The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) East division.
The Cowboys’ early seasons were marked by adversity, much like those of most other expansion clubs. During their debut season, they could not manage to win a single game. However, Landry gradually elevated the team to a respectable level of play.
1965 was the year in which they achieved the.500 mark. They finally achieved success the following year, when they won back-to-back titles at the Eastern Conference tournament in 1966 and 1967.
However, both times they played in the NFL Championship Game, they ended up losing to the Green Bay Packers. The second time they played in the game, it was the notorious “Ice Bowl.”
They would go on to win consecutive division titles in 1968 and 1969 when the NFL adopted a divisional model, but each time they would be defeated by the Cleveland Browns in the playoffs. This would happen when the NFL adopted a divisional format.
Where did the name Cowboys come from?
The Spanish word vaquero, which refers to a person who managed cattle while riding on horseback, is where the English word cowboy got its start. The name vaquero originates from the Spanish word vaca, which comes from the Latin word vacca, which means cow.
Cowboy is a straight translation of the Spanish word vaquero, which refers to a person who handles cattle on horseback. Over time, the term cowboy has evolved to represent the same thing — a man who is engaged to take care of cattle that are grazing on a ranch (OED).