Belichick Takes on the Champs! (Browns vs. Cowboys 1994, Week 15) 

Head Coach: Bill Belichick? Defensive Coordinator: Nick Saban? They have a future ahead of them!

The moment you realize that the Browns won a playoff game more recently than the Bengals and Lions.

I don't wanna hear any of that Belichick failed in Cleveland crap. It took a couple years but as a young HC, he turned the fucking Browns into a playoff winning team WITHOUT a franchise QB. Then in 1995, Art Modell announced he was moving the team to Baltimore and the team stopped competing after a 3-1 start. Hell, I probably would've too. It was a dick move by Modell. BB is a brilliant football mind and at least 5 (arguably all 6) of Brady's championships are built on the backs of BB's defenses making key plays or mowing down a high-flying offense. That doesn't mean Brady isn't elite, a legend, and a HOFer, but his rings are not because of himself alone. Anyone who's watched football for 20+ years understands this, whether you like BB as a person, or not.

This Browns defense played lights out the entire game. Bravo!

Take a shot everytime Aikman almost throws an interception.

aikman should've thrown like 5 picks in this game

Got to watch this live. The replay doesn't do justice to watching Jerry's smug TD signal and then getting to watch his incredulity set in. It was so freaking sweet. Plus, the replay doesn't show Irvin shoving his defender during a key play in the drive. Cleveland just balled that day.

Damn these guys look like monsters with those pads on.

First time we see Bill Belichick do something great during his time as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, beat the defending champions at the time

Ah, the days of huge shoulder and thigh pads.

Fun Fact: Michael Jackson caught a pass in this game.

Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, oh lord

Back when Belichick was on the browns and Dallas was a great team with Troy, Irvin, and Emmitt that's a true classic

When you noticed it’s America’s team vs bellichick and saban

Barry Switzers reaction is the best reaction to his tenure in Dallas

Brownies came up big today, and like in '94, our vets sealed the game for us (Turner then, Ward now). Experience is everything in big moments!

Bill in that thumbnail is looking in the mirror saying in his mind "I wonder if this shirt it to much. Maybe when I get older I will start wearing hoodies".

Eric Turner r.i.p. what a good player

This game is more entertaining than I thought

Wow ,, awesome game Love 90s 😁💔

I miss 90s football

Those shoulder pads. But look at the hits they take way different then now

A RARE coaching matchup- Bill Belichick vs Barry Switzer.

I remember this game like it was yesterday. I remember how nervous I was. We were lucky the receiver slipped. The Browns beat the defending SB champs in THEIR house!

1:09... Vinny threw it to a smooth criminal. Who beat it off the LOS and was able to get the ball. That play was a Thriller LOL!

20:58 It’s December 10, 1994 We’re at Texas Stadium in Irving, TX. The two-time defending Super Bowl champion 11-2 Dallas Cowboys are trailing the 9-4 Cleveland Browns by 5 with 10 seconds remaining in the game. So how did we get here? Let’s rewind

Wow that last play absolutely blew me away.

Oh yea, I remember this game well. Troy Aikman said after the game, "I've never seen a defense like that".

Dang! The Browns should have had at LEAST 3 int's this game HOLY CRAP! Troy Aikman was garbage this game lol. Getting lucky left and right lol

I was at this game. I was neither a fan of the cowboys or browns, but my friends were all cowboy fans. It was awkward sitting amongst them as their team was unmercifully taken apart by Cleveland.

And a decade later Vinny Testaverde would be a Cowboy.

That moment where you realize that Bill Belichick has Cleveland last playoff win, and every thing that skip has said about bills tenure in Cleveland is over exaggerated and meant to prop up Tom Brady

If only Art Model had not screwed the team we'd be somewhere along the line of Patriots or Ravens right now, A Browns fan.

Nick Saban looks like the little brother of Tommy Lee Jones👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

I remember this game. Cleveland’s defense was relentless.

I remember this game. A Saturday if I recall. The Browns played great that day. That's the last season they were truly dominate. I always loved seeing games broadcast from Texas Stadium. Dallas always wore white at home (and still does). The visiting teams colors always looked so vibrant and bright, much more vivid than at any other stadium, maybe it was because of the partial cover/roof. Texas Stadium always had the visiting teams colors and name on the goal post pad in the left end zone. I always thought that was a nice touch. I also remember the very wide white sideline stripe that Texas Stadium had; at least three times wider than any other stadium. Great memories from a Browns fan. BTW, in response to all the players with the huge pads......they had to have those huge pads. That old Astroturf was literally like playing on concrete. Finally, on the extra point after the Cowboys first TD early on, does anybody else think the goalpost looks a bit crooked?

This was also the last time the Browns beat the Cowboys. Hasn't happened since (Cowboys won in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016)

late saturday afternoon NBC game.i was sick this day,started getting sick earlier this day,was well sick by time game ended

Omg thanks for this!! Loved it even if we woulda lost.

Imagine this is 2020. The media would be killing Aikman and saying overrated and gotta start jason garret

I listen to Leroy Hoard do a local radio show from Miami every day. I've grown to love listening to the guy. He knows his shit, doesn't take himself too seriously, and is absolute hilarious. Thank you for posting this. He also makes fun of himself for being known for fumbling. I can't believe he lost one less than 2 minutes into the video....

Vinny LOVED those rollout plays. He was very good when he was on.

That Browns defense in '94 was probably the best they ever had, not to mention a great special teams unit of Stover, Tupa, and Metcalf. They could've been Super Bowl contenders if their offense could score 25 points per game.

My all-time favorite Browns regular-season game, when they went down to Texas Stadium on a Saturday afternoon in December of '94 and took down the Triplets. RIP Eric Turner, Michael Jackson, Pio Sagapolutele and Orlando Brown.

But wait I thought Belichick didn't win anything before Brady...

Just shows you when a team has a top defense... anything is possible!!!

Browns really had Belicheck and Saban on the same team and their ownership chose to move the team

07 Patriots vs 94 Cowboys would be very interesting...

I remember watching this game in Philadelphia as a young teenager, this was a Saturday game I believe it's always good to see Dallas lose.

That’s an amazing game.

Aikman should’ve thrown three picks in first three minutes

Phew! What a game! If only if the Browns defense now actually played like this 😂

21:55 Belichek to Saban “Yeah! Nick! Great fucking job!” Doesnt take a professional lip reader

E-ROCK TURNER! one of the all time greats. Life cut waaaaaaayyyy too short. RIP .

I was there in the end zone at where Novacek fell short. What a great game.

Raiders fan here. The late great Eric Turner has to be one of the most underrated players of the 90s. If he lived, and stayed on the early 2000s Raider teams, so much could have ended differently.

What a game.

When they said first team to score 2 touchdowns in a game against the browns thia year .WOW!!!

If Novacek doesn’t slip this goes down as yet another heartbreaking lose for the Browns.

@20:23 they skipped past Troy yelling at the official for not setting the ball properly.

Irvin and Harper the goats

I miss pure under center football.

Wow, whatta game. It even has a Patriots type of ending LMFAO My notes from this game:1. Browns shoulda had like 7 interceptions. 2. Emit Smith had Unbelievable patience and vision to let his blocks develop and then bounce to any openings. 3. Testaverde throws a gorgeous spiral. 4. All these screens and dump offs to the Running back is the same stuff Tom Brady does. 5. I wish every time Micheal Jackson made a play we got to hear a "HEEEHEEE!!" edited into the video.

I’m a Pats fan so nothing to add, except I wonder why injuries went up after they allowed for smaller pads and no pads ?

Pretty sure the NFL had Aikman throw this game. He just looks like he don’t care about winning

The 2020 game played out kinda similar to this.

How can any Cowboys fan say Aikman was part of the “great 3?” He was not that good. I don’t understand the hype. Emmit is obviously amazing, and Irvin was a freak for his time, but Aikman was an above average QB playing on arguably one of the best complete teams to ever set foot on the field.

Great game...came down to Novacek ever so briefly slips right at the goal line...loss hurt but Cleveland played their ass off and deserved to win and btw Browns fans you deserved much better than what Modell did to you

Had Cleveland stayed, we would probably be talking about the Browns the way we are about New England. Can you imagine Belichick coaching the Ray Lewis led defense, especially the 2000 Ravens team in Cleveland. Ed Reed and Ray Lewis under Belichick would have been fun to watch.

Back when those browns were still orange, before they became purple.

Nick Saban with those glasses holy shit lol.

Back when the browns weren’t the laughing stock of the nfl (it begin in 1999)

Well we knew one thing: Bill Belichick vs Barry Switzer... The Browns wouldn't be outcoached in this one.

Browns kicker Stover would play another 15 seasons (13 with the Ravens) and set several records including most consecutive PAT’s

Thanks for helping me snap off a late night loaf with this video 👌🚽🍻

Modell. He once made the statement, "I've been doing this a long time. I must have learned something." To which every Browns fan replied, "No, you haven't."

My GOD! I was at this game! Visitor end zone - cheap seats.

There's a lot of interesting things about this game...the obvious one being Bill Bellichik coaching a Browns team that ended up 10-4 (14 game season) and went to the Divisional round of the playoffs, after winning in the Wild Card round.....but another things that struck me as I watched this was how horrible Troy Aikman looked pretty much from the start, he threw 2 picks but I counted about 7 that were wither dropped by the defender or just badly placed balls....also, Charles Haley had a monster game defensively for the Cowboys, a nice little sack and a whole bunch of tackles as well as that forced fumble at the goal line on Leroy Hoard (who was a stud at Michigan in the late 80s)....and the last thing is Matt Stover, who went 4-4 in this game in his 4th year in the league, and then went on to play for 15 more years

RIP Eric Turner, Michael Jackson, Mark Tunei, and the broadcasting great Dick Enberg

I think this game just proves how overrated Troy really was

It’s January 2024 Bill Belichick won 6 Super Bowls with the Patriots Nick Saban won 7 college football national championships - 1 at LSU, the rest at Alabama

On a Jimmy Johnson coached team this is a 20 point Cowboy victory

We were at that game. How time flies!

These are my 2 favorite teams of all time My Browns and my Cowboys

Belichick vs Switzer worse coaching mismatch in sports history 🤭

21:58: “His Young Defensive Coordinator Nick Saban” Nick is actually Older than Bill😮😮😮😮😮

It was rare to see the cowboys lose at home between 92 and 95

Seems like the players never could finish it was the fumble in the 80s and the drive this game in the 90s and it never seems to stop for this team keep changing the Coaching but at some point as a pro you finish the play play through the whistle

Leroy Hoard was a very underrated player

1:42 great hustle play by Charles Haley.

After watching this I’m amazed Troy Aikman made it into the hall of fame

7:47 lmao he got him.

Emmitt Smith would’ve been a HOF’er with any offensive line.

Much better stadium than the new warehouse they play in now

It’s crazy to think how many great coaches came out of the Bill Parcells system. Belichick, Saban and Carroll all coached under him. Not to mention other guys who became NFL head coaches and coordinators.

What kind of turf is this?

Leroy with reebok kamikaze on 👌🏿

Charles Hailey what a beast 👏

The opening to this game was pretty in depth. Talked about how the Packers, Steelers and 49ers dominated past decades of the Super Bowl era but none won it 3 straight years. Dallas was a 2 time defending champ this season and ended up winning 3 in 4 years, something the Patriots have also done.

The Cowboys' last loss to the Browns until 2020.