500th win is next.

[Doomsday]

Will it be this season?

Dallas would be only the 12th NFL franchise to reach 500 regular season wins, and they would reach the plateau in the second-fewest games played (879) behind only the Bears (863).

The other 500 win teams include: Chicago (founded 1920), San Francisco (1950), NY Giants (1925), Green Bay (1921), Washington (1932), Rams (1937), Pittsburgh (1933), Philadelphia (1933), Lions (1930), and Cardinals (1920).

Tom Landry was the head coach and Tex Schramm was the team president/general manager for the franchise’s first 250 wins.

The next Cowboys’ win will be the 250th win under Jerry Jones’ tenure as team owner/general manager/overall shitbag.

The Cowboys’ all-time win percentage of .572 includes 499 wins, 373 losses, and 6 ties. The Cowboys are also tops in winning percentage when postseason is included: .571 (533 wins, 400 losses, 6 ties).

All-time winning percentage, all games:

1. Dallas .571 (533-400-6)
2. Green Bay .570 (770-581-37)
3. (tie) Chicago .562 (764-595-42), New England .562 (518-404-9)
5. Miami .557 (464-369-4)

 

[TheZoneSucks]

A good chunk of Chicago's wins were over teams that didn't even last a full season before folding. Dallas had to start up without a draft, and in the midst of a fully mature league with stable franchises, all of which are still here today. There's no fucking way the Bears would have had the same success starting out as Dallas had to. Yeah, those wins over the Oorang Indians, Toledo Maroons, and Rochester Jeffersons sure are impressive.

 

[TheZoneSucks]

And of course, imagine what our record would be had Jones kept to just signing checks while letting coaches like Johnson have full control of the team.

 

[yimyammer]

And of course, imagine what our record would be had Jones kept to just signing checks while letting coaches like Johnson have full control of the team.

or how bad it would be had jeri been the original owner, no americas team, no Super Bowls, nada

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

The next Cowboys’ win will be the 250th win under Jerry Jones’ tenure as team owner/general manager/overall shitbag.

Quoted for truth.

 

[bbgun]

Incredibly, Jerry has been here as long as Tom Landry (28 years)

 

[English Cowboy]

Incredibly, Jerry has been here as long as Tom Landry (28 years)

The Jones era looks comparable to the Landry era in terms of duration and wins.

But then you remember that for the majority of Landry's tenure the NFL played 12 and 14 game seasons. Plus there were two strike shortened seasons. And Jeri can only dream of achieving 20 straight winning seasons.

 

[theoneandonly]

IMO NE sitting in 3rd place tie is the most impressive. Reason, they have probably moved way up the ranks in the last 20 years during the salary cap era where it has been harder to field championship teams year after year. Too lazy to look up the Cowboys winning percentage after the 95 season, treading water for two decades could not have helped.

 

[theoneandonly]

Incredibly, Jerry has been here as long as Tom Landry (28 years)

If only they could trade places.

 

[yimyammer]

IMO NE sitting in 3rd place tie is the most impressive. Reason, they have probably moved way up the ranks in the last 20 years during the salary cap era where it has been harder to field championship teams year after year. Too lazy to look up the Cowboys winning percentage after the 95 season, treading water for two decades could not have helped.

since the Cowboys last won an NFC championship in 95', here are the records in the NFC East:

Add in 19 wins and 10 losses since the article that had the above picture in it and I think that gives them:

181 wins and 168 losses (2 playoff wins) as of today

 

[dbair1967]

If only they could trade places.

 

[bbgun]

If only they could trade places.

Both were bald, but only one tried to hide it