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Troy Aikman Troy Aikman played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1989-2000. He won three Super Bowls in 1993, 1994, and 1996. He later went on to be an NFL commentator and an NFL Hall of Famer. Troy Aikman was born on November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California. He was raised by his parents, Kenneth and Charlyn Aikman. He later moved to Henryetta, Oklahoma. While attending Henryetta High School. He was their starting quarterback on the football team. In 1983 Troy Aikman earned All-State honors and won the Oklahoma State Championship. He received college offers from Oklahoma, UCLA, Texas, and Miami. Ultimately, he chose Oklahoma to go play college football. After High School, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. But he did not agree with Head …show more content…
But that didn’t phase them in in the last game of the regular season. The Cowboys and Giants faced off to see who would win the division. Aikman and the Cowboys won the division and secured home field advantage in the playoffs. The Cowboys went back to the Superbowl and faced the same team, the Buffalo Bills. The Bills won at halftime with a score of 13-6. When the second half came. The Cowboys are a whole different team. They dominated the Bills in the second half, and won the second consecutive Super Bowl with a score of 30-13. After the game, the Cowboys owner fired Head Coach Jimmy Johnson. They hired Aikman’s former coach at Oklahoma, Barry Switzer. The Cowboys went back to the NFC Championship, and played the 49ers for the third year in a row. This time the result was different, the 49ers beat the Cowboys, stopping the three-peat. The Cowboys got back to their winning ways the next season after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl. Troy Aikman's career kinda went downhill after the Super Bowl. The Cowboys made the playoffs the next year, but they went on to lose to the Carolina Panthers in the divisional …show more content…
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