![]() ![]() It was a glorious demonstration, with Dallas even executing a misdirection screen pass, a type of play that had befuddled them in recent years. The Cowboys displayed a combination of might and brilliance on the game’s opening drive, marching 80 yards in 13 plays with a mixture of Emmitt runs, and well-timed Aikman deliveries. Aikman finished the game with 223 yards passing. Troy Aikman congratulates wide receiver Michael Irvin during the Cowboys’ Week 3 showdown with Detroit in 1994. ![]() And last, but certainly not least, the Cowboys had Hall of Fame defensive tackle Randy White serve as an honorary team captain. To complete the throwback theme, the officiating crew led by referee Bernie Kukar had traded in their ballcaps for white berets. Unlike the visitors, Dallas did not wear vintage style helmets, choosing to stick with their customary 1990s version. The Cowboys, on the other hand, wore throwbacks from the 1960s with white stars emblazoned on blue shoulders. The Lions, playing in Dallas for the first time in seventeen years, wore a 1935 replica uniform, their silver helmets stripped of the “Lion” logo. As part of the NFL’s 75 th anniversary celebration, both teams were sporting throwback uniforms from a bygone era. In addition to this showdown between the two premier running backs in the league, a national television audience was treated to a special display of classical garb. But instead of a blowout for the favored Cowboys, a pair of dazzling performances from Sanders and Smith proved to be the hallmarks of an NFL classic that needed overtime to determine a winner. As the league’s two-time defending Super Bowl champions, Barry Switzer’s Cowboys entered the game as 14-point favorites, making victory seem all but inevitable to the home crowd. The NFL playoff races had as yet to heat up in 1994, but on a late-September evening all the eyes of the football world were focused inside Texas Stadium where Barry Sanders and the Detroit Lions were paying a rare visit to Emmitt Smith and the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. The reigning NFL MVP, Smith rushed for 143 yards in his first primetime performance of the 1994 season, but was overshadowed by the brilliance of Barry Sanders. ![]() Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith goes up and over the Detroit Lions defense for a first-down during third-quarter action. ![]()
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