History of the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys Name Changes

Mar 19, 1960

The team was first known as the Dallas Steers, then the Dallas Rangers.

1960 named Dallas Cowboys

Mar 19, 1960

Named them Dallas Cowboys for they would not be coufused with the baseball team.

Winning season record unbeatable

Jan 1, 1966

The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 consecutive winning seasons (1966–1985),

Dalllas Cowboys first stadium built

Oct 17, 1971

The stadium opened on October 24, 1971, at a cost of $35 million and with a seating capacity of 65,675. The stadium was famous for its hole-in-the-roof dome

Unchallenged

Apr 17, 1974

they only missed the playoffs twice (1974 and 1984), a NFL record that remains unchallenged

Dallas Cowboys super bowls trophies

Feb 5, 1979

Cowboys became the first team in NFL history to win 3 Super Bowls in just 4 years.

New football stadium

May 18, 2009

It was completed on May 29, 2009 and seats 80,000, but is expandable to seat up to 100,000. Cowboys Stadium is the largest domed stadium in the world.[19]
A highlight of Cowboys Stadium is its gigantic, center-hung high-definition television screen, the largest in the world. The 160 by 72 feet (49 by 22 m), 11,520-square-foot (1,070 m2) scoreboard surpasses the 8,736 sq ft (812 m2) screen that opened in 2009 at the renovated Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri as the world's largest.

I of 2 teams with most Super Bowl wins

Apr 17, 2012

Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have five wins each (Cowboys 5–3; 49ers a perfect 5–0).

Most Super Bowl appearance

Apr 17, 2012

Dallas and Pittsburgh have the most Super Bowl appearances with eight