Staubach letting go of that pass to Pearson, with the Coliseum tunnel in the background, the sunlight at that time of day in LA, the epic NFL Films soundtrack. It's all so beautiful.
Considering that the Dallas Cowboys held Training Camp in Thousand Oaks during that time, Los Angeles was "A Home Away From Home" for them. Plus they were The Superior Team in the NFC in the 1970's.
The 1975 season demonstrated why Roger Staubach was the greatest Cowboy QB of all-time and one of the top 5 QB's in NFL history. The Cowboys were coming off an 8-6 season and the roster contained 12 rookies, yet Staubach proved he could carry a team that wasn't experienced and/or loaded with talent. Meredith, White, and Romo were never able to carry talented or underachieving teams to the Super Bowl, and Aikman quickly became a JAG when the Cowboys lost players to retirement and free agency. Staubach put together an outstanding regular season, but he took it to another level in the 1975 post-season. The Hail Mary game against the Vikings, an awesome performance against the Rams, and he was throwing potential game winning passes into the end zone in the final seconds of Super Bowl 10. It's important to note that Staubach is the only QB in NFL history to face 3 playoff opponents who ranked Number 1 (e.g., Vikings), Number 2 (e.g., Rams), and Number 4 (e.g., Steelers) in total defense.
The 1975 draft kept the Cowboy train rolling for few more years. I was 9 at the time and was just happy they made the playoffs after a disappointing 1974 season. Great 75 season season even losing to the Steelers in the SB didn't hit me that hard because the Cowboys shouldn't have even been there to begin with per everyone, but they played them down to the wire.
The Rams cruised through their 12-2 season as a potential NFC Super Bowl team. They gave up an NFL-low 135 points all season. The Cowboys were "rebuilding", gaining the wild card at 10-4, with 12 rookies playing huge parts, offensively and defensively. However, the Rams were no match for the Cowboys in either of the 2 games they played in 1975. The Cowboys dismantled the Rams offense in the season opener in Dallas, giving up only 11 first downs, and just 148 total yards, winning 18-7. In this NFC Championship game, the Rams had only 9 first downs, and just 118 total yards, losing this time, 37-7. Just 20 first downs, and 266 total yards in 2 games combined. On the flip side, Dallas pierced the Rams run defense, rushing for 197 yards in the opener, and 195 yards in this game. In 1975 at least, the Cowboys dominated the Rams, probably as bad as one team can to the other. In 1976 though, the Rams would get a little revenge, beating the Cowboys 14-12, in the NFC Divisional Round in Dallas.
Between this blow out and the one a few years later, the Cowboys have to hold the record for biggest back-to-back road blow outs in a conference title game.
1975 NFL Game Of The Week • Cowboys vs Rams
Randy Fast
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Here's one for all you Dallas Cowboys and/or Los Angeles Rams fans...