The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team that plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in suburban Irving, Texas, which lies between Fort Worth and Dallas. The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which finished construction in time for the 2009 season.The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team.The team's national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive games in front of sold-out stadiums. The Cowboys' streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in 1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at their former home, Texas Stadium, and 81 straight sell-outs on the road.
- Owner(s): Jerry Jones
- General manager: Jerry Jones
- Head coach: Wade Phillips
- Team colors: Navy, Silver, White (alt. colors Royal Blue, Silver-Green, Silver-Blue)
