Headquartered in Valley Ranch (Valley Ranch, Irving, Texas)Irving, Texas uniform = Image:NFCE-Uniform-DAL.PNG colors = Navy, Silver, and White color box#002244 color box#8C8B8A color box#FFFFFF coach = Wade Phillips owner = Jerry Jones president = Jerry Jones general manager = Jerry Jones nicknames = Americas Team Doomsday Defense The Boys Big D mascot = Rowdy (Rowdy (Dallas Cowboys)) hist_yr = 1960 NFL_start_yr = 1960 division_hist = *Western Conference (1960) *Eastern Conference (1961-1969) **Capitol Division (1967-1969) *National Football Conference (1970-present) **NFC East (1970-present) no_league_champs = 5 no_sb_champs = 5 no_conf_champs = 10 no_div_champs = 21 league_champs = sb_champs = nfly1971 (VI (Super Bowl VI)), nfly1977 (XII (Super Bowl XII)), nfly1992 (XXVII (Super Bowl XXVII)), nfly1993 (XXVIII (Super Bowl XXVIII)), nfly1995 (XXX (Super Bowl XXX)) conf_champs = *NFL Eastern: 1966, 1967 *NFC: 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995 div_champs = *NFL Capitol: 1967, 1968, 1969 *NFC East: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2009 stadium_years = *Cotton Bowl (Cotton Bowl (stadium)) (1960-1971) *Texas Stadium (1971-2008) *Cowboys Stadium (2009-present) playoff_appearances = NFL: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009 no_playoff_appearances = 30

The Dallas Cowboys are an American football team that plays in the Eastern Division (National Football Conference East Division) of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They are headquartered in Valley Ranch (Valley Ranch, Irving, Texas) in suburban Irving, Texas, which lies between Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas) and Dallas. The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which finished construction in time for the 2009 season. The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team. The teams national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive games in front of sold-out stadiums. The Cowboys streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in 1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at their former home, Texas Stadium, and 81 straight sell-outs on the road. The franchise holds the record for most Super Bowl appearances (8), corresponding to most NFC championships (8). The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 consecutive winning seasons (1966-1985) which they only missed the playoffs twice (1974 and 1984), an NFL record that remains unbroken and unchallenged. It remains one of the longest winning streaks in all of professional sports.

An article from Forbes Magazine, dated September 2, 2009, lists the Cowboys as the highest valued sports franchise in the history United States, and second in the world (behind the United Kingdoms Manchester United (Manchester United F.C.)), with an estimated value of approximately $1.65 billion, above the Washington Redskins ($1.5 billion) and the New England Patriots ($1.361 billion). They are also the wealthiest team in the NFL, generating almost $269 million in annual revenue.