Unfathomable Cowboys Super Bowl drought ‘starts at the top’: Troy Aikman

Nypost · Aug 20, 2026 · 306 words · By Dylan Svoboda

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What to know about Unfathomable Cowboys Super Bowl drought ‘starts at the top’: Troy Aikman

Troy Aikman is placing the blame on Jerry Jones for the Cowboys’ Super Bowl drought.

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What happened

Troy Aikman is placing the blame on Jerry Jones for the Cowboys’ Super Bowl drought.

Why it matters

The former Dallas quarterback and current “Monday Night Football” analyst joined the “Dallas Dialogue with Dale” podcast in early August and made it clear he believes the franchise’s nearly three-decade championship drought starts with the man at the top,…

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“I think that teams and organizations, whether it’s sports, business, I think it all does start at the top, good or bad,” Aikman said.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Unfathomable Cowboys Super Bowl drought ‘starts at the top’: Troy Aikman?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Despite 13 playoff appearances since then, Dallas hasn’t made it to the NFC Championship game and has won just five postseason games?
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Claim 1: “Despite 13 playoff appearances since then, Dallas hasn’t made it to the NFC Championship game and has won just five postseason games.”

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One web search result from 'DallasCowboysCommunity' explicitly corroborates the specific stats: 13 playoff appearances, five postseason wins, and no return to the NFC Championship Game since Super Bowl XXX. Other sources mention general history but do not confirm these specific numbers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1995 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League (NFL) and was the second year under head coach Barry Switzer and final of the three Super Bowl titles the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dallas_Cowboys_seasons

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NFC East is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It has four members: the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagle…
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Claim 2: “The former Dallas quarterback and current “Monday Night Football” analyst joined the “Dallas Dialogue with Dale” podcast in early August”

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Two independent web search results explicitly confirm that Troy Aikman joined the 'Dallas Dialogue with Dale' podcast in early August.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish activist known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues. She gain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Troy Aikman has become increasingly outspoken about the direction of the Dallas Cowboys and has directly placed responsibility for the franchise’s prolonged lack of success on Jerry Jones.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aikman addressed that point during the same Dallas Dialogue with Dale appearance, saying, “The Dolphins are not expected to be very good this year,” before explaining that Miami has no Monday night ga…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nfl/news/why-does…

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Claim 3: “The Cowboys come into the 2026 season having finished below .500 in two straight seasons for the first time since the early 2000s.”

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While web search results confirm the existence of a 2026 season and the Cowboys' participation in it, none of the provided evidence mentions the team's win-loss records for the two preceding seasons or whether they finished below .500 for the first time since the early 2000s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Dallas Cowboys' 66th in the National Football League (NFL), their 17th playing home games at AT&T Stadium, and their first under head coach Brian Schottenheimer. This was the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article contains an in-depth explanation of the history of the Dallas Cowboys, a American professional football team that competes in the National Football League (NFL).
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Claim 4: “The Cowboys haven’t won it all since 1996 with Aikman under center.”

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Wikipedia confirms the 1995 season (which culminated in the Super Bowl played in January 1996) was the final of the three Super Bowl titles won from 1992 to 1995. This confirms the Cowboys have not won since that era.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl V was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to determin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl VI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the Nati…
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