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Troy Aikman

Troy Kenneth Aikman (twitter: @TroyAikman)

Position: QB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 219 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 21, 1966 in West Covina, CA
College: Oklahoma, UCLA   (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (179th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2006

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Troy Aikman's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

View complete leaderboards for game-winning drives and comebacks.

16 fourth quarter comebacks, 21 game-winning drives

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1990 1 1990-09-09 23-292 DAL SDG W 17-14 13 29 44.83% 193 1 1 64.3 6.66 5.79 5 15 3.00 1 4QC / GWD
2 1990 5 1990-10-07 23-320 DAL TAM W 14-10 17 24 70.83% 173 1 1 87.7 7.21 6.17 4 26 6.50 0 4QC / GWD
3 1990 7 1990-10-21 23-334 DAL @ TAM W 17-13 13 29 44.83% 159 1 1 59.4 5.48 4.62 2 18 9.00 0 4QC / GWD
4 1990 11 1990-11-18 23-362 DAL @ RAM W 24-21 17 32 53.13% 303 3 1 104.0 9.47 9.94 4 4 1.00 0 GWD
5 1990 12 1990-11-22 24-001 DAL WAS W 27-17 20 31 64.52% 222 1 2 69.6 7.16 4.90 4 9 2.25 0 GWD
6 1990 13 1990-12-02 24-011 DAL NOR W 17-13 15 21 71.43% 177 1 0 112.6 8.43 9.38 4 19 4.75 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
7 1991 5 1991-09-29 24-312 DAL NYG W 21-16 20 27 74.07% 277 1 0 118.9 10.26 11.00 3 -5 -1.67 0 4QC / GWD
8 1991 7 1991-10-13 24-326 DAL CIN W 35-23 14 22 63.64% 276 1 2 84.5 12.55 9.36 2 0 0.00 1 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
9 1992 13 1992-12-06 26-015 DAL @ DEN W 31-27 25 35 71.43% 231 3 0 117.7 6.60 8.31 6 20 3.33 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
10 1993 16 1994-01-02 27-042 DAL @ NYG W 16-13 24 30 80.00% 180 1 0 102.8 6.00 6.67 2 8 4.00 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
11 1994 8 1994-10-30 27-343 DAL @ CIN W 23-20 20 33 60.61% 272 2 1 94.5 8.24 8.09 3 -2 -0.67 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
12 1995 3 1995-09-17 28-300 DAL @ MIN W 23-17 24 38 63.16% 246 1 0 90.5 6.47 7.00 2 0 0.00 0 4QC / GWD
13 1995 15 1995-12-17 29-026 DAL NYG W 21-20 16 34 47.06% 222 0 1 56.3 6.53 5.21 1 -1 -1.00 0 4QC / GWD
14 1995 18 1996-01-14 29-054 DAL GNB W 38-27 21 33 63.64% 255 2 0 107.5 7.73 8.94 3 6 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
15 1996 7 1996-10-20 29-334 DAL ATL W 32-28 17 24 70.83% 265 2 0 134.9 11.04 12.71 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
16 1996 10 1996-11-10 29-355 DAL @ SFO W 20-17 24 39 61.54% 230 1 1 75.8 5.90 5.26 3 8 2.67 1 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
17 1997 3 1997-09-15 30-298 DAL PHI W 21-20 17 36 47.22% 205 1 0 74.4 5.69 6.25 1 1 1.00 0 4QC / GWD
18 1997 7 1997-10-19 30-332 DAL JAX W 26-22 21 32 65.63% 262 2 0 111.7 8.19 9.44 4 7 1.75 0 4QC / GWD
19 1997 11 1997-11-16 30-360 DAL WAS W 17-14 25 45 55.56% 217 1 0 75.9 4.82 5.27 3 6 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
20 1999 1 1999-09-12 32-295 DAL @ WAS W 41-35 28 49 57.14% 362 5 3 89.0 7.39 6.67 2 4 2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
21 2000 5 2000-10-01 33-315 DAL @ CAR W 16-13 15 23 65.22% 131 0 2 43.9 5.70 1.78 2 2 1.00 0 GWD

One other game of note

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1992 8 1992-11-01 25-346 DAL PHI W 20-10 19 33 57.58% 214 2 1 84.7 6.48 6.33 4 11 2.75 0 QB deserves little credit