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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

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NFL · NFC East · 9–7 (.562) · 3rd in division · PF 362 · PA 365 · Coach Wade Phillips

◀ 2007 2009 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3448Tony Romo
2. 427Brad Johnson
3. 71Brooks Bollinger

Rushing (yds)

1. 885Marion Barber
2. 472Tashard Choice
3. 266Felix Jones

Receiving (yds)

1. 1052Terrell Owens
2. 952Jason Witten
3. 550Patrick Crayton

Sacks

1. 20DeMarcus Ware
2. 8Bradie James
3. 7.5Greg Ellis

Interceptions

1. 4Terence Newman
2. 1Greg Ellis
3. 1Anthony Henry

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	966	955
EPA per play	-0.01	-0.04
Pass EPA per play	-0.00	-0.01
Rush EPA per play	-0.02	-0.10
Success rate	42.0%	40.4%
Pass rate	59.9%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2008-09-07	1	@ Cleveland Browns	W 28–10	1–0	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2008-09-15	2	vs Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–37	2–0	Texas Stadium
2008-09-21	3	@ Green Bay Packers	W 27–16	3–0	Lambeau Field
2008-09-28	4	vs Washington Redskins	L 24–26	3–1	Texas Stadium
2008-10-05	5	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 31–22	4–1	Texas Stadium
2008-10-12	6	@ Arizona Cardinals	L 24–30 OT	4–2	University of Phoenix Stadium
2008-10-19	7	@ St. Louis Rams	L 14–34	4–3	Edward Jones Dome
2008-10-26	8	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 13–9	5–3	Texas Stadium
2008-11-02	9	@ New York Giants	L 14–35	5–4	Giants Stadium
2008-11-16	11	@ Washington Redskins	W 14–10	6–4	FedExField
2008-11-23	12	vs San Francisco 49ers	W 35–22	7–4	Texas Stadium
2008-11-27	13	vs Seattle Seahawks	W 34–9	8–4	Texas Stadium
2008-12-07	14	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–20	8–5	Heinz Field
2008-12-14	15	vs New York Giants	W 20–8	9–5	Texas Stadium
2008-12-20	16	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 24–33	9–6	Texas Stadium
2008-12-28	17	@ Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–44	9–7	Lincoln Financial Field

Roster (63)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
5	Brooks Bollinger	QB	6-1	205	Wisconsin	5	ACT
9	Tony Romo	QB	6-2	230	Eastern Illinois	5	ACT
14	Brad Johnson	QB	6-5	235	Florida State	16	ACT
34	Deon Anderson	FB	5-10	240	Connecticut	1	ACT
23	Tashard Choice	RB	5-10	210	Georgia Tech; Oklahoma	0	ACT
24	Marion Barber	RB	5-11	218	Minnesota	3	ACT
28	Felix Jones	RB	5-10	215	Arkansas	0	RES
30	Alonzo Coleman	RB	5-9	210	Hampton	1	ACT
11	Roy Williams	WR	6-3	215	Texas	4	ACT
17	Sam Hurd	WR	6-3	200	Northern Illinois	2	RES
19	Miles Austin	WR	6-2	215	Monmouth	2	ACT
81	Terrell Owens	WR	6-3	224	Tennessee-Chattanooga	12	ACT
84	Patrick Crayton	WR	6-0	205	Northwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JC	4	ACT
85	Mike Jefferson	WR	6-1	206	Montana State	1	DEV
86	Isaiah Stanback	WR	6-2	228	Washington	1	RES
44	Rodney Hannah	TE	6-6	258	Houston	1	ACT
80	Martellus Bennett	TE	6-6	275	Texas A&M	0	ACT
82	Jason Witten	TE	6-6	263	Tennessee	5	ACT
89	Tony Curtis	TE	6-5	251	Portland State; Fresno City College	3	ACT
65	Andre Gurode	C	6-4	320	Colorado	6	ACT
20	Alan Ball	CB	6-2	195	Illinois	1	ACT
21	Adam Jones	CB	5-10	185	West Virginia	3	ACT
31	Mike Jenkins	CB	5-10	197	University of South Florida	0	ACT
32	Orlando Scandrick	CB	5-10	196	Boise State	0	ACT
41	Terence Newman	CB	5-10	197	Kansas State	5	ACT
42	Anthony Henry	CB	6-1	207	University of South Florida	7	ACT
35	Tra Battle	DB	5-11	173	Georgia	1	ACT
36	Quincy Butler	DB	6-1	188	TCU; Tyler JC	2	ACT
72	Stephen Bowen	DE	6-5	300	Hofstra	2	ACT
96	Marcus Spears	DE	6-4	315	LSU	3	ACT
97	Jason Hatcher	DE	6-6	299	Grambling State	2	ACT
99	Chris Canty	DE	6-7	320	Virginia	3	ACT
25	Pat Watkins	FS	6-5	220	Florida State	2	RES
26	Ken Hamlin	FS	6-2	208	Arkansas	5	ACT
29	Keith Davis	FS	5-11	207	Sam Houston State	6	ACT
63	Kyle Kosier	G	6-5	305	Arizona State	6	RES
64	Montrae Holland	G	6-2	340	Florida State	5	ACT
67	Joe Berger	G	6-5	305	Michigan Tech University	3	ACT
70	Leonard Davis	G	6-6	355	Texas	7	ACT
71	Cory Procter	G	6-4	311	Montana	3	ACT
54	Bobby Carpenter	ILB	6-2	249	Ohio State	2	ACT
55	Zach Thomas	ILB	5-11	242	Texas Tech	12	ACT
56	Bradie James	ILB	6-2	240	LSU	5	ACT
57	Kevin Burnett	ILB	6-3	230	Tennessee	3	ACT
6	Nick Folk	K	6-1	225	Arizona	1	ACT
53	Steve Octavien	LB	6-0	254	Nebraska; William Rainey Harper College	0	ACT
91	L.P. LaDouceur	LS	6-5	256	California	3	ACT
90	Jay Ratliff	NT	6-4	303	Auburn	3	ACT
95	Tank Johnson	NT	6-3	315	Washington	4	ACT
50	Justin Rogers	OLB	6-4	250	SMU	1	ACT
52	Carlos Polk	OLB	6-2	262	Nebraska	7	ACT
93	Anthony Spencer	OLB	6-3	265	Purdue	1	ACT
94	DeMarcus Ware	OLB	6-4	258	Troy	3	ACT
98	Greg Ellis	OLB	6-6	265	North Carolina	10	ACT
1	Mat McBriar	P	6-0	227	Hawaii	5	RES
2	Sam Paulescu	P	6-0	195	Oregon State	1	ACT
27	Courtney Brown	SS	6-1	204	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	1	ACT
36	Daren Stone	SS	6-3	215	Maine	1	ACT
38	Roy Williams	SS	6-0	222	Oklahoma	6	RES
68	Doug Free	T	6-6	318	Northern Illinois	1	ACT
75	Marc Colombo	T	6-8	320	Boston College	6	ACT
76	Flozell Adams	T	6-7	338	Michigan State	10	ACT
77	Pat McQuistan	T	6-6	317	Weber State; Edmonds Community College	2	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Andre Gurode	Cory Procter	Joe Berger
FB	Deon Anderson
LG	Montrae Holland	Cory Procter
LT	Flozell Adams	Doug Free
QB	Tony Romo	Brooks Bollinger	Brad Johnson
RB	Marion Barber	Tashard Choice
RG	Leonard Davis	Montrae Holland
RT	Marc Colombo	Pat McQuistan
TE	Jason Witten	Martellus Bennett	Tony Curtis
WR	Terrell Owens	Patrick Crayton	Miles Austin

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Ken Hamlin	Courtney Brown
LCB	Terence Newman	Mike Jenkins	Alan Ball
LE	Marcus Spears	Jason Hatcher
MILB	Bradie James	Bobby Carpenter	Justin Rogers
MOLB	Zach Thomas	Kevin Burnett	Bobby Carpenter
NT	Jay Ratliff	Tank Johnson
RCB	Anthony Henry	Orlando Scandrick	Adam Jones
RE	Chris Canty	Stephen Bowen
SLB	Greg Ellis	Anthony Spencer
SS	Keith Davis	Tra Battle
WLB	DeMarcus Ware	Justin Rogers	Carlos Polk

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Brad Johnson
K	Nick Folk
KR	Miles Austin	Orlando Scandrick
LS	L.P. LaDouceur
P	Sam Paulescu
PR	Patrick Crayton	Terence Newman

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tony Romo	QB	2007	6	$67.5M	$11.2M	$11.5M	10.3%
Terence Newman	CB	2008	6	$50.2M	$8.4M	$22.5M	7.2%
Jason Witten	TE	2006	6	$27.6M	$4.6M	$12.0M	4.5%
Adam Jones	CB	2008	4	$13.3M	$3.3M	$0	2.9%
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%
Chris Canty	IDL	2008	1	$2.0M	$2.0M	$0	1.7%
Anthony Spencer	ED	2007	5	$9.0M	$1.8M	$6.1M	1.7%
Joe Berger	C	2008	1	$927,000	$927,000	$0	0.8%
Kevin Burnett	LB	2005	4	$3.3M	$827,750	$1.9M	1.0%
Martellus Bennett	TE	2008	4	$3.0M	$741,250	$1.3M	0.6%
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%
Orlando Scandrick	CB	2008	4	$1.9M	$472,500	$185,000	0.4%
Stephen Bowen	IDL	2008	1	$445,000	$445,000	$0	0.4%
Alan Ball	CB	2007	4	$1.7M	$427,413	$44,650	0.4%
Danny Amendola	WR	2008	3	$1.2M	$389,167	$12,500	0.3%
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%
Danny Amendola	WR	2008	1	$88,400	$88,400	$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 2008 (11)

Date	Trade
2008-02-29	DAL → MIA: Jason Ferguson, 2008 round 6 pick 195 MIA → DAL: 2008 round 6 pick 167
2008-04-26	DAL → MIA: Akin Ayodele, Anthony Fasano MIA → DAL: 2008 round 4 pick 100
2008-04-26	DAL → SEA: 2008 round 1 pick 28, 2008 round 5 pick 163, 2008 round 7 pick 235 SEA → DAL: 2008 round 1 pick 25
2008-04-27	DAL → DET: 2008 round 3 pick 92 DET → DAL: 2008 round 4 pick 111, 2009 round 4 pick 101
2008-04-27	DAL → TEN: 2008 round 4 pick 126 TEN → DAL: Adam Jones
2008-04-27	DAL → OAK: 2008 round 4 pick 100 OAK → DAL: 2008 round 4 pick 104, 2008 round 7 pick 213
2008-04-27	CLV → DAL: 2008 round 4 pick 122, 2008 round 5 pick 155 DAL → CLV: 2008 round 4 pick 104
2008-04-27	CLV → DAL: 2009 round 3 pick 69 DAL → CLV: 2008 round 4 pick 111
2008-04-27	DAL → JAX: 2008 round 5 pick 155, 2008 round 7 pick 213 JAX → DAL: 2008 round 5 pick 143
2008-08-28	DAL → DEN: 2010 round 5 pick 158 DEN → DAL: Montrae Holland
2008-10-14	DAL → DET: 2009 round 1 pick 20, 2009 round 3 pick 82, 2009 round 6 pick 192 DET → DAL: Roy Williams, 2009 round 7 pick 210