21. 1993 Dallas Cowboys
Season Results: 12-4, Won Super Bowl XXVIII
The Cowboys put on an encore performance in ’93 by winning their second consecutive Super Bowl. It would end up being coach Jimmy Johnson’s final season with the team, and what a season it was. Dallas started the year off a bit rocky, losing its first two games of the regular season while the offense committed eight turnovers. In fact, the Cowboys didn’t score over 20 points in a game until Week 5 of the regular season. It seemed for a moment that the Cowboys were experiencing a Super Bowl ‘hangover’, but they were really just biding time.
After holding out for the first two games, star RB Emmitt Smith returned to the lineup and completely dominated the league. Smith collected 1,900 yards from scrimmage in just 14 games. Dallas won 15 of its final 17 games, including eight in a row to end the year. An offense led by Smith, Troy Aikman, and Michael Irvin, Dallas’ offense was tough to stop when it got going. The AFC Champion Buffalo Bills put up a good fight in the Super Bowl, and even led at halftime, but Dallas pitched a 24-0 second-half shutout en route to a 30-13 win.
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