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Introduction

The Dallas Cowboys is a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League. The team is based in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. The team usually plays their home games at Texas Stadium in Irving. However, soon the team is expected to start playing in a new stadium near Arlington by the year 2009. The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team. The team became gradually popular with huge fan following, with crowded stadiums during its NFL record of consecutive games. The Cowboys' have had a previous history of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games which began in 1990.

America's Team

The Cowboys have emerged as the most successful team of the modern era ever since 1960. The team has to its successes, 5 Super Bowls, and 8 Conference Championships. The Cowboys have to its record, the most victories (40) on Monday Night Football as compared to any other NFL team. The team has held NFL records for the most consecutive winning seasons. The team has earned the most post season appearances and also maximum appearances in the NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl appearances. The team has to its credit the honor of becoming the first team in the NFL history to win 3 Super Bowls in just 4 years. The Cowboys' success and popularity has earned them the nickname "America's Team".

Wealthiest Team

An article on Forbes Magazine's website, published September 13, 2007, lists the Cowboys as the most valuable football franchise in the world, with an estimated value of approximately $1.5 billion, ahead of the Washington Redskins ($1.467 billion) and the New England Patriots ($1.199 billion). They are also one of the wealthiest teams in the NFL, generating almost $250 million in annual revenue.

Origin of Dallas-Cowboys

Originally, the formation of an NFL expansion team in Texas was met with strong opposition by Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall. This was no surprise, for Marshall's Redskins had enjoyed a monopoly as the only NFL team to represent the Southern States of the US for several decades. This came as little surprise to the would-be Dallas team owners, Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne. To ensure the birth of their expansion team, the men bought the rights to the Redskins fight song, "Hail to the Redskins" and threatened to refuse to allow Marshall to play the song at games. Needing the song, which was a staple for his "professional football team of Dixie," Marshall changed his mind, and the city of Dallas, Texas, was granted an NFL franchise on January 28, 1960.This early confrontation between the two franchises no doubt triggered what would become one of the more significant rivalries in the NFL, which continues to this day.

Uniforms

The Cowboys' wear white home jerseys with royal blue solid socks, numbers, lettering and two stripes on the sleeves outlined in black. The home pants is a unique metallic silver-green color that bring out the blue in the uniform.

Cowboys' Competitors

Historically, the Washington Redskins have been the Cowboys' greatest rival. Divisional opponents in the NFC East, Dallas and Washington have played each other twice each season since the early 1960s, fueling the rivalry. Redskins coach George Allen enhanced the rivalry during the 1970s.

The Cowboys also have strong rivalries with the other NFC East teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. The competition with Philadelphia has been particularly intense since the late 1970s. A series of other factors heightened tensions during the 1980s and 1990s, including several provocative actions by Philadelphia fans and Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan. The San Francisco 49ers have been another major Cowboy rival. Dallas has played seven postseason games against San Francisco. The Cowboys defeated the 49ers in the 1970 and 1971 NFC Championship games, and again in the 1972 Divisional Playoff Game. The 1981 NFC Championship Game in San Francisco, which saw the 49ers' Joe Montana complete a game-winning pass to Dwight Clark in the final minute (now known as "The Catch"), is one of the most famous games in NFL history. San Francisco subsequently won their first of five Super Bowls. During the 1992-1994 seasons, Dallas and San Francisco faced each other in the NFC Championship Game. Dallas won the first two match-ups, and San Francisco, loaded with star players from other teams in the new era of free-agency, won the third. In each of the three seasons, the game's victor went on to win the Super Bowl.

Conclusion

The Cowboys have become America's favorite football team facing its rivalries with courage and providing entertainment to its fans.

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