The term "America's Team" is a nickname that refers to the National Football League (NFL)'s Dallas Cowboys. The nickname originated with the team's 1978 highlight film, where the narrator (John Facenda) opens with the following introduction:
They appear on television so often that their faces are as familiar to the public as presidents and movie stars. They are the Dallas Cowboys, "America's Team".[1]
The term is recognized and often used by media outlets, including ESPN,[2] Yahoo!,[3] HBO,[4] and Sports Illustrated.[5]
- ^ "Top 10 Nicknames Show: America's Team". NFL Network. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "NFL announces 2007 MNF schedule". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures, LLC. April 11, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ Dyer, Kristian (October 14, 2014). "America's team? That would be the Denver Broncos, not the Dallas Cowboys". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "HBO's 'Hard Knocks' Returning To Cowboys Camp". DallasCowboys.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ SI Staff (September 28, 2015). "Question Everything: Are the Dallas Cowboys still 'America's Team?'". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 23, 2015.