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SIDELINES HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON PLAYERS<br />
JERRY<br />
RECORDS<br />
JONES<br />
February 25, 1989 – Jones purchases the<br />
Dallas Cowboys and the lease to manage Texas<br />
Stadium from H.R. “Bum” Bright. Jerry Jones names<br />
Jimmy Johnson as the new head coach.<br />
April 20, 1989 – Jones completes negotiations<br />
on Troy Aikman’s contract – a six-year deal that<br />
is completed four days before Aikman is the top<br />
overall selection in the 1989 NFL Draft.<br />
October 12, 1989 – Herschel Walker is traded<br />
to Minnesota for five players, six conditional draft<br />
choices and a 1992 first round draft choice. Among<br />
the players who actually came to Dallas as a result<br />
of the trade include Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland,<br />
Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.<br />
August 10, 1990 – The Cowboys first-ever instate<br />
training camp concludes at St. Edward’s<br />
University in Austin. Over 100,000 fans attend workouts,<br />
while more than 400 media credentials are<br />
issued. Austin officials estimate the camp brought an<br />
additional $3.2 million of income into the Austin area.<br />
September 5, 1990 – The Cowboys trade<br />
Steve Walsh to the New Orleans Saints for a first and<br />
third round draft choice in 1991 and a conditional<br />
second round pick in 1992.<br />
April 19, 1991 – A deal is made to bring the<br />
first overall selection in the 1991 NFL Draft to Dallas<br />
in exchange for a first and second round selection<br />
and three veteran players. Dallas selected Outland<br />
Trophy winner Russell Maryland with the top pick.<br />
April 21-22, 1991 – In an unprecedented<br />
action among NFL clubs, the Cowboys sign their top<br />
three draft choices on draft day. The team also<br />
drafts a club record 17 players.<br />
July 16, 1991 – The Cowboys open training<br />
camp in Austin with all 17 of their draft choices<br />
under contract. Dallas concludes its second training<br />
camp at St. Edward’s University with over 75,000<br />
fans attending the Cowboys practices.<br />
November 24, 1991 – The Cowboys end the<br />
Redskins 1991 undefeated streak at 11 games with<br />
a 24-21 victory at RFK Stadium.<br />
December 15, 1991 – Dallas defeats<br />
Philadelphia, 25-13, at Veterans Stadium to secure a<br />
wild card playoff spot. The victory marks the team’s<br />
first trip to the playoffs since 1985.<br />
December 22, 1991 – Dallas closes the<br />
1991 season with a 31-27 win over Atlanta, marking<br />
the team’s best record (11-5) since 1983.<br />
January 5, 1992 – Dallas defeats Chicago by<br />
a 17-13 score in an opening round playoff game at<br />
Soldier Field. The victory marks the Cowboys first<br />
playoff win since 1982, and the first playoff win on<br />
the road since 1980.<br />
May 1, 1992 – Jerry Jones is appointed to the<br />
NFL’s Competition Committee by Commissioner Paul<br />
Tagliabue. Jones becomes the first owner to serve<br />
on the prestigious committee since the death of<br />
Cincinnati’s Paul Brown.<br />
December 21, 1992 – Before a national television<br />
audience on ABC’s Monday Night Football, the<br />
Cowboys defeat the Atlanta Falcons (41-17) at the<br />
Georgia Dome to claim the NFC Eastern Division<br />
Championship. The victory marks the Cowboys first<br />
divisional title since 1985. It is the 14th divisional<br />
title in club history.<br />
December 23, 1992 – Six players from the<br />
Cowboys offense are selected to play in the Pro Bowl.<br />
The six players establish a Dallas Cowboys record for<br />
most offensive players selected to the Pro Bowl.<br />
Chronology Since 1989:<br />
10<br />
December 27, 1992 – Dallas defeats<br />
Chicago by a 27-14 score at Texas Stadium. The victory<br />
is the 13th of the year for Dallas, establishing a<br />
new club record for victories in a season. Emmitt<br />
Smith finishes the season with 1,713 rushing yards,<br />
enabling him to become the first player to win backto-back<br />
NFL rushing titles since Eric Dickerson<br />
(1983-84).<br />
December, 1992 – The Cowboys set a team<br />
record for road attendance by averaging 72,523<br />
fans-per-road game. The team also played before a<br />
sold-out stadium in all 16 regular season games.<br />
January 10, 1993 – In their first home playoff<br />
game since 1983, Dallas hands NFC East rival<br />
Philadelphia a 34-10 defeat in an NFC Divisional<br />
Playoff Game.<br />
January 17, 1993 – In their first NFC<br />
Championship Game since 1982, the Cowboys<br />
defeat the San Francisco 49ers by a 30-20 score at<br />
Candlestick Park. The victory sends Dallas to Super<br />
Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, marking the Cowboys first<br />
Super Bowl trip since 1978.<br />
January 31, 1993 – While making an NFL<br />
record sixth Super Bowl appearance, the Cowboys<br />
defeat Buffalo 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose<br />
Bowl in Pasadena. Troy Aikman was named the<br />
game’s MVP after throwing four touchdown passes.<br />
The Super Bowl crowd of 98,374 becomes the<br />
largest crowd to ever witness a Cowboys game. The<br />
game was witnessed by 133.4 million television<br />
viewers, making Super Bowl XXVII the most watched<br />
event in television history.<br />
March 5, 1993 – The Super Bowl Champion<br />
Dallas Cowboys become the first athletic team to<br />
visit the White House under President Bill Clinton’s<br />
administration. The visit to the White House is the<br />
first in club history.<br />
December 28, 1993 – An NFC-record 11<br />
Dallas players are selected to the Pro Bowl. That<br />
group includes a club-record eight offensive selections<br />
(seven Pro Bowl starters).<br />
January 2, 1994 – The Cowboys defeat the<br />
N.Y. Giants 16-13 in overtime at the Meadowlands.<br />
The win clinches the Cowboys second straight NFC<br />
East title and the 15th division crown in club history.<br />
January 2, 1994 – Emmitt Smith finishes the<br />
season with 1,486 yards to earn his third straight<br />
NFL rushing crown. He becomes just the fourth man<br />
in NFL history to win three consecutive rushing titles.<br />
He is also named Associated Press NFL Player of the<br />
Year, the first Cowboy so honored.<br />
January 23, 1994 – Dallas defeats San<br />
Francisco 38-21 in the NFC Championship Game at<br />
Texas Stadium. The victory gives the Cowboys an<br />
NFL-record seventh conference championship in the<br />
first conference title game to be played at Texas<br />
Stadium since Jan. 1, 1978.<br />
January 30, 1994 – Dallas becomes one of<br />
just three NFL teams to win four Super Bowls by<br />
defeating Buffalo (30-13) in Super Bowl XXVIII at the<br />
Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The victory enables the<br />
Cowboys to become the only franchise in NFL history<br />
to win more than one Super Bowl under two different<br />
owners. The game featured two rushing touchdowns<br />
by Super Bowl MVP Emmitt Smith.<br />
March 30, 1994 – Barry Switzer is named the<br />
new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys – and the<br />
third head coach in team history. Switzer replaces<br />
Jimmy Johnson, who stepped down as the Cowboys<br />
head coach the previous day.
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