CFZ How did previous Cowboys Teams end season with this type of Week 1 Blowout win?

[VaqueroTD]

1978 and 1995 Teams are the only rosters that ever shutout an opponent in week one and won by this type of blowout margin. Both Teams went to the Super Bowl.

Social Media keeps mentioning Cowboys are only 1 of 5 Teams in NFL History to win week 1 with 40+ Shutout, but they only name the last team to do it - The 1999 Steelers. If anyone knows the other 3 teams, feel free to post them and their final results. '99 Steelers had a horrible year after week one.

Bottomline.... definitely reason to be optimistic, but one game at a time. I think our guys realize this though. Biggest similarity to the '95 Cowboys for me? 95 Cowboys were on a mission after getting embarrassed by 49ers and losing a chance to Threepeat. That was a clubhouse united by players, plenty of vets, and determined to seize it all that year. Carpe Omnia.

Cowboys History, Biggest Margin Week 1 Opening Wins:

• 1968. Cowboys 59, Lions 13 (46 point margin)
  • Final Record: 12-2
  • Playoffs: Lost Divisional Round at Cleveland Browns
• 1978. Cowboys 38, Colts 0. (38 point margin)
  • Final Record: 12-4
  • Playoffs: Lost Super Bowl vs Pittsburgh Steelers
• 1985. Cowboys 44, Washington 14 (30 point margin)
  • Final Record 10-6
  • Playoffs: Lost Divisional Round at Los Angeles Rams
• 1995. Cowboys 35, Giants 0. (35 point margin)
  • Final Record: 12-4
  • Playoffs: Won Super Bowl vs Pittsburgh Steelers
• 1997. Cowboys 37, Steelers 7 (30 point margin)
  • Final Record 6-10
  • Playoffs: None
• 2023. Cowboys 40, Giants 0. (40 point margin)
  • Final Record ?
  • Playoffs ?

NFL History, Teams with 40+ Shutouts:

• 1999. Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
  • Final Record 6-10
  • Playoffs: None

 

[CowboysDrew]

None of that, not a bit or whit matters.

Every season is different, every year there are thousands of factors unknown in week one to the end and what kind of opponent each team faces.

It's to the point that those stats are beyond meaningless. They're journalistic stat lines.

The Cowboys could be awful or great. Week one is week one. Nobody ever won the Super Bowl in September.

I get what you're trying to say and I agree with the idea of pumping breaks, but it's fine to be encouraged. We'll know what we'll know a couple of months from now based on this season, not any others.

 

[JD_KaPow]

They must be saying "in the Super Bowl era" because more teams have done it.

1991: WAS 45, DET 0 (won SB)
1989: CLE 51, PIT 0 (lost AFCCG)
1970: DET 40, GB 0 (lost to Cowboys in playoffs)
1967: OAK 51, DEN 0 (AFL, lost Super Bowl II)
1961: HOU 55, OAK 0 (won AFL championship)
1954: LAR 48, BAL 0 (finished 6-5-1)
1946: CLE 44, MIA 0 (won AAFC championship)
1929: Providence Steam Rollers 41, Dayton Triangles 0 (finished 7th in NFL)

I really thought those Steam Rollers were going places.

 

[Jake]

NFL History, Teams with 40+ Shutouts:

• 1999. Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
  • Final Record 6-10
  • Playoffs: None

One more: the 1989 Browns won 51-0 at Pittsburgh on opening day. The lost the AFC title game at Denver.

 

[plasticman]

This is the 5th time the Cowboys have won on opening day with a scoring margin of 35 points or more. In three of the four previous cases, the offense ended up as the #1 ranked offense in the league that season.

This is the 3rd time in franchise history where the Cowboys shut out the opponent on opening day while scoring 35 or more points. The two previous times, they ended up in the Super Bowl.

 

[VaqueroTD]

They must be saying "in the Super Bowl era" because more teams have done it.

1999: PIT 43 CLE 0 (no Playoffs)
1991: WAS 45, DET 0 (won SB)
1989: CLE 51, PIT 0 (lost AFCCG)
1970: DET 40, GB 0 (lost to Cowboys in playoffs)
1967: OAK 51, DEN 0 (AFL, lost Super Bowl II)

Looks like they have it wrong then and we are the 6th NFL Team to do this in Week 1.

2/5 teams went to Super Bowl
3/5 teams went to Conference Championship
Only 1 team didn’t make Playoffs.

Was hoping for some better odds like 5/5 went to Conf Championship but I guess Week 1 always a lie.

As Good Morning Football put it this morning: Some teams winning strong yesterday won’t make Playoffs, some teams getting crushed yesterday will have home field advantage.