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Old 01-19-2025, 11:07 AM   #1
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This is the right answer. NFL films produced a season highlight film for every team in those days that was supposed to make everyone think that their team could have won the Super Bowl if only they got a break or two.

At the time the Cowboys were a popular team in other markets, or at least more so than any other team aside from whatever the local team was. So, NFL films titled the Cowboys yearbook highlight film "America's Team."
I see.

I have to assume their overall success in the 80's and 90's helped reinforce that they were the model of success. I mean, the producers on all the talking-head shows wouldn't talk about the Cowboys as much as they do if there weren't fans who cared and tuned in to listen.

But at this point it just feels embarrassing? It's almost a joke to refer to them as "America's Team" now.
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Old 01-19-2025, 11:09 AM   #2
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I see.

I have to assume their overall success in the 80's and 90's helped reinforce that they were the model of success. I mean, the producers on all the talking-head shows wouldn't talk about the Cowboys as much as they do if there weren't fans who cared and tuned in to listen.

But at this point it just feels embarrassing? It's almost a joke to refer to them as "America's Team" now.
I have a friend that is a big Cowboys fan and once he saw how much it pissed everyone off, he started calling them America's Team as often as possible.
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Old 01-20-2025, 09:16 AM   #3
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I have a friend that is a big Cowboys fan and once he saw how much it pissed everyone off, he started calling them America's Team as often as possible.
That’s why I am proud of the Ref’s support of the Chiefs while talking to opposing fans that bring it up.
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Old 01-19-2025, 11:00 AM   #4
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Old 01-19-2025, 11:03 AM   #5
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Old 01-19-2025, 11:02 AM   #6
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I believe it started after the outpouring of sympathy they got when JR was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas. People loved that show.
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Old 01-19-2025, 01:07 PM   #9
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Its shortened from South Americas team. They are huge in Caracas.
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Old 01-19-2025, 02:10 PM   #10
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Its shortened from South Americas team. They are huge in Caracas.
I thought "South America's Team" was started when Michael Irvin was singlehandedly boosting the entire GDP of Colombia.

The "America's Team" (in my opinion) came a lot from Roger Staubach being such a Boy Scout personality who had been at the Naval Academy and the Navy. Then you combined him with good ol' southern boys like Bob Lilly and Lee Roy Jordan in an era not long after the rural glamorization of TV (Beverly Hillbillies, Andy Griffith, etc.), and you had a team that seemed quintessentially American.

Also, the star and uniform were clean and crisp, the Cowboys name was American compared to some of their conference competitors, and they wore white when some of their key competitors wore black (Steelers, Raiders, etc.)
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During all the winning they did during the 70s and 80s, they had fans everywhere and were the most popular team.

Then someone nicknamed them "America's Team" and away it went.

The winning, the cheerleaders, the "nice guys" persona vs teams like the Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steel Curtain, who were the "mean bad guys".
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i always thought it got started because in 1976 they added a red stripe to their helmets to celebrate the bicentennial
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i always thought it got started because in 1976 they added a red stripe to their helmets to celebrate the bicentennial


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Wow, I'd never heard of that. Very interesting.
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Old 01-19-2025, 02:26 PM   #15
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At one time, there weren't many games on the TeeVee. The Cowboys, along with their success, the attractive cheerleaders and media coverage were almost always on. Just like now, the midwest gets the Cowboys every weekend that they play.

The shrinking cheerleader uniforms and the media attention didn't hurt either.
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