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FOURTEENTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – Before a national television audience on ABC’s Monday Night<br />
Football, the Cowboys defeated the Atlanta Falcons (41-17) at the Georgia Dome to claim the NFC Eastern<br />
Division Championship. The victory marked the Cowboys first divisional title since 1985.<br />
RECORD NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE PRO BOWL SELECTIONS – Six players from the Cowboys offense were<br />
selected to play in the Pro Bowl: RB Emmitt Smith, TE Jay Novacek, QB Troy Aikman, WR Michael Irvin, G Nate<br />
Newton and C Mark Stepnoski. The six players establish a Dallas Cowboys record for most offensive players<br />
selected to the Pro Bowl.<br />
CLUB RECORD FOR VICTORIES/SMITH EARNS SECOND RUSHING TITLE – On Dec. 27, Dallas defeated<br />
Chicago by a 17-14 score at Texas Stadium. The victory was the 13th of the year for Dallas, establishing<br />
a new club record for victories in a season. Emmitt Smith finished the season with 1,713 rushing yards,<br />
enabling Smith to become the first player to win back-to-back NFL rushing titles since Eric Dickerson (1983-<br />
84).<br />
ROAD ATTENDANCE RECORD SET – The Cowboys set a new team record for road attendance by averaging<br />
72,523 fans-per-road game in 1992. The team also played before a sold-out stadium in all 16 regular season<br />
games for the first time since the 1981 season.<br />
SIXTH NFC TITLE – On January 17, 1993, the Cowboys defeated the San Francisco 49ers by a 30-20 score<br />
at Candlestick Park. The victory sends Dallas to Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, marking the Cowboys first NFC<br />
title, and Super Bowl trip, since 1978.<br />
THIRD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – While making an NFL record sixth Super Bowl appearance, the Cowboys<br />
defeated Buffalo 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Jan. 31, 1993. The victory enabled<br />
the Cowboys to become the only franchise in NFL history to win more than one Super Bowl under two different<br />
ownerships. The Super Bowl crowd of 98,374 was the largest crowd to ever witness a Dallas Cowboys game.<br />
The game was also witnessed by 133.4 million television viewers, making Super Bowl XXVII the most watched<br />
event in television history.<br />
1993<br />
WHITE HOUSE VISIT– The Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys became the first athletic team to visit the<br />
White House under the Clinton administration. The Cowboys team visit to the White House was the first in club<br />
history. (March 5).<br />
LANDRY HONORED – Former Head Coach Tom Landry, who led Dallas to two Super Bowl wins and five NFC<br />
titles in his 29 years at the Cowboys helm, became the eighth member of the Ring of Honor during halftime ceremonies<br />
of the Cowboys-New York Giants game on Nov. 7.<br />
RECORD NUMBER OF PRO BOWL SELECTIONS – An NFC-record 11 Dallas players were selected to the Pro<br />
Bowl, including a club-record eight offensive selections (seven Pro Bowl starters).<br />
FIFTEENTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – In the final game of the regular season, the Cowboys defeat the New<br />
York Giants 16-13 in overtime at Giants Stadium to claim their 15th division crown and their second consecutive<br />
NFC East title (Jan. 2).<br />
SMITH EARNS THIRD RUSHING TITLE – Emmitt Smith finishes the season with 1,486 yards to earn his third<br />
straight NFL rushing crown. He becomes just the fourth man in NFL history to win three consecutive rushing titles.<br />
SEVENTH NFC TITLE – Dallas defeats San Francisco 38-21 in the NFC Championship Game at Texas Stadium.<br />
The victory gives the Cowboys an NFL-record seventh conference championship in the first conference title game<br />
to be played at Texas Stadium since Jan. 1, 1978 (a 23-6 win over Minnesota).<br />
FOURTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – Dallas becomes one of just three NFL teams to win four Super Bowls by<br />
defeating Buffalo (30-13) in Super Bowl XXVIII. The game, played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, featured two<br />
rushing touchdowns by Super Bowl MVP Emmitt Smith. Dallas raised its NFL record number of Super Bowl<br />
appearances to seven (one fourth of all the Super Bowl games played).<br />
1994<br />
SWITZER NAMED HEAD COACH – Barry Switzer is named the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys – and<br />
the third head coach in team history– on March 30. Switzer replaces Jimmy Johnson, who stepped down as the<br />
Cowboys head coach the previous day.<br />
DORSETT AND WHITE ENTER HALL OF FAME – Tony Dorsett, the Cowboys all-time leading rusher in his 11-<br />
year career with the Cowboys from 1977-87, and Randy White, a nine-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle in his 14-<br />
year career with the Cowboys from 1975-78, are both inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first<br />
year of eligibility. They were enshrined on July 30 in Canton, Ohio.<br />
NFL RECORD CROWD IN MEXICO CITY – The Cowboys travel to Mexico City to play the Houston Oilers in a<br />
preseason game in front of 112,376 fans, the largest crowd to ever witness an NFL game (Aug. 15).<br />
DORSETT AND WHITE HONORED – Former All-Pros, running back Tony Dorsett and defensive tackle Randy<br />
White, became the ninth and tenth members of the Ring of Honor. They were honored during ceremonies at halftime<br />
of the Arizona Cardinals game on Oct. 9.<br />
SIXTEENTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – The Cowboys clinched the NFC Eastern Division Crown in the first<br />
week of December with a 31-19 victory over the Eagles in Philadelphia (Dec. 4).<br />
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