With three Super Bowl championships in the previous four years, Dallas was already a dynasty. All of the key players were back in tow for another shot at the ring. The 1996 Dallas Cowboys were good and they had a few moments where flashes of their championship selves came shining through. But they also lacked […]
A playoff season in 1994 made it appear that the rebuilding program under head coach Bill Parcells and quarterback Drew Bledsoe had turned a corner. A disappointing regression in 1995 called that into question. Parcells, Bledsoe and the 1996 New England Patriots responded decisively–with a run to the Super Bowl, something the pre-Tom Brady franchise […]
From 1990 through 1997, Marty Schottenheimer led the Chiefs into the playoffs seven times. The one exception was 1996. It didn’t start out that way—right up until the end, the 1996 Kansas City Chiefs were well-positioned to continue the string of postseason appearances. But a late collapse left them out of the dance. READ ABOUT […]
The 1996 Washington Redskins were the team that played the franchise’s last season in the great venue of RFK Stadium. They looked poised to give the old stadium an appropriate sendoff, getting off to a strong start behind a power running game. But the muscle disappeared down the stretch and the Redskins missed the playoffs, […]
The 1996 Pittsburgh Steelers were a team in transition. The signature players on offense changed, but the success under fifth-year head coach Bill Cowher. Even though Pittsburgh didn’t repeat their AFC title run of 1995, they still continued their streak of qualifying for the playoffs each year under Cowher, and they won a game when they got there.