Franchise history
1960s
A city of Dallas, Texas, was granted an NFL franchise on January 28, 1960. Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne were the team owners and they immediately hired Tex Schramm to be the general manager and Tom Landry to be the head coach. In the Cowboys' number one year, it finished winless by having the 0-1One-1 record. A as punishment season, a Cowboys mass produced their foremost NFL Draft choice, finding Bob Lilly with the Thirteenth pick in the draft. A season 1961 also saw the Cowboys' 1st triumph, a 27-2 dozen convince the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 17.

In a period of the 1960s, the Cowboys continued to improve their team. Quarterback Don Meredith and running back Don Perkins joined the team & by 1966, the Cowboys experienced their number One winning year (10-Three-1; it would non own an additional losing year until 1985) and their number 1 playoff appearance: the 34-27 loss to the Green Bay Packers. By this instance, the Cowboys got get a right click in the NFL, sending eight players to the Pro Bowl including Cowboy legends like Bob Hayes, Chuck Howley, Bob Lilly, Don Meredith, Don Perkins and Mel Renfro.

Likewise, a Cowboys were becoming an crucial a share of the population of Dallas. For their foremost years, a Cowboys were universally swimming 2nd fiddle to Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans of the AFL because a Texans were a further constituted team & got the better record. However inside 1963 when the Texans moved to Kansas City and became the Kansas City Chiefs, a Cowboys became the single agent football draw inside town. By 1969, ground was being broken in a freshly sports stadium for the Cowboys to replenish the Cotton Bowl. Texas Stadium in Irving, a Dallas County suburb, would be completed for the 1971 season. Since it didn't leave Dallas County, there were there is no moves to vary a title of the team.

Around 1967, a Cowboys finished using the 9-Five record & experienced their number one playoff triumph: the 52-14 affair all over the Cleveland Browns. It went in to face a Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship game. A game, which happened in December 31, 1967 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, turned out to become one of a coldest NFL games in record (just about -13° F with a -40° wind chill). the Cowboys misused 21-17 in a of these-front yard quarterback sneak by Packers quarterback Bart Starr. A game would in a future are to become referred to as the "Ice Bowl."

1970s
In the 1970s, a NFL underwent numerous changes when it absorbed the AFL & became a unified league, however the Cowboys likewise underwent several changes. Meredith & Perkins retired around 1969 and many fresh players were joining a organization, rather Cliff Harris, Lee Roy Jordan, Rayfield Wright, Dan Reeves, Mike Ditka and Roger Staubach. Led by quarterback Craig Morton, the Cowboys processed it to their foremost Super Bowl, a mistake-filled Super Bowl V, where it misused 16-13 to the Baltimore Colts courtesy of a field goal by Colts' kicker Jim O'Brien as time expired. Yet, a unsatisfying Very Bowl loss was manufactured higher for a next season while the Cowboys, led by Staubach, won their number 1 NFL championship around 1971, Super Bowl VI, a 2 dozen-Three triumph all over a Miami Dolphins.

A Cowboys were okay, beginning to develop witharound popularity non simply in Dallas, however countrywide. Their televised appearances in Thanksgiving Day games beginning in 1966 helped bring the Cowboys to the countrywide audience. Under Tom Landry, a and then-supposed "Doomsday Defense" became the mighty & dominating click in the NFL & their offense was likewise exciting to watch over.

A Cowboys faltered slightly within 1974, missing the playoffs first around eight years. Nevertheless, a Cowboys drafted swell ensuing a year, adding newly legends rather Randy White and Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson. A freshly inflow of talent helped a Cowboys to Super Bowl X, where a Cowboys misplaced to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17. However a Cowboys would over again taste Very Bowl triumph, defeating a Denver Broncos 27-1Within Super Bowl XII. Bob Ryan, an NFL films editor, would dub a Cowboys "America's Team" resulting this year, a nickname that stuck across each the proficient & bad days to are.

A glory times of the Cowboys in the Seventies were coming to an prevent. It would email of these final Extremely Bowl, Super Bowl XIII, losing once again at the mitts of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 35-31, despite a previous-microscopic effort by Staubach which failed. Roger Staubach retired resulting a 1979 season (replaced by punter Danny White, who did double-duty when quarterback & punter for two or three years) & a Cowboys began declining in the NFL.

1980s
In the 1981-1982 NFC Championship game, the Cowboys misused to the San Francisco 49ers on a previous-2nd touchdown pass from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark. Clark's renowned leap in the prevent zone would are to become referred to as "The Catch" & represented a changing of the guard in the NFC from either the dominant Cowboys teams of the Seventies to the dominant 49ers teams of the 1980s.

Inside 1984, H.R. "Bum" Bright purchased the Dallas Cowboys from Murchison, but following seasons that were getting progressively worse (1985: 10-6; 1986: 7-9; 1987: 7-8; 1988: 3-13), Bright sold the Cowboys to Jerry Jones on February 25, 1989. Jones promptly fired a simply coach a Cowboys experienced ever known & replaced him sustaining University of Miami head coach, Jimmy Johnson. This besides led to the retirement of quarterback-punter Danny White, who (such as Roger Staubach) worked closely sustaining Tom Landry. By owning a foremost pick in a draft, the Cowboys selected quarterback Troy Aikman and traded away veteran heading back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five seasoned players & eight draft options. a Cowboys finished a 1989 year using a One-15 record, a worst record since the team's origin, however a foundations for the Cowboys' go to to glory experienced been placed.

1990s
Inside 1990, the Cowboys drafted Emmitt Smith & the trifecta of Aikman, Smith and wide receiver Michael Irvin was now placed. A Cowboys finished 7-9, however Smith wwhen known as NFC Offensive Rookie of the Month & Jimmy Johnson was selected as Coach of the Month. By 1991, a Cowboys finished using an 11-Five record, making the playoffs first around vi years.

Around 1992, the Cowboys finished 1Three-3 (2nd right in the league) & exacted their retaliation on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, 30-20. A Cowboys went in to kill a Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII, 52-17. A resulting year, a Cowboys went 12-Four, over once more defeating a 49ers inside a NFC Championship & again defeating the Buffalo Bills in the Extr Bowl, this period 30-13 in Super Bowl XXVIII. the Cowboys sent a record Eleven players to the Pro Bowl: Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, Thomas Everett, Daryl Johnston, Russell Maryland, Nate Newton, Ken Norton Jr, Jay Novacek, Mark Stepnoski and Erik Williams.

Nevertheless, Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones had a rupture & Johnson left a organization before a 1994 season. Jones hired previous University of Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer to be a team's fresh head coach. A Cowboys would finish 12-Four, however misplaced in the NFC Championship game to the 49ers, 38-28. However some other 12-Four year within 1995 got a Cowboys to the playoffs over agaaround in which it sooner or later defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 in Super Bowl XXX, getting retaliation against a Steelers for the both 4-point losses around Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XIII.

However a glory times of the Cowboys were once more beginning to fade when free agency and injuries began taking their toll. A Cowboys went 6-10 inside 1997 and Switzer was let go. Previous Steelers offensive coordinator Chan Gailey was hired to take on top head coaching duties. Gailey led the team to a 10-6 record inside 1998, but was let last fallowing the 8-8 year around 1999.

2000s to present
Defensive coordinator Dave Campo was promoted to head coach, but he may lone post ternion sequentially Five-11 seasons. Numerous fans & media were beginning to blame Jerry Jones for the team's ills, noting that he refused to hire the hard coach, preferring to hire coaches that didn't are included sustaining personnel duties thus that Jones himself can handle the two.

Even so, Jones proved the two wrong inside 2003 by luring Bill Parcells out of retirement to coach the Cowboys. a Cowboys became a surprise team of the 2003 year, posting a 10-6 record by having the better overall defense in the NFL. Yet, a 2004 season was one of turmoil. Injuries & lasting penalty problems hobbled the Cowboys, however a preseason quarterback argument too driven pain after Quincy Carter was suddenly terminated for drug use pro 40-month-old seasoned Vinny Testaverde, brought to a Cowboys from either the Future York Jets by his previous coach in the off-year. A Cowboys began heavy, by having triumph against a Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins, but quickly fell remove to a Three-Five record by midyear, finishing the season 6-10.

A Cowboys improved their defense prior to a 2005-2006 year sustaining a additions of foremost circular draft picks Demarcus Ware and Marcus Spears. Parcells drafted these 2 in a hopes of jumpstarting the team's transition from either a traditional Four-Three defense to a Three-Four defense, which he believes favors the talents (speed & strenuosity across power) of the todays lineup. Jerry Jones too added the total of understanding seasoned players, getting nose tackle Jason Ferguson and cornerback Anthony Henry via free professional, & linebacker Scott Fujita via the Kansas City Chiefs. In offense, a Cowboys felt a want to update their passing play to complement their top 2004 draft pick, going back Julius Jones, acquiring each quarterback Drew Bledsoe and wide receiver Peerless Price via free professional. In a period of his tenure, Parcells has make sure of signing players that own played for him it used to be that, including Bledsoe (using the Nationalist), cornerback Aaron Glenn, wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson and fullback Richie Anderson (all by having a Jets; Anderson is no hanker using a Cowboys).

Within November of 2004, a vote was go past the City of Arlington in Tarrant County to build a recently sports stadium adjacent to the existent Ameriquest Field in Arlington. A deadline for even either a City of Arlington or a Dallas Cowboys to back away from a treat for the freshly arena has passed. A team might lead off swimming at a freshly places around 2009 after thirty-eight years inside the City of Irving, and forty-nine years in Dallas County.

Season-by-season
|- |196Cypher || 0 || Xi || Ace || Seventh West || -- |- |196Ace || Quaternity || Ix || 1 || Sixth East || -- |- |1962 || Fivesome || Octet || One || Fifth East || -- |- |1963 || Quatern || X || Cipher || Fifth East || -- |- |1964 || Fivesome || Eighter from decatur || Single || Fifth East || -- |- |1965 || Seven || Seven || Cipher || 2d East || -- |- |1966 || Ten || Trio || Single || First East || Misused NFL Championship Game (Packers) |- |1967 || Ix || Five || Cypher || First Capitol || Misused NFL Championship Game (Packers) |- |1968 || Twelve || Ii || Nought || First Capitol || Misplaced Conference Playoff Game (Browns) |- |1969 || Xi || Deuce || I || First Capitol || Wasted Conference Playoff Game (Browns) |- |197Cipher || Decade || Four || 0 || First NFC East || Misplaced Super Bowl V (Colts) |- |1971 || Eleven || Troika || Nought || First NFC East || Won Super Bowl VI |- |1972 || X || Quaternity || Cypher || Second NFC East || Wasted Conference Championship (Redskins) |- |1973 || Tenner || Four || Zero || First NFC East || Wasted Conference Championship (Vikings) |- |1974 || Octet || Sestet || Cipher || Tertiary NFC East || -- |- |1975 || Decade || Quaternity || Cipher || 2d NFC East || Misplaced Super Bowl X (Steelers) |- |1976 || Xi || Tierce || Nought || First NFC East || Wasted Divisional Playoffs (Rams) |- |1977 || Dozen || Deuce || Cypher || First NFC East || Won Super Bowl XII |- |1978 || Dozen || Foursome || Zero || First NFC East || Misplaced Super Bowl XIII (Steelers) |- |1979 || Xi || Fivesome || Cipher || First NFC East || Misplaced Divisional Playoffs (Rams) |- |198Zero || Xii || Quatern || 0 || Second NFC East || Misplaced Conference Championship (Eagles) |- |1981 || Twelve || Quaternity || Cipher || First NFC East || Wasted Conference Championship (49ers) |- |1982 || Captain hicks || Tierce || Zero || Second NFC Conf. || Wasted Conference Championship (Redskins) |- |1983 || Dozen || Iv || Cipher || Second NFC East || Misplaced Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) |- |1984 || Nine || Sevener || Cypher || Quaternary NFC East || -- |- |1985 || Ten || Six || Cipher || First NFC East || Misused Divisional Playoffs (Rams) |- |1986 || Seven || Nine || Cypher || Tertiary NFC East || -- |- |198Septenary || 7 || Viii || Cipher || Fourth NFC East || -- |- |1988 || Triplet || Baker's dozen || Cypher || Fifth NFC East || -- |- |1989 || Ace || Fifteen || Cypher || Fifth NFC East || -- |- |199Cipher || Vii || Ennead || 0 || Fourth NFC East || -- |- |1991 || Xi || Five || Zero || 2d NFC East || Wasted Divisional Playoffs (Lions) |- |1992 || Long dozen || Trey || Nought || First NFC East || Won Super Bowl XXVII |- |1993 || Twelve || Tetrad || Nought || First NFC East || Won Super Bowl XXVIII |- |199Four || Twelve || 4 || Nought || First NFC East || Wasted Conference Championship (49ers) |- |1995 || Dozen || Quartet || Nought || First NFC East || Won Super Bowl XXX |- |199Vi || Tenner || 6 || Zero || First NFC East || Misplaced Divisional Playoffs (Panthers) |- |1997 || Hexad || X || Cypher || Quaternary NFC East || -- |- |1998 || Decade || Captain hicks || Nought || First NFC East || Wasted Wild Card Playoffs (Cardinals) |- |1999 || Octet || Eighter || Zero || 2d NFC East || Wasted Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) |- |200Cypher || Five || Xi || 0 || Fourth NFC East || -- |- |2001 || Quint || Xi || Nought || Fifth NFC East || -- |- |2002 || Quintuplet || Eleven || Cypher || Fourth NFC East || -- |- |2003 || Decade || Half a dozen || Nought || Second NFC East || Misused Wild Card Playoffs (Panthers) |- |2004 || Sixer || Tenner || Zero || Third NFC East || --

Broadcasters

a Cowboys has too a rich history of producing easily-known sports announcer on top a years: the best known of which is Verne Lundquist, who served when voice of the Cowboys from either 1972 until 1984. Bill Mercer and Frank Glieber also were Cowboys announcers from a early times of the organization until Lundquist's arrival as a colour analyst. Verne's freshly analyst, Brad Sham, joined him within 1977, became the freshly play-by-play announcer in 1984 & has been using a Cowboys ever since, except for a ternion-season hiatus between 1995 & 1998 (whenever Dave Garrett was the play-by-play announcer). 2005 is Brad Sham's 26th month using a organization; Xviii of victims years when play-by-play announcer. Babe Laufenberg is the color analyst, & Kristi Scales is the sideline reporter.

A Cowboys Radio Network for numerous years get on KRLD; today these are okay, in 98.Vii KLUV.

Players of note
Pro Football Hall of Famers
Mike Ditka Tony Dorsett Tom Landry (coach) Bob Lilly Mel Renfro Tex Schramm (executive) Roger Staubach Randy White

Current players
Flozell Adams OT Larry Allen G Darian Barnes FB Drew Bledsoe QB Leonardo Carson DT Jose Cortez K Greg Ellis DE Jason Ferguson DT Lance Frazier CB/PR Lousaka Polite FB Terry Glenn WR La'Roi Glover DT Andre Gurode G Anthony Henry CB Drew Henson QB Bradie James LB Al Johnson C Keyshawn Johnson WR Julius Jones RB Mat McBriar P Peerless Price WR Terence Newman CB Dat Nguyen LB Scott Fujita LB Rob Pettiti OT Wille Pile DB Marco Rivera G Scott Shanle LB Alshermond Singleton LB Marcus Spears DE Anthony Thomas RB Torrin Tucker OT Demarcus Ware DE Roy Williams FS Jason Witten TE

Retired numbers
A Dallas Cowboys don't retire a many preceding standouts as a matter of policy. Instead, the team has a "Ring of Honor" in which its all-time greats are honored.

In September 19, 2005, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and, Michael Irvin joined the Ring of Honor during a Monday Night Football home game against the Washington Redskins.

Not to be forgotten
Troy Aikman Bill Bates Mike Ditka Joey Galloway Peter Gent Charles Haley Alvin Harper Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson Calvin Hill Tony Hill Michael Irvin Daryl Johnston Ed "Too Tall" Jones Leon Lett Bob Lilly Russell Maryland Robert Newhouse Nate Newton Jay Novacek Drew Pearson Dan Reeves Deion Sanders Emmitt Smith Mark Stepnoski Mark Tuinei Herschel Walker Everson Walls Danny White Erik Williams Darren Woodson