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Dallas Cowboys Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 434-314-6
Playoff Record (all-time) : 33-25 (Last appearance after 2009 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 5 out of 8 appearances
 Championships Won: 5
Passing Leader (all-time): Troy Aikman - 32,942 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Emmitt Smith - 17,162 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Michael Irvin - 11,904 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Tom Landry - 250 wins

Playoff Log / Head-to-Head Records / All Dallas Cowboys Draftees / Year-by-Year Starting Lineups / All-Pros and Pro Bowlers

All-time franchise leaderboards

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2009 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 5 0 361 250 111 Phillips Romo Barber Austin 14 2 2 9 13 8 2 32 6.9 0.2 7.1 0.4 6.7
2008 NFL Dallas Cowboys 9 7 0 362 365 -3 Phillips Romo Barber Owens 18 13 20 8 30 19 7 32 -0.2
2007 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 13 3 0 455 325 130 Phillips Romo Barber Owens 2 3 13 9 8 4 4 32 8.1
2006 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 9 7 0 425 350 75 Parcells Romo Jones Owens 4 5 20 13 15 7 9 32 4.7 -1.0 3.7 5.0 -1.3
2005 NFL Dallas Cowboys 9 7 0 325 308 17 Parcells Bledsoe Jones Glenn 15 13 12 10 19 15 13 32 1.1 2.1 3.2 -0.1 3.2
2004 NFL Dallas Cowboys 6 10 0 293 405 -112 Parcells Testaverde Jones Johnson 25 14 27 16 28 29 16 32 -7.0 -0.8 -7.8 -3.0 -4.8
2003 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 6 0 289 260 29 Parcells Carter Hambrick Glenn 21 15 2 1 22 15 2 32 1.8 -2.3 -0.5 -3.2 2.7
2002 NFL Dallas Cowboys 5 11 0 217 329 -112 Campo Hutchinson Smith Galloway 31 30 13 18 20 28 28 32 -7.0 -1.5 -8.5 -8.2 -0.3
2001 NFL Dallas Cowboys 5 11 0 246 338 -92 Campo Carter Smith Ismail 30 29 20 4 24 27 19 31 -5.8 -0.2 -6.0 -4.5 -1.5
2000 NFL Dallas Cowboys 5 11 0 294 361 -67 Campo Aikman Smith McKnight 23 25 22 19 28 24 25 31 -4.2 -0.4 -4.6 -1.5 -3.0
1999 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 8 8 0 352 276 76 Gailey Aikman Smith Ismail 11 16 5 9 6 5 9 31 4.8 -1.6 3.1 -0.3 3.4
1998 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 6 0 381 275 106 Gailey Aikman Smith Irvin 9 8 3 18 3 6 11 30 6.6 -3.1 3.5 0.9 2.6
1997 NFL Dallas Cowboys 6 10 0 304 314 -10 Switzer Aikman Smith Irvin 22 20 13 2 22 17 8 30 -0.6 -0.1 -0.8 -1.7 1.0
1996 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 6 0 286 250 36 Switzer Aikman Smith Irvin 25 24 3 3 9 10 10 30 2.3 0.1 2.4 -2.9 5.3
1995 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 435 291 144 Switzer Aikman Smith Irvin 3 5 3 9 11 2 4 30 9.0 0.7 9.7 6.2 3.5
1994 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 414 248 166 Switzer Aikman Smith Irvin 2 8 3 1 8 2 3 28 10.4 -0.3 10.1 5.6 4.5
1993 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 376 229 147 Johnson Aikman Smith Irvin 2 4 2 10 8 2 2 28 9.2 0.4 9.6 4.9 4.7
1992 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 13 3 0 409 243 166 Johnson Aikman Smith Irvin 2 4 5 1 7 2 1 28 10.4 -0.4 9.9 6.4 3.5
1991 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 5 0 342 310 32 Johnson Aikman Smith Irvin 7 9 17 17 14 10 13 28 2.0 2.4 4.4 3.7 0.8
1990 NFL Dallas Cowboys 7 9 0 244 308 -64 Johnson Aikman Smith Martin 26 28 15 10 16 21 20 28 -4.0 0.3 -3.7 -4.8 1.1
1989 NFL Dallas Cowboys 1 15 0 204 393 -189 Johnson Aikman Palmer Martin 28 27 24 20 28 28 26 28 -11.8 1.4 -10.4 -7.6 -2.8
1988 NFL Dallas Cowboys 3 13 0 265 381 -116 Landry Pelluer Walker Alexander 21 9 25 20 27 28 11 28 -7.3 1.2 -6.1 -3.8 -2.3
1987 NFL Dallas Cowboys 7 8 0 340 348 -8 Landry White Walker Walker 11 11 18 20 13 15 13 28 -0.5 -1.6 -2.1 -0.3 -1.8
1986 NFL Dallas Cowboys 7 9 0 346 337 9 Landry Pelluer Dorsett Walker 14 6 18 10 18 14 7 28 0.6 1.5 2.1 3.0 -0.9
1985 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 6 0 357 333 24 Landry White Dorsett Hill 11 8 14 20 5 12 15 28 1.5 -1.3 0.2 0.6 -0.3
1984 NFL Dallas Cowboys 9 7 0 308 308 0 Landry Hogeboom Dorsett Hill 18 11 9 7 12 13 8 28 0.0 1.0 1.0 -1.4 2.4
1983 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 479 360 119 Landry White Dorsett Hill 2 5 20 17 7 4 6 28 7.4 1.1 8.5 8.6 -0.1
1982 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 6 3 0 226 145 81 Landry White Dorsett Hill 5 5 3 11 16 1 5 28 9.0 -0.6 8.4 5.3 3.1
1981 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 367 277 90 Landry White Dorsett Hill 6 5 7 20 2 4 11 28 5.6 0.5 6.1 2.9 3.2
1980 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 454 311 143 Landry White Dorsett Hill 1 9 13 17 6 2 10 28 8.9 -1.0 8.0 7.8 0.1
1979 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 5 0 371 313 58 Landry Staubach Dorsett Hill 5 2 12 8 25 5 2 28 3.6 -0.3 3.3 3.0 0.3
1978 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 4 0 384 208 176 Landry Staubach Dorsett Hill 1 2 3 2 11 1 1 28 11.0 -0.0 11.0 5.8 5.2
1977 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 2 0 345 212 133 Landry Staubach Dorsett Pearson 2 1 8 1 6 2 1 28 9.5 -1.7 7.8 7.6 0.2
1976 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 3 0 296 194 102 Landry Staubach Dennison Pearson 10 4 5 7 16 9 4 28 7.3 -2.8 4.5 0.5 4.0
1975 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 4 0 350 268 82 Landry Staubach Newhouse Pearson 8 3 9 5 6 8 3 26 5.9 -1.7 4.1 4.0 0.1
1974 NFL Dallas Cowboys 8 6 0 297 235 62 Landry Staubach Hill Pearson 8 1 10 4 19 8 1 26 4.4 1.5 5.9 4.0 1.9
1973 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 4 0 382 203 179 Landry Staubach Hill DuPree 2 4 7 5 3 3 3 26 12.8 -0.0 12.8 6.8 6.0
1972 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 4 0 319 240 79 Landry Morton Hill Sellers 10 6 6 6 18 7 4 26 5.6 0.5 6.1 3.4 2.7
1971 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 3 0 406 222 184 Landry Staubach Thomas Hayes 1 1 7 3 2 1 1 26 13.1 -3.3 9.9 8.3 1.6
1970 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 4 0 299 221 78 Landry Morton Thomas Hayes 10 4 4 4 6 7 2 26 5.6 1.4 7.0 2.5 4.5
1969 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 11 2 1 369 223 146 Landry Morton Hill Rentzel 2 1 4 3 7 2 1 16 10.4
1968 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 12 2 0 431 186 245 Landry Meredith Perkins Rentzel 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 16 17.5
1967 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 9 5 0 342 268 74 Landry Meredith Perkins Hayes 6 5 6 7 4 4 4 16 5.3
1966 NFL Dallas Cowboys* 10 3 1 445 239 206 Landry Meredith Reeves Hayes 1 1 4 2 5 1 1 15 14.7
1965 NFL Dallas Cowboys 7 7 0 325 280 45 Landry Meredith Perkins Hayes 7 10 3 6 6 4 8 14 3.2
1964 NFL Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 250 289 -39 Landry Meredith Perkins Clarke 12 14 4 2 9 9 6 14 -2.8
1963 NFL Dallas Cowboys 4 10 0 305 378 -73 Landry Meredith Perkins Clarke 9 9 10 13 6 9 12 14 -5.2
1962 NFL Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 398 402 -4 Landry Meredith Perkins Clarke 2 2 13 13 9 7 9 14 -0.3
1961 NFL Dallas Cowboys 4 9 1 236 380 -144 Landry LeBaron Perkins Clarke 13 8 12 10 10 13 10 14 -10.3
1960 NFL Dallas Cowboys 0 11 1 177 369 -192 Landry LeBaron Dupre Doran 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 -16.0

Playoff Game Log

Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2009 Playoffs
WildCard W Philadelphia Eagles 34 14
Division L @ Minnesota Vikings 3 34
2007 Playoffs
Division L New York Giants 17 21
2006 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Seattle Seahawks 20 21
2003 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Carolina Panthers 10 29
1999 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Minnesota Vikings 10 27
1998 Playoffs
WildCard L Arizona Cardinals 7 20
1996 Playoffs
WildCard W Minnesota Vikings 40 15
Division L @ Carolina Panthers 17 26
1995 Playoffs
Division W Philadelphia Eagles 30 11
ConfChamp W Green Bay Packers 38 27
SuperBowl W N Pittsburgh Steelers 27 17
1994 Playoffs
Division W Green Bay Packers 35 9
ConfChamp L @ San Francisco 49ers 28 38
1993 Playoffs
Division W Green Bay Packers 27 17
ConfChamp W San Francisco 49ers 38 21
SuperBowl W N Buffalo Bills 30 13
1992 Playoffs
Division W Philadelphia Eagles 34 10
ConfChamp W @ San Francisco 49ers 30 20
SuperBowl W N Buffalo Bills 52 17
1991 Playoffs
WildCard W @ Chicago Bears 17 13
Division L @ Detroit Lions 6 38
1985 Playoffs
Division L @ Los Angeles Rams 0 20
1983 Playoffs
WildCard L Los Angeles Rams 17 24
1982 Playoffs
WildCard W Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 17
Division W Green Bay Packers 37 26
ConfChamp L @ Washington Redskins 17 31
1981 Playoffs
Division W Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 0
ConfChamp L @ San Francisco 49ers 27 28
1980 Playoffs
WildCard W Los Angeles Rams 34 13
Division W @ Atlanta Falcons 30 27
ConfChamp L @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 20
1979 Playoffs
Division L Los Angeles Rams 19 21
1978 Playoffs
Division W Atlanta Falcons 27 20
ConfChamp W @ Los Angeles Rams 28 0
SuperBowl L N Pittsburgh Steelers 31 35
1977 Playoffs
Division W Chicago Bears 37 7
ConfChamp W Minnesota Vikings 23 6
SuperBowl W N Denver Broncos 27 10
1976 Playoffs
Division L Los Angeles Rams 12 14
1975 Playoffs
Division W @ Minnesota Vikings 17 14
ConfChamp W @ Los Angeles Rams 37 7
SuperBowl L N Pittsburgh Steelers 17 21
1973 Playoffs
Division W Los Angeles Rams 27 16
ConfChamp L Minnesota Vikings 10 27
1972 Playoffs
Division W @ San Francisco 49ers 30 28
ConfChamp L @ Washington Redskins 3 26
1971 Playoffs
Division W @ Minnesota Vikings 20 12
ConfChamp W San Francisco 49ers 14 3
SuperBowl W N Miami Dolphins 24 3
1970 Playoffs
Division W Detroit Lions 5 0
ConfChamp W @ San Francisco 49ers 17 10
SuperBowl L N Baltimore Colts 13 16
1969 Playoffs
Division L Cleveland Browns 14 38
1968 Playoffs
Division L @ Cleveland Browns 20 31
1967 Playoffs
Division W Cleveland Browns 52 14
ConfChamp L @ Green Bay Packers 17 21
1966 Playoffs
ConfChamp L Green Bay Packers 27 34

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 55 28 1 .663 1960 1437
Atlanta Falcons 14 8 0 .636 549 411
Baltimore Ravens 0 3 0 .000 34 90
Buffalo Bills 5 3 0 .625 148 128
Carolina Panthers 8 1 0 .889 194 143
Chicago Bears 11 8 0 .579 369 322
Cincinnati Bengals 6 4 0 .600 263 239
Cleveland Browns 11 15 0 .423 502 565
Denver Broncos 4 6 0 .400 210 243
Detroit Lions 11 9 0 .550 513 353
Green Bay Packers 12 11 0 .522 495 494
Houston Texans 1 1 0 .500 44 25
Indianapolis Colts 8 5 0 .615 298 217
Jacksonville Jaguars 2 2 0 .500 81 88
Kansas City Chiefs 6 3 0 .667 242 197
Miami Dolphins 4 7 0 .364 221 215
Minnesota Vikings 10 10 0 .500 467 487
New England Patriots 7 3 0 .700 218 196
New Orleans Saints 15 8 0 .652 458 394
New York Giants 55 38 2 .591 2090 1760
New York Jets 7 2 0 .778 260 124
Oakland Raiders 4 6 0 .400 225 198
Philadelphia Eagles 55 43 0 .561 2121 1904
Pittsburgh Steelers 14 13 0 .519 602 541
San Diego Chargers 6 3 0 .667 229 203
San Francisco 49ers 10 14 1 .417 573 672
Seattle Seahawks 8 4 0 .667 327 207
St. Louis Rams 10 11 0 .476 449 484
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 3 0 .750 221 173
Tennessee Titans 7 5 0 .583 280 210
Washington Redskins 59 37 2 .615 2240 1838