1970 Dallas Cowboys Season

I know I'm missing the Super Bowl but I'll be doing that on it's own later. Plus with a future season highlight film like this one. But also the 49ers ending was a more satisfying end to the story of this video.

[@ericschminke8233]

For me, the most meaningful years that I was a Cowboys fan were from 1967-1975, then this "America's Team" idiocy arrived and the team became too commercialized, though I definitely remained an avid fan until Jerry fired Jimmy Johnson. I attended high school in York, PA from 1968-1972 and was the only Cowboys fan most of that time. After the disastrous endings to the 1968 and more so the 1969 seasons I never thought I'd hear the end of it. In 1970, I met a Cardinals fan who laid it on thick and thick after the "Monday Night Massacre". With their record at 5-4 I figured the Cowboys were finished. Oh man did they turn it around! They won 7 straight during which Doomsday didn't allow a touchdown for 5 straight games. That 1970 season will be treasured forever. For me, the 1971 season is the all-time favorite as that was their first Super Bowl Title. Even then I still heard criticism. "Hey, the Cowboys proved they could beat an expansion team!" Well the Colts proved that they couldn't. Thanks immeasurably for the video! Watching it has been the highlight of my night.

[@michaelleroy9281]

America 's Team arrived after an NFL Films video released in 1979

[@ultrametric9317]

Stat of the year for this team - the defense allowed only 13 points in the final 4 games, shut the Lions out in the divisional game, then allowed only 10 to the Niners in the NFC championship. 23 points in 6 games.

[@bubbakemp5817]

Talk about a blast from the past! That was awesome! DC4L! Go Cowboys!

[@christianstough6337]

Yes!! This was fantastic. Keep up the good work. 1970 is where Dallas transitioned from being a successful team to becoming a relentless machine.

[@ultrametric9317]

The season came down to the last week. It was a 3-way among Dallas, St Louis, and New York. There were a lot of possibilities and everyone had a decent shot.

[@maxocchi16]

Thank you! I am studying the 1970 season for a better board game replay

[@misterresister8271]

This is fantastic, thanks for putting this together!

[@michaelfabian3036]

FINE work here & GREAT compilation!!!... Especially like Ray Scott & Pat Summerall's call of NFC Championship added in!!

[@tommythomason6187]

It did, indeed, seem like the Cardinals would win the NFC East Division for most of the year. Their defense played outstanding football, with the Cards consecutively destroying the Oilers, 44-0, Patriots, 31-0 and here, humiliating the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, 38-0. They also tied the Chiefs 6-6, but did the, "El Foldo," in December, losing three straight and wound up behind the 9-5 Giants, in 3rd place. Also, what would've happened had a bad call not cost the Giants a touchdown in their loss to New Orleans? They and Dallas would have both wound up 10-4 and had split their pair of games in 1970. Some of the lesser teams, like Atlanta and Philadelphia, really played the Cowboys gritty, but just didn't have enough to beat a team like the Cowboys. "The Bullet," Bob Hayes, had a big year. I remember watching the telecast of the Cowboys running the Oilers out of Texas, 52-10. Never was a contest.

[@ultrametric9317]

Didn't grow up in Dallas and never really was a fan (not a hater either), but I loved the old Cotton Bowl. That was a great place to play football when it was grass. Lotta classic games there. And you'd see it every year during the bowl games - which were 6 or 7 in those days. I think the high camera angles gave it a unique perspective on TV. They should never have turfed this field! Anyway they were soon in Texas Stadium which was just hateful with that stupid hole in the roof and the terrible lighting and the concrete field.

[@debbiehenson1096]

Lance Rentzel was a gr8 player. Landry even called him the best receiver in the game. What a shame.

[@generationll]

Ironically there is no mention of the 54-13 shellacking they took in Metropolitan Stadium against Minnesota.

[@michaelleroy9281]

It was purposely left out

[@neohg13blaze89]

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!"☝️🏈🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@bgarri57]

Nice to see Walt Garrison have a good game against San Fran.

[@RAJohns]

Roger Staubach, Craig Morton, Calvin Hill, Duane Thomas, looked like two different teams. I remember that 38-0 MNF loss to the Cardinals. I was 10 years old.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Then they didn't lose again until Super Bowl V

[@RAJohns]

Richard Harvey played 2 seasons for the Saints and Eagles. He played but didn't record a tackle. Just what I thought.

[@charlieb3943]

Best team Dallas ever had including the 1977 team! It was a mixture of old superstars and the next generation of superstars!

[@youtuber3328]

i'm still really impressed with the cowboys elite history winning it all 5 times please tell me where you all rank the cowboys among the best nfl histories

[@oneofspades]

Fans took Tom Landry for granted,

[@terrenceliburd8655]

Weird hearing Landry use the word "baby"😂

[@keithrissolo7437]

The Cowboys grew up in 1970...

[@user-dt8vy2yb3d]

It's was an excellent season for the 1970 Cowboys. Until the Baltimore Colts beat them in Superbowl V in 1971.

[@ciesaro]

Could someone tell me why Bob Hayes was in Tom Landry's dog house at the beginning of the season?

[@michaelleroy9281]

It probably didn't take much for anyone to get into Landry ' s doghouse, look at Lance Rentzel in November of that year he was cut from the team right before the Packers game on Thanksgiving

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

​@@michaelleroy9281, Well, that was for another reason which superceded Landry's reach.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Final year of a contract

[@gregoryfreeman2269]

Thanks. I'm doing an SAT Computer Football Game replay, and the 1970 team is beating the 1971 team. We'll see, though...

[@AyayronBalakay]

21:37 30:59 31:31

[@RAJohns]

Actually this was a poor analysis of these games. Like why was Morton in there in there instead of Staubach? You would never know from listening to this.

[@davecotant9186]

landry had morton and staubach rotating starts every other game with morton actually starting the super bowl against the colts....unitas of the colts was hurt most of the season but was healthy for the bowl game.....he let earl morrall start because unitas said he deserved to start.....could have been a different game if unitas and staubach would have been the starters????? week 4 of the 71 season i believe staubach finaly took over for good at qb. morton was gone to the giants the next year when they traded tarkenton back to the vikings