Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 4-1-0, Currently 2nd place in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 151 points (30.2/g), 1st of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 111 points (22.2/g), 18th.
Differential of 40 points (8.0/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-1.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.8/g), 27th.
Coached by Wade Phillips (4-1-0)
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2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 28 | 10 | 30 | 487 | 320 | 167 | 1 | 11 | 205 | 114 | 91 | |
| 2 | Mon | September 15 | box | W | 2-0 | Philadelphia Eagles | 41 | 37 | 20 | 380 | 312 | 68 | 2 | 23 | 337 | 259 | 78 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 16 | 22 | 453 | 236 | 217 | 2 | 17 | 334 | 250 | 84 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 3-1 | Washington Redskins | 24 | 26 | 21 | 344 | 300 | 44 | 1 | 22 | 381 | 220 | 161 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 4-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 31 | 22 | 18 | 373 | 175 | 198 | 2 | 18 | 269 | 208 | 61 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 151 | 2037 | 306 | 6.7 | 111 | 104 | 163 | 1343 | 11 | 5 | 8.0 | 61 | 139 | 694 | 7 | 5.0 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Team Defense | 111 | 1526 | 306 | 5.0 | 91 | 101 | 170 | 1051 | 6 | 1 | 5.7 | 57 | 122 | 475 | 3 | 3.9 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 18 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 11 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 28 | 5 | 104 | 162 | 64.2 | 1368 | 11 | 6.8 | 5 | 3.1 | 72 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 13.2 | 273.6 | 100.5 | 4 | 25 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 2.4 | |||
| Patrick Crayton | 29 | 5 | 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 | 26.5 | 5 | 104 | 163 | 63.8 | 1368 | 11 | 6.7 | 5 | 3.1 | 72 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 13.2 | 273.6 | 99.9 | 4 | 25 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 2.4 | |||
| Opp Total | 5 | 101 | 170 | 59.4 | 1051 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 210.2 | 86.7 | 14 | 82 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Marion Barber | 25 | 5 | 93 | 395 | 4 | 25 | 4.2 | 79.0 | 18.6 | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 1 | 25 | 2.8 | 21.2 | 501 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Felix Jones | 21 | 5 | 27 | 244 | 3 | 60 | 9.0 | 48.8 | 5.4 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 254 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tony Romo | 28 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Tashard Choice | 24 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 5.2 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrell Owens | 35 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 19 | 331 | 17.4 | 5 | 72 | 3.8 | 66.2 | 350 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Deon Anderson | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jason Witten | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 442 | 12.6 | 2 | 42 | 7.0 | 88.4 | 442 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Crayton | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 207 | 12.9 | 1 | 26 | 3.2 | 41.4 | 207 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Miles Austin | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 172 | 24.6 | 2 | 63 | 1.8 | 43.0 | 172 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tony Curtis | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Martellus Bennett | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 37 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Stanback | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 5 | 139 | 694 | 7 | 60 | 5.0 | 138.8 | 27.8 | 104 | 1368 | 13.2 | 11 | 72 | 20.8 | 273.6 | 2062 | 18 | 9 | ||
| Opp Total | 5 | 122 | 475 | 3 | 3.9 | 95.0 | 24.4 | 101 | 1051 | 10.4 | 6 | 20.2 | 210.2 | 1526 | 9 | 8 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Felix Jones | 21 | 5 | 15 | 412 | 1 | 98 | 27.5 | 666 | |||||||
| Pacman Jones | 25 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 4.7 | 61 | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 4.7 | 15 | 412 | 1 | 98 | 27.5 | 2535 | ||
| Opp Total | 5 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 594 | 0 | 22.0 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Nick Folk | 24 | K | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | ||||||||
| Mat McBriar | 29 | P | 5 | 17 | 840 | 66 | 0 | 49.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 17 | 840 | 66 | 0 | 49.4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 5 | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 21 | 97 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| DeMarcus Ware | 26 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jay Ratliff | 27 | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Marion Barber | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Ellis | 33 | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Pacman Jones | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Tony Romo | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Flozell Adams | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Crayton | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Curtis | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Henry | 32 | 5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | ||||||||
| Chris L. Canty | 26 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| Anthony Spencer | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Zach Thomas | 35 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 5 | 14.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 190 | 83 | |||
| Opp Total | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Folk | 24 | K | 5 | 19 | 6 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Marion Barber | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Terrell Owens | 35 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Felix Jones | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Miles Austin | 24 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Jason Witten | 26 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Crayton | 29 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 151 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 111 |