| Date |
W/L |
Scores |
Opponent |
Att. |
| 9/24 |
L |
28-35 |
PITTSBURGH |
30,000 |
| 9/30 |
L |
25-27 |
PHILADELPHIA |
18,500 |
| 10/9 |
L |
14-26 |
@Washington |
21,142 |
| 10/16 |
L |
7-48 |
CLEVELAND |
28,500 |
| 10/23 |
L |
10-12 |
@St.
Louis |
23,128 |
| 10/30 |
L |
7-45 |
BALTIMORE |
25,500 |
| 11/6 |
L |
13-38 |
LOS
ANGELES |
16,000 |
| 11/13 |
L |
7-41 |
@Green
Bay |
32,294 |
| 11/20 |
L |
14-26 |
SAN
FRANCISCO |
10,000 |
| 11/27 |
L |
7-17 |
@Chicago |
39,951 |
| 12/4 |
T |
31-31 |
@New
York |
55,033 |
| 12/11 |
L |
14-23 |
@Detroit |
43,272 |
Record: 0-11-1
SEVENTH PLACE: WESTERN CONFERENCE
HEAD COACH: TOM LANDRY
Landry Hired - Clint Murchison, Jr., and Bedford
Wynne sign N.Y. Giants defensive assistant Tom Landry
to a personal services contract on Dec. 27, 1959, with
the intention of naming him head coach once they are awarded
an expansion franchise by the NFL.
NFL Franchise - Clint Murchison, Jr., and Bedford
Wynne were awarded an expansion franchise in the NFL at
the annual league meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. The Cowboys
were to play as a "swing" team, playing every
other team one time during the first season, although
listed in the Western Conference standing (January 28)
Cowboys Stocked - A player pool was set up in
the league meeting in Los Angeles, with each of 12 NFL
teams freezing 25 names on its roster and the Cowboys
allowed to pick three from each team for a total of 36
veterans. Dallas, once given the list, had to select its
36 players within 24 hours (March 13)
Training Starts - Rookies report to first Cowboys
camp at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon (July
19).
First Pre-Season Game - The Cowboys, less than
six month in existence, get their first test and drop
a 16-10 preseason game to San Francisco in Seattle (August
6).
First Home Game - In their Dallas debut, in the
Salesmanship Club preseason game, th Cowboys led the e
world champion Baltimore Colt into the final minute before
a 62-yard pass from Johnny Unitas to Lenny Moore gave
the Colts a 14-10 victory (August 19).
First Victory - In a preseason game at Louisville,
KY, the Cowboys beat the New York's Giants, 14-3, with
Frank Clarke catching touchdown passes for 73 yards (Eddie
Le Baron) and 74 yards (Don Meredith) (August 27).
First League Game - In their first league Game,
Dallas fell to Pittsburgh, 35-28, with Bobby Layne leading
a fourth-period Steelers rally (Sept. 24, Saturday night).
Streak Snapped - Dallas snaps a 10-game loss
streak by tying New York, 31-31, at Yankee Stadium (Dec.
4).
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