An innocuous line in an NFL Films production of the 1978 Dallas Cowboys highlight film led to a nickname that all non-Cowboys fans quickly grew to hate.
The highlight film called the Cowboys “America’s Team.” It stuck. It wasn’t awarded by any scientific method, but that hasn’t stopped Cowboys fans from crowing about it for about four decades.
It also leads to plenty of trolling of the Cowboys. They are an easy target this season. They’re 2-6 and fell again Sunday, losing 24-19 to Pittsburgh. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger questioned the Cowboys’ title of “America’s Team,” then proclaimed the Steelers to be the “World’s Team.