1982-01-02 NFC Divisional Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Playoff game for the Cowboys against the Buccaneers.

[@nymike06]

Harvey Martin should be in the Pro Football HOF and Cowboys ROH.

[@classicsports5057]

Along with Too Tall Jones.

[@nymike06]

@@classicsports5057 Yes, him too. Jimmy Johnson too.

[@PerpetualArt]

@@classicsports5057 + What about Drew Person! He was clutch for them his whole career.

[@scottdavidson7001]

@@classicsports5057 I will agree with Ring of Honor. Hmmm....Hall of Fame....debatable

[@classicsports5057]

@@scottdavidson7001 he probably invented the stat of pass deflections because he batted down so many. Never missed a game in 15 seasons as a defensive lineman. Martin was the better pure pass rusher.

[@diaz5292]

James Jones #23 always impressed me with what he was able to contribute to the Cowboys' offense. He made the most of the opportunities provided to him. I wish they'd given him more playing time. Who knows what he could have accomplished. 👍

[@Celticsaint777]

What a team that was. So many super stars. And Danny White is one of the best Cowboys quarterbacks of all time.

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

As a 45 year Cowboys fan I remember this game well.

[@tedsilversyeager840]

Wow, what insight....

[@h8sjws735]

Cant thank you enough for these games..images that were fuzzy memories of my childhood now are on demand thanks to you! DC4Life!!

[@mj2519]

I forgot how good Ron Springs was back then.

[@frankdenardo8684]

Played tight end

[@robertdudley3398]

Ron Springs was Rb. Fb and Tightend and good blocker too. Robert Newhouse, Ron Springs and Tony D. NICE PROBLEM too have.

[@melbrowne3370]

Harvey Martin Really Manhandled that left tackle!!!

[@sonsneezer]

Yes !! Towards the end ,randy white flings him like a doll and gets a sack!!

[@beaumichael6359]

You don't mess with the mean machine harvey martin!

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Talk about a day of polar opposites: Later that same day (a playoff Saturday) was the iconic Chargers/Dolphins OT game One game saw total domination, the other was the epitome of back and forth

[@tommythomason6187]

Danny White had a knack for running around and buying time back there, and Drew Pearson had a knack for getting open. They worked well together. And, Tony Hill did the same on that TD pass. Bucs defense closed fast and was tough and hard-hitting. They were no party. Cowboys were revved and on top of their game...beat them just like they'd mauled the Bears in that 1977 playoff game.

[@johnmanier7968]

Rare early Saturday afternoon playoff game at Texas Stadium. From 1970-1983, the Cowboys hosted 14 playoff games. This was one of only 4 that kicked off before 2 pm Eastern Time, and the only one of those played on Saturday. The others were all on Sunday-the NFC Championship in 1971 and 1973, and the 1980 NFC Wild Card. They had Monday, December 26 home games kick off at 2 pm in 1977 and 2:30 pm in 1983. They did play 4 early Sunday divisional playoff games at home from 1992-1995.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Damn I miss those jerseys white or blue

[@GlennStern]

The blue in the jersey used to match the blue on the star. The pants were silver gray as well - today the blue on the socks/jersey is not the same as the star, and the pants. they wear with their white jersey's is a seafaom blue, no loner silver. The combo in this video is the best.

[@spinner9057]

The forgotten early game before the Epic In Miami, which took place later that day.

[@thegorn68]

The timeless voice of Vin Scully (RIP) calling a game!

[@greganderson1445]

This was the end of the Tom Landry era. They lost the NFC championship game the next year also, then it went downhill. Today's Cowboys should look at these old home games and be ashamed. They don't protect the house like the old cowboys.

[@artpalombo4126]

What a joke that Too Tall and Martin not in the hall. Also Haley's in our ring of honor but their not why ? Because Jones didn't own the team when they played?

[@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599]

they made the playoffs in ‘85 at 10-6 and lost their divisional at the Rams but yeah it didn’t get good again for Dallas until around ‘91

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

No they didn't they lost to the skins this year in the NFC championship.that was it for them!! The following year was beat SF. SORRY!!

[@robertosso5210]

but they were robbed a week later against the 49ers because Danny white didnt really fumble his arm was all the way forward when the ball got knocked out of his hand

[@robertdudley3398]

1980 lost Nfc Championship games losses Eagles 1980, 49ers 1981, Redskins 1982, 👌

[@jaysonseraile]

Cowboy players always had the cool names!!

[@ronwright3324]

Dallas had a very good stable of backs! Dorsett, Springs, Jones, Newsome!

[@tedsilversyeager840]

Did they? You put the "J" in genius, amiwrite??

[@ricktheitalianrebel6687]

Landry's best 80's team. This was a VERY good team. Would have won the SB if they got by SF. Better than Cincy that year.

[@whataboutrob442]

This is 1982, not '81 in case you missed the headline.

[@scottross4374]

@@whataboutrob442 was the playoffs to the 1981 season

[@jakeichord]

@@whataboutrob442 This was the '81 team. Playoffs were in 1982...

[@jakeichord]

But I agree with you. They should have won against San Francisco that year.

[@robertdudley3398]

Danny White 11 Qb. maybe he wasn't Roger Stabauch 12 but he more than respectable Qb till 1988.

[@mattromaniello5473]

As a lifelong Bucs fan, this game hurt.

[@glenmcclure9883]

Those are some pretty uniforms.

[@quincymastin3261]

Dallas should have went to the super bowl that year.... they were really good!

[@MarstheAvenger1]

Harvey Martin, Too Tall Jones and Tony Hill all belong in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor.

[@michaelleroy9281]

This is the first season for navy blue jerseys (bring back royal blue)

[@michaelleroy9281]

Cowboys should bring back that number style of course Jerry won't do that

[@hamandeggs11]

He should bring back the original colors they had.

[@speedyeagle2.25]

3:26

[@michaelleroy9281]

Charlie Waters retired after the catch game

[@sellermiller]

Vin Scully called football?

[@RobertoLopez-xb1mj]

The ageless Vin Scully called many NFL games on CBS before he was lured by NBC to do play-by-play work for MLB games starting around 1982. He and color commentator Joe Garagiola were a match made in sports broadcasting heaven imo.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Called the 82 NFC title game and " the catch "

[@danielwilson5938]

Voice of old school L.A. Rams

[@Clarence2Worley]

Miss Vin Scully.

[@tommyparkerparker]

@@RobertoLopez-xb1mj I wish Vin would have called some NFL while he was at NBC.

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Life isn't fair. Doug Williams won a Super Bowl but Danny White never did.

[@tiburochako]

Tampa defense was not that bad, they simply stayed on the field too long, Tampa ofense couldn´t move.

[@texasstadium]

#23 James Jones would have started for a lot of teams.

[@tk6137]

can we have our unis back...jerry...😏

[@RobertoLopez-xb1mj]

Thank goodness the Cowboys trashed the Pop Warner Bucs in this NFC Divisional contest which was not even one to begin with. Imagine if the Buccaneers had won this game, just think of how the NFC Championship would have turned out if they had played the Niners the following week in Jan. '82. The Niners would have clobbered the Buccaneers in that game. We would have missed out on "The Catch" if that would have been the case right there. We would have seen "The Massacre" instead and that would have presented a bad image for the league back then. I live for close games when it comes to Championship football.

[@Fireyninjadog]

The Cowboys 17th straight home win

[@steven2212]

Tampa was disgraceful. Doug Williams? He never worried a defense...except for that one Super bowl.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Doug Williams was a great QB when he had actual weapons to throw to!

[@steven2212]

He couldn't read a defense. But a true gunslinger. Fast, elusive targets with great hands were his best friends. He was also tough and big.

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

Doug Williams was awesome! Not until he went to Washington did he have targets!

[@robertdudley3398]

Doug Williams was very good 👍QB.

[@johnliberty3647]

Williams was pretty good when he had decent pass protection. Not a great QB but pretty damn good when on a solid team

[@greganderson1445]

Tampa should wear these uniforms in the Superbowl.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

If Tampa Bay wore those loser uniforms, in the superbowl, they definitely would've lost

[@chrisclark5239]

Tampa Bay beat our Detroit Lions the last game of the season to get to this game, then they got crushed by Dallas...could have been us lol

[@michaelleroy9281]

No chance for Bucs

[@darrylsmith1471]

The bucs should have stayed home, they got embarrassed by the cowboys.

[@steven2212]

Disgraceful game from Tampa. Playoffs?

[@pronkb000]

14:20 Hank Stram makes the worst prediction a color analyst has ever made.

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

Thurman’s Thieves!!!

[@robertosso5210]

its a real shame that a week later the referees stole the nfc championship from the cowboys against the 49ers when on the last play of the game Danny white didnt really fumble his arm was all the way forward when the ball got knocked out of his hand! cowboys were robbed!!!!!