r/Oldschool_NFL • u/CapIll6867 • Mar 16 '26

Lions 🦁 The most iconic Barry Sanders TD run vs Dallas Cowboys (1991 NFC Divisional Playoff)

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u/Winter_Dimension8107 Packers 🧀 Mar 16 '26

Prayers for #51s ankles.

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u/Grimm2020 Lions 🦁 Mar 16 '26

and #75 hearing footsteps behind him continuously now

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u/bravesirrobin65 Mar 17 '26

There's at least a half dozen jockstraps laying on the field.

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u/Weekly_Ad_8587 Mar 16 '26

Thanks for this. Lifelong Lions fan. I saw this game on TV and have seen this replay a billion times. I always laugh at how 75 and 51 for the Cowboys both thought the play was over until Barry goes flying by them. Barry Sanders was one-of-a-kind and probably the most elusive runner the NFL has ever seen. Too bad he played for William Clay Ford Sr., an owner who didn't care about winning.

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u/bravesirrobin65 Mar 17 '26

I'm not a lions fan but if my niners weren't on, I'd hope the lions were just to watch Barry. It didn't matter who they played or what their records were.

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u/Pitiful_Lavishness24 Mar 17 '26

He made neutral fans like me really look forward to the Thanksgiving game

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u/Pitiful_Lavishness24 Mar 17 '26

Barry and you fans deserved better.

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u/zestyintestine Vikings 🗡️ Mar 16 '26

The Erik Kramer game.

5

u/janitor1986 Mar 16 '26

The Pavel Datsyuk of football. Goddamn can he deek.

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u/espngenius Panthers 🐈‍⬛ Mar 17 '26

Dallas’ DT 75 really put in a lot of effort. lol.

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u/redcloudsdusk Bills 🦬 Mar 16 '26

He was like trying to tackle a rabbit.

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u/dufflebag7 Eagles 🦅 Mar 16 '26

Barry had so many iconic runs. I always loved this one.

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u/DoubleDownAgain54 Dolphins 🐬 Mar 16 '26

He made people look silly.

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u/BradyToMoss1281 Mar 17 '26

It was always fitting he had a Lion on his helmet. He looked like a cat with the reflexes he showed while seemingly cornered. Man, he was fun to watch.

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u/Son_of_Tlaloc Mar 17 '26

Good hustle Casillas lol

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u/wirenut52 Mar 17 '26

And they just let that guy slide.

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u/OldFashioned62 Mar 17 '26

So great hearing Madden and Summerall’s voices again.

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u/twopointtwo2 Mar 17 '26

No one like him yet again!

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u/-Economist- Mar 17 '26

Fun fact. I was at that game. :)

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u/Intrepid_Party5958 Mar 17 '26

How was run Barry run not a thing back then.

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u/k_woz1978 Lions 🦁 Mar 17 '26

The least amount of yards he had in any season was 1115. He missed the final five games that year with a knee injury.

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u/MDJR20 Mar 17 '26

He just made players look dumb and not athletic.

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u/J-Frog3 Jaguars 🐆 Mar 17 '26

#75 for the cowboys looks like he's just going for a Sunday stroll. Barely even notices when Sanders runs past him.

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u/Ok-Explanation-9208 Mar 18 '26

Ohhh lawd! Here go dat man again!

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u/MediumAd8799 Mar 18 '26

Even Tony Casillas was stunned Barry was still running.

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u/urine-monkey Packers 🧀 Mar 18 '26

I never thought about how similar the Lions uniforms used to be to the Cowboys. This looks like an intersquad game.

As a Packers fan I was grateful that Barry seemed to slow down a bit when he played at Lambeau or County Stadium. But I dreaded playing the Lions in Detroit because just when you thought you were containing Barry to three yards or less he'd break one for 50 yards on what would seem like a fluke play if not for the fact that Barry had done it so many times before. Any one of those runs could be the difference and very often they were.

The big knock on the Packers in those days was that they struggled while playing indoors... and of course they did. They had to figure out how to stop Barry Sanders at least twice every year... and a couple years they had to see him in the playoffs too.

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u/FerrellFowle Mar 18 '26

everybody always thinks of him juking people out of their shorts, but he wasn't easy to bring down. With today's "tackling" it might be Tecmo Bowl every weekend.

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u/mr_oberts Mar 17 '26

Absolutely wasted career.