To bide us over, I thought it’d be interesting to read what some of us feel were memorable moments that we witnessed while being at a Cowboys game. It doesn’t necessarily have to be any specific play.
For example - two of my most memorable moments came on Halloween, 1993, when I took my then-9-year-old son to his first NFL game - Cowboys at Eagles. We lived in Pennsylvania at the time. It was a 4PM game - out of character for an East Coast game - because the Giants were playing the Jets at 1 PM. It was a cold, rainy day. This was the game that Emmitt ran for 237 yards - his single game record, his only 200-plus rushing game and a current Cowboys franchise record.
Of course, we were dressed in our Cowboys gear and, also of course, endured chants of “a-hole” from the parking lot to the stadium seats by the Philthy faithful. We were sitting in the last row in the 500 level. There was a walkway just above us that went around the stadium and above that were the 600 and dreaded 700 levels.
After Kelvin Martin scored on a reverse, we turned around to watch the replay on the big screen. At that moment, about 5 guys wearing Eagles garb in the 6th row of the next level yelled down to us, “You guys from Dallas?” I responded, “No,” and they yelled back, “Didn’t think so!” and began high-fiving each other and laughing loudly.
I sit down only to immediately hear my son yell back “You guys from Philly?” They yelled in unison, “YES!”. My son yells back, “Thought So!”, turned to me, winked and gave me the thumbs-up, and sat down.
Those guys never said another word to us the entire game. A Eagles family next to us - Mom, Dad, and 2 daughters - just chuckled.
The second memorable moment?
It drizzled all game. Towards the end of the game, Emmitt rips off a 62-yard touchdown up the middle of the Eagles defense to put the game out of reach. Just as he crosses the goal line, the sky opens up and the rain just pours down.
How appropriate - in a game where Emmitt rained down on the Eagles, so did the weather.
Nobody said a word to us as we walked out to our car.
What memorable moment did you experience in person?