Facts and information about the Dallas Cowboys

• The Dallas Cowboys franchise was created with the main purpose to be competition to the AFL’s Dallas Texans. Eventually the Texans were forced to move to Kansas City, becoming the Chiefs.

• Cowboy Wide Receiver Terrell Owens once caused an on-field altercation to break out in Texas Stadium when he “disrespected” the star logo in the center of the field while he was playing for the San Francisco 49ers.

• Roger Staubach is one of only three quarterbacks that finished the 1970’s with a passer rating of over 100; the others are Ken Stabler and Bert Jones.

• The Cowboys appeared in half of the Super Bowls played in the 1970’s, winning Super Bowl VI in 1971 and Super Bowl XII in 1977.

• Cowboys’ cornerback Everson Walls is shown on the famous Sports Illustrated cover of Dwight Clark and “The Catch”.

• Defensive End Ed “Too Tall” Jones retired following the 1978 season to become a professional boxer. He came back and played for the Cowboys from 1979 through 1989.

• Longtime Cowboys coach Tom Landry flew a B17 Flying Fortress Bomber during World War II. He flew over 30 combat missions and also survived a crash landing.

• During the 1987 season, running back Herschel Walker led the Cowboys in rushing attempts, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, pass receptions, receiving yards, and total touchdowns.

• One of the more amazing stats from former coach Tom Landry’s playing days with the New York Giants is that in the 80 games that he played, he had 32 interceptions.

• Quarterback Roger Staubach played college football for the US Naval Academy, in doing so he had to fulfill a commitment to the Navy after college and couldn’t play in the NFL right away. Staubach was 27 years old at the start of his rookie season.

• In the late 1950’s future Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry would be included as one half of one of the best assistant coaching staffs ever. Landry was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants while the offensive coordinator was none other than future Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.

• Through 2007, only three players have played 15 seasons or more with the Dallas Cowboys; Mark Tuinei, Bill Bates, and Ed “Too Tall” Jones.

• In the Dallas Cowboys first season their record was 0-11-1, and over the course of the next four years they never won more than 5 games. Despite this rough start, head coach Tom Landry was given a ten year extension and ended up staying 29 years total with the team. From 1965 to 1985 Landry’s Cowboys registered 20 consecutive winning seasons.

• Tom Landry, the longtime head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, is credited with inventing the 4-3 defense while an assistant coach with the New York Giants.

• Through the 2006 season, the Dallas Cowboys are the only team to have two different multiple Super Bowl winning quarterbacks; Roger Staubach with two wins, and Troy Aikman with three.

• Quarterback Roger Staubach put up his personal bests, in pass completions, passing yards, and touchdown passing during his final year in the league, 1979.

• Cowboys running back Herschel Walker is the only player in the history of the NFL to have gained 4,000 yards three different ways (rushing, receiving, and kickoff returning).

• During Wrestlemania 2 in 1986, Cowboys defensive end Ed “Too Tall” Jones was the special referee for the Battle Royal that included pro football players.

• In 2007, quarterback Tony Romo broke the Dallas Cowboys’ single season touchdown record for quarterbacks. Though the Cowboys have two famous hall-of-fame former quarterbacks in Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, the record Romo broke was held by former quarterback Danny White.

• On Herschel Walker’s first touchdown run for the University of Georgia, he can be seen running over future Cowboys safety Bill Bates.

• Former Cowboy great Tony Dorsett played his final season as a member of the Denver Broncos.

• Ron Springs’ son Shawn also played Cornerback in the NFL.

• The Cowboys first season in the NFL was 1960, during their first year they played in the northern division.

• For their first eleven seasons (1960-1971), the Cowboys played their home games in the Cotton Bowl.

• The Cowboys’ nickname “America’s Team” is also the title of their 1978 NFL Films highlight film.

• At one time the original owners of the Cowboys purchased the rights to “Hail to the Redskins”, the fight song of the Washington Redskins, and threatened not to let the Redskins use it.

• Hall-of-Famer Bob Lilly was the Dallas Cowboys first draft selection ever.

• Before settling on Cowboys, the original owners first called the team the Dallas Steers and then the Dallas Rangers.

• The Cowboys moved from the Cotton Bowl to Texas Stadium midseason in week six of the 1971 season.

• For many years, Quarterback Danny White was also the team’s punter.

• At the time he was fired by new owner Jerry Jones in 1989, Tom Landry had been the only Head Coach the Dallas Cowboys had ever had.

• As of 2007, there have been more Sports Illustrated covers with Dallas Cowboys on them than any other football team.

• Former Running Back Calvin Hill is the father of basketball star Grant Hill of the NBA and Duke University.

• In 1975, the Dallas Cowboys lost two significant players to the upstart World Football League; Calvin Hill to The Hawaiians and Craig Morton to the Houston Texans.

• With the Super Bowl XXVII victory, Head Coach Jimmy Johnson became the first coach to ever win an NFL Championship as well as a NCAA Championship (University of Miami). And with the Cowboys victory in Super Bowl XXX, Barry Switzer became the second Head Coach to accomplish that feat.

• When Chan Gailey was let go after the 1999 season, he became the first Cowboys coach to never win a Super Bowl in their 39 year history.

• Upon joining the league in 1960, the Cowboys logo was a simple blue star with no outlining. The present day logo with the white pinstriped outlining of the star was introduced in 1967.

• The first Dallas Cowboy elected to the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame was Bob Lilly, the second was Quarterback Roger Staubach.

• Cowboys Linebacker Chuck Howley was the first (and so far only) player to be named Super Bowl MVP from the losing team. Howley is also the first defensive player to win the award.

• When Defensive Linemen Harvey Martin and Randy White were both named the MVP of Super Bowl XII, it marked the first time the award was ever shared.

• Emmitt Smith, the all-time rushing yards leader of both the Cowboys and the entire NFL, finished his career with the Arizona Cardinals.

• Dave Campo was the first Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, and only one through 2007, to have a losing record.

• Former Wide Receiver Drew Pearson held the position of General Manager with the XFL’s New York/New Jersey Hitmen during the leagues only season in existence, 2001.

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