“When your owner believes in it, and he truly believes these are the right guys, that gives confidence into the guys in the locker room because your owner believes in you. Even though you haven’t had the most success and things aren’t going your way, he still believes you can do great things.”

Although Staubach and the 1971 Cowboys rode into the Super Bowl sunset that season, hope in Dallas has continued to deflate as losses and injuries pile up.