If you had been asked, (and be honest now),

[Pokes12]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

 

[Coogiguy03]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

That's a tough one uhhh stars??

 

[Bobhaze]

In 1996, I would have picked the Texas Rangers to not win a championship for 30 years. The Rangers have not only won a championship since then, so have all the other DFW teams since then.

In fact, if we look playoff performance among the 4 DFW major sports teams, the Cowboys are at the bottom of the barrel.

• Rangers: 1 World Series Championship, 3 AL championships
• Stars: 1 Stanley Cup championships, 4 Western conf championships, 6 conference championship appearnces.
• Mavericks: 1 NBA championship, 3 Western conference championships, 5 western conference championship appearnces.
• Cowboys: Zero SB championships, zero conference championship appearances.

The Cowboys are the only team of the four whose owner does not hire someone else as the GM. Coincidence?

 

[rambo2]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

I'll ask you one. Which one of them will win a championship in the future?

 

[maryquality]

30 years ago, I would have said it would be the Rangers. Oops!! I was definitely wrong!! LOL

 

[big dog cowboy]

I would have said the Rangers. Easy choice.

Good grief.

 

[Praxit]

..sorry guys, Im not from Texas. But from afar, definitely would have taken Mavs or Stars.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

Mavericks for sure. They were so bad. When i was child things got so bad at Reunion Arena they use to tell us from the nose bloods to come to lower level. There was no point in even buying lower level seats.

 

[Zekeats]

QB who plays for DC in the XFL is no different than number 4 for the Dallas Cowboys

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

I would have picked Rangers. never thought we be this crappy for so long.

the challenge is perhaps Jerry lives another few years. becomes even more senile, but stephen takes over and he is even worse. so we probably will be the same for another 30 years at least.

 

[RodeoJake]

Rangers. Their franchise seemed to be a joke back then.

As for Rambos question, not sure who to pick. I don't follow hockey or basketball, so I know nothing about those teams. Baseball is a few games a year deal for me. Until the Jones boys show they're changing the way they run the team, I can't pick the Cowboys. I guess I have to say Stars because it sounds plausible.

 

[DallasEast]

Answer: Dallas Stars. They were (I think) the first southern US NHL team to win the Stanley Cup. So, my mind would have automatically thought, "A hockey championship? By a TEXAS team? Get outta here!"

That said, I can honestly say I had a bad feeling starting March 1994. It stayed with me through both the subsequent NFC Championship loss and Super Bowl XXX win. It ended up being a freaking omen of what was to come.

 

[RS12]

I would have said Rangers. They hadn't really done much up to that point. To be fair I had no idea the Jones family death grip would be firmly in place the rest of my life.

 

[shabazz]

So, my mind would have automatically thought, "A hockey championship? By a TEXAS team? Get outta here!"

Ive always been confused about that way of thinking. Most of the NHL players on every United States team are from Canada and American born players are only under 30%.

In fact a Canadian based hockey team hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1993!

The Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship in 2019 so Geographic location of any professional team is almost irrelevant.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

Honestly don't care about any other DFW area team . . . honestly. In fact not a fan of any of them. Been a cowboy fan since 1965. Hater of the Rangers in fact. Astros (and Colt 45's) fan since 1962. Been well rewarded by them for almost a decade and well pleased by them in 2025.

Rockets fan in the past ... really rooted for them when Olajuwon was there but rarely ever look at them now because I don't like the game in the NBA anymore. I married a Maple Leafs fan but only watch playoff hockey and obviously not a lot of Leaf excitement there.

So I hate the situation of my Cowboys and the futility of the Jones Only era but for all other Dallas sports teams ... may they poo the bed and roll around in it. The Jones Cowboys leave me feeling hopeless.

 

[DallasEast]

Ive always been confused about that way of thinking. Most of the NHL players on every United States team are from Canada and American born players are only under 30%.

In fact a Canadian based hockey team hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1993!

The Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship in 2019 so Geographic location of any professional team is almost irrelevant.

It is illogical thinking, but it would have been based on 80 or 90 years of teams regularly competing and winning in Canada and northern US cities up to that point. It would have been my way of similarly contradicting what I believe about fandom and geography. Heck. I have said for decades how ignorant it was for some fans trying to pigeonhole other fans based on where they lived in relation to their favorite teams.

Glad this was a hypothetical question that never came up in 1996. Otherwise, I would have felt REALLY bad my answer, lol.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

In 1996 the Mavs, probably.

 

[KJJ]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

I don’t follow the other teams, but the Cowboys would’ve been the last team I picked on that list. What’s really a shocker is the Cowboys haven’t even won a divisional round game since then. That seems almost impossible.

 

[JoeKing]

in 1996, which of the major sports franchises in Dallas would not win a championship in the next 30 years, would you have picked the Rangers, the Mavs, the Stars or the Cowboys?

In 1996 my obvious answer would have been the Rangers. It's amazing to me they have all won a championship since then accept the Cowboys.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

My reasoning is around 1996 the Rangers and Stars looked to have more of an upside than the Mavericks. Just a quick google, "The manager of the Texas Rangers in 1996 was Johnny Oates. He also won the BBWAA AL Manager of the Year award that year, the first time a Rangers manager had won it" and the Stars had Ken Hitchcock who I remember as being a good coach for them.