The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise that plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area, 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 home sell-outs. 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. The franchise shares the record for most Super Bowl appearances (8) with the Pittsburgh Steelers, corresponding to most NFC championships (8). The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 consecutive winning seasons (1966–1985), in which they only missed the playoffs twice (1974 and 1984), a NFL record that remains unchallenged.
Dallas ( /ˈdæləs/) is the third-largest city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Divided between Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties, the city had a population of 1,197,816 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau.
The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (the DFW MSA) that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of 6,371,773. The metroplex economy is the sixth largest in the United States, with a 2010 gross metropolitan product of $374 billion.
Dallas was founded in 1841 and was formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South, Dallas is the main core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea.
Antonio Ramiro "Tony" Romo (born April 21, 1980) is a professional American football quarterback in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo's career passer rating - at 96.9 - ranks second-best all time. Tony Romo didn't play in the regular season in 2003, 2004, or 2005. He replaced the Cowboys' previous starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe during a game against the New York Giants in the 2006 season.
Romo was born in San Diego, California, while his father was serving in the United States Navy. His family returned to its home in Burlington, Wisconsin. Romo's athletic ability was evident even at an early age when he was selected for the Little League All-Star team.
Romo started as quarterback for the Burlington Demons beginning as a junior (1996 season). During his junior season, he led the Demons to a SLC Conference record of 7–2 and the WIAA playoffs. In the 1996 playoffs, Romo and the Demons defeated Greenfield 17-6 before trouncing Badger 41–16. Romo came within one game of the state championship game but fell short in a last-minute 16-15 loss to Cudahy. After the 1996 season, he received Honorable Mention in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-State Team.
Ndamukong Suh (pronounced /ɨnˈdɑːməkɨn ˈsuː/ in-DOM-ə-kin SOO, born January 6, 1987) is an American football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Nebraska, and earned All-American honors. He was chosen by the Lions with the second overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft.
As a college senior, Suh became one of the most decorated players in college football history. He won numerous awards including the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy, and was recognized as a consensus All-American.
Suh was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended Grant High School in Portland, where he earned Parade magazine high school All-America honors and was voted the 2004 Portland Interscholastic League Defensive Player of the Year and was a Class 4A first-team all-state selection.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Suh was ranked sixth among defensive tackle prospects in the nation.
Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Packers. Rodgers played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he set several California Golden Bears records, including lowest interception rate at 1.43%.
Professionally, Rodgers is the NFL's all-time career leader in passer rating during both the regular season with a rating of 104.1, and the post-season with a rating of 105.5 – among passers with at least 1,500 and 150 pass attempts respectively. He also holds the league's lowest career pass interception percentage for quarterbacks during the regular season with a percentage of 1.80%, and the single season passer rating record of 122.5. Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl XLV and was named Super Bowl MVP. As a result, he was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011.
CHORUS
Get rowdy! Get rowdy!
Get ready for a fight!
The Dallas Cowboys are in the house
And you’re going down tonight
Get rowdy! Get rowdy!
Get up; shake the stands
Cowboy pride is running wild
We’re the best team in the land
We work all week just to pass the days
Count ‘em down until the Cowboys play
Whether they’re at home or they’re away
We’re right here
So get on your feet, and get real loud
We got the fans fired up, and we’re ready to shout
We got Cowboy pride ten miles high
And we love football underneath the lights
Swing it around!
Swing it around, Cowboy Town!
Verse 1
It’s going down; hit the beat now
Turn up the heat now
Dallas football and rock ‘n roll
Boys are you ready? (Yeah!)
Girls are you ready? (Yeah!)
‘Cause it’s about to explode
Chorus
Swing it around and around and around
This is a Cowboy Town
Hittin’ down after down after down
Watchin’ the Cowboys get down
Swing it around!
Swing it around, Cowboy Town!
Verse 2
It’s going down; we gonna hold ‘em
Never gonna fold ‘em, Dallas, Texas, USA
Boys are you ready? (Yeah!)
Girls are you ready? (Yeah!)
The stars are coming to play
Verse 1
Just clear out the streets, and close up the shops
‘Cause the Big D is comin’, so get ready to rock
We’re gonna play for the ring; it only means one thing
When opportunity’s knockin’, we’re going to rock ‘em and sock ‘em
Chorus
Bring out the guns (Bam!); fire 'em up
We got the Cowboys coming; gonna tear it up
Like a shot gun blast, we hit so fast
We’re going to knock you out; we’re going to kick your
(Bam!) Here come the ‘Boys! (x3)
You better make some noise
Verse 2
Lift up your arms and raise up your voice
Get out your seats like you got no choice
Wearin' silver and blue, I gotta star on my sleeve
Time to cheer on the boys, 'cuz we're America's team
Chorus
Get up, get up, get up, get up (x4)
Here come the Boys! (x4)
(Bam!) Here come the Boys! (x3)
Verse 1
Feel the stands shake from the front to the back
Big Ds rollin’ boys are on the attack
Primetime, anytime, let me hear you yell
The Cowboys are comin’, gonna ring your bell
Here’s how the West was won; it’s time to get it done
Chorus
This is our house; these are my people
Football lovin’ son of a guns
We can get loud; we can get real
Crazy in the stands and rowdy on the field
This is our house; these are my people
Here come the Cowboys ridin’ high
We can get loud; we can get real
Don’t come around here; don’t even try
It’s time to get it done!
Here’s how the West was won; Cowboys will get it done
Chorus
It’s time to get it done!
Verse 1 (x2)