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[Joe Bryant]

Hey Guys,A reader asked me this today and I didn't know. Do you guys know where he'd look there?

Where can I find all the stats pertaining to all games played by the boys when wearing the dark blue jerseys?

J

 

[SickThing]

I can't find many stats regarding the infamous Cowboys blue jerseys jinx/curse, but they are 0-3 in them this year including that crazy ending last week with the bad facemask call that should've only been 5 yards and thus likely out of last second FG range.

And there's this tidbit on Wikpedia:

Throughout the years, the Cowboys' blue jerseys have been popularly viewed to be "jinxed" because they often seem to lose when they wear them.[citation needed] Most of the time, Dallas will wear their blue jerseys when they visit Miami, Washington, or one of the handful of teams such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season due to the hot climates in their respective cities. But on some occasions, opposing teams will purposely wear their white jerseys at home to try and jinx the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have lost the following playoff games when wearing their dark jerseys:

* Super Bowl V against the Baltimore Colts

* The 1980 NFC Championship Game versus the Philadelphia Eagles

* The 1982 NFC Championship Game against Washington

* A 1996 Divisional playoff game versus the Carolina Panthers

* A 2003 Wild Card playoff game against Carolina

 

[Kinger]

I also have no stats, but I do remember one year when the Redskins opted to wear their white jerseys when they normally would have worn burgandy, just to mess with the 'Boys heads. Maybe that was 1982.

ETA:

I thought that some years back that they changed the shade of blue and everyone started saying it was in response to the curse. Of course the Cowboys denied that.

But...

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

I also have no stats, but I do remember one year when the Redskins opted to wear their white jerseys when they normally would have worn burgandy, just to mess with the 'Boys heads. Maybe that was 1982.ETA:I thought that some years back that they changed the shade of blue and everyone started saying it was in response to the curse. Of course the Cowboys denied that.But...

The Eagles did this to the cowboys in the 1980 (Jan '81) NFC Championship Game. I still remember Wilbert Montgomery's TD run.....

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

From answers.com:

Throughout the years, the Cowboys' blue jerseys have been popularly viewed to be "jinxed" because they often seem to lose when they wear them.[citation needed] Most of the time, Dallas will wear their blue jerseys when they visit Miami, Washington, or one of the handful of teams, such as the Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season due to the hot climates in their respective cities. But on some occasions, opposing teams will purposely wear their white jerseys at home to try and jinx the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have lost the following playoff games when wearing their dark jerseys:

* Super Bowl V against the Baltimore Colts

* The 1980 NFC Championship Game versus the Philadelphia Eagles

* The 1982 NFC Championship Game against Washington

* A 1996 Divisional playoff game versus the Carolina Panthers

* A 2003 Wild Card playoff game against Carolina

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

Got it Joe:

Blue Jersey Jinx

Dallas Cowboys Blue Jersey Jinx?

These stats are from 1981 through 2003. 1981 was when the Cowboys introduced the ‘new blue’ that was supposed to dispel the curse of the blue jerseys. This is for regular season and playoffs combined.

The end result is that there is no jinx. The Cowboys have actually won a slightly higher percentage of games on the road in the blue than they have on the road in the white.

Total Games 385

Total White Games 314

Total Blue Games 71

Total Home Games 194

Total Road Games 191

Overall 208-177 .540

Home 124-70 .639

Away 84-107 .440

White 177-137 .563

Blue 31-40 .436

Home White 123-68 .644

Home Blue 1-2 .333

Road White 54-69 .439

Road Blue 30-38 .441

 

[SickThing]

From answers.com:

Throughout the years, the Cowboys' blue jerseys have been popularly viewed to be "jinxed" because they often seem to lose when they wear them.[citation needed] Most of the time, Dallas will wear their blue jerseys when they visit Miami, Washington, or one of the handful of teams, such as the Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season due to the hot climates in their respective cities. But on some occasions, opposing teams will purposely wear their white jerseys at home to try and jinx the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have lost the following playoff games when wearing their dark jerseys:

* Super Bowl V against the Baltimore Colts

* The 1980 NFC Championship Game versus the Philadelphia Eagles

* The 1982 NFC Championship Game against Washington

* A 1996 Divisional playoff game versus the Carolina Panthers

* A 2003 Wild Card playoff game against Carolina

That exactly the same as the Wikpedia blurb I had posted. Kudos on finding the record then though.