It has now been a full week since Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was knocked out of a Thursday night game against the Buffalo Bills with his third diagnosed concussion. Technically, it’s at least his fourth since being drafted into … Read more
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In the first post on Scoragami in the NFL – and the Cowboys’ own Scoragami history – we noted that the Cowboys have played a combined 1,048 regular season and playoff games. Dallas’ overall record stands at 598-444-6 in 64 seasons. They’ve produced 416 unique final scores in … Read more
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Trey Lance’s first live-game action as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys left something to be desired. While he failed to lead a touchdown drive despite seeing action for most of the game, he didn’t turn the ball over. He ended up as the team’s leading rusher in … Read more
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Barring injury, trade, or holdout, Dak Prescott is set to become only the third Dallas Cowboys player to start at quarterback for nine seasons. Last season, he tied Roger Staubach for third with eight seasons. Staubach was the starter in 1971, 1973-1979. For reasons unknown, Tom Landry went … Read more
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Starting today – and for the next five days – we’ll be taking a look back at six of the past NFL Drafts by the Dallas Cowboys. Starting with the 1964 draft – with the 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004, and 2014 drafts to follow – we’ll look at … Read more
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The legal tampering period for free agency started this past Monday, lasting two days before giving way to full free agency on Wednesday, March 13th. Dallas’ front office has been quiet, ending the first day as the only team in the NFL not to sign a player from … Read more
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With Super Bowl LVIII now just four days away, we continue our look back at the Dallas Cowboys’ eight Super Bowl appearances. Today we focus on Super Bowl XIII. Played on Jan. 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, it would be the first time the … Read more
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With Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers just five days away, we continue our look back at the Dallas Cowboys’ eight Super Bowl appearances. Today, we look at Super Bowl XII, played on Jan. 15, 1978, at the Superdome in New Orleans, … Read more
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As kickoff of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers nears, we continue our look back at the Dallas Cowboys’ eight Super Bowl appearances. Today, we look at Super Bowl X, played on Jan. 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. … Read more
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As the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers await this coming Sunday’s Super Bowl rematch we continue our look back at the Dallas Cowboys’ eight Super Bowl appearances. Today, we look at Super Bowl VI, played on Jan. 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. … Read more
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Between the inaugural season of 1960 and the 1995 season, the Dallas Cowboys played in 16 NFC Championship games. The first two came in 1966 and 1967, when it was still the NFL Championship game and the winner moved on to play the AFL Champions. Those two losses … Read more
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It has been eight seasons since the Dallas Cowboys drafted Dak Prescott in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Originally, he was expected to sit and develop behind Tony Romo. But Romo suffered an ultimately career-ending injury in the preseason. Prescott was thrust into the starting … Read more
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You would think that a 40-0 blowout road win over a divisional rival on national television would ensure a great week ahead, right? Not unless your name is Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys. In a week where he should be walking on Cloud Nine after the … Read more
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Despite the disappointing outcome of Super Bowl XIII months before, the Cowboys entered the 1979 season with high hopes. Despite his age (38) Roger Staubach appeared to be at the top of his game. But as the team prepared to play its 20th season there were some issues. … Read more
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Coming off the tough loss to the Steelers in Super Bowl X in January, the Cowboys went right to work on getting back to the title game. The way Lynn Swann had carved up the secondary put Wyoming defensive back Aaron Kyle on the Cowboys’ radar. He was … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys wasted little time shaking off the disappointment of the 1974 season. They literally had a monster draft in the spring of 1975. Or, should we say “Manster” draft? With the second pick of the first round via the trade that sent Craig Morton to the … Read more
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Aside from a lack of drama (Duane Thomas) and injuries (Roger Staubach and Bob Lilly, who played the entire 1972 season injured), 1973 was pretty much a repeat of 1972. The Cowboys did have a monster haul in the draft in 1973 though. Dallas drafted Billy Joe Dupree … Read more
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If the 1971 season could best be described as chaos that led to a championship, then the 1972 season was turmoil that led to disappointment. The Duane Thomas saga continued to spiral downward in the offseason. Thomas had refused to speak to players, coaches, or the media the … Read more
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Coming off the stinging loss in Super Bowl V in January, the Dallas Cowboys were hearing one common refrain. The Cowboys can’t win the big game. The loss hung over the team for the entire offseason. Even the fact that a new stadium in Irving was nearing completion … Read more
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The last year of the 1960s marked the 10th season of NFL football in Dallas. For followers of the Cowboys it must have seemed like a full year of instant replay. As they had in 1968, the Cowboys came into the season with high expectations. They jumped out … Read more
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In about a month the Dallas Cowboys will gather in Oxnard, California. At stake? Who will comprise the final 53-man roster that opens the season in New York. While that outcome won’t be settled for two months, what better time to come up with an all-time Ultimate 53-man … Read more
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