Although the Cowboys finished the 1989 season with a 1 – 15 record, their worst in almost 30 years, " The Trade " later allowed Dallas to draft a number of impact players to rebuild the team.

Although Dallas has made several tweaks to their blue jerseys over the years, Schramm said he did not believe in the curse.

Although the Cowboys are tied with the 49ers for the second most Super Bowl victories ( Steelers have 6 ), Dallas actually holds the record, with Pittsburgh, for the most Super Bowl games played ( 8 ) and solely holds the record the most Super Bowl MVPs with 7:

Although Dallas recovered the fumble, they eventually were forced to punt.

Although Dallas had the league's worst record, they traded away the first pick in the 1990 draft so they could get backup quarterback Steve Walsh in the supplemental draft.

Although not a single one of their defensive players made the Pro Bowl, Dallas was ranked as the number one defense in the league ( allowing only 4, 278 yards ) and ranked as the number one defense against the run ( allowing only 1, 244 ), bringing back many fans memories of the Doomsday Defenses of old.

Although the Cowboys outgained the 49ers in total offensive yards ( 451-294 ), Aikman broke an NFC Championship Game record with 380 yards passing, and Irvin also broke an NFC Championship Game record with 192 receiving yards, Dallas was ultimately unable to overcome their first quarter turnovers.

Although they finished January with 10 wins and 5 losses, they had already lost to the defending Champions San Antonio Spurs twice, twice to the Phoenix Suns, and in a nationally televised broadcast lost by 36 points to their eventual opponent in the 2006 NBA Finals the Dallas Mavericks.

Although still rather sparsely populated, the town has grown as part of the general development of areas north of the Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport.

" Although the neighboring states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri would also produce boogie-woogie players and their boogie-woogie tunes, and despite the fact that Chicago would become known as the center for this music through such pianists as Jimmy Yancey, Albert Ammons, and Meade " Lux " Lewis, Texas was home to an environment that fostered creation of boogie-style: the lumber, cattle, turpentine, and oil industries, all served by an expanding railway system from the northern corner of East Texas to the Gulf Coast and from the Louisiana border to Dallas and West Texas.

) Although set in Houston, Texas ( as was the original play ), the movie was filmed by director Peter Masterson in Dallas.

Although Dallas is located in the south-central United States, the Cowboys are a member of the NFC East division due to their long-standing rivalries with the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins, all of whom are located on the Eastern seaboard.

Although the Fort Worth airport was eventually abandoned, Dallas Love Field became congested and had no more room to expand.

Although the airport does not currently have international flights, it flies into three major hubs in the south: Atlanta, Dallas and Houston.

Although the Dolphins lost that Super Bowl in a bitter loss to the Dallas Cowboys, there was no denying that this was a team that was quickly becoming a powerhouse.

Although Kansas City wanted to be the home for the headquarters of the new conference, the member schools voted, 7 – 5, to establish the conference headquarters in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

Although a handful of experimental systems existed as early as the 1960s, the first large-scale online catalogs were developed at Ohio State University in 1975 and the Dallas Public Library in 1978.

Although both Shackleford and Van Ark appeared in the 1991 series finale of Dallas playing " alternative " versions of Gary and Valene ( the episode depicted a fantasy world in which J. R. had never been born ), there have been no real crossovers of story or characters from Knots Landing to Dallas or vice-versa since the 1985-86 season of each show ( which, on Dallas, turned out to be a dream had by Pam Ewing ).

Although born in Fort Worth, Texas, he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School ( Dallas, Texas ) in 1942 and started working for Ford at the now-closed Dallas Assembly Plant in 1943, where his father was also employed.

Although selected by the Detroit Lions in the 1960 NFL Draft ( 7th round, 75th overall ) and the Dallas Texans in the AFL's inaugural draft 1960, he signed as an original Houston Oiler.

Although the Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns were interested in his services, he was strongly linked with a poised move to the Boston Celtics and was expected to be in Boston once he cleared waivers.

Although the BBC had confirmed that Chadha was to direct the forthcoming feature film adaptation of the popular TV series Dallas, she left the project in 2007.

Although never one to shy away from confrontations with opposing players, notably Ochocinco, he had a soft spot for Brett Favre while the quarterback started for the rival Green Bay Packers.

Although the six point favorites, the Giants were unable to overcome the Jets defense which saw the Jets sack quarterback Phil Simms eight times.

Although Collins had several solid seasons as the Giants quarterback, he experienced his share of struggles.

Although Vikings quarterback Jeff George threw for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, 3 of his scores occurred late in the fourth quarter after the Rams had already put the game away.

Although he played linebacker at Texas Christian University and then the Jets, Clifton played quarterback for the Bridgeport Bulls his junior and senior years leading the Bulls to a 9-1 record in the former ( losing only to Bowie at home ).

Although he was small in stature and had lost his right eye in an accident at the age of 12, he was a " star all-round high school and college athlete " who was the quarterback of his high school and college football teams, as well as playing baseball and basketball in college.

Although Young was offered a job as the Broncos starting quarterback, he retired because of his repeated concussions.

Although the Broncos were playoff contenders for his early years, Elway went through the normal growing pains of a young NFL quarterback.

Although he only played 6 games in his 5 seasons with New Orleans, the Panthers signed Delhomme in 2003 to be the backup to starting quarterback Rodney Peete.

However, " Nomad "' s true identity is Austin Ames ( Chad Michael Murray ), the popular, yet unhappy, quarterback of the school's football team, and Shelby's boyfriend ( Although Austin broke up with her, she chooses to ignore it ).

Although Luckman was a single wing tailback, Halas felt he was the perfect quarterback for this offense.

Although the team made a splash in signing their first-round draft pick, quarterback Reggie Collier out of Southern Mississippi, the remainder of the Stallions consisted of mostly unsung former NFL reserves and college free agents.

Although he played little for the Saints, he was noted for his role as a veteran advisor to the Saints ' starting quarterback, Drew Brees.

Although many variations of the play exist, the most common involves the quarterback taking the snap from the center, dropping back, and gripping the ball with two hands as if he were to throw.

Although Brooks did manage to throw a then franchise record tying 26 touchdowns and an overall career best 3, 832 passing yards in his first full season as a starting quarterback, his consistency came into question as he also threw for a still standing franchise record 22 interceptions until recently matched by Drew Bress in the 2010 season.

Although neither his coaches nor teammates believed that he was ready, Marinovich became the first freshman quarterback to start the first game of the season for USC since World War II.

Although they would jump out to a 17-10 lead in the 3rd quarter, the Dolphins would rally back behind quarterback Dan Marino, who threw for 196 yards and a touchdown, leading his team to their first playoff win on the road since 1972 in what ultimately proved to be the final game played at the Kingdome and the final win of Marino's career.

Although the Indianapolis Colts, behind second year quarterback Peyton Manning, had posted some gaudy numbers en route to a sterling 13-3 regular season record, the upstart Tennessee Titans paid them little respect.

Although Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino completed 33 out of 64 passes for 422 yards, the Bills jumped to a 27-0 lead going into the fourth quarter, and rushed for an NFL playoff record 341 yards.

Although the Buffalo offense had trouble getting into the end zone because it was both quarterback Jim Kelly and running back Thurman Thomas's first game after recovering from injuries, kicker Steve Christie made an NFL playoff record-tying 5 field goals.

Although Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg only completed 4 passes in 10 attempts, he threw a 26-yard touchdown to Daryl Turner.

Although Washington quarterback Billy Kilmer threw a 28-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter, Cox kicked his second field goal to close out the scoring.

Although, Thrower was the first African-American quarterback in the NFL, Fritz Pollard was the first African American to play on a championship team ( 1920 ), as well as the first Black quarterback ( 1923 ) and coach ( 1919 ).