Dallas Big 3 in Peak Form! (Cowboys vs. Steelers 1994, Week 1) 

Man, Pat Summerall & John Madden made every NFL game a must watch. I miss those 2 calling NFL games

The 90s were peak NFL everything just felt more real somehow from the play, to the uniforms , everything was just better

1994 was such an amazing season for the NFL. You had teams wearing throwbacks for the 75th Anniversary, Fox Sports making its debut and changing how games are broadcast. Felt the NFL really put a sincere effort for the 75th season compared to the 100th season in my opinion.

Charles Haley is so underrated

1994! The 75th season the patch! The throwbacks! My favorite season!

This was one of those games that showed just how dominant the NFC was over the AFC during the 1990s.

Imagine if Jimmy Johnson had stayed in Dallas beyond 1993. I bet that they would've won at least five Super Bowls throughout the '90s.

The Cowboys were talented enough to cancel out any potential Bill Cowher/Barry Switzer coaching mismatch

I know E. Smith was great, but didn't know FB Johnston was versatile and did good job. I miss the era FBs were important.

For all the stat boys who think Troy Aikman is overrated, watch this game. Against a top defense like Pittsburgh in their home stadium, Aikman shows such a quick dropback, beautiful throwing mechanics with a fast release, and great accuracy. These are big boy throws to the sideline, not the dinks and dunks you see today. He is pushing the ball, and they arrive perfectly for the receiver.

Smith up the middle is so beautiful it makes me cry

Neil O'Donnell got sacked 9 times in this game. He got sacked 3 times in the next 4 games combined Just shows how good Dallas' defensive line was that year

RIP Kevin Greene. There wasn’t much news around his death. I hope he didn’t take his own life

I forgot how good the Cowboys were a quarter century ago. I miss those days in the nfl. Back when you could still hit receivers coming across the middle. Both these teams were great that year

NFL on Fox Debuts with this crazy idea of showing the score and time all game.

The beginning of The NFL on Fox

Can’t wait for the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday 8pm on FOX

The Cowboys and 49ers were the definitive 1a and 1b teams in 1994. The most complete teams in the NFL. The 1994 Steelers were elite...on defense. Their offense was just very weak that year, and it cost them big.

Nobody really talks about how good this Steelers defense was with Kevin Greene, Greg Lloyd, and Rod Woodson.

That patented Cowboys Lead Draw™. You knew it was comin’. They all knew it was coming, but very few could stop it.

God damn it I cannot wait for football season!😬

3:27 - Old much played Lloyd soundbite right there. "Don't run that s*** over here. What the f*** is wrong with you?"

Love that theme song , Pat Summerall and John Madden. Football brodcasting is not the same anymore

Jimmy Johnson deserves more credit for the team he put together. If Jerry keeps him, Dallas could've won a bunch more Super Bowls!

As a Steelers fan rip Kevin Greene.

I would’ve benched O’Donnell in the 3 rd quarter with 4 oh 6 left on the clock

The Steelers had two opening week chances to really acquit the AFC of being too soft to beat an NFC team, both in 1993 and 1994. They lost 24-13 to the 49ers and then in this game to the Cowboys. The NFC, well the 49ers and Cowboys, were just a cut above everyone else.

Michael Irvin, 4:08 doing the Antonio Brown, before Antonio Brown did it.🤦🏻‍♂️

I love the design of three river stadium. The End zone is so memorable

And Charles Haley wreaking havoc!

As I’m a chargers fan in SD my favorites football rival is the cowboys and steelers

If Jimmy Johnson were coaching the Cowboys in '94 I think they win another SB rather than the Niners that year.

When football was football

This started the NFL on FOX

Barry Switzer can thank Neil O’Donnell for that Super Bowl ring

Dallas was such a well oiled machine back then.. i feel bad for cowboys fans now who never this era of Cowboys football... they were something....

It’s too bad that Steelers team had Neil O’Donald at QB or they might have won a Super Bowl

I follow the NFL today, but I’m not subbed to the main channel. Throwback for life baby!

THIS is peak NFL era stuff for me - Peak Madden and Summerall(@19:38 🤣), peak early 90s Madden games on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, that epic Fox Sports Music, Great HARD running and hitting. For Fans in the UK, we had the epic Blitz! & Big Match NFL shows on CH4, with Gary Imlach. The best days.

after the long run by e smith at 7 minute spot.. tony dorsett in the black suit gettin in on the sideline celebration..🤘🍻

The first regular season game Summerall & Madden called for FOX

A "rematch" of Super Bowls X and XIII and a "preview" of Super Bowl XXX. 😂

Some preseason hype I like it

9 sacks in one game! That Dallas pass rush was all over Neil O'Donnell! He was seeing ghosts. 👻 😂

O’Donnell scrambling around hopelessly like a newborn giraffe.

You got to tip your hat to Daryl johnstons td diving catch because the Steelers played a hellofa defense on that drive....

Neil O’Donald Threw That SuperBowl

1st NFL on Fox regular season game for Madden-Summerall Cowboys were defending champs. They never beat the Steelers at Three Rivers. In the 1990s, the Cowboys went 4-0 against the Steelers. If you think about it, the 1990s were a redemption for past Cowboys failures. They beat the Steelers in a Super Bowl. They went back-to-back. They beat the 49ers who a decade ago usurped them. They beat Green Bay who denied them the chance to appear in at least one of the first two Super Bowls. The final game of this broadcasting duo: Super Bowl XXXVI, the beginning of the Patriots regime…

An all-time offense in Peak form and put up 26 points..man how football has changed 😂

5:52 What is *THAT* in the upper right corner…? Folks… that is TV history unfolding before your very eyes

The 1994 49ers were one of the best teams of the 90's, but IMO, if this Cowboy team played against the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, the Cowboys would have completed the 3-peat. Unfortunately, the Cowboys were a M.A.S.H. unit going into the 1994 NFC Championship Game whereas as SI writer Rick Telander pointed out, the 49ers were, "healthy as kittens." The Cowboys played their guts out in the NFC Championship Game, but unlike the claims leveled by revisionist historians, it was not a surprise that the Cowboys lost that game. The facts are that the 49ers were 7 point favorites, they were playing at home, and they had beaten a healthier Cowboys squad in Week 11 of the 1994 regular season. One could argue that this victory over the Steelers was the Cowboys most impressive regular season performance of the 1994 season.

The good ole days

Funny that they almost met in sb 29 before their actual meet season later in sb 30

Go Cowboys!!🤩🏈🤠

Are we not gonna talk about the catch by Daryl Johnston at the 9:30 mark? What a play!! That would've been considered an amazing catch by even today's standards.

0:01 the Fox NFL theme song is 27 years old! The only remaining Fox NFL broadcasters from 1994 are Joe Buck, Kenny Albert, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson

That's the one there giving it on Thursday preseason

The NFL before social media.... isn't it glorious?

Michael Irvin is criminally underrated. Would always do Rod Woodson no matter what

NFL on Fox debut. Barry Switzer's first game as Cowboys head coach and Fox introduces the FoxBox (scorebug) on the top left of the screen for the very first time.

The good old days! This is what Dallas Cowboys football is suppose look like.

The only person the Pittsburgh Steelers needed during the 90s was Dan Marino at the helm... That defense too. They would have won 2 to 3 Super bowls during that era easily in my opinion....

1990s NFL....💯💯💯💯

An equally rough start in Week 1 in the 1994 season as their 1993 season opener loss to the 49ers for Pitt. Neil O'Donnell being sacked was a common theme throughout this gane as was Pitt's inability to sustain drives offensively. The Cowboys made this win look relatively easy against arguably one if the best teams that coach Cowher led that did not win or make it to the Super Bowl.

These Cowboys were a different kind of breed...

9:26 a heck of a play!

17:00 Them old Hoopties in the background behind #14🤣

Look at the way the lead with their helmets when they tackle. They used to hit WAY harder

I am a Cowboys fan but till this day I contend that the Steelers would of won multiple championships if they drafted Dan Marino. They had a great defense and punishing running game.

These two teams met each other in the the super bowl the next year in super bowl 30.

Was this the first ever football game on FOX?

LGC LETS GO COWBOYS GO BOYZ

The beginning of the Barry Switzer era

i miss football man.. if that tackle at the 3:00 minute mark happened today bro would’ve been ejected and fined smh

John Madden saying “I think we’re gonna start seeing more teams going for it from the 40.” And they do nowadays. From their own 40 haha.

What a great game. Just beautiful watching the Cowboys embarrass, destroy and humiliate the Steelers on opening day in front the Pittsburgh faithful.

RIP Charles Johnson

ALLVIIIIIIIIIIN!

The first time John madden and pat summerall commentated an nfl game on fox

Neil O'Donnell getting frustrated. Why they didn't run with Foster more is crazy.

As a lifelong cowboys fan since the 70’s. The 94 team was probably the best one in the 92-95 years & it didn’t win the SB. Coach Johnson would of made the difference.

The thing is that Dallas still had the talent thanks to Jimmy and his coaches that were still around. Barry just kept the seat warm. The two best teams were the 49ers and the Cowboys. The 49ers went ALL in that season in free agency with Deion, Gary Plummer, Bart Oates, Ken Norton Jr, etc JUST to beat the Cowboys. I know one thing in the NFC Championship if Jimmy was coaching the Cowboys wouldn't have gone down 21-0. The 49ers were just ready mentally and physically were the Cowboys weren't. Just goes to show how the Cowboys needed someone like Jimmy all along.

I always forgot this steelers team even made a super bowl

If the 90s steelers had a qb...

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This was interesting................

I was hoping they would show that Steelers fan that ran on the field in this game, but it turns out they did not.

17:32 Well, at least O'Donnell didn't throw a more crucial interception against the Cowboys.

Three Rivers Stadium

O’Donnell handing out sacks

Except that they weren’t in peak form this outing. I distinctly remember Michael Irvin saying they could’ve played a lot better…he might’ve been underestimating the Steelers, too. They were a very good team at this point.

#37 is bout dem pads bruh

27 Years Ago

If the Steelers would have had a decent QB in the 90s, We (The Steelers) would have more Super Bowls! Mannn Neil really sucked big time!!! Loved to see that awesome defense, Woodson, Lloyd, Greene, Kirkland, Brown, Lake etc… GO STEELERS!!!

Pat was drunk.

Dc4L

Dallas beat Pittsburgh in the very 1st game and beat Pittsburgh in the very last game of the season in the Super Bowl!

Why did they stop the play after that two point conversion was picked off? He could have returned that for 2 points.

The first season of The NFL on FOX. A new era began. The play here is better. Dirty secret no one wants to admit, the play in The NFL has been declining since 2000

J Dub 13:32