Dallas Cowboys National Conference Champions Button
date: label: Date made
content: 1978
name: label: referenced
content: Dallas Cowboys
label: Associated Name
content: NFL
notes: label: Description
content: This is a round football button with a white background, blue text that says, "Dallas Cowboys-National Conference Champs-Super Bowl XII-New Orleans, LA-January 15, 1978" and a Dallas Cowboy helmet in the center of the button. The button was created to commemorate and celebrate the Cowboys 23-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game. The game propelled the Cowboys to Super Bowl XII which they would win 27-10. Super Bowl XII was played against the Denver Broncos however the Cowboys would prove too much behind the strength of quarterback Roger Staubach and running back Tony Dorsett (one of the Cowboys four draft selections that year, Dorsett would win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and be an All-Pro Selection). The Cowboys' head coach that year was Tom Landry. Randy White, one of Dallas’ defensive tackles, would receive the honor of being the Most Valuable Player during the Super Bowl.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
topic: label: name of sport
content: Football
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Super Bowl
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.005
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (backing material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in; x 15.24 cm