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

2005 Dallas CowboysW2005 Dallas Cowboys↗

NFL · NFC East · 9–7 (.562) · 3rd in division · PF 325 · PA 308 · Coach Bill Parcells

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

3639Drew Bledsoe

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1061	940
EPA per play	-0.04	-0.05
Pass EPA per play	+0.05	-0.07
Rush EPA per play	-0.13	-0.02
Success rate	39.5%	40.5%
Pass rate	51.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2005-09-11	1	@ San Diego Chargers	W 28–24	1–0	Qualcomm Stadium
2005-09-19	2	vs Washington Redskins	L 13–14	1–1	Texas Stadium
2005-09-25	3	@ San Francisco 49ers	W 34–31	2–1	Monster Park
2005-10-02	4	@ Oakland Raiders	L 13–19	2–2	McAfee Coliseum
2005-10-09	5	vs Philadelphia Eagles	W 33–10	3–2	Texas Stadium
2005-10-16	6	vs New York Giants	W 16–13 OT	4–2	Texas Stadium
2005-10-23	7	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 10–13	4–3	Qwest Field
2005-10-30	8	vs Arizona Cardinals	W 34–13	5–3	Texas Stadium
2005-11-14	10	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 21–20	6–3	Lincoln Financial Field
2005-11-20	11	vs Detroit Lions	W 20–7	7–3	Texas Stadium
2005-11-24	12	vs Denver Broncos	L 21–24 OT	7–4	Texas Stadium
2005-12-04	13	@ New York Giants	L 10–17	7–5	Giants Stadium
2005-12-11	14	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 31–28	8–5	Texas Stadium
2005-12-18	15	@ Washington Redskins	L 7–35	8–6	FedExField
2005-12-24	16	@ Carolina Panthers	W 24–20	9–6	Bank of America Stadium
2006-01-01	17	vs St. Louis Rams	L 10–20	9–7	Texas Stadium

Roster (67)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	Drew Henson	QB	6-4	235	Michigan	2	ACT
9	Tony Romo	QB	6-2	230	Eastern Illinois	2	ACT
11	Drew Bledsoe	QB	6-5	238	Washington State	12	ACT
39	Lousaka Polite	FB	6-0	245	Pittsburgh	1	ACT
21	Julius Jones	RB	5-10	208	Notre Dame	1	ACT
24	Marion Barber	RB	5-11	218	Minnesota	0	ACT
28	Tyson Thompson	RB	6-1	225	San Jose State; Garden City CC	0	ACT
32	Anthony Thomas	RB	6-2	221	Michigan	4	ACT
18	Terrance Copper	WR	6-0	207	East Carolina	1	ACT
19	Keyshawn Johnson	WR	6-4	211	USC; West Los Angeles College	9	ACT
81	Peerless Price	WR	5-11	194	Tennessee	6	CUT
83	Terry Glenn	WR	5-11	196	Ohio State	9	ACT
84	Patrick Crayton	WR	6-0	205	Northwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JC	1	ACT
80	Sean Ryan	TE	6-5	260	Boston College	1	ACT
82	Jason Witten	TE	6-6	263	Tennessee	2	ACT
86	Dan Campbell	TE	6-5	265	Texas A&M	6	ACT
88	Brett Pierce	TE	6-5	263	Stanford	1	RES
52	Al Johnson	C	6-5	305	Wisconsin	2	ACT
65	Andre Gurode	C	6-4	320	Colorado	3	ACT
26	Aaron Glenn	CB	5-9	183	Texas A&M; Navarro	11	ACT
33	Nate Jones	CB	5-10	185	Rutgers	1	ACT
35	Jacques Reeves	CB	5-11	188	Purdue	1	ACT
41	Terence Newman	CB	5-10	197	Kansas State	2	ACT
42	Anthony Henry	CB	6-1	207	University of South Florida	4	ACT
66	Jay Ratliff	DE	6-4	303	Auburn	0	RES
74	Vontrell Jamison	DE	6-6	277	Clemson	0	ACT
78	Junior Glymph	DE	6-6	272	Carson Newman	1	ACT
93	Kenyon Coleman	DE	6-5	293	UCLA	3	ACT
96	Marcus Spears	DE	6-4	315	LSU	0	ACT
98	Greg Ellis	DE	6-6	265	North Carolina	7	ACT
99	Chris Canty	DE	6-7	320	Virginia	0	ACT
20	Willie Pile	FS	6-2	206	Virginia Tech	2	ACT
29	Keith Davis	FS	5-11	207	Sam Houston State	3	ACT
38	Lynn Scott	FS	6-0	211	Northwestern Oklahoma State University	4	ACT
60	Ben Noll	G	6-4	315	Penn	1	ACT
62	Marco Rivera	G	6-4	309	Penn State	9	ACT
71	Cory Procter	G	6-4	311	Montana	0	ACT
72	Stephen Peterman	G	6-4	323	LSU	1	ACT
73	Larry Allen	G	6-3	325	University of Sonoma State; Butte College	11	ACT
55	Ryan Fowler	ILB	6-3	250	Duke	1	ACT
56	Bradie James	ILB	6-2	240	LSU	2	ACT
58	Scott Shanle	ILB	6-2	245	Nebraska	2	ACT
59	Dat Nguyen	ILB	5-11	238	Texas A&M	6	RES
2	Jose Cortez	K	5-11	200	Oregon State; Cabrillo College	6	ACT
3	Billy Cundiff	K	6-1	212	Drake	3	CUT
4	Shaun Suisham	K	6-0	200	Bowling Green	0	ACT
46	Jon Condo	LS	6-3	240	Maryland	0	CUT
91	L.P. LaDouceur	LS	6-5	256	California	0	ACT
0	Micheal Barrow	MLB	6-2	245	Miami	12	RES
92	Thomas Johnson	NT	6-2	304	Middle Tennessee State	0	ACT
95	Jason Ferguson	NT	6-3	310	Georgia; Itawamba JC	8	ACT
97	La'Roi Glover	NT	6-2	290	San Diego State	9	ACT
50	Scott Fujita	OLB	6-5	250	California	3	ACT
51	Alshermond Singleton	OLB	6-2	250	Temple	8	RES
54	Quinton Caver	OLB	6-4	241	Arkansas	4	ACT
57	Kevin Burnett	OLB	6-3	230	Tennessee	0	RES
90	Eric Ogbogu	OLB	6-4	275	Maryland	7	ACT
94	DeMarcus Ware	OLB	6-4	258	Troy	0	ACT
1	Mat McBriar	P	6-0	227	Hawaii	2	ACT
25	Tony Dixon	SS	6-1	210	Alabama	4	ACT
31	Roy Williams	SS	6-0	222	Oklahoma	3	ACT
70	Ethan Brooks	T	6-6	330	Williams College	9	CUT
70	Marcus Price	T	6-4	310	LSU	10	ACT
75	Marc Colombo	T	6-8	320	Boston College	3	ACT
76	Flozell Adams	T	6-7	338	Michigan State	7	RES
77	Torrin Tucker	T	6-6	315	Southern Mississippi	2	ACT
79	Rob Petitti	T	6-6	327	Pittsburgh	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Al Johnson	Andre Gurode
FB	Lousaka Polite
LG	Larry Allen	Stephen Peterman
LT	Torrin Tucker	Marcus Price
QB	Drew Bledsoe	Tony Romo	Drew Henson
RB	Julius Jones	Marion Barber	Tyson Thompson
RG	Marco Rivera	Cory Procter
RT	Rob Petitti	Marc Colombo
TE	Jason Witten	Dan Campbell	Sean Ryan
WR	Keyshawn Johnson	Terry Glenn	Patrick Crayton

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Keith Davis	Willie Pile
JLB	Scott Shanle	Ryan Fowler
LCB	Terence Newman	Aaron Glenn
LE	Marcus Spears	Kenyon Coleman	Junior Glymph
MLB	Bradie James
NT	La'Roi Glover	Jason Ferguson	Thomas Johnson
RCB	Anthony Henry	Jacques Reeves	Nate Jones
RE	Greg Ellis	Chris Canty
SLB	Scott Fujita
SS	Roy Williams	Lynn Scott
WLB	DeMarcus Ware	Eric Ogbogu	Quinton Caver

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Tony Romo	Drew Henson	Mat McBriar
KR	Tyson Thompson	Terrance Copper	Aaron Glenn
LS	L.P. LaDouceur	Ryan Fowler
P	Mat McBriar
PR	Patrick Crayton	Terence Newman

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Drew Bledsoe	QB	2005	3	$13.5M	$4.5M	$3.5M	5.3%
Terence Newman	CB	2003	6	$18.4M	$3.1M	$16.3M	4.1%
DeMarcus Ware	ED	2005	5	$13.0M	$2.6M	$10.2M	3.0%
Tony Romo	QB	2005	2	$1.9M	$940,000	$320,000	1.1%
Kevin Burnett	LB	2005	4	$3.3M	$827,750	$1.9M	1.0%
Jason Witten	TE	2003	4	$3.2M	$788,250	$670,000	1.1%
Chris Canty	IDL	2005	3	$1.2M	$411,667	$310,000	0.5%

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

Trades in 2005 (3)

Date	Trade
2005-04-24	DAL → PHI: 2005 round 5 pick 148, 2006 round 4 pick 116 PHI → DAL: 2005 round 4 pick 132, 2006 round 6 pick 182
2005-07-14	DAL → NYJ: Pete Hunter
2005-08-26	DAL → JAX: 2005 round None JAX → DAL: Seth Marler

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