the last time the cowboys made the playoffs was 1984.
the last time the cowboys made the playoffs was 1984.
when is the last time the cowboys made the playoffs?
1984
while most of the activity made by the cowboys during free agency was re-signing their own players, they also made a few acquisitions of players from other teams to add to their roster. defensive end cedric thornton was the first to be acquired, signing a four-year contract worth $18 million on march 10. thorton comes from one of the cowboys divisional rivals, the philadelphia eagles, and will being moving from defensive end to defensive tackle. at the time of his signing, he was believed to be the likely replacement for hayden who was still in the free agency. continuing to work on the improvement of their defensive line, the next acquisition for the cowboys was defensive end benson mayowa from the oakland raiders, who signed a three-year contract on march 18 worth $8.5 million. mayowa was a restricted free agent, and the raiders had five days to match the offer to retain him, but they declined to do so, allowing the cowboys to improve their pass rush some more. the next free agent acquisition was from another divisional rival, when the cowboys signed washington redskins running back alfred morris. morris signed a contract on march 22 for 2 years and worth $3.5 million. morris will be added into the running back rotation with starter darren mcfadden, who replaced joseph randle last year as the starter after randle was injured and later cut for off the field issues. the final free agent acquisition the cowboys made was offensive lineman joe looney from the tennessee titans, who was signed on march 29. he is a flexible player who can play both center and guard, similar to the role bernadeau had. looney's contract was for two years and worth $1.6 million.
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white led the cowboys to three consecutive nfc championship games (1980–1982), but was criticized after the cowboys lost each of the three games despite having been favored in all of them. white also received criticism for publicly siding with the owners during the 1982 nfl players strike. fans and teammates alike began to show support for white to be replaced as the cowboys quarterback by gary hogeboom, who was coming off an impressive performance in the 1982 nfc championship game (which they lost to the archrival washington redskins) after white was knocked out of the game with a concussion. even white's statistically career-best 1983 season failed to silence the critics, after ending it with consecutive blowout losses to the redskins (at home) and the 49ers after a 12–2 start. to add insult to injury, the cowboys lost the nfc wildcard playoff game to the los angeles rams. that apparently was enough for white to lose his starting job to hogeboom at the start of the 1984 season. under hogeboom, the cowboys looked impressive with a 4–1 start, but then a loss to division rival st. louis and ineffective plays by hogeboom convinced coach tom landry to reinstate white as his starter. the cowboys finished 9–7, but missed the playoffs in 1984 for the first time in a decade; but with white as quarterback, the cowboys made it back in 1985 with a 10–6 record. however, they lost again to the los angeles rams in the playoffs.
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