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00:00:15The Dallas Cowboys were tearing through the NFL schedule with a seven-game winning streak,
00:00:19but now they have lost their last two games, including the improbable Thanksgiving Day
00:00:23letdown against the Dolphins.
00:00:24But it's not a problem that can't be overcome for the defending Super Bowl champions and
00:00:30their quarterback Troy Aikman.
00:00:31Because we've accomplished something that a lot of people have not been able to do,
00:00:32and that is win a Super Bowl.
00:00:33We know that we are talented enough to do those things again this year.
00:00:34It's matured this football team a little bit into realizing that, you know, we're not panicking.
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00:02:38They need a win tonight to stay within one game of the New York Giants in the NFC Eastern
00:02:42Division.
00:02:43They lose tonight.
00:02:44They fall two back with only four games remaining on their schedule.
00:02:47Their division would be in jeopardy, even the playoffs perhaps in jeopardy.
00:02:51Big game for them tonight.
00:02:52They go against the Eagles who come in tonight having broken a six-game losing streak.
00:02:56They won last week against Washington.
00:02:58They are now five and six, but Al, they are talking big.
00:03:01We had a chat with some of them last night.
00:03:03They still think they can be in it, but this is a team that's been decimated by injuries.
00:03:07Right.
00:03:08Everybody's moaning about injuries, but these guys have a very legitimate beef.
00:03:11They really take the cake, and it comes on the heels of losing people like Keith Jackson,
00:03:16Keith Byers, and Reggie White to free agency last season, and now this year, Randall Cunningham
00:03:21down in the fourth game with a leg injury.
00:03:23He might be back before the end of the year.
00:03:24Fred Barnett, the Pro Bowl wide receiver, out for the season.
00:03:25Byron Evans, the middle linebacker, is still out.
00:03:26It goes on and on.
00:03:27They have started 41 different players this year, but Rich Kotite said on the field about
00:03:36an hour ago.
00:03:38He said, just you wait and see.
00:03:39We're going to play great tonight.
00:03:40They'll try to do it on the ground, win the time of possession game with Herschel Walker
00:03:44and Juan Hebron carrying the ball, and they need to shore it up defensively.
00:03:47They have the fridge now.
00:03:48William Perry, they didn't have him five weeks ago when Dallas beat Philadelphia, and Emmitt
00:03:53Smith ran for 237 yards, but that was five weeks ago, and Dan, the Dallas Cowboys three
00:03:59weeks ago looked as if they were a lock for a second straight Super Bowl.
00:04:02Now, everybody around here biting their nails.
00:04:05They really are, Al, but one thing they do know, and it's the month of December, and
00:04:09the month of December for most people means that they get into the holiday spirit, but
00:04:13in the National Football League, the month of December is where teams that make the playoffs
00:04:17and do well in the playoffs look back and say, here's where we shifted gears, and that's
00:04:22exactly what the Dallas Cowboys have to do, is shift gears to that next level.
00:04:26Take their offensive troika of Aikman, Smith, and Michael Irvin.
00:04:32A year ago at this time, they had accounted for 32 touchdowns between the three of them.
00:04:36Now, look, this year, only 15 touchdowns among the three of them.
00:04:41That's a huge difference.
00:04:43The Dallas Cowboys will look back at this game tonight and say, here's where we flipped
00:04:47the switch and went on to bigger things, or they'll look back to tonight and say, here's
00:04:51where we knew we weren't as good as we were a year ago.
00:04:55And Eddie Murray will flip the switch on the kickoff.
00:04:58The longtime Detroit Lion, who was picked up after the start of this season to replace
00:05:03Lynn Elliott.
00:05:04Herschel Walker, who does everything, even plays on special teams for the Eagles, back
00:05:09to receive.
00:05:10As the kick comes down to the four-yard line, Herschel Walker takes it there, and running
00:05:15laterally along the seven, can only get back to the 10-yard line, a six-yard runback, and
00:05:23the Cowboys pin the Eagles deep.
00:05:25With Cunningham gone, it's Bubby Brister.
00:05:28The longtime Steeler, now at the helm, guided them to the win last week against Washington,
00:05:34brought them from behind, 17 to 14.
00:05:38With him, Walker and Vaughn Hebron, the rookie.
00:05:41Williams and Bailey, another rookie, are the wideouts, and Mark Bovaro, the longtime giant,
00:05:45tight end.
00:05:46Bollinger, Shad, Alexander, their number one draft choice, Holmes, and Anton Davis, the
00:05:52interior five.
00:05:54Calvin Williams is the man in motion, and they begin with a two-back set, give it to
00:05:59Walker, and he goes next to nowhere.
00:06:01Dickson Edwards, the outside linebacker, to wrap him up.
00:06:05Now, the Cowboys are minus Charles Haley.
00:06:08Bad back, he's been limited this year in his effectiveness, and he's inactive tonight.
00:06:13Thus, Tolbert, Casillas, Leon Lett gets the start up front, with Maryland coming off the
00:06:18bench.
00:06:19Edwards, Ken Norton now playing in the middle, and Darren Smith, the rookie outside.
00:06:22And the secondary has been solid and consistent, Smith and Brown, Woodson and Everett.
00:06:28Second down and nine.
00:06:31A look at Leon Lett, who was involved in the play 11 days ago, that cost Dallas the game,
00:06:40but tonight gets the start.
00:06:42And in the middle of this one, Leon Lett is right there, as Vaughn Hebron, the rookie
00:06:48from Virginia Tech, can't get on track.
00:06:50It'll be third down, and Randall Cunningham in cities, walking up and down the sideline.
00:06:55And I think we saw already what Jimmy Johnson wanted to see from the Cowboys, and that is,
00:07:00after their loss on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, to play with a frenzy.
00:07:04He said, we can't strut anymore, we have to come out and play like the Dallas Cowboys,
00:07:08and that means we have to play in a frenzy, and we have seen that here in the early going.
00:07:14Third and nine.
00:07:18With four receivers in this set, and Walker staying in the block.
00:07:21The catch is made up at the 16 by Victor Bailey, but short of the first down,
00:07:26and it's three and out for Philadelphia on their first possession,
00:07:29as Gant and Bates converge on the stop.
00:07:32That's what they wanted.
00:07:33They wanted a couple of helmets on every receiver, hustling on the part of their linebackers,
00:07:38and they got it on that first series.
00:07:41Well, I know you mentioned in your open that Richie Cotite told you that the Eagles
00:07:45were going to play well.
00:07:47That's exactly what we heard from Jimmy Johnson yesterday,
00:07:49and that's certainly the way they have started defensively.
00:07:52The Eagles hunting, fielded at the 39 by Kevin Williams,
00:07:56who ran one back all the way on Thanksgiving, but this time he is stopped at the 39-yard line.
00:08:04As Troy Aikman and the offensive unit come out, James Joseph made the last tackle.
00:08:09Aikman, first guy picked in 1989 in the entire draft out of UCLA, now in his fifth year.
00:08:15Super Bowl MVP last season, Emmitt Smith and Daryl Johnston in the backfield.
00:08:19Irvin and Harper are the wideouts.
00:08:21Novacek caught more passes last year than any other tight end.
00:08:25Toonay, Newton, Stepnoski, Golgin, and Williams, the Super Bowl interior five.
00:08:30No changes up front.
00:08:32First and ten, Dallas at the 39-yard line.
00:08:40Novacek in motion, and Emmitt Smith has shredded the Eagles on Halloween Day.
00:08:46Flag is down.
00:08:47Smith had picked up four.
00:08:49There's a marker down at the 45-yard line, six yards past the line of scrimmage.
00:08:53Howard Rowe is the referee tonight.
00:08:57And the first call goes against the Eagles.
00:09:06He's saying we'll take the penalty.
00:09:10Illegal hands to the face on a defense, number 25.
00:09:13First down.
00:09:18Let's coach Ike's defensive unit now for the Philadelphia Eagles.
00:09:22Flores, Harmon, the Fridge who came over from Chicago, and Clyde Simmons who had 19 sacks last year.
00:09:28Joiner, the great outside backer.
00:09:30Hager for the injured Evans in the middle and William Thomas.
00:09:33McMillan and Eric Allen are the corners.
00:09:35Andre Waters is back along with Miano at safety.
00:09:39Waters hurt for the first half of the season.
00:09:43Smith takes it to the 39-yard line.
00:09:47And a skirmish between Eric Williams and Mike Flores.
00:09:56Not even enough to send them off for two minutes for roughing.
00:09:58You had a quick look at little Mark McMillan.
00:10:01I say little.
00:10:02He's a 5'7", 162-pound cornerback.
00:10:04Got in there to help his teammate Mike Flores.
00:10:06But I think he's going to see a lot of action tonight from these big outside wide receivers.
00:10:11There he is.
00:10:12He's 5'7".
00:10:13Second year Alabama.
00:10:14They say he's tough.
00:10:15They like him on the corner.
00:10:16But he'll have his hands full tonight.
00:10:18They're going to have to help him out against 6'2", Michael Irvin who loves to fight little cornerbacks for the ball.
00:10:24Second and five.
00:10:25Aikman's first pass of the game.
00:10:27Out into the flack to Emmitt Smith.
00:10:29He takes it across the 50 to the 49-yard line.
00:10:31It'll be third and three.
00:10:33Mike Flores makes the stop.
00:10:35Byron Evans with that broken arm.
00:10:37They hope to have him back in a couple of weeks, the middle linebacker.
00:10:41Originally we're told that he was going to be out for six weeks, Frank.
00:10:44And this is the fifth week that Evans has been on the sidelines.
00:10:48So the Eagles are hopeful that maybe he'll be back out on the practice field possibly this week.
00:10:53If not, then next week for sure.
00:10:57Seth Joyner, though, number 59.
00:10:59He's still there.
00:11:00He's banged up.
00:11:01But one of the fine all-around linebackers in the game.
00:11:04Third and three.
00:11:05And Emmitt Smith gets that first down.
00:11:08A four-yard gain to the 45.
00:11:10Flores makes the tackle.
00:11:11Four minutes, ten seconds into the game with no score.
00:11:15The Eagles have been better against the run than they have over the beginning of the season.
00:11:19That happened when William Perry came in.
00:11:21But they are very small at the linebacker.
00:11:23And that's where you really stop the running as we look at one of the great defensive coaches in this game, Bud Carson.
00:11:28He's juggling some very small linebackers.
00:11:31They average about 230 pounds.
00:11:33Britt Hager replaced Byron Evans in the middle, Dan.
00:11:36He's 225 pounds.
00:11:38That's tough.
00:11:39And William Thomas on the outside is only 218.
00:11:42And meanwhile, this Cowboy offensive line has four guys over 300, three over 325.
00:11:48Smith again behind a Johnston block.
00:11:51Swings by Simmons.
00:11:53And is out of bounds at the 40-yard line.
00:11:56And the Cowboys want a face mask.
00:11:59No flag, though.
00:12:06Emmitt Smith picking up five.
00:12:08We'll take another look.
00:12:10Yep.
00:12:11Oh, yes.
00:12:14You can see the effort at the end to get the hand off of Emmitt Smith's face mask.
00:12:18But it was there long enough.
00:12:19That's why we only see the five-yard call.
00:12:22If he would have dragged him to the ground with his hand still on the face mask, that would have been good for 15.
00:12:29Second and five at the Philadelphia 40.
00:12:32Aikman off the fake.
00:12:33Buys a lot of time.
00:12:34Throws.
00:12:35It is caught.
00:12:36And no.
00:12:37Incomplete.
00:12:38He never had control.
00:12:39So no fumble.
00:12:40Simply an incompletion.
00:12:41Harper couldn't handle it.
00:12:42Hit by McMillan.
00:12:44That time they put Harper against the 5'7".
00:12:47McMillan.
00:12:48And Harper goes 6'3".
00:12:49We talked about Irvin being 6'2".
00:12:50These are big outside receivers.
00:12:53And in the case of Michael Irvin, he'll fight you for it.
00:12:55Alvin Harper is one of those guys you just keep waiting for him to explode and dominate and turn into a Michael Irvin type receiver.
00:13:04And he just doesn't seem to get over that hump.
00:13:07Even a young James Lawson.
00:13:09Great speed.
00:13:10Same ability.
00:13:11Same number.
00:13:13Third and five.
00:13:14Aikman hits Williams.
00:13:15The rookie.
00:13:16First down.
00:13:17Tackled at the 32.
00:13:19Rich Miano.
00:13:20Collared him there.
00:13:22Literally.
00:13:23That time in front of McMillan.
00:13:25They're not wasting any time telling you where they're going to go with the football tonight.
00:13:28And why not?
00:13:29On the other side is a three-time pro bowler, Eric Allen.
00:13:33They lock up again.
00:13:34This time is the rookie from Miami.
00:13:37Played high school football right here in Dallas.
00:13:40Evan Williams.
00:13:41A little clothesline at the end.
00:13:42Didn't get the face mask.
00:13:43And the Cowboys get the first down.
00:13:47McMillan's going to be busy tonight.
00:13:519.05 to go.
00:13:52First quarter.
00:13:53No score.
00:13:54This is the Cowboys' opening drive after the Eagles went three and out.
00:13:57Emmitt Smith.
00:13:59And he nearly got clotheslined by Allen before Flores makes the tackle.
00:14:06Another high tackle that time by Allen.
00:14:08But we saw Miano go to the head on the play before on Williams.
00:14:12And this time, Eric Allen comes in real high on a tackle on Emmitt Smith.
00:14:16And we're going to have to see if this is a pattern that's beginning to develop.
00:14:20There's Miano who made the first one.
00:14:22Look how high Allen is right there with his hand up in the face of Emmitt Smith.
00:14:26Now, that type of a tackle may do some damage to Smith's head.
00:14:30But it is not going to tackle him.
00:14:32He'll run right through that every time.
00:14:34Second and eight.
00:14:36This is the eighth play of the drive.
00:14:38And Aikman is lucky that Allen didn't pick it off with a pass intended for Harper.
00:14:43I don't know how he missed it.
00:14:45That's just a poorly thrown ball.
00:14:47How did Allen miss it?
00:14:48It moved to the inside and Aikman hit that one right in the head.
00:14:52Now for the Eagles, a tough assignment.
00:14:54They bring in their dime package.
00:14:56Now watch this.
00:14:57Aikman, a lot of time to throw the ball.
00:14:59And just either Harper switched up on him or he just threw it poorly.
00:15:02But now is when Jay Novacek, the tight end, comes into play for the Cowboys.
00:15:05He's like a wide receiver.
00:15:08A third down, almost sure pass.
00:15:10You can't treat him like a tight end.
00:15:13Third and eight at the Philadelphia 30-yard line.
00:15:16The Eagles rush four.
00:15:18The pass is underneath to Smith.
00:15:20Smith breaks the tackle, turns it into a first down.
00:15:25William Thomas.
00:15:26Oh boy.
00:15:27William Thomas had Emmitt Smith perfectly.
00:15:31And Smith ran right through the tackle.
00:15:33And this game could not be starting any worse for the Philadelphia Eagles.
00:15:37Well, you know, you said it earlier.
00:15:39Emmitt Smith outweighs, I think, William Thomas, the linebacker.
00:15:43And he runs so low to the ground.
00:15:45Watch this.
00:15:46William is a good tackler.
00:15:48I mean, Thomas is a good tackler.
00:15:49And he's having a great year.
00:15:50But he just could not control Emmitt Smith.
00:15:55Well, when you're a 16-point underdog like the Eagles are tonight,
00:16:00you don't get many missed opportunities.
00:16:02And that's what they had when Eric Allen didn't intercept that pass.
00:16:05First and ten from the 11.
00:16:07Eighth into the corner.
00:16:08Touchdown, Michael Irvin.
00:16:15Well, there's no question where they were going to go with it.
00:16:19I think on each first down, they went right back at McMillan.
00:16:27You don't get many second opportunities in this league.
00:16:32And the Eagles had the opportunity to make two big plays.
00:16:35Eric Allen had a shot at the interception.
00:16:38William Thomas had a shot at getting Emmitt Smith for a loss.
00:16:41They failed on both.
00:16:43And this is the price they paid.
00:16:45And they used half the first quarter in doing so.
00:16:47Eddie Murray for the point after.
00:16:50Michael Irvin's 61st catch of the season was his third touchdown reception of the year.
00:16:59And on the opening drive, he goes 61 yards to lead 7-0.
00:17:07Something special on that first drive.
00:17:0961 yards lead 7-0.
00:17:11Murray's pick.
00:17:13Taken by Percival Walker.
00:17:15And he runs it back from the 5 out to the 20.
00:17:19And the Philadelphia Eagles, who were 3 and out the first time around,
00:17:25will start from there after Dallas goes 61 yards in 10 plays.
00:17:31And with 7-15 to play in the first quarter at Texas Stadium.
00:17:37With Dallas 7, Philadelphia nothing.
00:17:43Wednesday night, this special.
00:17:44Barbara Walters presenting the 12 most fascinating people of 1993,
00:17:48including Shaquille O'Neal, David Letterman, Clint Eastwood, Rush Limbaugh, and others.
00:17:53Did you make that out?
00:17:55Maybe we did.
00:17:57Who are the other 9?
00:17:58The other 8, I don't know.
00:18:00Tune in and find out.
00:18:02Still open, I guess.
00:18:04Philadelphia from the 20.
00:18:06Bobby Brewster to throw.
00:18:08Herschel Walker makes the catch with a spin move on Edwards.
00:18:11And finally, Brown tackles him at the 25-yard line.
00:18:15Herschel Walker started with Dallas.
00:18:18Actually started in the USFL, but in the NFL here, then the Minnesota.
00:18:22Now with Philadelphia.
00:18:24Receiver, runner, blocker, and plays on the punt coverage unit.
00:18:29Leading receiver and leading rusher coming into the night for Philadelphia.
00:18:33They made a lot of headlines this time.
00:18:35Dallas traded him an 89 for everybody in Minnesota.
00:18:40And he's still in the game and still playing well.
00:18:44Second and 4 for the 26-yard line.
00:18:47Walker again.
00:18:50And Norton is right there.
00:18:56A lot of people know who follow this game.
00:18:58Ken Norton is playing with a torn tendon in his arm.
00:19:01At times you'll see him making a tackle.
00:19:04He really literally tackles with one arm.
00:19:06And yet he replaced this man in the middle of the fifth game.
00:19:12When Jimmy Johnson decided it just wasn't getting done.
00:19:15Nothing is more important than the 4-3.
00:19:17The Cowboys played in that middle and back the spot.
00:19:19And they put their best linebacker in there, Ken Norton.
00:19:21There's a look at Charles Haley.
00:19:23He represents the pass rush for Dallas.
00:19:25And he's on the sidelines with a back injury.
00:19:27Third and 5.
00:19:29Eagles still seeking their first first down of the game.
00:19:31And Brewster throws.
00:19:33And they get that first down on a catch by Michael Young.
00:19:37The one-time Denver Broncos battling back from an injury.
00:19:40And because of all the injuries to the Philadelphia wide receivers.
00:19:43They went out and they got Young.
00:19:45They got James Lofton.
00:19:47And Young, who is a third-down specialist for John Elway.
00:19:49He's a third-down specialist for Brewster here.
00:19:54Not a lot of speed.
00:19:55But he's very good at possession-type routes.
00:19:58Where you saw a moment ago.
00:19:59A little break to the outside.
00:20:00He reached defense as well.
00:20:02James Lofton on the sidelines.
00:20:04He struggled a little bit.
00:20:05Just catching the football.
00:20:06Which is very surprising considering his career.
00:20:09First and 10 at the 33-yard line.
00:20:11The pump fake.
00:20:12And then the inside handoff to Juan Hebron.
00:20:15Who gets it out to the 36-yard line.
00:20:17Nice execution on the play.
00:20:18But the Cowboys read it here perfectly.
00:20:20And limited him to a gain of two and a half to three.
00:20:23Well, the guy who really was all over that play at the line of scrimmage.
00:20:26Who stayed home pretty effectively.
00:20:28Was Leon Lett.
00:20:30He's made a good transition.
00:20:32Guys played some in.
00:20:34Back to the inside.
00:20:35And if you've noticed.
00:20:36Been charting him so far this game, guys.
00:20:38He's in on almost every tackle.
00:20:40He even got all the way out towards the sidelines.
00:20:43To make a hit on Herschel Walker.
00:20:44On his pass reception at the start of this drive.
00:20:48A little atonement.
00:20:49Yeah, I think.
00:20:50Second down and seven.
00:20:53And Drister going deep.
00:20:55And incomplete.
00:20:56And good coverage that time by Brown.
00:20:58On Victor Bailey.
00:21:02The rookie.
00:21:03From Missouri.
00:21:04Victor Bailey was complaining.
00:21:05To the official.
00:21:06But that was well played by Larry Brown.
00:21:08He was positioned all the way.
00:21:09He bought no.
00:21:10None of the action in the backfield.
00:21:12He just locked up.
00:21:13A little.
00:21:14Incidental pushing and shoving.
00:21:16Bailey trying to get that arm away.
00:21:18This goes on in almost every deep pattern today.
00:21:21Well, Brown had the position.
00:21:23And it's really not his fault.
00:21:25That the ball's on the other side of him.
00:21:27And Bailey has to get through him to get there.
00:21:29That's.
00:21:30Just good positioning by Cordova.
00:21:32You're right.
00:21:34Third and seven.
00:21:35And Bobby Brister.
00:21:36Guns went over the middle into traffic.
00:21:38And incomplete.
00:21:39And Drister goes down.
00:21:41And Bobby.
00:21:42Who has missed a lot of time with neck and ankle injuries.
00:21:45And is backed up by Ken O'Brien.
00:21:47Gets up gingerly.
00:21:48Well, he gets hit by Jim Jeffcoat.
00:21:50Just at the time he throws the football.
00:21:52I'm not so sure that it didn't.
00:21:54Take a little something off the ball.
00:21:55Jeffcoat coming in from his right defensive end spot.
00:21:58Take a look at the left side of your screen.
00:22:00And Jeffcoat makes contact before Bobby throws it.
00:22:03And that's.
00:22:04One of the reasons that.
00:22:05Well, the reason the ball is.
00:22:07Thrown in towards the ground.
00:22:09Jeffy goes to kick Kevin Williams back.
00:22:14Forty-five yard kick.
00:22:18And a seven yard return.
00:22:20And that's Percival Walker.
00:22:21Number 34.
00:22:23Making the tackle.
00:22:26As Al pointed out.
00:22:27He volunteered for it.
00:22:29Well, you have to wonder about that.
00:22:31He's a volunteer to get off.
00:22:34That is noisy down there.
00:22:35No special teams.
00:22:40Sold out.
00:22:41I've always kidded about this.
00:22:42This is the house that Don Meredith built.
00:22:44And Roger Staubach paid for it.
00:22:46And.
00:22:47They didn't have enough.
00:22:48They didn't finish it.
00:22:49It originally was designed.
00:22:50To have a removable roof.
00:22:52One that would slide back and forth.
00:22:53And.
00:22:54Things were a little short at the time.
00:22:55And they never finished.
00:22:56Makes a pretty nice shot.
00:22:57But you know something.
00:22:58It's.
00:22:59Very.
00:23:00Very.
00:23:01Poor design.
00:23:02It doesn't work.
00:23:03From the 27.
00:23:05And it's Emmitt Smith picking up one.
00:23:06It works a whole lot better at night.
00:23:08It's a beautiful piece of architecture.
00:23:09But the fact of the matter is.
00:23:10Is that.
00:23:11With the hole in the roof.
00:23:12It rains.
00:23:13The field gets wet.
00:23:14And there is no air circulation in here whatsoever.
00:23:15And the field is always damp.
00:23:16Even when you look at it now.
00:23:17You see there are wet spots.
00:23:18And I don't know when the last time.
00:23:19What was it?
00:23:20It rained here in Dallas.
00:23:21But.
00:23:22The field just doesn't dry out.
00:23:23Because.
00:23:24There's no.
00:23:25Moving air.
00:23:26In here.
00:23:27What's up.
00:23:28For all I know.
00:23:29That's still left over from.
00:23:30The.
00:23:31The.
00:23:32The.
00:23:33The.
00:23:34The.
00:23:35The.
00:23:36The.
00:23:38Week.
00:23:39They talk about.
00:23:40It.
00:23:41Still left over.
00:23:42From thanksgiving day.
00:23:43We know.
00:23:44It doesn't.
00:23:45Work on thanksgiving.
00:23:46No moving air.
00:23:47Outside of his.
00:23:48Booth.
00:23:49Here's a.
00:23:50Federal.
00:23:51Call.
00:23:52Michael Irvin.
00:23:53Makes his.
00:23:54Second catch of the day.
00:23:55Well.
00:23:56Dallas.
00:23:57Scores a couple more.
00:23:58Touchdowns?
00:23:59In harron there'll be a lot of.
00:24:00More.
00:24:01Another.
00:24:02For a.
00:24:03That went for Dallas.
00:24:04With three.
00:24:05de.
00:24:06here he gets Eric Allen way over committing to the inside of the field and I don't know
00:24:12what Eric Allen was reading something that shouldn't have been read there was no major
00:24:16move to the outside he just got caught looking in the backfield well he somehow anticipated
00:24:20that that urban was going to go to the middle of the field whether he got that from looking
00:24:23in the backfield or whatever 18 yard gain on the play urban again urban tightropes the
00:24:29sidelines and takes Allen for a ride all the way to the 33.
00:24:34Well these are great calls because they obviously are going to help Mark McMillan after the troubles
00:24:38he had on that first drive so they're going to leave Eric Allen their best cornerback
00:24:43man for man with maybe as good a receiver as there is in football today I'm not going to
00:24:47fight with Jerry Rice because these two are on a par but look at that little look in it just
00:24:51frozen for a moment Aikman with perfect timing yeah well a time out and look back to urban the
00:24:57ball was in his hands Aikman paid for it Andre Waters came on a safety blitz and he jackhammers
00:25:02Aikman here's the bottom of your screen Aikman was slow to get up from the 33 yard line deep
00:25:12drop with protection when he shovels it loose Johnston the loose ball for the 13 yard line
00:25:19goes Darryl Johnston before Thomas makes the tackle and the price you pay for taking away
00:25:24the outside receivers you put double up on the outside you have to worry about Nova check the
00:25:29tight end nobody on Johnston out of the backfield and give Aikman all the credit in the world
00:25:36right not only right there not only is it the price you pay but it's it's the reward for an
00:25:41offensive line that keeps everybody away for that period of time because everybody has run so far
00:25:47downfield there's nobody close to the line of scrimmage Aikman through that after at least
00:25:52five seconds have gone by
00:26:04Rich Cotite took over in 1991 in his first game as the head coach of the Eagles Randall Cunningham
00:26:09went down and was out for the season last year took him to the playoffs they beat New Orleans
00:26:14and then lost here this year 4-0 lose Cunningham and Barnett and six straight losses rebound with
00:26:20a win against Washington and right now they're down seven to nothing and Dallas has it at the
00:26:25seven yard line second down and four Darryl Johnston at last play with an awesome lead block
00:26:32let's see if he does it again Smith no just about back to the line of scrimmage with 50 ticks left
00:26:38in the quarter Simmons in on the tackle talking about Richard Cotite you kind of wish that he
00:26:46along the line get a normal situation ever since he came in and took over the Eagles he's been
00:26:51in chaos there with the quarterback situation his first year and then Randall getting hurt
00:26:56Randall getting hurt again this year and will he play won't he play there's been a bit of a
00:27:00zoo for him and yet he's done wonders with the talent that he's had available to him
00:27:06a field goal here for the eagles would be cause for celebration
00:27:14great protection swings it to Emmett Smith and they stop him at the six yard line so
00:27:21they will hold him to a field goal attempt McMillan and Waters make the tackle
00:27:25and the field goal attempt will come at the other end of the stadium I don't know how they might go
00:27:29I don't know how they might go for a first they're talking it over in the sidelines fourth and about
00:27:34two and a half when we come back we'll return with the second quarter of Monday Night Football
00:27:39after this commercial message and a word from our ABC stations
00:27:44so
00:27:55we start the second quarter Texas Stadium in Irving Texas Al Michaels Frank Gifford Dan Deardorff
00:28:01seven nothing Cowboys and as the second quarter begins Eddie Murray the longtime lion who played
00:28:07briefly with Kansas City and then with Tampa last year and came aboard the second week of this season
00:28:13will attempt a 23-yard field goal Jane Novacek to hold and try to make it 10 to nothing
00:28:22and the Pro Bowl veteran bangs it through three seconds into the second quarter it's the Cowboys
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00:29:09to nothing let's take a look at the stats and they're very one-sided Dallas dominating the
00:29:15first quarter Eagles held the simply one first down you don't need a whole lot of analysis for that
00:29:22Irving caught a touchdown pass Murray kicks a field goal and now Murray to kick off with
00:29:27five second headline Herschel Walker back to receive full house and a noisy house at Texas
00:29:34Stadium seven yard line Herschel Walker running back his third kick of the night and it's his
00:29:41best run back of the trio to the 31 yard line first and 10 there for Brewster and the Eagles
00:29:48and nothing else
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00:30:36Richie Kotype might need some Advil by halftime the way things are going
00:30:39as the Eagles try to turn it around against Dallas they're already down 10 to nothing
00:30:46they begin at the 31 yard line they picked up only one first down in two possessions thus far
00:30:58first and 10 at the 31 yard line they send Maurice Johnson in motion and Bobby Brewster
00:31:05throws and the catch is made by Calvin Williams and he has a first down out of bounds at the 45
00:31:10yard line of the Eagles and that's Larry Brown shaken up and Larry Brown has played
00:31:18almost not every game this year but just about every snap this season so this is a very unusual
00:31:24sight and he's the guy that the Eagles in their preparation for this game clearly identified as
00:31:29a player they wanted to work against they wanted to work his side of the field you see that he
00:31:34runs off playing the zone he knows he's got help underneath and he kind of comes down and
00:31:42appears to land on the left side of his hip didn't look bad at all no it didn't appear to be
00:31:49anything that's that's visible obviously obviously that hurt him but
00:31:54Brown's still down Larry Brown has played all but three snaps all season in 11 games
00:32:04it looks very routine from that angle they're going to move Kevin Smith over to his corner now
00:32:11flip him to the other side and bring Dave Thomas in a rookie from Tennessee
00:32:23and there is Thomas so this is a very unusual sight because Smith and Brown Woodson and Everett
00:32:29have been together and have been injury free all year
00:32:32and it worked very well as a unit but you can see right there that they
00:32:36were trying to get Larry Brown to get up and he's he's showing no he's going to try it now
00:32:42he might like to hope that he just knocked the wind out of himself and look that way
00:32:45fell right on his stomach local boy played his college football in Fort Worth at TCU
00:32:52and now the eagles begin at the 46th first and 10 is Brewster
00:33:04and it's Williams and he is taken down by Darren Woodson not a whole lot of mercy in this league
00:33:10is there they found Dave Thomas the pass pattern immediately going to where the rookie is lined up
00:33:16but then again they're going to give Thomas help they've got zone coverage to that side of the
00:33:22field so you see Thomas continues to drop on back and stay out of the play
00:33:28this this game is not lacking for emotion on parts of the teammates of both the Cowboys and
00:33:36Eagles these guys will be going at each other all night regardless of what the score is second and
00:33:42two come fake and then a pass that is incomplete led Heath Sherman too far it'll be third down
00:33:52boy you can see that coming that's one of those deals where Darren Smith is sorry he fell down
00:33:58he saw a chance to really take a shot at a guy and I think Smith was going to
00:34:02relish the chance to take it all of a sudden Sherman went to the ground and
00:34:08his target disappeared off the radar screen I think much to the chagrin of Darren Smith
00:34:13here's Brown back in the game so he only misses two snaps
00:34:17returns to his spotted right corner it's third down and two at the 46 yard line
00:34:23and Bristow throws in traffic and jams it into Mark Favaro for a first down to the 41 yard line
00:34:30Mark Favaro who appeared to have retired in 1991 but made every start for the Eagles last year
00:34:36and this as well coming off the line of scrimmage like the old days with the Giants
00:34:42somehow really held on to the football nobody had got a hand on it had a devastating knee injury
00:34:47a lot of people thought that his career was over the Giants really didn't want him to come back
00:34:52thought that he had no chance of doing it went to Cleveland for a while and here he is it doesn't
00:34:58even wear a brace on his knee here's Herschel Walker through the middle and Walker finds his
00:35:03way to the 31 and very close to a first down break the thought of a first down
00:35:11break the thought of it being 1993 and watching Mark Favaro perform at the level that he's
00:35:16performing is it's miraculous it really is he had a bone graft he hurt it real bad in 89
00:35:24limped through 90 and then missed all of 91 and the Giants in all honesty they loved him
00:35:30and they just thought it was in his best interest not to come back went to Cleveland and
00:35:35played there and as Al mentioned he's made every start the last two years
00:35:3929 receptions coming into the night that's 30 second and one a little flip to Hebron and he
00:35:44slips and falls down on the turf and is tackled at the 35. Leon Lett is there to cover him
00:35:51well Leon Lett gets to put one in the stat category of tackle for a loss
00:35:58he was he was the first guy to fall on top of Hebron but again part of the reason Hebron was
00:36:05forced to the ground was because of the way the Cowboys flowed to the outside and kept containment
00:36:11he really had nowhere to go and was forced to make a tough cut and slid right out but we've
00:36:16talked earlier and documented about the fact that this field is wet
00:36:20in different places and you'll see some players slide third down and five
00:36:26Christer throws nobody is there Hebron the closest it'll be fourth down at the 35 yard line
00:36:34oh Jeff I thought I had a sack well Jeff Koch shoves Brister when he's down on the ground and
00:36:40Bubby came up and started to go after him like hey let's finish this Brister is a tough quarterback
00:36:46Jeff Koch gets him but doesn't control him Brister gets away far enough but after this play
00:36:52Jeff Koch gives him a little shove back into the ground out of frustration
00:36:56you'll be hard-pressed to find a linebacker with more of a more of an aggressive mentality than
00:37:00Bubby Brister so they went from second and one to fourth and five and Fiegel's kick
00:37:06bounces into the end zone so Dallas gets a break on that one as the ball comes out
00:37:10as the ball comes out to the 20 11 31 left in the first half Dallas 10
00:37:21oh my back hurts and I had a game this afternoon so I'm taking Advil I know I'll feel better soon
00:37:28more doctors recommend Advil by name to relieve back aches than any other brand and you know just
00:37:32one Advil is as effective relieving pain as two regular strength Tylenol with Advil there's no
00:37:37reason to let a sore back keep me from swinging and for a cool Aikman in his fifth season Super
00:37:47Bowl MVP last year Jerry Jones the owner of the Cowboys wants to redo Aikman's deal before the
00:37:53salary cap kicks in Troy in the third year of a five-year contract Bernie Kosar the ex-brown
00:37:59came over and next to Bernie is Jason Garrett who is the emergency quarterback number three on the
00:38:06depth chart as Dallas takes over the 20-yard line Aikman back on first down throws him out
00:38:13to Michael Irvin who's had a big night so far with a touchdown and now his fourth catch and
00:38:17McMillan makes the tackle and he has a first down at the 32-yard line
00:38:25if you're a cornerback the question is how do you play Michael Irvin we've documented
00:38:30McMillan's only 5'7 so jamming him is not easy Irvin is such a physical receiver the closer a
00:38:38quarterback gets to him the more he likes it so you really you're really betwixt in between how
00:38:43big a cushion do you give him right it's not an assignment that I would really relish every time
00:38:48they read that coverage they're going to go to it here's Emmitt Smith picking up two remember Emmitt
00:38:56Smith when the season began he was the big story we were there for a Monday night game as shaken up
00:39:01on the last play as Clyde Simmons who's been bothered by a bump shoulder all year but Emmitt
00:39:06unsigned through those first two games Dallas losing both and still in position to at least
00:39:11contend for a rushing title which would be his third straight I think Clyde Simmons you really
00:39:18have to wonder how much football the Eagles are going to get out of him tonight he didn't practice
00:39:22at all all week long didn't take a single snap of practice
00:39:26got a bad back a bad knee and things for the Eagles just seem to be going from bad to worse
00:39:37Clyde Simmons led the league last year in sacks with 19 this year he has three Reggie White is
00:39:42gone Simmons seeing a lot of double team and that's one of the reasons the Colts and the Eagles are
00:39:49tied for last in the league in sacks and the Eagles have Tim Harris on their roster who had
00:39:5417 sacks a year ago and he probably won't be back at all this season another of the walking wounded
00:40:01I don't know that in a three-hour show here we have time to document all the things that have
00:40:05gone wrong physically for the Eagles Clyde Simmons you got to wonder if they're going to get any
00:40:12meaningful football out of him if even if he's able to come back in tonight you know we had
00:40:16Dallas and Philadelphia October the 5th of a year ago and I was just looking at my chart from that
00:40:22game and there are four defensive starters on that field now that were on the field
00:40:27for Philadelphia last October the 5th when these two teams met during regular season
00:40:30meanwhile Philadelphia had trouble deciding who's to be on the field with third and three upcoming
00:40:36and thus they're compelled by Carson's unit is to take a timeout 9 36 to go in the half
00:40:42downtown the big D sparkling night temperature in the mid-50s and we're a little west to
00:40:50the city of Dallas in Irving Texas where Dallas leads 10 to nothing one of the reasons Philly
00:40:56might have taken that timeout is Clyde Simmons was ready to come back into the game and he's
00:41:00in there right now it's third down and three and they have the right people in
00:41:03Dallas at the 39 yard line 9 36 to go in the half 10 nothing Cowboys
00:41:08Nova check in motion and the Eagles jumping at the line of scrimmage a flag is down Smith breaking
00:41:14loose inside the 30 loses the football pounces on it at the 27 Eric Allen knocked it loose
00:41:22but Smith gets it back and let's see about the penalty back at the 39
00:41:27now if the players are any indication this is going against Philadelphia as every Eagle player
00:41:32has walked all the way down field I think you're off side on the left side Philadelphia
00:41:37look like they jumped the ball a little bit well they were coming with an all-out run blitz
00:41:43defense number 59 off side
00:41:46just a little eager and they were coming with a run blitz everyone into a gap top of your screen 59
00:41:54beats the count good blocking up front by the cowboy offensive line and as you saw
00:42:02the Cowboys on the left side of the field and the Cowboys on the right side of the field
00:42:06beats the count
00:42:11good blocking up front by the cowboy offensive line and as you so often see on a short yardage
00:42:17play like that if you're going to come with a blitz once you're past that first wave the
00:42:23next guy isn't for another 15 yards downfield 34 yard scamper for him Nathan slides through a hole
00:42:31to the 26 a marker is down we've got a flag thrown by the referee it's going to be illegal
00:42:38use of the hands I think against Dallas and this is one of the few good things that have happened
00:42:46to the Eagles they've not been able to force the Cowboys into going backwards only number 79 on the
00:42:53offense with a grab to the shoulder 10 yard penalty the repeat first down when you see the
00:42:59flag being thrown by the referee it's almost always if it's holding it's going to be against
00:43:04the right tackle and that's what it is right here Eric Williams you see him working that time against
00:43:11Mike Flores looks like pretty good work here's Novacek trying to get downfield
00:43:20Hager gets his second bump on Novacek and when you're a pro bowl tight end
00:43:24you get a lot of attention you're going to get banged by everybody first and running now and
00:43:29Emmitt Smith takes the ball to the 31 yard line picks up five he's gained 69 yards tonight he's
00:43:38tackled there by Andre Waters Emmitt had that huge day the sixth best day in the history of
00:43:46the National Football League on Halloween afternoon 237 and that was the greatest day
00:43:52that any running back had had since Walter Payton in the mid-70s set the mark at 275.
00:43:57You start knocking off 30 carries in an eight yard average that's a fairly productive day
00:44:04Irvin again lined up against McMillan second and let's call it 14 as he throws Michael Irvin is
00:44:11there a little short of the first half third and that much well you almost hate to bring it up
00:44:17because you just know where they're going to go they're going to do it every time they see him
00:44:21out there alone Irvin a little upset with himself because he didn't pick up the first down but again
00:44:28look at the protection will you look at Troy Aikman's visibility there was not an eagle
00:44:34defensive lineman within three yards maybe four yards of Aikman allowed touched on it earlier
00:44:41they are with Baltimore at the very what did I say Baltimore I don't well we were tied for the
00:44:48leagues in the league in sacks at 17 third and one and Dallas is going to take a time out there
00:44:56first 744 to go in the half the Cowboys remain on top 10 to nothing and now it's time for a
00:45:02regular feature on what's new in the world of sports science and technology the last time we
00:45:09saw Jerry Jones on camera he was celebrating a victory against Miami and then what's that you say
00:45:16Stoyanovich goes back out Paul Tagliabue the commissioner is here and you all know the story
00:45:20with Leon Lett touching a live football Stoyanovich got the second opportunity Miami wins
00:45:26the Thanksgiving Day game 16 to 14 here is third and one and Emmitt Smith picks up the first down
00:45:32and turns it into a first and goal at the nine again up there in short yardage defense as we
00:45:41have mentioned a moment ago and so many times you pop through there you with nobody at home
00:45:46they're all into the gaps on the short yardage defense and him it almost takes us to the end
00:45:51zone really was an eight man front for the Eagles and they are going to pay the price for so heavily
00:45:58stacking the line of scrimmage if they are not any more successful hey look at that Tony Dorsett is
00:46:04here the Cowboy Luminaries are out tonight there is Emmitt Smith taking it down to the
00:46:11seven yard line second and goal with seven minutes to go in the first half we saw a lot
00:46:16of the Cowboys at a luncheon today Roger Staubach is here in the stadium tonight and Tom Landry the
00:46:23latest addition to the Cowboy Ring of Honor and it's a Cowboy celebration tonight and they're
00:46:29looking at this as the chance all the players to the left of their name have their numbers
00:46:35Tom Landry what could be more identifiable with the coach that is famous hat and that's where it
00:46:41belongs second and goal at the seven Johnston is in motion leaving nobody in the backfield
00:46:50almost has it picked off by Britt Hager
00:46:55good read by Hager looking right into Aikman's eyes stepped right in front of the intended receiver
00:47:04Novacek second time tonight the Eagles had an easy interception Eric Allen missed one before
00:47:11and this one right into Hager's hands Novacek with a little out move now he
00:47:15breaks to the outside and Hager had that lined up all the way well the Eagles this trend continues
00:47:21guys and they lose this ballgame they're going to have a lot to think about on the way home about
00:47:26what a good or should have third and goal Lincoln Coleman is in the game he takes the swing pass
00:47:34and Coleman gets bunched up at the one and a half he's the rookie the kid who played arena
00:47:39football originally went to Notre Dame and then Baylor and the crowd loves him the big
00:47:44bruising fullback who came in in relief of Emmitt Smith and made such a big splash
00:47:48on Thanksgiving Day also went to high school here in Dallas Byron Adams High School so he's kind of
00:47:53a local that made it big time this time he tries to power his way into the end zone he attracted
00:48:00the crowd at 57 yards last week and 10 carries and that's almost a six yard per carry average and
00:48:07he really he got people excited down here well Eddie Murray is going to have to settle for
00:48:12Murray's going to have to settle for another field goal attempt this is even shorter than an
00:48:15extra point 19 yards and he puts it through so the Cowboys keep marching up and down the field
00:48:21but they've only gotten into the end zone one Murray's added six and it's now Dallas 13 Philadelphia
00:48:36Troy Aikman's only had three passes picked off all season but tonight he's had two
00:48:41that he's gotten away with one Eric Allen should have had and then this last one into the arms of
00:48:45Hager 54. Hager with perfect position on it and he could have gone a long way we were just talking
00:48:51while we were away that perhaps Allen early in the game in the first quarter if you're with us
00:48:56he might have even taken for six points he already had a habit of that and he ran one back 94 against
00:49:02the Jets but Carson and Hager going over the things is the Cowboys get ready Tommy on the
00:49:13kickoff team Eddie Murray skies one inside the five fielded by Walker and then fumbled by Herschel
00:49:20and he is stopped at the six yard line
00:49:23and he's out of the game
00:49:33I hope they love a challenge they have really hurt themselves tonight
00:49:39talked about the possible interceptions have got away and now Herschel Walker ordinarily
00:49:45very sure handed his wife back there bobbles this one and start beefing your own territory
00:49:54Herschel Walker getting his knee
00:50:10one of the things that the Cowboys do is move their personnel in and out defensively
00:50:16they've got new defensive lineman in here now Russell Maryland is in Chad Heddings is in
00:50:20on defense they've one step the defensive coordinator last year who now has moved on to
00:50:27the Chicago Bears started it which Davis there the defensive coordinator now
00:50:34and the movement of players there in Dallas continues if you're a defensive player here
00:50:40you get to play second and eight from the eight Walker
00:50:46following up on the point Dan was making here
00:50:51there it is a percentage of snaps played defensively and in white or all of the
00:50:56defensive backs they're in for almost everything on the field but the rest of the guys in and out
00:51:02time back there's a kind of pizza like that and it's especially true among the defensive linemen
00:51:07it's every defensive lineman on this roster gets a chance to play defensively
00:51:12they're in offensive line mid lane again you start to make purview of people coming from
00:51:18third and six after 10 the play clock is down to
00:51:22they just get it off and Williams makes the catch takes it to the 21 so they keep the drive going
00:51:30with three 45 remaining in the first half presto dreading a needle to get it in there
00:51:37five remaining in the first half.
00:51:40Christian's ready and needed to
00:51:41get it in there with Williams and
00:51:42Bavaro right together.
00:51:43I'm sure that wasn't how that
00:51:45thing was drawn up.
00:51:46Bill Bates is really upset with
00:51:47himself because he slips and
00:51:48falls.
00:51:49He gets one of those wet spots
00:51:50and he falls down and it was
00:51:52right in the area where he
00:51:54slipped and fell where the pass
00:51:56was caught by William.
00:51:57He would add a shot at him.
00:51:59He's still over there.
00:52:00One of the great characters and
00:52:02one of the hardest hitting guys
00:52:04ever to play in this league.
00:52:05Eleventh year at a Tennessee
00:52:07plays when Dallas goes to seven
00:52:09defensive backs first down to
00:52:11the twenty one pressure guns
00:52:13went incomplete intended for
00:52:15Bavaro he was wrapped up by Ken
00:52:17Norton still able to make those
00:52:22plays with an arm that's going
00:52:23to require surgery a torn tendon
00:52:27and gave him an option to finish
00:52:28out the season going full well
00:52:30that it might become even much
00:52:32more difficult at the end of the
00:52:33season the surgery that he is
00:52:37still the man they consider the
00:52:39best at the key position in
00:52:41their 4 3 second and 10 at the
00:52:48twenty one we tend to go in the
00:52:50hand Mr. Tries the middle again
00:52:54and complete intended for Victor
00:52:56Bailey.
00:52:57They're going to get Kevin Smith
00:52:58on but over the top their leg
00:53:00down at the 30 yard line that
00:53:10he was making a lot of contact
00:53:11with the receiver coming down
00:53:12field.
00:53:15We got a conference.
00:53:16You're right about the contact.
00:53:17He certainly wrote him well
00:53:18beyond the five yard area you're
00:53:20allowed and Smith does draw the
00:53:22call interference number 26
00:53:27defense first down Smith was
00:53:30there a first round or a year
00:53:31ago.
00:53:32OK watch the contact.
00:53:33You only get it for five yards
00:53:36and that goes way beyond five
00:53:37yards as he's locked up with
00:53:39Bailey and then over the top I
00:53:40think Smith could have been
00:53:42flagged for either one of the
00:53:43two or both.
00:53:47That was an and or and or take
00:53:48your pick nine yard penalty and
00:53:50an automatic first down first
00:53:52and 10 at the 30 3 0 6 to go in
00:53:54the second half intended for
00:54:00Bailey and behind him and he was
00:54:02covered very well second down
00:54:04Darren Woodson with the primary
00:54:06coverage.
00:54:07I think Bailey and Bristow were
00:54:09totally on the wrong page.
00:54:11One would have to think it would
00:54:12be Bailey looking as if he
00:54:15anticipated an out by Bailey and
00:54:17he didn't get it.
00:54:18Take a look again.
00:54:19Bailey's the guy all the way at
00:54:20the bottom.
00:54:21He'll break it to the inside.
00:54:22He's got a good shot.
00:54:23He's got a good shot.
00:54:24He's got a good shot.
00:54:25Bristow I'm sure was looking for
00:54:27the outpattern.
00:54:29I think it's safe to say Randall
00:54:33Cunningham is here.
00:54:34We will talk to Randall at
00:54:36hand.
00:54:37We taped last night and he'll
00:54:39talk about his return.
00:54:42And Bristow throws and it's
00:54:44incomplete intended for Hebron
00:54:46and Bristow hits the perfect
00:54:48game.
00:54:48He's a rookie who started out
00:54:50with a big bang this year but
00:54:52then started to fumble.
00:54:53He kept him on the bench a lot
00:54:54but now he's worked his way back
00:54:55into the lineup with some
00:54:56frequency like another one of
00:54:58those fresh defensive linemen
00:54:59was in on the play.
00:55:00Jimmy Jones was chasing
00:55:03Bristow.
00:55:04Just looking to the sidelines
00:55:05where the plays are being called
00:55:07for the second week in a row by
00:55:08Rich Cotite and sent into the
00:55:10lineup.
00:55:11We've had a couple of shots for
00:55:11you tonight by Zeke Bratkowski
00:55:13and a shot on Bristow and they
00:55:18keep bringing those fresh people
00:55:20in there they're tough to deal
00:55:21with.
00:55:21I'll tell you the play clock
00:55:23went all the way down but they
00:55:24do get it off and Bristow is
00:55:27throwing much too deep.
00:55:29The only guy is incomplete.
00:55:33The only question was did he
00:55:35have possession and then fumble
00:55:37it.
00:55:37But Everett lost it.
00:55:38Well that official back there
00:55:40was very close to ruling that he
00:55:42was going to run this ball and
00:55:43that was a fumble.
00:55:45That was I think that the
00:55:47official looked at that long and
00:55:49hard and was going to rule that
00:55:51a fumble and I'm not so sure it
00:55:52wasn't.
00:55:53He started to run with it but of
00:55:55course we're going to look at it
00:55:56in slow motion.
00:55:57The official sees in full speed.
00:55:59I think he was going to talk.
00:56:00He was going to tuck it under
00:56:01his arm and take off with him.
00:56:02Do you have both feet on the
00:56:04ground and established
00:56:05possession.
00:56:08I certainly think that Thomas
00:56:10Everett established possession.
00:56:12And here he is.
00:56:13He is shanked off the side of his
00:56:15foot.
00:56:16Was that Shanker partially
00:56:17blocked.
00:56:18Well it took a wobbly spin as
00:56:21Kenneth Gantt pretends he got a
00:56:22hand on it.
00:56:23Perhaps he did.
00:56:24Twenty four yards.
00:56:25I'm with you.
00:56:26I couldn't tell it sure.
00:56:28Took a funny slice off to the
00:56:30right side like it may have been
00:56:31grazed and in this age of
00:56:35celebration you can't tell
00:56:37whether a player got it or not.
00:56:39I think it was just a lot of
00:56:40heat coming in on him.
00:56:42He's going to take it off.
00:56:46See out of the corner of his
00:56:47eyes.
00:56:48But have to hurry this he did
00:56:56that he had not have shanked it
00:56:57it might have been touched.
00:57:13By throwing complete a flag is
00:57:15down.
00:57:15Harper makes the catch with
00:57:18waters and Allen providing the
00:57:19coverage and the flag coming
00:57:21down to the secondary row.
00:57:24The referee it's a pass
00:57:33interference number 21 penny
00:57:36declined.
00:57:37Ball was completed for a first
00:57:38the third inning didn't matter
00:57:47caught it anyway.
00:57:48First down in the 36 yard line
00:57:51Eric Allen one of the fine
00:57:52cornerbacks in the game of pro
00:57:53football a consistent pro
00:57:55bowler but right now the cowboy
00:57:58receivers taking this group to
00:58:00school is the blitz they pick it
00:58:02up and they can still throws it
00:58:03away as William Thomas came
00:58:06flying through he was picked up
00:58:08in the third inning closes to
00:58:09its second down and 10 to 15 to
00:58:11go in the half Troy Aikman and
00:58:19it seems like ancient history
00:58:20but he underwent back surgery in
00:58:22June there was some question
00:58:23whether he'd be ready by the
00:58:25middle of the season he was
00:58:26ready by opening day then he
00:58:28suffered that hamstring pull
00:58:30against the Giants missed a
00:58:31couple of games said before the
00:58:33game he's as healthy as he's
00:58:34been all year tonight second
00:58:37down in the third inning he's
00:58:38going to be a man intended for
00:58:43Harper and it's broken up by
00:58:45Mark McMillan now all Mark
00:58:49McMillan has to worry about is
00:58:51the out and go it won't be long
00:58:53till you'll see a deep pattern
00:58:55run against him that's pretty
00:58:56good play though that he made
00:58:57there he makes a nice break on
00:58:59the football he gives Harper a
00:59:00lot of cushion he's going to be
00:59:02about four yards away from
00:59:03Harper right there when Harper
00:59:04makes his break but Harper kind
00:59:07of gets the ball and it was not
00:59:09a very sharp corner by Harper
00:59:11and he doesn't come back to the
00:59:12ball with much of an angle and
00:59:14I think that more than anything
00:59:15allows McMillan to get back in
00:59:17on the ball and he can get to
00:59:24the 30 yard line to make it
00:59:26fourth down and four and set up
00:59:29about a 47 yard attempt for Ed
00:59:31Murray which we'll see when we
00:59:32come back we've come to the two
00:59:34minute warning Dallas 13
00:59:36nothing Dallas has dominated
00:59:41this first half two minute
00:59:44warning a 47 yard Ed Murray
00:59:46field goal attempt is upcoming
00:59:48Dallas has outgained Philadelphia
00:59:50two hundred thirty six to 70 and
00:59:53yet even if Murray is successful
00:59:55here it's 16 to nothing Dallas
00:59:58will have gotten into the end
00:59:59zone only once and that's about
01:00:01as well as much as Philadelphia
01:00:03you can expect after being
01:00:05completely outclassed and
01:00:06dominated through the first half
01:00:07of play and a couple of times as
01:00:10we pointed out there were
01:00:11opportunities to for the
01:00:13turnover and they just couldn't
01:00:15pull it off Murray's best thus
01:00:17far in the year he's 18 of 22
01:00:19has been a 50 yarder well within
01:00:22his range very 14th year at the
01:00:28school of Tulane over check the
01:00:31forty seven yard attempt inside
01:00:48the upright Murray's pick three
01:00:51and one fifty five up in the
01:00:52second half Dallas extends its
01:00:54lead to 16 he's become a
01:01:04tradition here at Texas Stadium
01:01:1116 to nothing the Cowboys on top
01:01:15Dallas trying to snap its two
01:01:16game losing streak Dallas seven
01:01:18and four coming at the Giants
01:01:20of course from nine and three
01:01:21and four coming at the Giants
01:01:22of course from nine and four
01:01:23coming at the Giants of Dallas
01:01:25trying to keep pace with the
01:01:26Giants and if Dallas were to win
01:01:28all of its games they'd win the
01:01:29division because they play the
01:01:30Giants on the final day of the
01:01:33season and they hold the tie
01:01:34breaker advantage of the two
01:01:36teams lined up with the same
01:01:37record by virtue of their having
01:01:39a run back of the night he takes
01:01:48it back to the 23 yard line next
01:01:49week we've got a good one a real
01:01:50good one to Miami we go Joe
01:01:52Robbie Stadium the site the
01:01:55Pittsburgh Steelers holding on
01:01:56yesterday to beat New England
01:01:58and in contention in that very
01:02:00tight AFC Central race against
01:02:02the amazing dolphins despite the
01:02:03loss yesterday they and Kansas
01:02:06City have the best records in
01:02:08the world and three next Monday
01:02:10Pittsburgh Miami our attraction
01:02:14at the half tonight we'll talk
01:02:15to Randall Cunningham about his
01:02:16immediate future and Jerry
01:02:18Richardson who's the head man at
01:02:21Charlotte Wayne Weaver
01:02:22Jacksonville the two new owners
01:02:24the primary on the 23 yard line
01:02:30throws and the catch is made by
01:02:33James Lofton his first of the
01:02:34first of the 33 yard line long
01:02:38time Packer into the Raiders
01:02:42into the Buffalo Bill started
01:02:43this year with the Rams and now
01:02:45playing with his 15 now needs 36
01:02:48to reach fourteen thousand
01:02:49receptions per yards whether
01:02:55getting close all time NFL leader
01:02:58in receiving yardage at the 34
01:03:00yard line the Eagles have two
01:03:11timeouts remaining to think of
01:03:13Lofton reaching 14000 yards
01:03:14intercepted wonder how many
01:03:16knockdowns that would be over 16
01:03:19years remarkable career four man
01:03:25rush versus throws catches made
01:03:27lofton again he has it out to
01:03:28the third time that's the first
01:03:29down Eagles conserving their
01:03:33timeouts down to a minute
01:03:51Michael Young his second catcher
01:03:53the night of the 38 he didn't
01:03:55get out of bounds and the clock
01:03:57is rolling.
01:03:58Ritchie Kota it looks up at that
01:03:59clock he's got two timeouts and
01:04:01elects again not to use one here
01:04:03Boyd Young was right on the
01:04:05sidelines he could have easily
01:04:07just stepped out he made a
01:04:08conscious decision to stay in
01:04:09bounds and cost his team a lot
01:04:11of time that'll stop the clock
01:04:13contact is made flags down who
01:04:16did it like we saw flinch on
01:04:23both sides the Cowboys started
01:04:24to move the Eagles on the left
01:04:27side their offensive line and
01:04:28Bristol almost moved
01:04:29simultaneously but he started to
01:04:32pull away from the center this
01:04:40one is complex this one is
01:04:42complex this is tough to call
01:04:46prior to the snap we got a false
01:04:48start on number 78 off and we're
01:04:51going to warn the defense by
01:04:53representative yeah the warning
01:04:57is is you can't flinch
01:05:00defensively you can't come across
01:05:02the last scrimmage if your
01:05:03intent is to draw the other the
01:05:05offensive team into some sort of
01:05:06a false start they actually
01:05:08flagged Antoine Davis the right
01:05:09tackle for the Eagles of course
01:05:14that warning I don't think is
01:05:16taken all that seriously by the
01:05:18team there's Davis the first
01:05:21rounder back in ninety one was
01:05:22really blossom doing into a fine
01:05:24offensive tackle all three
01:05:26hundred and twenty five pounds
01:05:28of Antoine once you're out of
01:05:44the pocket you can throw it
01:05:45anywhere twenty eight seconds
01:05:47winning the Eagles first team in
01:05:50the history of the league to
01:05:52start a season with a four game
01:05:54winning streak and then lose six
01:05:56consecutive games in fact no
01:05:57team had ever started with four
01:05:59wins and lost as many as five in
01:06:01a row you can attribute a lot of
01:06:04that to Randall Cunningham losing
01:06:07Barnett but they're still right
01:06:08there tonight's game is critical
01:06:10of course there they are still in
01:06:14contention for at least a wild
01:06:16card for a second down and 15
01:06:19first three throws young makes
01:06:21the catch but it's a minimal
01:06:22game that was made by Kenneth
01:06:25Gantt Brewster is down again and
01:06:28the Eagles are going to take a
01:06:29timeout and they have one
01:06:30remaining flag and a marker is
01:06:36down again and it appears to be
01:06:40against Philadelphia Jimmy
01:06:41Johnson saying let's take that
01:06:42penalty get him as far out of
01:06:43field goal range as we can
01:06:46tonight illegal hand on the
01:06:55offense hands to the face number
01:06:56seventy eight ten yard penalty
01:06:59repeat second down Davis again
01:07:02and tell him once again they
01:07:05talked about the few sacks that
01:07:06Philadelphia has been able to
01:07:08get in the course of the year
01:07:09let's take a look at Anton Davis
01:07:10again bottom of your screen
01:07:13second hands to the face pretty
01:07:15much on the chops going up
01:07:17against Tony Tolbert but the
01:07:19Cowboys themselves only have 21
01:07:21sacks coming into the night
01:07:23we're getting a lot of pressure
01:07:24but they're not getting the sacks
01:07:26that they had a year ago Charles
01:07:28Haley as we told you earlier
01:07:30their key pass rusher is gone
01:07:32perhaps even for the season
01:07:34with a back injury so they have
01:07:36been struggling themselves
01:07:37second and twenty five throws
01:07:44and the catch is made but in
01:07:46bounds again this time it's
01:07:47young and the Eagles are going
01:07:50to have to use their last time
01:07:51out here at the thirty nine yard
01:07:55line it's going to be third down
01:07:58and they're going to have to
01:07:58complete a pass get out of
01:08:00bounds hope to set up a field
01:08:02and they're going to have to
01:08:03get a third down as we come back
01:08:09the Eagles have one time out
01:08:11left what they had done is they
01:08:12were ready to take a time out
01:08:14but that was the play on which
01:08:15the penalty was assessed against
01:08:17Davis the penalty took
01:08:20precedence over the timeout
01:08:21call they didn't have to call a
01:08:22timeout so they were able to
01:08:24conserve that as you look at
01:08:25Randall Cunningham and they do
01:08:26have one remaining with a third
01:08:28and twelve up coming at the
01:08:29plate Matt Barr is their field
01:08:39goal kicker and they'd like to
01:08:41pick up at least twelve to
01:08:43fifteen yards here to feel
01:08:45relatively comfortable.
01:08:48Mr. throws almost intercepted by
01:08:51James Washington.
01:08:53He might have been gone.
01:08:54I guess he's making the run
01:08:56anyway.
01:08:58Washington runs all the way
01:09:00to the 25 yard line.
01:09:02That's good for a laugh.
01:09:03Charles when you're up 16 to
01:09:05nothing but this could have been
01:09:07twenty three to nothing.
01:09:09Washington looking right in the
01:09:11eyes of Bristow all the way just
01:09:12laying in that zone defense
01:09:15legally on lay on let almost
01:09:16slaps him go.
01:09:17What do you do with making a
01:09:18mistake.
01:09:20So it's fourth and twelve eight
01:09:21seconds left too far for a bar
01:09:23field goal.
01:09:23You have to go for a touchdown
01:09:25or they still have to convert a
01:09:26first down and then call a quick
01:09:28timeout and over the middle.
01:09:30The catch is made by Williams.
01:09:32Now they've got to call a time
01:09:33out and they are not able to
01:09:35call it as the clock ticks down
01:09:38to three zeroes.
01:09:40But let's see you give this back
01:09:41to him.
01:09:42Let's see.
01:09:42Let's see.
01:09:44I heard a whistle.
01:09:45I heard a whistle blowing when
01:09:47there when the clock was still
01:09:49showing time.
01:09:50Well Howard Rowe ran down the
01:09:52field referee and said timeout
01:09:54was called.
01:09:55They are going to put a second
01:09:56back on the clock and bar will
01:09:58come after him to field goal.
01:10:00You could hear the whistle
01:10:01blowing when there was still a
01:10:03second left on the clock.
01:10:04Absolutely.
01:10:06All right let's now let's watch
01:10:08it.
01:10:10Can we hear the audio.
01:10:15You still have to call the time
01:10:16out.
01:10:17I'm going to call the time out
01:10:18but that's taking place back up
01:10:19field right.
01:10:20Don't pay any attention to this
01:10:21official right here.
01:10:23All Brewster had to do was turn
01:10:24to the referee clear back up
01:10:26field and take the time out
01:10:28which is what he did and that's
01:10:29why Rowe ran down the field and
01:10:30said put a second back at Jimmy
01:10:32saying it was all zeros and
01:10:33Rose said no it wasn't.
01:10:34Well I could hear the whistle
01:10:35blowing I could hear the whistle
01:10:36blowing when it still showed one
01:10:38second on the clock.
01:10:39I think a little courage put
01:10:40that second back on here at
01:10:42Texas Stadium.
01:10:43It may have taken a little
01:10:44courage but it was the right
01:10:45thing to do.
01:10:47Here's bar now.
01:10:48This is a thirty five yard field
01:10:50goal attempt.
01:10:50Jeff Eagles will do the whole
01:10:52thing.
01:10:52Williams could have saved
01:10:53everybody a lot of trouble by
01:10:54just dropping to the ground.
01:10:56But he did it and it is no good
01:11:06after all that is down at the 20
01:11:09yard line.
01:11:11Well who's this penalty going to
01:11:13be on.
01:11:14Just pray it's not Leon let
01:11:16that's one thing about it.
01:11:20The field goals have become
01:11:22exciting here in Dallas.
01:11:23Home of the multiple field goal
01:11:28we've got a personal foul on a
01:11:30defense number fifty one a
01:11:33leaping foul first down a
01:11:37leaping foul now you're not
01:11:41allowed to get aid from a
01:11:42teammate in jumping up trying to
01:11:45block a field goal you can't put
01:11:46your foot on a teammate can't
01:11:48run up a teammate's back.
01:11:49That's what Ken was doing and
01:11:50you can't go.
01:11:51You can't run towards the line
01:11:53of scrimmage and then leap to
01:11:54try to block a field goal you
01:11:55must do it from the position
01:11:57where you started.
01:11:58In other words you're allowed to
01:11:59jump as high as you can but you
01:12:01have to be standing in one spot
01:12:02to do it.
01:12:04So here's Barr again as was the
01:12:06case with story on a betcha
01:12:07another chance a shorter chance
01:12:09once you're on here you're not
01:12:11allowed to do that.
01:12:13That is you've got to be on the
01:12:15line of scrimmage and jump from
01:12:17there.
01:12:17You can't start a couple of
01:12:19yards back and run that that
01:12:21rule was to put in to prevent
01:12:22you from hurting somebody when
01:12:24you landed on them or to hurt
01:12:25yourself by landing awkwardly.
01:12:28Now it's a 25 yard attempt for
01:12:30Barr and this only hit the
01:12:33upright upright but he got the
01:12:38camera and Philly gets on the
01:12:41board as the teams go to the
01:12:42locker room at the half and
01:12:44halftime.
01:12:45It is Dallas 16 Philadelphia
01:12:49three and we'll return with
01:12:51more halftime activities after
01:12:52this message from the National
01:12:54Football League and a word from
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01:13:00that's just annoying at bar
01:13:05ended the first half with a
01:13:06field goal to make it 16 to 3
01:13:09kicks off as we start the second
01:13:11half of Texas Stadium Dallas up
01:13:13by 13 and Morris kick into the
01:13:15end zone.
01:13:16Kevin Williams takes it there
01:13:17and he is told by Kenneth Gantt
01:13:19that he can't get there and they
01:13:23begin in the 20 yard line.
01:13:24So a controversial ending to the
01:13:27first half first a leaping
01:13:28penalty to Ken Norton then the
01:13:32field goal attempt coming after
01:13:34Jimmy Johnson.
01:13:35Well the time had expired.
01:13:36Howard Rose said no there was a
01:13:38second left and then Barr hits
01:13:40the upright and gets the camera
01:13:43and we will see how it plays out
01:13:4716 to 3 as the Cowboys take over
01:13:49the 20 yard line first attempt
01:13:59Mr. the 22 yard line.
01:14:01Meanwhile let's take a look and
01:14:03listen to the whistle now with
01:14:04Bobby Brewster completing the
01:14:05pass and then Calvin Williams
01:14:08getting tackled.
01:14:10And you can see there's a second
01:14:11left on the whistle.
01:14:16Brewster simultaneously calling
01:14:18for timeout.
01:14:19Rose said you've got it with one
01:14:21second even though the clock had
01:14:22gone down to all zeros and it
01:14:24winds up with three points for
01:14:25the Eagles second down and eight
01:14:29now.
01:14:29Emmitt Smith has gained 90 yards
01:14:31the night.
01:14:32Fifteen carries and he puts it to
01:14:35and he's out of bounds at the 25
01:14:37yard line.
01:14:38He's forced out there after a
01:14:39game of three by William Thomas
01:14:41and a third down and let's call
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