FRISCO, Texas -- Twenty-five seasons have passed since the Dallas Cowboys last played in a divisional championship game or a Super Bowl.
There was a time in the 1990s when Cowboys fans could legitimately think of a championship parade in downtown Dallas without a smirk. The Cowboys had Super Bowl-winning seasons in 1992 and 1993, went to the NFC Championship Game in 1994, and won their third Super Bowl in four years in the 1995 season.
Since then, a generation of fans has gone through the longest title drought in franchise history, clinging only to the stories told to them by their parents or grandparents about the Cowboys' ultimate success.