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The 1960 Dallas Cowboys season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the National Football League. The team finished with no wins, 11 losses, and 1 tie, which placed them last in the Western Conference, and was the worst record in the NFL for that season, even having a worse record than Dallas' previous entry into the NFL, the Dallas Texans (who finished 1–11 in their lone season under that name). ==Offseason== Although the NFL had no interest in expanding, after Lamar Hunt started in Dallas an American Football League franchise (the Dallas Texans),〔http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?player_id=103〕 the NFL proceeded to grant a franchise to Clint Murchison, Jr., and Bedford Wynne on January 28, 1960. As a footnote to this decision, when the NFL began considering expansion to Texas, the Washington Redskins founder and owner George Preston Marshall strongly opposed the move, as he had enjoyed a monopoly in the South for three decades (apart from the one-year appearance of the Dallas Texans in 1952). Murchinson bought the rights to "Hail to the Redskins" from a disgruntled Barnee Breeskin (the Redskins team band leader) and threatened to prevent Marshall from playing it at games. Marshall eventually agreed to back Murchison's bid, receiving back the rights to the song.〔(ESPN.com, "A rivalry for a song ... and chicken feed" )〕 The franchise hired former Los Angeles Rams executive Tex Schramm as their general manager. Tom Landry, an assistant coach with the New York Giants, was named head coach. Landry was offered the coaching job before the 1959 NFL championship game. Landry was offered a five-year contract. The same day that Landry accepted the offer, it was reported by the UP, that Landry would become coach of the AFL’s Houston Oilers.〔Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.211, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6〕 Gil Brandt, who had served as a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams under Schramm, was named player personnel director. According to Schramm, the team's name was originally the "Dallas Steers", but then was changed to the "Dallas Rangers", which was the name of the minor league baseball team that was supposed to be disbanded. The franchise was admitted to the league too late to participate in the 1960 NFL college draft. However, majority owner Murchison signed two college players, quarterback Don Meredith from SMU, and running back Don Perkins from New Mexico, to personal services contracts before the draft (and before the franchise was voted into the league). The NFL honored these contracts after the franchise was voted in, although the Baltimore Colts drafted Perkins in the ninth round, and Meredith was also selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round after owner George Halas made the pick to help ensure that the expansion Cowboys got off to a solid start. The franchise was allowed to retain both players, but had to give their third-round and ninth-round choices in the 1962 NFL Draft to the Bears and Colts, respectively. On March 13, 1960, the franchise selected 36 players in an expansion draft. Each of the other 12 NFL teams were allowed to protect 25 players from their 36-man roster. The franchise was then were given 24 hours to select three players from those unprotected by each other team. The franchise was placed in the league's Western Conference. However, since they were the league's thirteenth franchise in addition to being an expansion franchise, it was decided that they would play every team in the league once, instead of playing each team in their conference twice, as the other teams did. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1960 Dallas Cowboys season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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