EXCERPT:
In the four-plus decades of the Redskins-Cowboys rivalry, the players with stars on their helmets have built a sizeable advantage, winning 64 of the 109 times the two teams have clashed.
However, the Redskins have prevailed when the stakes have been highest: the 1972 NFC championship and the 1982 NFC championship.
The first victory punched the Redskins' ticket to Super Bowl VII, where they fell to the Dolphins, 14-7. But as Redskins defensive end Ron McDole said, destroying the Cowboys, 26-3, on Dec. 31, 1972, was "kind of like our Super Bowl.
