SB 27: Cowboys back on top, rout Bills 52-17

Posted January 13, 2016 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1993, file photo, Dallas Cowboys' Emmitt Smith (22) gains yardage on Buffalo Bills' Darryl Talley during the first quarter of NFL football's Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, Calif. Smith rushed for 108 yards as Dallas won 52-17. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) The Associated Press

Super Bowl 27

Jan. 31, 1993

At Pasadena, California_98,374

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Troy Aikman threw four touchdown passes, Emmitt Smith rushed for 108 yards, and the Cowboys converted nine turnovers into 35 points.

Dallas won its third Super Bowl in a record six appearances and Buffalo lost its third straight, also a record.

Buffalo scored first on a 2-yard run by Thurman Thomas. Dallas came back when James Washington intercepted Jim Kelly's pass and returned it to the Bills 47. Aikman hit Jay Novacek with a 23-yard touchdown pass. On the next play from scrimmage, Kelly was sacked by Charles Haley and fumbled at the 2. Jimmie Jones recovered the fumble and scored.

Dallas put the game out of reach by scoring three times in a 2:33 span of the fourth quarter. The Cowboys recovered five fumbles and had four interceptions.

But Dallas didn't score on one of the most infamous plays in Super Bowl history. Defensive tackle Leon Lett picked up a fumble at the Dallas 35 and sprinted toward the end zone. Lett slowed a bit to prematurely celebrate his TD, but a streaking Bills receiver Don Beebe caught up and swatted the ball through the end zone for a touchback.

Aikman, who completed 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards, was the Most Valuable Player.

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1993, file photo, Buffalo Bills' Thurman Thomas drives in for a touchodwn as Dallas Cowboys Vinson Smith, left, and James Washington, right, try to stop him during NFL football's Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, Calif. On the ground in the foreground is Bills Will Wolford. Dallas won 52-17. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1993, file photo, Dallas Cowboys defender Leon Lett (78) has the football stripped from his hand near the goal line by Buffalo Bills' Don Beebe during the fourth quarter of NFL football's Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, Calif. Beebe prevented a touchdown after Lett received a recovered fumble and began celebrating yards before he crossed the goal line. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) The Associated Press

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