So you have to create a account on espn.com which takes like 30 seconds, then in the upper right corner there is something that says myespn or something like that, you put your mose over that and a window will show, then you click alerts, when you are there you put in your cell phone number, then click nfl and the cowboys, then you can customize how you want to get them, like after each quarter, or scoring plays, or whatever you want. Hope this helps