1995 Dallas Cowboys season

The 1995 season would mark the final of the three Super Bowl titles the Cowboys would win in the 1990s when they triumphed over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX at Sun Devil Stadium. Once more due to the NFL salary cap, the Cowboys saw a number of key veterans depart via free agency including wide receiver Alvin Harper to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, safety James Washington to the Washington Redskins, center Mark Stepnoski to the Houston Oilers and longtime Cowboys veteran defensive end Jim Jeffcoat to the Buffalo Bills. The most prominent addition came on September 11 1995, when All-Pro cornerback Deion Sanders was signed to the team away from rival 49ers. In a season filled with tremendous highs and devastating lows, 2nd year head coach Barry Switzer guided the Cowboys back to a championship after failing to do so the previous year. Running back Emmitt Smith would earn his fourth NFL rushing crown on his way to setting a then record with 25 rushing touchdowns in a season and cornerback Larry Brown, after the tragic loss of his son Kristopher, was named Super Bowl XXX Most Valuable Player.

Infobox NFL_season
team = Dallas Cowboys
year = 1995
record = 12-4
division_place = 1st in NFC East
coach = Barry Switzer
stadium = Texas Stadium
surface = artificial turf
playoffs = Won Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 30-11
Won Conference Championship (Packers) 38-27
Won Super Bowl XXX (Steelers) 27-17

Regular Season

eason Standings

chedule

Playoffs

NFC Championship Game

* Dallas Cowboys 38, Green Bay Packers 27Linescore Amfootball
Road=Packers
R1=10
R2=7
R3=10
R4=0
RT=27
Home=Cowboys
H1=14
H2=10
H3=0
H4=14
HT=38

"at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas"

*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/3:00 p.m. CST
*Game weather: convert|78|°F|°C, clear
*TV announcers (FOX): Pat Summerall and John Madden
*Referee: Ed Hochuli
*Game attendance: 65,135

uper Bowl XXX

coring summary

*DAL - FG: Chris Boniol 42 yards 3-0 DAL
*DAL - TD: Jay Novacek 3 yard pass from Troy Aikman (Chris Boniol kick) 10-0 DAL
*DAL - FG: Chris Boniol 35 yards 13-0 DAL
*PIT - TD: Yancey Thigpen 6 yard pass from Neil O'Donnell (Norm Johnson kick) 13-7 DAL
*DAL - TD: Emmitt Smith 1 yard run (Chris Boniol kick) 20-7 DAL
*PIT - FG: Norm Johnson 46 yards 20-10 DAL
*PIT - TD: Byron "Bam" Morris 1 yard run (Norm Johnson kick) 20-17 DAL
*DAL - TD: Emmitt Smith 4 yard run (Chris Boniol kick) 27-17 DAL

Awards and records

* Larry Brown, Super Bowl Most Valuable Player

Milestones

* Michael Irvin, 100 Reception Season (Irvin finished the season with 111 receptions) [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 440 ]

References

* http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal1995.htm