Q 01/05

The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in which year?

A) 1960

B) 1962

C) 1966

D) 1970

Answer · why

A) 1960

There had been no NFL team south of Washington since the Dallas Texans folded after one season in 1952.

Q 02/05

Before settling on 'Cowboys', the new Dallas franchise was first known by which two names?

A) Texans, then Mavericks

B) Wranglers, then Stars

C) Steers, then Rangers

D) Longhorns, then Outlaws

Answer · why

C) Steers, then Rangers

The final name was announced on March 19, 1960 to avoid confusion with the Dallas Rangers baseball team.

Q 03/05

Clint Murchison Jr. secured George Preston Marshall's expansion vote by buying the rights to what?

A) The Redskins' fight song

B) The Cotton Bowl lease

C) A radio station

D) Marshall's laundry business

Answer · why

A) The Redskins' fight song

Bandleader Barnee Breeskin sold him 'Hail to the Redskins'; Murchison sold it back in exchange for the lone holdout vote.

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

His 29 straight years with one team is an NFL record, and he pioneered the 4-3 and 'flex' defenses.

Q 05/05

The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record how many consecutive winning seasons, from 1966 to 1985?

A) 10

B) 14

C) 17

D) 20

Answer · why

D) 20

In that stretch they missed the playoffs only twice, in 1974 and 1984.