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2012 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 376 points (23.5/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 400 points (25.0/g), 24th.
 Differential of -24 points (-1.5/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 7.4-8.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.8/g), 27th.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.3, Offense: 1.4, Defense: -1.2, SoS: 1.8, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jason Garrett

 Offensive Coordinator: Bill Callahan
 Defensive Coordinator: Rob Ryan

Training Camp: River Ridge Playing Fields (Oxnard, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Average Drive
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD #Dr Sc% TO% Start Time Plays Yds Pts
Team Offense 376 5994 1049 5.7 29 10 25 338 434 658 4729 29 19 6.8 237 355 1265 8 3.6 76 180 36.7 15.0 Own 27.2 2:45 6.0 33.2 1.9
Team Defense 400 5687 986 5.8 16 9 30 317 320 511 3684 22 7 6.8 195 441 2003 17 4.5 92 175 38.9 15.4 Own 26.8 2:44 5.8 32.6 2.1
Lg Rank Offense 15 6 25 17 10 3 3 6 28 10 31 31 27 30 11 7 15 6 6 6 10
Lg Rank Defense 24 19 28 20 16 5 19 13 31 25 19 22 26 27 7 30 22 26 22 28 25

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Wed September 5 boxscore W 1-0 @ New York Giants 24 17 18 433 290 143 1 15 269 187 82 1
2 Sun September 16 boxscore L 1-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 7 27 17 296 247 49 2 20 315 133 182
3 Sun September 23 boxscore W 2-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 10 14 297 259 38 3 12 166 91 75 2
4 Mon October 1 boxscore L 2-2 Chicago Bears 18 34 26 430 389 41 5 18 360 267 93 1
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 14 boxscore L 2-3 @ Baltimore Ravens 29 31 30 481 254 227 1 19 316 230 86
7 Sun October 21 boxscore W 3-3 @ Carolina Panthers 19 14 18 312 227 85 1 18 328 216 112 2
8 Sun October 28 boxscore L 3-4 New York Giants 24 29 28 434 415 19 6 11 293 190 103 2
9 Sun November 4 boxscore L 3-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 19 18 377 312 65 21 453 330 123
10 Sun November 11 boxscore W 4-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 38 23 14 294 193 101 23 369 278 91 2
11 Sun November 18 boxscore W OT 5-5 Cleveland Browns 23 20 30 320 257 63 1 19 311 192 119 1
12 Thu November 22 boxscore L 5-6 Washington Redskins 31 38 22 458 423 35 3 22 437 288 149 1
13 Sun December 2 boxscore W 6-6 Philadelphia Eagles 38 33 22 417 294 123 23 423 240 183 1
14 Sun December 9 boxscore W 7-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 19 20 288 239 49 1 19 336 190 146 1
15 Sun December 16 boxscore W OT 8-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 24 23 415 328 87 1 20 388 319 69 2
16 Sun December 23 boxscore L OT 8-7 New Orleans Saints 31 34 18 446 406 40 1 33 562 446 116
17 Sun December 30 boxscore L 8-8 @ Washington Redskins 18 28 20 296 196 100 3 24 361 87 274

Passing

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 QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
9 Tony Romo 32 QB 16 16 8-8-0 425 648 65.6 4903 28 4.3 19 2.9 85 7.6 7.1 11.5 306.4 90.5 62.74 36 263 6.78 6.35 5.3 5 5
18 Kyle Orton 30 1 0 9 10 90.0 89 1 10.0 0 0.0 21 8.9 10.9 9.9 89.0 137.1 99.38 0 0 8.90 10.90 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 8-8-0 434 658 66.0 4992 29 4.4 19 2.9 85 7.6 7.2 11.5 312.0 91.3 36 263 6.81 6.42 5.2 5 5
Opp Total 16 320 511 62.6 3895 22 4.3 7 1.4 7.6 7.87 12.2 243.4 94.7 34 211 6.8 7.0 6.2

Rushing & Receiving

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
29 DeMarco Murray 24 rb 10 10 161 663 4 48 4.1 66.3 16.1 34 247 7.3 0 22 3.4 24.7 910 4 3
28 Felix Jones 25 RB 16 7 111 402 3 22 3.6 25.1 6.9 26 266 10.2 2 39 1.6 16.6 668 5 2
9 Tony Romo 32 QB 16 16 30 49 1 15 1.6 3.1 1.9 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 48 1 6
34 Phillip Tanner 24 13 0 25 61 0 9 2.4 4.7 1.9 4 41 10.3 0 15 0.3 3.2 102 0 0
25 Lance Dunbar 22 12 0 21 75 0 18 3.6 6.3 1.8 6 33 5.5 0 14 0.5 2.8 108 0 1
47 Lawrence Vickers 29 fb 16 6 3 11 0 13 3.7 0.7 0.2 13 104 8.0 0 17 0.8 6.5 115 0 0
88 Dez Bryant 24 WR 16 14 2 -5 0 6 -2.5 -0.3 0.1 92 1382 15.0 12 85 5.8 86.4 1377 12 5
85 Kevin Ogletree 25 wr 15 1 2 9 0 5 4.5 0.6 0.1 32 436 13.6 4 65 2.1 29.1 445 4 0
82 Jason Witten* 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 110 1039 9.4 3 36 6.9 64.9 1039 3 0
19 Miles Austin 28 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 943 14.3 6 49 4.1 58.9 943 6 1
17 Dwayne Harris 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 222 13.1 1 36 1.1 13.9 222 1 1
11 Cole Beasley 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 128 8.5 0 20 1.5 12.8 128 0 0
84 James Hanna 23 te 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 86 10.8 0 29 0.5 5.4 86 0 0
89 John Phillips 25 te 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 55 6.9 1 19 0.5 3.4 55 1 0
15 Andre Holmes 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 11 5.5 0 7 0.3 1.6 11 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 355 1265 8 48 3.6 79.1 22.2 434 4992 11.5 29 85 27.1 312.0 6257 37 20
Opp Total 16 441 2003 17 4.5 125.2 27.6 320 3684 11.5 22 20.0 230.3 5687 39 18

Kick & Punt Returns

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
17 Dwayne Harris 25 16 0 22 354 1 78 16.1 11 210 0 29 19.1 786
88 Dez Bryant 24 WR 16 14 12 66 0 44 5.5 1443
25 Lance Dunbar 22 12 0 12 261 0 44 21.8 369
28 Felix Jones 25 RB 16 7 11 236 0 29 21.5 904
89 John Phillips 25 te 16 9 1 20 0 20 20.0 75
47 Lawrence Vickers 29 fb 16 6 1 14 0 14 14.0 129
Team Total 25.9 16 34 420 1 78 12.4 36 741 0 44 20.6 7418
Opp Total 16 29 1 50 1102 1 22.0

Kicking & Punting

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
5 Dan Bailey 24 k 16 0 1 1 5 5 13 13 7 7 5 3 31 29 93.5% 37 37 100.0%
2 Brian Moorman 36 p 56 2497 64 0 44.6
6 Chris Jones 23 p 4 0 12 542 60 1 45.2
Team Total 25.9 16 1 1 5 5 13 13 7 7 5 3 31 29 93.5% 37 37 100.0% 68 3039 64 1 44.7
Opp Total 16 33 29 87.9% 44 43 97.7% 74 0 0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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
93 Anthony Spencer 28 SLB 14 14 11.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 55 40
54 Bruce Carter 24 MLB 11 11 0 0 0 0 2 51 19
40 Danny McCray 24 SS 15 10 1 0 0 0 2 43 20
39 Brandon Carr 26 fs/LCB 16 16 3 120 1 47 11 48 5
94 DeMarcus Ware* 30 JLB 16 16 11.5 5 0 1 0 0 33 23
24 Morris Claiborne 22 RCB 15 15 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 2 50 1 43 12
50 Sean Lee 26 wlb 6 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 36 21
43 Gerald Sensabaugh 29 FS 15 15 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 40 13
52 Dan Connor 27 mlb/wlb 14 8 0 0 0 0 1 29 26
97 Jason Hatcher 30 DT 16 16 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 27 24
59 Ernie Sims 28 mlb/wlb 10 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 26 15
95 Sean Lissemore 25 dt 10 6 1.0 15 20
57 Victor Butler 25 slb 16 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 3
32 Orlando Scandrick 27 cb 11 3 0 0 0 0 5 16 5
92 Josh Brent 24 nt 12 5 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 9
70 Tyrone Crawford 23 16 0 16 4
55 Alex Albright 24 14 1 15 3
96 Marcus R. Spears 29 dt 15 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 18
27 Eric Frampton 28 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 11 7
99 Kenyon Coleman 33 dt 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 3
90 Jay Ratliff 31 nt 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 10 6
21 Mike Jenkins 27 lcb 13 2 0 0 0 0 3 10 4
26 Charlie Peprah 29 ss 5 1 1 27 0 27 2 7 4
30 Sterling Moore 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3
98 Brady Poppinga 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
42 Barry Church 24 ss 3 3 0 0 1 6 0 3 2
9 Tony Romo 32 QB 16 16 0 6 2 -15 0
88 Dez Bryant 24 WR 16 14 0 5 2 0 0
58 Orie Lemon 25 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
29 DeMarco Murray 24 rb 10 10 0 3 1 0 0
66 Brian Schaefering 29 3 0 1 2
51 Kyle Wilber 23 10 0 1 1
20 Michael Coe 29 3 0 1 0
63 Ryan Cook 29 C 13 11 0 1 1 0 0
28 Felix Jones 25 RB 16 7 0 2 0 0 0
23 LeQuan Lewis 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
36 Mana Silva 24 1 0
19 Miles Austin 28 WR 16 15 0 1 0 0 0
79 Ben Bass 23 2 0 0 1
25 Lance Dunbar 22 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
68 Doug Free 28 RT 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
84 James Hanna 23 te 16 2 0 0 1 0 0
17 Dwayne Harris 25 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Kevin Ogletree 25 wr 15 1 0 0 1 0 0
89 John Phillips 25 te 16 9 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 34.0 7 147 1 47 56 14 20 19 44 2 603 318
Opp Total 16 36 0 18 9 0 0

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Dan Bailey 24 k 16 0 37 29 124
88 Dez Bryant 24 WR 16 14 12 12 1 74
19 Miles Austin 28 WR 16 15 6 6 36
28 Felix Jones 25 RB 16 7 3 2 5 30
29 DeMarco Murray 24 rb 10 10 4 4 24
85 Kevin Ogletree 25 wr 15 1 4 4 24
82 Jason Witten* 30 TE 16 16 3 3 18
17 Dwayne Harris 25 16 0 1 1 2 1 14
9 Tony Romo 32 QB 16 16 1 1 1 8
39 Brandon Carr 26 fs/LCB 16 16 1 1 6
24 Morris Claiborne 22 RCB 15 15 1 1 6
97 Jason Hatcher 30 DT 16 16 1 1 6
89 John Phillips 25 te 16 9 1 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 8 29 1 2 1 41 3 37 29 376
Opp Total 16 17 22 1 1 43 29 400