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

2007 Dallas CowboysW2007 Dallas Cowboys↗

NFL · NFC East · 13–3 (.812) · 1st in division · PF 455 · PA 325 · Coach Wade Phillips · Lost Divisional

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

4211Tony Romo
79Brad Johnson

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	963	992
EPA per play	+0.11	-0.04
Pass EPA per play	+0.22	-0.03
Rush EPA per play	-0.03	-0.07
Success rate	46.0%	41.6%
Pass rate	57.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.3%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (17 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2007-09-09	1	vs New York Giants	W 45–35	1–0	Texas Stadium
2007-09-16	2	@ Miami Dolphins	W 37–20	2–0	Dolphin Stadium
2007-09-23	3	@ Chicago Bears	W 34–10	3–0	Soldier Field
2007-09-30	4	vs St. Louis Rams	W 35–7	4–0	Texas Stadium
2007-10-08	5	@ Buffalo Bills	W 25–24	5–0	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2007-10-14	6	vs New England Patriots	L 27–48	5–1	Texas Stadium
2007-10-21	7	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 24–14	6–1	Texas Stadium
2007-11-04	9	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 38–17	7–1	Lincoln Financial Field
2007-11-11	10	@ New York Giants	W 31–20	8–1	Giants Stadium
2007-11-18	11	vs Washington Redskins	W 28–23	9–1	Texas Stadium
2007-11-22	12	vs New York Jets	W 34–3	10–1	Texas Stadium
2007-11-29	13	vs Green Bay Packers	W 37–27	11–1	Texas Stadium
2007-12-09	14	@ Detroit Lions	W 28–27	12–1	Ford Field
2007-12-16	15	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–10	12–2	Texas Stadium
2007-12-22	16	@ Carolina Panthers	W 20–13	13–2	Bank of America Stadium
2007-12-30	17	@ Washington Redskins	L 6–27	13–3	FedExField
2008-01-13	Div	vs New York Giants	L 17–21		Texas Stadium

Roster (57)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
9	Tony Romo	QB	6-2	230	Eastern Illinois	4	ACT
14	Brad Johnson	QB	6-5	235	Florida State	15	ACT
32	Zack Crockett	FB	6-2	240	Florida State; Hinds CC	12	CUT
34	Deon Anderson	FB	5-10	240	Connecticut	0	RES
46	Oliver Hoyte	FB	6-3	252	N.C. State	1	ACT
21	Julius Jones	RB	5-10	208	Notre Dame	3	ACT
24	Marion Barber	RB	5-11	218	Minnesota	2	ACT
28	Tyson Thompson	RB	6-1	225	San Jose State; Garden City CC	2	ACT
17	Sam Hurd	WR	6-3	200	Northern Illinois	1	ACT
19	Miles Austin	WR	6-2	215	Monmouth	1	ACT
81	Terrell Owens	WR	6-3	224	Tennessee-Chattanooga	11	ACT
83	Terry Glenn	WR	5-11	196	Ohio State	11	ACT
84	Patrick Crayton	WR	6-0	205	Northwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JC	3	ACT
86	Isaiah Stanback	WR	6-2	228	Washington	0	ACT
80	Anthony Fasano	TE	6-4	258	Notre Dame	1	ACT
82	Jason Witten	TE	6-6	263	Tennessee	4	ACT
89	Tony Curtis	TE	6-5	251	Portland State; Fresno City College	2	ACT
65	Andre Gurode	C	6-4	320	Colorado	5	ACT
71	Cory Procter	C	6-4	311	Montana	2	ACT
23	Evan Oglesby	CB	5-11	182	North Alabama	2	ACT
33	Nate Jones	CB	5-10	185	Rutgers	3	ACT
35	Jacques Reeves	CB	5-11	188	Purdue	3	ACT
41	Terence Newman	CB	5-10	197	Kansas State	4	ACT
42	Anthony Henry	CB	6-1	207	University of South Florida	6	ACT
20	Alan Ball	DB	6-2	195	Illinois	0	ACT
72	Stephen Bowen	DE	6-5	300	Hofstra	1	ACT
96	Marcus Spears	DE	6-4	315	LSU	2	ACT
97	Jason Hatcher	DE	6-6	299	Grambling State	1	ACT
99	Chris Canty	DE	6-7	320	Virginia	2	ACT
66	Tank Johnson	DT	6-3	315	Washington	3	ACT
90	Jay Ratliff	DT	6-4	303	Auburn	2	ACT
92	Remi Ayodele	DT	6-2	318	Oklahoma; Northeast Oklahoma	1	DEV
25	Pat Watkins	FS	6-5	220	Florida State	1	ACT
26	Ken Hamlin	FS	6-2	208	Arkansas	4	ACT
27	Courtney Brown	FS	6-1	204	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	0	ACT
63	Kyle Kosier	G	6-5	305	Arizona State	5	ACT
67	Joe Berger	G	6-5	305	Michigan Tech University	2	ACT
70	Leonard Davis	G	6-6	355	Texas	6	ACT
51	Akin Ayodele	ILB	6-2	245	Purdue; Coffeyville CC	5	ACT
54	Bobby Carpenter	ILB	6-2	249	Ohio State	1	ACT
56	Bradie James	ILB	6-2	240	LSU	4	ACT
57	Kevin Burnett	ILB	6-3	230	Tennessee	2	ACT
6	Nick Folk	K	6-1	225	Arizona	0	ACT
91	L.P. LaDouceur	LS	6-5	256	California	2	ACT
95	Jason Ferguson	NT	6-3	310	Georgia; Itawamba JC	10	RES
50	Justin Rogers	OLB	6-4	250	SMU	0	ACT
93	Anthony Spencer	OLB	6-3	265	Purdue	0	ACT
94	DeMarcus Ware	OLB	6-4	258	Troy	2	ACT
98	Greg Ellis	OLB	6-6	265	North Carolina	9	ACT
1	Mat McBriar	P	6-0	227	Hawaii	4	ACT
29	Keith Davis	SS	5-11	207	Sam Houston State	5	ACT
31	Roy Williams	SS	6-0	222	Oklahoma	5	ACT
68	Doug Free	T	6-6	318	Northern Illinois	0	ACT
75	Marc Colombo	T	6-8	320	Boston College	5	ACT
76	Flozell Adams	T	6-7	338	Michigan State	9	ACT
77	Pat McQuistan	T	6-6	317	Weber State; Edmonds Community College	1	ACT
78	James Marten	T	6-8	310	Boston College	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 20

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Andre Gurode	Cory Procter
FB	Oliver Hoyte
HB	Julius Jones	Marion Barber	Tyson Thompson
LG	Kyle Kosier	Joe Berger
LT	Flozell Adams	Pat McQuistan	Doug Free
QB	Tony Romo	Brad Johnson
RG	Leonard Davis	Joe Berger
RT	Marc Colombo	James Marten
TE	Jason Witten	Anthony Fasano	Tony Curtis
WR	Terrell Owens	Patrick Crayton	Sam Hurd

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Ken Hamlin	Pat Watkins	Courtney Brown
LCB	Terence Newman	Nate Jones	Evan Oglesby
LE	Marcus Spears	Jason Hatcher	Jay Ratliff
MILB	Bradie James	Bobby Carpenter
MOLB	Akin Ayodele	Kevin Burnett
NT	Jay Ratliff	Tank Johnson
RCB	Anthony Henry	Jacques Reeves	Alan Ball
RE	Chris Canty	Stephen Bowen	Jay Ratliff
SLB	Greg Ellis	Anthony Spencer	Bobby Carpenter
SS	Roy Williams	Keith Davis
WLB	DeMarcus Ware	Justin Rogers

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Brad Johnson	Mat McBriar
KR	Miles Austin	Nate Jones	Isaiah Stanback
LS	L.P. LaDouceur
P	Mat McBriar
PK	Nick Folk
PR	Terence Newman	Patrick Crayton

Biggest contracts on the books in 2007

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tony Romo	QB	2007	6	$67.5M	$11.2M	$11.5M	10.3%
Jason Witten	TE	2006	6	$27.6M	$4.6M	$12.0M	4.5%
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%
Anthony Spencer	ED	2007	5	$9.0M	$1.8M	$6.1M	1.7%
Kevin Burnett	LB	2005	4	$3.3M	$827,750	$1.9M	1.0%
Jason Hatcher	IDL	2006	4	$2.2M	$555,625	$612,500	0.5%
Doug Free	RT	2007	4	$2.1M	$522,500	$425,000	0.5%
Joe Berger	C	2007	1	$435,000	$435,000	$0	0.4%
Alan Ball	CB	2007	4	$1.7M	$427,413	$44,650	0.4%
Chris Canty	IDL	2005	3	$1.2M	$411,667	$310,000	0.5%
Alan Ball	CB	2007	3	$1.1M	$377,254	$16,764	0.3%
Miles Austin	WR	2006	3	$1.1M	$365,467	$16,400	0.4%
Stephen Bowen	IDL	2006	3	$1.1M	$363,000	$9,000	0.4%
Stephen Bowen	IDL	2007	1	$360,000	$360,000	$0	0.3%
Alan Ball	CB	2007	1	$79,900	$79,900	$0	0.1%

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

Trades in 2007 (4)

Date	Trade
2007-04-28	CLV → DAL: 2007 round 2 pick 36, 2008 round 1 pick 22 DAL → CLV: 2007 round 1 pick 22
2007-04-28	DAL → PHI: 2007 round 2 pick 36, 2007 round 3 pick 87, 2007 round 5 pick 159, C.J. Gaddis PHI → DAL: 2007 round 1 pick 26
2007-04-28	CLV → DAL: 2007 round 3 pick 67, 2007 round 4 pick 103, 2007 round 6 pick 178 DAL → CLV: 2007 round 2 pick 53, 2007 round 6 pick 195
2007-04-29	CLV → DAL: 2007 round 6 pick 195 DAL → CLV: 2007 round 6 pick 200, Melila Purcell, 2007 round 7 pick 234

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