Talk:Cowboys-Redskins rivalry
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[edit] Plagarism
The introduction to this page is nearly word for word from the Washington Post:
The Redskins and Cowboys have been regular opponents and bitter adversaries since 1960. They have experienced epic battles, nail-biting finishes and divisional and conference championships. Their rivalry over the years has come to be known as one of the greatest in sports.
We need to get that re-written, post-haste. Jennifer 07:07, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Biased?
Is it just me, or is this biased in favor of the Redskins? It goes into great detail about a season when the Redkins were better, then talks about pranks Cowboys fans pulled. One season and some chickens don't do the rivalry much justice.
- I'm a Cowboys fan, and I'm not seeing the bias. Sorry. LoomisSimmons 19:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanksgiving Day, 1974
This was the most thrilling of them all, when Clint Longley came off the bench to relieve an injured Roger Staubach, and lead the Cowboys from being behind 16-3 to a 24-23 win. Even Washington fans consider this game to be one of the best in the history of the rivalry. Ironically, 1974 was an off year for Dallas. They finished 8-6, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1965. An eerie follow up to this amazing game is that Longley disappeared almost as quickly as he arrived. Reporters have tried to track him down, but all trails to try to find him lead to blind alleys.
[edit] 1979 season, final game
Cowboys 35 Redskins 34 This was arguably the best game of this entire 4 decade series. The Redskins jumped out to a 17-0 lead. The Cowboys stormed back to take a 21-17 lead. The Redskins then pushed the lead to 34-21 late in the 4th quarter on a long TD run by John Riggins. With just under 4 minutes to play, Roger Staubach began his final assault on his claim to the greatest comeback QB of all time. Roger leads the Cowboys to 2 late TDs giving the Cowboys a 35-34 victory.
