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The 1996 Dallas Cowboys season would mark their 37th consecutive season in the NFL. Following their victory in Super Bowl XXX the Cowboys endured a tumultuous year. Star receiver Michael Irvin was suspended by the league for the first five games and before the playoffs was accused with lineman Erik Williams of sexual assault (a charge subsequently proven inaccurate). Controversy also took place when writer Skip Bayless published a scathing account of the Cowboys’ 1995 season.