2008 Dallas Cowboys

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

Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 18th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 365 points (22.8/g), 20th.
Differential of -3 points (-0.2/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 30th.

Coached by Wade Phillips (9-7-0)

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2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	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
6	Sun	October 12	box	L	4-2	@	Arizona Cardinals	24	30	15	374	301	73	1	14	276	226	50	3
7	Sun	October 19	box	L	4-3	@	St. Louis Rams	14	34	17	341	217	124	4	18	325	135	190
8	Sun	October 26	box	W	5-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	9	17	172	102	70		15	262	213	49	1
9	Sun	November 2	box	L	5-4	@	New York Giants	14	35	11	183	102	81	4	23	319	119	200	3
10							Bye Week
11	Sun	November 16	box	W	6-4	@	Washington Redskins	14	10	17	315	198	117	2	14	228	136	92	1
12	Sun	November 23	box	W	7-4		San Francisco 49ers	35	22	16	408	334	74	1	16	304	278	26	2
13	Thu	November 27	box	W	8-4		Seattle Seahawks	34	9	24	447	331	116	1	19	322	242	80	2
14	Sun	December 7	box	L	8-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	20	15	289	194	95	5	13	238	168	70	2
15	Sun	December 14	box	W	9-5		New York Giants	20	8	17	321	221	100		17	218	146	72	2
16	Sat	December 20	box	L	9-6		Baltimore Ravens	24	33	16	327	235	92	2	20	388	123	265	1
17	Sun	December 28	box	L	9-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	6	44	15	298	211	87	5	16	303	166	137	1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	362	5512	979	5.6	291	328	547	3789	29	20	6.6	171	401	1723	12	4.3	102	33	13	18
Team Defense	365	4709	969	4.9	276	308	508	3003	19	8	5.3	163	402	1706	11	4.2	85	22	14	28
Lg Rank Offense	18	13			19		8	9	4	29	11		25	21	22	12		31	26
Lg Rank Defense	20	8			9		14	5	10	30	5		7	12	8	20		20	5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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%
9	Tony Romo	28	QB	13	13	8-5-0	276	450	61.3	3448	26	5.8	14	3.1	75	7.7	7.4	12.5	265.2	91.4	20	123	7.1	6.8	4.3
14	Brad Johnson	40		16	3	1-2-0	41	78	52.6	427	2	2.6	5	6.4	36	5.5	3.1	10.4	26.7	50.5	8	54	4.3	2.2	9.3
5	Brooks Bollinger	29		2	0		10	17	58.8	71	1	5.9	1	5.9	24	4.2	2.7	7.1	35.5	63.6	3	22	2.5	1.2	15.0
84	Patrick Crayton	29	WR	16	7		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
82	Jason Witten*	26	TE	16	16		1	1	100.0	42	0	0.0	0	0.0	42	42.0	42.0	42.0	2.6	118.7	0	0	42.0	42.0	0.0
	Team Total	26.8		16		9-7-0	328	547	60.0	3988	29	5.3	20	3.7	75	7.3	6.7	12.2	249.3	84.9	31	199	6.6	6.0	5.4
	Opp Total			16			308	508	60.6	3377	19	3.7	8	1.6		6.6	6.7	11.0	211.1	86.2	59	374	5.3	5.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
24	Marion Barber	25	RB	15	13	238	885	7	35	3.7	59.0	15.9	52	417	8.0	2	70	3.5	27.8	1302	9	7
23	Tashard Choice	24		16	3	92	472	2	38	5.1	29.5	5.8	21	185	8.8	0	50	1.3	11.6	657	2	0
28	Felix Jones	21		6	0	30	266	3	60	8.9	44.3	5.0	2	10	5.0	0	7	0.3	1.7	276	3	0
9	Tony Romo	28	QB	13	13	28	41	0	15	1.5	3.2	2.2								41	0	13
81	Terrell Owens	35	WR	16	16	7	33	0	8	4.7	2.1	0.4	69	1052	15.2	10	75	4.3	65.8	1085	10	1
34	Deon Anderson	25	fb	14	5	2	3	0	3	1.5	0.2	0.1	2	7	3.5	1	6	0.1	0.5	10	1	0
14	Brad Johnson	40		16	3	2	-1	0	0	-0.5	-0.1	0.1								-1	0	1
84	Patrick Crayton	29	WR	16	7	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.7	0.1	39	550	14.1	4	55	2.4	34.4	561	4	1
11	Roy E. Williams	27	wr	10	7	1	13	0	13	13.0	1.3	0.1	19	198	10.4	1	38	1.9	19.8	211	1	0
82	Jason Witten*	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	81	952	11.8	4	42	5.1	59.5	952	4	0
80	Martellus Bennett	21	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	20	283	14.2	4	37	1.3	17.7	283	4	0
19	Miles Austin	24	RET	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	278	21.4	3	63	1.1	23.2	278	3	1
89	Tony Curtis	25	te	16	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	32	4.0	0	8	0.5	2.0	32	0	1
86	Isaiah Stanback	24		8	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	15	0.3	3.0	24	0	0
	Team Total	26.8		16		401	1723	12	60	4.3	107.7	25.1	328	3988	12.2	29	75	20.5	249.3	5711	41	29
	Opp Total			16		402	1706	11		4.2	106.6	25.1	308	3003	9.8	19		19.3	187.7	4709	30	28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
19	Miles Austin	24	RET	12	0						29	624	0	36	21.5	902
21	Pacman Jones	25	lcb	9	6	21	95	0	18	4.5	7	155	0	41	22.1	250
84	Patrick Crayton	29	WR	16	7	15	143	0	33	9.5	1	11	0	11	11.0	715
28	Felix Jones	21		6	0						16	434	1	98	27.1	710
86	Isaiah Stanback	24		8	0						10	218	0	58	21.8	242
32	Orlando Scandrick	23		16	2						4	81	0	25	20.3	81
34	Deon Anderson	25	fb	14	5						1	9	0	9	9.0	19
35	Tra Battle	23		5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
89	Tony Curtis	25	te	16	6						1	4	0	4	4.0	36
93	Anthony Spencer	24		12	0						1	18	0	18	18.0	18
	Team Total	26.8		16		37	238	0	33	6.4	70	1554	1	98	22.2	7503
	Opp Total			16		37		0			71	1510	1		21.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
6	Nick Folk	24	K	16	0			1	1	8	7	11	10	2	2	22	20	90.9%	42	42	100.0%
2	Sam Paulescu	24	P	10	0																	53	2213	70	0	41.8
1	Mat McBriar	29		6	0																	24	1175	66	1	49.0
	Team Total	26.8		16				1	1	8	7	11	10	2	2	22	20	90.9%	42	42	100.0%	77	3388	70	1	44.0
	Opp Total			16												44	38	86.4%	33	33	100.0%	74	3278			44.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
56	Bradie James	27	LILB	16	16	8.0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	80	36
94	DeMarcus Ware*+	26	RLB	16	16	20.0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	69	15
55	Zach Thomas	35	RILB	16	14	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	65	29
26	Ken Hamlin	27	FS	16	16	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	53	21
42	Anthony Henry	32	RCB	16	15	2.0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	40	11
90	Jay Ratliff*	27	NT	16	16	7.5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	33	18
41	Terence Newman	30	LCB	10	10		4	2	0	2	11	0	0	1	0	0	32	5
98	Greg Ellis	33	LLB	16	16	8.0	1	11	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	11
99	Chris L. Canty	26	RDE	16	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	5						25	12
21	Pacman Jones	25	lcb	9	6		0	0	0	0	7	1	3	3	21	0	26	5
96	Marcus R. Spears	25	LDE	16	15	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	23	12
32	Orlando Scandrick	23		16	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	4						26	1
93	Anthony Spencer	24		12	0	1.5						0	0	1	0	0	17	12
29	Keith Davis	30	SS	16	9		0	0	0	0	1						19	9
57	Kevin Burnett	26		16	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	17	9
31	Mike Jenkins	23		14	3		1	23	1	23	4						19	0
95	Tank Johnson	27		16	1	1.0						1	0	0	0	0	13	9
97	Jason Hatcher	26		16	0	1.0											11	6
25	Pat Watkins	26		8	0												10	5
72	Stephen Bowen	24		14	0												6	11
9	Tony Romo	28	QB	13	13							0	13	3	-29	0	2	0
24	Marion Barber	25	RB	15	13							0	7	1	0	0	5	0
35	Tra Battle	23		5	0							0	1	0	0	0	4	5
20	Alan Ball	23		10	0		0	0	0	0	1						2	5
27	Courtney L. Brown	24		9	1												4	1
76	Flozell Adams*	33	LT	16	16							0	0	2	0	0	3	0
54	Bobby Carpenter	25		13	0							0	0	1	0	0	2	3
38	Roy Williams	28		3	2												3	2
81	Terrell Owens	35	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0	3	0
50	Justin Rogers	25		15	0												0	6
19	Miles Austin	24	RET	12	0							0	1	0	0	0	2	0
23	Tashard Choice	24		16	3							0	0	1	0	0	1	1
84	Patrick Crayton	29	WR	16	7							0	1	1	0	0	1	0
65	Andre Gurode*	30	C	16	16												2	0
75	Marc Colombo	30	RT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0	1	0
89	Tony Curtis	25	te	16	6								1	1	14	0
14	Brad Johnson	40		16	3								1	1	-15	0
28	Felix Jones	21		6	0												1	0
52	Carlos Polk	31		10	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
71	Cory Procter	26	LG	16	11												1	0
11	Roy E. Williams	27	wr	10	7												1	0
82	Jason Witten*	26	TE	16	16												1	0
34	Deon Anderson	25	fb	14	5												0	1
53	Steve Octavien	24		2	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Total	26.8		16		58.0	8	36	1	23	60	17	29	27	-9	0	648	264	1
	Opp Total			16		31							28	14					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
6	Nick Folk	24	K	16	0							42	20		102
81	Terrell Owens	35	WR	16	16		10			10					60
24	Marion Barber	25	RB	15	13	7	2			9					54
80	Martellus Bennett	21	TE	16	7		4			4					24
84	Patrick Crayton	29	WR	16	7		4			4					24
28	Felix Jones	21		6	0	3		1		4					24
82	Jason Witten*	26	TE	16	16		4			4					24
19	Miles Austin	24	RET	12	0		3			3					18
23	Tashard Choice	24		16	3	2				2					12
34	Deon Anderson	25	fb	14	5		1			1					6
31	Mike Jenkins	23		14	3				1	1					6
11	Roy E. Williams	27	wr	10	7		1			1					6
52	Carlos Polk	31		10	0									1	2
	Team Total	26.8		16		12	29	1	1	43		42	20	1	362
	Opp Total			16		11	19	1			2	33	38	1	365

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