Dallas Cowboys Football Team History

The Dallas Cowboys is a professional National Football League (NFL) team that is part of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference. The Dallas Cowboys are located in Irving Dallas Texas. The Dallas Cowboys current home games are played in Irving at the Texas Stadium, The Dallas Cowboys are due to move to a new stadium in 2009 to the Arlington area.
In 1960 the Dallas Cowboys joined the National Football League as a expansion team. The Dallas Cowboys football team have a National Football League record for sold out stadium games consecutivly. The Dallas Cowboys had 79 straight sellout streak that included 160 regular season games as well as post season games at Texas Stadium as well as 81 sell outs on the road that started in 1990.

Forbes Magazine published a article in 2007 that list the Dallas Cowboys as the most valuable football team in the world. The Dallas Cowboys are said to be worth an estimated $1.5 billion, which is just ahead of the Redskins which is worth an estimated $1.467 billion and the Patriots came in 3rd with a value of around $1.199 billion. The Dallas Cowboys generate around $250 million annually in which the Cowboys are one of the wealthiest football teams in the National Football League.

Since 1960 the Dallas Cowboys have been the most successful team of the modern day era. The Dallas Cowboys have won eight Conference championships as well as five Super Bowls. The Dallas Cowboys football team has more victories on Monday Night Football with 40 which is more then any other football team, 2nd came the Dolphins with 39 and 4th was the 49ers with 38. The Cowboys have had 20 consecutive winning seasons which is a National Football League record which went from 1966 to 1985. The Cowboys also hold the NFL record for most football seasons with atleast 10 wins with 25. The Dallas Cowboys have the most postseason appearences at 29 as well as 56 postseason games which is a league record and the Cowboys won 32 of the games, The Cowboys have played in 14 Championship Games which is the most in the National Football League. The Cowboys have played in eight Super Bowl games which is 2 more then any other football team. While the Dallas Cowboys were in the AFL before the NFL's merger in 1970 they won two National Football Conference championship games. The Dallas Cowboys won three Super Bowls in four years in which the Cowboys became the first football team in history to do so. The New England Patriots later have matched it once since the time the Cowboys reached that feat. The Cowboys with their five Super Bowl wins are tied with the most with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francsco 49ers. The Dallas Cowboys are known as America's Team and have earned that nickname from their popularity as well as with their success.

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