"We didn't cover anybody, and he was hitting everybody. "Boomer did a great job today," Dallas Coach Tom Landry said. His first touchdown pass came during the 22-point spree. "We beat them man-to-man."Įsiason, a former star at the University of Maryland, became the Bengals' big man, thwarting blitzes with audibles and consistently finding open receivers. "We just came into this game extremely motivated and took it to them," Wyche said. They came out to play playoff-caliber football and we didn't."īengals Coach Sam Wyche had his players primed for the Cowboys' first visit to Riverfront Stadium, which drew a boisterous sell-out crowd of 56,937. "It was very similar to the way the Bears came in fired up when we played them (44-0, Chicago)," White said. The Bengals (7-7) stayed in contention in the AFC Central. Although they missed a chance to clinch at least a wild-card playoff berth, they still can win the NFC East by beating the Giants next Sunday. They came into the game leading the NFC East by a game over the New York Giants. Nor had they given up so many points in a game since losing to the Minnesota Vikings, 54-13, in 1970. The Cowboys (9-5) had never allowed that many points in a first quarter, and they never recovered. The Bengals trapped Danny White for a safety on the game's third play, then took a 22-0 lead less than nine minutes into the game. We got on the scoreboard right off the bat the defense scored." "Everything we did seemed to go well for us.
"They had an off day," Esiason said later. Boomer Esiason completed 15 of 25 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns today to help the Cincinnati Bengals humiliate the Dallas Cowboys, 50-24, in an NFL game today.
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