Little Known or Under-appreciated Cowboys Facts

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20 consecutive winning seasons 1966-1985

12 Conference championship games in 17 years
66,67, 70,71,72,73,75,77,78,80,81,82

7 Conference Championship games in a decade
70,71,72,73,75,77,78

5 Super Bowls in a decade- 70,71,75,77,78
3 super bowl wins in 4 years vs just 2 int he same time period..Super Bowl wins are the goal..

as much flak as the jonses get when you look at Bobs post you see there not that big of between both ownerships over the same period..
 

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Facts are stubborn things as the old saying goes. Sometimes they align with what we perceive to be true and other times they go against our perceptions of truth. That’s especially true on a sports opinion forum.

Below are some little known or under-appreciated facts (at least to me) about the Cowboys as a team and also about some of their players and coaches, the first category being from the older days:
  • Our two first ALL PRO players were- RB Don Perkins and LB Jerry Tubbs, both in 1962
  • From 1960-66, the Cowboys played in what was known as the “Eastern Conference” because there were no divisions then. From 1967-69, the Cowboys were in a division known as the “Capital division“. There was no “NFC East” until the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.
  • In 60 seasons, (1960-2019) the Cowboys have made the playoffs 33 times. But what’s enlightening is this stat: From the 29 seasons of the “Landry Era”, (1960-88) we made the playoffs 18 times. In the 31 years of “Jones Era” (1989-2019), we made the playoffs 15 times.
  • The great Bob Hayes averaged 20.1 yards per catch for his entire career!
  • Both Drew Pearson and Tony Hill retired with more receiving yards than Dez Bryant.
  • Roger Staubach was 12-6 in the playoffs. Troy Aikman was 11-5. Danny White was 5-5. That’s 23 of the teams 35 playoff wins. All other Cowboys QBs combined in the playoffs are 7-12.
Second category of interesting facts from the more recent years:
  • Currently the Cowboys franchise is worth over $5 billion and over $1 billion more than the second most valuable NFL franchise, the pats. (Frankly I don’t care about this but it is interesting)
  • In the “Jerry Era” (1989-2019 and counting), the Cowboys have missed the playoffs 16 seasons. In the “Landry Era” (1960-88), we missed the playoffs 11 times, 6 of them in their first 6 seasons.
  • Emmitt Smith has more total TDs (164) than Bob Hayes and Dez Bryant combined (151)
  • Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin had the most successful NFL RB-WR year in NFL history in 1995. Smith and Irvin became the first and only wide receiver/running back duo to each amass 1,600+ yards in a single season.
  • Dak Prescott is 5th in all time NFL history in TD-Int ratio- 95 TDs, 36 INTs.(Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson and Tom Brady are #s 1,2 and 3)
  • Jeff Heath ran a 4.4 forty yard dash.
  • Travis Frederick was an all state wrestler in high school and also wrestled in college.
  • Tony Romo’s grandfather was an immigrant from Mexico.
  • Dak Prescott has a Master's Degree in Workforce Leadership.
  • The last time the Cowboys won a divisional playoff game, Tony Romo was a sophomore in high school.
This could go on....what are some other Cowboys facts you find interesting?
good stuff not let pray for real football to be played very soon...
 

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☆WR Frank Clarke in 1962 became the 1st Cowboy WR to finish a season with 1,000yds....finishing with 1,043 receiving yds.

☆Duane Thomas scored the 1st TD ever at Texas Stadium in '71 vs New England.
Dallas opened their new stadium with a 44-21 win.

☆Tony Dorsett in his rookie season in '77 finished the yr with 1,007yds...becoming the 1st rookie RB in franchise history to run for over 1,000 in their rookie season.
 

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One of the All time great and underrated Cowboys was Safety Cornell Green who played from 1962-74. A college basketball player at Utah State, Green never played a down of college football. Amazingly, he developed into a 3 Time FIRST TEAM ALL PRO at Safety, and has a super bowl ring for SB VI.
 

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One of the All time great and underrated Cowboys was Safety Cornell Green who played from 1962-74. A college basketball player at Utah State, Green never played a down of college football. Amazingly, he developed into a 3 Time FIRST TEAM ALL PRO at Safety, and has a super bowl ring for SB VI.
Not sure I’d consider him under rated. He was an All Pro. Quite a story and one of Gils best finds.

I guess I need more education on this under rating. It must be from fans who aren’t paying attention or clueless ?
 
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3 super bowl wins in 4 years vs just 2 int he same time period..Super Bowl wins are the goal..

as much flak as the jonses get when you look at Bobs post you see there not that big of between both ownerships over the same period..
Totally disagree .

Take away the best 4 years in Cowboy history in the early 90’s the rest of Jerry era is mostly a waste with no other championship caliber teams.

Only a fan who didn’t live thru the Landry era would utter such nonsense.
 

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No doubt Jerry is a business genius. It’s his gift and he deserves credit for it. Unfortunately, football management is not one of his strengths.
All NFL owners are making money. Who really cares. The name of the game is football not marketing.

Popularity is fine for bragging rights if you’re winning championships. But if you’re not who cares. It’s embarrassing.
 

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Best of my knowledge Landry is only NFL HC to fly bombers in WWII and have a masters degree in industrial engineering.

Arguably one of the most brilliant coaches in league history developing the 4-3 and Flex Defense.

He was an innovator on both sides of the hall implementing the famous shift by OL , bringing back the shotgun and instilling more motion.
 

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Tom Landry was drafted in the NFL's first and only dispersal draft (the NFL absorbed three failed team's players.)
He was first drafted in 1949 by the New York Yankees of the All American Football Conference.
In 1950, the AAFC dwindled to 7 teams. Finally, it failed after some good successes. 3 AAFC teams joined the NFL (Browns, 49ers, and Colts,) a 4th, the Dons, merged with the Rams. Landry's team, the Yankees, folded along with the Bills and Hornets. These three team's players were awarded to NFL teams in their only dispersal draft, and the NY Giants got Landry. The NFL was renamed the American-National Football League for two years.

In a convoluted sort of irony, the NY Bulldogs renamed themselves the Yanks and struggled to survive in an attempt to sustain another league. They were bought and moved to Dallas two years later as the Texans, who move to Kansas City as the Chiefs.

Landry played a total of 8 seasons as a defensive back and recorded 32 interceptions in 80 games. He was a coach-player for a few seasons. He was also their regular punter. He became the Giants DC and developed the 4-3 defense, while Lombardi was their OC.

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This could go on....what are some other Cowboys facts you find interesting?

Just the other day I was watching a 1977 week 13 game Cowboys at 49ers. A statistic popped up on the screen. "Harvey Martin leads the league in sacks with 23". And that's just halfway through 13 games. I don't know what he finished with.

They didn't start counting sacks as an official stat until 1982. But that doesn't mean no one was counting them.
 
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