1981 NFC Championship. There was blatant holding on Dallas TE Dough Cosbie in the endzone on third down. The Cowboys had to settle for a field goal when they should have had first down on the 1. The almost certainly would have gotten a TD under those circumstances. They were hozed out of 4 points. If that call had been correct, the Montana to Clark "catch", if it still happened, would not have been enough to take the lead. They would have still needed to recover an onsides kick to even have a tiny shot at a victory. The Cowboys, who I still think were the better team at that point, would have advanced to the Super Bowl to play the Bengals.
I'll nominate two. 1.) 1998 Packers 49'ers WC playoff. On the final drive, Jerry Rice fumbles and GB recovers, but he's ruled down first and SF maintains possession. The 49'ers eventually score the GW touchdown in the final seconds known as "The Catch II". 2.) 1990 NFC Championship. On the final drive of the game, a Giants WR makes a wide open sideline catch for about 15 yards (Mark Ingram?). Replays showed he was open because he pushed off the SF defender causing him to fall down. It should've been offensive pass interference, and a swing backwards of about thirty yards total. No way the Giants would've made that difference up in time to still kick the GW field goal that sends them to SB XXV.
Similar call went against my Oilers in the '79 AFC Championship game vs the Steelers. Mike Renfro caught the ball while falling out of bounds, was called incomplete when it was clearly in when watching the replay.
RG, yes, that was a horrendous call. It wasn't interference, but the refs for some reason did not see the play clearly and so made the wrong guess as to what had happened. I don't know if they have ever been asked what their thinking was. I doubt they would give an honest answer, but someone might. It changed the course of the game.
Like hell, the officials' blown call on Mike Renfro's touchdown "changed the course of the game"! The Oilers still kicked a field goal to end that possession and narrow their deficit to FOUR POINTS, EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. In other words, they were still very much alive and still a threat to the Steelers, until their (Houston's) mistakes caught up with them. After the Steelers extended their lead to seven points again (20-13), with a field goal, the Oilers responded with another drive and then promptly fumbled the ball away at midfield. The Steelers took over and ran out the clock (punctuated by a Rocky Bleier touchdown run, to close out the game).
Great video. I remember this like it was yesterday. I was in 6th grade and remember my math teacher ranting about the no call at the start of class. So many missed Super Bowl opportunities in 80,81 and 82.
I think there were a few "no calls" that were more important than this one, though I agree this was a huge game at the time. But the 1979 AFC championship Oilers-Steelers endzone wrong call and the 2019 NFC Championship (Saints-Rams) no call were actual calls that changed who went to the Super Bowl (obviously) so the stakes were higher.
The most infamous non-call I know of was in Super Bowl 26 -- the one that had coach Marv Levy screaming repeatedly at the official "You've been bought!" as the first half ended. And Levy was probably right.
I was 6 when this play occurred. SB XV was the first time I was allowed to "stay up late" because the Eagles were in the Super Bowl, which is the first time I remember caring if a Philly team won or lost. That means that this play may very well be the seed that grew into a lifetime of disappointment by Philly teams - but the 2008 Phillies and SB LII made it all worth it!
I remember watching this game. It was definitely pass interference...no guarantee of anything except the Cowboys should have had 1st and Goal at the 1. Unfortunately as we would find out later on on several occasions, officials calls can greatly alter the outcome of a game.
I've been a Cowboys fan since forever. At full speed I can see why the ref may have thought it was roughly the same time. I'm more upset with Danny White underthrowing the ball.
If I remember correctly, if Dallas would have won the second game at Texas Stadium by more 21 points they would have been the divisional winners. That was why the Cowboys ran up the score early on in that game but eventually couldn't hold that significant lead in the fourth quarter which gave the Eagles home field advantage through out the playoffs.
@@simplefan8301 That is correct. I watched that game and was fuming that Dallas had gone up by 25 in the 4th Qtr. (Being a lifelong Skins fan, the hatred for anything Dallas was only natural) The Eagles showed a lot of character storming back with 17 pts in the 4th to win the division. Another thing about that game was that it ended Harold Carmichael's NFL record streak of having at least one reception in a game at 127. He was actually knocked out of the game by a cheap sideline shot, that if IIRC, the Cowboys got away with. (The officials were total major league whores for the Cowboys back in those days)
They also didn't help themselves in the season finale. Dallas could have still won the division on a point differential tiebreaker had they beaten the Eagles by at least 25 points, and they had exactly that margin when they led 35-10 early in the fourth quarter. Had the Cowboys maintained or increased that lead, the division title would have been theirs. Instead, the Eagles scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to seal the division and home field for themselves.
I remember this a bit differently. I think Dallas could have won the division by score differential in week 16 if they blew out Philly by like 4Tds or some such. The eagles rested a lot of their studs and made up a lot of points to win the division. I m a cowboy fan, but I remember watching Philly throughout that year and they were the better team.
Oh well. Karma can be a bitch, considering the Cowboys receivers were notorious for pushing off defenders back then. Need I remind you about Drew Pearson in 1975?
Don't forget the story of the 1980 championship game which was the heated seats that the Eagles used. Still remember how that was the talk of the game.
This is how I can tell you're a Cowboy fan. #1, that was borderline interference and #2, all the calls the Cowboys got over the years you shouldn't have anything to say. For instance, the phantom offensive pass interference call on Roy Green in week 11 in 1984 that negating a tying TD or the blatant non call @ Arizona in week 11 in 1998 that screwed the Cards out of a 28 point comeback. Believe me, the Cowboys need to be the last team to complain about calls.
You sound like an absolute moron. Pay more attention to the video and uploader before making such a stupid accusation. Why in the hell would you think that someone called OfficialJaguarGator9 is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys? This guy has spent nearly two years uploading historical NFL content based around every team and star player you could possibly name. Just because someone uploads a video on UA-cam.com criticizing a no-call in a Dallas Cowboys game doesn't mean that they're a Dallas Cowboys fan. Get off your high horse. Every team in NFL and AFL history has had call goes their way that shouldn't have, not just the Dallas Cowboys. Missed calls are part of every single game. The only reason this video exists is because it not only changed the course of a game, but an entire season, and in turn a dynasty. The uploader even said that they don't blame the refs, and that there isn't anyway of knowing what would have happened if the Cowboys got the penalty. Also, your claim that it was "borderline interference" is absolutely laughable, but hey, stay a salty Cowboys hater.
Wah wah. Look successful teams will have calls go their way more often. Maybe if Bidwell wasnt a crappy owner the Cards could've experienced that kind of success. Or maybe not. This is the Cardinals we're talking about. The country didn't give a damn about them in Chicago. Then didn't give a damn about them in St. Louis and, to this day, doesn't give a damn about them in Arizona. An historically uninspired franchise. Dallas on the other hand...
Oh and why are you bitching about that game in '98? Last I checked the Cards and that stupid little Quarterback they had that year upset the Cowboys in the Wild Card game. I should know I was at Texas Stadium that day. Embarrassing to say the least.
In the Pittsburgh game I can remember it was the 4th Quarter and Franco Harris fumbled the ball right before he went over the goal line and the Eagles recovered it and went on to win.
Glad I didn't see this game. I was a Cowboy fan back then and I would have been griping for the next 20 years. Saints fans know what I'm talking about!
The Cowboys had a chance to win the division, later in the season, as Philly lost 3 of their last 4. In week 15, Dallas had an opportunity to take the lead in the division, when the Eagles lost on Sunday and the Cowboys was due to play on Monday Night Football. However, Dallas was blown out by the Rams, causing Dallas to enter week 16 at 11-4, instead of 12-3. Had Dallas won at LA, and then beat the Eagles at home, they would have finished at 13-3; one game ahead of the Eagles.
Have you made a video yet on the similar situation of the Cowboy/49er NFC Title game during the '94 season? Sanders had a blatant pass interference against Irvin that wasn't called and it completely killed the Cowboy momentum of a great (possible) comeback (and a chance at 3-peating as Super Bowl Champs).
Dead-on right about that....that game was absolutely starting to turn for the Cowboys and that would've been a HUGE play to solidify the momentum, but the Ref was gutless ! Could've gone down as the greatest game ever played
6:45 There was body contact, but it looks like he was going for the ball, so I would say incidental contact. If he was looking the the receiver instead of looking up at the ball, then maybe. Also the official was right in front of the receiver and could not see when the body contact was made.
I hate when receivers are unable to get open and then beg for pass interference from contact, because they couldn't get get open. It was a good non call. The intent of pass interference is not to PUNISH DBs because of blanket coverage. He was going for the ball. If the players were flipped it would have been a non call. I would tell the receiver "GET OPEN" better.
I remember Tom Brookshier showing his Eagles bias by barely alluding to Roynell Young making contact with Tony Hill before the ball arrived. As a Cowboys fan, that loss in the NFC Championship Game brought the season to a bitter end. To continue the aftermath portion, fast forward to 1981, the first Cowboys-Eagles matchup was November 1 in Philadelphia. The Cowboys rallied from a 14-3 deficit at the end of the third quarter to win 17-14. It still ranks as the most satisfying regular season victory for me as a fan. The Cowboys clinched the NFC East title with a win over the Eagles in Dallas in December. Then, the third-place Giants beat the second-place Eagles in Philadelphia in the Wild Card Game.
It would be worth a JG9 video to cover that wild card game. The Giants, again dead last in offense, playing the #1 defense in the Eagles and Giants jumped out to 20-0 lead before the Eagles had even gotten a first down. Mainly thanks to horrific special teams play.
@@NosferatusCoffin LT's first year. I don't think anybody really figured out how to completely handle him for a whole game, but in '81, nobody had seen anything like him before; even by the end of the season some teams were still trying to block him with just a RB or TE, like any other OLB, which usually ended up badly for them.
Even if the call did stand, it would've ended up tie, and there was no guarantee who would've won. Let's say the cowboy did pull out the win (very doubtful) they still would've got their asses kicked in the NFC title game, even if it was in Dallas!
When I saw the title of this video, I thought it was referring to the 1980 NFC Championship game between the teams, also played at the Vet and also plagued by a non-pass interference call on the Eagles on Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson.
Don't cry for me, Argentina. After all the times the Cowboys have gotten the benefit of the doubt (just ask Lions fans about DPI), you post a video about a 41 year old play?
Going into the week 16 matchup the Eagles were 12 3 Dallas 12 4 . Dallas not only needed to win but win by 25 points to win the division. The Cowboys had a 35 10 lead in the fourth quarter and technically lead the division. The Eagles scored 17 points from that point on losing 35 27 but winning the NFC East
Yeah, the video mentions this but kind of underplays it. Dallas had the division title in their hands going into the 4th Q of that game, they just had to stop the Eagles, or score just as many points as the Eagles did. I think psychologically Philly went in a little flat, figuring there was no way they'd fall behind by 25...then when Dallas hit that number, the tables were turned, and the Eagles woke up realizing they actually could lose the division, while the Cowboys exhaled a bit after finally achieving their needed 25 point lead.
No. Dallas leading 35-10 in the last game then letting the Eagles score 17 points in the 4th quarter to give them the East is what blew it for the Cowboys
Make a video about how if Dallas had not stormed back & beat Atlanta in the playoffs that year the Falcons would have hosted the Eagles for the NFC championship the next week...at that time Atlanta owned the Eagles at home & probably would have won again & went to their 1st SB
I remember Charlie Waters saying that the Cowboys thought that the Falcons were the best team in the league that year. Give White a ton of credit. That was first "big" comeback game and helped put some Staubach ghosts to rest.
Starting in the 1970s and continuing into the 1990s, "America's Team" enjoyed favorable calls on a WEEKLY basis. But of course, Cowboy fans don't remember that. Just the ONE call that they're still whinging about 40 YEARS later.
In the 70s, the most fortunate team from blown calls and just pure luck was the Steelers. They had some great teams, but always seemed to come out on the winning side of controversy.
Three things. First, the call. I'm a "let them play" guy, but I think that Young was a touch early with the arm bar. He was beaten to the outside so he just came in early instead of going for the ball. I was twenty at the time, a Redskins fan, but don't remember this ending. Second, you're graphic about film speed mentions 40 percent reduction, fine, but the mention of NBC is inaccurate. This was a CBS game with the first great announcing team of Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshire. Third, you mention it was a good day for Philadelphia sports. It was a good year! One that hasn't been matched. All four major sports teams made their respective finals in 1980. The Sixers were first, but they lost to rookie Magic Johnson and the Lakers, then the Flyers lost to the N.Y. Islanders in the Stanley Cup, the Phillies won their first World Series over the K.C. Royals after 80 years of existence, and finally the Eagles were in the Super Bowl but were underwhelming in their loss to the Oakland Raiders. There were hostages in Iran and John Lennon was still alive. It was a long time ago.
I agree. While this should have been called for PI, you can at least make something of an argument that the defender was playing the ball. I wont say it's a good argument, but it could be argued.
The truth here is that it was a terrible call. And the ramification ultimately was Dallas had to play the extra wildcard game vs LA, then travel to Atlanta where they played an emotional game, then travel to very cold, windy cold and freezing cold Philly on a second short week of back to back travel. Dallas looked tired and slow in the NFC championship to a very good Eagle team. That call was huge.
Another detail: the Eagles got to host the championship game because Dallas was their opponent. The Cowboys engineered a furious late 4th quarter rally to win in Atlanta in the Divisional round 30-27. Had the Falcons held on, the Eagles would have had to travel down to Atlanta for the conference title game. Both Philly and Atlanta had identical 12-4 records but the Falcons beat them *in Philadelphia* 20-17 in Week 14.
Hate to say it as an Eagles fan, but the Falcons probably win that game if its down in Atlanta. The Eagles had lost in the divisional playoffs in '78 @ Atlanta (+ @ Tampa in '79, so there were questions about how well the Eagles would do playing away in the playoffs), there probably wouldn't have been quite the emotional peaks that playing Dallas evoked for Philly, and the weather would have been not quite as much of a factor.
...and this might be off topic but, it speaks volumes in Philly's sudden rise to the top. That wasn't a "miracle" in the Meadowlands. Larry Csonka refused the handoff, and clearly stated it in the press the following day.
Not sure if Dallas would have won, but a tie in this game would have given them the division and the #1 seed. Philly (11-4-1) would have hosted the Rams, in the Wildcard, and then faced the #2 seed Atlanta (12-4), while Dallas (12-3-1) would have hosted Minnesota (9-7). IF the two teams had won, then Dallas would have hosted Philly in the NFC Championship. The fact that Dallas didn't get at least a tie in this game was the difference between fourth and first at the end of the season.
It was obvious pass interference but being a fade pattern if Hill had jumped sooner and went up for the ball rather than waiting on it, he might have caught it before Young reacted ... the officials let them play.
If you think that call changed NFL history, what about the infamous tuck rule between the Patriots and Raiders?....That was one of the worst calls in NFL history....
Speaking as an Eagles fan, albeit one who was a tiny bit too young to remember this game (I started following the Eagles in 1981 as an 8/9 year old), that was pass interference by Roynell Young. But the thing that really killed the Cowboys was calling those two timeouts and not trying to run the clock down and/or conserve the timeouts if at all possible. I have no idea what Tom Landry and the rest of the Cowboys' offensive coaching staff were thinking there. I'll also note that if even if pass interference was called and the Cowboys got the ball on the 1 yard line, they still might not have scored a touchdown, considering the Eagles kept Tony Dorsett in check during the game, the Cowboys only had one timeout, and the Cowboys may not have tried to throw on every play (considering this was 1980 and teams ran the ball A LOT more and weren't nearly as effective passing the ball back then compared to now). Also, even if the game went to overtime, the Eagles still could have won. This was a no-call that MIGHT have cost the Cowboys an opportunity to win the game but it isn't clear they would have won the game even if the correct call was made.
If Dallas would've hung on to that 35-10 lead in the 2nd game that would've won them the division too. The Cowboys defensive backfield that year was suspect, to say the least.
Riiigggghhht 1 call changed the entire season. Maybe if you played better it would not have come down to 1 call. Blaming the refs is the dumbest thing in sports.
There was point differential tie-breaker in the final reg season game that would have given the division to Dallas and at one time in that game Dallas had achieved that margin.
Not sure anyone commented about this but the last game of the season had Dallas won by enough points they win the division on the tie breaker and at one point that had enough to get the point differential breaker..The Eagles had to come back in the game to score enough points to get it back. Also Carmicheal's catch in a game streak was ended when he was knocked out of the game. In the Superbowl a bogus offensive interference call on Smith cost them the opening TD and possibly the game there(weird how teams that scored first won a lot in the Superbowl back then)
...yeah, but when you lose to a team by 17 points (SB XV), one of the few mercies is you don't have to second-guess about whether you'd have won if this play or that play had gone your way. Oakland was red-hot and the Eagles were flat that day; it happens.
The Eagles got their ass handed to them by the Raiders and they looked like a team in disarray in that game. The same thing happened to the Redskins in Super Bowl 18 against the Raiders. I feel that if the Cowboys would have won both those a games along with the game against the 49ers, the Cowboys would have won all three of those Super Bowl games. The Cowboys beat the Raiders, the Bengals, and the Dolphins in that three year span
Counterpoint would be that the Eagles also beat the Raiders in the '80 regular season (two weeks before Dallas' win), but the Oakland team by the time they played in the Super Bowl was riding a tremendous "hot streak" after winning three straight playoff games and would have been a tough matchup for any team.
@@noemartinez7521 Have to make it to the SB first in order to have a chance to win it. Dallas couldn't get past either Philly or Washington in any of those years, so...
I can sum up this premise in two words: PURE CONJECTURE. How, exactly , does one assume the Cowboys winning this game would have guaranteed them a win in the season ending rematch? If one chooses to stick to that logic, what difference should home field advantage have made in the NFC Championship Game? If the Cowboys were decidedly better than the Eagles in 1980, it should not have mattered one bit where they played that day. Also, where is it Gospel that Dallas would have beaten the Raiders, or Chargers, in Super Bowl XV, and how would a third Super Bowl win have done that much more to elevate Tom Landry above, say, Chuck Noll, in that nauseating discussion of "greatest ever head coach"?
Your analysis seems very exaggerated and speculative. Even to this day, with the help of technology and television replay, in every NFL game there are pass interference plays that are not marked as well as other plays where interference flags are unfairly marked. Even if that interference would have been marked and Dallas would have remained at the Philadelphia 1-yard line, you cannot assure that they could have achieved the tying touchdown and that the Cowboys would have won the game. Nor can you be sure that even if Dallas had won the game, they would also have been divisional champions when Week 7 of the 1980 season was just passing. Stop making silly speculations IF this would have happened.
He literally said "Who knows if Dallas would actually score from the 1 yd line, or if they would win it in overtime, or stop Philly from driving down and scoring before it went to overtime." What video were you watching?
The 5th step: net points against division opponents, after head-to-head, division record, conference record and common opponents. Jaguar9Gator alluded to the 35-10 lead Dallas had - in the 4th quarter. Had that score held and ended up the final, the Cowboys would have snatched the East from the Eagles. They needed to win by at least 25 points to reach a tie in that 5fh step (of course an even larger margin would have won them the 5th tiebreaker). With a tie in the 5th step the 6th step was net points in all games, where you would include each teams' points scored minus points allowed in non-division games, which Dallas had well in hand.
@@jab1289 the only requirement of fore filling "looking back at the ball" to is to actually look back at the ball. After that so long as the DB is making a play for the ball he becomes an intended receiver and is free to act a wide receiver.
@@Inquisitor6321 In 1996, Tory James was making a play for the ball way more than this (against the Jags in the playoffs) when he intercepted the ball, but was still called for interference. How was that interference, and this isn't?
@@jab1289 it doesn't matter who's making a play for it more. Since they are both looking for the ball and making a play for the ball they are BOTH eligible receivers and thus any contact is incidental so long as they are trying to make a play for the ball itself and that is what Roynell Young was doing. He was trying to catch the ball. As you are making an argument for defensive pass interference there is an equally valid argument for offensive pass interference. BASED on your standards here.
To talk about Dallas' dominance over Eagles in prior years means nothing. The Eagles were horrible all those years prior. So Cowboy dominance at Texas goes out the window. I can remember 1977 Eagles got screwed on a phantom pass interference call by DB Richard Blackmore that cost Eagles the game so it happens all the time.
You are talking about pass interference. Dallas got the benefits of the no call interference in the hail mary game. So I don't think it changed history.
No, the DB cannot touch the receiver until the ball is touched by the receiver. The DB cannot grab the receiver prior to the ball arriving. If the ball is between them, then the DB can go for the ball as can the receiver. But neither can just grab the other prior to the ball arriving.
@@christophergraves6725 The DB is entitled to make a play on the ball and that's all that happened here. To suggest this call changed history - say like the Immaculate Reception - is just BS click bait.
@@dallasmcquarrie1937 The DB cannot significantly touch the receiver once the ball is in the air. Here he has his left arm on Hill obstructing Hill's ability to catch the ball. That's interference. From what I could see Pearson was interfered with just before this missed call. Perhaps, the referee did not see the DB's arm on Hill or the play happened so fast, he wasn't able to discern in the moment if the ball had arrived before or after the DB hit Hill. I agree that it was a close call.
@@christophergraves6725 The DB has the same rights as the receiver in attempting to catch the ball. What neither can do is contact the other to prevent or hinder the other from making the catch. The DB was clearly on a track to the ball, as he is entitled to be, and he made his play on the ball. Had the DB simply knocked the receiver down or grabbed his arm,that would be interference, as would the receiver pushing off the defender - but that's not the issue here. DB was making a legit play on the ball. Any foul on this play is in the eye of the viewer, not ont he field of play.
@@dallasmcquarrie1937 The DB clearly made significant contact with Hill before the ball arrived. Just look at it. That was interference. He cannot try to knock the ball down or make contact to prevent a catch before the ball arrives or the ball is touched.
I think this is a stretch...what if, what if, what if... there were still 9 games left in the season...what if dallas could have won another game and finished 13-3? Also, how about the Drew Pearson push-off no call in the 75 playoffs...now there's a season changing play! I've seen Dallas get the benefit of some calls over the years, so no sympathy here.
@@christophergraves6725 Both the side-judge and back-judge could have thrown a flag but didn't. The game is football. The defensive player saw the ball and made a play on the ball. The defensive player has as much right to the football as the receiver. This is something that a lot of people don't understand about the game.
@@deepcosmiclove No, when he ball is in the air, the DB cannot touch the receiver before the ball arrives. He did here trying to prevent Hill from making the catch. That is interference.
Well, my Cowboys did get revenge in 92 when they beat the Eagles in Dallas twice during the regular season and in the Divisional playoff and the Cowboys rolled to Super Bowl 27 and dismantle the Buffalo Bills
This is your typically delusional, patently ridiculous Cryboy fan's perspective at work. What the hell did the 1980 and 1992 teams have to do with each other? I'll tell you -- NADA, as in, NOT A DAMNED THING.
In a ticky-tacky world, DPI could have been called. With the defender at least looking like he's looking for the ball, and with the game on the line, the officials will typically let the players decide the game. I agree with the no call.
@Gary Robinson Exactly. The NFL was cheating for them around 1979-80. The year before, the refs made a weak call against the Steelers on an onside kick that gave the Eagles the game, and they screwed the Bears royally in the WC game.
INSTANT REPLAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, REFS BLEW MANY CALLS THAT COST BALLGAMES, THEY NEED HELP, THEN AND NOW, GET AWAY WITH TOO MANY TERRIBLE CALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Philly got smoked in the super bowl! I'm a cowboys fan but they took it to us in the playoffs not sure that it being Dallas made a difference and the raiders got hot and would have beaten anybody that day in the super bowl. They were obviously playing tight coverage the whole game because they did the same thing on first down. The loss to the 49ers hurt worse because I thought the cowboys were the better team but they made the perfect play to win that one.
Meh...little too much on your what if's. Landry was a great coach but didn't win all those Super Bowls. That 1980 Raiders team was going to beat anybody they played in SB15.
Aside from the Rams/Saints NFC Championship, what's the worst no-call you've ever seen?
1994 NFC Championship game Deion was clearly holding Irvin's arms down while the ball was in the air
1979 Bears vs Eagles, or the Tribune editorial; "Bears vs Zebras"
1981 NFC Championship. There was blatant holding on Dallas TE Dough Cosbie in the endzone on third down. The Cowboys had to settle for a field goal when they should have had first down on the 1. The almost certainly would have gotten a TD under those circumstances. They were hozed out of 4 points. If that call had been correct, the Montana to Clark "catch", if it still happened, would not have been enough to take the lead. They would have still needed to recover an onsides kick to even have a tiny shot at a victory. The Cowboys, who I still think were the better team at that point, would have advanced to the Super Bowl to play the Bengals.
These things happen because the nfl is rigged!
I'll nominate two.
1.) 1998 Packers 49'ers WC playoff. On the final drive, Jerry Rice fumbles and GB recovers, but he's ruled down first and SF maintains possession. The 49'ers eventually score the GW touchdown in the final seconds known as "The Catch II".
2.) 1990 NFC Championship. On the final drive of the game, a Giants WR makes a wide open sideline catch for about 15 yards (Mark Ingram?). Replays showed he was open because he pushed off the SF defender causing him to fall down. It should've been offensive pass interference, and a swing backwards of about thirty yards total. No way the Giants would've made that difference up in time to still kick the GW field goal that sends them to SB XXV.
Similar call went against my Oilers in the '79 AFC Championship game vs the Steelers. Mike Renfro caught the ball while falling out of bounds, was called incomplete when it was clearly in when watching the replay.
RG, yes, that was a horrendous call. It wasn't interference, but the refs for some reason did not see the play clearly and so made the wrong guess as to what had happened. I don't know if they have ever been asked what their thinking was. I doubt they would give an honest answer, but someone might. It changed the course of the game.
Very true!
Like hell, the officials' blown call on Mike Renfro's touchdown "changed the course of the game"! The Oilers still kicked a field goal to end that possession and narrow their deficit to FOUR POINTS, EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. In other words, they were still very much alive and still a threat to the Steelers, until their (Houston's) mistakes caught up with them. After the Steelers extended their lead to seven points again (20-13), with a field goal, the Oilers responded with another drive and then promptly fumbled the ball away at midfield. The Steelers took over and ran out the clock (punctuated by a Rocky Bleier touchdown run, to close out the game).
This when I first began to suspect that gambling had it's filthy hands on the outcomes of games. That Houston call was unreal.
broke my adolescent heart
Great video. I remember this like it was yesterday. I was in 6th grade and remember my math teacher ranting about the no call at the start of class. So many missed Super Bowl opportunities in 80,81 and 82.
I think there were a few "no calls" that were more important than this one, though I agree this was a huge game at the time. But the 1979 AFC championship Oilers-Steelers endzone wrong call and the 2019 NFC Championship (Saints-Rams) no call were actual calls that changed who went to the Super Bowl (obviously) so the stakes were higher.
1979 didn't change who went. Should have been a touchdown but wouldn't have given Houston the lead.
The most infamous non-call I know of was in Super Bowl 26 -- the one that had coach Marv Levy screaming repeatedly at the official "You've been bought!" as the first half ended. And Levy was probably right.
1994 NFC championship Cowboys-49ers missed pass interference as well.
I'm a Cowboys fan and I agree with your video. But they lost to a bad Giants team in November that is inexcusable.
That was THE upset of the season. A Giants offense that was dead last in the league hung 38 points on Doomsday.
But, Phil SImms has always been a terrific quarterback, and it was at Giants. NFC East teams always play each other tough, no matter the record.
I was 6 when this play occurred. SB XV was the first time I was allowed to "stay up late" because the Eagles were in the Super Bowl, which is the first time I remember caring if a Philly team won or lost. That means that this play may very well be the seed that grew into a lifetime of disappointment by Philly teams - but the 2008 Phillies and SB LII made it all worth it!
I remember watching this game. It was definitely pass interference...no guarantee of anything except the Cowboys should have had 1st and Goal at the 1. Unfortunately as we would find out later on on several occasions, officials calls can greatly alter the outcome of a game.
This was the first football game I ever attended. As a 6 year old. I only remember Billy Campfield. Hahahah.
I've been a Cowboys fan since forever. At full speed I can see why the ref may have thought it was roughly the same time. I'm more upset with Danny White underthrowing the ball.
That ref was probably intimidated by that infamous Philly mob at the Vet.
You need to do an analysis on the '79 playoffs between the Bears & Eagles as well
Horrible no call! Ref's should have been fired
If I remember correctly, if Dallas would have won the second game at Texas Stadium by more 21 points they would have been the divisional winners. That was why the Cowboys ran up the score early on in that game but eventually couldn't hold that significant lead in the fourth quarter which gave the Eagles home field advantage through out the playoffs.
It obviously didn't to the Beagles any good in the SB, huh. They got waxed.
@@rjhyden If I remeber right, Dallas had to win by 25, and they led 35-10 at one point, but the Philly came back to narrow the score.
@@simplefan8301 That is correct. I watched that game and was fuming that Dallas had gone up by 25 in the 4th Qtr. (Being a lifelong Skins fan, the hatred for anything Dallas was only natural) The Eagles showed a lot of character storming back with 17 pts in the 4th to win the division. Another thing about that game was that it ended Harold Carmichael's NFL record streak of having at least one reception in a game at 127. He was actually knocked out of the game by a cheap sideline shot, that if IIRC, the Cowboys got away with. (The officials were total major league whores for the Cowboys back in those days)
As bad as that call was, Dallas did not help themselves when they lost a few weeks later to the 1-8 Giants
They also didn't help themselves in the season finale. Dallas could have still won the division on a point differential tiebreaker had they beaten the Eagles by at least 25 points, and they had exactly that margin when they led 35-10 early in the fourth quarter. Had the Cowboys maintained or increased that lead, the division title would have been theirs. Instead, the Eagles scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to seal the division and home field for themselves.
You'll never see a video about that, though. lol
@@Bruce12867 that giants loss was the reason why that point differential tiebreaker was a thing
Was 1980 first and only year it came down to point differential?
It was a bang bang play. Tough call to make in Philadelphia.
I remember this a bit differently. I think Dallas could have won the division by score differential in week 16 if they blew out Philly by like 4Tds or some such. The eagles rested a lot of their studs and made up a lot of points to win the division.
I m a cowboy fan, but I remember watching Philly throughout that year and they were the better team.
Just wait 28 years, the 2019 NFC Championship Game is going to blow your mind.
Touche!
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Oh well. Karma can be a bitch, considering the Cowboys receivers were notorious for pushing off defenders back then. Need I remind you about Drew Pearson in 1975?
This is a bang bang play in real time. I just don't see it as some giant blown call.
Not bang bang. A referee has to get that right. The Cowboys got screwed.
@@DannyKaffee Not in slow mo. In real time it's bang bang, IMHO.
@@DannyKaffee Delusional Cowboys fans!
@@ccjjpp1966 Delusional Cowboys fan....Redundant 🤣
Nine times out of ten, you're not getting that interference call on the final play of the game.
I know, but see I am from the school that if it's a penalty, call it.
Nope. No way do you throw a flag there.
Don't forget the story of the 1980 championship game which was the heated seats that the Eagles used. Still remember how that was the talk of the game.
This is how I can tell you're a Cowboy fan. #1, that was borderline interference and #2, all the calls the Cowboys got over the years you shouldn't have anything to say. For instance, the phantom offensive pass interference call on Roy Green in week 11 in 1984 that negating a tying TD or the blatant non call @ Arizona in week 11 in 1998 that screwed the Cards out of a 28 point comeback. Believe me, the Cowboys need to be the last team to complain about calls.
You sound like an absolute moron. Pay more attention to the video and uploader before making such a stupid accusation. Why in the hell would you think that someone called OfficialJaguarGator9 is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys? This guy has spent nearly two years uploading historical NFL content based around every team and star player you could possibly name. Just because someone uploads a video on UA-cam.com criticizing a no-call in a Dallas Cowboys game doesn't mean that they're a Dallas Cowboys fan. Get off your high horse. Every team in NFL and AFL history has had call goes their way that shouldn't have, not just the Dallas Cowboys. Missed calls are part of every single game. The only reason this video exists is because it not only changed the course of a game, but an entire season, and in turn a dynasty. The uploader even said that they don't blame the refs, and that there isn't anyway of knowing what would have happened if the Cowboys got the penalty. Also, your claim that it was "borderline interference" is absolutely laughable, but hey, stay a salty Cowboys hater.
@@RawwkinGrimmie64 boy, you gutless keyboard kommandos are out in force today.
Pot, kettle, black……moron
Wah wah. Look successful teams will have calls go their way more often. Maybe if Bidwell wasnt a crappy owner the Cards could've experienced that kind of success. Or maybe not. This is the Cardinals we're talking about. The country didn't give a damn about them in Chicago. Then didn't give a damn about them in St. Louis and, to this day, doesn't give a damn about them in Arizona. An historically uninspired franchise. Dallas on the other hand...
Oh and why are you bitching about that game in '98? Last I checked the Cards and that stupid little Quarterback they had that year upset the Cowboys in the Wild Card game. I should know I was at Texas Stadium that day. Embarrassing to say the least.
You can do this for any missed call. And since this one involved my Eagles beating Dallas I love it.
Awesome observation
great video.
In the Pittsburgh game I can remember it was the 4th Quarter and Franco Harris fumbled the ball right before he went over the goal line and the Eagles recovered it and went on to win.
Glad I didn't see this game. I was a Cowboy fan back then and I would have been griping for the next 20 years. Saints fans know what I'm talking about!
The Cowboys had a chance to win the division, later in the season, as Philly lost 3 of their last 4. In week 15, Dallas had an opportunity to take the lead in the division, when the Eagles lost on Sunday and the Cowboys was due to play on Monday Night Football. However, Dallas was blown out by the Rams, causing Dallas to enter week 16 at 11-4, instead of 12-3. Had Dallas won at LA, and then beat the Eagles at home, they would have finished at 13-3; one game ahead of the Eagles.
Have you made a video yet on the similar situation of the Cowboy/49er NFC Title game during the '94 season? Sanders had a blatant pass interference against Irvin that wasn't called and it completely killed the Cowboy momentum of a great (possible) comeback (and a chance at 3-peating as Super Bowl Champs).
Dead-on right about that....that game was absolutely starting to turn for the Cowboys and that would've been a HUGE play to solidify the momentum, but the Ref was gutless ! Could've gone down as the greatest game ever played
Yeah that was interference
Great video, i love it
This happens multiple times in every game. Lol!
To quote the late, great Don Meredith, "If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas."
6:45 There was body contact, but it looks like he was going for the ball, so I would say incidental contact. If he was looking the the receiver instead of looking up at the ball, then maybe. Also the official was right in front of the receiver and could not see when the body contact was made.
You can't play through a guy and say, "I was going for the ball".
@@scott5678 I think the 2 main points are the referee was in front of the receiver and the db was looking up instead of at the receiver
@@seanogrady2629 dude you must be a eagles fan cause his arm is across the wr arms. thats not playing the ball.
I hate when receivers are unable to get open and then beg for pass interference from contact, because they couldn't get get open. It was a good non call. The intent of pass interference is not to PUNISH DBs because of blanket coverage. He was going for the ball. If the players were flipped it would have been a non call. I would tell the receiver "GET OPEN" better.
I remember Tom Brookshier showing his Eagles bias by barely alluding to Roynell Young making contact with Tony Hill before the ball arrived. As a Cowboys fan, that loss in the NFC Championship Game brought the season to a bitter end. To continue the aftermath portion, fast forward to 1981, the first Cowboys-Eagles matchup was November 1 in Philadelphia. The Cowboys rallied from a 14-3 deficit at the end of the third quarter to win 17-14. It still ranks as the most satisfying regular season victory for me as a fan. The Cowboys clinched the NFC East title with a win over the Eagles in Dallas in December. Then, the third-place Giants beat the second-place Eagles in Philadelphia in the Wild Card Game.
It would be worth a JG9 video to cover that wild card game. The Giants, again dead last in offense, playing the #1 defense in the Eagles and Giants jumped out to 20-0 lead before the Eagles had even gotten a first down. Mainly thanks to horrific special teams play.
@@NosferatusCoffin LT's first year. I don't think anybody really figured out how to completely handle him for a whole game, but in '81, nobody had seen anything like him before; even by the end of the season some teams were still trying to block him with just a RB or TE, like any other OLB, which usually ended up badly for them.
Even if the call did stand, it would've ended up tie, and there was no guarantee who would've won. Let's say the cowboy did pull out the win (very doubtful) they still would've got their asses kicked in the NFC title game, even if it was in Dallas!
When I saw the title of this video, I thought it was referring to the 1980 NFC Championship game between the teams, also played at the Vet and also plagued by a non-pass interference call on the Eagles on Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson.
Considering that Drew Pearson got away with pushing off in 1975, karma, baby!
There are blown calls in every single game
Don't cry for me, Argentina. After all the times the Cowboys have gotten the benefit of the doubt (just ask Lions fans about DPI), you post a video about a 41 year old play?
Detroit, the worst football team and shit hole of a city in the World. I would rather live in Mogadishu.
How many SBs have they been in now?
The greatest Eagles uniforms.
Going into the week 16 matchup the Eagles were 12 3 Dallas 12 4 . Dallas not only needed to win but win by 25 points to win the division. The Cowboys had a 35 10 lead in the fourth quarter and technically lead the division. The Eagles scored 17 points from that point on losing 35 27 but winning the NFC East
*11-4
Yeah, the video mentions this but kind of underplays it. Dallas had the division title in their hands going into the 4th Q of that game, they just had to stop the Eagles, or score just as many points as the Eagles did. I think psychologically Philly went in a little flat, figuring there was no way they'd fall behind by 25...then when Dallas hit that number, the tables were turned, and the Eagles woke up realizing they actually could lose the division, while the Cowboys exhaled a bit after finally achieving their needed 25 point lead.
@@TomG1555 why would the points matter though?
No. Dallas leading 35-10 in the last game then letting the Eagles score 17 points in the 4th quarter to give them the East is what blew it for the Cowboys
It's tough to beat a good team by three scores.
Make a video about how if Dallas had not stormed back & beat Atlanta in the playoffs that year the Falcons would have hosted the Eagles for the NFC championship the next week...at that time Atlanta owned the Eagles at home & probably would have won again & went to their 1st SB
the 1980 Falcons were a small blip between decades of dominance between the Los Angeles Rams and SF 49ers.
Yes and they could have choked much sooner in the SB than they did later.
Yeah? Probably???
@@rjhyden ATL gonna ATL
I remember Charlie Waters saying that the Cowboys thought that the Falcons were the best team in the league that year. Give White a ton of credit. That was first "big" comeback game and helped put some Staubach ghosts to rest.
Starting in the 1970s and continuing into the 1990s, "America's Team" enjoyed favorable calls on a WEEKLY basis. But of course, Cowboy fans don't remember that. Just the ONE call that they're still whinging about 40 YEARS later.
In the 70s, the most fortunate team from blown calls and just pure luck was the Steelers. They had some great teams, but always seemed to come out on the winning side of controversy.
Three things. First, the call. I'm a "let them play" guy, but I think that Young was a touch early with the arm bar. He was beaten to the outside so he just came in early instead of going for the ball. I was twenty at the time, a Redskins fan, but don't remember this ending. Second, you're graphic about film speed mentions 40 percent reduction, fine, but the mention of NBC is inaccurate. This was a CBS game with the first great announcing team of Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshire. Third, you mention it was a good day for Philadelphia sports. It was a good year! One that hasn't been matched. All four major sports teams made their respective finals in 1980. The Sixers were first, but they lost to rookie Magic Johnson and the Lakers, then the Flyers lost to the N.Y. Islanders in the Stanley Cup, the Phillies won their first World Series over the K.C. Royals after 80 years of existence, and finally the Eagles were in the Super Bowl but were underwhelming in their loss to the Oakland Raiders. There were hostages in Iran and John Lennon was still alive. It was a long time ago.
That’s close enough to constitute a no call in that situation and I’m a Cowboys fan. That happens all the time. Can’t always be perfect.
I agree. While this should have been called for PI, you can at least make something of an argument that the defender was playing the ball. I wont say it's a good argument, but it could be argued.
I blame the officials
Don't forget the missed pass interference in the 2004-05 AFC Championship!
The truth here is that it was a terrible call. And the ramification ultimately was Dallas had to play the extra wildcard game vs LA, then travel to Atlanta where they played an emotional game, then travel to very cold, windy cold and freezing cold Philly on a second short week of back to back travel. Dallas looked tired and slow in the NFC championship to a very good Eagle team. That call was huge.
Let the players decide the final play of the game.
LOL! Debatable call. That play is nothing compared to some of so many other blown calls by the refs.
Another detail: the Eagles got to host the championship game because Dallas was their opponent. The Cowboys engineered a furious late 4th quarter rally to win in Atlanta in the Divisional round 30-27. Had the Falcons held on, the Eagles would have had to travel down to Atlanta for the conference title game. Both Philly and Atlanta had identical 12-4 records but the Falcons beat them *in Philadelphia* 20-17 in Week 14.
Hate to say it as an Eagles fan, but the Falcons probably win that game if its down in Atlanta. The Eagles had lost in the divisional playoffs in '78 @ Atlanta (+ @ Tampa in '79, so there were questions about how well the Eagles would do playing away in the playoffs), there probably wouldn't have been quite the emotional peaks that playing Dallas evoked for Philly, and the weather would have been not quite as much of a factor.
...and this might be off topic but, it speaks volumes in Philly's sudden rise to the top. That wasn't a "miracle" in the Meadowlands. Larry Csonka refused the handoff, and clearly stated it in the press the following day.
the miracle was not in the super bowl year, that was the year they lost to the falcons in the wild card game 1978
Cy Yost he never said it was.
Dick Vermiel is what changed the Eagles
Not sure if Dallas would have won, but a tie in this game would have given them the division and the #1 seed. Philly (11-4-1) would have hosted the Rams, in the Wildcard, and then faced the #2 seed Atlanta (12-4), while Dallas (12-3-1) would have hosted Minnesota (9-7).
IF the two teams had won, then Dallas would have hosted Philly in the NFC Championship.
The fact that Dallas didn't get at least a tie in this game was the difference between fourth and first at the end of the season.
It was obvious pass interference but being a fade pattern if Hill had jumped sooner and went up for the ball rather than waiting on it, he might have caught it before Young reacted ... the officials let them play.
the first play looked like offensive pass interference.
If you think that call changed NFL history, what about the infamous tuck rule between the Patriots and Raiders?....That was one of the worst calls in NFL history....
Bang bang play, but it was definitely Pass Interference.
It should have been called.
Speaking as an Eagles fan, albeit one who was a tiny bit too young to remember this game (I started following the Eagles in 1981 as an 8/9 year old), that was pass interference by Roynell Young. But the thing that really killed the Cowboys was calling those two timeouts and not trying to run the clock down and/or conserve the timeouts if at all possible. I have no idea what Tom Landry and the rest of the Cowboys' offensive coaching staff were thinking there.
I'll also note that if even if pass interference was called and the Cowboys got the ball on the 1 yard line, they still might not have scored a touchdown, considering the Eagles kept Tony Dorsett in check during the game, the Cowboys only had one timeout, and the Cowboys may not have tried to throw on every play (considering this was 1980 and teams ran the ball A LOT more and weren't nearly as effective passing the ball back then compared to now). Also, even if the game went to overtime, the Eagles still could have won. This was a no-call that MIGHT have cost the Cowboys an opportunity to win the game but it isn't clear they would have won the game even if the correct call was made.
If Dallas would've hung on to that 35-10 lead in the 2nd game that would've won them the division too. The Cowboys defensive backfield that year was suspect, to say the least.
Riiigggghhht 1 call changed the entire season. Maybe if you played better it would not have come down to 1 call. Blaming the refs is the dumbest thing in sports.
There was point differential tie-breaker in the final reg season game that would have given the division to Dallas and at one time in that game Dallas had achieved that margin.
Not sure anyone commented about this but the last game of the season had Dallas won by enough points they win the division on the tie breaker and at one point that had enough to get the point differential breaker..The Eagles had to come back in the game to score enough points to get it back. Also Carmicheal's catch in a game streak was ended when he was knocked out of the game. In the Superbowl a bogus offensive interference call on Smith cost them the opening TD and possibly the game there(weird how teams that scored first won a lot in the Superbowl back then)
...yeah, but when you lose to a team by 17 points (SB XV), one of the few mercies is you don't have to second-guess about whether you'd have won if this play or that play had gone your way. Oakland was red-hot and the Eagles were flat that day; it happens.
The Eagles got their ass handed to them by the Raiders and they looked like a team in disarray in that game. The same thing happened to the Redskins in Super Bowl 18 against the Raiders. I feel that if the Cowboys would have won both those a games along with the game against the 49ers, the Cowboys would have won all three of those Super Bowl games. The Cowboys beat the Raiders, the Bengals, and the Dolphins in that three year span
Counterpoint would be that the Eagles also beat the Raiders in the '80 regular season (two weeks before Dallas' win), but the Oakland team by the time they played in the Super Bowl was riding a tremendous "hot streak" after winning three straight playoff games and would have been a tough matchup for any team.
@@TomG1555 it didn't matter, the Eagles laid an egg in The Super Bowl just like the Foreskins
@@noemartinez7521 Have to make it to the SB first in order to have a chance to win it. Dallas couldn't get past either Philly or Washington in any of those years, so...
@@noemartinez7521 The Eagles were tight in that game, the Raiders were relaxed.
Well they should if won then. But they didn't.
I can sum up this premise in two words: PURE CONJECTURE. How, exactly , does one assume the Cowboys winning this game would have guaranteed them a win in the season ending rematch? If one chooses to stick to that logic, what difference should home field advantage have made in the NFC Championship Game? If the Cowboys were decidedly better than the Eagles in 1980, it should not have mattered one bit where they played that day.
Also, where is it Gospel that Dallas would have beaten the Raiders, or Chargers, in Super Bowl XV, and how would a third Super Bowl win have done that much more to elevate Tom Landry above, say, Chuck Noll, in that nauseating discussion of "greatest ever head coach"?
I'm a HUGE eagles fan and hate the COWGIRLS so much even thwt looked liked pass interference to me.
I see that horrible Vet. Stadium turf.
They had the two-minute warning back then?
The Rams, Cowboys or Falcons would have probably beaten the Raiders in the Super Bowl. The Eagles were the best match up for the Raiders.
No interference. Not in 79. If he does not seat that ball, yes but because he did great non call
It was a bang bang play, dicey at best...
Your analysis seems very exaggerated and speculative. Even to this day, with the help of technology and television replay, in every NFL game there are pass interference plays that are not marked as well as other plays where interference flags are unfairly marked. Even if that interference would have been marked and Dallas would have remained at the Philadelphia 1-yard line, you cannot assure that they could have achieved the tying touchdown and that the Cowboys would have won the game. Nor can you be sure that even if Dallas had won the game, they would also have been divisional champions when Week 7 of the 1980 season was just passing. Stop making silly speculations IF this would have happened.
He literally said "Who knows if Dallas would actually score from the 1 yd line, or if they would win it in overtime, or stop Philly from driving down and scoring before it went to overtime." What video were you watching?
@@travissapienza4930 The same video that wouldn't exist without the "what if" bullshit.
How did they win the tiebreaker?
The 5th step: net points against division opponents, after head-to-head, division record, conference record and common opponents. Jaguar9Gator alluded to the 35-10 lead Dallas had - in the 4th quarter. Had that score held and ended up the final, the Cowboys would have snatched the East from the Eagles. They needed to win by at least 25 points to reach a tie in that 5fh step (of course an even larger margin would have won them the 5th tiebreaker). With a tie in the 5th step the 6th step was net points in all games, where you would include each teams' points scored minus points allowed in non-division games, which Dallas had well in hand.
That wasn't pass interference because Roynell Young was looking back at the direction of the ball and going for the ball.
He looked back a little, but he was riding the WR out of bounds. Clear interference.
@@jab1289 the only requirement of fore filling "looking back at the ball" to is to actually look back at the ball. After that so long as the DB is making a play for the ball he becomes an intended receiver and is free to act a wide receiver.
@@Inquisitor6321 In 1996, Tory James was making a play for the ball way more than this (against the Jags in the playoffs) when he intercepted the ball, but was still called for interference. How was that interference, and this isn't?
@@jab1289 it doesn't matter who's making a play for it more. Since they are both looking for the ball and making a play for the ball they are BOTH eligible receivers and thus any contact is incidental so long as they are trying to make a play for the ball itself and that is what Roynell Young was doing. He was trying to catch the ball.
As you are making an argument for defensive pass interference there is an equally valid argument for offensive pass interference. BASED on your standards here.
To talk about Dallas' dominance over Eagles in prior years means nothing. The Eagles were horrible all those years prior. So Cowboy dominance at Texas goes out the window. I can remember 1977 Eagles got screwed on a phantom pass interference call by DB Richard Blackmore that cost Eagles the game so it happens all the time.
Dick Vermeil really changed things around in for the Eagles.
That was no pass interference
You are talking about pass interference. Dallas got the benefits of the no call interference in the hail mary game. So I don't think it changed history.
No they didn’t, that wasn’t a push off and it did change history.
Bull 💩 Maybe by 2021 standards it’s interference but not by 1980 standards. No foul.
Looked like a fantastic call to me
That wasn't a blow call - the DB was making a play on the ball.
No, the DB cannot touch the receiver until the ball is touched by the receiver. The DB cannot grab the receiver prior to the ball arriving. If the ball is between them, then the DB can go for the ball as can the receiver. But neither can just grab the other prior to the ball arriving.
@@christophergraves6725 The DB is entitled to make a play on the ball and that's all that happened here. To suggest this call changed history - say like the Immaculate Reception - is just BS click bait.
@@dallasmcquarrie1937 The DB cannot significantly touch the receiver once the ball is in the air. Here he has his left arm on Hill obstructing Hill's ability to catch the ball. That's interference. From what I could see Pearson was interfered with just before this missed call.
Perhaps, the referee did not see the DB's arm on Hill or the play happened so fast, he wasn't able to discern in the moment if the ball had arrived before or after the DB hit Hill. I agree that it was a close call.
@@christophergraves6725 The DB has the same rights as the receiver in attempting to catch the ball. What neither can do is contact the other to prevent or hinder the other from making the catch. The DB was clearly on a track to the ball, as he is entitled to be, and he made his play on the ball. Had the DB simply knocked the receiver down or grabbed his arm,that would be interference, as would the receiver pushing off the defender - but that's not the issue here. DB was making a legit play on the ball. Any foul on this play is in the eye of the viewer, not ont he field of play.
@@dallasmcquarrie1937 The DB clearly made significant contact with Hill before the ball arrived. Just look at it. That was interference. He cannot try to knock the ball down or make contact to prevent a catch before the ball arrives or the ball is touched.
I think this is a stretch...what if, what if, what if... there were still 9 games left in the season...what if dallas could have won another game and finished 13-3? Also, how about the Drew Pearson push-off no call in the 75 playoffs...now there's a season changing play! I've seen Dallas get the benefit of some calls over the years, so no sympathy here.
After watching the past decade of NFL football, I don't think that's a bad call.
At regular speed, it looked legal.
@@scottybbadd It was legal. Good D. The narrator doesn't understand football.
@@deepcosmiclove No. It was interference. The DB hit Hill before the ball got to them.
@@christophergraves6725 Both the side-judge and back-judge could have thrown a flag but didn't. The game is football. The defensive player saw the ball and made a play on the ball. The defensive player has as much right to the football as the receiver. This is something that a lot of people don't understand about the game.
@@deepcosmiclove No, when he ball is in the air, the DB cannot touch the receiver before the ball arrives. He did here trying to prevent Hill from making the catch. That is interference.
Well, my Cowboys did get revenge in 92 when they beat the Eagles in Dallas twice during the regular season and in the Divisional playoff and the Cowboys rolled to Super Bowl 27 and dismantle the Buffalo Bills
This is your typically delusional, patently ridiculous Cryboy fan's perspective at work. What the hell did the 1980 and 1992 teams have to do with each other? I'll tell you -- NADA, as in, NOT A DAMNED THING.
P. S. Drew "Boo-Hoo" Pearson pushed off on Nate Wright in Minnesota. Debate your goldfish.
Good no call. Let 'em play.
That's close. Not obvious. Grainy. Like Patterson footage.
Both players going for the ball....Hill with very little vertical leap ...great no call...I've seen millions worse...
without a ques that was PI
Not an interference call
In a ticky-tacky world, DPI could have been called. With the defender at least looking like he's looking for the ball, and with the game on the line, the officials will typically let the players decide the game. I agree with the no call.
Bad call but should not come down to one play.
The Eagles were destined by the NFL to be in the SB that year. They got a ton of calls that went their way.
Can you please provide a list of all of them for us to confirm.
@Gary Robinson Exactly. The NFL was cheating for them around 1979-80. The year before, the refs made a weak call against the Steelers on an onside kick that gave the Eagles the game, and they screwed the Bears royally in the WC game.
INSTANT REPLAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, REFS BLEW MANY CALLS THAT COST BALLGAMES, THEY NEED HELP, THEN AND NOW, GET AWAY WITH TOO MANY TERRIBLE CALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude your stoned nothing wrong with that play.basically a jump ball.this guy is obviously a cowboys fan.
Angry. Want revenge now.
and Philly got smoked in the super bowl! I'm a cowboys fan but they took it to us in the playoffs not sure that it being Dallas made a difference and the raiders got hot and would have beaten anybody that day in the super bowl. They were obviously playing tight coverage the whole game because they did the same thing on first down. The loss to the 49ers hurt worse because I thought the cowboys were the better team but they made the perfect play to win that one.
Looked like a clean play to me... 😏
Meh...little too much on your what if's. Landry was a great coach but didn't win all those Super Bowls. That 1980 Raiders team was going to beat anybody they played in SB15.
So they would've tied the game and still lost 55-60% of the time? Seems like there are more impactful bad calls every week.
the officials were more relaxed on pi calls back then today that would have certainly been a pi call but probably not back then
Uh that was marginal. Not clearly a blown call.
clickbait. "One call that changed the course of history." Ridiculous.