Dallas Cowboys Milestones

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How the Dallas Cowboys history timeline works

The Cowboys deck is a set of franchise milestones, each with a short description, to be put in order by year. One card sits on the line at the start, its year visible. Read each new card and place it in a gap. Place it well and the year comes up; an incorrect one still puts the card in the right place but costs one of three lives.

Super Bowl cards are everywhere in this deck, wins and losses alike, and the descriptions are the best way to tell them apart. Stadium openings and an ownership change make solid anchors. Famous named plays, some that went Dallas's way and some that didn't, are the cards most likely to trip you, along with quarterback debuts and retirements and the draft picks that built each contender.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 28 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Played their first NFL season The expansion club went winless under new head coach Tom Landry, whose tenure would last 29 years.
Drafted Bob Lilly The TCU defensive tackle was the first draft pick in franchise history and became known as 'Mr. Cowboy'.
Drafted Roger Staubach Dallas spent a 10th-round future pick on the Heisman-winning Navy quarterback, knowing he owed years of military service first.
Posted their first winning season After six losing years, the team went 10-3-1 and hosted its first NFL Championship Game appearance against Green Bay.
Lost the Ice Bowl Bart Starr's quarterback sneak in minus-13-degree Lambeau Field cold ended the Cowboys' title bid on the final day of the year.
Roger Staubach made his debut After completing his Navy service, the 27-year-old rookie quarterback finally joined the team he had been drafted by five years earlier.
Opened Texas Stadium The new Irving home featured a famous hole in the roof, said to let God watch His favorite team.
Won Super Bowl VI The 24-3 win over Miami brought the franchise's first championship, with Roger Staubach named MVP.
Threw the original Hail Mary Staubach's desperation playoff heave to Drew Pearson stunned the Vikings in Minnesota and gave the play its name.
Lost Super Bowl X Lynn Swann's acrobatic catches helped Pittsburgh edge Dallas 21-17 in Miami.
Drafted Tony Dorsett Dallas traded up to take the Heisman-winning Pitt running back second overall.
Won Super Bowl XII Defensive linemen Randy White and Harvey Martin shared MVP honors in a 27-10 rout of Denver.
Lost Super Bowl XIII In a 35-31 rematch with the Steelers, a wide-open Jackie Smith dropped a touchdown pass in the end zone.
Roger Staubach retired Captain Comeback walked away after a career featuring two Super Bowl titles and countless late rallies.
Lost the NFC title game on 'The Catch' Dwight Clark's leaping end-zone grab from Joe Montana at Candlestick Park ended a Cowboys dynasty era.
Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys The new owner fired Tom Landry, hired Jimmy Johnson, and the team drafted Troy Aikman first overall that spring.
Drafted Emmitt Smith The Florida running back slipped to the 17th pick, where Dallas grabbed its future all-time rushing leader.
Won Super Bowl XXVII Dallas crushed Buffalo 52-17 in Pasadena as Troy Aikman took MVP honors, though Leon Lett was famously chased down by Don Beebe.
Won Super Bowl XXVIII Emmitt Smith was MVP of a second straight title win over the Bills, weeks before Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones split up.
Signed Deion Sanders Prime Time left San Francisco for a blockbuster free-agent deal in Dallas.
Won Super Bowl XXX Cornerback Larry Brown's two interceptions earned him MVP in a 27-17 win over Pittsburgh, the third title in four seasons.
Emmitt Smith broke the career rushing record Against Seattle at Texas Stadium, he passed Walter Payton's all-time mark.
Hired Bill Parcells The two-time Super Bowl-winning coach came out of retirement and led Dallas to an immediate 10-6 turnaround.
Tony Romo became the starter The undrafted quarterback replaced Drew Bledsoe at halftime of a Giants game and never gave the job back.
Opened AT&T Stadium Jerry Jones's $1.2 billion Arlington palace debuted with a video board so huge punters could hit it.
Lost on the overturned Dez Bryant catch A leaping fourth-down grab at Lambeau Field was ruled incomplete on review, ending a divisional playoff run.
Drafted Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott The rookie pair, taken in the fourth and first rounds of the same draft, led Dallas to a 13-3 season.
Drafted Micah Parsons The Penn State linebacker, taken 12th overall, won Defensive Rookie of the Year.