NFL Team RUNS UP the Score | Cowboys @ Redskins (1979)

In a 1979 game between Dallas and Washington, head coach Jack Pardee, holding onto a 31-20 lead with 14 seconds left, decided to kick a field goal on first down. The move was perceived by many as classless, including Cowboys defensive end Harvey Martin. Why did he do it? This is the story behind the play
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[@jameshutchinson568]

Something the narrator is probably not aware of, but margin of victory was more important in the NFL in those days. It was a significant tie-breaker for the playoffs. In fact, Washington missed the playoffs on the last weekend of the season because Chicago beat the Cardinals 42 - 6. Chicago had to win by at least 31 points to get the final playoff spot and they did!! And then Washington missed the playoffs after a heartbreaking 35 - 34 loss to Dallas, after leading 34 - 21 with less than 7 minutes left in the game. 1979 was easily the most heartbreaking season in the history of the Redskins.

[@somebody2022]

Narrator mentioned it in this video and promised to make video about that. And he did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIfaeWNseKuFgJY

[@kyle1910]

In '79 it was the third step in a non-divisional tiebreaker behind head-to-head and conference record. Commom opponents was not one of the metrics that year. The very next season they switched to the steps that would remain intact through 2001, with one modification beginning I believe in '91, stipulating that there could be no more than one team per division in a conference or Wild Card tiebreaker - you had to, if necessary, first freeze out all except the highest ranked teams in each division with the same record who hasn't yet been awarded a playoff berth.

[@kyle1910]

Plus if the tiebreaker rules in 1980 had been in effect in 1979, Washington, not Chicago, would have gotten in with a better record against commom opponents (4-2 to 3-3)

[@kibitznec700]

Bears of mierda. Hate them too. Had no business doing in 79 playoffs. Shitty bearss.

[@brad8749]

dallas: runs up score on miami also dallas: running up the score is classless

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

The only "insult" I ever saw was doing an onside kickoff while leading 45-0 by The Bengals over The Oilers. That was incredibly cowardly.

[@Rockhound6165]

Jack Pardee had a habit of running up the score. When he coached the University of Houston, he did it almost weekly even scoring 95 against SMU in 1989. This is why Wyche ran up the score on Houston. Also, Buddy Ryan ran the score up on Dallas in 1987 because Landry ran up the score on the Eagles in a replacement game.

[@TexasNewsOwL]

Yah and Jerry Glanville ran it up on the oilers saying it was payback for SMU. Smu was on Probation when he ran it up. Glanville and the Falcons blasted Pardee and the Oilers and Jerry got mad

[@oneputtsteven]

The 1979 Cowboys would laugh last as they come from behind by 13 pts in the last 4 minutes to win the NFC East and beat the Raiders as the winningest team in the 70's. Staubach to Hill in the final minute to win.

[@65TossTrap]

Skins actually laughed last in the NFC title game 1983.

[@bretttimmons2653]

@@65TossTrap Dallas is still laughing with 8 Super Bowl appearances and 5 World Championships. Not to mention going 15-1 against the skins from 1997-2004. That was probably the worst run of Cowboy teams ever and they still dominated the Skins.

[@65TossTrap]

Yeah Dallas truly is the team of the decade.

[@davidozab2753]

I hated that game, but without it I don't see the Riggins holdout, the 6-10 season in 1980, Pardee's firing and Joe Gibbs hiring. I'll take Gibbs and three Superbowl trophies over an NFC East title in 79.

[@kibitznec700]

Yessss siiirrrr

[@Bmartlivemusic]

See 9/27/66- Giants @ Redskins. Skins kick a field goal as time expires while leading 69-41, to make it 72-41.

[@oldprankster7606]

That field goal was initiated by Sam Huff, who was furious at the NY Giants Owner for trading him away. He went to Coach Otto Graham to plead his case. Finally, Coach Graham agreed, saying that their rookie kicker "needed the practice".

[@stardaddyo9]

Yeah, but dallas beat the Foreskins in the last game of the season, eliminating them from the playoffs. Suck it Foreskins !

[@ghettogadget206]

Yeah Pardee prolly was running it up, but seeing they choked away a playoff berth in 78, the idea of needed point differential to save them in 79 isn’t that far fetched. And it did come down to it. So I could live with it

[@ernieneverscardinals461]

Harvey Martin throwing funeral wreath in Skins lock in 1979 was classless

[@richardfalcone6954]

Yep. And it cut Moseley's leg. Moseley later said, "If I'd had a gun, I probably would've shot him."

[@steveusa7]

Dallas 56-14.....current last laugh

[@davidtrail2696]

Washington was playing some decent ball toward the end of 79. After Dallas won the division and knocked out the Skins, John Riggins was so devastated, he decided not to play in 1980. Skins proceeded to go 6-10 and Pardee was fired. This set the stage for Joe Gibbs coming in and going to 4 Super Bowls in the next 11 seasons.

[@southlake631]

Another factor that played in Jack Pardee getting fired after that disasterous 1980 season was Jack Kent Cooke. In January of 1981, Mr. Cooke replaced Edward Bennett Williams as the majority owner of the Washington franchise. Right after that happened, he called both Head Coach Jack Pardee and GM Bobby Beathard to a meeting so as to assess what would be the best way to get the franchise back to being a Super Bowl contender. Coach Pardee told Mr. Cooke that although the majority of his starters from the 1980 season were growing older, they would be able to return to Super Bowl contender status only if they were encouraged to work a bit harder. Mr. Beathard disagreed with Coach Pardee and let Mr. Cooke know that the only way to make the Washington franchise a Super Bowl contender would be to draft young, talented, athletes and develop them accoringly. Jack Kent Cooke sided with Bobby Beathard, fired Jack Pardee, and, at Bobby Bethard's insistence, encouraged Mr. Cooke to take a chance on a little-known offense coordinator with the San Diego Chargers by the name of Joe Gibbs. The rest is history.

[@caramanico1]

Nobody talks about it, becase THERE IS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT! A late season game, a very tight playoff race going on, and the Redskins had lost a playoff spot previoiusly because of the point differential tiebreaker.

[@steveswangler6373]

everyone always treated tom landry like he was a classy prince, but his cowboys routinely ran up the score on teams, were dirty as anyone, and were low key low class. they just hid it. if you dont like the score being run up on you, stop the other team.

[@trwent]

Harvey Martin was one of the DIRTIEST CHEAP SHOT ARTISTS of all time!! And HE is crying over bad sportsmanship of running up the score??

[@w41duvernay]

Yep, the points tie breaker was SUPER important to get into the playoffs. In hindsight, the Redskins should have tried to take a couple of shot to get a touchdown.

[@cdprince768]

You showed the Bengals kicking onside up 45-0 vs. Houston. In that same game, leading 58-7 in the final minutes, the Bengals kicked a field goal. It was intentional. These two teams despised each other.

[@howardcosell2022]

It wasn't in the final minutes, FG came with 21 seconds left. Everyone in the AFC Central hated Jerry Glanville

[@williamhicks7736]

Glanville was an ass! He deserved it!

[@kyle1910]

What the Bengals did against Houston in '89 was personal against Glanville. Wyche admitted as much. Another example was the two Cowboys-Eagles game in '87. Dallas won the first game 41-22 @ Texas Stadium, which was during the strike. Buddy Ryan accused Landry and the Cowboys, several of whom were regulars who crossed the picket line, of running it up on the Eagles scabs with reverses and other gadget plays in the 4th quarter with the game well out of reach. Two weeks later, in the first weekend after the strike ended the two teams had their rematch in Philly. Late in the game the Eagles led 30-20 and with just seconds left they gave off like they were going to kneel but had an Eagles receiver run a fly pattern to the end zone. Cunningham threw it toward him and they drew an interference penalty on Dallas, giving them the ball on the 1. Then they scored on a 1-yard TD run by I believe Anthony Toney and won 37-20. - - EDIT Byars got that TD at the end

[@Vgy926]

The Redskins needed the extra points because the Bears were chasing them for a playoff spot. To get to the postseason, the Bears needed to beat St. Louis by at least 34 points and have Washington lose to Dallas. As it turned out, that’s exactly what happened. The Bears beat St. Louis 42-6, while the Redskins lost to Dallas 35-34. Any other scenario, and the Redskins would’ve been in the postseason instead. That’s why going for the field goal mattered.

[@trwent]

“ … losing their final 3 games to finish at 8-8 after an 8-3 start.” Okay, a little 2nd grade arithmetic: Adding 3 more losses to an 8-3 record would take a team to 8-6, NOT 8-8. Duhhhhh …

[@davidkendrick4453]

Total points and total point differential are tiebreakers. So run up the score.

[@michaelleroy9281]

This is the game Thomas ( Hollywood) Henderson was cut ✂️ afterwards after some antics on the sidelines

[@TexasNewsOwL]

In 1979 the Cowboys won the Division by beating the Redskins at Texas Stadium in the last game of the year by making a great comeback for the win. Rodger hit Tony Hill for a TD with under a minute to go for the win. The next week Rodger played his last game as a Cowboy in a loss to Rams in the Playoffs. Rodger retired and Danny White went from punter and backup QB to Starting QB

[@benthompson8913]

Actually, if you go back to 1966, there is a more blatant case of running up the score. Washington v. NY Giants. Washington already up 69-41, kicks a late FG to make the final 72-41. Make a video about THAT game in this context.

[@davidozab2753]

Defense? What's that? 😂

[@timlewis1956]

I was at that game in 1966. Redskins middle linebacker Sam Huff admitted later that he called the field goal unit out to run up the score, because the Giants had traded him to Washington when we stunk. It was a great game to watch, we scored just about every way there is to score.

[@sneakerfacevids441]

“running up the score” is not a thing. You’re SUPPOSED to score as much as you can. These people get paid millions of dollars, and fans pay a lot to watch. They aren’t there to worry about the self esteem of the other team. And I’m a therapist !

[@williamhicks7736]

Dallas got even with them in the infamous last game that season…. ‘ Point differential ‘… LOL!

[@b17bomber]

great stuff dude, as always.

[@jasonreiffer11]

It is great stuff. Just like your KZbin name 😂

[@troydixon3396]

They put up basketball scores on those guys rem bcity those 2 big tall tackles JJ had jh run between that tackles legs he was so damn tall I rem that

[@GetBenched2010]

So the Rangers aren't the only bullies in Texas who get easily butthurt over 'unwritten rules'...

[@Ragnar009]

I'm a long time Cowboys fan and I have no problem with that FG. The Cowboys should have punted. Down by 11 with 17 seconds left means the game is over. No chance of getting two touchdowns. Punt the ball and go home.

[@howardcosell2022]

Tom Landry always coached to the last second. 1980 game against Dallas, Broncos Fred Steinfort kicked a 55 yard FG with :32 left to make the score 41-20. Landry called 2 timeouts within the last minute with the Broncos leading 38-20 and trying to run out the clock

[@alandenson6649]

I'm curious are you based in the San Francisco Bay area?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

No

[@dynamicrockwell3449]

There's a reason unwritten rules are unwritten. Because those unofficial rules don't usually posses any benefit for the betterment of the game of football. Sure it's good to teach proper sportsmanship to athletes of all ages. It's not the player's main assignment to taunt the opposition or trash talk them. Offensive players score and defensive players prevent scores. It may be a bit of a dick move to run up the score, but the name of the game on offense is to score. And if the defense can't handle that, then they need more time in the film room and on position drills.

[@jacktanner2835]

And with the way offenses score in the modern NFL NOT running up the score could result in a comeback by the other team.

[@ethansprague2005]

I do this in madden all the time

[@1USACitizen192]

coy bacon should be hall fame

[@kevinevans5921]

I was ten years old and as a Redskins fan, remembered that game. I began following the Skins two years earlier and this was one of only two wins against Dallas in a six year stretch from the end of 1976 to the NFC Championship in January 1983.

[@CTubeMan]

Also, since you talked about risk/reward recently, this move to kick the field goal carried risk for Washington. If they took a knee in that situation they’d guarantee an 11-point victory. By attempting the field goal they risked a victory margin of anywhere from 4-7 points, depending on if Dallas scored a touchdown after a blocked, missed, or made kick.

[@CTubeMan]

I can’t imagine the late field goal fell into the category “Significant... for some”.

[@thereilneid2868]

GREAT stuff AGAIN. High school, yes. College, maybe. NFL, absolutely no F'ing way a team should hit the breaks. Most teams will pull the starters anyway. If they don't that's to damn bad.

[@pronkb000]

I think there are degrees. If you're still running fly patterns, that's fine. Faking a field goal while up 24-3 late...that's a little much. Faking kneeldowns with the game well in-hand, running flea flickers if you're up 31-3 in the 4th quarter, onside-kicking when up 45-0, that stuff is probably a little more deservedly frowned upon (I loved Wyche doing that to Jerry Glanville, though).

[@xplayfan21]

Why do people get mad when the high school boys get blowing out they need to grow up

[@alecmullaney7957]

You are making visible improvement dude. Good for you, keep at it.

[@dodge96neon]

how about doing a video on the 1978 season - especially when it's about the patriots and chuck fairbanks. they won the division but fairbanks left before the season ended

[@jacktanner2835]

Not the first time it has happened to Dallas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGOopZV4mtKgZpI

[@floydian022]

Recurring theme here with the Cowboys. They think it's totally fine when they're doing it to you; it's only "classless behavior" when you're doing back to them. It's always, "F--- yOuR tEaM's lOgO LOL" while they grind their feet into it in front of the camera, followed by, "HoW dArE yOu StAnD oN oUr pReCiOuS sTaR?!?!", or "oMg I cAn'T bEliEvE yOu WoUlD dO a FaKe sPiKe!!", after they JUST deliberately ran it up on you the last time you faced them.

[@jeremycrandall2899]

At 3:11, Aaron Mitchell took out Moseley AND Theismann with that late hit, with Theismann actually getting the worst of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he suffered a concussion.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

So basically, the Redactedskins did the same thing I always do at the end of the game on Madden.

[@kibitznec700]

Oooolbbb b

[@redmustangredmustang]

Then then the Cowboys went on to beat Washington in the last game to win the division. Revenge.

[@benthompson8913]

Yeah, but the Cowboy paid refs jobbed the Redskins out of a time out call on the last play, preventing Moseley from even attempting a GW 55 yard FG.

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@benthompson8913 he most likely would not have made that field goal from 55 yards. Back then that almost an impossible kick back then not like today where kickers can almost easily hit from that distance.

[@benthompson8913]

@@redmustangredmustang Moseley had the range to get it there, and should at least have had the opportunity. Tackle on the previous play was with :02 still on the clock, and before the play Theismann had told the refs to look to him for a TO call if the play was in bounds.

[@kibitznec700]

Metete tu revenge por tu fuaz

[@Boomhower89]

It’s called Sportsmanship or to be more specific “class”. Washington has always been low class. Dallas got revenge later with a last minute come from behind touchdown as time ran out in Dallas on the last play of the regular season. Dallas becomes division champs and Washington goes back to the city the epitomize.

[@benthompson8913]

No, the last play of that game was Don Warren catching a pass from Theismann at the Dallas 38 with 2 seconds left on the clock, and all the refs ignoring Theismann desperately trying to call time out. Granted a 55 yard FG is no gimme, but Moseley had the leg to get it there.

[@floydian022]

@@benthompson8913 His team hasn't advanced past a divisional round in 25 years. Let him hang onto his rusty trophies. ;)

[@andrewsteele6287]

Hmm Boydian when exactly was the last time the Redskins won a playoff game??? Hmmmm

[@benthompson8913]

@@andrewsteele6287 2005 WC against Tampa

[@floydian022]

@@andrewsteele6287 Dunno, why tf you asking me? Go ask a WFT fan.