How/When did you become a Cowboys fan?

[Aven8]

Being that the news is slow today I thought I would ask this question.

I was born and raised in TX so I've followed this team since birth. I know a lot of the board is from all over the country and just wanted to know how you became a fan, etc?

Also, for the older then the Internet, satellite tv, generation when you were fans before these inventions how did you see the games, etc.? Radio?

[percyhoward]

When: the last game of the 1975 preseason

Where: Texas Stadium, Irving

Why: Staubach to Pearson to beat the Steelers

I was a Dolphins fan when I walked into the stadium that night, but left a Cowboys fan.

[curboys]

When: the beginning of the 1966 season

Where: El Paso, Texas

Why: I was Packers fan until a childhood friend of mine told me about the Dallas Cowboys. I watched one of their games and have been hooked ever since. I've been a loyal Cowboys fan for years but from 1996 to present have been the most difficult. With the exception of the early 90's, the current Dallas Cowboys don't come close to the Tex Schramm and Tom Landry era.

[5Stars]

Originally Posted by Aven8

Being that the news is slow today I thought I would ask this question.

I was born and raised in TX so I've followed this team since birth. I know a lot of the board is from all over the country and just wanted to know how you became a fan, etc?

Also, for the older then the Internet, satellite tv, generation when you were fans before these inventions how did you see the games, etc.? Radio?

Yeah, I saw the games on the radio.

I've been a fan since the day the Cowboys became a team. I used to get The Dallas Cowboys Weekly (i think that's what it was called) mailed to me every week.

The first Cowboys Superbowl I got the Cowboys Weekly newspaper, framed it under glass after I carefully read every word of it. I have since lost it and have no clue to where it is to this day.

I have been to Texas Stadium 12 times to see the Cowboys live.

[Aven8]

Originally Posted by 5Stars

Yeah, I saw the games on the radio.

I've been a fan since the day the Cowboys became a team. I used to get The Dallas Cowboys Weekly (i think that's what it was called) mailed to me every week.

The first Cowboys Superbowl I got the Cowboys Weekly newspaper, framed it under glass after I carefully read every word of it. I have since lost it and have no clue to where it is to this day.

I have been to Texas Stadium 12 times to see the Cowboys live.

I'm older as well. I love listening to the game on the radio. A good analyst can describe the whole scene as if you were there.

Lived in TX my whole life and DFW now for the past 22 years and have only been to one game! The game? MNF when Parcells benched Bledsoe at halftime and its been Romo ever since. I can remember using the restroom at halftime and started a chant Romo, Romo, Romo and some guys started in with me. Then I walk to my seat and the crowd went nuts when # 9 came running onto the field!

[Kilyin]

In the 80s.

I grew up on Danny White and Tom Landry. My father and older brother were Redskins fans and my dad especially hated the Cowboys.

I liked the Cowboys uniforms and my mom kind of encouraged it when she found that out, even though she couldn't care less about football. She bought me a Cowboys shirt or jacket (I can't remember which) and I was hooked.

[bouttime]

I was born in Dallas. I remember watching...get this...Don Meredith, Bob Hayes, Staubauch, Dorsett, Newhouse, Hollywood Henderson, Randy White, Harvey Martin, The Triplets and so on. I live in Upstate New York now & people ask me why I'm a Cowboy fan??? Really???

[5Stars]

Originally Posted by Aven8

I'm older as well. I love listening to the game on the radio. A good analyst can describe the whole scene as if you were there.

Lived in TX my whole life and DFW now for the past 22 years and have only been to one game! The game? MNF when Parcells benched Bledsoe at halftime and its been Romo ever since. I can remember using the restroom at halftime and started a chant Romo, Romo, Romo and some guys started in with me. Then I walk to my seat and the crowd went nuts when # 9 came running onto the field!

WTH!

Bro, I had to drive from Albuquerque to Dallas, 12 hours straight, both ways!

And you live there, and have just gone to one game?

You are so on my ignore list!

[bouttime]

Originally Posted by 5Stars

WTH!

Bro, I had to drive from Albuquerque to Dallas, 12 hours straight, both ways!

And you live there, and have just gone to one game?

You are so on my ignore list!

I was raised in Albuquerque...I would have KILLED to see a 'Boys game! 12 hrs is a heck of alot closer than 3-Days drive...

[5Stars]

Originally Posted by bouttime

I was raised in Albuquerque...I would have KILLED to see a 'Boys game! 12 hrs is a heck of alot closer than 3-Days drive...

Where about?

I played for UNM Lobos Baseball as a 2 string catcher for one year. They let me loose the following year.

I live in Utah now, so next time if I ever get the chance, I would love to drive down their again to watch the Cowboys.

[5StarComboBreaker]

Originally Posted by bouttime

I was raised in Albuquerque...I would have KILLED to see a 'Boys game! 12 hrs is a heck of alot closer than 3-Days drive...

Raised in Albuquerque as well! '92 Super Bowl I was 9...my dad (lifelong cowboys fan) bought me the official super bowl t-shirt (which i still have) and the rest is history.

[da_whiz_kid]

Originally Posted by Aven8

I'm older as well. I love listening to the game on the radio. A good analyst can describe the whole scene as if you were there.

Lived in TX my whole life and DFW now for the past 22 years and have only been to one game! The game? MNF when Parcells benched Bledsoe at halftime and its been Romo ever since. I can remember using the restroom at halftime and started a chant Romo, Romo, Romo and some guys started in with me. Then I walk to my seat and the crowd went nuts when # 9 came running onto the field!

That's pretty cool. I've been to two games here in cali. One preseason game a couple years back when they played the chargers. And one regular season game, at candlestick when Romo went on a tear with his broken ribs and beat them niners! It was like 50/50 cowboy and niner fans. Great game, went with my father and grandfather. They had a guy who works with the niners organization who is a frat brother of theirs and also a fellow cowboy fan and hooked it up with some tickets. Same with chargers, I have an uncle who has season tickets and I will be at the cowboy game this year.

[dexternjack]

Originally Posted by da_whiz_kid

That's pretty cool. I've been to two games here in cali. One preseason game a couple years back when they played the chargers. And one regular season game, at candlestick when Romo went on a tear with his broken ribs and beat them niners! It was like 50/50 cowboy and niner fans. Great game, went with my father and grandfather. They had a guy who works with the niners organization who is a frat brother of theirs and also a fellow cowboy fan and hooked it up with some tickets. Same with chargers, I have an uncle who has season tickets and I will be at the cowboy game this year.

I was at that game at the stick too but I would say more like a 60/40 split in favor of the boys It felt like that anyways

[da_whiz_kid]

Originally Posted by dexternjack

I was at that game at the stick too but I would say more like a 60/40 split in favor of the boys It felt like that anyways

Haha true true. It felt like a home game. Moreso then our current stadium lolz!
Same thing with the chargers game to.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Originally Posted by Aven8

I'm older as well. I love listening to the game on the radio. A good analyst can describe the whole scene as if you were there.

Lived in TX my whole life and DFW now for the past 22 years and have only been to one game! The game? MNF when Parcells benched Bledsoe at halftime and its been Romo ever since. I can remember using the restroom at halftime and started a chant Romo, Romo, Romo and some guys started in with me. Then I walk to my seat and the crowd went nuts when # 9 came running onto the field!

how did you react when his first pass was an INT

For me, became a fan really in 1977 although liked the name and team helmet earlier. I was 11 in 1977 when I first watched a lot of NFL. Stuck with them ever since.

I used to get a lot of their games on WCAX Burlington Vermont. When moved out west in 1980 was a little harder to see them as local CBS in Seattle thought local TV meant NFC West so I was stuck with Falcons, Saints etc. However, got enough Cowboys to keep me a fan.