RogerStaubach’s
FiveForemost Super
BowlMemories
1
Roger Staubach
became aBalti-
moreColts fan
while at theNaval
Academy in nearbyAn-
napolis. He then served
inVietnam and returned
in 1969, just in time to
see the JoeNamath–led
Jets famously upset
theColts inSuper Bowl
III. Staubachwatched from his house at the
PensacolaNaval Air Station.
2
TheCowboys lost Super Bowl V
in 1971. Abackup then, Staubach
remembers his teammates’ crushing
disappointment andBobLilly’smemorable
helmet toss. He recalls telling legendary
coachTomLandry on the plane home that he
wanted a trade or a chance to play.
3
Staubach quarterbackedSuper Bowl
VI, bridging the gapbetween ’60s
holdovers and ’70s buildingblocks.
“Being in that locker room [afterwinning]
was probably the biggest thrill I’ve had as an
athlete. I can still seeCoach Landry smiling. I
askedWalt Garrison if he’d ever seenCoach
Landry smile. He said, ‘No, but I’ve only been
here nine years.’”
4
TheCowboys beat Denver in 1978.
Staubach’s pass toButch Johnson (on
a play they basicallymade up in the
huddle) helped clinch the game. “Thatwas
against the ‘OrangeCrush.’ Itwas indoors.
And itwas loud.”
5
A year later, Dallas fell 35 to31 to
Pittsburgh. “We had a great team.We
were the defending champs.We just
got outscored
by another
great team.
I’ve had some
wonderful
memories and
some thatwere
disappointing.”
