For the first 30 years of the Super Bowl era, the Cowboys were a fixture in the game resulting in a berth in the final championship game. Since then, no.
Sunday’s loss extends 28 consecutive years without Dallas appearing in the NFC Championship Game. This happened as recently as 1995.
Making that drought even more surprising is the fact that the Cowboys qualified for the NFL’s Final Four edition of the Super Bowl a little more than every other year on average during the first three decades of the Super Bowl. They played in the NFC Championship sixteen times, from Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XXX.
This happened in 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
Even after a 10-year break from 1982 to 1992, the Cowboys still appeared in 16 of the first 30 games for a shot at the Super Bowl.
Since then How about them-Cowboys The Crickets won their third Super Bowl in four years. It’s gotten so bad that, since the Texans entered the NFL in 2002, they have had more wins (five) in the postseason than the Cowboys (four).
Thus, while the Cowboys may still be America’s team, Houston has become Texas’ team. And it’s not hard to imagine owner Jerry Jones being well aware of the situation when deciding what to do with coach Mike McCarthy — and perhaps who to hire in his place.
