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2005 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 325 points (20.3/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 308 points (19.2/g), 12th.
 Differential of 17 points (1.1/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 8.5-7.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 19th.

Coached by Bill Parcells (9-7-0)

2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box W 1-0 @ San Diego Chargers 28 24 23 301 192 109 1 19 291 188 103 2
2 Mon September 19 box L 1-1 Washington Redskins 13 14 14 351 261 90 14 346 242 104 2
3 Sun September 25 box W 2-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 34 31 26 443 348 95 3 19 390 266 124 3
4 Sun October 2 box L 2-2 @ Oakland Raiders 13 19 16 303 187 116 1 16 333 204 129
5 Sun October 9 box W 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 33 10 28 456 289 167 1 6 129 110 19
6 Sun October 16 box W 4-2 New York Giants 16 13 25 385 293 92 4 11 270 179 91 4
7 Sun October 23 box L 4-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 10 13 16 275 111 164 2 20 289 217 72 3
8 Sun October 30 box W 5-3 Arizona Cardinals 34 13 21 348 202 146 1 12 213 142 71 2
9 Bye Week
10 Mon November 14 box W 6-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 20 13 241 183 58 1 21 359 178 181 1
11 Sun November 20 box W 7-3 Detroit Lions 20 7 26 253 104 149 1 11 226 169 57 1
12 Thu November 24 box L 7-4 Denver Broncos 21 24 23 314 229 85 2 13 293 149 144 2
13 Sun December 4 box L 7-5 @ New York Giants 10 17 16 206 125 81 4 17 277 150 127 2
14 Sun December 11 box W 8-5 Kansas City Chiefs 31 28 21 445 316 129 25 493 332 161 1
15 Sun December 18 box L 8-6 @ Washington Redskins 7 35 13 216 107 109 4 19 334 163 171 1
16 Sat December 24 box W 9-6 @ Carolina Panthers 24 20 22 394 180 214 2 13 318 247 71 2
17 Sun January 1 box L 9-7 St. Louis Rams 10 20 15 271 214 57 4 20 253 147 106

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 325 5202 1071 4.9 318 300 500 3341 23 17 6.1 177 521 1861 13 3.6 97 31 14 44
Team Defense 308 4814 946 5.1 425 271 495 3083 18 15 5.8 150 414 1731 13 4.2 256 26 11 19
Lg Rank Offense 15 13 8 18 15 9 22 15 5 13 14 26 24 21
Lg Rank Defense 12 10 1 12 11 9 19 15 9 15 17 24 21 17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Drew Bledsoe 33 QB 16 16 300 499 60.1 3639 23 4.6 17 3.4 71 7.3 6.2 12.1 227.4 83.7 49 295 6.1 5.1 8.9
Keyshawn Johnson 33 WR 16 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.7 16 300 500 60.0 3639 23 4.6 17 3.4 71 7.3 6.2 12.1 227.4 83.6 50 298 6.1 5.1 9.1
Opp Total 16 271 495 54.7 3083 18 3.6 15 3.0 6.2 5.2 11.4 192.7 73.2 37 236 5.8 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Julius Jones 24 RB 13 12 257 993 5 51 3.9 76.4 19.8 35 218 6.2 0 26 2.7 16.8 1211 5 4
Marion Barber 22 13 2 138 538 5 28 3.9 41.4 10.6 18 115 6.4 0 21 1.4 8.8 653 5 3
Tyson Thompson 24 RET 15 0 46 182 0 16 4.0 12.1 3.1 3 16 5.3 0 8 0.2 1.1 198 0 2
Anthony Thomas 28 6 2 36 80 0 12 2.2 13.3 6.0 2 5 2.5 0 5 0.3 0.8 85 0 0
Drew Bledsoe 33 QB 16 16 34 50 2 9 1.5 3.1 2.1 50 2 17
Terry Glenn 31 WR 16 16 2 -4 1 6 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 62 1136 18.3 7 71 3.9 71.0 1132 8 0
Lousaka Polite 24 14 3 2 8 0 6 4.0 0.6 0.1 9 72 8.0 1 15 0.6 5.1 80 1 0
Tony Romo 25 16 0 2 -2 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Keyshawn Johnson 33 WR 16 14 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 71 839 11.8 6 34 4.4 52.4 842 6 3
Patrick Crayton 26 RET 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 22 341 15.5 2 63 2.0 31.0 341 2 3
Peerless Price 29 7 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.3 0.1 6 96 16.0 0 58 0.9 13.7 105 0 0
Terence Newman 27 LCB 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 4 0 3
Jason Witten* 23 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 757 11.5 6 34 4.1 47.3 757 6 0
Daniel Campbell 29 TE 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 24 8.0 1 18 0.2 1.5 24 1 0
Brett Pierce 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 10 0.2 1.5 15 0 0
Terrance Copper 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.3 5 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 521 1861 13 51 3.6 116.3 32.6 300 3639 12.1 23 71 18.8 227.4 5500 36 36
Opp Total 16 414 1731 13 4.2 108.2 25.9 271 3083 11.4 18 16.9 192.7 4814 31 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Tyson Thompson 24 RET 15 0 57 1399 0 49 24.5 1597
Patrick Crayton 26 RET 11 0 23 166 0 25 7.2 507
Peerless Price 29 7 1 12 63 0 11 5.3 168
Terence Newman 27 LCB 16 16 10 55 0 26 5.5 59
Marion Barber 22 13 2 3 58 0 21 19.3 711
Terrance Copper 23 16 0 2 32 0 21 16.0 37
Daniel Campbell 29 TE 16 12 1 14 0 14 14.0 38
Aaron Glenn 33 rcb 16 7 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
Team Total 26.7 16 45 284 0 26 6.3 64 1523 0 49 23.8 7307
Opp Total 16 33 0 66 1432 0 21.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mat McBriar 26 P 16 0 81 3439 63 0 42.5
Jose Cortez 30 K 7 0 6 5 4 4 6 3 16 12 75.0% 14 13 92.9%
Billy Cundiff 25 6 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 8 5 62.5% 14 14 100.0% 1 35 35 0 35.0
Shaun Suisham 24 3 0 3 3 1 4 3 75.0% 8 8 100.0%
Team Total 26.7 16 1 1 10 9 9 6 7 3 1 1 28 20 71.4% 36 35 97.2% 82 3474 63 0 42.4
Opp Total 16 27 21 77.8% 35 35 100.0% 95 3895 41.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Drew Bledsoe 33 QB 16 16 17 3 -12 0
Terence Newman 27 LCB 16 16 1.0 3 16 0 12 17 1 3 4 0 0 57 3
Greg Ellis 30 RDE 16 13 8.0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 37 0 25 10
DeMarcus Ware 23 ROLB 16 16 8.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 47 11
Roy Williams* 25 SS 16 16 2.5 3 52 1 46 10 3 0 1 0 0 72 12
Marion Barber 22 13 2 3 3 -5 0
Patrick Crayton 26 RET 11 0 3 2 0 0
Julius Jones 24 RB 13 12 4 1 0 0
Aaron Glenn 33 rcb 16 7 4 10 0 10 13 29 3
Dat Nguyen 30 8 4 1.0 1 7 0 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 26 5
La'Roi Glover* 31 NT 16 13 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 23 5
Anthony Henry 29 RCB 12 10 3 102 1 58 14 1 0 0 0 0 40 9
Keyshawn Johnson 33 WR 16 14 3 0 0 0
Tyson Thompson 24 RET 15 0 2 1 0 0
Chris L. Canty 23 16 2 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 24 11
Bradie James 24 LILB 16 16 2.5 0 0 0 0 4 73 20
Marcus R. Spears 22 LDE 16 10 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 59 0 19 12
Jason Ferguson 31 nt 16 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 10
Scott Fujita 26 LOLB 16 8 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 44 10
Al Johnson 26 C 16 16 1 1 0 0
Lousaka Polite 24 14 3 0 2 0 0
Scott Shanle 26 RILB 15 8 1.5 0 0 0 0 2 34 11
Larry Allen* 34 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Kevin Burnett 23 13 0 1.0 13 4
Keith Davis 27 FS 16 15 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 47 19
Ryan Fowler 23 14 3 1 0 1 9 0 19 6
Brett Pierce 24 10 1 0 1 0 0
Jay Ratliff 24 4 1 1.0 3 1
Jacques Reeves 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 3
Alshermond Singleton 30 llb 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 13 5
Anthony Thomas 28 6 2 0 1 0 0
Torrin Tucker 26 LT 16 10 0 1 0 0
Kenyon Coleman 26 lde 12 5 0.5 9 5
Team Total 26.7 16 37.0 15 187 2 58 82 15 36 31 93 0 688 187
Opp Total 16 50 21 10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jose Cortez 30 K 7 0 13 12 49
Terry Glenn 31 WR 16 16 1 7 48
Keyshawn Johnson 33 WR 16 14 6 1 38
Jason Witten* 23 TE 16 16 6 36
Marion Barber 22 13 2 5 30
Julius Jones 24 RB 13 12 5 30
Billy Cundiff 25 6 0 14 5 29
Shaun Suisham 24 3 0 8 3 17
Drew Bledsoe 33 QB 16 16 2 12
Patrick Crayton 26 RET 11 0 2 12
Daniel Campbell 29 TE 16 12 1 6
Anthony Henry 29 RCB 12 10 1 6
Lousaka Polite 24 14 3 1 6
Roy Williams* 25 SS 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 13 23 2 1 35 20 325
Opp Total 16 13 18 35 21 308