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Cowboys and defensive
White and Martin, who helped the Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos, became the first defensive linemen to win the award.
In the ensuing offseason, massive changes occurred to the coaching staff, as offensive coordinator Cam Cameron left to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, while defensive coordinator Wade Phillips would fill the head coaching vacancy with the Dallas Cowboys.
According to Roger Staubach, the Cowboys ' game plan was to neutralize the Dolphins ' key offensive and defensive players — Paul Warfield and Nick Buoniconti.
But on the first play of the game, Steelers defensive lineman L. C. Greenwood sacked Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, forcing him to fumble.
Early in the third quarter, Pittsburgh got a great scoring opportunity when defensive back J. T. Thomas intercepted a pass from Staubach and returned it 35 yards to the Cowboys 25-yard line.
Then on the first play of the Cowboys ' next drive, Steelers defensive back Mike Wagner intercepted a pass from Staubach and returned it 19 yards to the Dallas 7-yard line.
On the Broncos ' second drive of the game, Cowboys linemen Randy White and Harvey Martin forced Morton to hurry his throw, and defensive back Randy Hughes intercepted the rushed pass at the Broncos 25-yard line.
With a little more than a minute to go in the period, Bradshaw fumbled the ball while being sacked by Cowboys lineman Harvey Martin, and defensive end Ed " Too Tall " Jones recovered it.
Bradshaw then attempted a pass to Swann, but the receiver collided with Cowboys defensive back Benny Barnes and fell to the ground as the ball rolled incomplete.
The secondary was led by defensive back Everson Walls, an offseason acquisition from the Dallas Cowboys, who recorded 6 interceptions.
In the game's most memorable play, another Cowboys touchdown could have been scored on defensive lineman Leon Lett's fumble return, but he was stripped of the ball as he was starting to showboat just before crossing the goal line.
The Bills subsequently advanced to midfield with the aid of a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett and a 21-yard reception by wide receiver Andre Reed.
Cowboys defensive tackle Jimmie Jones picked the ball out of the air at the 2-yard line and dove into the end zone for a touchdown to give his team a 14-7 lead.
But 2 plays later, defensive back Larry Brown intercepted Reich's pass at the Dallas 28-yard line to preserve the Cowboys ' 18-point lead at halftime.
The Cowboys ' defense was anchored by such Pro Bowlers as lineman Russell Maryland, linebacker Ken Norton Jr., along with defensive backs Thomas Everett and Kevin Smith, who picked off 6 passes during the season.
They were eventually forced to punt, but Cowboys defensive end Matt Vanderbeek downed John Jett's 43-yard punt at the Bills ' 1-yard line.
Cowboy defensive lineman Jimmie Jones made two key plays, however ; a second down tackle on Thomas for a one yard loss and a 13-yard sack on third down ; to push the ball back to the 22-yard line and force Buffalo to punt ; a poor, 29 yard kick which the Cowboys recovered at their own 49 yard line.
The Steeler defense held, however, forcing Dallas into a three-and-out ; after a 6-yard run by Smith and an incompletion, Aikman's third down pass was broken up by defensive back Rod Woodson ( who had missed most of the season due to a knee injury ), forcing the Cowboys to punt.
On the ensuing kickoff, Pittsburgh surprised the Cowboys by executing a successful onside kick, with defensive back Deon Figures recovering the ball for Pittsburgh at their own 47-yard line.
The Dallas Cowboys defensive end had recovered one of the Bills ' record-setting five lost fumbles in late in the game and had slowed down as he approached the goal line to hold the ball out in an attempt to celebrate.
* Tony Ollison, a former defensive tackle for the Arkansas Razorbacks, former strength and conditioning coach for the Dallas Cowboys, and currently a member of the Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League
* Jesse Baker, former NFL defensive end with the Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys
* Sean Lissemore ( born 1987 ), defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys.
* Rex Ryan, current NFL head coach for the New York Jets, was born in Ardmore in 1962 ; his twin brother is Rob Ryan, the current defensive Coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys.

Cowboys and team
The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, within the Dallas – Fort Worth metropolitan area, which finished construction in time for the 2009 season.
The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team.
The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons ( 1966 – 85 ), in which they only missed the playoffs twice ( 1974 and 1984 ), an NFL record that remains unchallenged.
Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, there was not an NFL team south of Washington DC.
" Bum " Bright purchased the Dallas Cowboys from Clint Murchison, Jr. As the Cowboys suffered through progressively poorer seasons ( from 10 – 6 in 1985 to 7 – 9 in 1986, 7 – 8 in 1987, and 3 – 13 in 1988 ), Bright became disenchanted with the team.
Although the Cowboys finished the 1989 season with a 1 – 15 record, their worst in almost 30 years, " The Trade " later allowed Dallas to draft a number of impact players to rebuild the team.
Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 88 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.
The Cowboys became the surprise team of the 2003 season, posting a 10 – 6 record and a playoff berth by having the best overall defense in the NFL.
The Dallas Cowboys ' blue star logo representative of Texas as " The Lone Star State " is one of the best known team logos in professional sports.
Today, the blue star has been extended to not only the Dallas Cowboys, but owner Jerry Jones ' AFL team, the Dallas Desperados that have a similar logo based on the Cowboys.
This created a rare game in which neither team wore a white jersey and the first time the Cowboys wore the alternative uniform as a visiting team.
Other instances include the 2005 Monday Night game against the Washington Redskins when the team inducted Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irving into the Cowboys Ring of Honor, and the 2006 Christmas Day game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Throughout the years, the Cowboys ' blue jersey has been popularly viewed to be " jinxed " because the team often seemed to lose when they wore them.
It is said that the rivalry was fueled in the 1970s due to the stark contrast of the teams: the Cowboys, being more of a " flashy " team with Roger Staubach's aerial attack and the " flex " Doomsday Defense ; while the Steelers were more of a " blue-collar " team with a strong running game and the 1970s-esque Steel Curtain defense, a contrast that still exists today.
Dave Garrett served as the Cowboys ' play-by-play announcer from 1995 – 97, when Brad Sham left the team and joined the Texas Rangers ' radio network team as well as broadcast Sunday Night Football on Westwood One.
The team started off 2 – 0, defeating the Dallas Cowboys earning the NFL's highest winning percentage on opening days at. 750 with a record of 9 – 3 ), and shutting out the defending champs Pittsburgh Steelers.
The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys 24-3.

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