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A forgettable decade and a look to the future
June 26, 7:31 AM
Blake Fomby
It took the Cowboys until the seventh season in the league to produce a winning and playoff team, yet Dallas still finished the 60s with a winning record of 67-65-6. The 1980s? Sure, there were some bad years in there, just like the early 60s, but a 79-73 record for the decade is still a winning one. But I guess you could say those decades were sub-par compared to the 105-39 1970s and the 101-59 1990s. The one thing that is constant with each of the first four decades in the Cowboys’ history is that the franchise has never had a losing one.
That brings us to the 2000s. With the final season of this decade less than three months from commencing, Dallas enters it with an overall record of 71-73. Whether the Cowboys know this or not, the team must finish at least 9-7 this season to ensure a non-losing decade, and 10-6 to make it 5-for-5 in winning decades.
The 1960s Cowboys, in its early years in the NFL, managed one playoff victory. The first playoff victory for the team, on Christmas Eve 1967, was a 52-14 thrashing of the Cleveland Browns. The 1970s saw a team high 14 postseason wins, with two Super Bowl victories. The 1980s brought Dallas five playoff wins, and the 1990s took home 12 and three more titles. The 2000s, as fans of the silver and blue know all too well, has failed to bring a playoff victory.
[T]he Cowboys’ existence has been a rollercoaster ride with alternating good and “bad” decades: bad, good, bad, good, bad. So maybe we can expect the 2010s to be like the 70s and 90s. Dallas had a .678 winning percentage for those decades, an astonishing clip. Okay, so maybe it would be going too far to say the team will average nearly 11 wins a season for the next ten years, but it wouldn’t to say the 2010s will be better than the preceding decade. The Cowboys won Super Bowls in the 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993, and 1995 seasons. From 1960-2009, the longest drought between championships is 15 years. 2010 would mark another 15 years. Ironically, the Super Bowl that season will be held in Arlington at the new Jerry World.
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June 26, 7:31 AM
Blake Fomby
It took the Cowboys until the seventh season in the league to produce a winning and playoff team, yet Dallas still finished the 60s with a winning record of 67-65-6. The 1980s? Sure, there were some bad years in there, just like the early 60s, but a 79-73 record for the decade is still a winning one. But I guess you could say those decades were sub-par compared to the 105-39 1970s and the 101-59 1990s. The one thing that is constant with each of the first four decades in the Cowboys’ history is that the franchise has never had a losing one.
That brings us to the 2000s. With the final season of this decade less than three months from commencing, Dallas enters it with an overall record of 71-73. Whether the Cowboys know this or not, the team must finish at least 9-7 this season to ensure a non-losing decade, and 10-6 to make it 5-for-5 in winning decades.
The 1960s Cowboys, in its early years in the NFL, managed one playoff victory. The first playoff victory for the team, on Christmas Eve 1967, was a 52-14 thrashing of the Cleveland Browns. The 1970s saw a team high 14 postseason wins, with two Super Bowl victories. The 1980s brought Dallas five playoff wins, and the 1990s took home 12 and three more titles. The 2000s, as fans of the silver and blue know all too well, has failed to bring a playoff victory.
[T]he Cowboys’ existence has been a rollercoaster ride with alternating good and “bad” decades: bad, good, bad, good, bad. So maybe we can expect the 2010s to be like the 70s and 90s. Dallas had a .678 winning percentage for those decades, an astonishing clip. Okay, so maybe it would be going too far to say the team will average nearly 11 wins a season for the next ten years, but it wouldn’t to say the 2010s will be better than the preceding decade. The Cowboys won Super Bowls in the 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993, and 1995 seasons. From 1960-2009, the longest drought between championships is 15 years. 2010 would mark another 15 years. Ironically, the Super Bowl that season will be held in Arlington at the new Jerry World.
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