I'm a Dallasite (with deep roots in North Dallas and greater Lakewood) who's in exile in Manhattan, and watching Monday night's Cowboys game -- the last Monday Night Football game in Texas Stadium! -- was an emotional experience. I remember going there with my dad, who would die in 1975; with my closest friend -- a frigid playoff loss to the Rams, then of Los Angeles; as a Morning News reporter to cover a mishap at a playoff game against the Vikings in 1977 (or early January in '78) in which a guy's snowman costume caught fire from a vendor's sterno can. (A drunk called the newsroom to slurringly tell us: "Dallas kills presidents and hates Vikings' fans.") My favorite moment from last night: T.O. egging on the crowd to cheer in the closing minutes, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house. I called my mom (also in exile, in South Carolina), and she also was emotional. At that moment, we were both missing and loving Dallas. ... What are your favorite Texas Stadium moments?
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