It was 36 years ago when brash Arkansas oil man Jerry Jones rode into Dallas, bought the Cowboys and fired Tom Landry on a surreal night at Valley Ranch. FRISCO - Valley Ranch is long gone.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered a friendly note on this ... and when Jones bought the Cowboys he quickly fired Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry and hired Johnson away from the University of Miami ...

Johnson's tenure in Dallas began when owner Jerry Jones hired him as Tom Landry's replacement. After leaving the Cowboys and spending time in the Miami Dolphins' front office, Johnson joined FOX's ...

They were teammates at Arkansas in college and Jones hired Johnson away from the University of Miami to replace Tom Landry after purchasing ... on www.si.com as Jerry Jones Releases Classy ...

Jerry Jones loves to tell a good story ... was nearly run out of town his first day on the job when he fired Tom Landry, who had been the head coach since the club's inception in 1960.

So too Tom Landry. And, for that matter ... of the biggest moments in the history of America's Team: The night Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys, and immediately replaced the legendary Landry ...