The year was 1965. The New York Giants and Chicago Bears were no longer the powers they once were. The Cleveland Browns were the defending league champs, while the Baltimore Colts and Green Bay Packers retooled.
One team that lay in wait was the Dallas Cowboys, who, under the guidance of Tom Landry, had logged in five straight losing seasons since joining the NFL as an expansion team in 1960. That was about to end.
