Five Non-Division Chiefs Rivalries

Dallas Cowboys

A rivalry whose roots go back even more into the past than the Packers, the Chiefs-Cowboys feud started even before the Kansas City Chiefs existed.

The year was 1960. Lamar Hunt, after being turned down by the NFL to create an expansion team in Dallas, created the American Football League and a team of his own, the Dallas Texans. At the same time, the NFL did approve a Dallas-based expansion franchise owned by Clint Murchison, Jr., which would become the Dallas Cowboys.

For the next three years, the two franchises not only shared a city, but actually shared a stadium. Both played their home games in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl, despite the Texans having the rights to the stadium first. The Texans were the most successful of the two franchises during this time period, but because the NFL was more popular, the Cowboys drew more of an audience.

This caused Hunt to decide Dallas wasn’t fit enough to sustain two professional football franchises, and in 1963, the Texans relocated and became the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs and Cowboys wouldn’t play each other again until the 1970 season.

Another matchup that doesn’t happen very often, Kansas City-Dallas is always special. The start of both of these franchises literally started in the same place. Essentially, the Chiefs as we know them wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the Cowboys.

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