During a week 7 matchup against the Giants, Bledsoe was benched and replaced with backup Tony Romo who had gone undrafted out of Eastern Illinois University. Although Romo wasn't able to salvage that game, he played well enough to earn the starting job and went 5-1 in his first 6 games, leading the Cowboys to the playoffs and earning a Pro Bowl berth.

Clint Murchison, Jr. hired N.Y. Giants defensive assistant Tom Landry in 1959 before he had even been awarded an expansion franchise by the NFL! Landry would go on to have a 29-year career as head coach of the Cowboys that would land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

During the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s, the team and Mr. Bright's Savings and Loan were taken over by the FSLIC who forced Mr. Bright to sell the Cowboys to Jerry Jones on February 25, 1989.

Longtime rival Randall Cunningham filled in for Aikman after he suffered a concussion that would ultimately end his career.

Darren Woodson was drafted by the Cowboys in 1992, too late to be part of the original "Doomsday Defense", although some fans recognize the defense from 1992 to 1996 as "Doomsday III".

Dallas defeated the Buffalo Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII, during which they forced a record nine turnovers.

During the 1976 season, the blue-white-blue stripe on the crown of the helmets was temporarily changed to red-white-blue to commemorate the United States' bicentennial anniversary.

After beginning the season 1-7, Phillips was fired as head coach and replaced by offensive coordinator Jason Garrett who finished the season strong, leading the Cowboys to a record of 6-10.

On November 23, 1975, DT Bob Lilly became the first Cowboy inducted into the Ring of Honor.

After rushing champion DeMarco Murray ran for 1,845 yards in 2014, the Cowboys let him walk, declining to match the Philadelphia Eagles offer of a five-year $42 million contract. In 2015, behind the Eagles offensive line, Murray rushed for only 702 yards.