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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 Dallas CowboysW2002 Dallas Cowboys↗

NFL · NFC East · 5–11 (.312) · 4th in division · PF 217 · PA 329 · Coach Dave Campo

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1555Chad Hutchinson
2. 1465Quincy Carter

Rushing (yds)

1. 975Emmitt Smith
2. 317Troy Hambrick
3. 168Michael Wiley

Receiving (yds)

1. 908Joey Galloway
2. 733Antonio Bryant
3. 294Tony McGee

Sacks

1. 7.5Greg Ellis
2. 6.5La'Roi Glover
3. 2Kevin Hardy

Interceptions

1. 5Roy Williams
2. 5Derek Ross
3. 2Mario Edwards

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	946	1071
EPA per play	-0.20	-0.07
Pass EPA per play	-0.23	-0.02
Rush EPA per play	-0.15	-0.13
Success rate	37.0%	41.7%
Pass rate	55.4%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Houston Texans	L 10–19	0–1	Reliant Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs Tennessee Titans	W 21–13	1–1	Texas Stadium
2002-09-22	3	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–44	1–2	Veterans Stadium
2002-09-29	4	@ St. Louis Rams	W 13–10	2–2	Edward Jones Dome
2002-10-06	5	vs New York Giants	L 17–21	2–3	Texas Stadium
2002-10-13	6	vs Carolina Panthers	W 14–13	3–3	Texas Stadium
2002-10-20	7	@ Arizona Cardinals	L 6–9 OT	3–4	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-10-27	8	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 14–17	3–5	Texas Stadium
2002-11-03	9	@ Detroit Lions	L 7–9	3–6	Ford Field
2002-11-17	11	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 3–20	3–7	RCA Dome
2002-11-24	12	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 21–19	4–7	Texas Stadium
2002-11-28	13	vs Washington Redskins	W 27–20	5–7	Texas Stadium
2002-12-08	14	vs San Francisco 49ers	L 27–31	5–8	Texas Stadium
2002-12-15	15	@ New York Giants	L 7–37	5–9	Giants Stadium
2002-12-21	16	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 3–27	5–10	Texas Stadium
2002-12-29	17	@ Washington Redskins	L 14–20	5–11	FedExField

Roster (65)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
5	Clint Stoerner	QB	6-2	225	Arkansas	2	ACT
7	Chad Hutchinson	QB	6-5	237	Stanford	0	ACT
17	Quincy Carter	QB	6-2	217	Georgia	1	ACT
44	Robert Thomas	FB	6-1	273	Henderson State University	4	ACT
22	Emmitt Smith	RB	5-9	216	Florida	12	ACT
29	Woody Dantzler	RB	5-10	209	Clemson	0	ACT
32	Michael Wiley	RB	5-11	203	Ohio State	2	ACT
35	Jason McKie	RB	5-11	247	Temple	0	ACT
42	Troy Hambrick	RB	6-1	233	Savannah State College; South Carolina	2	ACT
80	Reggie Swinton	WR	6-0	194	Murray State	4	ACT
84	Joey Galloway	WR	5-11	197	Ohio State	7	ACT
85	Darnay Scott	WR	6-1	204	San Diego State	8	ACT
87	Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	6-1	195	Ohio State	1	ACT
88	Antonio Bryant	WR	6-1	205	Pittsburgh	0	ACT
89	Randal Williams	WR	6-3	235	New Hampshire	1	ACT
82	Tony McGee	TE	6-4	241	Michigan	9	ACT
83	James Whalen	TE	6-2	244	Kentucky; Shasta College	2	ACT
86	Mike Lucky	TE	6-6	280	Arizona	3	ACT
58	Jeff Grau	C	6-3	257	UCLA	0	ACT
65	Andre Gurode	C	6-4	320	Colorado	0	ACT
20	Derek Ross	CB	5-10	197	Ohio State	0	ACT
23	Dwayne Goodrich	CB	5-11	207	Tennessee	2	ACT
25	Jermaine Jones	CB	5-8	183	Northwestern State (LA)	3	ACT
27	Mario Edwards	CB	6-0	199	Florida State	2	ACT
30	Bryant Westbrook	CB	6-0	205	Texas	5	ACT
38	Duane Hawthorne	CB	5-10	175	Northern Illinois	3	ACT
47	Pete Hunter	CB	6-2	208	Virginia Union	0	ACT
40	Keith Davis	DB	5-11	207	Sam Houston State	0	ACT
64	Daleroy Stewart	DE	6-4	298	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
92	Demetric Evans	DE	6-4	275	Georgia	1	ACT
93	Peppi Zellner	DE	6-5	262	Fort Valley State College; Georgia Military	3	ACT
96	Ebenezer Ekuban	DE	6-4	275	North Carolina	3	ACT
98	Greg Ellis	DE	6-6	265	North Carolina	4	ACT
94	Michael Myers	DT	6-2	300	Alabama; Hinds CC	4	ACT
97	La'Roi Glover	DT	6-2	290	San Diego State	6	ACT
21	Lynn Scott	FS	6-0	211	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	1	ACT
31	Roy Williams	FS	6-0	222	Oklahoma	0	ACT
61	Kelvin Garmon	G	6-2	350	Baylor	3	ACT
66	Jeremy McKinney	G	6-6	301	Iowa	4	RES
68	Matt Lehr	G	6-2	304	Virginia Tech	1	ACT
69	Ross Tucker	G	6-4	310	Princeton	1	ACT
73	Larry Allen	G	6-3	325	University of Sonoma State; Butte College	8	RES
3	Billy Cundiff	K	6-1	212	Drake	0	ACT
57	Louis Mackey	LB	6-1	225	Akron; Gavilan College	1	ACT
53	Keith Adams	MLB	5-11	223	Clemson	1	ACT
59	Dat Nguyen	MLB	5-11	238	Texas A&M	3	ACT
60	John Nix	NT	6-1	313	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
75	Brandon Noble	NT	6-2	305	Penn State	5	ACT
95	Colston Weatherington	NT	6-5	289	Central Missouri; Northwest Mississippi CC; Fort Scott CC	1	ACT
51	Kevin Hardy	OLB	6-4	259	Illinois	6	ACT
52	Dexter Coakley	OLB	5-10	230	Appalachian State	5	ACT
55	Markus Steele	OLB	6-3	240	USC; Long Beach City College	1	ACT
4	Micah Knorr	P	6-2	199	Utah State	2	ACT
10	Filip Filipovic	P	6-2	216	South Dakota	0	ACT
24	Tony Dixon	SS	6-1	210	Alabama	1	ACT
28	Darren Woodson	SS	6-1	219	Arizona State	10	RES
63	Aaron Gibson	T	6-6	370	Wisconsin	3	ACT
63	Darnell Alford	T	6-4	325	Boston College	2	ACT
70	Javiar Collins	T	6-6	322	Northwestern	1	ACT
71	Tyson Walter	T	6-4	300	Ohio State	0	ACT
76	Flozell Adams	T	6-7	338	Michigan State	4	ACT
77	Solomon Page	T	6-4	325	West Virginia	3	ACT
78	Kurt Vollers	T	6-7	300	Notre Dame	0	ACT
79	Marques McFadden	T	6-4	317	Arizona	1	RES
79	Char-ron Dorsey	T	6-6	388	Florida State	1	CUT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Tyson Walter	Andre Gurode
FB	Robert Thomas
LG	Ross Tucker	Matt Lehr
LT	Flozell Adams	Kurt Vollers
QB	Chad Hutchinson	Quincy Carter
RB	Emmitt Smith	Troy Hambrick
RG	Andre Gurode	Matt Lehr
RT	Solomon Page	Kurt Vollers
TE	Tony McGee	Mike Lucky
WR	Antonio Bryant	Joey Galloway	Ken-Yon Rambo

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	La'Roi Glover	Michael Myers
FS	Roy Williams	Lynn Scott
LCB	Derek Ross
LDE	Greg Ellis	Demetric Evans
MLB	Dat Nguyen	Markus Steele
NT	Brandon Noble	John Nix
RCB	Mario Edwards	Dwayne Goodrich
RDE	Ebenezer Ekuban	Peppi Zellner
SLB	Kevin Hardy	Markus Steele
SS	Tony Dixon
WLB	Dexter Coakley	Louis Mackey

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	James Whalen
K	Billy Cundiff
KR	Reggie Swinton	Michael Wiley
LS	Jeff Grau	James Whalen
P	Filip Filipovic
PR	Reggie Swinton	Joey Galloway

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Deion Sanders	CB	1999	4	$45.0M	$11.2M	$3.5M	19.6%
Troy Aikman	QB	1999	6	$64.5M	$10.8M	$13.0M	18.8%
Emmitt Smith	RB	1996	7	$40.5M	$5.8M	$10.5M	14.2%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (4)

Date	Trade
2002-04-20	DAL → KC: 2002 round 1 pick 6 KC → DAL: 2002 round 1 pick 8, 2002 round 3 pick 75, 2003 round 6 pick 186
2002-04-20	CHI → DAL: 2002 round 2 pick 63, 2002 round 4 pick 129 DAL → CHI: 2002 round 3 pick 72, 2002 round 4 pick 104, 2002 round 5 pick 140
2002-04-21	DAL → NWE: 2002 round 7 pick 237, Antwoine Womack, 2003 round 5 pick 140 NWE → DAL: 2002 round 5 pick 168
2002-10-12	DAL → SDG: Kelvin Garmon SDG → DAL: 2003 round 7 pick 236 (conditional), Bron Drumm