There was the "Bounty Bowl,” Emmitt Smith getting stuffed, Eagles fans cheering for a motionless Michael Irvin, and Terrell Owens stoking controversy for each side.
Dallas and Philadelphia have lined up against each other 99 times in games that have forged one of the most heated rivalries in the NFL. Somehow it seems fitting the 100th meeting would have something significant on the line.
With the Phillies’ run in the World Series over, all eyes among the city’s sports fans are on one game — one sport, really — this weekend.
Win Sunday night in Philadelphia, and the Cowboys (5-2) are alone atop the NFC East.
Knock off the Cowboys, and the Eagles (5-2) move into first as the only NFC East team unbeaten in the division.
"I know the crowd is going to be out of their minds,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said.
The fans are always hostile when the Eagles and Cowboys play, especially when more than just bragging rights go to the winner.
Last season was no exception. The finale turned into a do-or-die game for the final NFC wild-card spot and the Eagles thumped the Cowboys 44-6 to earn the right to play in the postseason — and they eventually reached the NFC title game.
The Cowboys left Lincoln Financial Field in shambles.
They return on a three-game winning streak and playing their best football of the season. The Cowboys haven’t forgotten how they were thoroughly dominated in the second series game last year, and — though its only the halfway point of the season — wresting the division lead away from the Eagles would help put that unpleasant memory behind them.
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