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This is from The Washington Post.

Redskins victories are colored in red while Cowboys victories are highlighted in blue (except for some glitches which I couldn't correct.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/history/rivalry/articles/1960sdec.htm

The Rivalry: 1960-69

Oct. 9, 1960: Those who have been maintaining the Washington Redskins wouldn't win a game this season were proven irrefutably wrong at Griffith Stadium yesterday. The Redskins won one. With quarterback Ralph Guglielmi returning to action and awakening a hitherto slumbering offensive unit, the Redskins celebrated a gala home opener on an otherwise drab day by convincingly scalping the Dallas Cowboys, 26-14.

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Nov. 19, 1961: Their dismal 17-game losing streak came to an end in the Cotton Bowl today, but the Washington Redskins still didn't win. The Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, the last team they beat, played to a wild and wooly 28-28 tie that more than matched the Texas setting.

Dec. 17, 1961: Christmas arrived eight days early for the Washington Redskins. With Dick James, the littlest Redskin of them all, scoring four touchdowns for a club record, Washington cashed in on its last chance for a 1961 victory by pasting the Dallas Cowboys, 34-24, in the season finale at D.C. Stadium yesterday.

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Sept. 16, 1962: It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Washington Redskin Bobby Mitchelle tied the Dallas Cowboys today, 34-34, in a wild National Football League opener for the two have not clubs of the Eastern Division. In a truly tremendous Redskin debut, Mitchell returned a kickoff for a 92-yard touchdown; scored on an 81-yard pass play; scored another on a six-yard pass and set up the other two touchdowns with a pass reception and a pass interference call.

Nov. 10, 1962: The Washington Redskins didn't exactly meet the challenge of playing before a sellout crowd of 49,888 at D.C. Stadium yesterday, largest ever to see a sports event here. They were pasted by the Dallas Cowboys, 38-10, and toppled out of first place in the National Football League's Eastern Conference as the second half of the season got underway.

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Sept. 29, 1963: With three interceptions, the first a 78-yard scoring journey, scrappy defensive back Jim Steffen led the Washington Redskins over the Dallas Cowboys in a rosy 21-17 home opener yesterday before 40,101 largely contented spectators at D.C. Stadium.

Nov. 3, 1963: Supposedly an up-and-down team, the Washington Redskins continued going down one way today — down, down, down. The Dallas Cowboys, considerably aided by the unbelievably sloppy Redskins, plastered them with a 35-20 defeat to run the Washington losing streak to five games before a slim but delighted Cotton Bowl gathering of 18,838.

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Sept. 20, 1964: The Redskins played on a dry field today, but they still could not hold the ball and the Dallas Cowboys rode away with a 24-18 victory. It was a cliff hanger. The Cowboys held onto the six-point lead by their fingernails for 6 minutes, 2 seconds while the Redskins resisted the heroic efforts of quarterback George Izo to turn a sorry performance into a spectacular "save."

Nov. 22, 1964: The Redskins' raging defensive unit intercepted four passes, returned two for touchdowns, and smothered hard-pressed Dallas quarterbacks seven times for losses yesterday in a 28-16 conquest of the Cowboys.

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Sept. 26, 1965: There is no need to adjust your TV set. The Redskins' performance did not suffer a bit in the transmission of their 27-7 collapse against the Dallas Cowboys today.

Nov. 28, 1965: The Redskins - bless their fumbling hearts - recoiled from a 21-0 deficit and bombed, boomed, and entombed the Dallas Cowboys, 34-31, yesterday at D.C. Stadium.

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Nov. 13, 1966: Don Meredith made a scandalous mockery of the Redskins' "prevent" defense yesterday and Danny Villanueva finished off his handiwork by booting a 20-yard field goal in the final 15 seconds that earned a 31-30 triumph for the Dallas Cowboys.

Dec. 11, 1966: The Redskins took savory revenge against Dallas on a day when the Cowboys could have wrapped up the Eastern Conference title in the National Football League by merely protecting a 31-31 tie for the last 3 minutes and 19 seconds. But A.D. Whitfield ran 30 yards against the best rushing defense in the league today and from the Dallas 24-yard line like Sonny Jurgensen used a prevent offense to keep the ball away from the Cowboys until only eight seconds remained. Then gutsy little Charlie Gogolak flouted the pressure and the taunts of a crowd of 64,198 in the Cotton Bowl, kicking a 29-yard field goal four seconds later for the 34-31 triumph that conceded the Cowboys only a tie for the title.

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Oct. 8, 1967: An unfunny thing happened to the Redskins yesterday on their way to a 14-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys with 18 seconds remaining on the clock at D.C. Stadium. They lost, 17-14.

Nov. 19, 1967: Out of the fist of Sonny Jurgensen shot four thunderbolts today for touchdowns that left the Dallas Cowboys reeling with a 27-6 deficit before a madding crowd of 75,538 at the Cotton Bowl. With 11 minutes, 13 seconds left in the game the Redskins' defenders, who had collapsed in four Washington losses and two ties, faced up to a fearful challenge. They responded nobly after giving up two touchdowns by Morton within 110 seconds and saved a 27-20 upset triumph through the last 4 minutes and 14 seconds.

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Nov. 17, 1968: Otto Graham got out of a sick bed yesterday to coach the Redskins. What he saw did not figure to hasten his recovery as the Dallas Cowboys gushed 515 yards of total offense and rolled up a 44-24 victory at D.C. Stadium.

Nov. 28, 1968: Jim Ninowski persisted against all kinds of adversity tonight and brought the Redskins back from a 17-0 deficit to a 20-19 lead over the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth quarter at the Cotton Bowl. But the Cowboys, 21-point favorites, finally clinched a tie for the Capitol Division title in the National Football League by coming up with a 23-yard field goal by Mike Clark, his second, and a five-yard runback of an interception by defensive end Larry Cole for a touchdown and a 29-20 victory.

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Nov. 16, 1969: Sonny Jurgensen was slightly wonderful yesterday when he was throwing to the Redskins, merely accurate when he was throwing to the Dallas Cowboys. He nearly pitched the Redskins back into serious contention for the Capitol Division title with four touchdown passes, which nearly erased a 17-point deficit, but then he wild-pitched them just about out of the running with four passes that were intercepted, three in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys won, 41-28.

Dec. 21, 1969: The Redskins played club football today. The Dallas Cowboys played slightly more professionally and swept the two-game NFL series for the second straight season. By 20-10 the Cowboys improved their record to 11-2-1 as they headed into the Eastern Conference playoff against Cleveland here next Sunday. And they demonstrated their defense is ready by shutting out the Redskins' offense without a touchdown.

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The Rivalry: 1970-79

Nov. 22, 1970: The Redskins were less than savage yesterday and their paying guests were outright hostile about it. The customers at RFK Stadium were venting a week-old rage even before kickoff because the athletes had succumbed to a 21-0 fourth quarter by the New York Giants. They had to suffer another one in the second period by the Dallas Cowboys. By the time the Redskins had fumbled two touchdown opportunities to the Cowboys, treated Mark Washington to a 100-yard kickoff return with unprofessional tackling, and center John Didion made another touchdown a snap with a herculean effrt, the Cowboys were 45-21 winners.

Dec. 6, 1970: The Redskins sank to one of the lowest points in their history today. As afternoon turned into night in the Cotton Bowl, Dallas annihilated them, 34-0, only the third shutout victory in the Cowboys' 217-game existence. For the crippled Washington club, it was Custer's farewell reenacted with the Redskins wiped out this time.

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Oct. 3, 1971: In their exhilaration over springing a 20-16 upset of the Dallas Cowboys today, the Redskins made it clear that they regarded the victory as a coaching triumph for George Allen.

Nov. 21, 1971: After the Redskins were beaten yesterday by a busted play for the second straight week, coach George Allen said there is no defense for a scrambler, such as Roger Staubach. Staubach, the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback, was momentarily delayed in his own backfield in the first quarter when defensive tackle Diron Talbert got a hand on him. The agile Cowboy escaped, however, swung to his left and ran another 29 yards without another glove being laid on him for the only touchdown in a 13-0 Dallas victory.

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Oct. 22, 1972: Dallas had the gun to Washington's head yesterday, but before the Cowboys were able to pull the trigger, the Redskins escaped from apparent doom to gain a 24-20 victory before 53,039 mostly delirious fans at RFK Stadium.

Dec. 9, 1972: That delightfully merry journey the Washington Redskins had been enjoying this season came to an abrupt halt today in the first half at Texas Stadium. The Dallas Cowboys nailed the Redskins for 28 points in the first 30 minutes en route to a 34-24 success that moved Dallas into pro football's playoffs for the seventh straight season.

Dec. 31, 1972: The Washington Redskins found deliverance yesterday. Playing with intense ferocity, they simply smashed the Dallas Cowboys, 26-3, to gain the National Football Conference championship and a trip to the Super Bow in Los Angeles Jan. 14.

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Oct. 8, 1973: In a stunning reversal of their fortunes in the previous 56 minutes, the Washington Redskins scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes, then got a phenomenal goal-line tackle by strong safety Ken Houston to save a 14-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys last night at RFK Stadium.

Redskins Safeties Saw Turning Point Coming: "That's the biggest tackle I've made in my life," said Redskin safetyman Ken Houston. Indeed, it was the biggest tackle of the season for the Redskins, for it preserved their 14-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

Dec. 9, 1973: The Dallas Cowboys took the NFC East championship out of the clutches of an NFL computer with a devastating 27-7 rout of the Washington Redskins today.

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Nov. 17, 1974: As daylight turned to darkness yesterday at RFK Stadium, the Washington Redskins played one of the most extraordinary first halves of football during this or any other season. They will always remain thankful they did. For the Dallas Cowboys very nearly came all the way back from a 28-0 halftime deficit before finally succumbing, 28-21, when the Redskins came up with a stirring goal line stand in the game’s final three minutes.

Nov. 28, 1974: The Washington Redskins were 35 seconds away from clinching a berth in the 1974 NFC playoffs today when "that rookie," Clint Longley - also known as the Mad Bomber - shocked them with one or more improbable touchdown passes of recent football history for a 24-23 Dallas Cowboys victory.

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Nov. 2, 1975: Billy Kilmer, who passed for 301 yards yesterday, leaped six inches over right guard Walt Sweeney into the end zone to propel the Washington Redskins to a dramatic 30-24 sudden-death overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys at RFK Stadium.

Dec. 13, 1975: The Washington Redskins ran out of healthy bodies and miracle comebacks today and because of it, for the first time since 1970, they will not make the National Football League playoffs. With Roger Staubach throwing for two touchdowns and running for another and the Dallas defense knocking Redskins' quarterback Billy Kilmer from the game early in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys soundly defeated the Redskins, 31-10.

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Dec. 12, 1976: The Washington Redskins did it their way today. They snarled, scratched and clawed to a memorable 27-14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and gained the National Football Conference playoffs for the fifth time in the last six years.

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Oct. 16, 1977: Washington's chances for a divisional championship were dealt a mortal blow today by a Dallas Cowboy team that Redskin quarterback Billy Kilmer described as "the best I've ever played against." The final score in this brutally played football game was Dallas 34, Washington 16. But the Redskins were more concerned about another set of grim numbers — two fullbacks, John Riggins and Bob Brunet, out for the season with injuries and Kilmer suffering from a badly bruised left shoulder.

Nov. 27, 1977: The Redskins' road to the playoffs took another treacherous turn for the worse yesterday. The Dallas Cowboys used what the Redskins called flim-flammery on a punt snap, and Tony Dorsett's one-yard fourth quarter touchdown dive, to leave RFK Stadium as repeat winners over Washington, 14-7.

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Oct. 2, 1978: In the presence of President Carter, the Washington Redskins rolled out their most potent weapon of all — a dominant defense that spelled doomsday for the Dallas Cowboys last night at RFK Stadium. The surprising Redskins' version of a major confrontation at the summit ended with a 9-5 Washington victory that was not assured until the final gun had sounded as Joe Theismann voluntarily accepted a safety rather than risk a fourth-down punt in the last three seconds.

Nov. 23, 1978: Doomsday descended on the Washington Redskins yesterday in a farcical football game that was singularly embarrassing and cast a shadow on their hopes of winning the NFC East Division title. "Washington Slept Here" read a Texas Stadium banner, and the white-hot Dallas Cowboys took advantage of the Redskins' somnambulant state for a 37-10 rout, the most lopsided Washington loss since 1970.

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Nov. 18, 1979: The Redskins remembered. They remembered being called "turkeys" by the Dallas Cowboys a year ago. They remembered Tom Landry calling play-action, bombs-away passes in the fourth quarter with his team ahead by 27 points. They remember a humiliating 37-10 loss in Dallas on Thanksgiving day. So yesterday, these romping, ravenous Redskins, led by Joe Theismann's three touchdown passes, gained sweet revenge, converting mistake after Dallas mistake into a 34-20 triumph.

Dec. 16, 1979: The Redskins came within 140 seconds today of reaching their impossible dream. Then the brilliance of Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach turned the afternoon into a 35-34 nightmare that will haunt them the rest of the winter.

The Rivalry: 1980-89

Nov. 27, 1980: The Cowboys practically begged to be upset today. But even their six turnovers could not revive a Redskin offense that has forgotten how to score. The Washington cause was not helped when quarterback Joe Theismann aggravated his hamstring pull late in the first half of this 14-10 loss and had to leave the game, allowing the Cowboys front four a chance to tee off on his substitute, Mike Kruczek.

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Sept. 6, 1981: Washington decided the only way to beat Dallas in the season opener yesterday was to all but ignore the run and pass, pass, pass. But the Cowboys shot down that strategy by intercepting four of Joe Theismann's passes in defeating the new-look Redskins, 26-10.

Nov. 22, 1981: By losing, 24-10, to the Dallas Cowboys today, the Redskins once again proved they can't compete against more talented opponents, unless Joe Washington stays healthy and their nickel defense improves dramatically.

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Dec. 5, 1982: Dallas stunned the Redskins yesterday with some uncharacteristic blitzing tactics, then used a daring fourth-period run off a fake punt to end the Redskins' hopes of a fifth straight victory this season. The Cowboy blitzes led to a staggering seven sacks of quarterback Joe Theismann, disrupting Washington's normally well-meshed offense. But when the Redskins recall this 24-10 defeat, their first of this season, they probably will remember Danny White's surprising decision not to punt from his 21 with seven minutes left.

Jan. 23, 1983: It couldn't get much sweeter than this for the Washington Redskins. In a madhouse called RFK Stadium, they got all the revenge and respect they wanted yesterday by beating the Dallas Cowboys, 31-17, to earn their second trip to the Super Bowl.

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Sept. 5, 1983: In a comeback that will dissected and cursed for days to come in Washington, the Dallas Cowboys rallied from a 23-3 halftime deficit last night to defeat the Redskins, 31-30, in a nationally televised season opener before a sellout of 55,045 at RFK Stadium.

Dec. 11, 1983: Tilt the picture of the game in any direction and the shiny truth remains the same: the Washington Redskins dominated the Dallas Cowboys today. The Redskins defeated Dallas, 31-10, before 65,074 at Texas Stadium, representing Washington's largest margin of victory in this rivalry. Consequently, after 15 weeks of first-place residence, the Cowboys are a chasing posse again.

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Oct. 14, 1984: Maybe it wasn't propaganda after all. Only one day before the rout, Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs had said the Dallas Cowboys had purposely played down their talents to give the Redskins a false sense of security. Perhaps he'll reconsider now. Yesterday, the Redskins defeated the Cowboys, 34-14, before 55,431 at RFK Stadium, thereby claiming sole possession of first place in the NFC East Division, while leaving Tom Landry's fedora flattened under a steamroller of Riggo Drills.

Dec. 9, 1984: The Washington Redskins' season dangled from a ledge late today at Texas Stadium. They trailed the Dallas Cowboys by 15 points at halftime and their playoff hopes, it seemed, were a blink away from becoming remote. But then Redskins cornerback Darrell Green returned an interception 32 yards for a score. That was the spark that rekindled the flame of the team that has appeared in the last two Super Bowls. The Redskins defeated the Cowboys, 30-28.

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Sept. 9, 1985: What a disastrous way for a football team to start a season. What a miserable way for a guy to spend a birthday. What a score. What a loss. The Washington Redskins, notoriously slow starters under Coach Joe Gibbs, began 1985 with their worst defeat in six seasons, losing tonight to the Dallas Cowboys, 44-14.

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Oct. 12, 1986: What more could have gone wrong today for the Washington Redskins? Two controversial calls by officials hurt them badly, Herschel Walker tore them apart early and often, and their own mistakes beat them in the end. It was another miserable day for Washington in Texas Stadium, and when it was over, the Dallas Cowboys (4-2) had thoroughly defeated the previously unbeaten Redskins, 30-6, before 63,264.

Nov. 23, 1986: When the Washington Redskins spoke last week of getting their revenge against the Dallas Cowboys, there was no way anyone could have imagined exactly what they had in mind. Now we know. Fed up after losing three consecutive games to the Cowboys, the Redskins jumped to a series-record 34-point halftime lead and coasted to an incredibly one-sided 41-14 victory before 55,642 yesterday at RFK Stadium.

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Oct. 19, 1987: This wasn't supposed to be. The replacement Washington Redskins, playing without any of their veterans and without quarterback Ed Rubbert for more than three quarters, weren't given much if any chance to beat the Dallas Cowboys tonight. But they did. Stopping a furious Dallas comeback bid on fourth down at the Washington 13-yard line with two seconds to play in the game, the Redskins upset the Cowboys, 13-7, to end an improbable undefeated replacement season in first place in the NFC East.

Dec. 13, 1987: What more could you ask of the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys? Yesterday, they fought, clawed, kicked and were so nasty that a helmet even was yanked off a player's head. A big Washington lead all but evaporated into the chilly air at RFK Stadium; a late Dallas comeback fell short due to a controversial mix of a questionable coaching decision, an unusual non-measurement that infuriated Tom Landry, several penalties and an instant replay review. The Redskins won a game that meant next to nothing, 24-20, but it left opposing players pointing fingers at one another, spitting fire and complaining well into the night. Isn't that what this rivalry is all about?

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Oct. 9, 1988: The Washington Redskins' disappointing 2-3 record entering today's game against the Dallas Cowboys was due in large part to a tendency to give up big plays but make very few. The team's minus-eight turnover ratio entering the game was next to last in the NFC, tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That ratio improved substantially in Washington's 35-17 victory at Texas Stadium.

Dec. 11, 1988: Quarterback Doug Williams' fluttering, fourth-down lob to tight end Don Warren seemed as catchable as a fluff pillow yesterday until Michael Downs' fingertips intervened. The ball hit the ground, 10 delirious Dallas Cowboys hit Downs and the Washington Redskins hit cold pavement. The defending Super Bowl champions have no more playoff mathematics after a 24-17 loss at RFK Stadium.

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Sept. 24, 1989: Besides a rocky coin flip and another one of those haunting 77-yard fumble returns, the Washington Redskins today took an unimpeded path through the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium, 30-7.

Nov. 5, 1989: Quarterback Doug Williams found himself shaking off mothballs last night, and the Dallas Cowboys finally found a team they could handle -- the embarrassed Washington Redskins. Running back Paul Palmer, a Potomac native, rushed for 110 yards at RFK Stadium and personally produced the drive to his touchdown that broke a 3-3 tie. Then his 14-yard, fourth-quarter scamper set up an insurance field goal sealing the Cowboys' first victory of the NFL season and the first win of Coach Jimmy Johnson's pro career, 13-3.

The Rivalry: 1990-1999

Sept. 23, 1990: Quarterback Mark Rypien's nightmarish start turned into a nightmare of a different sort yesterday while the Washington Redskins were stumbling to a 19-15 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in front of 53,804 at RFK Stadium.

Nov. 22, 1990: The Washington Redskins keep saying this season is about finding answers, but this afternoon they stumbled onto a few more questions during a 27-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys before 60,355 at Texas Stadium.

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Sept. 9, 1991: The Washington Redskins took all the body punches the Dallas Cowboys could offer tonight. They absorbed the best of Troy Aikman and some of the best of Emmitt Smith, and they punched out a Dallas defense that had been on a two-year roll. They survived four injuries to starters. And they still won, defeating the Cowboys, 33-31, before 63,025 in a playoff-like atmosphere at Texas Stadium.

Nov. 24, 1991: The Washington Redskins had talked about playing teams that would gamble, about onside kicks and Hail Marys and game plans that were both aggressive and free-wheeling. The Dallas Cowboys were all of those things yesterday, and though the Redskins may have known what was coming, they were still knocked off balance and handed their first loss of the season, 24-21, before 55,561 at RFK Stadium.

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Sept. 7, 1992: The Redskins played 12 weeks last season before leaving the field with a loss. Tonight, the Dallas Cowboys outplayed them from beginning to end and won the regular season opener, 23-10, before 63,538 at Texas Stadium.

Dec. 13, 1992: They'd been at it for three hours, pounding at one another like a pair of heavyweights, fighting through their emotions and their fatigue and their excitement. Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs later would call it a night he'd never forget, and running back Earnest Byner said it might be the biggest victory of his life, this from a guy who has played in three conference finals and a Super Bowl. And when it was all over, the Redskins emerged a 20-17 winner.

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Sept. 6, 1993: With heroes coming from almost every corner of their locker room, from familiar names like Mark Rypien and Art Monk and from new ones like Reggie Brooks and Pat Eilers, the Washington Redskins opened a new era in stunningly easy fashion last night by dominating the Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys, 35-16, before 56,345 at raucous RFK Stadium.

Dec. 26, 1993: Throughout a horrifying 1993 season the Washington Redskins have lost many times, but rarely have been made to feel insignificant and helpless. That changed today as the Dallas Cowboys unloaded on the Redskins, 38-3, in an end-to-end stomping before 64,497 at Texas Stadium. It was the Redskins' worst loss in eight years, since the Chicago Bears beat them 45-10 on Sept. 29, 1985.

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Oct. 2, 1994: Any questions? Does anyone have a doubt about how far the Washington Redskins have to go after the Dallas Cowboys came into RFK Stadium yesterday and laid a 34-7 pasting on them before 55,394?

Nov. 20, 1994: A season that ceased to be promising long ago for the Washington Redskins continued on its path today, with the Dallas Cowboys putting another licking on their former National Football Conference Eastern Division rivals, 31-7, at Texas Stadium.

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Oct. 1, 1995: The only true believers wore burgundy and gold yesterday. The only people who thought the Washington Redskins had a chance against the Dallas Cowboys were on the south sideline at RFK Stadium, players and coaches united in an unlikely quest. And the Redskins' 27-23 upset victory over Dallas before 55,489 frenzied fans was theirs and theirs alone to enjoy and savor.

Dec. 3, 1995: Who knew the snow that hit Washington early last week was the first sign that hell would figuratively freeze over and the down-in-the-mouth Washington Redskins would upset the overconfident Dallas Cowboys for the second time this season? The Redskins, who had lost six of seven games since surprising the Cowboys in Washington on Oct. 1, shocked the Cowboys again today by winning, 24-17, in front of 64,866 at Texas Stadium.

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Nov. 28, 1996: Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith dispelled any notion that he was ailing or washed up by running over and through the Washington Redskins today for 155 yards and three touchdowns, leading Dallas to a 21-10 victory before 64,955 at Texas Stadium.

Dec. 22, 1996: On a cold and crisp day, RFK Stadium was sold out for the 229th straight Redskins game for what was the last NFL game in the stadium's 35-year history. Dozens of former Redskins were honored at halftime by a crowd energized from the full and rich history that hangs under the stadium's roof. Even before kickoff, fans shook the stands and chanted, "We want Dallas. We want Dallas." And at the end of a long afternoon, the Redskins had a 37-10 victory over the Cowboys and a winning record for the first time since 1992.

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Oct. 13, 1997: With a nation watching the Redskins played one of their best games ever under Coach Norv Turner. And they did it in style, rushing to an early lead, then holding off the Cowboys in dramatic fashion to win, 21-16. Reserve running back Stephen Davis stepped in for the injured Terry Allen to score a pair of touchdowns and rush for 94 yards. The victory left the Redskins with a 4-2 record and sole possession of the division lead.

Nov. 16, 1997: The Redskins had their biggest victory in five years within their grasp, as well as a chance to push the Cowboys out of playoff consideration. But, they couldn't finish. The Cowboys scored 11 points in the final two minutes to defeat the Redskins, 17-14, at Texas Stadium. Richie Cunningham's 42-yard field goal with four seconds left finished what quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin began by making play after play against a defense that ran out of steam.

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Oct. 4, 1998: The Redskins lost to the Cowboys, 31-10, giving Washington its worst start since the 1981 season. Coach Norv Turner's job looked to be on shaky ground and veteran Darrell Green called the Redskins losing streak "the worst situation I have been in as a Redskin."

Dec. 27, 1998: The Redskins, who had rebounded from a terrible start to the season, lost to the Cowboys, 23-7, in the season finale. Washington had a four game winning streak snapped as Dallas played mostly second string players since they had already locked up the NFC East title.

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Sept. 12, 1999: The Redskins saw a 35-14 lead disappear and lost to the Cowboys, 41-35, when Raghib Ismail caught a 76-yard pass from Troy Aikman in overtime.

Oct. 24, 1999: With a four-game winning streak and a chance to avenge a heartbreaking opening-day loss, the Redskins came out remarkably flat and were dominated by the Cowboys, 38-20, at Texas Stadium. Comments by wide receiver Albert Connell during the week preceding the game lit a spark under Dallas cornerback Deion Sanders, who came back from a first-quarter concussion to return a punt 70 yards for a touchdown to put the finishing touches on the victory.

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The Rivalry: 2000 and Beyond

Sept. 18, 2000: In the 11th Monday night meeting between the two rivals, the Redskins' season of enormous expectations showed serious signs of crumbling as the Cowboys, playing without starting quarterback Troy Aikman, embarrassed the Redskins, 27-21. With former coach Joe Gibbs and ex-players Art Monk and Dexter Manley in attendance, Washington wilted under a deluge of penalties and mistakes to fall to a disappointing 1-2.

Dec. 10, 2000: In his first game as interim head coach, Terry Robiskie could not find a way to stop the season from collapsing as the lackluster Redskins were routed by the lowly Cowboys in Dallas, 32-13. The firing of former coach Norv Turner the preceding Monday failed to light a spark under the Redskins, who allowed Emmitt Smith to run for 150 yards as they were eliminated from the NFC East race.

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Oct. 15, 2001: The winless Redskins traveled to Dallas to face an equally hapless Cowboys team on Monday night hoping to snap a seven-game losing streak to their NFC rivals. In a game completely devoid of offense but littered with mistakes by both teams, the Redskins had victory within their grasp when Stephen Davis fumbled the ball and eventually the game away to the Cowboys in the final minutes as Dallas kept Marty Schottenheimer winless in Washington, 9-7.

Dec. 2, 2001: Having turned their season around and riding the wave of a five-game winning streak, the Redskins appeared poised to put their losing streak to the Cowboys to rest once and for all. But prosperity proved too much for the hot Redskins, who wasted a prime opportunity and dropped a 20-14 decision at FedEx Field. "They must have wanted it more than us because they're definitely not a better football team than us," said Redskins quarterback Tony Banks after the loss.

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scruffylookin

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Nice of them to stop at 2001 when complete and utter domination by the Cowboys began. How many in a row was the streak again?

What are you talking about? The streak began with the second game of 1997 and lasted until second game of 2002. Seems to me that this list covers the entire run of the ultimately insignificant streak. The only game missing is the Thanksgiving game of 2002. From the second game of 2002 till now the record is Skins 6 wins Cowtards 9 wins.

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Nice of them to stop at 2001 when complete and utter domination by the Cowboys began. How many in a row was the streak again?

How many playoff wins has that "complete and utter domination" bought you?

In the big picture, the Cowboys have been just about as relevant as the Redskins in the past decade.

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