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Jerry World: [326] Nickname for AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, after team owner Jerry Jones. The nickname was given to the stadium because of its cavernous nature. The Jungle: Home of the Cincinnati Bengals, Paycor Stadium (Previously called Paul Brown Stadium). This nickname carried over from their previous home, Riverfront Stadium.
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
On May 13, 2009, Jerry Jones announced the official name as Cowboys Stadium. [36] On July 25, 2013, Jerry Jones announced that the Dallas Cowboys had agreed to grant naming rights to AT&T. The name change from Cowboys Stadium to AT&T Stadium took effect immediately. [52] The sponsorship deal was reported to be worth about $17–19 million per ...
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas is Jerry Jones' crowning architectural achievement, a monument to Cowboy excellence and a model for the next generation of billion-dollar sports palaces.
(Beginning with the January 2010 game, the Cotton Bowl Classic has been played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.) The Dallas Cowboys called the Cotton Bowl home for 11 years, from the team's formation in 1960 until 1971, when the Cowboys moved to Texas Stadium. It is the only Cowboys stadium within the Dallas city limits.
From a NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 1975, when Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw a long last-ditch game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson, and later dubbed the name of the Hail Mary pass. [100] [101] Ghost to the Post: December 24, 1977 Oakland Raiders: 37–31
The Dallas Cowboys called the Cotton Bowl home for 12 seasons, from the team's formation in 1960 until 1971. The 1966 NFL Championship Game between the Cowboys and Green Bay Packers was played in the Cotton Bowl. After playing their first two home games in 1971 at the Cotton Bowl, the Cowboys opened Texas Stadium in Irving on October 24.
In 1971, he and the Cowboys convincingly won Super Bowl VI over the Miami Dolphins, 24–3. His 29-yard sack of Dolphin quarterback Bob Griese (at the time an NFL record) is regarded as one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl defensive history. This was the most famous play of his 14-year hall-of-fame career.