Cowboys All Time Opening Game History

[CCBoy]

Except for the rebuild decade, 2000 to 2009, and even under Jerry Jones, the roster has been at the very least, built to be at least competitive.

 

[CCBoy]

Super Bowl Winning Seasons...
71
77
92
93
95

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades...

Streaks of No Super Bowl Wins by Head Coach:

Landry
1978 to 1988
1960 to 1970

Garrett
2011 to 2019

Side Note:
Regular Season Wins in final 2 seasons:
Landry 10 total
Garrett 18 total.

Why did the GM tolerate Landry for 11 seasons with zero Super Bowl wins?

Jerry fired his red-headed stepson after only 9...

I get your drift..., the team should stick to golf, right?

 

[CCBoy]

Dallas better own home games this entire season.

 

[eromeopolk]

Since 2000, the Cowboys are 11-13 in season openers.
Compare that to their opening game record from 1960-99 which was 30-9-1.

Tom Landry was 22-6-1 in opening games.
Jimmy Johnson was 3-2.
Barry Switzer was 3-1.
Chan Gailey was 2-0.
Dave Campo was 0-3.
Bill Parcells was 2-2.
Wade Phillips was 3-1
Jason Garrett was 5-4
Mike McCarthy is 1-3.

The Landry years were when that opening day win stat meant something. Media used to always talk about the Dallas Cowboys record on opening day under Landry. 17 years in a row opening day wins is impressive when you have 17 years in a row non losing seasons, 16 playoff appearances, 12 NFC East Championships, 10 NFC Conference Championship game appearances, 5 Super Bowl appearances, and 2 Super Bowl NFL titles.

Jimmy record would have been 4-1 if not for Jerry Dumbo GM Jones not signing Emmitt Smith before the 1993 season.