The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference East division.
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Fun Facts
- The Dallas Cowboys are one of the only Franchises to have officially retired jersey numbers out of respect to former players. These are as follows; Troy Aikman’s No. 8, Roger Staubach’s No. 12, Bob Hayes’ and Emmitt Smith’s No. 22,[69] Bob Lilly’s No. 74
- The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl eight times, tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos for second most Super Bowl appearances in history, behind only the New England Patriots’ record eleven Super Bowl appearances.
Club Background
Founded:
January 28, 1960
Team Colors:
Navy blue, metallic silver, royal blue, white
Mascot:
Rowdy
Nicknames:
America’s Team
Doomsday Defense
The ‘Boys
Big D
Stadium:
AT+T Stadium, Arlington Texas
Capacity:
100,000
Record Attendance:
105,121 September 20, 2009 Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants
Owner:
Jerry Jones
Recent History
Last Trophy:
NFC East 2018
All-time Top Scorer:
Emmitt Smith 986
Notable Former Players:
- Chuck Howley
- Roger Staubach
- Randy White
- Harvey Martin
- Troy Aikman
- Emmitt Smith
- Larry Brown
Notable Former Coaches:
- Tom Landry
- Jimmy Johnson
- Barry Switzer
- Dave Campo
- Bill Parcells
- Wade PhillipsJason Garrett
Record Signing:
Dak Prescott, four-year, $160 million deal
Current Performance
Last Five Results: WWLLW
Last Five Finishing Positions:
2016 NFL NFC East^ 1st^ 13 3 0 Lost Divisional playoffs
2017 NFL NFC East 2nd 9 7 0
2018 NFL NFC East^ 1st^ 10 6 0 Lost Divisional playoffs
2019 NFL NFC East 2nd 8 8 0
2020 NFL NFC East 3rd 6 10 0
CEO:
Stephen Jones
Coach:
Mike McCarthy
Notable Current Players:
Quarterbacks
- 15 Will Grier
- 4 Dak Prescott
- 10 Cooper Rush
- Running backs
- 32 Corey Clement
- 21 Ezekiel Elliott
- 20 Tony Pollard
Wide receivers
- 19 Amari Cooper
- 81 Simi Fehoko
- 13 Michael Gallup
- 88 CeeDee Lamb
- 17 Malik Turner
Tight ends
- 84 Sean McKeon
- 86 Dalton Schultz
- 87 Jeremy Sprinkle
- Offensive linemen
- 63 Tyler Biadasz C
- 71 La’el Collins T
- 68 Matt Farniok C/G
- 70 Zack Martin G
- 66 Connor McGovern G
- 79 Ty Nsekhe T
- 77 Tyron Smith T
- 78 Terence Steele T
- 52 Connor Williams G/C
Defensive linemen
- 92 Dorance Armstrong DE
- 93 Tarell Basham DE
- 98 Quinton Bohanna DT
- 96 Neville Gallimore DT
- 59 Chauncey Golston DE
- 94 Randy Gregory DE
- 72 Trysten Hill DT
- 54 Azur Kamara DE
- 90 DeMarcus Lawrence DE
- 97 Osa Odighizuwa DT
- 91 Carlos Watkins DT
Linebackers
- 53 Francis Bernard OLB
- 57 Luke Gifford OLB
- 42 Keanu Neal MLB
- 11 Micah Parsons OLB
- 55 Leighton Vander Esch OLB
Defensive backs
- 30 Anthony Brown CB
- 7 Trevon Diggs CB
- 29 C. J. Goodwin CB
- 28 Malik Hooker FS
- 24 Kelvin Joseph CB
- 18 Damontae Kazee FS
- 27 Jayron Kearse SS
- 26 Jourdan Lewis CB
- 38 Israel Mukuamu FS/CB
- 25 Nahshon Wright CB
Special teams
- 5 Bryan Anger P
- 44 Jacob McQuaide LS
- 2 Greg Zuerlein K