I used today's bowl eligibility criteria to see how the Cowboys previous teams would had fared going back to 1977 with bowl eligibility. In brackets, I put the bowl the Cowboys attended in the specific season when they made a bowl.
1993-1999: The Cowboys were bowl eligible 7 seasons in a row. Two bowl appearances. No wins. (Tiller, Dimel tenures).
2016-2022: The Pokes have been bowl eligible 6 seasons in a row minus the shutdown season. (Bohl Tenure)
1987-1990: Paul Roach made 3 bowls in 4 seasons with 2 marquee appearances in the Holiday Bowl
From 1985-1999: The Cowboys were bowl eligible 11-out-of-15 seasons. Participating in 4 bowls during the stretch. Winning none.
During the Glenn/Christensen/Koenning: Bowl eligible 4 times in 14 years. Winning 2 bowl games.
Glenn/Christensen produced 4 bowl eligible years out of 11 seasons.
Cowboys have won two outright Championships (Roach), two division titles (Tiller, Bohl), one 3-way Co-Championship (Tiller 1993), and were bowl eligible 25 times out of 45 seasons (56% of the time) and making 12 bowl games during the period from 1977-2022. Bohl's tenure has a 75% bowl eligibility clip.
BILL LEWIS
1977:
1978:
1979:
PAT DYE
1980: Bowl Eligible
AL KINCAID
1981: Bowl Eligible
1982:
1983: Bowl Eligible
1984: Bowl Eligible
1985:
DENNIS ERICKSON
1986: Bowl Eligible
PAUL ROACH
1987: Bowl Eligible (Holiday)
1988: Bowl Eligible (Holiday)
1989:
1990: Bowl Eligible (Copper)
JOE TILLER
1991:
1992:
1993: Bowl Eligible (Copper)
1994: Bowl Eligible
1995: Bowl Eligible
1996: Bowl Eligible (WAC Championship Game)
DANA DIMEL
1997: Bowl Eligible
1998: Bowl Eligible
1999: Bowl Eligible
VIC KOENNING
2000:
2001:
2002:
JOE GLENN
2003:
2004: Bowl Eligible (Las Vegas)
2005:
2006: Bowl Eligible
2007:
2008:
DAVE CHRISTENSEN
2009: Bowl Eligible (New Mexico)
2010:
2011: Bowl Eligible (New Mexico)
2012:
2013:
CRAIG BOHL
2014:
2015:
2016: Bowl Eligible (Poinsettia - MW Championship Game)
2017: Bowl Eligible (Potato)
2018: Bowl Eligible
2019: Bowl Eligible (Arizona)
2020: Shutdown Season
2021: Bowl Eligible (Potato)
2022: Bowl Eligible (LA, Arizona, New Mexico?????)
1993-1999: The Cowboys were bowl eligible 7 seasons in a row. Two bowl appearances. No wins. (Tiller, Dimel tenures).
2016-2022: The Pokes have been bowl eligible 6 seasons in a row minus the shutdown season. (Bohl Tenure)
1987-1990: Paul Roach made 3 bowls in 4 seasons with 2 marquee appearances in the Holiday Bowl
From 1985-1999: The Cowboys were bowl eligible 11-out-of-15 seasons. Participating in 4 bowls during the stretch. Winning none.
During the Glenn/Christensen/Koenning: Bowl eligible 4 times in 14 years. Winning 2 bowl games.
Glenn/Christensen produced 4 bowl eligible years out of 11 seasons.
Cowboys have won two outright Championships (Roach), two division titles (Tiller, Bohl), one 3-way Co-Championship (Tiller 1993), and were bowl eligible 25 times out of 45 seasons (56% of the time) and making 12 bowl games during the period from 1977-2022. Bohl's tenure has a 75% bowl eligibility clip.
BILL LEWIS
1977:
1978:
1979:
PAT DYE
1980: Bowl Eligible
AL KINCAID
1981: Bowl Eligible
1982:
1983: Bowl Eligible
1984: Bowl Eligible
1985:
DENNIS ERICKSON
1986: Bowl Eligible
PAUL ROACH
1987: Bowl Eligible (Holiday)
1988: Bowl Eligible (Holiday)
1989:
1990: Bowl Eligible (Copper)
JOE TILLER
1991:
1992:
1993: Bowl Eligible (Copper)
1994: Bowl Eligible
1995: Bowl Eligible
1996: Bowl Eligible (WAC Championship Game)
DANA DIMEL
1997: Bowl Eligible
1998: Bowl Eligible
1999: Bowl Eligible
VIC KOENNING
2000:
2001:
2002:
JOE GLENN
2003:
2004: Bowl Eligible (Las Vegas)
2005:
2006: Bowl Eligible
2007:
2008:
DAVE CHRISTENSEN
2009: Bowl Eligible (New Mexico)
2010:
2011: Bowl Eligible (New Mexico)
2012:
2013:
CRAIG BOHL
2014:
2015:
2016: Bowl Eligible (Poinsettia - MW Championship Game)
2017: Bowl Eligible (Potato)
2018: Bowl Eligible
2019: Bowl Eligible (Arizona)
2021: Bowl Eligible (Potato)
2022: Bowl Eligible (LA, Arizona, New Mexico?????)
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