Cowboys Trivia For You

[TheProphet]

Originally Posted by Juke99

Who said (and of whom was it said).

He's a great running back. If you need 3 yards, give him the ball and he'll get you 4 yards. If you need 20 yards, give him the ball and he'll get you 4 yards.

Tom Landry about Walt Garrison.

[TheProphet]

Originally Posted by dalboy

You can't really judge them cause they played in different times but I still think Emmitt is the best back ever to play.

TD gets my vote.

[cowboyeric8]

Who was Troy Aikman's last pass completed to? And who were the opposing teams starting cornerbacks?

[Bob Sacamano]

Originally Posted by cowboyeric8

Who was Troy Aikman's last pass completed to? And who were the opposing teams starting cornerbacks?

was his last name Hodges?

[ConcordCowboy]

The Cowboys will be hard pressed to EVER find a better DE than Martin!

Everyone always talks about finding the Next Haley...Including me.

But we should really be looking for the next Martin.

This was the Poster I had on my wall.

[Ratmatt]

Originally Posted by Hostile

That was danged good.

Which former Cowboys punter was murdered? If anyone gets this I will be impressed.

Collin Ridgeway

[Ratmatt]

Originally Posted by lurkercowboy

White was the starting QB and punter in 1981, but not the holder. The holder was a defensive player.

charlie Waters

[Ratmatt]

Originally Posted by TheProphet

I'm surprised some of our elder members haven't gotten this one as of yet. Still looking as to who can tell me Cowboy defensive linemen holds the team record for the most sacks in his rookie year? For a season? And for their career?

for a season is Harvey Martin with 23 in 1977.

[Ratmatt]

Originally Posted by cowboyeric8

Who did Roger Staubach complete his last pass to?

Offensive lineman Herb Scott

[TheProphet]

Which Cowboy player, prior to the Super Bowl against the Steelers, said, "Bradshaw is so dumb he couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the C and the T."

[TheProphet]

Originally Posted by Ratmatt

for a season is Harvey Martin with 23 in 1977.

Great job. Also had 9 sacks his rookie year and 113 career sacks - all Cowboy records.

[ologan]

Originally Posted by Hostile

Bob Lilly, 1961, Texas Christian.

Now that you have that one right.....Who was the FIRST player picked by the Dallas Cowboys....The year before Bob Lilly was drafted?

[Juke99]

Originally Posted by TheProphet

Tom Landry about Walt Garrison.

You're half right.

[Juke99]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Lab

Not sure it was Meredith who said it, but the subject was Walt Garrison.

Yep. It was Meredith about Walt Garrison

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by ologan

Now that you have that one right.....Who was the FIRST player picked by the Dallas Cowboys....The year before Bob Lilly was drafted?

The first player(s) the Cowboys ever selected happened March 13, 1960. There were 12 other NFL teams those teams froze 25 players on their roster. The Cowboys had to choose 3 "un-frozen" players from each team. Once given the list of players they could choose they had 24 hours to decide which players they wanted. This gave them 36 as a starting point to build upon.

To my knowledge who they chose first has never been known. If you do know and could verify it I have a reason why I'd like the info. If I had to guess which of those players was first I'd say either Jerry Tubbs or Eddie LeBaron. That is merely a guess though.

The Cowboys were also not permitted to Draft any players in 1960, though they could trade future draft picks for players. This was how they acquired Don Meredith of SMU. He was drafted in the 3rd round by the Bears.

The rest of their squad had to be created after the other teams waived players. It truly was a team of cast offs.

Walt Garrison, in his book, Once a Cowboy, described how bad that first team was by saying that "the Cowboys highlight film, and the NFL blooper film were the exact same film. They just changed the labels before shipping it out."

As bad as they were though, 7 of the players on that very first team were elected to at least 1 Pro Bowl, or named All Pro during their careers. A testament, to me at least, that Tom Landry flat out knew what he was doing.