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2009 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 361 points (22.6/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 250 points (15.6/g), 2nd.
Differential of 111 points (6.9/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 11.3-4.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 13th.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.1, Offense: 0.4, Defense: 6.7, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Wade Phillips
Offensive Coordinator: Jason Garrett
Training Camp: The Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Tony Romo* | 29 | 5 | 16 | 347 for 550, 4,483 yards, 26 td, 9 int, & 35 rushes for 105 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Deon Anderson | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 5 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 185th pick / 2007 |
| RB | Marion Barber | 26 | 4 | 15 | 214 rushes for 932 yards, 7 td, & 26 catches for 221 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 2005 |
| WR | Miles Austin* | 25 | 3 | 9 | 81 catches for 1,320 yards, 11 td, & 2 rushes for -2 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Roy E. Williams | 28 | 5 | 13 | 38 catches for 596 yards, 7 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 2004 |
| TE | Jason Witten* | 27 | 6 | 16 | 94 catches for 1,030 yards, 2 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 2003 |
| LT | Flozell Adams | 34 | 11 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 38th pick / 1998 | |
| LG | Kyle Kosier | 31 | 7 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 248th pick / 2002 | |
| C | Andre Gurode* | 31 | 7 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 37th pick / 2002 | |
| RG | Leonard Davis* | 31 | 8 | 16 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 2001 | |
| RT | Marc Colombo | 31 | 7 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 29th pick / 2002 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marcus R. Spears | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 2005 |
| NT | Jay Ratliff*+ | 28 | 4 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 224th pick / 2005 |
| RDE | Igor Olshansky | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 35th pick / 2004 |
| LOLB | Anthony Spencer | 25 | 2 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 2007 |
| LILB | Bradie James | 28 | 6 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 103rd pick / 2003 |
| RILB | Keith Brooking | 34 | 11 | 14 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 12th pick / 1998 |
| ROLB | DeMarcus Ware*+ | 27 | 4 | 15 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 11th pick / 2005 |
| LCB | Terence Newman* | 31 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 2003 |
| RCB | Mike Jenkins* | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 2008 |
| SS | Gerald Sensabaugh | 26 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 157th pick / 2005 |
| FS | Ken Hamlin | 28 | 6 | 12 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2003 | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Folk | 25 | 2 | 0 | 18 of 28 field goals & 36 of 36 extra points | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 178th pick / 2007 |
| P | Mat McBriar | 30 | 5 | 0 | 72 punts for a 45.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Patrick Crayton | 30 | 5 | 6 | 36 punt returns for a 12.1 average and 2 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 216th pick / 2004 |
| KR | Felix Jones | 22 | 1 | 1 | 30 kick returns for a 22.6 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 22nd pick / 2008 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flozell Adams | 34 | LT | 16 | 16 | 335 | 6-7 | Michigan St. | 5/18/1975 | 11 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 38th pick / 1998 | |
| 34 | Deon Anderson | 26 | RB | 16 | 9 | 248 | 5-10 | Connecticut | 1/27/1983 | 2 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 185th pick / 2007 |
| 19 | Miles Austin* | 25 | WR | 16 | 9 | 215 | 6-3 | Monmouth | 6/30/1984 | 3 | 11 | |
| 20 | Alan Ball | 24 | db | 16 | 3 | 176 | 6-1 | Illinois | 3/29/1985 | 2 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 237th pick / 2007 |
| 24 | Marion Barber | 26 | RB | 15 | 15 | 221 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 6/10/1983 | 4 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 2005 |
| 80 | Martellus Bennett | 22 | te | 14 | 6 | 248 | 6-7 | Texas A&M | 3/10/1987 | 1 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 61st pick / 2008 |
| 72 | Stephen Bowen | 25 | de | 16 | 2 | 300 | 6-5 | Hofstra | 3/28/1984 | 3 | 2 | |
| 51 | Keith Brooking | 34 | RILB | 16 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 10/30/1975 | 11 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 12th pick / 1998 |
| 18 | David Buehler | 22 | 16 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | USC | 2/5/1987 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 172nd pick / 2009 | |
| 57 | Victor Butler | 22 | lb | 16 | 1 | 231 | 6-2 | Oregon St. | 7/29/1987 | Rook | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 110th pick / 2009 |
| 54 | Bobby Carpenter | 26 | lb | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 8/1/1983 | 3 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 2006 |
| 23 | Tashard Choice | 25 | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-9 | Oklahoma,Georgia Tech | 11/20/1984 | 1 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 122nd pick / 2008 | |
| Marc Colombo | 31 | RT | 9 | 9 | 320 | 6-7 | Boston Col. | 10/8/1978 | 7 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 29th pick / 2002 | |
| 84 | Patrick Crayton | 30 | PR | 16 | 6 | 205 | 6-0 | NW Oklahoma St. | 4/7/1979 | 5 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 216th pick / 2004 |
| 70 | Leonard Davis* | 31 | RG | 16 | 16 | 375 | 6-6 | Texas | 9/5/1978 | 8 | 10 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 2001 |
| 6 | Nick Folk | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | Arizona | 11/5/1984 | 2 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 178th pick / 2007 |
| 68 | Doug Free | 25 | rt | 16 | 7 | 324 | 6-6 | Northern Illinois | 1/6/1984 | 2 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 122nd pick / 2007 |
| Cletis Gordon | 27 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Jackson St. | 7/17/1982 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 65 | Andre Gurode* | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 314 | 6-4 | Colorado | 3/6/1978 | 7 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 37th pick / 2002 |
| 26 | Ken Hamlin | 28 | FS | 12 | 12 | 209 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/20/1981 | 6 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2003 |
| 36 | Michael Hamlin | 24 | 6 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Clemson | 11/21/1985 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 166th pick / 2009 | |
| 97 | Jason Hatcher | 27 | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-7 | Grambling St. | 7/13/1982 | 3 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 92nd pick / 2006 | |
| 17 | Sam Hurd | 24 | wr | 16 | 1 | 187 | 6-2 | Northern Illinois | 4/24/1985 | 3 | 1 | |
| 56 | Bradie James | 28 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 243 | 6-2 | LSU | 1/17/1981 | 6 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 103rd pick / 2003 |
| 21 | Mike Jenkins* | 24 | RCB | 16 | 15 | 200 | 6-0 | South Florida | 3/22/1985 | 1 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 2008 |
| 98 | Curtis Johnson | 24 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Clark (GA) | 2/16/1985 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Felix Jones | 22 | KR | 14 | 1 | 200 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 5/8/1987 | 1 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 22nd pick / 2008 |
| 63 | Kyle Kosier | 31 | LG | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | Arizona St. | 1/27/1978 | 7 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 248th pick / 2002 |
| L.P. Ladouceur | 28 | 16 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | California | 3/13/1981 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1 | Mat McBriar | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 7/8/1979 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pat McQuistan | 26 | 7 | 0 | 315 | 6-6 | Weber St. | 4/30/1983 | 3 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 211th pick / 2006 | ||
| 41 | Terence Newman* | 31 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-11 | Kansas St. | 9/4/1978 | 6 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 2003 |
| 53 | Steve Octavien | 25 | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 11/25/1984 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 85 | Kevin Ogletree | 22 | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Virginia | 12/5/1987 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 99 | Igor Olshansky | 27 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 309 | 6-6 | Oregon | 5/3/1982 | 5 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 35th pick / 2004 |
| 89 | John Phillips | 22 | te | 16 | 4 | 250 | 6-5 | Virginia | 6/11/1987 | Rook | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 208th pick / 2009 |
| Cory Procter | 27 | 12 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Montana | 10/18/1982 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Jay Ratliff*+ | 28 | NT | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-4 | Auburn | 8/29/1981 | 4 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 224th pick / 2005 |
| 9 | Tony Romo* | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 219 | 6-2 | East. Illinois | 4/21/1980 | 5 | 14 | |
| 20 | Allen Rossum | 34 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 10/22/1975 | 11 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 85th pick / 1998 | |
| 32 | Orlando Scandrick | 24 | db | 16 | 4 | 192 | 5-10 | Boise St. | 1/31/1985 | 1 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 143rd pick / 2008 |
| 43 | Gerald Sensabaugh | 26 | SS | 15 | 15 | 210 | 6-1 | East Tennessee St.,North Carolina | 6/13/1983 | 4 | 7 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 157th pick / 2005 |
| 78 | Junior Siavii | 31 | 16 | 0 | 336 | 6-5 | Oregon | 11/14/1978 | 5 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 36th pick / 2004 | |
| 96 | Marcus R. Spears | 26 | LDE | 16 | 14 | 298 | 6-4 | LSU | 3/8/1983 | 4 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 2005 |
| 93 | Anthony Spencer | 25 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-3 | Purdue | 1/23/1984 | 2 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 2007 |
| 6 | Shaun Suisham | 28 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | Bowling Green | 12/29/1981 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 94 | DeMarcus Ware*+ | 27 | ROLB | 16 | 15 | 247 | 6-4 | Troy | 7/31/1982 | 4 | 15 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 11th pick / 2005 |
| 31 | Chauncey Washington | 24 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 6-0 | USC | 4/29/1985 | 1 | 0 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 7th / 213th pick / 2008 | |
| 25 | Pat Watkins | 27 | db | 13 | 1 | 200 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 12/18/1982 | 3 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 138th pick / 2006 |
| 25 | Marvin White | 26 | 3 | 0 | 199 | 6-1 | TCU | 12/5/1983 | 2 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 114th pick / 2007 | |
| 58 | Jason Williams | 23 | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | West. Illinois | 4/23/1986 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 2009 | |
| 11 | Roy E. Williams | 28 | WR | 15 | 13 | 210 | 6-4 | Texas | 12/20/1981 | 5 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 2004 |
| 82 | Jason Witten* | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 5/6/1982 | 6 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 2003 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 243.8 | 6-2.5 | 3.7 |
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