Ring-winning juggernauts share this list with Cowboys teams remembered for one heartbreaking playoff afternoon. Pick the roster you'd trust with a January game on the line.
11992 CowboysJimmy Johnson's 13–3 team routed Buffalo 52–17 in Super Bowl XXVII, where Troy Aikman was named MVP.1000pts
21971 CowboysRoger Staubach led an 11–3 team to the franchise's first title, a 24–3 win over Miami in Super Bowl VI, and was named the game's MVP.676pts
32014 CowboysDeMarco Murray ran for 1,845 yards as Dallas went 12–4, beat Detroit in the wild-card round and lost 26–21 at Green Bay after Dez Bryant's overturned catch.567pts
41975 CowboysA 10–4 wild card that beat Minnesota on Staubach's Hail Mary to Drew Pearson and lost Super Bowl X 21–17 to Pittsburgh.433pts
51993 CowboysRepeat champions who went 12–4 and beat Buffalo 30–13 in Super Bowl XXVIII, with Emmitt Smith the MVP of both the league and the game.433pts
62007 CowboysTony Romo threw 36 touchdown passes as the 13–3 Cowboys earned the NFC's top seed before a 21–17 home playoff loss to the Giants.357pts
71995 CowboysEmmitt Smith scored 25 rushing touchdowns for a 12–4 team that beat Pittsburgh 27–17 in Super Bowl XXX for a third title in four years.357pts
82016 CowboysRookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, who led the NFL with 1,631 rushing yards, carried Dallas to 13–3 before a 34–31 playoff loss to Green Bay.269pts
91977 CowboysWith rookie Tony Dorsett and the Doomsday Defense, Dallas went 12–2 and beat Denver 27–10 in Super Bowl XII, where Randy White and Harvey Martin shared MVP honors.0pts
Photo credits
- 1992 Cowboys — Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1971 Cowboys — Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1993 Cowboys — Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1995 Cowboys — Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2016 Cowboys — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1977 Cowboys — Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
