Why were the Cowboys named "America's Team"?

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

During the Cowboys' 1979 season opener against the then-St. Louis Cardinals, legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall, who was calling the game for CBS, referred to Dallas as America's Team, and, for better or worse, it's been a thing ever since. Well not so much these days. (The Dallas Cowboys have 4 wins in the playoffs between January 19, 2000 and January 19, 2025.)

No.

In the early/mid 70's the NFL teams had season recaps for every franchise. Can't remember which year, but the Cowboys NFL Films yearbook was titled "America's Team".


Also, the hole in the roof was "So God could see his team play".

EDIT: was the 1978 recap of the 1977 season. Well, I see this was already stated so, I'll back away.