1990 Dallas Cowboys season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Dallas Cowboys
year = 1990
record = 7-9
division_place = 4th in NFC East
coach = Jimmy Johnson
stadium = Texas Stadium
playoffs = none

The 1990 season was the Dallas Cowboys 31st season in NFL. The Cowboys rebounded from a 1-15 season in 1989 to a 7-9 record.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Regular Season

chedule

Porkchop Bowl

NFL single game infobox
name=Porkchop Bowl


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visitor=Philadelphia Eagles
visitor abbr=PHI
visitor coach=Buddy Ryan
visitor record=2-4
home=Dallas Cowboys
home abbr=DAL
home coach=Jimmy Johnson
home record=3-4
visitor qtr1=
visitor qtr2=
visitor qtr3=
visitor qtr4=
visitor qtr5=
visitor total=21
home qtr1=
home qtr2=
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home total=20
date=October 28, 1990
stadium=Texas Stadium
city=Irving, Texas
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attendance=
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announcers=|The Porkchop Bowl was the NFL matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys which followed the infamous Bounty Bowl II.

Even though almost a year had transpired since the notorious "Bounty Bowl" games, the vitriolic rivalry between the two teams was still firmly in Cowboys fans' memories. And this was the first encounter since Cowboys players and coaches were relentlessly pelted by snowballs during that last meeting at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium.

The week before game day in Dallas, Philadelphia head coach Buddy Ryan and Ted Plumb, his offensive coordinator were out for dinner. Coach Ryan was dining on pork chops and started to choke. Fortunately, Plumb quickly initiated the Heimlich maneuver and saved Ryan's life. Word of the incident spread in Dallas, and hatred by Dallas fans was so fevered towards Ryan that former Cowboys' president Tex Schramm dubbed the pending game on October 28 the "Porkchop Bowl." When the game began, Dallas fans tossed pork chops and similar simulated meat products from the stands toward the Eagles bench.

The final score was 21-20 in favor of the Eagles.

Awards and records

* Jimmy Johnson, National Football League Coach of the Year Award
* Emmitt Smith, National Football League Rookie of the Year Award

References

* http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal1990.htm