<P> Dallas started the 1987 season 1 - 1 before NFL players went on strike and management responded by hiring replacement players . Schramm, having anticipated the strike, assembled one of the better replacement teams, which was soon bolstered by several starters who crossed the picket line (including Dorsett, Danny White, and Randy White). However, the "Counterfeit Cowboys" suffered an embarrassing home loss to a Redskins team composed entirely of replacement players, and once the strike ended, Dallas' regular squad lost six of its next eight games to finish 7--8 . </P> <P> The Cowboys went into a free - fall in 1988 . After starting the season 2--2, a last - second loss in New Orleans started a 10 - game Cowboy losing streak . Among the few bright spots in the season were the team's first - round draft pick, wide receiver Michael Irvin (whom Schramm had predicted would spur the team's "return from the dead"), and a Week 15 victory against the Redskins in Washington, Tom Landry's last . </P> <P> Bright sold the Cowboys to Arkansas businessman Jerry Jones on February 25, 1989 . Jones' first act as owner was to fire Tom Landry, who was until then the only head coach the franchise had ever known . Tom Landry's abrupt termination attracted considerable criticism . He admitted to becoming more forgetful with play calling and clock management as he passed his 60th birthday, and to being a bit unwilling to adapt his offense for the NFL of the 1980s, although he was not totally to blame for the Cowboys' problems, which included years of poor drafts . Schramm, Brandt, and other longtime personnel were soon gone as well . Jones replaced Landry with University of Miami head coach Jimmy Johnson . With the worst record of 1988, Dallas gained the #1 draft pick for 1989, UCLA QB Troy Aikman (Tom Landry had expressed interest in Aikman just before being fired). After Dallas opened the 1989 season 0--5, Johnson traded away Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five veteran players and eight draft choices . (A total of 18 players or draft choices were involved in what was the largest trade in NFL history at the time .) The Cowboys finished the 1989 season with a 1--15 record, their worst record since the team's inception . Rookie quarterback Steve Walsh, starting in place of an injured Aikman, led the team to its lone victory in a midseason Sunday night game in Washington . </P> <P> The two games with Philadelphia in 1989 (which became known as the Bounty Bowls) were marked by particularly strong hostility between the staff and fans of both teams . Eagles coach Buddy Ryan insulted Jimmy Johnson, saying that he did nothing in his tenure at the University of Miami except run the score up on bad teams and also made fun of his weight . Ryan reputedly wanted his players to injure Cowboys kicker Roger Ruzek, who had been cut from the Eagles early in the season, and in the season - ender in Philadelphia, the Cowboys were pelted with snowballs . </P>

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