COWBOYS WIN THIRD SUPER BOWL

Super Bowl XXVII pitted the Cowboys against the Buffalo Bills in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Buffalo Bills were not newcomers to the Super Bowl. They had lost the past two Super Bowls. Buffalo was upset in Super Bowl XXV by the New York Giants as the game-winning field-goal by Scott Norwood sailed wide right. Buffalo was then beat by the Washington Redskins the following year. Dallas was hoping that the third time was not the charm.

Buffalo scored first, but Dallas took control of the game from there. Turnovers by the Buffalo Bills helped seal their fate. Dallas scored two touchdowns 25 seconds apart to capture the lead. Then Dallas scored two touchdowns 18 seconds apart to take the commanding 28-10 lead at half-time. It got worse.

Dallas kept the lead into the fourth quarter before things really got ugly. Buffalo turned the ball over a total of nine times in the game. The final was 52-17. Dallas had a shot at the record of 55 points in the Super Bowl when Leon Lett picked up a fumble after a Jeffcoat sack and raced for the touchdown. His showboating just before the goalline allowed a still hustling Don Beebe to catch up and knock the ball through the back of the endzone. The play occurred well after the game was decided and showed the pride that Don Beebe and the Buffalo Bills have and why the Bills were the only team to go to four straight Super Bowls. They deserved a better fate than to lose each of the four. The Cowboys, on the other hand, finished a transformation from 1-15 in 1989 to Super Bowl Champions in 1992.

Starting Lineups

Scoring

First Quarter

05:00 -- Buffalo - TD, Thurman Thomas 2 Yard Run (Steve Christie Kick)

13:14 -- Dallas - TD, Jay Novacek 23 Yard Pass from Troy Aikman (Lin Elliot Kick)

13:39 -- Dallas - TD, Jimmie Jones 2 Yard Fumble Return (Lin Elliot Kick)

Second Quater

11:36 -- Buffalo - FG, Steve Christie 21 Yard

13:06 -- Dallas - TD, Michael Irvin 19 Yard Pass from Troy Aikman (Lin Elliot Kick)

13:24 -- Dallas - TD, Michael Irvin 18 Yard Pass from Troy Aikman (Lin Elliot Kick)

Third Quarter

06:39 -- Dallas - FG, Lin Elliot 20 Yard

15:00 -- Buffalo - TD, Don Beebe 40 Yard Pass from Frank Reich (Steve Christie Kick)

Fourth Quarter

04:56 -- Dallas - TD, Alvin Harper 45 Yard Pass from Troy Aikman (Lin Elliot Kick)

06:48 -- Dallas - TD, Emmitt Smith 10 Yard Run (Lin Elliot Kick)

07:29 -- Dallas - TD, Ken Norton 9 Yard Fumble Return (Lin Elliot Kick)

Individual Stats