1965 Dallas Cowboys season


The Dallas Cowboys season was their sixth in the National Football League and their best record to date, at 7–7. After five consecutive losses, Dallas was 2–5 halfway through the season. They won five of the final seven games and finished in a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference, with the New York Giants, four games behind the defending NFL champion Cleveland Browns.
The Cowboys defeated the Giants twice and earned the berth in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, held three weeks after the regular season, but lost 35–3 to the Baltimore Colts, runners-up of the Western Conference.

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame SiteAttendanceRecap
1September 19New York GiantsW 31–21–0Cotton Bowl59,366
2September 26Washington RedskinsW 27–72–0Cotton Bowl61,577
3at St. Louis CardinalsL 13–202–1Busch Stadium32,034
4October 10Philadelphia EaglesL 24–352–2Cotton Bowl56,249
5October 17at Cleveland BrownsL 17–232–3Cleveland Stadium80,451
6October 24at Green Bay PackersL 3–132–4Milwaukee County Stadium48,311
7October 31at Pittsburgh SteelersL 13–222–5Pitt Stadium37,804
8November 7San Francisco 49ersW 39–313–5Cotton Bowl39,677
9November 14Pittsburgh SteelersW 24–174–5Cotton Bowl57,293
10November 21Cleveland BrownsL 17–244–6Cotton Bowl76,251
11November 28at Washington RedskinsL 31–344–7D.C. Stadium50,205
12December 5at Philadelphia EaglesW 21–195–7Franklin Field54,714
13St. Louis CardinalsW 27–136–7Cotton Bowl38,499
14December 19at New York GiantsW 38–207–7Yankee Stadium62,871

Conference opponents are in bold text

Postseason

RoundDateOpponentResultGame SiteAttendance
Playoff BowlJanuary 9, 1966vs Baltimore ColtsL 3–35Orange Bowl65,569

Standings

NFL Draft

Roster