The next day, Seattle scored 10 points in the final minute to defeat the Dallas Cowboys, and awarded Hamlin the game ball.
Otherwise, the tie breaker falls back to common opponents, and that would rest on whether the Panthers defeat the Dallas Cowboys this weekend.
And it defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the final game of the regular season to sneak into the playoffs.
Before the Bucs defeated the Dallas Cowboys the next week, Johnson was asked to identify his favorite coach.
In the playoffs, they defeated the Washington Redskins 27-20 and the Dallas Cowboys 27-10.
Then the Colts, back home, defeated the Dallas Cowboys.
On Jan. 3, the Panthers defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 29-10, in the first round of the playoffs.
He then coached the Cardinals to their first playoff win in 50 years during the 1998 season by defeating the 3rd-seeded Dallas Cowboys.
By defeating the Dallas Cowboys the next week, the Giants proved they could handle success by holding off a bitter rival.
Cleveland had gone 10-3-1 during regular season and had defeated the Dallas Cowboys for the Eastern Conference title.