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The '''Dallas Cowboys''' are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They are based in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. The team currently plays its home games at Texas Stadium in Irving, but it is scheduled to move to a new stadium in nearby Arlington in 2009.
An article from ''Forbes Magazine'', dated September 10, 2008, lists the Cowboys as the most valuable sports franchise in the United States, and second in the world (behind the United Kingdom's Manchester United), with an estimated value of approximately $1.612 billion, ahead of the Washington Redskins ($1.538 billion) and the New England Patriots ($1.324 billion).
The Cowboys have been one of the most successful teams of the modern era (since 1960). The team has won five Super Bowls and eight conference championships. The Cowboys have more victories (41) on ''Monday Night Football'' than any other NFL team; the Miami Dolphins are second with 39 and the San Francisco 49ers are third with 38.[ at ESPN.com, 17 September 2008]
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