Just wondering...
2007-12-16 14:47:13 · 22 answers · asked by USAMVB 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
America’s Team is term often used to describe the Dallas Cowboys franchise that plays in the NFC East of the National Football League.[1] The term is recognized and often used by media outlets, including ESPN [2] and Yahoo! [3] .
Bob Ryan, the Vice President and editor-in-chief of NFL Films, coined this for the Cowboys in 1979. After preparing and editing the team’s 1978 season highlight film he had to come up with a title for the film.[4] He was quoted as saying:
"I wanted to come up with a different twist on their team highlight film. I noticed then, and had noticed earlier, that wherever the Cowboys played, you saw people in the stands with Cowboys jerseys and hats and pennants. Plus, they were always the national game on television."
Drawing upon this inspiration and that of other nationally followed sports teams, such as the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in college football and the Boston Celtics in pro basketball, which Ryan said "are all America’s teams," he decided to use America’s Team as the name of the highlight film.
During the Cowboys' first game of the 1979 season, a nationally televised game against the St. Louis Cardinals (which Dallas won 22-21), the television announcer introduced the Cowboys as America’s Team and the nickname stuck.
Dallas’ Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry originally did not approve of the appellation. He felt that it would give opposing teams extra incentive to play harder. Eventually he gave in and actually came to like the name.[5]
2007-12-16 14:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Phil McCracken 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little mainly because I'm an Eagles fan and Dallas annoys me in general. In the NFL there isn't really one team that is comparable to the Yankees or Lakers or Celtics in terms of history and success so it is kind of dumb to call them that now. In the 90s when Dallas was dynasty it made more sense but those days are over
2016-05-24 07:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason goes back trying to clean up the image of Dallas Texas,after the JFK assassination. The former General Manager Tex Schramm wanted to do something to improve the image of the city, so he coin the phrase of the Dallas Cowboys being America's Team.
2007-12-16 14:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by Harry J 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Cowboys are referred to as americas team because of their '79 season highlight film. Bob Ryan of NFL films coined it and it stuck
2007-12-16 14:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by ra1d3rsnv 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually its from like the 70s and its self proclaimed. They started calling themselves Americas Team. Their fans took it and ran with it and then the media and everybody else went along with it. They are not Americas team thats for sure. It probably also helped that they are blue and white and are named the cowboys and have a big star as a logo.
2007-12-16 14:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by uscfan#19 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dallas Still the Number 1 team in the NFL!
Thats right.
2007-12-16 14:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
NFL Jerseys Web Site
http://nfljersey.de.vu
2015-08-02 21:20:08 · answer #7 · answered by john 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Cause they have a STAR on there helmet. Dallas propoganda! Only they think they are America's Team.
2007-12-16 18:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by john paul j 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were the first to think of it and it stuck, even though most of the country despises them for being cocky and playoff chokers at the same time. I wouldn't mind the ********* so much if they ever backed it up when it meant something.
2007-12-16 14:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Jay 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's based on fan voting and since then the title is given to Dallas.
2007-12-16 14:51:04 · answer #10 · answered by JLD 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋