"The Rocket Comeback" (Cowboys vs. Redskins, 1999)
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I don't know why, but I really love late-90s-early 2000s NFL broadcasts. Wasn't so much crap all over the screen. Just the stuff we really needed to know.
@French Jesus um.. yeah. Sure.
French Jesus you’re a disappointment
@French Jesus C'MON MAN!
French Jesus It took you fucking 2 months to make that joke ffs
Yes,man,yes all the announcers were great, especially Madden & Summerall
Cowboys only road win in 1999 in an 8-8 season where they made the playoffs as the 5-seed & got trounced by 4-seed Minnesota (Wild Card, Tampa was the 2 as NFC Central division champions)
Washington won the NFC East, beat Detroit in the 3-6 matchup, lost in Tampa on a bobbled snap at the gun
Rams went from worst to Super Bowl champion by stopping the Titans a yard short of a touchdown
Michael Watts great description for 1999 (the last season of the 20th century before the new millennium)
Brennan McKinney It also the return of the Browns to the NFL.
It was the last season for Dan Marino as QB of the Dolphins
His last win: a 20-17 win at AFC West winner Seattle at the long destroyed Kingdome
His last game: The Jaguars - as the AFC 1-seed - curbstomping the Dolphins 62-7. It was over at the end of the first quarter
Jimmy Johnson went back to the Fox pre-game show
Peyton Manning made his first playoff appearance. The 2-seeded Colts were upset by the Titans - led by Eddie George, Steve McNair, & Jevon Kearse coming off the Music City Miracle pulled off by Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson.
Jacksonville was 14-2 that season. Their 2 losses were to the Titans. They lost the AFC Title to... the Titans
Rams & Titans played each other in Tennessee earlier in the year. The Rams came away with a 24-21 win. In the Super Bowl, the Rams jumped out to a 16-0, but George & McNair responded with 16 unanswered to tie the game up
Warren to Bruce at the 2 minute mark put the Rams up 7
McNair put together one hell of a drive including the scramble and a pass on the next to the last play
Final play, 7 yards to go for TD. McNair to Dyson on a slant in. Can he get in? No he cannot! Mike Jones made The Tackle.
Super Bowl XXXIV was one of two Super Bowls to feature zero turnovers (the other: XXV, Wide Right).
John Harris I haven’t seen a team score 60 points in forever the most it goes to is 59 lol last team to score 59 points was ravens last week against the dolphins 😂😂😂
Michael Watts: Good to know.Here's Chevy Chase with today's weather forecast.😉😉.
RIP Dan Turk
When fedex had fans in it 😭
Right 😁😁😁
Tough times, man. Stick with it, tho. Someday we'll be back in glory
First game under Dan Snyder's ownership. OOF
@French Jesus Don't do that. You make us look bad. Show some respect.
Skinsfan421 Aleast we showed glory, !
Michael Irvin was phenomenal he's definitely up there with the other greats like Rice, Owens, Moss, Carter, Harrison etc.
Wow… You’re really breaking news with that take… You’re saying that Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin is as good as other Hall of Fame wide receivers and in the same conversation with them? Hot take bro
Owens doesn't deserve to be called a great
I'd put him below Moss and Rice, above Harrison and about on par with TO.
@@honkhonkler7732
Harrison is definitely better than Irvin
This was the first game with Dan Snyder as the owner for the Redskins. Oh if only their fans knew back then...
Lol!!!!
You are correct.
LMAO
Knew what? That he's willing to spend any amount to better our team? Doe LA still even have a team?🤣🤣🤣
@@CleteSr As a Washington Fan I know that Dan Snyder is one of the worst owners in all of sports his decision making has been awful since her got to Washington you’re honestly the first person of ever seen take up for Snyder 😂😂
Remember when you actually had to pay attention to the first down markers. Ah memories.
Weird hearing Troy Aikman being mentioned as a part of a game on the field rather than hearing him in the booth on FOX.
The thing is, I find it weird to hear him in the booth and not on the field.
@@FatAmericanMantittys 😭😭😭😭😭. I'll pass you the mustard!!
How is that weird
Sorry that you were in diapers I wasn't
@@zillaman7674 i was not even born....
its not weird if you lived through it...too bad you didnt.. it was a great time to be a cowboys fan.. and this was after their dynasty.. they had just retooled on offense, as did the redskins.. and then it all basically fell apart because michael irvin had a career ending injury in philly a few games after this season opener..
Still gives me the chills today. My fav OT win! That touch pass from Aikman was a beauty! And that crowd noise!!!
I wonder how well the '99 Cowboys would've done if Michael Irvin hadn't suffered a career ending injury?
Unfortunately we'll never truly know. But It may not have ended much differently for them.
Badly
😬😬😬
Aikman got hurt during the season and Garrett started a couple of games. I know one of them was a home win against the Packers (Favre could never beat the Cowboys at Texas Stadium for some reason) and the other was a road loss to the “we suck again” Cardinals where Gailey botched the end game strategy. Seemed like a lot of road games were like that in 1999
Having Irvin would’ve made a difference in some of those road losses (1-7 on the road, only road win that season was the OT winner at Washington). The other factor: all those post-Jimmy drafts were catching up with them as well no viable replacements for players lost to injury (Novacek, Moose), old age (Bates), or free agency (Harper, Norton, Washington).
@@mjwatts1983 yeah even Aikman said he could see the quality of players declining rapidly after jimmy left
Champ Bailey's 1st NFL game.
War eagle but respect
Yup, and got torched
And choked a 21 point lead in the 4th
@@TheIceManDan23 secondary was still historic as far as collection of names goes
Dude how the hell was the defense in the bottom 20s with a secondary like that
What I learned this week: *Redskins apparently like to blow big leads*
FIRST EVER game under Dan Synder's ownership
I know right. Atleast this didnt happen with Joe Gibb's team, even if they were losing you can tell his team fought to the very end
Yep 😁😁
Skins give up two turnovers inside the ten, shoulda had 6-14 more points
And what was that onside kick bs the cowboys pulled.
I can't tell if the ball was recovered inbounds but the announcers seem to think it didn't go 10 yds. "But the Cowboys have it anyways"
Remember football before reviews?
They don't do that often but for some reason against the Cowboys it's like a mental block !!! They can be up 99 to 0 and Skins fans still won't celebrate until its final against The Cowboys
I remember watching this game and how incredible Dallas's come back was with a 35-14 deficit in the forth quarter! I also remember how NFL Prime Time did only about 10 seconds of highlights from this game! It was games like this one that they used to give great commentary on and bring out all the drama of the game combined with the highlights that made that show so great and sometimes better to watch then the games themselves! But those days are long gone and NFL Prime Time is only a shell of what it used to be.
And I here I thought Atlanta was he only one to blow a 4th quarter lead
That's because all nfl prime time cared about in 1999-2001 was the fastest show on Turf Rams...
@@andyzachow9903 *Greatest
So let me see if I have this right? They absolutely glossed over the best game of the week… But those were the days when they created all the great drama and NFL prime time is now a shell of itself? So which is it? Because if they literally glossed over the best game of the week how can you also be sucking their dick and say how much better they are than today? Oh right because that was the past and nostalgia tastes like fresh nut on my face.
Yes an now NFL Network often replays this game as one of the "NFL Classics". ESPN has always been anti Cowboy biased and pro-East Coast
If Jerry Jones wasn't such an egomaniac then Jimmy Johnson would have brought more than 3 super bowls guaranteed!!
Yeah, but dont act like Jimmy Johnson didnr have a massive ego too.
How did jimmy do in Miami?
At least 4 in a row!.....
Jimmy only Brought two Superbowls And Barry Switzer brought 1 Superbowl
@@robertnelsonjr4648
That was still the team that Jimmy put together Barry was just there for the ride!.....
For a game in 1999 it looks like a game that could’ve been on sunday
yeah sports don't change as much as trends do sometimes
The best days of football! Before targeting got over enforced
MICHAEL IRVIN WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD AT THIS POINT
I remember being so hyped for the Cowboys season after this game
My childhood.... Man time goes so fast.
Amen
I remember this Game, 1 of My Favorite Cowboy Game ever.
The comeback had more to do with Michael Irvin than Rocket Ismail.
plutoniumrocket Irvin’s last great game. I believe the following week he hurt his neck in philly
You right
Robert Johnson a month later but your point still stands
@@RobertJohnson-mn3br Yeah, it really hurt losing him. Not only a great talent, but brought so much passion and energy to the team. 99 was a major let down in so many levels. We should’ve finished with a better record and deeper into the playoffs. The offense had all the pieces at the outset.
One of my favorite games of all time. I remember being 14, watching this game in a Bay Area sports bar (only place I could watch Cowboy games at the time). I went from feeling so hopeless going into the 4th quarter to pure elation following the Rocket OT game-winner. From that moment, if a team was down three scores going into the 4th quarter, I always used this game as the barometer that the chance of a comeback is possible. Thank you NFL Throwback for posting this CLASSIC.
You were twice my age at the time.
@@finchborat And somehow I'd still be allowed to sit at a sports bar by by myself.
This was a pretty fun game. I remember NFL-N re-airing it a few times over the years.
That stadium never sells out!
49DRmc until Dan Snyder happened
Not last year
Even as a redskins fan, still a great game.
So true. I don't care who you root for you got to give it up to the Dallas Cowboys. Down big and still heart to come back and win it in OT.
LMAO
I liked what Turner was doing with the offense , Brad Johnson, Albert Connell, Stephen Alexander, Stephen Davis, and Westbrook. It was a shame their defensive coordinator sucked. The 99 redskins were actually very explosive. And Albert Connell was from Ft Lauderdale , where I live, and he went to Piper High School as a basketball and track star. He was blindingly fast. If Michael Westbrook would have ditched his attitude problems and stopped fighting other team members , like Stephen Davis, etc, they could have been a good team. And got a Ron Rivera type guy , etc coaching defense. Oh well, a long time ago now...
Was at this game! There was some sad puppy dogs when it was over. Go Boys!
YES SIR
Some? LMAO.. I was working for the team then and ALL of D.C. was pissed for a week!! Sadly that loss was an omen for what was to come in the playoffs against Tampa and the losing that's followed under Danny's reign EVERY year since
I love this rivalry it’s what makes sports great. Go Cowboys! Redskins I respect you guys way more than Philly/New York.
As a Skins fan I respect Dallas fans like you way more than Philly/Giants fans!
Huge 'Boys fan here. I remember watching this game from my freshman dorm at Maryland. Damn campus didn't have cable at the time, but Redskins were the home team market, so I had a choice to make. Go to some museum in D.C. for some project for my women's studies elective class, or watch the game ... Chose to watch my 'Boys and dropped the class on Monday. Great decision!
Great comeback. When Rocket caught that ball 15 yards behind everyone, I jumped up forgetting about a ceiling fan.🤣 Cost me a thumbnail but worth it.
The 1999 season was the last season to featured the triplets, Troy Aikman, Emmith Smith and Michael Irvin playing in the same game. Of course a lot of us remember Irvin having that career ending injury later in the season.
It was also the final year Aikman and Emmitt were in the playoffs.
Both teams fought like hell! The fans got their money's worth with this game!
"Troy aikman throws and its caught by micheal irvan". Those were the days.
Emmit smith too
Steohen davis was underrated ability wise also
“There’s Champ Bailey again, looks like he’s the real deal.” Oh yes, you would be correct :D
Yet the Redskins traded this shutdown corner for Clinton Portis, a quality running back but let's face it....you can always find a running back. It's rare to have a shut down corner. Portis only played 4 full seasons as a Redskin, had one Pro Bowl season and was out of football by the age of 30. Champ Bailey played 3 more seasons than Portis and had 8 Pro Bowl seasons with Denver. One of many stupid moves by the Redskins.
Gerry Peet I never understood why they traded a shutdown corner for a running back
I almost forgot he was in Washington with all of his success in Denver. Just another reason Washington sucks so bad
@@gerrypeet4861 Yep, like getting rid of Cousins and making Haskins the starter when he wasn't ready
@@JCxBEASTx66 Reminds me of that dumb trade the Texans did this year by trading their elite #1 receiver (Hopkins) to the Cardinals for a declining injury prone rb (Johnson)
I remember being a young 7th grader excited about starting football and me and my pops watching this game at home and how excited we were with the Ismail game winner at the end!
Amazing how Ismail is just sprinting down the field with his head looking at the end zone and then suddenly he turns his head back and the ball falls into his hands. Aikman was so good at timing the receivers knew the exact moment to look for the ball. Irvin often talks about Aikman's timing and pinpoint accuracy that would hit Irvin in the hands as he turns on his break. Aikman throws the ball before Irvin is even turning. That said, you forget just how good Irvin was until you see him playing. The guy was so good that even against Green and Bailey he would work until he found a weakness and then he'd exploit it. You make keep him out of the game for a while, but in most cases, by the end of the game, he's figured out a way to beat you.
I remember this game. I was in 4th That next monday at school, we had to write a review of our entire weekend... Well i wrote an entire In-depth analysis of the game ESPECIALLY the 2nd half/OT.
Just a YOUNG CHILD FALLING IN LOVE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL GAME!
One of the best...if not THE BEST game in the history of the rivalry. I couldn't believe this game as a 5 year old. Legendary game
Better than the '82 NFC title game? No way
@@ethanspencer152 I wasn't around for that one my man
@@charlesconner9044 ok.. RFK Stadium farewell in '96?
@@ethanspencer152 I do remember that one. Them leaving RKF was a big deal. All the Redskins legends riding on carts parading the field and the Redskins slapping the Cowboys. They started out hot and fizzled late in the season
Definitely one of the sharpest videos of the ‘90s-era Cowboys, with the Triplets all still together (till Philly….ugh, turns my stomach just to think about it).
Fuk Philly.. I hate that team
I remember that like it was yesterday! I was jumping up n down justa hollering!
I'm going to Miss watching these rivalry games with my homie Isaac Ike Willie Wilson ,we would call each other back to back when our team scored each other's team ,he was a Redskins fan ,R.I.P. Ike Willie
This was a great game. I remember my family being over to watch it. Probably my favorite game of all time. Well except for Superbowl XXX.
Troy Aikman Will forever be the 🐐...
Today is my Bday Thank you NFL Throwback Channel This Was a True Gift Go Cowboys
Cowboys suck
you cant be talking redskins suck wayyyyyy more
We need some "MOOSE" highlights. Emmitt's blocking power
big facts Darryl Johnson might not have put up Mike Alstott numbers but Moose is so invaluable to that cowboys team
I love watching these old games that I dont remember.
Nice upload! The "Rivalry" was seriously big back then, every single player and fans gave each other he'll!!!
This reminds me of the 1983 MNF opener at RFK between the Cowboys and Redskins. Hopefully one day that game will be posted. I had never seen the Cowboys look go bad, but they won 31-30.
Just watching the best duo at Corner Back with Green & Bailey. My oh my how the Redskins squandered their opportunities.
Green was at the end of his career (and STILL a beast), and Champ was just getting started. 2 HOFers.
As a 13 year old little girl watching this game, you can only imagine how hurt I was when we lost this one
How is this a Rocket comeback? Irvin tied the game with 2 4th quarter touchdown passes from Aikman...that's where the comeback occurred....
This is the first NFL game I ever watched
I liked Washington's corners that year, an old Darrell Green and a super young Champ Bailey playing together
Best Skins team since 91. We got "Turked" in the first game we played (this one) and the last game we played (NFC Divisional Playoff vs TB).
Ur right
The Cowboys are my favorite NFL team. Been my team for 25plus years
This is just one of greatest games ever played. Great players and coaching and enthusiasm on both sides. Classic rivalry game.
Jeez Aikman had elite arm talent when he had to throw it. Great placement, touch and release.
Different qb numbers backthen romo aint better
He made some great throws on the run too. Evading pressure.
@@erocs9747 JIMMY JOHNSON COACHED MARINO JIMMY SAID TROY WAS BETTER DALLAS RAN THE BALL TO END ZONE INSTEAD OF DINK TD PASSES TROY SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST QBS EVER HE JUST HAD A NARROW WINDOW OF GREATNESS THOU DUE TO INJURIES AND BAD OL EARLY ON AND THEN AT THE END HE WAS DRAFTED NUMBER ONE FOR A GOOD REASON THE METRICS ON HIM WERE NEAR PERFECT
I was 18 years old for this game and remember it vividly. Damn where are the years going? It was nice to see the pokes prevail in a place that has been a house of horrors for them, see last year. Some strange shit happens when these 2 teams get together, particularly in Washington.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. Rocket caught that pass in ot and I couldn't stop celebrating.
I was in twentynine palms California active duty in the Marine Corps in the beer garden watching this on TV and I went f****** crazy Go Cowboys !
I miss how they used to air it out back then. Now it's micromanaged down to a science and you just don't see battles like this anymore. The end of an era.
I here people say it's all "safety first." Yet the concussion keep showing up.
I took this Sunday off, was union so Sunday was double time, but Opening Day Cowboys vs Redskins wasnt going to be missed!! At 35-14 was dreading work on Monday, not only the loss ( Cowboy fan in DC), but turning down x2 pay to watch, I was never going to hear the end of it! Thank God Aikman, Smith and Irvin w/ Rocket added another page to Cowboy comeback stories and I didnt have to endure relentless shit talkin!! DC4L!!!!
Was this a home game for the boys man we always travel well even back in the day!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite Cowboys moments of all time!!!
I remember this epic choke job by the Redskins first game of the 1999 season
11:04 ... 20:53
I know this was awfully painful for Washington fans. But as a Cowboy fan I've felt this so many times myself as my beloved Boys fall apart on big leads.
Still feels good seeing this footage again though. Go Cowboys!!!
2:55 Lol classic Irvin.
New to your CZcams acct (found through some friends on trying to find older NFL content) and I love what you've posted!!
Thank YOU!!
Welcome!!!!
@@NFLVault Question: Do you have Chargers vs Titans 07-08 when Chargers came back and won in overtime??
those 2 turnovers in the red zone really killed the Skins
Once Michael Irvin got hurt that year it was basically over yes they made the playoffs but Aikman was also hurt that year. The Cowboys had a lot of fire power that year but they were getting old at that time. I think they could have been a lot better without those key injuries........Either way this was the beginning of the real decline of the Cowboys heading into the early 2000’s until Parcells became head coach.
If they could’ve stayed healthy, I think they could’ve gone deeper into the playoffs for sure. Watching this game, it seems like all the pieces were there. They had weapons on offense, Troy was playing lights out, they had a solid number two back, and outgunned a good Redskin team on the road.
Loved the Rocket...looked great with that blue star on his helmet.
Underrated Skins team
3 future hall of famers? Absolutely!
Alonzo spellman was crazy....
this was an epic skins choke-- but the NFC EAST - from about 1980 thru mid 90s, were out and out Gladiator Wars every sunday. Skins,3SBs Giants 2 w/ LT, Eagles and Cummingham, Cowboys always good. Legendary time, and the best 4 team division ever for a time...
Brad Johnson made some great throws
Troy rollout as a pocket passer is pure perfection 🥰 look at him go Dak's scrambling ain't even that exciting
One of the first football games I've ever saw. How time flies.
I watched this game back in 99' great comeback but the Cowboys were never the same after 1995. Anyway i got to see my favorite team win three Super Bowls.
imagine having champ on one side and Darrell green on the other side ...jeeez .... #httr
that was an amazing game all that talent on both teams, absolutely amazing, hell the Skins even had our old OC, but the better team still won, HOW `BOUT THEM COYBOYS
This was such a good game. Lots of good players on the field here at this time. This was the best redskins team since 1991 and still to this day.
Classic game thanks for the game
That damn OT Aikman to Rocket Ismail play still haunts me. I'll never forget nor forgive this game.
LMAO
I think players should still wear those huge pads. They had to have kept you safer
I always used to think the jerseys got smaller but it's really the pads have shrunk
Thank's a lot Matt Turk.😤
This game felt like i was watching a modern day nfl game
Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This was right after Little Danny bought the team and was one of the last games I ever watched of theirs. It was the beginning of the end of the Redskins.
Back when FedEx Field was only 2 years old and the best players of both teams are now retired or in the hall of fame.
Smashmouth era
7:45 - Dick Stockton with a great take!
Takes me back to good ol throwback football
even though I've a cowboys fan since I was 6, I used to watch Brian Mitchell's highlights a lot
Yo. I've seen you on iMAV3RIQ's videos haha.
@@LukeR.5117 Lol mos def what's up bro
@@GrantYT18 Glad it's football season again. I'm not a Cowboys fan, but I think they have a good season ahead of them.
@@LukeR.5117 yeah I'm glad too it's a great distraction from life's pains and sorrows which is one heck of an irony because football is physically, mentally and emotionally painful and my cowboys have caused me a lot of sorrow anyway what is your your team if you have one? if you don't it's totally cool to just be fan of the sport
@@GrantYT18 Sorry, I forgot to write a reply much earlier. Yeah, the Cowboys look like the best team in the NFC right now. They're always entertaining, that's for sure. Too bad people dislike them.
My team is actually the Patriots, another hated team. I don't consider myself a bandwagoner, though, even though I'm not from the New England area. I began rooting for them when I was 8 back in the 2000s, because I admired the way they played and how they carried themselves.
So far the NFL landscape is looking favorable for both of those teams. I won't be surprised if they meet in the Super Bowl--it would shatter ratings records, I bet.
Best channel on CZcams!
"ONE FOR THE AGES"!! 😂👍 Love them cowboys!!
Happened to see this on my homepage. The 1999 Redskins was one of my favorites. Brad Johnson was a great pickup via trade. Michael Westbrook and Albert Connell had 1K yards apiece. Stephen Davis had 1405 YDS with 17 TDS in first year, as a starter. Champ had a great rookie campaign. Needless to say, we won a playoff game.
What a classic. I remember watching this at Blondies here in NY a UWS bar.
I had never seen the field goal attempt at the end of the fourth quarter before, and seeing that little desperation flip pass made me howl!
Here on March 2020 this was an exciting and fun game to watch - and glad my cowboys won.
Classic game in the butefule 90s 💔
The cowboys need another super bowl
Stephen davis a beasr
Even after the Super Bowl rings/years when Dallas was a shell of the team they once were to start the 90s, Dallas still owned Washington. The rivalry as of the 2021 season, the Cowboys have won over 2/3 of the games played in Big D with a 40-17-2 record, of which Washington has a 48% winning percent in Our Nation’s Capital with a 30-33.
Cowboys fan here. Definitely they had a Super Bowl team that year but we lost Micheal I. that year with his neck injury. These 2 have played over the decades many great games both teams winning but this has to be if not the most but 1 of the most painful loss by the redskins...
We need aikman
highlights!
The sidekick announcer knew right away: "Oh, he's got 'im wide open!"
Man i was at this game!!!!!!!crowd was CRAZY
Hell of a game