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The Bounty Bowl was the name given to two NFL games held in 1989 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. The first, a 1989 Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas , was noted for allegations that the Eagles put a $200 bounty on Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas , who had been cut by Philadelphia earlier that season.
The NFL initially claimed that Fujita, who left the team for the Browns immediately after the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV, pledged "a significant amount of money" into the bounty program, but later determined that Fujita in fact had not pledged any money into the alleged bounty program.
Notable for allegations that the Eagles put a $200 bounty on Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas, who had been cut by Philadelphia earlier that season. [34] Bounty Bowl II December 10, 1989 Dallas Cowboys: 10–20 Philadelphia Eagles: Rematch of Bounty Bowl I, where Eagles fans threw objects at Cowboys players and coaches, game officials, and game ...
The Porkchop Bowl was the NFL matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys which followed the infamous Bounty Bowl II. Even though almost a year had transpired since the notorious " Bounty Bowl " games, the vitriolic rivalry between the two teams was still firmly in Cowboys fans' memories.
A bounty is a payment or reward of money to locate, capture or kill an outlaw or a wanted person. Two modern examples of bounties are the ones placed for the capture of Saddam Hussein and his sons by the United States government [ 1 ] and Microsoft 's bounty for computer virus creators. [ 2 ]
There is considerable hostility between the two teams' fan bases, with incidents such as the 1989 Bounty Bowl. The rivalry has even spilled over into draft weekend , with Cowboys legend Drew Pearson and Eagles legend David Akers exchanging insults at the opposing franchise in 2017 and 2018 , respectively.
The Redskins lost to defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco in the divisional round. However, as told in the NFL Network presentation America's Game: The Story of the 1991 Washington Redskins, coach Joe Gibbs and others pointed to this game as the foundation for the successes of the 1991 Redskins, who would go on to win Super Bowl XXVI.
Landry served as Cowboys' head coach since the team's inaugural 1960 season and led the team to 5 Super Bowl appearances, winning 2 of them in his 29 year tenure. They failed to improve on their 3–13 record from 1988, finishing at 1–15 and missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.