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Dallas Cowboys,

by design.

Every vintage Dallas Cowboys design in the archive: sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys and jackets from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Each card is one design with every eBay example of it we found; most are sold out, so open one to see what it went for and search for it again. Look at the dark jersey: gray white-trimmed numbers point to 1981-94, while a star on the sleeve stripes means 1996 or later. Double-star jerseys come from 1994-95 or later throwback games.

Cowboys collector notes by era →

NO. 01 · EVENTS & CHAMPIONSHIPS
NO. 02 · THE 1970S

T-shirts 1

NO. 03 · THE 1980S

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 2

Jackets 1

NO. 04 · THE 1990S

Sweatshirts 8

T-shirts 12

Jerseys 9

Jackets 12

NO. 05 · THE 2000S

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 1

NO. 06 · ERA UNKNOWN

Sweatshirts 3

Hoodies 3

T-shirts 7

Jerseys 11

Jackets 7

NO. 07 · BIG GAMES IN THE ARCHIVE
NO. 08 · DATING COWBOYS GEAR
  1. 1960The Cowboys debuted with a white helmet and a solid blue star, plus jerseys with contrasting sleeves and small stars on the shoulders.
  2. 1964The helmet turned metallic silver-blue, the star gained a white border, jerseys went to solid colors with sleeve stripes, and the team began wearing white at home.
  3. 1967A blue outline was added around the white-bordered helmet star, giving the logo its familiar bolder look.
  4. 1981-94The dark jersey, in a slightly darker blue from 1980, carried gray numbers with white borders.
  5. 1994A white "Double-Star" jersey debuted on Thanksgiving and was worn through the 1994-95 playoffs.
  6. 1996The navy jersey got white-gray-white sleeve stripes with the star on them and white numbers, the look still used today.
  7. 2004The original 1960-63 uniform returned as a Thanksgiving third jersey.