Q 01/05

Which NFL team began in 1960 as the Dallas Texans, the Cowboys' crosstown AFL rivals?

A) Titans

B) Broncos

C) Chiefs

D) Chargers

Answer · why

C) Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs began as Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans and won the 1962 AFL title there. Hunt still decided the city could not support two pro tea...

Q 02/05

Why did Dallas's new NFL team swap the name Rangers for Cowboys in March 1960?

A) Lawmen objected

B) Fans rejected it

C) The league owned it

D) A baseball club used it

Answer · why

D) A baseball club used it

A baseball club used it already, and the general manager feared the press would confuse the two. The owner agreed, though he had called Rangers 'a nam...

Q 03/05

Which fight song did the Cowboys' founder buy, then trade back for the vote that created his team?

A) Bear Down, Chicago Bears

B) Fly, Eagles Fly

C) Hail to the Redskins

D) Go! You Packers Go!

Answer · why

C) Hail to the Redskins

Hail to the Redskins belonged to its composer, not the team. Clint Murchison Jr. quietly bought the rights, and Washington's owner, who was blocking a...

Q 04/05

Who was the Cowboys' first head coach, holding the job for 29 seasons?

A) Tex Schramm

B) Jimmy Johnson

C) Bud Wilkinson

D) Tom Landry

Answer · why

D) Tom Landry

Tom Landry went his whole first season without a win and finished below .500 in each of his first five years. The Cowboys stuck with him, and he repai...

Q 05/05

Starting in the 1960s, the Cowboys set an NFL record with 20 consecutive what?

A) Playoff appearances

B) Winning seasons

C) Division titles

D) Thanksgiving wins

Answer · why

B) Winning seasons

Winning seasons. The fall afterwards was steep: by 1988 Dallas had the worst record in the league, and within months the team had been sold.