How Tom Landry Broke the Miami Dolphins Timing Offense! 1971 Super Bowl

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[@MaxAmerica.Freedom]

I always felt the 71 Cowboys were the best of the 60's/70's Cowboys. Great video as always! Way better than anything NFL films or ESPN made. Your analysis is pure genius

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Appreciate you brother!

[@kmjr2400]

Excellent video sir! 👍👏👏👏👏👏 Tom Landry isto this date , in my opinion, the greatest coach in the NFL !!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@kmjr2400 Appreciate you bro! I definitely agree. Arguably the goat offensive and defensive mind that ever lived.

[@kmjr2400]

@@thelogicalcowboy I agree !!!!

[@robzilla60]

I remember this Superbowl at 10 years old, watching it on a small RCA color TV in our living room. Dallas finally overcame the Championship 'curse' and won the whole enchilada. Bob Lilly finally got his goal. The Dallas offense, as great as it was back then, was really good in this game, but it was the defense that told the story and limited Miami to a field goal in New Orleans. I remember Ditka catching the final score I think it was. What you didn't mention in this video was the presence of Charlie Waters #41, but there's so many contributors on that team. Thank you for another really in depth look into what made the Cowboys what they were for so many years under the football genius of Tom Landry. My Dad once told me Tom Landry is the best head coach in the NFL, and here you have given us another element of that. Keep them coming LC. Merry Christmas 2024.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Great post! Happy New Years!

[@stanleymoton9466]

Cliff Harris was really ready good and very underrated

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@stanleymoton9466 He sure was!

[@asmodeus1274]

Harris made it into the HOF, I don’t he was underrated and neither did his peers.

[@sak7785]

Harris is 1st team on the 70’s All Decade Team & in the HOF. While the anti Cowboys bias made him wait far too long to get in hall, I wouldn’t say he was underrated.

[@user-cn9ki9tu2u]

Well done Logic! Tom Landry does not get enough credit with how he managed to adapt to different concepts of the game. Merry Christmas to you. God Bless and Be Safe!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Happy New Year brother!

[@michaell874]

Interesting analogy of Tom Landry and Cliff Harris and the intelligence used in making that team so successful. When I watched that Super Bowl VI in its entirety a few years ago, I thought Chuck Howley was cheated out of the MVP honors because he played a spectacular game. That game was also somewhat reminiscent of when the Jets defeated the Colts in Super Bowl III by just running the ball down the throats of their opponent, and letting those great quarterbacks throw passes when they wanted to, which led to great games. However, I felt the Cowboys played the pizza man offense. I call it that because it was just classic in the way they stretched that Miami defense much the way the pizza man stretches the dough when making a pizza. In that game, Landry ran Walt Garrison inside, which brought in the linebackers, and then ran Duane Thomas to the outside to stretch those linebackers. He did that all day. Once those corners and safeties came up to play the run, Staubach might pass the football to further stretch that doughy Miami defense even further. By controlling the football, Bob Griese never got into rhythm, and with a lead, the Cowboys essentially took away that Miami rushing attack. The crazy thing is that the game wasn’t even as close as the final score indicated it was. It was an incredibly well executed game played by the Dallas Cowboys.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Great post!

[@jdmoore988]

Im addicted to this channel. Can’t get enough of the Cowboys history

[@deadlyoneable]

Like I always say, I appreciate your videos for taking my mind off the current mess that is the cowboys.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@deadlyoneable Appreciate you bro

[@truthseeker9454]

I really enjoyed watching this over dinner. Masterfully done, sir! You not only roped and branded it, you broke it and rode it in a parade. 🤠 Like another commenter below I watched this game, but was too young to comprehend all that was going on behind the scenes. Thank you for unpacking that in a very entertaining way. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! Liked and subbed.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Welcome to the channel bro! Appreciate the compliments! Have a safe and blessed Merry Christmas.

[@Gosdatwork]

this was really good thank you.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Thanks for watching!

[@topJimmyP1984]

Great stuff! Thanks.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Thanks for watching!

[@terrenceliburd8655]

Warfield was so smooth and graceful

[@thelogicalcowboy]

He sure was! Happy new year

[@drakulie]

Thanks for this early Christmas present. 🎁 Merry Christmas to you and all your loved ones. 👍

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Appreciate you brother! Merry Christmas to you too!

[@stanleymoton9466]

❤🎉

[@shakarussanders9911]

Great video like always! Every Cowboys fan should be subbed to this channel! 🏈

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@shakarussanders9911 Thanks for watching brother!

[@shakarussanders9911]

@thelogicalcowboy It's my pleasure 🤝

[@johnhardman825]

You brought back a lot of memories of my teenagers years. I was lucky to go to a lot of those Cowboy home game back then. How about those 60's & 70's Cowboys!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@johnhardman825 Thanks for watching brother.

[@johnhardman825]

@@thelogicalcowboy Mel Renfro intercepting that pass against Detroit Playoff game in 1970 happen right in the section I was standing. It was at the end and we won 5-0!

[@williamhermann6635]

Tom Landry broke a lot of offenses. His flex defense solved the Packers sweep too.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Facts!

[@henryashley9945]

I lived it but never realized it. Great video, thanks.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@henryashley9945 That's a bar! Appreciate you bro

[@thesarge4457]

At first I didn't know where you were going at the start, but after your explanation, I finally got it, DOH!!! Good video LC, Merry Christmas to you and your Family. THE SARGE

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@thesarge4457 Lol no worries! Appreciate you Sarge

[@davidwilliams4498]

It was the 1971 season an super bowl was in January of 1972... Dallas finally won its 1st title.

[@brockgeorge777]

It was our deep misfortune not to have drafted Warfield! The Jerry Rice of his day, only having relatively modest numbers because of the “run happy” era he played in

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Warfield is so underrated!

[@brockgeorge777]

@@thelogicalcowboy Yes he is. As is his dual threat buddy from his Cleveland Browns days (Receiver/punter) Gary Collins. I truly believe the latter should be in the HOF if you really look at his accomplishments. (An excellent example of which may be seen in the 1964 Browns shocking 27-0 upset of the Baltimore Colts in the NFL Championship game. ...A feet no doubt helped by having Paul and Jim Brown to worry about on Baltimore's end, but there's no question he "showed up".)

[@cjtexas9646]

You, my friend are an analytical maniac!!!! great video!

[@stanleymoton9466]

❤ you never cease to amaze me this is GREAT !!!!!!!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@stanleymoton9466 Thanks brother!

[@sdgakatbk]

Excellent excellent stuff. I like it when things are broken down like this.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Appreciate you bro

[@GrislyAtoms12]

Hello TLC! Just an idea here. You have covered so many Cowboy greats, and I thank you for it. But there is one Cowboy DB who wasn't even drafted by the Cowboys, and was always underrated for his contribution to the team, in my humble opinion. He is safety Thomas Everett. Everett was a Steeler first, and then Jimmy Johnson traded for him. At Dallas, he was an instant ball hawk. I don't recall if he was an instant starter, the way Charles Haley was, but he got into the lineup quickly. And he spent his few years in Dallas either creating turnovers, or collecting them. In SB 27 he helped the Cowboy's D dominate the first half. I always was a fan of Everett when he played for Dallas, and he could be a great subject for one of your videos. All the best to you! And Merry Christmas too!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@GrislyAtoms12 Great idea. Everett was one of the most underrated players of those 90s teams. Have a safe and blessed Merry Christmas bro!

[@Stuntman-Jeff]

That's some impressive analysis. Well done!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@Stuntman-Jeff Thanks bro!

[@keithsmith9175]

Outstanding presentation!! As always keep up the great work my brother!!! And Happy Holidays!!!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@keithsmith9175 Sure will! Happy Christmas to you and yours.

[@Boomhower89]

That was the best defensive backfield ever I believe. Cornell Green/Cliff Harris FS/SS and Mel Renfro/Herb Adderley cornerbacks. Throw in Chuck Howley and Lee Roy Jordan as Linebackers and possibly the best defensive lineman ever to play Bob Lilly. Wow

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@Boomhower89 Wow! That sure was!

[@ericbarnes6130]

Excellent video.......again. Thanks!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@ericbarnes6130 Thanks for watching!

[@buggie1872]

Fascinating. Howard Schnellenberger came up with the timing offense. Yet today Bill Walsh is given all the credit.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@buggie1872 I look at the timing offense as a concept that took decades and multiple coaches to fully evolve into a formal system. Walsh was the last piece of the puzzle. He was able to create an entire culture from that concept. Sid Roth, Bear Bryant, Howard Schnellenberger, Bobby Bowden, and Blanton Collier were all important pieces at some point in their careers. Appreciate you, bro.

[@jimhattery4348]

I love your work!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@jimhattery4348 I'm honored brother!

[@redmustangredmustang]

The Cowboys were just prepared in this game and Miami got blinded sided with that first drive in the second half toss plays. It sure as hell made Miami more focused going into the 72 season which they went undefeated. Sometimes to be great, you need a butt kicking loss like that to get you focused and humble. Miami didn't make the same mistake twice in 72 and 73 Super Bowls.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

True!

[@jblack2442]

Another masterpiece! I was alive for that SB but I was young and do not remember it. But anything '75 on up I do remember. What woud I give to go back to where the coach actually coached and the owner stayed out of the way.

[@jonathanlund6708]

I remember Bob Lilly with that big ass cigar; I was around 8 myself but that's all I remember but the dolphin redskins game in 72 I remember well

[@mykull666]

So, Paul Warfield was the first WR to feel snubbed by the Cowboys on draft day and made them pay for it for a few years? It seems like quite a few receivers had been told by the Cowboys they were gonna draft them but didn't.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Sounds right lol

[@delawrenceblue6936]

Great videos 📹 👌

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@delawrenceblue6936 Glad you Liked it.

[@robertwildes7550]

You are making me think that you have a physics degree like Harris. Another superb analysis.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@robertwildes7550 😂 😂 Appreciate you brother!

[@stanleymoton9466]

Those Landry teams of the 70s were all that

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@stanleymoton9466 Facts

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

and those dad blamed Steelers had to be one of the strongest teams ever at the same time.

[@ivermectin1974]

Didn’t win a single superbowl.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

@@ivermectin1974 What are you talking about? 6 and 12 right? Beat Miami and Denver.

[@christianstough6337]

Beautiful!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@christianstough6337 Appreciate you bro!

[@stoneymcneal2458]

Another terrific break down on a topic I knew very little about. In my opinion, the Logical Cowboy knows what to say, when to say, and how to say it. No extraneous dialogue to get in the way of the point he is trying to make. As for our beloved Cowboys, this season is among the worst I can remember.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@stoneymcneal2458 I'm honored by the compliments brother!

[@stoneymcneal2458]

@ Been watching your channel for a little over one year, and in every video you post, the analysis is clean. Hope you have a blessed holiday brother.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@stoneymcneal2458 That means a lot! Have a blessed and safe holiday bro

[@butcherofntexas4966]

Great work as usual. Cliff & Charlie were a great team.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@butcherofntexas4966 They were. Absolute legends.

[@butcherofntexas4966]

@ Need to do a vid on Hollywood Henderson.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@butcherofntexas4966 I did a video on Hollywood's childhood and high school days. It was a different video than what I normally do. You should check it out. But you're right I should do a career breakdown.

[@butcherofntexas4966]

@ Did he have a younger brother? Is he the kid at the start of the NFL Film for SB 10?

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@butcherofntexas4966 I'm not sure.

[@Methadone4Life]

First off, hit the like, subscribe and notification for THE LOGICAL COWBOY as he is the GOAT when it comes to breaking down profiles of the league's most legendary franchise!! Help the man out so he can keep bringing these super informative and wildly entertaining videos to our computer screens!! Now, Tom Landry, in my book, is the best coach to ever grace the gridiron. When you look at the innovations this man brought to the table, he was 50 years ahead of his time! Now, of course, there are a lot of great coaches and some have more rings, more wins and all that jazz, however, I don't think there is a coach out there who had a mind like Landry. He was a genius not only on offense but also defense, which is where he played during his playing days. He was responsible for the Flex defense, brought the shotgun offense back to the forefront in the 70's and now it is used on every down, not just on third down or obvious passing downs. That is just two main innovations and I could go on for DAYS! When you take account of all the innovations, progression and his advancement of the game...to me he is THE GOAT. Hey, I won't argue if you say Belichick, Noll, Lombardi, Jimmy, Walsh, Shula, Reid, Madden, Gibbs, Grant and a few others and all are great and naming any of these would not be ludicrous by any means. However, not just because I'm a Cowboys fan, but because of what Landry accomplished during his storied career is why the man in the funny hat will always be the GOAT to this old dude!!!!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@Methadone4Life When Meth writes I read! Facts. Great post brother! Landry a true legend!

[@Methadone4Life]

@@thelogicalcowboy Thank you brother, I tell ya when I see you have a new video up, I stop what I'm doing, hit the Keurig for a hot cup of coffee and kick back to enjoy the content! Thanks for all the hard work my friend.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@Methadone4Life 😂 appreciate you brother

[@jasonmartinez4730]

Great job as always

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@jasonmartinez4730 Thanks for watching

[@komradkolonel]

I think that Super Bowl VI was still the biggest win in franchise history. The Cowboys shook the "next year's champions" curse. That defense completely shut the Dolphins down and that Miami team had a multitude of go-to players. Howard Schnellenberger's biggest success as a coach was at Louisville. He took over a program that was on life support. The team regularly lost to I-AA schools and played to sparse crowds in a hastily converted baseball stadium. If it wasn't for him there would not only be no L&N Stadium but no program at all.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@komradkolonel Great observations!

[@drbonesshow1]

I turned 10 a few months after this game SB VI. When the Dolphins beat the Colts 21-0 in the AFC Championship game that year my 1st cousins and their hippie friends said the Dolphins would whip Dallas. I said no - the Cowboys would finally win the big one (I'd seen them lose SB V to the Colts a game Dallas should have won). I was a smart kid (now I'm a semi-retired physics professor) so I can understand how the Cowboy defense stopped Warfield from doing what he did in the 1st quarter of the AFC Championship - scored a 75 yard TD. Now 52 years later I'm old.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@drbonesshow1 Thanks for sharing this brother.

[@196078614teal]

That AFC Championship game was the first time I ever saw the Miami Dolphins. I didn’t even know that Florida had an NFL team. I ‘ve been a fan ever since. I cried when the Dolphins got clobbered by Dallas, and I’ll probably cry again if Miami wins another Super Bowl.

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

7:04 that's a young Vern Lundqist at the old training facility in North Dallas, it had a 8' fence around it but you park next to it stand on your car and watch but if you had a camera or recording device they would run you off and the goalpost was really narrow I guess to make the kicker concentrate

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@ChuckHuffmaster Wow! Good eye.

[@KevinThomes]

Awesome job with the video.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@KevinThomes Thanks for watching!

[@braddvaughn6076]

Bear Bryant also coached and had on staff, Gene Stallings Who was the defensive Backs coach for Tom Landry at the time .

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@braddvaughn6076 Facts!

[@joshjacobExodus]

Awesome video. Would love to see an extensive player profile on Darren Woodson. It’s criminal that Leroy butler got into the hall of fame before him. Both great players, but come on. Woody was just the best safety of the 90s. I don’t get why he isn’t in already. It’s criminal.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@joshjacobExodus That's a good idea! Appreciate you bro

[@KarmicPatina]

When asked who should go into the Cowboys Ring of Honor, Walt Garrison said Dave Edwards. Do a video on him!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@KarmicPatina I will. That would be an honor! Edward's was a legend.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

Something about Hollywood Henderson would be interesting. He's a guy who messed up real bad, but then turned himself around. Although his situation was not handled perfectly, it ended up the right way. It was a new thing dealing with the situation.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@SSgtRobertMorris I'm still trying to formulate the video. Particularly his college days.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

@@thelogicalcowboy OUTSTANDING!! Your attention to detail and very creative analysis skills are what make your videos stand out from the rest. I can't wait to see it. He wrecked his football career, but redeemed himself into a better person. You don't see that very often.

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

@@thelogicalcowboy Do you have a copy of Landry's book? He addressed the Henderson situation in it.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@SSgtRobertMorris I do have a copy of one of his books. Forgot the name of it now.

[@rickjohnson1266]

The Nixon Play was actually kept in the playbook of the Dolphins and worked pretty well. Just not against Doomsday.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@rickjohnson1266 Yep!

[@sw-yz9fi]

Cowboys probably wish they had drafted Warfield after things settled in 1964. They drafted Scott Appleton (UT Austin) with the 4th pick, but Appleton ended up signing with the Oilers in the AFL. Essentially a wasted pick by Dallas.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Warfield in Dallas would have been unfair! Happy new year!

[@mojoschmee9320]

Hey. Ya'll are a bunch of serious football nerds. We're reviewing film and concept design from the 1971 Super Bowl. And loving every minute of it. Nerds. Do 1978 now!!!

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@mojoschmee9320 Completely needs bro! Lol. 1978 could definitely work.

[@lanceuppercut3758]

Beauty

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@lanceuppercut3758 Thanks brother!

[@brianeddes3701]

Nixon was a horrific play caller.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@brianeddes3701 😂 😂

[@jonathanlund6708]

Isn't that similar to what the West Coast offences were doing, short passes that wore down defences

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@jonathanlund6708 Yep.

[@jonathanaustinstern1]

Bear Bryant and Tom Landry the same fashion style

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@jonathanaustinstern1 Yep. From the fedora to their groundbreaking concepts.

[@mikerickson01]

Does the older Schnellenberger look like Captain Kangaroo?

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@mikerickson01 Bro! Lol. I think you may be on to something! 😂

[@The1966dolphins]

He did it because his whole team was high on cocaine during the game as thomas Hollywood henderson admitted saying people were so nieve that they were openly using it during the game

[@thelogicalcowboy]

Bro, really? Miami had drug dealers and fiends all in the '70s.

[@DavidCooper-d9t]

​​​@@thelogicalcowboy MY MAN, THE LOGICAL COWBOY, WHAT'S UP? HERE WE GO - AGAIN: SMFH. As a LIFELONG COWBOYS FAN (since 1974, as you know, I've mentioned many times before), just like the '90's Cowboys and Michael Irvin, etc, I ALWAYS LAUGH when so called "FANS" start talking about the Cowboys and "DRUGS" - like the famous "WHITE HOUSE", etc - like Dallas was the "ONLY TEAM" with players on it that did drugs. SMFH. I'm a BIG, BIG "MERCURY" Morris fan (R. I. P.), although I got tired of his, we're 17 - 0 - which they deserve all the respect for - etc, and talk to me when another team - like the Patriots - is on "OUR BLOCK", not in "OUR NEIGHBORHOOD", etc. He just got TOO ANNOYING with it. But even he got POPPED for COCAINE - and he wasn't the "ONLY ONE" on the Dolphins, just like "HOLLYWOOD" Henderson wasn't the ONLY ONE on the Cowboys. Neither was Michael Irvin years later. I remember in the '90's when EVERYBODY was talking about the Cowboys - 'CAUSE "THEY SELL" - Michael Irvin's story was ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS. I read a BIG, BIG ARTICLE on it in the USA TODAY (a very, very respectable newspaper) ALL OVER THEIR FRONT PAGE. In that VERY SAME NEWSPAPER, they had an article on the Pittsburgh Steelers RB, "BAM" Morris (remember him), who had so much marijuana in the trunk of his car, he got stopped by the police, 'cause his car trunk was DRAGGING ON THE GROUND! The article - UNLIKE THE ARTICLE ON MICHAEL IRVIN - was SO SMALL you needed a MAGNIFYING GLASS to SEE IT and READ IT! SMFH. WHY? 'Cause as popular as the Steelers were, they STILL don't "SELL" like the Cowboys. I'm also a Chicago Bulls fan (since they drafted Michael Jordan). Jordan said, when he joined the Bulls, 1/2 - 3/4 of the team was doing COCAINE. "BEFORE" marijuana started becoming "LEGAL" around the U.S. the NBA wouldn't even test for it, 'cause TOO MANY PLAYERS are "GETTING HIGH." All athletes have to do to "CIRCUMVENT" sports ban on ADDERALL is to get a "PRESCRIPTION" "FROM A DOCTOR." WE ALL KNOW HOW "EASY" IT IS FOR AN ATHLETE / MULTI-MILLION TO GET A "PRESCRIPTION" "FROM A DOCTOR." SMFH. The MEDIA "ONLY" puts out WHAT TEAMS and WHAT PLAYERS they want to, based on "WHO SELLS." PERIOD.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

​@DavidCooper-d9t You Always write great posts bro.

[@DavidCooper-d9t]

@thelogicalcowboy Thank you. And you're always putting out GREAT VIDEOS! Keep it up! We can't let these FOOLS stop us from DOING "OUR THING" and "KNOWING" THE TRUTH about what was going on - with ALL TEAMS, when it comes to different eras in sports and drugs, etc. "REAL FANS" KNOW THE TRUTH. SPEAKING OF WHICH: I just recently watched the old football movie, NORTH DALLAS FORTY, starring Nick Nolte, which I haven't seen since I was a kid. Movies "LOOK" and "PLAY OUT" differently watching as "KID" vs. watching them as an "ADULT." The book was written by the old Dallas Cowboys WR Pete Gent (R.I.P.). It's another reason WHY Dallas gets linked to the "DRUG CULTURE", 'cause Pete Gent played for the Cowboys and he wrote about some of his experiences playing for the Cowboys and what he went through and saw, so a lot of people - "MISTAKINGLY" - just attached it to the Cowboys - and not the WHOLE DRUG CULTURE of professional sports, especially in the '70's, etc.

[@treyriver5676]

Over use of the word concept... other that exeelent.

[@daleolson3506]

The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎👎💩💩💩😬

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@daleolson3506 How do you prefer that I do the videos? With no music or with music?

[@drbonesshow1]

18:14 Monte Clark then an assistant coach for Don Shula was a big dude 6' 6'' and played 11 seasons in the NFL on both lines: offense and defense.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@drbonesshow1 Wow!

[@drbonesshow1]

And remember Csonka fumbled.

[@thelogicalcowboy]

@@drbonesshow1 Yep. He sure did.

[@stanleymoton9466]

Cliff Harris was really ready good and very underrated