the dallas cowboys last won a playoff game in 2001.
the dallas cowboys last won a playoff game in 2001.
when did the dallas cowboys last win a playoff game?
2001
the competition with philadelphia has been particularly intense since the late 1970s, when the long-moribund eagles returned to contention. in january 1981, the two teams faced off in the nfc championship, with philadelphia winning 20–7. a series of other factors heightened tensions during the 1980s and 1990s, including several provocative actions by philadelphia fans and eagles head coach buddy ryan. among these were the 1989 "bounty bowls", in which ryan allegedly placed a bounty on dallas kicker luis zendejas and veterans stadium fans pelted the cowboys with snowballs and other debris. a 1999 game at philadelphia saw eagles fans cheering as michael irvin lay motionless and possibly paralyzed on the field. in 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the philadelphia eagles defeated the cowboys 44–6. the following season, the cowboys avenged that defeat by beating the eagles three times: twice during the regular season to claim the title as nfc east champions and once more in a wild-card playoff game by a combined score of 78–30, including a 24–0 shutout in week 17. that three-game sweep was dallas' first over any opponent and the longest winning streak against the eagles since 1992–1995 when dallas won seven straight matches against philadelphia. during the 2013 season dallas won the first meeting 17–3 at lincoln financial field in philadelphia. they would meet again in week 17 at at&t stadium with the winner clinching the 2013 nfc east title. the cowboys came into the game at a disadvantage with starting quarterback tony romo out with a season ending back injury which put backup kyle orton as the starter. it was a tight game with the eagles up 24–22 with less than 2 minutes to go in regulation. orton got the ball and started driving down the field when he was intercepted by the eagles defense, which ended the game and the cowboys season. in 2014, the cowboys and eagles both won against each other on the road, with philadelphia posting a dominant 33–10 win on thanksgiving day in dallas, and dallas returning the favor two weeks later by defeating the eagles 38–27 in philadelphia. the second game between these rivals clenched a playoff spot for dallas and led to formerly first place philadelphia missing out on the post-season. dallas leads the regular season all-time series 63–50.
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on the second anniversary of his hiring as los angeles rams head coach, sean mcvay won his first career playoff game as l.a. dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage to defeat dallas in the ninth playoff meeting between the rams and the cowboys. c.j. anderson ran for 123 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns and todd gurley rushed 16 times for 115 yards and a score as the rams totaled a whopping 273 yards on 48 rushing attempts. it was the 10th time in franchise history that two players had each rushed for over 100 yards in the same game, but the first time ever in a playoff game. the rams began the game with a pair of long drives, both of which ended in greg zuerlein field goals. with the cowboys leading 7-6 midway through the second quarter, l.a. went to work as both anderson and gurley ran effectively against a dallas defense that was among the league's best against the run. each scored a touchdown in the second period as l.a. took a 20-7 halftime lead. on defense, the rams swarmed cowboys running back ezekiel elliott, holding the nfl's rushing leader to just 47 yards on 20 carries. clinging to a 23-15 lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the rams defense stuffed elliott for no gain on a 4th-and-1 play at the ram 35. from there, los angeles went 65 yards in 12 plays before anderson ended it with his second touchdown of the game. dallas answered with a touchdown run by dak prescott just before the two-minute warning, and hoped to hold the rams to a punt on the next possession. but on 3rd-and-7 at his own 28, rams quarterback jared goff faked a handoff, rolled out to his right and ran 11 yards for the game-clinching first down. the rams franchise won its first playoff game since a 27-20 victory over the seattle seahawks in the 2004 season, and it was the first time since the 1978 season that the rams won a home playoff game at the los angeles memorial coliseum (a 34-10 win over the minnesota vikings, and their first home playoff victory at the coliseum against the cowboys after having lost in nfc championship games there twice against dallas to end the 1975 and 1978 seasons. john johnson, cory littleton and aqib talib shared the team lead in tackles with seven each, and combined the rams had six total tackles for loss, including a sack credited to dante fowler.
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