Both the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League and the Dallas Texans of the American Football League began playing in 1960. The Texans relocated to Kansas City, Missouri in 1963 and became the Kansas City Chiefs.
1980.
No. The Dallas Cowboys lost their first franchise game, to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 35-28, on September 24, 1960.
Lamar Hunt, as the Dallas Texans
The Titans franchise of the American Football League was renamed the New York Jets.
Jerry Jones.Jerry Jones.
The Dallas Cowboys are the highest valued American football franchise, valued at approximately $1.6 billion.
The Dallas Cowboys, a professional football team in the NFL, is considered the most expensive American sports franchise. As of the latest estimates, the team is valued at over $6 billion.
It Was... Tex Schramm
I pledge allegiance to the Star, that stands for the Dallas Cowboys, And promise to uphold them as 'America's Team', One franchise, under Jones, Indivisible With victories thru Dallas football.
Since 1980-81. (their inaugural year)
The team joined the National Football League as a 1960 expansion team. The team was first known as the Dallas Steers, then the Dallas Rangers. On March 19, 1960, the organization announced that it would be called the Cowboys.
Are you thinking of the football expansion? Dallas has had two football teams. In 1952 the Dallas Texans, which later became the Kansas City Chiefs. In 1960 the Dallas Cowboys came to being. The Dallas Texans of 1952 are the Indianapolis Colts of today. After the one season (1952) the NFL awarded the team to a group of Baltimore businessmen headed by Carroll Rosenbloom. The franchise moved operations to Baltimore and became known as the Colts. The charter member of the American Football League named the Dallas Texans moved operations to Kansas City for the 1963 season. The Cowboys began play in the NFL in 1960.
Clint Murchison and Bedford Wynne started the Dallas sports football franchise. They first had an idea to name them the Dallas Steers, then the Dallas Rangers, but settled on the name Dallas Cowboys.
In September 2008 Forbes.com valued the San Diego Chargers National Football League franchise at $888 million, which ranked 26th out of 32 teams. The most valuable franchise was the Dallas Cowboys, at $1.6 billion. The least valuable NFL franchise was the Minnesota Vikings, at the bargain price of $839 million, or about half what the Dallas franchise is worth.
The NFL awarded an expansion franchise to Clint Murchison and Bedford Wynne in 1960, largely in response to the formation by Lamar Hunt of the Dallas Texans of the American Football League.
For the franchise name, a Jani-King will cost around $15,000 in Dallas, TX.
The Dallas Cowboys have been with the NFL since 1960.