However, despite playing in the NFC Championship Game three consecutive years ( 1980 – 1982 ), the Cowboys did not reach the Super Bowl during the 1980s.

However, the roots of the curse likely date back earlier to the end of the 1968 season when the blue-shirted Cowboys were upset badly by the Cleveland Browns in the divisional playoffs.

However, Laufenberg did work as the analyst on the " Blue Star Network ," which televises Cowboys preseason games not shown on national networks.

However, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs, 17 – 14, on a controversial touchdown pass from the Cowboys ' quarterback Roger Staubach to wide receiver Drew Pearson that became known as the Hail Mary.

However, they would fall victim to the Dallas Cowboys in week 14, going on to end the season with a 3 game losing streak ( Saints became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing its last three regular season games ).

However, the main strength on the Cowboys offense was their running game.

However, the Cowboys could not take advantage of the turnover because of a holding penalty on the drive and had to punt.

However, Griese fumbled the snap and the ball was recovered by Cowboys left end Larry Cole at the 20-yard line.

However, the Cowboys once again failed to score as Herrera missed a 32-yard field goal attempt.

However, he has coached three other teams since then: the New England Patriots ( whom he helped bring to Super Bowl XXXI ) from 1993-1996, the New York Jets from 1997-1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003-2006.

However, Sanders only played 9 regular season games for the Cowboys in 1995 due to injuries, and thus only recorded 24 tackles and 2 interceptions for 34 yards.

However, after a narrow 21-20 win against the Giants, the Cowboys regained their dominating form, trouncing the Arizona Cardinals ( who were playing their home games at Sun Devil Stadium ) 37-13 on Christmas night at Arizona as part of Monday Night Football, and then cruising through the playoffs with convincing wins against the Eagles and the Packers.

However, on third down, Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown intercepted O ' Donnell's pass at the Dallas 38-yard line and returned it 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 18-yard line.

However, in 1972 he and the rest of the Cowboys won the Super Bowl against the Miami Dolphins, 24-3.

However, the team retained its place in the NFC West division despite the fact that St. Louis is further east than Dallas, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

However, once again they were defeated by the Dallas Cowboys, this time 38 – 21.

However, Avezzano was fired from the Cowboys staff that season, and subsequently resigned as Desperados head coach when he accepted a job with the Oakland Raiders.

However, they were defeated in the finals by the Bayamon Cowboys in 1972, 73 and 75 and by Rio Piedras Cardinals in 1976 ; Quebradillas won the title again in 1977 through 1979 for a total of 8 finals in the 10 years of the 1970 decade.

However, with the surge of competitor magazines such as Cowboys and Indians and American Cowboy, the magazine could not get out of its economic troubles.

However, the final field goal was not an attempt at embarrassment, but at a record – Cowboys coach Barry Switzer wanted to give kicker Chris Boniol a chance to tie the then-NFL record for most field goals in a game ( seven ).

However, after only one season, the Crabbers were forced to move to Bayamón, where they became the Cowboys.

However, the Cowboys covered Solomon perfectly.

However, Cowboys kicker Chris Boniol made a 34-yard field goal to tie the game at 17.

However, the Cowboys still had enough time left in the game for one last drive.

However, since 2001, more emphasis has been placed on Defense-Independent Pitching Statistics, including Defense-Independent ERA ( dERA ), in an attempt to evaluate a pitcher's performance regardless of the strength of the defensive players behind him.

However this theory ignores the fact that the Soviet Union had already suffered several important setbacks during “ reactive and defensive strategy ” of “ containment ”.

However, a wall would imply the existence of a defensive ditch outside it, so an earlier wall could not be immediately adjacent to site of the tomb, which combined with the presence of the Temple Mount would make the city inside the wall quite thin ; essentially for the traditional site to have been outside the wall, the city would have had to be limited to the lower parts of the Tyropoeon Valley, rather than including the defensively advantageous western hill.

However, consistent archaeological evidence has told another story, and the accepted view is undergoing re-evaluation, though some features are agreed: more opulent but fewer urban houses, an end to new public building and some abandonment of existing ones, with the exception of defensive structures, and the widespread formation of " black earth " deposits indicating increased horticulture within urban precincts.

However, Greek forces in the Epirote front had not the numbers to initiate an offensive against the German-designed defensive positions of Bizani that protected the city of Ioannina, and therefore had to wait for reinforcements from the Macedonian front.

However, the Treaty also revealed that the Ottoman Empire was on the defensive and unlikely to present any further aggression in Europe.

However, in a military or law enforcement context, the large number of projectiles makes the shotgun useful as a close quarters combat weapon or a defensive weapon.

However, the next three plays, Kapp threw 2 incompletions and was sacked by Chief defensive tackle Buck Buchanan for an eight yard loss.

However, on first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, Hill fumbled while attempting to dive across the goal line, and the ball was recovered at the 4-yard line by Dolphins defensive tackle Manny Fernandez with just under two minutes left.

However, Redskins defensive back Brig Owens intercepted a pass intended for Fleming in the end zone for a touchback.

However, Miami's defense forced two incompletions and a 4-yard loss on a swing pass, and then defensive end Vern Den Herder's 9-yard sack on fourth down as time expired in the game.

However, Anderson threw an incomplete pass on first down, then was sacked by defensive end Jim Stuckey on second down for a 6-yard loss.

However, Washington rookie defensive back Brian Davis intercepted Elway's next pass at the 21-yard line with 7 seconds left in the half.

However, Bills defensive back Nate Odomes intercepted a pass intended for Irvin and returned it 41 yards to the Dallas 47-yard line with 1: 03 left in the half.

However, Broncos defensive back Darrien Gordon intercepted a pass from Chandler and returned it 58 yards to the Atlanta 24-yard line.

However, Jamal Anderson fumbled at the Broncos 33-yard line, Broncos defensive back Tyrone Braxton recovered the ball, allowing Denver to run out the clock and win the

However, on the next play, linebacker Mike Vrabel and defensive lineman Richard Seymour sacked Warner for a 9-yard loss.

However, as the Ottoman Empire grew more powerful and aggressive, Venice was often put on the defensive.

However, the authors of two surveys that asked about both defensive gun use and criminal gun use claimed that their results indicated that more people report being victims of gun crimes than have used a gun in self-defense.

However, several large forts built during the 1880s on the same defensive ring, but to the west and south of Verdun ( e. g. La Chaume, Regret, Belrupt-en-Verdunois ), had never been improved.

However his defensive caution and his unwillingness to engage the enemy led to his army being outmanoeuvered.

However, a prince that relies solely on fortifications or on the help of others and stands on the defensive is not self-sufficient.

However, his reformed infantry had been dislodged from a strong defensive position by the Spanish infantry using its traditional methods and it was only his cavalry that had saved the Dutch from defeat.

However, the US preserved their most essential programs like Trident and cruise missiles, which President Carter wished to use as his main defensive weapon as they were too slow to have first strike capability.

However, for civilian use, a Brazilian firm developed a defensive spray that uses non-controlled chemical compounds, extracted from lemons and onions.