Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys, Week 1 1985 Full Game (MNF)

The Monday Night Football lights are burning bright in Texas Stadium for the 1985 regular season opener between bitter NFC East rivals Dallas and Washington. The Redskins have won 3 in a row in the series. Will Tom Landry, Danny White and the Cowboys end the skid, or will Joe Gibbs and Joe Theismann celebrate yet another big win in Big D?
Frank Gifford, Joe Namath, and O.J. Simpson call the game for ABC. Enjoy!

[@h8sjws735]

Thank you!! One of my all-time favorite Cowboys v Redskins games..

[@kylehundley6]

Thank you so much for posting this!! Down to just the two '81 matchups and ill have every Redskins/Cowboys game from the 80s

[@bryansakacs9100]

This is how it all started for me-I remember the AMEX commercial with Tom Landry being surrounded by Redskins in a saloon😅Obsessed with the star and Americas Team !

[@chrisuncleahmad]

This was also the first MNF game of the post-Don Meredith era

[@RyansCowboysCorner]

Yes. Was never quite the same without Dandy Don.

[@redmustangredmustang]

OJ was killing it that game.

[@SingleTax]

Meredith is easily one of the five greatest color commentators of all time. His quick-wittedness combined with his affable Southern charm made him a true pleasure to listen to while watching the game.

[@brianbachmeier34]

John Riggins had the best TD celebrations ever.

[@samtodd6301]

Him and Barry Sanders

[@petemartinez9971]

I was only 13 when the game was played. Loved how the crowd booed Joe Theismann every time he entered the game and then sang “Happy Birthday” to him after his epic 5 interception performance

[@thomascourt4935]

I was 12 years old in 1985. I was not allowed to stay up late enough to watch MNF, but I was allowed to use our new VCR to tape the games. I would wake up at 4am, and watch the game before I would go to school. In the pre-internet days, there was no way to find out what happened in the game other than to watch it. I could have fast forwarded I suppose, but I always chose to watch as if it was airing live at 4am. Later that season I, of course, taped the game where Theismann's leg was broken by Lawrence Taylor. When word spread through our school that I had a tape of the game I became a bit of a celebrity. Everyone wanted to come over to my house to watch it happen. There was no other way at that time to see it.

[@h8sjws735]

These were the ONLY games I was allowed to stay up for.. as a Cowboys fan in the DC burbs, it was either gonna be a quiet day or Hell the day after. I relished the silence after this one!! Was 12 at the time as well, and I miss the rivalry.

[@ramsareit]

For youtube this is A+ ma man!

[@timkumpost6036]

I remember watching this game live. Great night for the Cowboys!

[@redmustangredmustang]

Theismann was so bad in this game that he got benched after all those interceptions.

[@chrisorr4902]

The time the Redskins vs Cowboys rivalry was relevant.

[@GisherJohn24]

when sports was real.

[@SingleTax]

1:20:39 - That was a reckless throw by Danny White -- a pass which he probably thought was going to be intercepted. Instead Mike Renfro made an *outstanding* sideline catch that turned a bad throw into a completion. White knew this, which is why he pointed right at Renfro after the play as if to say: "Thanks, dude, you saved my ass on that one." Renfro played brilliantly in this game.

[@gobucks2644]

If anyone can download it, I would love to see the 1992 game in Washington.

[@rgtunderworldrgt7773]

Just do a KZbin search

[@DoubleStar92]

One of the more iconic victories growing up because of what Thurman’s Thieves did to Theismann on his birthday. Complete destruction of their rival!

[@michaelangelioliebers7601]

Punter and Quarterback Danny White

[@jjgillmen]

2:34:16 -- Joe Theismann, on a night in which he and his son celebrated thier 36th and 14th birthdays respectively, getting trolled by both the Cowboy fans, as well as the pep band, after throwing five interceptions. Several months later, in a November Monday Night Football game against the Giants, Joe would suffer a broken leg after being sacked by Lawrence Taylor. The injury ultimately turned out to end his career.

[@nflmatchuphighlights]

Hey Ryan Bush do you happen to have 1998 Cowboys Vs Oilers? Classic Cowboys Win

[@nflmatchuphighlights]

This is a random one but do you happen to have 2004 Cowboys Vs Raiders (preseason)? Might be a long shot but please let me know! Thanks!

[@RyansCowboysCorner]

Dallas didn't play Houston in 1998. Not sure which game you might be referring to. I don't have the 2004 Raiders preseason game.

[@nflmatchuphighlights]

@@RyansCowboysCornerwhat about 1994 Cowboys Vs 49ers (regular season)

[@michaelangelioliebers7601]

It was Joe Thiesmanns birthday with interceptions and a loss to Cowboys

Here @ 2:08. I would replace Joe with his back-up!

[@Brody-cx5vl]

Just wondering if you have 1981 opening Day matchup vs Dallas.

[@RyansCowboysCorner]

YT has blocked the game, but I do have the game on my Patreon channel. Here's the link to the game there: www.patreon.com/posts/dallas-cowboys-1-74521457

[@mgomez5606]

Namath just fid not cut it as announcer.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

On Theismann's 36th birthday as well as his son's 14th birthday.

[@SingleTax]

49:20 - That was a fumble all the way. Bad non-call by the official.

[@Monaayy29]

OJ was great in broadcasting before Well you know