Countdown To Kickoff Complete: Welcome To Cowboys Football!

Congratulations!

We did it! We made it to football season.

The Dallas Cowboys will hit the field tonight as they begin their 2015 season and march towards Super Bowl 50.

If you’ve been following along over the offseason, we began a Countdown To Kickoff series here at Inside The Star way back on June 6th, 2015. Day by day as we have inched closer to the season we have recounted the Greatest Cowboys to wear the jersey number of the corresponding days left.

As today is kickoff there are no more Cowboys left to count down, just football left for us to enjoy.

The last 99 days have been a history lesson unlike any other and I hope that you have enjoyed them as much as I have. More than anything I hope that one year from today we are unveiling a banner commemorating our victory in Super Bowl 50.

In case you would ever like to re-visit our 2015 Countdown To Kickoff Series, please allow me to present:

The Greatest Dallas Cowboys To Wear Each Jersey Number:

99: Chris Canty, DE
98: Greg Ellis, DE
97: La’Roi Glover, DT
96: Marcus Spears, DE
95: Chad Hennings, DE
94: DeMarcus Ware, LB
93: Anthony Spencer, DE
92: Tony Tolbert, DE
91: L.P. Ladouceur*, LS
90: Jay Ratliff, DT
89: Billy Joe DuPree, TE
88: Michael Irvin+^, WR
87: Jay Saldi, TE
86: Butch Johnson, WR
85: Kevin Williams, WR
84: Jay Novacek, TE
83: Golden Richards, WR
82: Jason Witten*, TE
81: Terrell Owens, WR
80: Tony Hill, WR
79: Harvey Martin, DE
78: Leon Lett, DT
77: Jim Jeffcoat, DE
76: John Niland, OG
75: Jethro Pugh, DT
74: Bob Lilly+^, DT
73: Larry Allen+^, OG
72: Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE
71: Mark Tuinei, OT
70: Rayfield Wright+^, OT
69: George Hegamin, OT
68: Herbert Scott, OG
67: Pat Donovan, OT
66: George Andrie, DE
65: Andre Gurode, C
64: Tom Rafferty, OG/C
63: Larry Cole, DE
62: John Fitzgerald, C
61: Nate Newton, OG
60: Lee Roy Caffey, LB
59: Dat Nguyen, LB
58: Mike Hegman, LB
57: Kevin Burnett, LB
56: Bradie James, LB
55: Lee Roy Jordan+, LB
54: Chuck Howley+, LB/Randy White+^, DT
53: Mark Stepnoski, C
52: Dexter Coakley, LB
51: Ken Norton Jr., LB
50: D.D. Lewis, LB

49: Johnny Huggins, TE
48: Daryl Johnston, FB
47: Dextor Clinkscale, SS
46: Mark Washington, CB
45: Manny Hendrix, CB
44: Robert Newhouse, FB
43: Cliff Harris+, FS
42: Randy Hughes, SS
41: Charlie Waters, SS
40: Bill Bates, SS
39: Brandon Carr*, CB
38: Sam Baker, K/P
37: James Washington, SS
36: Vince Albritton, SS
35: Calvin Hill, RB
34: Cornell Green, CB/SS
33: Tony Dorsett+^, RB
32: Walt Garrison, RB
31: Roy Williams, S
30: Dan Reeves, RB
29: DeMarco Murray, RB
28: Darren Woodson+, SS
27: Mike Gaechter, CB/SS
26: Michael Downs, FS
25: Aaron Kyle, CB
24: Everson Walls, CB
23: Tashard Choice, RB
22: Emmitt Smith+^, RB
21: Deion Sanders^, CB
20: Mel Renfro+^, S/RB/CB
19: Lance Rentzel, WR
18: Chris Boniol, K
17: Don Meredith+, QB
16: Steve Pelluer, QB
15: Toni Fritsch, K
14: Eddie LeBaron, QB
13: Jerry Rhome, QB
12: Roger Staubach+^, QB
11: Danny White, QB/P
10: Ron Widby, P
9: Tony Romo*, QB
8: Troy Aikman+^, QB
7: Steve Beuerlein, QB
6: Nick Folk, K
5: Dan Bailey*, K
4: Mike Saxon, P
3: Richie Cunningham, K
2: Lin Elliott, K
1: Rafael Septien, K

*Active Player on the Dallas Cowboys Roster
+Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Member
^Pro Football Hall of Famer

There you have it! Enjoy this day and the Sundays to follow as the Dallas Cowboys attempt to make 2015 a memorable year.

We did it! We made it to football season.

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