Irvin was nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games.

According to Tex Schramm, the team's name was originally the Dallas Steers, then was changed to the Dallas Rangers, which was the name of the minor league baseball team that was supposed to be disbanded. But on March 19, 1960, after the baseball team reversed course, owner Clint Murchison volunteered to rename his team the Cowboys to avoid confusion.

Since the Cowboys were the league's thirteenth franchise, it was decided that during their inaugural season they would play every team in the league once, instead of playing each team in their conference twice, as the other teams did.

Super Bowl XLV, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, was played on February 6, 2011, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was the first time the Super Bowl had been played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

No Cowboys were inducted in the initial class (1963) as the franchise had only been in existence for three years at the time.

No player has ever worn No. 00 for the Cowboys.

Adam Jones was an enthusiastic little kid with a lot of energy. He got his nickname because his mom used to say that he would go to the bottle like a Pac-Man machine.

When Whitehead signed as an undrafted free agent, he was hoping he could get No. 12, but it was quickly pointed out that nobody wears No. 12 (Roger Staubach's number), so Whitehead went with lucky No. 13.

Following his retirement in 2017, Tony Romo was hired by CBS Sports to serve as the lead color analyst for the network's NFL telecasts, working in the booth alongside play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz.