Bounty Bowls

The Bounty Bowls is a part of the rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. The team from the Eastern US coast swept their opponents twice, 24-0 in Dallas and 20-10 at their home. Football society connected it with dishonest conduct like betting or interference on the Cowboys’ players behind the field.

The Eagles coach Buddy Ryan got the traditional report about the Cowboys’ progress and studied that Dallas trailed a 1-9 seasonal record before the Thanksgiving nationally televised game. He sent the replacement squad to the Texas city in the favorite status. Most points the guests scored in the second and third quarters. Jimmy Johnson, who coached the Dallas Cowboys, accused its opponent in attempts to bounty the kicker Luis Zendejas and quarterback Troy Aikman. Ryan denied these accusations.

The accusations are based on the possible fact of a bounty on Cowboys’ kicker Luis Zendejas. This player got injured in the battle against Small. Johnson decided the performer intentionally cut Zendejas off the game. Ryan denied this fact. The kicker confirmed the opponents offered him $100 for Big Play. But this fact is still doubtful. The Eagles won 24-0.

The next sweep happened two weeks later. CBS televised it again and presented Bounty Bowl II’s pre-game show, demonstrating the involved players and figuring money amounts. But the game flowed in another way. Eagles fans threw dangerous snowballs and beer onto the field. The Cowboy’s head coach Jimmy Johnson was one of the victims. Other targets were back judge Al Jury and even TV announcer Verne Lundquist. The Eagles’ defensive lineman Jerome Brown asked the fans to cease throwing the objects but got the shot too. The Eagles won 20-10.

The aftermaths were strict. Philadelphia banned beer on the two next matches. The accusations in bounty didn’t find proof. Dallas ended the season with a record 1-15 while their opponents competed in playoffs but didn’t reach the Super Bowl.