I figured getting access to the bench at the end of the game would yield really nice photos of Jamie Benn, Kari Lehtonen, Antoine Roussel, Radek Faksa and Vernon Fiddler celebrating a second-round, Game 7 win over the St. It wasn’t the way I pictured the Stars’ 2015-16 season ending. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) (Staff Photographer) Louis Blues in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

What a raucous event that was!ĭallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) puts his arm around teammate Vernon Fiddler (38) as they head for the exit to the locker after losing to the St. Riots even broke out near the West End following the celebration at City Hall. Eventually, the confetti became so thick that the sports cars were overheating, one catching fire. So I backed out, ran down a side street a block or two, and squeezed back in through the mosh pit as Jerry stood up and waved to fans outside the Adolphus Hotel.

But I couldn’t get through the crush of people. After photographing Troy Aikman, I tried getting to Jones, who had just won his first Super Bowl trophy. The crowds were pressing up against the cars, making it difficult to move between them as they crept along Commerce Street. About 400,000 fans descended on downtown Dallas to see players, coaches, and owner Jerry Jones riding in convertibles. 30, 1993, and the D-FW went crazy over it. But the 1992 season ended with the Cowboys’ victory over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVII on Jan. Every once in a while I’d be lucky enough to have the lead photo on SportsDay. Usually, I photographed the first half of the games at Texas Stadium and made a halftime film run with everyone’s rolls of film. I had covered the Cowboys when the opportunity arose. I was 24 and working as a photographer/photo lab technician at The Dallas Morning News. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII, 52-17, in Pasadena. PUBLISHED FebruDallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones acknowledges the cheers from hundreds of thousands of fans who descended on downtown Dallas Tuesday to join in the Super Bowl victory parade.

Moments live visuals