This article is a list of known as the Dallas CowboysAmerican footballfranchise of the National Football League. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Cowboys' franchise from to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Cowboys franchise was founded in 1960 as an expansion team. The team has earned 33 postseason appearances, most in the NFL, the longest consecutive streak of winning seasons with 20, the second-most appearances in the NFC Championship Game and the second-most Super Bowl appearances. The Cowboys have played for 10 NFL Championships and have won 5, all five being Super Bowls. The Cowboys won Super Bowls VI, XII, XXVII, XXVIII and XXX. They also played in and lost Super Bowls V, X, and XIII. The franchise has experienced two major periods of continued success in their history. The first period of success came from – when the Cowboys played in the postseason 18 times. During this period, they played in two NFL Championships and five Super Bowls, winning two of them, winning a total of 20 playoff games. The second period of success was between – when the Cowboys captured five straight NFC East Division titles and won three Super Bowls going 12–3 in the postseason. Outside of these two periods of success, the Cowboys have mostly been a sub average franchise. The three most notable periods of failure was from their 1960 inaugural season to, during which the Cowboys did not have a single postseason appearance. They did not win a single game during their first season, compiling an 0–11–1 record that is still the worst in franchise history. Also, they did not have a single winning record in this period. Between and the Cowboys had losing records in each season as veteran coach Landry retired and the team was radically overhauled, with the low point being the NFL's second 15-loss season in. After losing a Divisional playoff Game in 1996, the Cowboys between and lost five consecutive playoff games, one after a franchise-record 13–3 season in 2007, during which most predicted the Cowboys would break this streak. This streak finally came to an end when the Cowboys beat their bitter rival, the Philadelphia Eagles 34–14 after an 11–5 season in 2009. Over the last 23 season the Cowboys have only 5 playoff wins, all in the wildcard round.They have not won a division gave since Nonetheless, through the 2018 NFL season, the Cowboys holds the league's all-time best winning percentage and has made more playoff appearances than any other NFL team. Also, of the 31 other franchises it has faced, Dallas leads the head to head series in 24 matchups, trail in 4 and is tied in 3 others.
