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2006 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 425 points (26.6/g), 4th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 20th.
 Differential of 75 points (4.7/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 15th.

Coached by Bill Parcells (9-7-0)

2006 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 L 0-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17 24 14 323 235 88 3 22 307 229 78 1
2 Sun September 17 W 1-1 Washington Redskins 27 10 22 367 229 138 1 16 245 152 93 1
3 Bye Week
4 Sun October 1 W 2-1 @ Tennessee Titans 45 14 23 396 179 217 1 16 229 151 78 3
5 Sun October 8 L 2-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 24 38 23 320 174 146 5 16 383 331 52 2
6 Sun October 15 W 3-2 Houston Texans 34 6 21 354 184 170 12 232 198 34 3
7 Mon October 23 L 3-3 New York Giants 22 36 21 379 310 69 4 18 328 173 155 2
8 Sun October 29 W 4-3 @ Carolina Panthers 35 14 27 414 258 156 1 16 204 128 76 3
9 Sun November 5 L 4-4 @ Washington Redskins 19 22 21 378 267 111 18 300 183 117 1
10 Sun November 12 W 5-4 @ Arizona Cardinals 27 10 20 434 308 126 17 295 209 86 3
11 Sun November 19 W 6-4 Indianapolis Colts 21 14 24 342 225 117 2 22 335 247 88 4
12 Thu November 23 W 7-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 10 27 435 298 137 10 211 110 101 2
13 Sun December 3 W 8-4 @ New York Giants 23 20 21 365 255 110 2 22 396 270 126 1
14 Sun December 10 L 8-5 New Orleans Saints 17 42 16 347 231 116 2 28 536 377 159
15 Sat December 16 W 9-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 38 28 21 352 258 94 2 19 376 249 127 3
16 Mon December 25 L 9-6 Philadelphia Eagles 7 23 16 201 118 83 3 20 426 222 204 1
17 Sun December 31 L 9-7 Detroit Lions 31 39 19 365 307 58 4 22 362 277 85 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 6 L 9-8 @ Seattle Seahawks 20 21

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 425 5772 1015 5.7 336 310 506 3836 26 21 7.1 197 472 1936 21 4.1 107 30 9 32
Team Defense 350 5165 974 5.3 500 301 511 3506 25 18 6.4 179 429 1659 12 3.9 294 31 13 27
Lg Rank Offense 4 5 2 20 5 5 26 4 12 13 3 15 20 6
Lg Rank Defense 20 13 20 14 24 27 10 24 9 10 11 8 8 10

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%
Tony Romo* 26 QB 16 10 220 337 65.3 2903 19 5.6 13 3.9 56 8.6 7.4 13.2 181.4 95.1 21 124 7.8 6.7 5.9
Drew Bledsoe 34 qb 6 6 90 169 53.3 1164 7 4.1 8 4.7 51 6.9 5.2 12.9 194.0 69.2 16 107 5.7 4.1 8.6
Team Total 26.6 16 310 506 61.3 4067 26 5.1 21 4.2 56 8.0 6.7 13.1 254.2 86.5 37 231 7.1 5.8 6.8
Opp Total 16 301 511 58.9 3506 25 4.9 18 3.5 6.9 5.8 11.6 219.1 81.4 34 223 6.4 5.0

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 25 RB 16 16 267 1084 4 77 4.1 67.8 16.7 9 142 15.8 0 39 0.6 8.9 1226 4 1
Marion Barber 23 16 1 135 654 14 25 4.8 40.9 8.4 23 196 8.5 2 26 1.4 12.3 850 16 0
Tony Romo* 26 QB 16 10 34 102 0 16 3.0 6.4 2.1 102 0 9
Tyson Thompson 25 7 0 13 30 1 7 2.3 4.3 1.9 30 1 0
Drew Bledsoe 34 qb 6 6 8 28 2 11 3.5 4.7 1.3 28 2 3
Lousaka Polite 25 12 0 7 18 0 4 2.6 1.5 0.6 2 21 10.5 0 12 0.2 1.8 39 0 0
Keylon Kincade 24 1 0 4 9 0 7 2.3 9.0 4.0 9 0 0
Terry Glenn 32 WR 15 14 3 11 0 22 3.7 0.7 0.2 70 1047 15.0 6 54 4.7 69.8 1058 6 0
Mat McBriar* 27 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Terrell Owens 33 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 85 1180 13.9 13 56 5.3 73.8 1180 13 0
Jason Witten* 24 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 754 11.8 1 42 4.0 47.1 754 1 0
Patrick Crayton 27 WR 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 516 14.3 4 53 2.3 32.3 516 4 1
Anthony Fasano 22 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 126 9.0 0 22 0.9 7.9 126 0 0
Sam Hurd 21 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 75 15.0 0 33 0.3 5.0 75 0 0
Oliver Hoyte 22 fb 12 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 10 5.0 0 6 0.2 0.8 10 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 472 1936 21 77 4.1 121.0 29.5 310 4067 13.1 26 56 19.4 254.2 6003 47 21
Opp Total 16 429 1659 12 3.9 103.7 26.8 301 3506 11.6 25 18.8 219.1 5165 37 26

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
Miles Austin 22 RET 9 0 29 753 0 37 26.0 753
Tyson Thompson 25 7 0 21 546 0 41 26.0 576
Terence Newman 28 LCB 16 16 20 202 1 56 10.1 202
Patrick Crayton 27 WR 16 6 11 85 0 19 7.7 601
Skyler Green 22 2 0 5 26 0 13 5.2 3 59 0 21 19.7 85
Abram Elam 25 15 0 4 95 0 26 23.8 95
Jamaica Rector 25 1 0 4 22 0 8 5.5 22
Aaron Glenn 34 16 1 3 24 0 14 8.0 24
Al Johnson 27 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Nate Jones 24 4 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Jay Ratliff 25 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Pat Watkins 24 FS 14 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 40 335 1 56 8.4 64 1493 0 41 23.3 7831
Opp Total 16 31 0 80 1571 1 19.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mat McBriar* 27 P 16 0 56 2697 75 0 48.2
Mike Vanderjagt 36 K 10 0 18 13 72.2% 33 33 100.0%
Martin Gramatica 31 5 0 8 6 75.0% 14 14 100.0%
Shaun Suisham 25 3 0 2 1 50.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 26.6 16 28 20 71.4% 49 49 100.0% 56 2697 75 0 48.2
Opp Total 16 25 22 88.0% 38 38 100.0% 72 3103 43.1

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
DeMarcus Ware* 24 ROLB 16 16 11.5 1 41 1 41 6 5 0 1 69 1 59 15
Tony Romo* 26 QB 16 10 9 3 -20 0
Jay Ratliff 25 15 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 10 8
Roy Williams* 26 SS 16 16 5 33 0 27 14 0 0 2 0 0 53 10
Akin Ayodele 27 RILB 16 16 1.0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 2 0 64 20
Greg Ellis 31 LOLB 9 9 4.5 1 -1 0 -1 3 3 0 0 0 0 24 7
Miles Austin 22 RET 9 0 3 1 0 0
Drew Bledsoe 34 qb 6 6 3 1 0 0
Kenyon Coleman 27 16 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 26 5
Julius Jones 25 RB 16 16 1 3 0 0
Pat Watkins 24 FS 14 9 3 45 0 24 7 1 0 1 53 0 30 8
Bradie James 25 LILB 16 16 1 15 1 15 9 2 0 2 0 0 66 37
Jason Hatcher 24 14 0 2.5 11 4
Kevin Burnett 24 16 0 1.0 1 39 1 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 29 11
Anthony Henry 30 RCB 16 16 2 41 0 37 21 73 8
Sam Hurd 21 15 2 0 2 0 0
Terence Newman 28 LCB 16 16 1 12 0 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 53 10
Bobby Carpenter 23 13 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 14 5
Stephen Bowen 22 1 0 1.0 1 0
Chris L. Canty 24 RDE 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 24 9
Marc Colombo 28 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Patrick Crayton 27 WR 16 6 1 0 0 0
Abram Elam 25 15 0 1 0 1 1 0 13 1
Aaron Glenn 34 16 1 1 7 0 7 7 20 2
Andre Gurode* 28 C 16 16 1 0 0 0
Mat McBriar* 27 P 16 0 1 0 -27 0
Marco Rivera 34 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Alshermond Singleton 31 lolb 16 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 8
Marcus R. Spears 23 LDE 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 29 16
Team Total 26.6 16 34.0 18 234 3 41 96 18 21 24 78 1 711 217
Opp Total 16 37 26 13 2

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
Marion Barber 23 16 1 14 2 96
Terrell Owens 33 WR 16 15 13 1 80
Mike Vanderjagt 36 K 10 0 33 13 72
Terry Glenn 32 WR 15 14 6 36
Martin Gramatica 31 5 0 14 6 32
Patrick Crayton 27 WR 16 6 4 24
Julius Jones 25 RB 16 16 4 24
Drew Bledsoe 34 qb 6 6 2 12
DeMarcus Ware* 24 ROLB 16 16 1 1 12
Kevin Burnett 24 16 0 1 6
Bradie James 25 LILB 16 16 1 6
Terence Newman 28 LCB 16 16 1 6
Tyson Thompson 25 7 0 1 6
Jason Witten* 24 TE 16 15 1 6
Shaun Suisham 25 3 0 2 1 5
Tony Romo* 26 QB 16 10 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 21 26 1 1 3 2 49 20 425
Opp Total 16 12 25 1 1 38 22 2 350