00:21:35It's funny because that rule is put into effect
00:21:38To juice up the story figuring more players create more scoring and it might have had the opposite effect
00:21:44Well the coaches at least the coaches we've talked to are
00:21:48Really good at it. They're really good at it. They're really good at it
00:21:51Well the coaches at least the coaches we've talked to are are not in favor of the 42nd clock
00:21:57They just assume go back to 45
00:22:01Needless to say the quarterbacks don't think a lot of it either first and 10 at the 47-yard line
00:22:05Brewster guns one incomplete intended for the viral who was covered by miles that was intended for Bavaro Walker
00:22:15One or the other
00:22:17Herschel Walker was about three yards in front of Mark Bavaro and
00:22:21I'm not sure which one it was intended for
00:22:23Seen that happen a couple of times tonight to receivers in the same area, which obviously is not how it was put on the board
00:22:32Second and ten five thirty one left third quarter
00:22:37Dallas leading 16 to 10
00:22:40And on a screen he takes it to the 49 of the Cowboys where it'll be third down and six somehow you look at that screen
00:22:50Just looks like you should have got more out of it
00:22:53Well call well set up we have people in front of it Lester Holmes is out there in front of it gets a good block
00:22:59I think perhaps
00:23:02Well, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know
00:23:05We have people in front of it Lester Holmes is out there in front of it gets a good block
00:23:10He Sherman might have been better advised to take that outside
00:23:15Cowboys if one thing they are that is quick they react as fast as any team I've ever seen
00:23:21Take anything back to the middle. You're going to run into people
00:23:23third and six
00:23:25play clock down to three
00:23:28There's no pressure
00:23:30On a corner blitz and it's incomplete intended for Michael young once again
00:23:36Everything is executed properly
00:23:40Everybody on the offense reads the corner blitz young breaks off his pattern
00:23:44He is there and the ball just sails high from Bristol and Bristol has taken some pounding tonight
00:23:51Every time we take a shot Bristol is being hit in the back roll over pounded pummeled
00:23:58But this is a first down if he throws the ball a little bit lower, but you're right
00:24:03He has taken a whipping tonight. He goes to kick fair catches
00:24:11I think you can be as tough as a linebacker and that's how we use and we have characterized Bristol, but sooner or later
00:24:17You're going to be flinching you're going to be thinking and it does throw you off
00:24:21You just keep pounding on anyone any quarterback and it's going to happen
00:24:30There's a reminder Thursday night a Matlock movie special Andy Griffiths starring in the legacy this Thursday night
00:24:38primetime here on ABC
00:24:41Well now we'll find out if the Dallas offense had any coffee during that last break as
00:24:47They've been rather lethargic here
00:24:50Number two see if they got a wake-up call
00:24:54Here is Emmitt Smith takes it out to the 20-yard line
00:24:59Andre waters makes the tackle while the Cowboys dominated in the first half their
00:25:05Possessions resulting in a score on occasion a touchdown and three field goals and the first three all good drives
00:25:12We got sixty one sixty eight seventy eight yards
00:25:15But a whole other story in the second half for a total of minus two yards
00:25:22You really have to give credit to the Eagles defense. They have pretty much stuck the running of Dallas
00:25:27I think that is surprises a lot of people but particularly Dallas second and six
00:25:35Through the middle that puts them into triple figures Kevin Gogan led the way with a block and Emmitt Smith who had
00:25:42237 on the ground the last time these two teams played is a little slow and getting up and now has gained a hundred eight
00:25:49Yards on 18 carries the dynamite block my go
00:25:54Trap block pulling from the right side
00:25:56A
00:26:00Couple steps went right back down
00:26:02This will be a good look at it from above right there again masterful blocking up front by the guys
00:26:08He takes a very good shot there at the end from Wes Hopkins
00:26:11But he made it about two or three steps went back down and then
00:26:15Went over into the Cowboys sideline
00:26:19Logan took Simmons out of the play Lincoln Coleman comes in big bruising running back
00:26:26The pass is a little short Harper had to reach down for it couldn't hold on and complete
00:26:34Waters and McMillan
00:26:36Covering on the play. We'll get a report on Emmitt Smith them and of course missed
00:26:39But I missed a good part of the Atlanta game with a quadricep bruise that responded in time for him to play four days later on
00:26:46Thanksgiving
00:26:48Against Miami. There it is. Barry Sanders, of course is out
00:26:51So he's vulnerable there Thurman Thomas chasing him and counting what he has done tonight
00:26:56There is Emmitt right back in the thick of things as he attempts to win a rushing title for the third straight year
00:27:02Coleman goes no way
00:27:05Stop by Simmons third and long
00:27:11Emmitt coming back in now
00:27:13No
00:27:17No player has ever led this league in rushing despite missing two or more games
00:27:21He missed those two with a holdout missed the Washington game missed the Buffalo game at the outset of the year
00:27:27Missed almost all of that Atlanta game. I think he only had one carry that day. So in effect, he's missed three games
00:27:34And
00:27:40It's taken down to the 29 that's Andy Harmon with the sack
00:27:45Again, just good coverage deep by Philadelphia the offensive line of the Cowboys
00:27:50Gave Troy Aikman plenty of time to deliver that ball. He stepped up in the pocket. Nobody there
00:27:56Just fine coverage Mark McMillan doing a good job over at his side
00:28:03Both cornerbacks coming up and jamming
00:28:06The Dallas receivers at the line of scrimmage. They did a fine job
00:28:09Harmon sack is his 50 leads the team second ever back to receive the kick from jet short
00:28:1636 yard
00:28:19Brings it back to the 41 yard line
00:28:23The
00:28:33Tongan born by Sikahama went to
00:28:36Brigham Young and if you combine his kickoff returns and punt returns
00:28:41That ties a record held by Ron Smith who played with several teams in the 70s
00:28:45It
00:28:51Is it's a testament to the durability to injury
00:28:57Nobody gets hammered like the tournament
00:29:05Wash into a small game as he escaped the clutches of Russell, Maryland
00:29:09Report on Smith as he just took a hit on that sore quad, but he came back into the game
00:29:15nothing of significance
00:29:17reality
00:29:19Yeah, the discussion about his injury when they x-rayed they found that he had calcium that
00:29:24They traced all the way back to a high school injury from a bruise. He'd received in high school
00:29:29And that can make a very sore leg
00:29:33They do some carbon testing on it
00:29:35No, it goes all the way back to high school second and I
00:29:39And the catch is made flag is down Sherman
00:29:42Pulls it in at the 47 marker down with that much time left in the third and Dallas leading by six
00:29:53Howard roll will fill us in and it's against the Cowboys
00:30:06You
00:30:12Illegal hand number 24 in the defense to the face five-yard penalty first down
00:30:19We've had a fair number of those called tonight
00:30:22very Brown the
00:30:25Cornerback on the far side of the Dallas Cowboys. Let's take a look at him right here
00:30:28He's locked up with rookie Victor Bailey, and that's the shot right there. They call him for a hand to the face
00:30:34I'm telling you over there
00:30:36We are you better not even come close to the girls. No again. We look at in slow motion
00:30:41It's a little different Amir grazing appears to be enough to bring out the flag
00:30:46Sherman
00:30:48to the 49
00:30:49Game of one second and I'm Larry Brown makes the tackle and we have under a minute to play in the third quarter
00:30:57Texas Stadium where this was a skating rink a week and a half ago
00:31:03They played in a nice storm and that memorable game bizarre game
00:31:10Helicopters supplied to us by our affiliate here WFAA television
00:31:16circling hovering above Texas Stadium
00:31:19Cameraman got back inside it
00:31:24Second and nine as Preston throws
00:31:26And the catch is made by Victor Bailey. He takes it to the 46 yard line
00:31:31it's going to be third down and
00:31:33four
00:31:35On what figures to have been the final play? Let's call it third down and three upcoming
00:31:40You know the Eagles have run so many short pass patterns here as we come to the end of the third quarter that
00:31:46They might be served now. I think maybe with stretching the field a little bit
00:31:50They have worked at five six seven yard pattern to such an extent might be time to go deep
00:31:56Sixteen ten Dallas after three and back we come in the fourth quarter of Monday night football after this where ABC station
00:32:17Tor Turner is the offensive coordinator here for the Cowboys his team looking very good in the first half
00:32:23But stalling here in the second on the other side of the ball, of course
00:32:26Well, Dave wants that did such a great job as the defensive coordinator
00:32:29He got the job as the head coach in Chicago as you know
00:32:32Butch Davis has taken over as the defensive coordinator and it's up to his group now to hold the Eagles on third down and two
00:32:39As we start the fourth quarter and the catch is made by Victor Bailey. That's a first down at the 39 yard line
00:32:47Here's a reminder Saturday on ABC Sports
00:32:50You'll see a Brian Boytano Scott Hamilton, Nancy Kerrigan and the H
00:32:54Pro and figure skating challenge
00:32:56Also the Hyatt senior tour of golf championship featuring Chi Chi Rodriguez this Saturday right here on ABC Sports
00:33:06Now Michael's Frank Gifford and dear door for quarter 1610 Dallas first down Philly
00:33:11at the Cowboys 39 yard line
00:33:15Herschel Walker with a big hole all the way to the 28-yard line
00:33:23Take a look at the numbers now for the first 45 minutes of play as they appear on the screen
00:33:33Till he getting back into it not only in the game, but statistically as well and keep in mind that
00:33:39The 254 yards there you see for the Dallas Cowboys pretty much what they had at halftime
00:33:45they did not pad their total much with anything that happened during the course of the third quarter and
00:33:51look what we have here a first down for the Eagles inside the 30-yard line of the Dallas Cowboys and
00:33:59People in this stadium and on the Dallas Cowboys sidelines
00:34:02I think much more tense than they anticipated being here in the first or fourth quarter when they were out in front to a 16 to
00:34:09nothing lead
00:34:10Well, Bud Carson's group figured it out because in the third quarter
00:34:15The Cowboys as you see we're limited to 18 yards after
00:34:20236 yards of total offense in the first half
00:34:23Here's Heath Sherman
00:34:26In the 26 yard line tackled by Tony Casillas
00:34:31If you joined us late, there's Bud Carson the defensive coordinator and one-time head coach Cleveland
00:34:36If you joined us late Dallas led 16 to nothing
00:34:39look like we had another route on our hands and all of a sudden a field goal by bar the half a
00:34:45Fumble recovered by Philly at the six-yard line and subsequent touchdown. Here are the Eagles
00:34:50Knocking on the door credit them with patience to they've not tried to get back into the game with big plays
00:34:56They've taken what the Dallas zone defense will give you and that's the underneath stuff
00:35:01second and 70 floats one toward the corner and
00:35:04incomplete and tempted to
00:35:07Attended for a lunging Calvin Williams. It was pretty well covered on the plate
00:35:12Darren, what's in right there with a third down?
00:35:15Now Selma will give you anything deep. They'll let you catch the ball many times in front
00:35:19They give up a lot of yards, but they're not going to give away anything deep
00:35:27The
00:35:42There's the blitz
00:35:46Rolling on the run frozen out of the end zone
00:35:49Walked and caught it but he was way out of bounds as a flag down back up field
00:35:54field and Woodson who was in on
00:35:57the blitz is shaken against the
00:36:09Eagles.
00:36:14So what's it who was blitzing
00:36:18was hurt fast interference
00:36:20number 83 on the offense
00:36:21penalties the time brings up
00:36:23fourth down Michael Young.
00:36:27So what are you talking about.
00:36:32They bring in bar now.
00:36:33Penalty is declined.
00:36:34That means bars going to attempt
00:36:36about a 45 yard field goal as we
00:36:39have an injury timeout for
00:36:40Woodson on fourth down now Matt
00:36:51Barr comes in he will attempt a
00:36:53forty four yard field goal.
00:36:56Jeff Eagles who's the punter
00:36:58will do the holding.
00:37:01So Matt Barr who made that 25
00:37:03yarder after he hit the up right
00:37:05at the end of the first half
00:37:06will try to draw the Eagles
00:37:09within three that look good.
00:37:32Ninety nine percent of the way
00:37:34it was to the golf ball.
00:37:39That's the way it was to the
00:37:40golf ball.
00:37:48Cowboys on top 16 to 10.
00:37:50Cowboys trying to rebound after
00:37:52that Thanksgiving Day disaster
00:37:54and that of course has been the
00:37:55subject of all of the
00:37:57conversation in Dallas over the
00:37:59last week and a half in a game
00:38:03that people remember for a long
00:38:06time but they lead here by six
00:38:09and a half you can stop him over
00:38:30and over you keep giving it to
00:38:33him and he loves to accumulate
00:38:35the carriage he's going to pop
00:38:37it sooner or later.
00:38:37He's going to do it to a NASCA
00:38:40and Nate Newton Ben guys to the
00:38:42inside.
00:38:44Take a look at this.
00:38:45There's Newton on the down block
00:38:47to an A right there and blocks
00:38:48out Hager West Hopkins just
00:38:50whips Andre Waters with and
00:38:54McMillan show some real speed in
00:38:57saving a touchdown and they get
00:38:59it right back to Smith and Andy
00:39:01Harmon makes the tackle that
00:39:03plays 57 yards and Emmitt Smith
00:39:06just gets better as the games go
00:39:07on.
00:39:08They give it to him a lot in
00:39:09the fourth quarter because they
00:39:10have to leave very often.
00:39:11He has the most rushing yards in
00:39:13the fourth quarter of any back
00:39:14in the league and tonight he's
00:39:17picked up one hundred sixty six
00:39:19yards.
00:39:19Again it's coming off a game in
00:39:21which he had two thirty sevens
00:39:22and he's going to have over 400
00:39:24yards in two games against the
00:39:27same opponent Lincoln Coleman
00:39:30to give him a blow.
00:39:42The crowd is the crowd is
00:39:44chafing loose because they think
00:39:46it's Johnston who has the ball.
00:39:48It's Coleman who's got it at the
00:39:5010 yard line.
00:39:52Well Britt Hager the middle
00:39:53linebacker is the first guy to
00:39:55beat Coleman.
00:39:56And you talk about a guy who
00:39:57runs up trying to put a lick on
00:39:59somebody and doesn't seem to
00:40:00have any impact with it at all.
00:40:04Lincoln Coleman listed at the at
00:40:06two hundred and forty nine.
00:40:07Here comes Hager and it's Hager
00:40:10who ends up going backwards
00:40:12trying to hold on until the rest
00:40:14of his team gets there.
00:40:16And look at this.
00:40:16Coleman is still standing up.
00:40:21It makes a third and three just
00:40:23inside the 10 pressure on.
00:40:25Now this is the real move she
00:40:27makes the catch and Johnston has
00:40:29a first down in the first and
00:40:30goal at four.
00:40:33This is a guy Darryl Johnston
00:40:35who really is just a blocking
00:40:37back for Emmitt Smith.
00:40:39But what a receiver that he has
00:40:41blossomed into.
00:40:42He had 11 receptions in the
00:40:44Thanksgiving Day game and came
00:40:46in at tonight with 38 on the
00:40:48season six more than he's ever
00:40:50had before in a career.
00:40:52And what a valuable asset he has
00:40:53become to the Cowboys in their
00:40:54passing game.
00:40:55Jimmy Johnson was pointing out
00:40:56that he was a little bit
00:40:57concerned about the fact that
00:40:58he was a little bit concerned
00:40:59about the fact that Bernie
00:41:01Kosar and the two games that he
00:41:02played against Phoenix and
00:41:03Atlanta checked off a lot to it.
00:41:05Well and J.
00:41:06Novacek has drawn so much
00:41:08attention that's open things up
00:41:10for John and here is very much
00:41:13plays the same role that Tom
00:41:16Rathman plays for the 49ers and
00:41:18has played so beautifully
00:41:19through the years taking it down
00:41:20to the two yard line.
00:41:24Some of them move that's what
00:41:25they're doing.
00:41:26They're doing what they're
00:41:27supposed to do.
00:41:27I remember a guy who used to
00:41:29play here in Dallas came up to
00:41:30me on the sideline tonight and
00:41:32said there's a the wrong guy is
00:41:35being credited for having named
00:41:38Justin the moose.
00:41:39It was me.
00:41:56Good block by pro bowler Mark
00:41:58Stepnowski at the center
00:41:59position.
00:42:03There's number 95 Mike Flores
00:42:05still down on the ground.
00:42:09Take a look at this from high
00:42:10above.
00:42:12Stepnowski.
00:42:13There's the excellent block he
00:42:15throws on Andy Harmon.
00:42:17Gogan Newton to a Williams all
00:42:20these guys.
00:42:21They've had a good game.
00:42:22They weren't even close to
00:42:23taking Johnson off.
00:42:23No.
00:42:24First brushing touchdown for
00:42:27Johnston this season to go with
00:42:29one receiving touchdown Mike
00:42:30Flores needs the attention 22 to
00:42:3410 going on 23 with 916 now
00:42:37remaining in the fourth quarter.
00:42:40So an injury timeout as they
00:42:41work on Flores and we'll come
00:42:43back with the extra point after
00:42:46this.
00:42:54They're assisting Mike Flores off
00:42:56the field who was shaken up on
00:42:57the touchdown run by Darryl
00:43:00Johnston when you see an arm
00:43:05over each shoulder of the guys
00:43:06helping you off.
00:43:07That's a sign that he has not
00:43:10yet returned in whole to Texas
00:43:13State Eddie Murray with a point
00:43:21after Govacic to hold it.
00:43:24Tell us straight to snap and a
00:43:2713 point lead now for the Dallas
00:43:31Cowboys who came into the game
00:43:33better than a two touchdown
00:43:34favorite 916 remaining in the
00:43:37fourth Texas Stadium and Irving
00:43:44another sellout 23 10 down as
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00:44:39Well Leon let's have a relatively
00:44:41uneventful night we mentioned
00:44:43before you know it around the
00:44:44country that the infamous play
00:44:46and that's the only way to
00:44:47describe it.
00:44:48Coming on the heels of course of
00:44:48the Super Bowl play where Don
00:44:50B.B. took the ball out of his
00:44:51hand at the goal line here was
00:44:53the play again on the ice
00:44:55Toyanovic his field goal attempt
00:44:57to partially block the rule says
00:45:00that he's not going to be able
00:45:01to get the ball out of his hand
00:45:02and he's going to have to
00:45:02throw it back to the plate.
00:45:04He's going to have to throw it
00:45:05back to the plate.
00:45:06He's going to have to throw it
00:45:06partially blocked the rule says
00:45:08that just rolls dead and nobody
00:45:10touches it.
00:45:11That's in effect the end of the
00:45:13game but Leon got confused.
00:45:15Jeff Dallin back made the
00:45:16recovery.
00:45:17Stojanovic picked the field goal
00:45:19and the rest is history.
00:45:20Second more time for the
00:45:22Hindenburg.
00:45:24Mr. throws.
00:45:26He's made daily steps out of
00:45:28bounds.
00:45:29We talked to Jimmy Johnson about
00:45:30it last night.
00:45:31He said he didn't even see the
00:45:32play.
00:45:33He thought the game was over.
00:45:34He was about ready to walk
00:45:35across the field and shake hands
00:45:37with Don Shula but he talked to
00:45:39Leon.
00:45:40There were some people amazingly
00:45:41who thought he might cut Leon
00:45:43lead if he had done that.
00:45:45Twenty seven teams would be at
00:45:46Leon's door the next day trying
00:45:48to sign him.
00:45:49He said no way to calm him down.
00:45:51He knew he made a you know
00:45:53hellacious mistake and he's done
00:45:56it at the end.
00:45:57He had to get his mind back into
00:45:58it.
00:45:59Marge of the players that he's
00:46:00got.
00:46:01Well Kervin Richards is a guy
00:46:02that got a lot of attention last
00:46:03year.
00:46:04He got a lot of attention when
00:46:05he got it.
00:46:06We have left to make mistakes to
00:46:08that caliber for quite a while
00:46:09before he gets back.
00:46:11Sherman good looking screen
00:46:13bringing it up to the forty six
00:46:17yard line.
00:46:20Twelve yard game.
00:46:25Bobby setting it up nicely
00:46:26setting up in the pocket of the
00:46:28forty six yard line and bringing
00:46:31in the defensive lineman.
00:46:33He's in the pocket of the forty
00:46:35six.
00:46:36He's in the pocket of the forty
00:46:36six.
00:46:37He's in the pocket of the forty
00:46:38six.
00:46:39He's in the pocket of the forty
00:46:40six.
00:46:41Twenty two remaining.
00:46:42Twenty three ten.
00:46:43Cowboys.
00:46:53One thing about the Cowboys
00:46:54though they rallied around lead
00:46:56in particular Jimmy Johnson
00:46:58felt that some of the media were
00:47:00actually very Toronto like
00:47:01because let's look a lot of
00:47:02grief.
00:47:03He's been in the media for not
00:47:05meeting with the press.
00:47:06The Cowboys are too far of an
00:47:07issue the statement and in
00:47:09effect I mean Jimmy's point is
00:47:11well taken here.
00:47:12He said you know there are just
00:47:13guys out there looking for a
00:47:15scoop looking to make a name for
00:47:17themselves at the expense of
00:47:18somebody like a man but there's
00:47:21been a lot of sanctimonious
00:47:22stuff written about you know
00:47:23let's do this on this and
00:47:24shouldn't have done that.
00:47:25Here's the viral taking it to
00:47:28the thirty six yard line.
00:47:29He's got a lot of things loose
00:47:30but he's dead.
00:47:31He's dead.
00:47:33But in retrospect looking back
00:47:35at it both Leon and the Cowboys
00:47:38as an organization would have
00:47:39been better served if Leon would
00:47:41have walked out after the game
00:47:42and at least said something to
00:47:44the press.
00:47:46Two sentences.
00:47:47It would have got a lot of those
00:47:48people off his back because not
00:47:50talking to the press gave them
00:47:53an excuse to prolong it and
00:47:54write about it not just the next
00:47:56day but the day after the day
00:47:57after it took on a mystical
00:47:59ending.
00:48:00So we're not talking about the
00:48:01end of the world.
00:48:02Things happen awful quickly down
00:48:04on that field.
00:48:05He is not the first nor the last
00:48:07player to make a mistake during
00:48:08the course of a football game at
00:48:10the thirty five yard line
00:48:11Grisham throws and the catch is
00:48:14made by Bailey who gets up and
00:48:16did what he signals first down
00:48:19not the catch wasn't so great to
00:48:20hang on to it when he was
00:48:22completely upended there's a guy
00:48:25that didn't really get a chance
00:48:27to win too many ballgames at the
00:48:29time and he was a little bit
00:48:30wary when he played there and
00:48:32it's been a rough rookie year
00:48:34for him.
00:48:35But here's a guy who is making a
00:48:37name for himself as a tough
00:48:39receiver a guy not afraid to go
00:48:41in the middle and take a lick
00:48:42after he catches the ball.
00:48:44Victor Bailey is going to be in
00:48:45this league for a while.
00:48:59Jimmy wants something done.
00:49:01He didn't get done.
00:49:02He said I want it now.
00:49:05Some people can coach some
00:49:08people can't.
00:49:09I think he's talking.
00:49:10This guy can't.
00:49:11They don't do it very often but
00:49:12I think he wants to blitz and
00:49:14take him back for a potential
00:49:17field goal.
00:49:19Who knows.
00:49:20That was an easy look.
00:49:22Second and eight at the 16th.
00:49:23Here they come.
00:49:24Western Williams he was covered
00:49:29on the play by Woodson third
00:49:33down or 36 remaining will be
00:49:39third down and eight Cowboys
00:49:41came with the blitz and Brister
00:49:42had a good read this off the
00:49:45fingertips.
00:49:48He goes right in there tonight.
00:49:54They hung in there but then
00:49:55bar missed that field goal and
00:49:56then Emmitt Smith killed him in
00:49:59that long run leading to the
00:50:00touchdown.
00:50:01Brister tonight twenty four
00:50:03forty third and a Walker is the
00:50:05man in motion.
00:50:07Mr. Guns it over the middle and
00:50:10it's incomplete intended for
00:50:12Walker.
00:50:19Bates with the coverage.
00:50:20He's going to get it back.
00:50:21He's going to get it back.
00:50:22He's going to get it back.
00:50:25Rowe tells us the penalty is
00:50:27holding against the Eagles.
00:50:29Oh now this is a toughie for
00:50:30Dallas to take it and give them
00:50:32another down or this brings up a
00:50:35fourth down if they decline the
00:50:36penalty.
00:50:37Well I think it declined only
00:50:39because in the field goal
00:50:40doesn't hurt you.
00:50:41Yeah you still think that I
00:50:42still have to score twice more
00:50:44even with a holding number 79
00:50:46offense penalties decline brings
00:50:49up fourth down now fourth down.
00:50:50You've got to go for it.
00:50:52A field goal is relatively
00:50:55unimportant and Bobby Brewster
00:50:56is going to take a timeout going
00:50:57over and talk about it the rich
00:50:58go to be fourth down and eight.
00:51:02Well a good one next week a real
00:51:04good one as we go to Joe Robbie
00:51:05Stadium in Miami the Dolphins
00:51:08despite the loss of Dan Marino
00:51:10with a mark of nine and three
00:51:12and on top in the AFC East
00:51:13against the Pittsburgh Steelers
00:51:15who all of a sudden now are
00:51:17chasing the red hot Houston
00:51:19Steelers and the Oilers.
00:51:22Neil O'Donnell leading them we'll
00:51:23find out about Barry Foster if
00:51:26he can get back into the lineup
00:51:28final game for Pittsburgh Miami
00:51:30trying to hang on in the AFC
00:51:31East that's our attraction next
00:51:33Monday night two weeks from
00:51:35tonight we'll be in New Orleans
00:51:36for the Red Hot Giants against
00:51:38the Saints anytime you go to
00:51:42Miami it's just a chance to be
00:51:44in the backyard of the man who's
00:51:46become a national treasure Don
00:51:48Marino is the third down and
00:51:50three as Buffalo struggles to
00:51:52get things going they drop back
00:51:54to eight and four in Houston the
00:51:55winners of seven consecutive
00:51:57ballgames out to an eight and
00:52:00four record after a dozen games
00:52:03in Pittsburgh after we saw them
00:52:04dismantle Buffalo on Monday
00:52:06night looking like the best team
00:52:08in the league they have tripped
00:52:10and fall.
00:52:11Remember what to the first two
00:52:13or three weeks of the season now
00:52:14everybody had written Houston
00:52:16had that slaughter up in
00:52:18Buffalo we thought that was the
00:52:19end of the head party fired.
00:52:21Yeah well here's a little
00:52:23little fourth down action for
00:52:24you.
00:52:25Fourth and eight best they're
00:52:29trying to keep the Eagles alive
00:52:31and he does one complete to the
00:52:32eight yard line and it's Calvin
00:52:34Williams making the catch enough
00:52:36for a first down.
00:52:39Give Calvin Williams a lot of
00:52:41credit.
00:52:42How many times in this situation
00:52:44do you see a receiver run around
00:52:46where he just doesn't go deep
00:52:48enough to get the necessary
00:52:50yardage perfectly run by
00:52:52Williams a good throw by
00:52:53Brewster.
00:52:54But geez don't you see it over
00:52:56and over again where that guy
00:52:57comes up a yard short in that
00:52:59pattern.
00:53:01First and go.
00:53:02And again the Eagles in a
00:53:03situation they love to be in and
00:53:05have been successful in all but
00:53:06one time this year.
00:53:07First and go.
00:53:08And again they get it in this
00:53:10time it's full viral for the
00:53:11touchdown.
00:53:13Number two tonight number two for
00:53:15two for tomorrow that at Bristol
00:53:17with a good scramble and then
00:53:19directing the bar to continue
00:53:21his pattern.
00:53:24The Eagles the team that just
00:53:26won't die.
00:53:27Twenty three sixteen going on
00:53:29seventeen with bars point
00:53:30answer.
00:53:32Well let's not concede that yet.
00:53:36Striking the upright twice
00:53:38tonight.
00:53:38Good luck at the bar.
00:53:39He was actually flocking on that
00:53:41play he's out of the flat
00:53:42thrusters flushed out of the
00:53:45pocket directed him into the end
00:53:46zone.
00:53:47Good effort by a couple of
00:53:48pros.
00:53:52Last time Mark Bovaro scored two
00:53:54touchdowns in the game during
00:53:55his house in years with the
00:53:56Giants.
00:53:57Nineteen eighty eight bars extra
00:53:58point is good.
00:54:00Three forty six remaining in
00:54:02regulation right now you're
00:54:04Ritchie Kote on side.
00:54:06Well you've only got one time
00:54:08out.
00:54:08That's a problem.
00:54:09You've used two.
00:54:10You've got one time out and one
00:54:11at the two minute warning.
00:54:12It would be a lot easier to kick
00:54:14it deep and try to get the ball
00:54:17back by a defensive effort if
00:54:19you had all three of your time
00:54:21outs remaining but the fact you
00:54:22only have one that this makes
00:54:25you consider the onside kick
00:54:27although with three forty six
00:54:28left that's it would be unusual
00:54:30to onside kick with that much
00:54:32time left.
00:54:34You got one time out.
00:54:35You got the two minute warning.
00:54:36You've got two stoppages of the
00:54:38clock.
00:54:41Yes it's a tough call.
00:54:42It's a tough call to be clear.
00:54:43I don't know question with with
00:54:45three timeouts plus the two
00:54:46minute warning you just you send
00:54:47it downfield.
00:54:48You know I don't know.
00:54:49I'm not sure if I'm rich go
00:54:51that I could onside kick here
00:54:52that's the way you want to do.
00:54:56I think you the fact that you
00:54:57saw that Carson circled up his
00:55:00troops on the sidelines his
00:55:01defensive you know not the
00:55:03kickoff unit.
00:55:04I don't think you're going to
00:55:05see an onsides kick.
00:55:06Well the Cowboys are going to
00:55:07protect against it regardless
00:55:08here as they send a lot of folks
00:55:11down the 45 yard line shut the
00:55:14Cowboys down pretty much here in
00:55:16the second half.
00:55:18One big run by Emma Thomas was
00:55:19the difference and they send it
00:55:26downfield and Williams has to go
00:55:29back to get it feels at the
00:55:31five and gets written down at
00:55:35the 22 yard line.
00:55:37Now it is vital for the Eagles
00:55:41to hold them without a first
00:55:42down and the Eagles are down to
00:55:45one time up twenty three 17 with
00:55:49three thirty six remaining in
00:55:51regulation passing Philadelphia
00:55:55look at the second half and
00:55:57now it's just a big first half
00:56:02for a twin in the gang and 100
00:56:05nothing in the second 150 yards
00:56:07passing for the game for the
00:56:09Dallas Cowboys is is definitely
00:56:11subpar.
00:56:13So Smith the tailback Johnson
00:56:16the fullback Novak check in
00:56:17motion in their most
00:56:18conventional formation and they
00:56:20give it to Emmitt Smith which is
00:56:22no surprise and he takes it out
00:56:23to the twenty six but Hager
00:56:24makes the tackle so Smith now in
00:56:28the two games against the Eagles
00:56:31has gained over 400 yards in the
00:56:34history of the league in one
00:56:35season there's only one guy
00:56:36whoever gave four hundred yards
00:56:37against one opponent and it was
00:56:39OJ Simpson against the Jets
00:56:41against New England.
00:56:42New England 73 with an OJ two
00:56:44thousand year season he gained
00:56:46four sixty nine and here's Emmitt
00:56:48Smith tonight four oh six in the
00:56:50two games right about the Jets
00:56:51he got the two thousand yard
00:56:52mark against the Jets had a two
00:56:54hundred plus yard game remarkable
00:56:58performance there by Emmitt
00:57:00Smith second and seven a quick
00:57:05throws and Al Irvin makes the
00:57:07catch big first down risky call
00:57:13the melon again and McMillan
00:57:14played this very well he played
00:57:16a very tight Elnore Turner give
00:57:19him credit for the call an
00:57:21incomplete pass stops the clock
00:57:23and really plays into the hands
00:57:25of the Eagles.
00:57:26What are you going to do.
00:57:27You go to your big play guy and
00:57:28here it is Irvin working against
00:57:29the big guy McMillan McMillan
00:57:31plays it as good as you're going
00:57:33to play it.
00:57:34Aikman timing it out beautifully
00:57:38so North Turner who figures his
00:57:42call in that particular
00:57:43situation that's Irvin's first
00:57:45patch of the half a sixth of the
00:57:46game they give it to Smith he
00:57:49gets bottled up after a short
00:57:50game that's going to stop the
00:57:51clock at the two minute warning
00:57:56and then one timeout remaining
00:57:57for the Eagles two minutes to go
00:57:59twenty three seventeen Dallas
00:58:01back to come after this message
00:58:03from the National Football
00:58:04League but Carson has his
00:58:13defense gathered around him and
00:58:15they've got to do here is stop
00:58:16him on this play all the time
00:58:18out create a third down and stop
00:58:20him there and hope to get the
00:58:21ball back as simple as that
00:58:23second and eight coming up two
00:58:24minutes to go Cowboys up by six
00:58:26and a half to go.
00:58:27That's what they're all talking
00:58:28about.
00:58:29And of course that's what Dallas
00:58:30is talking about a couple of
00:58:38years for on way broke the
00:58:39fibula in his leg and had an
00:58:41infection a terrible infection
00:58:43and they ultimately had to cut
00:58:45off an inch of one of his toes
00:58:50still out there hammering on
00:58:51second down an eight at the 43
00:58:53yard line with the win the
00:58:57Cowboys would say a game back of
00:59:00the Giants and again the Giants
00:59:03and Cowboys meet on the final
00:59:06day of the season if they wind
00:59:07up in a tie which would mean
00:59:08Dallas would have to beat the
00:59:09Giants Dallas would win the tie
00:59:11breaker by virtue of two wins
00:59:13against them here is Emmitt
00:59:15Smith.
00:59:16He's got a good shot at the
00:59:17Eagles should take let's see do
00:59:19they take a time out here they
00:59:20do they do they wasted a couple
00:59:23of seconds they could have had
00:59:24it a little bit earlier or a
00:59:27good play there by Seth Joyner
00:59:29takes on the lead block of Jay
00:59:31Novacek drives him back and
00:59:32makes the tackle that's I don't
00:59:34see that very often.
00:59:38He may have lost the ball for a
00:59:39second.
00:59:40I think that's what said right
00:59:41that he thought maybe he had a
00:59:42chance to get the football and
00:59:44Andre waters is giving some lip
00:59:46to somebody and Clyde Simmons is
00:59:47saying stay in the game pal.
00:59:48Come on.
00:59:49There's the play by all in your
00:59:51eye.
00:59:51Look at the football came out
00:59:52and bounced right back to him
00:59:54and Smith.
00:59:54That's a second time today that
00:59:56a ball has gotten away from him
00:59:59at Smith and bounces right back
01:00:00to him.
01:00:01No wonder Joyner is so upset
01:00:02about that.
01:00:03Joyner knocked it out of there
01:00:03and he's got a chance to get
01:00:04the football and Andre waters is
01:00:06giving some lift to somebody and
01:00:07Clyde Simmons is saying stay in
01:00:08the game pal.
01:00:09Come on.
01:00:09Look at the football came out
01:00:10and bounced right back to him
01:00:11and Clyde Simmons is so upset
01:00:12about that Joyner knocked it
01:00:13out of there.
01:00:14Oh Joyner did everything on that
01:00:16play.
01:00:18This has been we have seen some
01:00:20very very fortunate bounces of
01:00:22the football tonight for the
01:00:23Dallas Cowboys that goes just in
01:00:28the list I'm keeping.
01:00:29That's number five for me and
01:00:31keeping trying to interceptions
01:00:33that could have been but weren't
01:00:35dropped by the Eagles two
01:00:36fumbles by Emmitt Smith that
01:00:38comes fumble muffs the putt and
01:00:40as the ball bounce back.
01:00:42Everyone's got an entitlement.
01:00:43We ought to have the door doors
01:00:45door door list.
01:00:46And you know what.
01:00:47It's amazing.
01:00:48Didn't even write that down but
01:00:50I did guess that it was a Jets
01:00:52and it was a Patriots.
01:00:52So that just gets me back to
01:00:55even.
01:00:56All right.
01:00:57Third down and eight a first
01:00:57down.
01:00:58We'll end this game effectively
01:00:59if Dallas can get it.
01:01:00Aikman's going to the air slides
01:01:06down at the forty four.
01:01:07And that means the Eagles are
01:01:08going to get the ball back from
01:01:11the forty four they'll take as
01:01:12much time as they can off the
01:01:13clock but then Jets going to
01:01:15have to punt it and the Eagles
01:01:16are going to have to move down
01:01:17field and score a touchdown
01:01:19without a timeout about one
01:01:24minute left when we get down to
01:01:25the point where Dallas actually
01:01:28has to snap this football about
01:01:30a minute and two seconds so jet
01:01:34to kick the line of scrimmage is
01:01:36going to have to get three
01:01:37sick of him up back to accept it
01:01:39Jeff will just watch the play
01:01:40clock he'll take it right on
01:01:41down before he makes the snapping
01:01:44signal to the center there you
01:01:47go.
01:01:48There it is.
01:01:49Good utilization of the clock.
01:01:51Oh the beauty.
01:01:52Second hand.
01:01:54Well he thought about going for
01:01:55a fair catch and then decides
01:01:57to run it back.
01:01:58And the Cowboys had other ideas
01:02:00brought Marion Thompson at the
01:02:0211th so they're going to have to
01:02:03run it back.
01:02:04And the Cowboys are down 89 yards
01:02:07in 55 seconds with no timeout
01:02:10without trying to make the big
01:02:12play and without Randall
01:02:13Cunningham and without Fred
01:02:15Barnett a little choice if I
01:02:19said I made a half a fair catch
01:02:21as well.
01:02:22One way to make a big play is to
01:02:24return a punt.
01:02:25Cowboys said no.
01:02:30I'm not sure that Cunningham and
01:02:32Cunningham and Tommy McDonald
01:02:34could do it but we'll see if
01:02:36Brewster and the gang can do it
01:02:38from the 11 yard line about Ron
01:02:40Jaworski and Mike quick they
01:02:41can do it.
01:02:48The catch is made over the
01:02:49middle that's young.
01:02:50These are the 18 second and
01:02:56three but that's barely
01:02:58consequential here.
01:02:59How about Harold Carmichael.
01:03:00Maybe we could do it.
01:03:01Yeah.
01:03:01How about titling shopping on
01:03:04teeth.
01:03:05We knew you'd get around to the
01:03:06Giants sooner or later.
01:03:07Same division.
01:03:21And Bobby has to make the
01:03:23tackle to the ball game.
01:03:31To no one's surprise there's
01:03:33joy taking place over on the
01:03:35sideline.
01:03:39Was that easy for the Dallas
01:03:40Cowboys.
01:03:41I think most people the odds
01:03:43makers included thought it was
01:03:44going to be a lot easier.
01:03:46I might send a message to
01:03:47Minnesota Jets and Washington
01:03:49and the Giants that cowboys are
01:03:51not back to where they were a
01:03:53year ago.
01:03:54And I'll tell you something else
01:03:55it says about Richie Kote tights
01:03:57ballclub.
01:03:58This team's got a lot of fight
01:03:59and a lot of strength.
01:04:01They are crippled maimed and in
01:04:04most of the games they've played
01:04:06this year not the talent level
01:04:08of their opponents and yet they
01:04:10fight they stay in the games
01:04:11they they scrap if you think
01:04:15good things come out of out of
01:04:18fighting your way through
01:04:18adversity that may be the case
01:04:20in the future for the Philadelphia
01:04:22Eagles who pretty much
01:04:23effectively see their playoff
01:04:25hopes disappear with this loss
01:04:27here tonight.
01:04:27Boy did Bobby Brewster take a
01:04:29look at that.
01:04:30He's going to take a look at
01:04:31that as he does week after week
01:04:33and just bounces back and
01:04:34they'll bounce back next week
01:04:35against Buffalo at Veterans
01:04:38Stadium and then wrap it up at
01:04:40Indy with New Orleans as Jerry
01:04:42Jones accepts congratulations
01:04:43and then we'll see Philly again
01:04:45on closing night this year at
01:04:47San Francisco and they hope to
01:04:49have Cunningham back for that
01:04:51game or perhaps before.
01:04:56So tonight the Dallas Cowboys go
01:04:58to Philadelphia Eagles 23 17.
01:05:00We go to Miami next week for
01:05:01Pittsburgh against the
01:05:02Dolphins.
01:05:03Phil and Al Michaels Frank
01:05:04Newford Dan Deardorff saying
01:05:05good night from Irving Texas.