This post is part of the 50 Seasons in 50 Weeks Series. The Cowboys did not have the opportunity to participate in the draft held at the end of the 1959 NFL season, so the collegiate draft held on December 28 and 29, 1960 was the team’s first. The team had previously traded its first- and sixth-round picks to Washington to pick up quarterback Eddie LeBaron. However, the team was able to acquire the 13th pick of the first round, which was Cleveland’s position. The first round t... Read Full Story

Some are interested in the facts and evidence involved in Bob Hayes’ family saga. Others are upset with the focus on it, since his induction should be about him and not about the family feud. It is really a bizarre mess, but the reason it is so bizarre is because all signs point to a carpetbagger who has tried to take glory away from those who deserve it and for her herself. Today, Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com posted a rather amusing list of reasons suggesting that Lucille Hester... Read Full Story

The best news of Super Bowl weekend for the Cowboys was that receiver Bob Hayes was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame. The story had an even more touching moment when Hayes’ sister, Lucille Hester, read a letter that Hayes wrote in October 1999, thanking nearly everyone for his induction. Two days later, the story turned sour, Dallas Cowboys-style. There are a bunch of stories out there, including: Ted McIntosh, Hayes’ former business manager, appeared on 105.3 The Fan in Da... Read Full Story

This post is part of the 50 Seasons in 50 Weeks Series. For each season covered in this series, we will take a look at the best plays and other moments during that year. Obviously, the 1960 season for the Dallas Cowboys did not feature many shining moments. However, there were a few worth mentioning. Please take the time to participate in the poll at the bottom of this post. Moment #1: LeBaron and Doran Provide Fireworks in the Opening Game Just two and a half minutes into the first regular s... Read Full Story

This post is part of the 50 Seasons in 50 Weeks Series. Below are summaries of the six games played in the second half of the 1960 season. Please click here for the summaries of games 1 through 6. Week 7: November 6, 1960 Los Angeles Rams 38, Dallas 13 Frank Ryan, who later led the Cleveland Browns to a NFL Championship, threw three touchdown passes as the Cowboys suffered another blowout loss. The more significant aspect of this game was it featured the debut of Don Meredith as starting ... Read Full Story

For each of the 50 seasons covered over the next year, many of the posts will focus on the individual games. For the sake of keeping the posts a little bit shorter, these posts will divide each season into two parts. The 1960 season for the Cowboys is a little bit easier to cover than the others. The regular season still consisted of 12 games, and as most people know, the Dallas team suffering from a nearly complete lack of talent struggled to an 0-11-1 record. The 1960 season was not wi... Read Full Story

I don’t advertise at pro-football-reference, nor do I know a single person who works for it. I can thus say this is a completely objective promotion: the site now features a Super Bowl History Index, and it is well worth checking out. The page includes leaders in 39 categories and complete standings along with starting quarterbacks. Moreover, it has a Super Bowl play finder. Want to know how many touchdowns the Cowboys have scored in Super Bowl history? The answer is 22. Want to know ho... Read Full Story

This is the first entry in the 50 Seasons in 50 Weeks Series on this blog. Today marks the 49th anniversary of the date the NFL granted a new franchise in Dallas to Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne, so this seems like a good starting point. This entry focuses on how the Cowboys developed the original 1960 roster, which was probably the least talented among any in the history of the franchise. Most of the names have been long since forgotten, but not on here. The NFL held its college dra... Read Full Story

We will begin the 50 Seasons in 50 Weeks project tomorrow. Meanwhile, I posted some trivia questions in June 2007 but never posted the answers. If you like this sort of stuff, these are pretty interesting. 1. True or False: No team that has lost to the Cowboys in a Super Bowl has ever scored in the end zone that features the Cowboys’ logo. Odd as it may be, this is true. In five wins, no opponent scored a touchdown in the end zone marked with the Cowboys’ logo. 2. Who made the following... Read Full Story

Here are the answers to the trivia questions posted on Saturday: 1. What position did Tex Schramm hold immediately before being named as general manager of the Cowboys (then the Rangers)? He was assistant director of sports, where he oversaw the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California. These games were held less than a month after the NFL granted a franchise to Dallas. 2. With which team was Schramm previously associated prior to holding the position from question #1? Schramm he... Read Full Story