Mel Renfro was drafted in the second round of the 1964 NFL draft, 17th overall. The selection delayed the draft for 6 hours, while the Cowboys sent a doctor to check an injury he had suffered to his wrist.

Pro scouts thought Everson Walls was too slow for the National Football League after he ran the 40-yard dash in a disappointing 4.72 seconds during workouts, but his hometown Cowboys signed him as an undrafted free agent, and he made an immediate impact, leading the league with 11 interceptions.

In just his second season with the Cowboys, Brett Maher became the first kicker in NFL history with three field goals of at least 60 yards--and the first to make a 60-yarder in consecutive games.

On February 25, 1989, Jerry Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys from H.R. "Bum" Bright. Almost immediately, he replaced Tom Landry, the only coach the Cowboys had ever known, with University of Miami head coach Jimmy Johnson who had played football with Jones at the University of Arkansas. Although many fans were angry at the sudden change, it turned out to be a prudent move -- over the course of the next seven years, the Cowboys would win three Super Bowls.

During Tom Landry's 29-year tenure, the Cowboys recorded 20 straight winning seasons (1966-85), an NFL record that remains unchallenged.

Dak Prescott finished the 2016 regular season with a 104.9 passer rating, the highest mark by a rookie in NFL history.

The Dallas Cowboys finished that first season (1960) without a single win, going 0-11-1.

In 1961, the Dallas Cowboys selected defensive tackle Bob Lilly with the 13th pick in the NFL Draft, making him the first player ever selected by the Cowboys in an NFL Draft. It turned out to be a wise selection. From 1961 to 1974, Lilly wreaked havoc in opposing teams' backfields and went to the Pro Bowl seven times. In 1980, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In 1972, Roger Staubach led the Dallas Cowboys to their first Super Bowl victory with a 24-3 win over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. During the game, the Cowboys set two Super Bowl records -- rushing for 252 yards and preventing the Dolphins from scoring a single touchdown.

Chuck Howley was named the MVP of Super Bowl V in spite of losing to the Baltimore Colts 16-13.