History tells a story for all of us and in 1989, the top songs from that year included ‘Right Here Waiting For You’ from Richard Marx, ‘Miss You Much’ from Janet Jackson and Blame It On The Rain’, from Milli Vanilli.
During the 1989 NFL season, two heated contest between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles shaped and helped define a rivalry that remains heated some 30-years later.
For these two storied franchises, the infamous ‘Bounty Bowl’ took place on this day 30-years ago, and it’s only fitting that the date is celebrated some four weeks from when another Cowboys and Eagles matchup will once again provide us with the winner of the NFC East.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1989, the 1-12 Dallas Cowboys faced off against the 7-4 Philadelphia Eagles at the old Texas Stadium.
In that ballgame, a 27-0 thumping by the Eagles, then Cowboys head coach, Jimmy Johnson, alleged that former Eagles coach, the late and great Buddy Ryan, put a $200 bounty on Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas, who had been cut by Philadelphia earlier that season.
Ryan allegedly put a $500 bounty on Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman as well.
“I have absolutely no respect for the way they played the game, Johnson famously said.” “I would have said something to Buddy, but he wouldn’t stand on the field long enough. He put his big, fat rear end into the dressing room.”
Ryan denied the allegations, saying he had no knowledge of any bounties and fired this famous salvo at Zendejas.
“Why would I place a bounty on a kicker who can’t kick worth a damn?”
Making things even more intense was that the two teams would meet again for the scheduled rematch just two weeks later.
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