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NEWS RELEASE One Cowboys Parkway * Irving, Texas 75063 (972) 556-9959 * (972) 556-9918 (fax) www.dallascowboys.com REGULAR SEASON GAME #5 SUNDAy , OCTOBER 16, 2011 DALLAS COWBOyS AT NEW ENGLAND P ATRIOTS GILLETTE STADIUM -- 3:15 P .M. CDT QUICK FACTS: QUICK FACTS: DALLAS COWBOyS (2-2) AT NEW ENGLAND P ATRIOTS (4-1) Series Record: Dallas leads the series 7-3. Last Meeting: New England 48, @ Dallas 27, Oct. 14, 2007 Last Meeting in New England: New England 12, Dallas 0, Nov. 16, 2003 Last Cowboys Win: @ Dallas 12, New England 6, Dec. 15, 1996 Series Streak: New England won the last three meetings. RADIO KRLD-FM - 105.3 The Fan Play-by-Play: Brad Sham Analyst: Babe Laufenberg Sideline Reporter: Kristi Scales Tune into 105.3 The Fan for pregame and postgame coverage before and after every Dallas Cowboys game. KMVK-FM 107.5 Mega (Spanish) Play-by-Play: Victor Villalba Analyst: Luis Perez Compass Media Network (National) Play-by-Play: Kevin Burkhardt Analyst: Danny White TELEVISION Fox Sports, KDFW Fox 4 in Dallas/Fort Worth Play-by-Play: Thom Brennaman Analyst: Troy Aikman Sideline Reporter: Pam Oliver Cowboys Special Edition with Jerry Jones KTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth 10:30 p.m. Saturday night The Jason Garrett Show KTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Dallas Cowboys Postgame Show KTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth 11:00 p.m. following every Cowboys game RADIO & TELEVISION PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS: Rich Dalrymple ......972-556-9953 .....[email protected] Scott Agulnek ........972-556-9956 .......[email protected] Jancy Briles ..........972-556-9329 ............[email protected] Joe Trahan ............214-647-4552...........[email protected] Emily Robbins ......972-556-9359 ........[email protected] Whitney Brandon ..972-556-9955 ......[email protected] Season Series: The Cowboys and Patriots have met 10 times, with Dallas winning seven of those contests. Series Notables: * Dallas won the first seven games the two teams played. * Six of the nine games have been decided by a touchdown- or-less. * The first-ever game played at Texas Stadium was against the Patriots 10/24/71, with Dallas winning 44-21. A Cowboys Win Would: * Improve Dallas’ record coming off the bye to 17-6. * Snap a three-game losing streak to the Patriots and a two- game losing streak in New England. * Up the Cowboys record to 4-2 in games played at the Patriots. * Give Dallas its 85th all-time win over an AFC team to tie San Francisco for the most wins by an NFC team over an AFC foe. COWBOYS & PATRIOTS To download the Dallas Cowboys 2011 Media Guide in PDF form, cur- rent and previous game notes, stat packs and game information, go to the Cowboys media FTP site: www.dallascowboys.com/media. Enter the username: media and password: Qd7Tc4VDNe COWBOYS MEDIA CENTER Tuesday, Oct. 11: Players day off - no access Wednesday, Oct. 12: 10:10 a.m. Coach Belichick conference call 10:30 a.m. Wes Welker conference call 11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open 1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference 1:35 p.m. Locker room open Thursday, Oct. 13: 11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open 1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference 1:35 p.m. Locker room open Friday, Oct. 14: 10:15 a.m. Coach Garrett press conference 10:45 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open 12:20 p.m. Locker room open Saturday, Oct. 15 1:00 p.m. Team departs for New England Sunday, Oct. 16 3:15 p.m. CDT Kickoff at New England THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

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NEWS RELEASE One Cowboys Parkway * Irving, Texas 75063

(972) 556-9959 * (972) 556-9918 (fax)

www.dallascowboys.com

REGULAR SEASON GAME #5SUNDAy, OCTOBER 16, 2011

DALLAS COWBOyS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

GILLETTE STADIUM -- 3:15 P.M. CDT

QUICK FACTS:QUICK FACTS:DALLAS COWBOyS (2-2)

AT

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-1)

Series Record:Dallas leads the series 7-3.

Last Meeting:New England 48, @ Dallas 27, Oct. 14, 2007

Last Meeting in New England:New England 12, Dallas 0, Nov. 16, 2003

Last Cowboys Win:@ Dallas 12, New England 6, Dec. 15, 1996

Series Streak:New England won the last three meetings.

RADIOKRLD-FM - 105.3 The Fan

Play-by-Play: Brad Sham Analyst: Babe LaufenbergSideline Reporter: Kristi Scales

Tune into 105.3 The Fan for pregame and postgame coveragebefore and after every Dallas Cowboys game.

KMVK-FM 107.5 Mega (Spanish)Play-by-Play: Victor Villalba Analyst: Luis Perez

Compass Media Network (National)Play-by-Play: Kevin Burkhardt Analyst: Danny White

TELEVISIONFox Sports, KDFW Fox 4 in Dallas/Fort Worth

Play-by-Play: Thom Brennaman Analyst: Troy Aikman Sideline Reporter: Pam Oliver

Cowboys Special Edition with Jerry JonesKTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth

10:30 p.m. Saturday night

The Jason Garrett ShowKTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth

Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Dallas Cowboys Postgame ShowKTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. Worth

11:00 p.m. following every Cowboys game

RADIO & TELEVISION

PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS:Rich Dalrymple [email protected] Agulnek ........972-556-9956 [email protected] Briles ..........972-556-9329 [email protected] Trahan ............214-647-4552...........jtrahan@dallascowboys.netEmily Robbins [email protected] Brandon [email protected]

Season Series: The Cowboys and Patriots have met 10 times,with Dallas winning seven of those contests.

Series Notables:* Dallas won the first seven games the two teams played.* Six of the nine games have been decided by a touchdown-

or-less.* The first-ever game played at Texas Stadium was against

the Patriots 10/24/71, with Dallas winning 44-21.

A Cowboys Win Would:* Improve Dallas’ record coming off the bye to 17-6.* Snap a three-game losing streak to the Patriots and a two-

game losing streak in New England.* Up the Cowboys record to 4-2 in games played at the

Patriots.* Give Dallas its 85th all-time win over an AFC team to tie

San Francisco for the most wins by an NFC team overan AFC foe.

COWBOYS & PATRIOTS

To download the Dallas Cowboys 2011 Media Guide in PDF form, cur-rent and previous game notes, stat packs and game information, goto the Cowboys media FTP site: www.dallascowboys.com/media.Enter the username: media and password: Qd7Tc4VDNe

COWBOYS MEDIA CENTER

Tuesday, Oct. 11:Players day off - no access

Wednesday, Oct. 12:10:10 a.m. Coach Belichick conference call10:30 a.m. Wes Welker conference call11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference1:35 p.m. Locker room open

Thursday, Oct. 13:11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference1:35 p.m. Locker room open

Friday, Oct. 14:10:15 a.m. Coach Garrett press conference10:45 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open12:20 p.m. Locker room open

Saturday, Oct. 151:00 p.m. Team departs for New England

Sunday, Oct. 163:15 p.m. CDT Kickoff at New England

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

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JASON GARRETT (7-5, 1st Year)Jason Garrett was named the eighth head coach in Dallas

Cowboys history on January 5, 2011. Garrett became the first for-mer Dallas Cowboys player to become the team’s head coach. Asa backup quarterback during his playing career in Dallas, he start-ed nine-of-23 games played and was a member of teams that wonsix division titles and three Super Bowl championships. Garrettwas elevated to the Cowboys top job after taking over as theteam’s interim head coach at the midpoint of the 2010 season. Hewent on to guide a Dallas team that had started the season with a1-7 record to a 5-3 mark down the stretch. In the season’s secondhalf, three of the Cowboys five victories were against teams thatposted 10 regular season wins, while the three Dallas defeatswere decided by a combined total of seven points. Since the 2007season, Garrett had been the Cowboys offensive coordinatorunder head coach Wade Phillips, and in 2008, he was assignedthe additional duties of being the club’s assistant head coach.Under Garrett, the Dallas offense has reached high levels of pro-ductivity in several categories, and the unit has finished amongthe NFL’s top-10 in total offense in three of his four years at thehelm: 2010 (10th), 2009 (2nd), and 2007 (2nd). From the start ofthe 2007 season, the club has averaged 24.6 points-per-gameand 368.5 total yards-per-outing. The team has set single-seasonrecords in a handful of categories, and from 2007 to 2009 thecumulative numbers for total net yards (17,753), gross yards(12,761) and passing yards (12,181) represented the best totalsover a three-year span in the history of the organization. Garrettreturned to Dallas in 2007 as the offensive coordinator He enteredthe coaching profession as the quarterbacks coach for two sea-sons (2005-06) for Nick Saban’s first Miami Dolphins club.

BILL BELICHICK (181-101, 17th Year, NE - 140-55, 12th Year)Bill Belichick is in his 37th season as an NFL coach and is the

only head coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowl champi-onships in a four-year span. He has won more regular seasongames (121) and more overall games (135) during a 10-yearstretch (2001-10) than any other head coach in NFL history.Belichick is currently ranked 10th on the NFL’s all-time list with 181wins. He was named the Patriots head coach on Jan. 27, 2000.Through 11 seasons in New England, Belichick has claimed threeSuper Bowl titles, four conference titles, eight division crowns and14 playoff wins. He directed the Patriots to wins in Super BowlsXXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX, and in 2007, he became the first NFLcoach to lead a team to a 16-0 regular season record. Only oneNFL coach won more Super Bowl titles than Belichick (Chuck Noll,4), and he is tied with Washington’s Joe Gibbs and San Francisco’sBill Walsh for second all-time. Belichick has claimed a winningrecord in each of his 10 seasons with New England, making thePatriots the only NFL franchise to accomplish the feat in that span.Only one other NFL team with 10 consecutive winning seasonssince the 1970 merger was Tom Landry, who led Dallas to 16straight winning seasons. With his 14-2 finish in 2010, Belichick isthe first coach with at least 14 regular season wins in four differentseasons. His team also owns records for consecutive games won(21) and consecutive playoff wins (10). Belichick started his coach-ing career as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts (1975).He then was the assistant special teams coach in Detroit (1976-77), followed by stops in Denver (1978) and with the N.y. Giants(1979-1990). He was Cleveland’s head coach in 1991 then joinedNew England in 1996. He then coached the Jets (1997-99) beforereturning to the Patriots in 2000.

HEAD COACHES

The Dallas Cowboys have the league’s second-highest all-timeregular season winning percentage by current NFL teams:

Team W L T Pct.Chicago 706 515 42 .578Dallas 442 326 6 .575Miami 394 294 4 .570Oakland 421 345 11 .549San Francisco 513 421 15 .548N.y. Giants 639 526 33 .547

* Since 1972, ties have been calculated as half-win and half loss.Prior to 1972 tie games were ignored in calculating a team’s win-ning percentage. Ties since 1972: Dallas (0), Miami (1) Chicago(1), Green Bay (6), Minnesota (2).

ALL-TIME WINNING TRADITIONThe Dallas Cowboys entered the 2011 season as one-of-13

teams in the league with at least 440 regular season wins. Amongcurrent NFL teams, Dallas’ 442 wins is the 13th-most:

Chicago 706 Philadelphia 510Green Bay 669 Detroit 501N.y. Giants 639 Arizona 489Washington 550 Indianapolis 451Pittsburgh 544 Cleveland 451San Francisco 513 Dallas 442St. Louis 511

A WINNING TREND

COASTING EASTBy virtue of the NFL schedule, the Dallas Cowboys will be fac-

ing the AFC East this season. Dallas traveled to face the Jets forthe season opener. The club will now head to New England beforeplaying host to Buffalo followed by a Thanksgiving Day gameagainst Miami. The Cowboys hold a 26-16 record against AFCEast opponents:

Dallas vs. AFC EastCurrent

Team W L T Win% StreakBuffalo ..................7 3 0 .700 W-2New England........7 3 0 .700 L-3N.y. Jets ..............7 3 0 .700 L-1Miami ....................5 7 0 .417 W-1Div. Totals..........26 16 0 .619

DALLAS vs. AFCThis week’s game at New

England is Dallas’ second inter-conference game of the sea-son. Dallas is 0-1 against theAFC so far in 2011 after drop-ping the season opener at theN.y. Jets.

On the horizon, Dallas clos-es out its AFC schedule with a pair of home contests. The first pitsthe Cowboys against the Bills on Nov. 13 followed by aThanksgiving Day matchup with the Dolphins.

Since 1970, the Cowboys boast the NFC’s highest winning per-centage (.564) when facing an AFC team. Philadelphia is second(.550), San Francisco third (.545), New york fourth (.514) and St.Louis fifth (.506). Dallas’ 84 wins against AFC teams are secondbehind San Francisco’s 85 for the most wins by an NFC teamwhen facing the AFC.

NFC vs. AFCTeam Record Pct.Dallas ..............84-65-0 .564Philadelphia ....81-67-2 .547San Francisco ....85-71-0 .545N.y. Giants ......72-68-0 .514St. Louis ..........78-76-0 .506

For breaking news, press releases, historical information, statistics and rosters, visit the official website of the Dallas Cowboys, www.dallas-cowboys.com. Updated daily, www.dallascowboys.com has the most extensive information on upcoming games, including video of weeklypress conferences and audio of weekly conference calls. The Cowboys website is also a great place to find information on the players andcoaches, order tickets for upcoming games and order merchandise from the Cowboys Pro Shop.

www.dallascowboys.com

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(league ranking)Cowboys Patriots

Record ................................................2-2 4-1Scoring Avg. (NFL rank) ..........................24.8 (12) 33.0 (2)Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL rank) ................25.3 (23) 23.8 (14)Total Off. (NFL rank) ..............................417.8 (6) 495.2 (1)Rushing Off. (NFL rank) ..........................86.8 (26) 128.6 (6)Passing Off. (NFL rank) ........................331.0 (3) 366.6 (1)Total Def. (NFL rank) ..............................291.8 (4) 433.0 (32)Rushing Def. (NFL rank) ..........................61.8 (1) 106.4 (13)Passing Def. (NFL rank) ........................230.0 (14) 326.6 (32)Kickoff Return Avg. ..................................25.0 (14) 21.9 (24)Punt Return Avg. ........................................7.9 (23) 12.2 (8)Turnover Margin............................................-4 (25t) +3 (6t)Penalties ......................................................28 34Penalty yards ............................................211 318Opp. Penalties..............................................19 40Opp. Penalty yards ..............................135 355

2011 STATISTICAL COMPARISON

SERIES HISTORYDallas and New England have squared off 10 times with Dallas

holding a 7-3 advantage. Dallas won the first seven meetings thenNew England took the last three. Below is a brief look into eachgame of the series:

FIRST TIME...LAST TIMEThe first time these two clubs met was the first-ever game at

Texas Stadium on Oct. 24, 1971. Dallas earned the first win in thenew stadium with a 44-21 decision in front of 65,708 fans.

The last time these two clubs met, Dallas hosted the Patriotsin a battle of two 5-0 teams on Oct. 14, 2007. New England gotthe better of Dallas, leaving Texas Stadium with a 48-27 win infront of 63,984 fans.

DATING GAMEThis week’s game at the Patriots is being played on Oct. 16. In the

51-plus years of Cowboys football, there have been seven Oct. 16games. The Cowboys are 4-2-1 when playing on Oct. 16. They beat theN.y. Giants, Philadelphia (twice) and Washington and lost to Chicagoand Cleveland. Dallas’ tie came against the St. Louis Cardinals. Its first-ever Oct. 16 game came in 1960, a 7-48 loss to Cleveland. Its last Oct.16 game was in 2005, a 16-13 win over the Giants.

Opp/ Dal Opp/ DalDate Loc. W/L Score Date Loc. W/L Score10/16/60 CLE L 7-48 10/16/88 @Chi L 7-1710/16/66 @StL T 10-10 10/16/94 PHI W 24-1310/16/77 WAS W 34-16 10/16/05 NyG W 16-1310/16/83 PHI W 37-7

DalDate Loc. W/L Score10/24/71 Dal W 44-2111/16/75 NE W 34-3112/3/78 Dal W 17-109/21/81 NE W 35-2111/22/84 Dal W 20-17

DalDate Loc. W/L Score11/15/87 NE W(OT) 23-1712/15/96 Dal W 12-612/5/99 NE L 6-1311/16/03 NE L 0-1210/14/07 Dal L 27-48

This week’s game is the 11th regular season game betweenDallas and New England. Below is a brief look into the stats of theseries:

TEAM TOTALSCowboys Patriots

Wins..............................................7 3Points ..............................................218 196Total Net yards ..........................3,336 3,120Net Rushing yards ....................1,276 1,083Net Passing yards ......................2,060 2,037

SINGLE-GAME TEAM-HIGHSCowboys Patriots

Points............................................44 10/24/71 48 10/14/07Total Net yards ..........................455 9/21/81 448 10/14/07Net Rushing yards ....................237 9/21/81 213 12/3/78Net Passing yards ....................275 11/22/84 373 10/14/07

SINGLE-GAME INDIVIDUAL HIGHSCowboys Patriots

Passing Yards288 - D. White 11/22/84 388 - T. Brady 10/14/07

Rushing Yards173 - H. Walker 11/15/87 112 - C. James 11/22/84

Receiving Yards125 - T. Hill 11/22/84 136 - D. Stallworth 10/14/07

ALL-TIME STAT COMPARISON

INSIDE THE SERIES HISTORYThe Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots have faced off

10 times. Dallas holds a 7-3 series advantage.

In the 10 games of the series there has been:* A seven-game win streak by Dallas* Two double-digit wins by Dallas* Two double-digit losses by Dallas* Six games decided by a touchdown-or-less* Four games decided by six points-or-less* One shutout - a 12-0 New England win (11/16/03)* A 23-point win by Dallas - largest Cowboys win (10/24/71)* A 21-point loss by Dallas - largest Cowboys loss (10/14/07)* 218 points scored by Dallas, 196 allowed* Dallas scoring an average of 26 points in wins* Dallas winning by an average of 8.9 points* A 3-2 Dallas record in games played in New England* Dallas scoring 98 points and allowing 94 when playing the

Patriots on the road* One Sunday night game, one Monday night game and a

Thanksgiving Day game

Since the NFL instituted a bye week in the 1990 season, theCowboys have enjoyed a 16-6 record following a week off. Dallas’16 wins tie the third-most wins in the league following a bye week,and the club’s .727 win percentage also ties for third:

Records After Bye Weeks

AFC NFCTeam W L T Pct Team W L T PctDen........16 6 0 .727 Phi ........18 4 0 .804Buf ........14 8 0 .636 Min ........17 5 1 .773Ind ........13 9 0 .591 Dal ........16 6 0 .727KC ........13 9 0 .591 Chi ........14 8 0 .636Mia ........13 9 0 .591 GB ........13 9 0 .591NE ........13 9 0 .591 Atl..........12 10 0 .545Ten ........13 9 0 .591 StL ........11 11 0 .500Pit ..........12 10 0 .545 Was ......11 11 0 .500SD..........11 10 0 .524 Ari ........10 12 0 .455NyJ........11 11 0 .500 Det ........10 12 0 .455Bal ........10 5 0 .667 NO ........10 12 0 .455Oak..........9 13 0 .409 TB ........10 12 0 .455Jac ..........8 8 0 .500 SF ..........9 13 0 .409Cle ..........7 10 0 .412 Car ..........8 8 0 .500Cin ..........5 16 1 .250 NyG ........7 15 0 .318Hou..........2 7 0 .222 Sea ........6 16 0 .273

BYE WEEK BENEFITS

BYE-BYE BYEThis week’s game at the New England Patriots marks the 23rd

game for Dallas following a regular season bye week. Since 1990when the bye week was installed, the Cowboys hold an impres-sive 16-6 record in games following the bye. Dallas enjoyed astreak of five consecutive wins coming out of the bye week untillosing to Tennessee last year coming out of the bye week.. Theclub’s longest win streak following a bye is eight games (1993-1999) which includes the 1993 season in which the team had twobye weeks.

Dallas has played on the road 13 times following its bye week,compiling a 9-4 record in those games. Currently, Dallas has wonits last five road games coming off the bye.

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PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS vs. PATRIOTSKeith Brooking - LB

In his last two meetings while with Atlanta, tallied 26 tackles,including a season-high tying 12 in 2005.

Kenyon Coleman - DEHad a career-best 12 tackles while with the N.y. Jets (9/9/07).

Bradie James - LBNotched 10 tackles in the game in 2007.

Mat McBriar - PAveraged 53.8 yards-per-punt with a net of 42.4 on five punts in

his only game against the Patriots.Terence Newman - CB

Posted 13 tackles and a pass breakup in two games.Tony Romo - QB

Lost his only game against New England, completing 18-of-29passes for 199 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

DeMarcus Ware - LBIn one game, tied a season-high with 10 tackles with one tack-

le for a loss, a sack and a pressure.Jason Witten - TE

In two games, caught four passes for 53 yards.

NEW ENGLAND LAST WEEKThe New England Patriots hosted the New york Jets and hand-

ed their division rival a 30-21 loss. Tom Brady completed 24-of-33passes for 321 yards with one touchdown and an interception.Wes Welker led the team with 124 receiving yards and BenJarvusGreen-Ellis led the team with 136 rushing yards and a pair oftouchdowns.

New England took a 10-0 lead with a Green-Ellis three-yardtouchdown run in the first quarter and a Stephen Gostkowski 44-yard field goal in the second. Shonn Greene made it 10-7 with athree-yard rushing score. Deion Branch caught a two-yard touch-down from Brady followed by a Jeremy Kerley scoring catch fromMark Sanchez for a 17-14 third quarter score. Green-Ellis rushedin from three yards again then Gostkowski hit a 24-yard field goalto make the score 247-14 in the final frame. Santonio Holmes cutthe Jets deficit to 27-27 on a 21-yard Sanchez pass, butGostkowski added the final points with a 28-yard field goal.

The Detroit Lions overcame a 24-point deficit for the largestcomeback win over a Cowboys opponent in team history with a34-30 win.Through the first two quarters, Dallas built a 17-0 lead.In the first quarter, Dez Bryant caught a 25-yard touchdown passfrom Tony Romo and then caught a six-yarder in the second. A 41-yard Dan Bailey field goal gave the Cowboys a 17-0 lead by themiddle of the second quarter. Detroit finally got on the board witha 33-yard Jason Hanson field goal. Bailey hit one more field goal- a 35-yarder - to bring the score to 20-3 at halftime.

Dallas opened the third quarter with a one-yard Romo-to-JasonWitten passing touchdown that pushed the Cowboys lead to 24points at 27-3. However, the Lions crept back in the game withback-to-back interception returns for touchdowns (BobbyCarpenter 34 yards; Chris Houston 56 yards) on consecutive dri-ves that drew the game closer at 27-17. Dallas upped its score to30-17 late in the third quarter on a 23-yard Bailey field goal. In thefourth quarter, Detroit rallied from behind to post 17 unansweredpoints behind two Calvin Johnson touchdown grabs (23 yards;two yards) from Matthew Stafford and a Hanson 51-yard field goalto complete the comeback victory for Detroit.

DALLAS LAST GAME

The Dallas Cowboys are in their third season in CowboysStadium. Dallas’ first game at its new venue was on Sept. 20,2009 - a 31-33 loss to the N.y. Giants. The club’s first win camejust a week later with a 21-7 decision over Carolina. So far, Dallasowns a 9-9 regular season record and a 1-0 postseason record inCowboys Stadium. Below is a breakdown of the club’s record intheir new stadium:

Regular season:..............................................9-9Postseason: ....................................................1-0Overall: ........................................................10-9

Regular PostSeptember: ....................................................2-2October: ..........................................................1-4November: ......................................................3-1December: ......................................................1-2January: ..........................................................2-0 1-0

Playing at noon: ..............................................4-3Playing at 3:15: ..............................................3-3Playing in prime time ......................................2-3 1-0

Thursday: ........................................................1-1Saturday: ........................................................0-0 1-0Sunday: ..........................................................6-7Monday ............................................................2-1

Fully closed stadium: ......................................4-6 1-0Fully open stadium: ........................................1-3Roof open, doors closed: ................................2-0Roof closed, doors open..................................2-0

Playing against the NFC East: ........................4-3 1-0 Playing against the NFC (non-NFC East): ....4-3Playing against the AFC: ................................1-3

COWBOYS STADIUM RECORD WHEN...

SOLD OUT STADIUMSThe Cowboys have played in front of sold out stadiums in 344 of

their last 346 games (including playoffs) and in 146 consecutivegames. They played in front of sold out crowds in 153 consecutivegames at Texas Stadium (including playoffs) - dating back to Dec.16, 1990 against Phoenix, their last home non-sellout. Dallasopened Cowboys Stadium with the largest crowd to witness a reg-ular season NFL game with 105,121 tickets distributed and have19 straight sellouts (including playoffs). The Cowboys have soldout each of their last 172 home games.

On the road, Dallas has played in front of sold out crowds in 73straight games (including playoffs), dating back to its last roadnon-sellout - at Arizona (10/20/02).

Through his career, Tony Romo has completed 1,425-of-2,222passes for 17,923 yards with 125 touchdowns in 68 regular sea-son games played behind center. Below is a breakdown of Tony’stargets by position and player:

Position BreakdownComp. Yds TD Comp. Yds TD

WR 692 10,720 93 RB 265 2,001 6TE 449 5,059 24 FB 19 132 2

Player Breakdown by CompletionsComp. Yds TD Comp. Yds TD

italics indicate active Cowboy

TONY’S TARGETS

Through his career, Tony Romo has thrown 125 touchdownpasses - fifth in team history. Below is a look at Romo’s touch-down totals to each individual player:

Player TDs Player TDs

italics indicate active Cowboy

TONY’S TD TARGETS

J. Witten ........361 4,272 17T. Owens ......199 3,122 34P. Crayton......143 2,188 19M. Austin........142 2,316 19M. Barber ......137 1,031 6R. Williams ......75 1,062 12F. Jones ..........51 331 0T. Choice ........47 376 0T. Glenn ..........43 689 3M. Bennett ......43 440 3S. Hurd ..........33 519 2D. Bryant ........28 382 4J. Jones ..........27 247 0A. Fasano ........22 208 1

K. Ogletree ......14 157 0J. Phillips ..........13 97 0L. Robinson ......10 165 0T. Curtis ..........10 42 3D. Anderson........8 61 1C. Gronkowski ....5 13 1J. Holley ..............3 96 0D. Murray............3 16 0O. Hoyte ............3 12 0I. Stanback ........2 24 0L. Polite ............2 21 0T. Fiammetta ......1 15 0T. Romo ............0 11 0

Terrell Owens ................34Miles Austin ..................19Patrick Crayton ............19Jason Witten ................17Roy Williams ................12Marion Barber ................6Dez Bryant ......................4

Martellus Bennett ..........3Tony Curtis ....................3Terry Glenn....................3Sam Hurd ......................2Deon Anderson..............1Anthony Fasano ............1Chris Gronkowski ..........1

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As Dallas’ starting quarterback, Tony Romo has compiled a 41-24 regular season record in 65 career starts. Below is a look atRomo’s record under several different circumstances:

Playing at home: ........................................20-13Playing on the road: ..................................21-11

Playing indoors: ..........................................10-5Playing outdoors: ......................................31-19

Playing against the NFC East: .................. 13-10Playing against the NFC: ..........................31-17Playing against the AFC: ..............................9-7

Playing on artificial turf: ............................26-16Playing on natural grass: ............................15-7

Offense totals over 300 yards: ..................40-15Throws for over 300 yards: ..........................21-8Throws for 200-299 yards: ........................15-10

Throws only one touchdown: ......................10-8Throws more than one touchdown: ..........28-11Completes 60.0% or more of his passes: ..32-14

Throws no interceptions: ............................16-6Throws one interception: ............................22-8Throws more than one interception: ............3-10Records at least 100.0 passer rating: ..........28-7

Sacked one time-or-less: ............................26-7Sacked more than once: ............................15-15

September: ..................................................12-5October: ........................................................6-7November: ..................................................15-2December: ..................................................7-10January ..........................................................1-0

ROMO’S RECORD WHEN...

Tony Romo opened the 2011 with 342 yards at the N.y. Jets(9/11). He then tossed for 345 at San Francisco (9/18) for his 28thcareer 300-yard outing. At home against Detroit (10/2), he topped300 yards for the third time this season and 29th time in his career.Dallas owns a 21-8 record (.724) when Romo tops 300 yards.

300-yardPlayer GamesTony Romo 29Troy Aikman 13Danny White 10

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Since becoming the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback mid-way through 2006, Tony Romo has thrown three-or-more touch-downs in a game 20 times. He did it four times in 2009 with threetouchdown tosses at Tampa Bay (9/13), against Atlanta (10/25)and Seattle (11/1) and at the N.y. Giants (12/6). Romo had twothree-touchdown games in an injury-shortened 2010 season. Hehad his first three-touchdown game against Detroit (10/2) to tieDanny White for the most three-touchdown games in club history:

Games withPlayer 3-or-more TDsDanny White....................20Tony Romo ....................20Roger Staubach ..............17

In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Romo had six games with three-or-more touchdown passes to establish a single-season club-high:

Games in a seasonPlayer with 3-or-more TDsTony Romo ....................6 (2007)Tony Romo ....................6 (2008)Roger Staubach ..............5 (1979)Danny White....................5 (1980)

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ROMO’S ROADWith his 40-23 record as a starter, Tony Romo has had success

when playing on the road. Since being named the club’s starter lead-ing into the game at Carolina (10/29/06), Romo holds a 21-11 recordon the road. Three of his 11 road losses came at Washington(11/5/06, 12/30/07 and 9/12/10). The rest were at Arizona (10/12/08),Pittsburgh (12/7/08), Philadelphia (12/28/08), Denver (10/4/09),Green Bay (11/15/09), the N.y. Giants (12/6/09), at Minnesota(10/17/10) and the N.y. Jets (9/11/11).

Romo finished 2009 with a 5-3 road record. His 2010 seasonwas ended just three road games in after he fractured his left clav-icle against the N.y. Giants (10/25). For the season, he went 1-2on the road. Below is a look at his passing stats on the road:

Att Comp Pct. Yards TD INTRomo 1,116 724 64.9 8,909 52 29

Among quarterbacks with at least 30 career road starts who start-ed their career in the Super Bowl era, Romo owns the third-best roadwinning percentage:

Player Winning % RecordJoe Montana .753 61-20Tom Brady .694 50-22Tony Romo .656 21-11Roger Staubach .655 36-19

QUARTERBACK COMPARISONTony Romo has started 65 games and owns a 41-24 record as

a starter. He has completed 1,409-of-2,198 passes for 17,661yards, 122 touchdowns and 64 interceptions in those starts. Belowis a look at Romo’s numbers after 65 starts and how they compareto other Cowboys quarterbacks through their first 65 starts:

Player W-L Att Comp Yards Pct TD INTStaubach 48-16 1,492 863 11,830 57.8 78 56White 46-19 1,882 1,118 14,313 59.4 105 86Aikman 35-30 1,849 1,137 12,991 61.5 63 66Romo 41-24 2,198 1,409 17,661 64.1 122 64

Among active quarterbacks, Romo’s 41-24 record through hisfirst 65 starts is fifth:

Active QB Records Through First 65 StartsPlayer Record 66th StartTom Brady ................................50-15 50-16Ben Roethlisberger ..................46-19 47-19Philip Rivers..............................46-19 47-19Donovan McNabb ....................44-21 45-21Tony Romo ..............................41-24 ??-??

Tony Romo threw at least one touchdown pass in 12 straightgames in 2009 - the second-longest streak of his career - tying DonMeredith (1965-66) and Roger Staubach (1977-78) for the third-longest streak in club history. He took ownership of third with atouchdown pass in the 2010 season opener - his 13th straight gamewith a touchdown pass. He then continued the streak for the nextfive games to establish the club record with a touchdown pass in 18straight games before suffering a season-ending injury against theN.y. Giants (10/25/10). He added two touchdowns in each of thefirst two games of the 2011 season to push his streak to 20, but thestreak ended Week 3 against Washington (9/26):

Consec. GamesPlayer TD PassTony Romo (2009-11) ................20Tony Romo (2006-07) ................17Troy Aikman (1993-94) ................16

At the time, Romo’s streak was also the second-longest amongcurrent active NFL quarterbacks:

Consec. GamesPlayer TD PassDrew Brees (10/18/09-9/18/11) ..........30Tony Romo (10/11/09-9/18/11)..........20*Tom Brady (9/12/10-9/18/11) ..............19Josh Freeman (10/10/10-9/18/11) ......15*

*ended Week 3

A TD GAME AFTER GAME AFTER...

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FOURTH QUARTER QBWith his come-from-behind wins at San Francisco (9/18) in

overtime and against Washington (9/26), Tony Romo continuedwhat he has been doing through his career late in games, beingefficient. Among active NFL quarterbacks, Romo has the second-highest fourth quarter quarterback rating:

Player Att Com Pct Yds TD Int RateRivers ................646 406 62.8 5,097 42 15 99.3Romo ................567 360 63.5 4,988 35 18 99.0Rodgers..............409 256 62.6 3,106 26 12 94.9Brady ..............1,084 657 60.6 7,586 65 31 89.8P. Manning ......1,740 1,096 63.0 12,568 93 54 89.6Brees ..............1,284 806 62.8 9,361 64 42 87.8

CLIMBING THE TE CHARTSSince entering the league as Dallas’ third round selection in the

2003 NFL Draft, Jason Witten has proven his skills as an offensiveweapon. He has provided Dallas with the full package as a block-er and receiver. Through his eight years in the league, he hascaught 644 passes for 7,333 yards and 37 touchdowns. Witten isthe fourth all-time leading tight end in career receptions and sixthin receiving yards.

To open the 2011 season, Witten rattled off 110 yards - his 13thcareer 100-yard outing to become the senventh tight end inleague history to reach 7,000 receiving yards. He topped 100yards again in the overtime win at San Francisco (9/18) beforehauling in six passes for 60 yards against Washington (9/26).Witten then had a 94-yard day against Detroit (10/2) to put himjust 79 yards behind Pete Retzlaff (7,412) to etch into the top-five.

Witten’s had a team-best six catches in the 2011 opener thenadded seven more at San Francisco (9/18) and six in the homeopener against Washington (9/26). He again led the team witheight catches against Detroit to give him 644. He trails OzzieNewsome (662) by 18 receptions for third:

NFL Career Receptions NFL Career ReceivingLeaders (TEs) Yards Leaders (TEs)

1. Tony Gonzalez* ..........1,090 1. Tony Gonzalez*............12,6922. Shannon Sharpe............815 2. Shannon Sharpe ..........10,0603. Ozzie Newsome ............662 3. Ozzie Newsome ............7,9804. Jason Witten* ..............644 4. Jackie Smith ..................7,9185. Kellen Winslow Sr. ........541 5. Pete Retzlaff ..................7,4126. Antonio Gates* ..............537 6. Jason Witten* ..............7,3337. Jeremy Shockey* ..........521 7. Antonio Gates* ..............7,079

* indicates active players

QUICK WITT-EDJason Witten has steadily climbed Dallas’ all-time receiving

yards charts. In 2008 he became the sixth player in Cowboys his-tory to reach 4,000 career receiving yards. He topped the 5,000-yard barrier in the 2009 opener, making him the sixth pass catch-er in club history to reach 5,000 career receiving yards. Later thatsame season, he moved past Frank Clarke (5,247) for fifth onDallas’ all-time receiving yards chart. Two weeks into 2010, Wittenbecame the fifth Cowboy to top 6,000 career receiving yards. Heopened 2011 with 110 yards at the N.y. Jets (9/11) to become thefifth Cowboy to reach 7,000. His 94-yard outing against Detroit(10/2) put him past Bob Hayes (7,333) for fourth all-time in clubhistory, and he now trails Drew Pearson (7,822) by 489 yards forthird and Tony Hill (7,988) by 655 for second:

All-Time Cowboys Receiving Yards List1. Michael Irvin ............11,904 (1988-99)2. Tony Hill ....................7,988 (1977-86)3. Drew Pearson ..........7,822 (1973-83)4. Jason Witten............7,333 (2003-Present)5. Bob Hayes ................7,295 (1965-74)

Among his 7,333 yards are 14 games in which he reached 100yards - a club tight end record. His 14 100-yard outings is alsotied for fifth all-time among league tight ends since 1970:

100-yard 100-yardTight End Games Tight End Games1. Jason Witten ..........14 1. Tony Gonzalez ............272. Doug Cosbie ..............4 2. Kellen Winslow, Sr.......24

Jay Novacek ..............4 3. Shannon Sharpe ........194. Antonio Gates..............185. Todd Christensen ........14

Jason Witten ..............14

In 2008 Witten became the fifth pass catcher in team history totop 400 career receptions. Four weeks into 2009, he became thefifth Dallas pass catcher to reach 450 catches. He jumped pastTony Hill (fifth in club annals) and Emmitt Smith (fourth) also in2009. He took second from Drew Pearson near the end of the 2009season with his 14 catches at the N.y. Giants (12/6) - the second-most of his career. He enters Week 6 with 644 career catches:

All-Time Cowboys Receptions List1. Michael Irvin ................750 (1988-99)2. Jason Witten ..............644 (2003-Present)3. Drew Pearson ..............489 (1973-83)4. Emmitt Smith................486 (1990-02)5. Tony Hill........................479 (1977-86)

Since 2006, Witten has caught the most passes (456) for themost yards (5,249) among league tight ends.

Player Rec. Player YardsJason Witten ..............456 Jason Witten ..........5,249Tony Gonzalez ............448 Tony Gonzalez..........4,942Kellen Winslow ............379 Antonio Gates ..........4,625Antonio Gates..............343 Kellen Winslow ........4,240Chris Cooley ................319 Chris Cooley ............3,616

WITTEN AT 7,000With his 110 yards in the season-opener at the N.y. Jets (9/11), Jason

Witten became the seventh tight end in league history to reach 7,000career yards. He reached the 7,000-yard mark in 128 games - the thirdfastest of the previous six. Below is a list of the tight ends in the 7,000-yard club and how many games it took to reach the 7,000-yard mark:

Games to Games toPlayer 7,000 Yds. Player 7,000 Yds.Antonio Gates ..........119 Jackie Smith ................143Pete Retzlaff..............125 Shannon Sharpe..........146Jason Witten............128 Ozzie Newsome ..........150Tony Gonzalez ..........129

He also became the fifth Dallas Cowboy to reach the milestone.

Games to Games toPlayer 7,000 Yds. Player 7,000 Yds.Michael Irvin ..............91 Drew Pearson ..............126Bob Hayes..................96 Jason Witten ..............128Tony Hill....................103

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50x7With his four catches in the win against Detroit (11/21/10),

Jason Witten hit 50 catches for the seventh consecutive season.He became just the third tight end in league history with sevenstraight 50-plus catch seasons:

50-plus catch seasons by a tight endTight End Consec. TotalTony Gonzalez* ..............12 12Shannon Sharpe ..............7 11Jason Witten*..................7 7

* indicates active player

60x7Since coming into the league in 2003, Jason Witten has strung

together seven consecutive seasons (2004-10) with at least 60receptions. He reached 60 catches in 2010 with his 10-catch per-formance on Thanksgiving Day against New Orleans (11/25).Witten is just the second tight end in league history to stringtogether at least seven straight seasons with 60-or-more catches,joining Tony Gonzalez (11 - 1999-2009). Witten’s seven total sea-sons of at least 60 receptions is the third-most behind Gonzalez(11) and Shannon Sharpe (10).

70x5In leading the team with seven catches for 69 yards and a pair

of touchdowns against Philadelphia (12/12), Jason Wittennotched his 72nd catch of the season. 2010 marked his fifthcareer season with at least 70 catches. Witten tied Antonio Gatesand Shannon Sharpe for the second-most 70-plus catch seasonsby a tight end in league history:

Seasons Tight End of 70 RecTony Gonzalez ............................10Shannon Sharpe ..........................5Antonio Gates ..............................5Jason Witten................................5

80x5In surpassing 80 catches in 2010, Witten now has four straight

80+ catch seasons to tie Todd Christensen for the most by a tightend in league history.

For his career, Witten has five seasons of 80-or-more catches -96 (2007), 94 (2009 and 2010), 87 (2004) and 81 (2008) - to tiethe for the most 80+ catch seasons by a tight end:

SeasonsTight End of 80+ RecTony Gonzalez ......................5Jason Witten........................5Todd Christensen ..................4Kellen Winslow, Sr. ..............3Shannon Sharpe ..................3

90x3Jason Witten finished 2010 with 94 receptions. Along with his

96 catches in 2007 and 94 in 2009, Witten’s three 90-catch sea-sons are the second-most by a tight end in league history. TonyGonzalez has the most with four (2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009). Inposting back-to-back seasons with 90+ catches, Witten joinsGonzalez as the only tight ends in league history with consecutive90-catch seasons. Only one other tight end in NFL history postedmultiple 90-catch seasons - Todd Christensen (1983 and 1986).

90-Catch Seasons (Tight Ends)

Tight End Rec Year Tight End Rec YearTony Gonzalez 102 2004 Todd Christensen 95 1986Dallas Clark 100 2009 Jason Witten 94 2009Tony Gonzalez 99 2007 Tony Gonzalez 93 2000Ben Coates 96 1994 Todd Christensen 92 1983Tony Gonzalez 96 2008 Jason Witten 94 2010Jason Witten 96 2007

100x14Already holding the club tight end record for 100-yard games,

Jason Witten added to it, racking up his 13th and 14th career 100-yard outing with 110 yards 2011 season opener at the N.y. Jets(9/11) and 102 the next week at San Francisco (9/18). His 110yards also tied his 10th-best single game receiving yards total:

Witten’s 100-yard gamesYards Opp Date Yards Opp Date

Top-Five Dallas Cowboys Tight End Receiving DaysPlayer Yards Opp DateDoug Cosbie 159 @Det 9/15/85Jason Witten 156 @NYG 12/6/09Jason Witten 140 WAS 12/19/10Jason Witten 138 @Det 12/9/07Jason Witten 133 PHI 11/15/04

156 @NyG 12/6/09140 WAS 12/19/10138 @Det 12/9/07133 PHI 11/15/04117 @Was 12/27/09116 NyG 9/9/07115 Sea 11/27/08

113 PHI 12/16/07112 @GB 10/24/04110 PHI 9/15/08110 @NYJ 9/11/11107 Oak 11/26/09103 @Buf 10/8/07102 @SF 9/18/11

3x1,000Jason Witten finished 2010 with 1,002 yards - his third career

1,000-yard season and the third 1,000-yard season by a Cowboystight end. Witten’s 1,000 yards was the 29th time an NFL tight endreached 1,000, and he is the fifth tight end to register at least three1,000-yard seasons - Tony Gonzalez (four), Todd Christensen,Shannon Sharpe and Kellen Winslow Sr. (three each). With his1,030 yards in 2009, Witten became the fifth tight end in league his-tory with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons:

Tight End SeasonsKellen Winslow Sr. 1980-81Shannon Sharpe 1996-97Todd Christensen 1983-84Tony Gonzalez 2007-08Jason Witten 2009-10

Along with Witten in 2010, Miles Austin finished with his secondcareer and second consecutive 1,000-yard season. Austin becamethe 10th undrafted player in league history to record multiple 1,000yard seasons. He is the eighth to do it in consecutive seasons:

Player No. Yrs Player No. YrsRod Smith........6 97-02,04-05 Alfred Jenkins ....2 81-82Gary Clark ......5 86-87,89,90-91 J.T. Smith............2 86-87Steve Watson ..3 81,83-84 Ricky Sanders ....2 88-89Wes Welker ....3 07-09 Antonio Gates ....2 05,09Drew Pearson..2 74,79 Miles Austin ......2 09-10

As two Dallas pass catchers finished with 1,000 yards each in2010, it marked the fifth time in club history Dallas had multiple1,000-yard pass catchers. Along with Austin and Witten’s 1,000-yardseason in 2009, 2010 is the second time in club history Dallas hadconsecutive seasons with two receivers over 1,000 yards:

Players YearT. Hill (1,062), D. Pearson (1,026) ................1979T. Owens (1,180), T. Glenn (1,047) ..............2006T. Owens (1,355), J. Witten (1,145)..............2007M. Austin (1,320), J. Witten (1,030) ..............2009M. Austin (1,041), J. Witten (1,002)............2010

Austin crossed the 1,000-yard threshold in the first quarter ofthe season finale and Witten did it in the fourth - the 26th and 27thtime a Cowboy had 1,000 receiving yards in a season. It was thesixth straight year Dallas had a pass catcher with 1,000 receivingyards, and Austin became the eighth Cowboy with multiple 1,000-yard seasons. Austin became the sixth, and Witten the seventh,players in team history with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons:

Multiple 1,000-yard Seasons Consec. 1,000-yard SeasonsMichael Irvin ................7 Michael Irvin..............5,2Tony Hill ......................3 Terrell Owens............3Terrell Owens..............3 Bob Hayes................2Jason Witten..............3 Tony Hill ....................2Bob Hayes ..................2 Terry Glenn ..............2Drew Pearson ............2 Miles Austin ............2Terry Glenn..................2 Jason Witten ..........2Miles Austin ..............2

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UNDRAFTED, BUT NOT OVERLOOKEDOriginally coming into the league as an undrafted free agent in

2006, Miles Austin came to the forefront of the Cowboys receivingcorps in 2009. He emerged as a deep threat and scoring leader,finishing the season with 1,320 yards - third in the league - and 11touchdowns - tied for fourth - to earn his first trip to the Pro Bowl.

Heading up the Cowboys offense is another former undrafted freeagent in Tony Romo. Since becoming a starter midway through the2006 season, Romo has re-written club passing records. He finished2009 with a career-high and team record 4,483 passing yards.

With Austin’s 1,230 yards and Romo with 4,483 passing yards,the quarterback/wide receiver duo became just the secondundrafted tandem in league history with the quarterback topping3,000 yards and the receiver over 1,000. The first occurred in2006 when current Cowboys backup quarterback and undraftedfree agent Jon Kitna threw for 4,208 yards and undrafted freeagent wide receiver Mike Furrey recorded 1,086 yards.

ALL-TIME UNDRAFTEDMiles Austin finished 2009 third in the league with 1,320 yards

and tied for fourth with 11 touchdowns. His yardage total was sixthall-time among undrafted pass catchers while his 11 touchdownstied for seventh. Below is a look at where Austin’s 2009 receivingseason matched up against previously undrafted pass catchers:

Single-Season Receiving YardsPlayer Year Yards Player Year YardsRod Smith 2000 1,602 Rod Smith 2001 1,343Alfred Jenkins 1981 1,358 Gary Clark 1991 1,340Wes Welker 2009 1,348 Miles Austin 2009 1,320

Single-Season Receiving TouchdownsPlayer Year TDs Player Year TDsAntonio Gates 2004 13 Miles Austin 2009 11Alfred Jenkins 1981 13 Drew Bennett 2004 11Steve Watson 1981 13 Paul Coffman 1983 11James Jett 1997 12 Stephone Paige 1986 11Ricky Sanders 1988 12 Rod Smith 2001 11Rod Smith 1997 12

Austin’s 1,320-yard season made him just the 15th undraftedplayer in league history to reach 1,000 yards. He is also the 12thundrafted player to have 10-or-more touchdowns in a season.

Austin managed to top 1,000 yards in 2010 to mark the 36thtime an undrafted player notched 1,000 receiving yards in a sea-son. Of the 15 undrafted players to reach 1,000 yards in a season,Austin is one-of-10 to post multiple 1,000-yard seasons:

MILES AHEADBreaking onto the scene in Week 5 of the 2009 season by mak-

ing club history in his first career start, Miles Austin has not lookedback. Since his 250-yard club record game at Kansas City (10/11),Austin is sixth in yards (2,513), ninth in receptions (159) and tiedfor third in touchdown catches (21) among receivers.

Receiving Leaders Since Week 5 2009Player Yards Player Rec.Andre Johnson ........2,801 Wes Welker ................236Wes Welker ..............2,795 Roddy White ................217Roddy White ............2,775 Reggie Wayne ............207Greg Jennings ..........2,586 Larry Fitzgerald............197Reggie Wayne ..........2,552 Brandon Marshall ........193Miles Austin ............2,513 Andre Johnson ............192

Santana Moss..............167Greg Jennings ............162Miles Austin................159

Player TDsCalvin Johnson............24Roddy White................22Miles Austin ..............21Dwayne Bowe ............21

Player YearsD. Pearson ....1974,79A. Jenkins ....1980-81S. Watson ......1981,83-84G. Clark ........1986-87,89-91

J.T. Smith ......1986-87

Player YearsR. Sanders ....1988-89R. Smith ........1997-02,04-05A. Gates........2005-09W. Welker......2007-09M. Austin......2009-10

FREQUENT FLYER MILESAfter establishing a club record with 250 receiving yards and a

pair of touchdowns on a career-best 10 catches starting in place ofRoy Williams (ribs) at Kansas City (10/11/09), Miles Austin earneda starting nod for the club’s next game against Atlanta (10/25). Thenext week, he racked up 171 yards on six catches with two touch-down catches. His 250 yards made him the 15th NFL player sincethe 1970 merger to reach 250 yards in a game, and his 171 yardsthe following week were the second-most yards following a 250-yard performance behind Chad Ochocinco’s 190. His 171 yardsalso made him just the fifth player since the merger (seventh all-time) to top 100 yards following a 250-plus yard game:

Players with 100-yard performance following 250-yard game250-plus Following

Player Yard Game (date) game (date)Chad Ochocinco ............265 (11/19/06) 190 (11/26/06)Miles Austin ..................250 (10/11/09) 171 (10/25/09)Jerry Rice ......................289 (12/18/95) 153 (11/24/95)Wes Chandler ................260 (12/20/82) 118 (12/26/82)Qadry Ismail ..................258 (12/12/99) 115 (12/19/99)

Austin’s 171 yards were the most by a Dallas receiver comingoff a 200-plus yard game:

Cowboys 100-yard performance following 200-yard game200-plus Following

Player Yard Game (date) game (date)Miles Austin ..................250 (10/11/09) 171 (10/25/09)*Lance Rentzel ................223 (11/19/67) 145 (11/23/67)Kevin Williams ................203 (12/25/95) 124 (1/7/96)**Michael Irvin ..................210 (9/20/92) 105 (10/5/92)*

* coming off a bye week ** a playoff game

Austin’s two-game receiving yards total of 421 yards is the mostby a Cowboys pass catcher in consecutive games. It is also thefourth-most in the NFL since the merger:

Two-game Rec.Player Yards TotalChad Ochocinco (2006) ............450John Taylor (1989) ....................448Jerry Rice (1995) ......................442Miles Austin (2009)..................421

In his third career start - against Seattle (11/1) - Austin led theteam with 61 yards to extend his league record of receiving yardsthrough a player’s first career starts to 482 yards:

Most receiving yards in first three career startsPlayer YardsMiles Austin, Dal. ..........................482Anquan Boldin, Ari...........................378Marcus Robinson, Chi. ....................377Dave Stief, St.L. Cards....................361Mike Quick, Phi ..............................340

He did not start at Philadelphia (11/8) as the club opened withthree tight ends, but came up huge, catching one pass for thegame-winning 49-yard touchdown. Austin’s four-game total of 531yards is the club’s third-highest four-game receiving yards total:

Player Yards (Date)Terrell Owens..................575 (10/21/07 - 11/18/07)Terrell Owens..................537 (11/4/07 - 11/22/07)Miles Austin ..................531 (10/11/09 - 11/8/09)

He topped 1,000 yards again in 2010 with a team-best 1,041. Hewas off to a hot start in 2011 before a nagging hamstring injury willsideline him for this week’s game against Washington. In the firsttwo games, he caught 14 passes for 233 yards and four touch-downs. In the Week 2 overtime win at San Francisco, Austin’s team-best nine catches gave him 182 for his career to pass Marion Barberand tie Walt Garrison for 22nd in team history. His team-best 143yards gave him 2,948 for his career to pass Patrick Crayton (2,888)for 16th and was his 12th career 100-yard outing, sixth-most in agame in his career:

Yds Opp Date Yds Opp Date250 @ KC 10/11/09 142 vs. Chi 9/19/10171 vs. Atl 10/25/09 139 @ NO 12/19/09166 vs. Ten 10/10/10 117 vs. Jac 10/31/10146 @ Was 9/12/10 115 @ GB 9/21/08145 vs. Oak 11/26/09 115 @ Ari 12/25/10143 @ SF 9/18/11 104 @ NYG 12/6/09

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ROOKIE RECEIVING RECORDSDez Bryant emerged as a viable receiving threat in the Dallas

offense. He displayed tremendous athletic ability and the knack togo up and get the ball around and over defensive backs. His rook-ie season came to a crashing end at Indianapolis (12/5) after frac-turing his ankle on a kickoff return. His rookie season had him fin-ish second all-time among club rookies with 45 receptions for 564yards - fifth all-time among Dallas rookies - and six touchdowns -tied for second all-time among Cowboys rookies. Along with twopunt return touchdowns on the season, Bryant’s eight total scorestied him for fourth all-time among Dallas rookies:

Dallas Cowboys Rookie ReceptionsPlayer Year Rec. Yds Avg. TDBob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6Antonio Bryant 2002 44 733 16.7 6Mike Sherrard 1986 41 744 18.2 5

Dallas Cowboys Rookie Receiving YardsPlayer Year Rec. Yds Avg. TDBob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12Mike Sherrard 1986 41 744 18.2 5Antonio Bryant 2002 44 733 16.7 6Michael Irvin 1988 32 654 20.4 5Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6

Dallas Cowboys Rookie Touchdown ReceptionsPlayer Year Rec. Yds Avg. TDBob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12Antonio Bryant 2002 44 733 16.7 6Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6Billy Joe DuPree 1973 29 392 13.5 5Mike Sherrard 1986 41 744 18.2 5Michael Irvin 1988 32 654 20.4 5

Dallas Cowboys Rookie Overall TouchdownsPlayer Year Tot Rush Rec. KR PRTony Dorsett 1977 13 12 1 0 0Bob Hayes 1965 13 1 12 0 0Emmitt Smith 1990 11 11 0 0 0Calvin Hill 1969 8 8 0 0 0Dez Bryant 2010 8 0 6 0 2Julius Jones 2004 7 7 0 0 0

88, 88, 88With the selection of Dez Bryant in the first round of the 2010 NFL

Draft, the Dallas Cowboys looked to add to their lineage of home-grown talent at wide receiver. It should come as no shock thatBryant was issued the jersey number 88 to follow in the footstepsof two of the previous 88s in club history - Drew Pearson (1973-83)and Michael Irvin (1988-99). His progress as a rookie was slowedafter landing on IR with an ankle injury suffered at Indianapolis(12/5/10). He returned to the playing field to open the 2011 seasonin style, catching three passes for 71 yards and a touchdown in thefirst quarter at the N.y. Jets (9/11). He missed the overtime win atSan Francisco (9/18) with a thigh injury, but returned the followingweek for the win against Washington (9/26). He had his secondcareer two-touchdown game against Detroit (10/2). Below is a com-parison between the Cowboys 88s after 15 professional games:

GP Rec Yds Avg TDDrew Pearson ..........15 64 1,093 17.1 3Michael Irvin ..............15 46 900 19.3 6Dez Bryant ..............15 55 735 13.4 9

JONESING FOR THE BALLFelix Jones opened the 2011 season as the starting tailback for

the Dallas Cowboys. In the game at the N.y. Jets (9/11), Jonesrushed a team-high 17 times to give him 348 career rushing attemptsand allow him to pass Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in team his-tory. He added 14 carries against Washington (9/26) to bring hiscareer total to 371. He trails Roger Staubach (410) by 39 for 14th.

Jones was displayed his big-play ability in the 18-16 win overWashington (9/26) as he rushed for a career-best 115 yards. Itwas his second career regular season 100-yard outing.

Jones reached 115 yards on 14 carries for an 8.2 yard-per-carryaverage, a career-high when rushing 10-or-more times.

With his 115-yard effort, Jone increased his career rushing yardstotal to 1,935 to pass Troy Hambrick (1,896) for 14th in team history.

THE WHOLE KITNA KABOODLEJon Kitna arrived in Dallas via a 2009 offseason trade with the

Detroit Lions for DB Anthony Henry. In Kitna, the Cowboys wel-comed in a seasoned veteran with solid experience in both thestarting and backup quarterback role. In his first season with theCowboys, he did not play in a single game as Romo became theclub’s first quarterback to be on the field for every snap of the sea-son. Following Romo’s fractured clavicle suffered against the N.y.Giants (10/25), Kitna was thrust into the spotlight as Dallas’ startingquarterback in 2010. In his first start since 2008, Kitna completed34-of-49 passes for 379 yards, a touchdown and four interceptionsagainst Jacksonville (10/31). Through his 14-year NFL career, Kitnastarted 124 regular season games while with Seattle (1997-2000),Cincinnati (2001-05), Detroit (2006-08) and Dallas (2010) and ownsa 50-74 record as a starter. In total, he has completed 2,677-of-4,442 passes for 29,745 yards with 169 touchdowns and 165 inter-ceptions for a career quarterback rating of 77.4.

Among active NFL quarterbacks, Kitna is eighth in attempts(4,442), completions (2,677), passing yards (29,745), and touch-downs (169) and 14th in completion percentage (60.3):

ACTIVE NFL QUARTERBACK CAREER RANKINGSPassing Attempts Passing Completions

Leaders Leaders 1. Peyton Manning..........7,210 1. Peyton Manning ............4,6822. Kerry Collins ..............6,261 2. Kerry Collins ..................3,4873. Donovan McNabb ......5,350 3. Drew Brees ....................3,2974. Drew Brees ................5,041 4. Donovan McNabb ..........3,1515. Tom Brady ..................4,906 5. Tom Brady......................3,1296. Mark Brunell ..............4,637 6. Mark Brunell ..................2,7607. Matt Hasselbeck ........4,460 7. Matt Hasselbeck ............2,6898. Jon Kitna ..................4,442 8. Jon Kitna ......................2,6779. Eli Manning ................3,496 9. Eli Manning ....................2,036

10. Ben Roethlisberger ....2,972 10. Ben Roethlisberger ........1,875

Passing Yards Passing TouchdownsLeaders Leaders

1. Peyton Manning........54,828 1. Peyton Manning ................3992. Kerry Collins ............40,922 2. Tom Brady ........................2753. Donovan McNabb ....37,099 3. Drew Brees ......................2474. Drew Brees ..............37,035 4. Donovan McNabb ............2345. Tom Brady ................36,618 5. Kerry Collins......................2086. Mark Brunell ............32,045 6. Matt Hasselbeck ..............1857. Matt Hasselbeck ......30,993 7. Mark Brunell......................1848. Jon Kitna ................29,745 8. Jon Kitna..........................1699. Ben Roethlisberger ..24,132 9. Eli Manning ......................167

10. Eli Manning ..............23,878 10. Ben Roethlisberger ..........152

IT’S “luh-ron”Laurent Robinson earned his first start as a Dallas Cowboy in

the game against Detroit as Miles Austin continued to rehab hishamstring injury. Robinson led the team with a career-best 116yards on a career-high tying seven catches to become the sev-enth Cowboy to reach the 100-yard mark in his first start in Dallas:

Player Opp Date Yds Player Opp Date YdsR. Sellers @Bal 10/15/72 113 K. Johnson @Min 9/12/04 111K. Powe @SF 12/22/85 127 M. Austin @GB 9/21/08 115K. Edwards PHI 10/11/87 100 L. Robinson DET 10/2/11 116R. Ismail @Was9/12/99 149

FIRST AID KIT-NAEntering the Giants game (10/25/10) in place of Tony Romo (frac-

tured clavicle), Jon Kitna made his first appearance in a game sinceOct. 5, 2008 while with Detroit. Kitna again saw action this seasonin place of Romo (rib) in at San Francisco (9/18). In three drives,Kitna went six-of-10 for 87 yards with one touchdown and two inter-ceptions. Throughout his career including playoffs, Kitna hasentered a game due to injury or roster change on seven occasionswhich then led to 38 starts. As a replacement due to injury or rosterchanges, Kitna has completed 893-of-1,434 (62.3%) passes for9,647 yards, 60 touchdowns and 57 interceptions. In those 38starts, he owns a 16-22 record while his teams own a 16-28 recordin the 43 games he took the helm:

Partial Game Stat LineGP Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record7 168 90 53.6 940 5 9 1-6

Starts as a ReserveGS Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record38 1,276 809 63.4 8,794 56 50 16-22

TOTALSGP/GS Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record7/38 1,444 899 62.3 9,734 61 59 17-28

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With Jon Kitna stepping in for nine games as the starting quar-terback after Tony Romo suffered a broken clavicle, Dallas’ back-up quarterback went 4-5. For his career, Kitna owns a 50-74 reg-ular season record as a starter in his 13 years. Below is a look atKitna’s record under several different circumstances:

With Seattle (1997-2000): ..........................18-15With Cincinnati (2001-05): ..........................18-28With Detroit (2006-08): ..............................10-26With Dallas (2010): ........................................4-5

Playing at home: ........................................20-42Playing on the road: ..................................30-32

Throws for over 300 yards: ..........................6-10Throws for 200-299 yards: ........................27-43

Throws only one touchdown: ....................16-31Throws more than one touchdown: ..........29-21Completes 60.0% or more of his passes: ..29-37

Throws no interceptions: ..........................27-12Throws one interception: ..........................17-24Throws more than one interception: ............6-38Records at least 100.0 passer rating: ..........22-8

Sacked one time-or-less: ..........................21-20Sacked more than once: ............................29-54

September: ..................................................9-14October: ......................................................9-15November: ................................................16-16December: ................................................14-28January ..........................................................2-1

KITNA’S RECORD WHEN...

BAILEY’S ON ICEThe Dallas Cowboys 18-16 win over Washington (9/26) high-

lighted rookie kicker Dan Bailey. Bailey was responsible for all 18of Dallas’ points, ringing true on six-of-six field goal tries.

Bailey’s six field goals made established a club rookie record,surpassing Roger Ruzek and Richie Cunningham (twice), whoboth nailed five field goal tries:

Player FGM Opponent, DateDan Bailey 6 vs. Washington, 9/26/11Roger Ruzek 5 at L.A. Rams, 12/21/87Richie Cunningham 5 at Arizona, 9/7/97Richie Cunningham 5 vs. Philadelphia, 9/15/97

Bailey’s six-pack of field goals made him just the third rookie inthe NFL since 1960 to convert six field goals in a game:

Player Team Opponent, DateGaro yepremian Detroit at Minnesota, 11/13/66Jeff Reed Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 12/1/02Dan Bailey Dallas vs. Washington, 9/26/11

Bailey also registered the third-most field goals in a game inteam history:

Player FGM Opponent, DateChris Boniol 7 vs. Green Bay, 11/18/96Billy Cundiff 7 at N.y. Giants, 9/15/03Dan Bailey 6 vs. Washington, 9/26/11

ONE AFTER THE OTHERRookie Dan Bailey made the club out of training camp as the

club’s placekicker. Through the first five weeks of the season,Bailey has gone 12-of-13 (.923) on field goal tries and is perfecton all nine PAT tries.

Bailey’s lone miss was on his second career attempt, and sincethen, he has converted 11 consecutive - the seventh-longeststreak in club history and the second-longest among club rookies:

Consec.Player FGM SeasonChris Boniol 27 1996Chris Boniol 26 1995Richie Cunningham* 18 1997Nick Folk 16 2008-09Lin Elliott 13 1992Billy Cundiff 12 2003Dan Bailey* 11 2011

* indicates rookie

B-WARE OF D-WAREDeMarcus Ware exploded in 2008, leading the league with a

club-record 20.0 sacks. He was rewarded on Oct. 26, 2009 bysigning a six-year contract extension. He opened 2008 with atleast one sack in each of the first seven games. Along with hisstreak of three consecutive games with a sack to close 2007,Ware tied Simon Fletcher (Denver) for the league record with asack in 10 consecutive games. Ware’s record-tying effort cameafter tying his single-game career-high with three sacks at St.Louis (10/19/08). His streak ended the next week against TampaBay (10/26/08) as he was held without a sack.

Consecutive games with a sack - since 19821. Simon Fletcher (Den) 10 Nov. 15, 1992–Sept. 20, 1993

DeMarcus Ware (Dal) 10 Dec. 16, 2007-Oct. 19, 20082. Bruce Smith (Buf) 9 Nov. 16, 1986-Oct. 25, 1987

Kevin Greene (SF-Car) 9 Dec. 7, 1997-Oct. 18, 1998

His streak of 10 games with a sack is the longest in club histo-ry since sacks became official in 1982, and is the second-longeststreak all-time in club history:

Consec.Player Games Year(s)

1. Harvey Martin 11 1976-772. DeMarcus Ware 10 2007-083. Harvey Martin 9 1977

Ware’s 20.0 sacks led the league, tied Derrick Thomas (1990)for the second-most sacks in a season by a league linebackerand tied for the sixth-most by any defender in league history:

NFL SINGLE SEASON SACK LEADERS

italics indicate linebackerPlayer Sacks

1. Michael Strahan (2001-NyG.) ........22.52. Mark Gastineau (1984-NyJ) ..........22.03. Chris Doleman (1989-Min) ..............21.0

Reggie White (1987-Phi) ................21.05. Lawrence Taylor (1986-NYG) ........20.56. Derrrick Thomas (1990-KC) ............20.0

DeMarcus Ware (2008-Dal) ..........20.0

Ware also owns four of the top-five spots for sacks in a seasonby a Dallas linebacker in club history.

COWBOYS SINGLE-SEASON SACK LEADERS (LBs)

Player Sacks1. DeMarcus Ware (2008)..........20.03. DeMarcus Ware (2010)..........15.53. DeMarcus Ware (2007)..........14.04. Greg Ellis (2007) ....................12.55. DeMarcus Ware (2006) ..........11.5

Ware has five consecutive seasons (2006-10) with 10-or-moresacks, becoming the first Cowboys player to accomplish this featsince sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He is also the onlyplayer in the league to reach 10 sacks over the past five seasons.

Ware opened the 2011 season with a pair of sacks in each of thefirst two games to up his current streak of sacks to five games - thethird-longest streak of his career. It was also the third time in hiscareer he had consecutive multi-sack games and the first time he didit to open a season. He then added a sack in his sixth straight gamewith a takedown against Washington (9/26).

2011 NFL SACK LEADERS

Player (Team) Sacks1. Jared Allen (Min) ......................8.52. Jason Babin (Phi)......................7.0

Jason Pierre-Paul (NyG) ..........7.04. DeMarcus Ware (Dal) ..............5.0

Four others................................5.0

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DEMARC-ING HIS TERRITORYSince coming into the league as Dallas’ first draft pick in the first

round of the 2005 NFL Draft (11th overall), DeMarcus Ware hasled or tied for the team lead in sacks each of his first six years inthe league - the first Cowboy to pace the team in sacks througheach of his first six seasons. He has put together five straight sea-sons of 10-or-more sacks to become the first Dallas defender toaccomplish that feat. He is the only defender in the league toreach at least 10 sacks over the past five seasons. In 2008 Wareestablished an official club sack record with a league-leading 20.0sacks. He followed that up with a 2009 season where he finishedwith 11.0 sacks for the season. Ware closed out the 2010 seasonat Philadelphia (1/2/11) with a career-high tying 3.0 sacks to givehim 15.5 for the season. It marked his seventh career three-sackgame and his 17th career multi-sack game. Ware’s 15.5 sacks in2010 led the league for the second time in his career. He opened2011 with his 18th career multi-sack game with two takedowns atthe N.y. Jets (9/11) then added two more at San Francisco (9/18).He had one more in the close win against Washington (9/26).Below is a breakdown of DeMarcus Ware’s 85.0 career sacks:

BY CONFERENCE AND DIVISIONSks Yds/Lst Sks Yds/Lst

NFC 66.5 -461 AFC 18.5 -94NFC EAST 28.5 -221 AFC EAST 4.5 -30NFC NORTH 10.5 -77 AFC SOUTH 6.0 -26NFC SOUTH 11.5 -64 AFC NORTH 4.0 -16NFC WEST 16.0 -99 AFC WEST 4.0 -22

BY TEAMTeam Sks Yds/Lst Team Sks Yds/Lst

BY QUARTERBACKQuarterback Sks Yds/Lst Quarterback Sks Yds/Lst

Washington 10.0 -75Philadelphia 9.5 -81N.y. Giants 9.0 -65St. Louis 5.0 -28Carolina 5.0 -25Green Bay 4.0 -28New Orleans 4.0 -28Seattle 4.0 -28San Francisco 4.0 -21Detroit 3.5 -16Arizona 3.0 -22Houston 3.0 -16Atlanta 2.5 -11

Chicago 2.0 -21Kansas City 2.0 -14N.y. Jets 2.0 -11Oakland 2.0 -8Tennessee 2.0 -3Buffalo 1.5 -14Minnesota 1.0 -12Indianapolis 1.0 -7Pittsburgh 1.0 -7Baltimore 1.0 -6New England 1.0 -5Cincinnati 1.0 -3Cleveland 1.0 0

Eli Manning 9.0 -66Donovan McNabb 6.5 -47Rex Grossman 5.0 -37Matt Hasselbeck 4.0 -28Drew Brees 4.0 -23Marc Bulger 4.0 -23Kevin Kolb 3.0 -27Jason Campbell 3.0 -20Aaron Rodgers 3.0 -19Matt Schaub 3.0 -16Jake Delhomme 3.0 -13Jon Kitna 3.0 -11Brett Favre 2.0 -21Mark Brunell 2.0 -20Alex Smith 2.0 -15Matt Cassel 2.0 -14Matt Moore 2.0 -12Mark Sanchez 2.0 -11Matt Ryan 2.0 -10

Vince young 2.0 -3Trent Edwards 1.5 -14Shaun Hill 1.5 -9Jeff Garcia 1.0 -16Kurt Warner 1.0 -10Matt Leinart 1.0 -9Kerry Collins 1.0 -8Todd Collins 1.0 -7Peyton Manning 1.0 -7Ben Roethlisberger1.0 -7Joe Flacco 1.0 -6Tom Brady 1.0 -5Jamie Martin 1.0 -5John Skelton 1.0 -5Carson Palmer 1.0 -3Tim Rattay 1.0 -2Bruce Gradkowski1.0 -1Derek Anderson 1.0 0Michael Vick 0.5 -1

With his 2.0 sacks against Washington (12/19/10), DeMarcusWare topped 10.0 sacks on the season for the fifth straight sea-son. Ware is the only defender currently in the league with thestreak. The closest league defenders are Jared Allen (2007-09)and James Harrison (2008-10) with three consecutive seasonseach.

Ware’s five straight seasons of 10-or-more sacks marks theninth time a league player had five consecutive seasons with 10+sacks, it makes him the eighth different player to accomplish it,and the first since Simeon Rice (2001-05).

ConsecutivePlayer 10+ Sack SeasonsReggie White......................9 (1985-93)John Randle ......................8 (1992-99)Lawrence Taylor ................7 (1984-90)Bruce Smith........................7 (1992-98)Richard Dent ......................5 (1984-88)Bruce Smith........................5 (1986-90Simon Fletcher ..................5 (1989-93)Simeon Rice ......................5 (2001-05)DeMarcus Ware ................5 (2006-10)

10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0

MULTIPLE MULTIPLESIn 2010 DeMarcus Ware tied his single-game career-high with

three sacks at Houston (9/26/10) and again with three atPhiladelphia (1/2/11). Since he was drafted in 2005, Ware has hadseven games with three sacks. Ware’s seven games with at leastthree sacks are the most in the league since 2005:

Games withPlayer 3.0+ sacks (since ‘05)DeMarcus Ware........................7Julius Peppers ..........................6Aaron Kampman........................4Shawne Merriman ....................4Six tied ......................................3

Ware’s 3.0 sacks in the Houston game also marked his 14thcareer multiple-sack game to tie Randy White for the third-mostmulti-sack games in club history since sacks became an officialstatistic. Ware then took sole possession of third place with twosacks against Tennessee (10/10/10) to give him his 15th careermulti-sack game and the second time in his career he had back-to-back multi-sack games - the first in 2009 (at Kansas City, 10/11and against Atlanta, 10/25) with two sacks in each game. Warethen notched his 16th multi-sack game with two againstWashington (12/19/10) before adding his 17th multi-sack gamewith three at Philadelphia (1/2/11). He opened the 2011 seasonwith a pair of sacks at the N.y. Jets (9/11) and another pair at SanFrancisco (9/18):

Multi-SackPlayer GamesGreg Ellis ......................................19Jim Jeffcoat ..................................19DeMarcus Ware ..........................19

With his three-sack performance in the 2010 season finale atPhiladelphia (1/2/11), DeMarcus Ware finished the season with aleague-leading 15.5 sacks. It marked the second time in hiscareer to lead the league in sacks. His first was in 2008 when hefinished with 20.0.

Ware became just the fifth league defender to have led theleague in sacks in two different seasons:

Multi-Season Sack LeadersPlayer YearsMark Gastineau ........................1983-84Reggie White ............................1987-88Kevin Greene ............................1994, 1996Michael Strahan ........................2001, 2003DeMarcus Ware ......................2008, 2010

SACK ATTACK

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Dallas’ 2010 second round draft choice Sean Lee spent his firstseason learning the rigors of the NFL behind two veteran middlelinebackers. He returned in 2011 to earn the first start of his careerin the season opener at the N.y. Jets (9/11).

In his first start, Lee led the team with a career-high 15 tackles(12 solo) which also led the team. Lee also picked off his thirdcareer pass that he returned 37 yards to the Jets one-yard line tosetup a Dallas touchdown. For his career, his three interceptionreturns have netted 81 yards and a touchdown.

Lee’s work did not stop there as he also recovered his firstcareer fumble following a Danny McCray sack.

Lee once again topped the tackle chart with his second careerand second consecutive double-digit game with 13 at SanFrancisco (9/18).

In the home-opening win over Washington (9/26), Lee again ledthe squad with 13 tackles while also adding a tackle for a loss, aninterception and a fumble recovery that sealed the win for Dallas.

LEEDING THE WAY

Dallas game against Detroit (10/2) leading into the bye wasDeMarcus Ware’s 100th career game played. He brought a six-game sack streak into his milestone game but was unable toextend it as he was held without a quarterback takedown for thefirst time this season.

Through his first 100 professional games, Ware racked up 85.0sacks - the second-most sacks through a player’s first 100 careergames in NFL history:

Sacks Through FirstPlayer 100 GamesReggie White ..................105.0DeMarcus Ware ..............85.0Bruce Smith ......................84.5Derrick Thomas ................81.5Leslie O’Neal ....................80.5

WARE AT 100

AS AUTUMN ROLLS INIn the 51 years of Cowboys football, Dallas owns a regular

season record of 442-326-6. As the temperatures start to drop, theCowboys hold a 114-95-2 record in the second month of the NFLseason. The club’s .545 winning percentage in the month is thethird-highest winning percentage of any month other. Below is amonth-by-month look at the Cowboys record:

August ............................................................1-0September: ..........................................108-54-1October: ..............................................114-95-3November: ............................................124-95-2December: ..............................................91-78-1January ..........................................................4-4Totals ..................................................442-326-6

PlayoffsDecember: ....................................................11-8January: ......................................................22-17Totals..........................................................33-25

Total ....................................................468-351-6

As Dallas opened the 2011 season in New york (9/11), a new-comer to the starting linebacker corps emerged in Sean Lee. A2010 second round draft choice, Lee saw time as a rookie in areserve capacity. Three weeks into the 2011 season, elevatinghim to a starting role is beginning to pay dividends.

Lee is the club’s tackle leader with 36 stops, already approach-ing his total of 45 from last year. Not only is Lee finding himself inon virtually every tackle, but he has also come to the forefront asa ball hawk. Through three games, he has a pair of interceptionsand a pair of fumble recoveries.

In the opener at the Jets, he had his second two-takeawaygame with an interception and a fumble recovery. He added histhird two-takeaway game in the home-opening win againstWashington (9/26), providing the same stat line as the Jets game,an interception and a fumble recovery.

His recovery of a Rex Grossman fumble in the waning minutesof the Washington game, sealed the win for Dallas.

LEEP OF FAITH

NO TD, NO PROBLEMThe Dallas Cowboys were unable to find the end zone in their

18-16 win over Washington (9/26), but that didn’t seem to be aproblem as the outcome determined. The game featured six DanBailey field goals to lead Dallas to a 2-1 open. The game was the41st in which Dallas failed to score a touchdown, and it was justthe sixth time the Cowboys have been victorious in a game with-out scoring a touchdown:

Dallas Wins - No TouchdownsScore Opponent, Date6-2 vs. Cleveland, 12/12/709-3 vs. N.y. Giants, 11/7/7621-6 vs. Green Bay, 11/18/9612-6 vs. New England, 12/15/969-7 vs. Washington, 10/15/0118-16 vs. Washington, 9/26/11

NO RUSHFive weeks into the 2011 season, Rob Ryan’s defense is

ranked fourth overall with the league’s best rush defense. TheDallas D is yielding just 61.8 rushing yards-per-game and just 3.1yards-per-rush - also tops in the league.

The Cowboys defense has not allowed an opposing runningback to top the 100-yard barrier in the last six games. The last100-yard rusher against Dallas was LeSean McCoy, 149 yardsagainst Philadelphia, 12/12/10.

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WR -- 19 Miles Austin: Became the starting wideout after makinghis first career start for an injured Roy Williams (ribs) at KansasCity (10/11/09). He responded with 10 receptions for a team-record250 yards with two touchdowns to earn a full-time starting role.Racked up 2,513 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns in 30 gamessince becoming a starter to earn his first two Pro Bowl selections.Missed the last two games with a hamstring injury re-aggravatedat San Francisco (9/18).

LT -- 68 Doug Free: Took over the starting position from FlozellAdams last season who was released prior to the start of the sea-son. Started all 16 games for the first time in his career and returnsto man the blind side once again.

LG -- 61 Bill Nagy: Selected by Dallas in the seventh round(252nd overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. Had a strong training campand won the battle. Made his first career start in the season open-er at the N.y. Jets (9/11). Missed the game at San Francisco(9/18) with a neck injury, but returned for the last two starts.

C -- 67 Phil Costa: Takes over the starting role after the release offive-time Pro Bowler Andre Gurode in the middle of training camp.Arrived in Dallas in 2010 as an undrafted free agent and played infour games with one start at guard as a rookie. Started all fourgames of the season thus far.

RG -- 63 Kyle Kosier: Makes the move to the right side after start-ing the last five seasons with Dallas on the left side. Will help tutorfirst round draft choice and starting right tackle Tyron Smith. Signedwith Dallas as an unrestricted free agent from Arizona in 2007.Has started 108 of the 131 games he played in his nine-yearcareer. Originally drafted in the seventh round (248th overall) bySan Francisco in 2002.

RT -- 77 Tyron Smith: Dallas’ first round pick - ninth overall - in the2011 NFL Draft. Became only the fourth offensive lineman draftedby Dallas in the first round and the second-highest offensive line-man drafted by the club behind John Niland - fifth in 1966.

TE -- 82 Jason Witten: Selected to his seventh consecutive ProBowl in 2010 - the most Pro Bowl selections by a tight end in club his-tory. In 2007 established single-season team tight end records forcatches (96 - third-most in league history) and receiving yards (1,145)- the 13th tight end in league history to top 1,000 yards in a season.In 2009 broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the second time in his careerand did it again in 2010 with 1,002 yards. Topped 7,000 career yardsin Week 1, 2011 in 128 games - the third-fastest among tight endswith 7,000-plus yards. Caught a team-best eight passes for 94 yards- second on the team - to move into fourth in team history.

WR -- 88 Dez Bryant: Dallas’ first round selection (24th overall) in the2010 NFL Draft. Sniffed club rookie records with second with 45catches, third with six touchdown catches, fifth with 564 yards andtied for fifth with eight overall touchdowns before an injury sidelinedhim for the final four games. Caught three passes for 37 yards andtwo touchdowns - his second career two-touchdown game.

QB -- 9 Tony Romo: Earned his second consecutive Pro Bowl tripin 2007 after establishing club records for passing yards (4,211),touchdowns (36), completions (335) and 300-yard games (seven).Also owns the club mark for consecutive games with a touchdownpass (20) and career 300-yard outings (29). Broke his club recordfor attempts (550), completions (347), yards (4,483) and 300-yardgames (eight) in 2009. Owns a 41-24 regular season record as astarter. Has completed 1,425-of-2,222 passes for 17,923 yardsand 125 touchdowns. His 2010 season was cut short after suffer-ing a fractured clavicle in Week 7. Completed 34-of-47 passes for331 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions beforethe bye.

RB -- 28 Felix Jones: Became Dallas’ full time starting tail backafter the release of Marion Barber prior to training camp. Rushed acareer-high 185 times for a career-best 800 yards in 2010. Hasaveraged 5.1 yards-per-carry since being drafted in the first round(22nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. Rushed 16 times for 57 yardsbefore the bye.

TE -- 24 Tony Fiammetta: Arrived in Dallas Week 2 after spend-ing his first two pro seasons in Carolina. Was a fourth round(128th overall) draft choice by the Panthers in 2009. Was inactivewith a hamstring injury before the bye week.

DEFENSE

RE -- 99 Kenyon Coleman: Returns for his second stint in Dallasafter playing for the club from 2003-06. Spent the previous two sea-sons in Cleveland under current Cowboys defensive coordinatorRob Ryan. Was held without a tackle last game.

NT -- 90 Jay Ratliff: Drafted in the seventh round in the 2005 draftas a defensive end and was a reserve for two seasons. Switched tonose tackle in 2007 after Jason Ferguson was lost in the season-opener. Finished 2008 with his first Pro Bowl selection as he hadcareer-highs in tackles (83), sacks (7.5) and pressures (31).Selected to the Pro Bowl again in 2009 and 2010. Had one tackleand a pair of pass breakups last game.

LE -- 97 Jason Hatcher: Drafted in the sixth round (92nd overall)of the 2006 NFL Draft. Spent the majority of his career as a reservelineman but has started the previous two games. Missed the gameafter suffering a calf injury the week before.

SLB -- 93 Anthony Spencer: Named the full-time starter with therelease of Greg Ellis last season. Came on strong, notching 6.0 sacksover the final six games of the 2009 season. Led the team with 36pressures. Originally drafted in the first round in 2007 as a collegedefensive end switching to linebacker in the NFL. Had five tackles,one tackle for a loss and two breakups in the last game.

MLB -- 56 Bradie James: Became the starting MLB in 2005 and ledthe team in tackles in each of the previous six seasons - the first Dallasdefender to accomplish that feat. Had a career-high 202 tackles in2008 - joining Eugene Lockhart (222) as the only Cowboys with 200-or-more tackles in a season. Posted double-digit tackles in sevengames and led or tied for the lead in tackles eight games last season.Added one tackle last game.

WLB -- 50 Sean Lee: Drafted in the second round (55th overall) ofthe 2010 NFL Draft. Played in 14 games as a rookie reserve line-man in 2010. Has three career interceptions with one returned fora touchdown. Earned his first career start in the 2011 season open-er and responded with a career-best 15 tackles. Tied for the teamlead with six tackles to go with a pressure and a pair of breakups.

JLB -- 94 DeMarcus Ware: Earned his fifth consecutive trip to thePro Bowl last season after leading the team and the league in sacks(15.5). Is the first Cowboys player to lead the club in sacks througheach of his first six seasons. Is the ninth league defender with fivestraight 10-plus sack seasons and only the second to lead the leaguein sacks multiple times. In 2008 led the league with a club-record 20.0sacks. Had a streak of 10 consecutive games with a sack to tieSimon Fletcher for the longest official sack streak. Got the startingnod in the Pro Bowl last season for his fifth straight time. Tallied threetackles, one tackle for a loss and three pressures before the bye.

RCB -- 21 Mike Jenkins: Took over the starting role in 2009 aftera short battle with Orlando Scandrick. Led the team in 2009 withfive interceptions and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection inthe process.

LCB -- 41 Terence Newman: Earned his first career Pro Bowlselection in 2007 despite missing three games due to injury (foot).Tied his career-best with four interceptions, including one returnedfor a touchdown - his first career interception return for a touchdown- in 2007. Led the team again with four picks in 2008 before tyingfor the team lead with a personal-high five interceptions in 2010.Was named to his second Pro Bowl as an alternate in 2009.Finished last game with six tackles.

SS -- 26 Abram Elam: Returns to Dallas for his second stint afterspending his rookie season (2006) with the Cowboys, playingmainly on special teams. Spent the previous two seasons with theCleveland Browns, starting 31 of the 32 games. Was coached bycurrent Cowboys defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan while with theBrowns. Also spent two seasons with the N.y. Jets (2007-08).Added a pair of tackles last game.

FS -- 43 Gerald Sensabaugh: Makes the move to free safety afterjoining the club in 2009 at strong safety. Arrived in Dallas after spend-ing the first four years of his career in Jacksonville. Has 335 tacklesand 12 interceptions. Racked up career-highs in tackles (86) andinterceptions (five - tied for the team lead) while tying his career-bestwith 10 breakups in 2010. Had four tackles an interception and abreakup before suffering a head injury and missing the remainder ofthe game against Detroit (10/2).

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* The Dallas Cowboys are averaging 417.8 yards of offense which is fifth in the NFC and sixth in the league. The team averages6.2 yards-per-play which places themfifth in the conference and sixth in theleague.* On the ground, Dallas is gaining 86.8yards-per-game which is 14th in theNFC and 26th in the NFL. The club’s 3.4yard-per-rush average is 15th in theconference and 28th in the league.* Through the air, the Cowboys average331.0 yards-per-game, second in theconference, third in the NFL. In averag-ing 8.0 yards-per-pass play, Dallas issecond in the conference, and third inthe league.* Dallas’ 24.8 average points-per-gameis good for seventh in the NFC and 12thin the league.* The Cowboys are making 20.8 firstdowns-per-game and rank seventh inthe NFC and 13th in the NFL. On firstdown plays, the club averages 5.50yards which places them 11th in theNFC and 21st in the league.* The club’s 15 red zone trips is tied foreighth in the NFC and tied for 14th inthe league. Dallas’ 33.3 red zone touch-down percentage is tied for 14th in theNFC and tied for 27th in the league. Theclub’s 80.0 red zone scoring percentageis 11th in the conference and 23rd in theleague. * Dallas converted 18-of-52 (34.6%)third down opportunities to place ninthin the NFC and 20th in the NFL.* The Cowboys yielded seven sacks in four games which is second in the NFC and tied for fourth in the league.* Dallas’ strongest quarter has been the fourth, where the club has scored 37 points.

2011 OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS* Dallas opened the season with 390 total yards of offense at the N.y. Jets (9/11). Dallas thenracked up 472 yards at San Francisco (9/18) and 434 against Detroit (10/2).* Miles Austin’s touchdown catch at the Jets tied him with Jay Novacek (22) for 12th inCowboys history.* Austin topped 100 yards for the 12th time in his career with 143 - sixth-most in his career- at San Francisco.* Dez Bryant’s two touchdown catches against Detroit was his second career two receivingtouchdown game.* Felix Jones topped Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in career rushing attempts in team his-tory at the Jets. He brought his total to 348 with his 17 carries. Jones also scored the firstrushing touchdown of the season in the game with a one-yard run.* Jones rushed for a career-best 115 yards - second career 100-yard game - on 14 carriesfor an 8.2-yard average in the home opener against Washington.* Jesse Holley had his first career receptions at San Francisco, finishing with three for 96yards, including a 77-yarder in overtime to setup the game-winning field goal.* Laurent Robinson tied his career high with seven catches and established a high with 116yards - his second career 100-yard day - against Detroit.* Tony Romo improved his club record of 300-yard games to 27 with his 342 yards at theJets. He also upped his club record streak of consecutive games with a touchdown to 19.* Romo had his 28th career 300-yard outing at San Francisco (345) despite suffering a ribinjury early in the first quarter. He also extended his club record of consecutive games witha touchdown pass to 20 with two.* At the Jets, Jason Witten caught a team-best six passes for a team-high 110 yards witha long of 64 yards. It was his 13th career 100-yard outing and his 64-yard catch was thesecond-longest of his career. He also topped 7,000 career receiving yards in the game tobecome the fifth Dallas Cowboy and seventh league tight end to reach the mark. He hit7,000 in his 128th career game, the third-fastest league tight end to get to 7,000.* Witten had his 14th career 100-yard day - second of the season - with 102 at SanFrancisco.* Witten moved into fourth all-time in receiving yards in Cowboys history with his 94 againstDetroit.

PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE

After spending the first four yearsof his NFL career as a backup quarter-back, Tony Romo was thrust into thespotlight, taking over the starting rolemidway through the 2006 season. Injust 10 games, Romo led the team to a6-4 record and a playoff berth. Hisovernight sensation earned him hisfirst career Pro Bowl selection. Hereturned as the full-time starter in 2007and established then franchise marksfor completions (335), passing yards (4,211) and touchdowns (36)among several others. He also led Dallas to a franchise recordtying 13-3 finish and its 20th division title. In 2008, despite beinginjured for three games, Romo finished his second full season as astarter with 3,448 yards (12th in the NFL) on 450 attempts for a rat-ing of 91.4 (eighth in the league) despite missing three games witha fractured pinkie finger on his throwing hand. In his third full sea-son as a starter in 2009, Romo eclipsed 15,000 career passingyards, became the fifth Dallas passer with 100 career touchdownthrows and finished the season as the only quarterback in fran-chise history to be on the field for every snap from center. WithRomo at the helm, the club secured its second NFC East Divisional

Championship over thepast three seasons (2007)- 21st overall and 17thNFC East crown - and ledthe team to its first playoffwin in 13 years with a vic-tory over Philadelphia inthe Wild Card PlayoffGame. In 2010, Romodealt with his most signifi-cant injury after a fracturedclavicle suffered in theMonday Night FootballGame against the N.y.Giants (10/25) forced himto miss the next eightgames and ultimately the

QUARTERBACKrest of the season when the team placed him on theReserve/Injured list on Dec. 21. Before attempting his last pass ofthe season, he was well on his way towards another solid year with1,605 yards on 148-of-213 passes (69.5%) with 11 touchdownsand seven interceptions and a quarterback rating of 94.9. He alsosurpassed 2,000 career attempts (2,070) to become only the fifthDallas passer to do so and established a club record with 18 con-secutive games with a touchdown pass. Before his injury in thesixth game of the season, Romo’s five-game passing yard total of1,556 yards was the highest yardage output during the first fivegames in a season in team history.

Thus far in 2011, Romo has completed 99-of-152 passes for1,273 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions with a quar-terback rating of 92.9. He is ranked ninth in the NFL in rating, eighthin completion percentage, 14th in yards, tied for 14th in touchdownpasses, tied for 16th in completions and 23rd in attempts.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Completed 23-of-36 passes (63.9%) for342 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He improved hisclub record of 300-yard games to 27 while extending his clubrecord of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 19 games.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Went 20-33 for 345 yards and twotouchdowns despite suffering a rib fracture on the first series andsitting out most of the third quarter. His touchdown tosses extend-ed his club record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to20 which is also the second-longest among current active NFLquarterbacks. His 345 yards tied the sixth-most in his career andwere good for his 28th career 300-yard day. Led the team to acome-from-behind overtime victory, erasing a 10-point fourth quar-ter deficit and completing a 77-yard pass - the second-longestcompletion of his career - to set Dallas up at the San Franciscoone-yard line for the game-winning field goal.

vs. Washington (9/26): Threw for 255 yards with one inter-ception on 22-of-36 passes while leading the offense on six scor-ing drives - all field goals - including what would be the game-win-ner on a 40-yard field goal with 1:47 left in regulation. Without atouchdown in the contest, Romo’s streak of consecutive gameswith a touchdown pass ended at 20 which was the second-longestactive streak in the NFL.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Notched his 29th career 300-yard game,passing for 331 yards on 34-of-47 attempts with three touchdownsand three interceptions. His 47 attempts tied the fourth-most in agame in his career, his 34 completions tied the third.

Passing TouchdownLeaders Since 2006

Player TDs1. D. Brees......................1672. P. Manning..................1553. T. Brady ......................1524. P. Rivers ....................1415. Eli Manning ................1376. T. Romo ....................125

Quarterback TD/INT DifferentialNFL Totals since 2006

Player TDs INTs DIF1. T. Brady ................152 43 +1092. P. Manning ............155 68 +873. D. Brees ................167 84 +834. P. Rivers ................141 64 +775. A. Rodgers ............101 33 +685. T. Romo................125 67 +58

Dallas Cowboys all-time single-season

Player (year) TDs INTs DIF1. T. Romo (2007) ......36 19 +17

T. Romo (2009) ......26 9 +173. T. Staubach (1979)..27 11 +164. D. Meredith (1966) ..24 12 +12

T. Romo (2008) ......26 14 +12

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PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE (cont.)quarterback, cont.

The Dallas Cowboys acquired Jon Kitna in a 2009 offseasontrade with the Detroit Lions, giving the club a seasoned veteranwith 14 years of NFL experience who has thrown for 29,658 yardsand 168 touchdowns on 2,671-of-4,432 career attempts. Kitna did not take a single snap during the 2009 season as Romo was theonly quarterback on the roster to be on the field for every snap fromcenter. Kitna was forced to take the reigns of the offense in 2010after a season-ending injury to Romo in the sixth game of the year.He led the team to a 4-5 record in nine games as the starter whilepassing for 2,365 yards on 209-of-318 attempts with 16 touch-downs and 12 interceptions.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Stepped in for an injured Romo(ribs) in the third quarter and completed six-of-10 passes for 87yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

Behind Romo and Kitna is Stephen McGee, Dallas’ first selec-tion in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. McGee, who did notsee the field in any of the team’s games in 2009 while serving asthe team’s third quarterback, got the first playing action of hiscareer in 2010. Playing in two games, including the first start of hiscareer in the season finale at Philadelphia (1/2/11), he passed for238 yards on 22-of-44 passes with two touchdowns and collectedhis first career win in the comeback victory in at the Eagles.

The Dallas Cowboys re-shuffled their stable of running backsin the offseason, but still boast a talented yet youthful trio in FelixJones, Tashard Choice, and 2011 third round draft choiceDeMarco Murray.

After becoming the first running back Dallas selected in thefirst round since drafting Emmitt Smith in 1990, Jones showedflashes of versatility before injuries landed him on Reserve/Injuredas a rookie in 2008. Jones became the first rookie in club history toscore a touchdown in each of his first three professional gameswith an 11-yard touchdown run on his first career carry in the sea-son opener, a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the homeopener, followed by a 60-yard touchdown run in Week 3. He fin-ished the season with 266 yards on 30 carries (8.9 avg.). A strongsecond half allowed Jones to post increased numbers in 2009 inattempts (116), yards (685) and tied his career-best with threerushing touchdowns. He led the team in rushing in the postseason,gaining 217 yards on 30 attempts with one touchdown in his firsttwo career playoff appearances. Jones had his most successfulseason to date in 2010 while playing in all 16 games for the firsttime in his career to boast single-season career-bests in attempts(185), yards (800), receptions (48), receiving yards (450) andreceiving touchdowns (one), making a career-high seven starts.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): The 17 carries in the opener gave him 348for his career to pass Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in team his-tory. He also added his eighth career touchdown on a one-yardpush.

vs. Washington (9/26): Led all rushers with a career-best 115yards on 14 carries, a career-high 8.2 rushing average and a sea-son-long rush of 40 yards. His 100-yard effort was the second ofhis career and his yardage output allowed him to pass TroyHambrick (1,896) for 14th in team history.

Since being selected in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft,Choice has proved to be more than an insurance policy, makingthe most of his playing time in his first two seasons. His rookie yearsaw him finish second on the roster with 92 carries for 472 yards(5.1 avg.) and two touchdowns with an increase in playing time dueto injuries to both Marion Barber and Jones. Choice took snaps inthe team’s “Razorback” formation in 2009 to increase his playingtime, allowing him to finish the season third in rushing with 349yards on 64 carries with three touchdowns while also catching 15passes for 132 yards. Choice totaled 243 yards on 66 carries whileadding three rushing touchdowns - good for second on the squad.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Averaged 6.5 yards-per-carry, rushing for39 yards on six attempts.

Murray was a heralded multi-purpose running back out ofOklahoma. The former Sooner left the school with career recordsin total touchdowns (65), points scored (390), kickoff return aver-age (27.6) and all-purpose yards (6,718).

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Made his NFL debut in the opener andrushed two times for no yards, caught one pass for 13 yards andreturned a kickoff for 14.

RUNNING BACK

Phillip Tanner, an undrafted rookie out of Middle TennesseeState, impressed coaches with his play in the preseason enough toearn a spot on the active roster. Tanner led the team with 128 yardsand 24 carries in preseason play.

Dallas picked up a fullback off waivers from Carolina whenthey signed Tony Fiammetta. Fiammetta begins his third seasonafter starting 11 of the 24 games he played the previous two sea-sons with the Panthers. He was originally a fourth round pick(128th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft from Syracuse.

Miles Austin used his first career start in 2009 as a launchingpad for his career after hauling in a team-record 250 yards on acareer-best 10 catches while subbing for an injured Roy Williams(ribs) at Kansas City (10/11). His effort at Kansas City propelledhim into the starting role for the remainder of the season, and heled the team with 1,320 yards and 11 touchdowns while finishingsecond on the squad with 81 receptions to earn the first Pro Bowlselection of his career. The 2010 season marked Austin’s first fullseason as a starter, getting the starting nod in all 16 games for thefirst time in his career to lead the team for the second straight sea-son with 1,041 yards on 69 catches and seven touchdowns. Hisyardage tally allowed him to top 1,000-yards for the second con-secutive season to become one-of-10 undrafted players to postmultiple 1,000-yard seasons. He also notched his second consec-utive Pro Bowl nod - this time as an injury replacement.

Thus far in 2011, he has 14 catches for 233 yards and fourtouchdowns.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Caught five passes for 90 yards - bothgood for second on the team - with a 36-yard touchdown in theseason opener. His touchdown catch was the 22nd of his career totie Jay Novacek for 12th in team history.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Led the team with nine catches fora team-best 143 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. His143 yards were the sixth-most in his career and gave him his 12thcareer 100-yard game. They also allowed him to pass PatrickCrayton (2,888) for 16th in team history. His nine catches gave him182 for his career and moved him past Marion Barber and tie WaltGarrison for 22nd in franchise history.

vs. Washington (9/26) and vs. Detroit (10/2): : Inactive afterre-aggravating a hamstring injury against the 49ers that was origi-nally suffered during training camp.

Former 2010 first round draft choice Dez Bryant moves into astarting role in 2011 opposite Austin after taking the league bystorm as a rookie. The 2010 season saw the former OklahomaState star pay immediate dividends for the Cowboys both as areceiver and returner after he finished second all-time among clubrookies with 45 receptions for 564 yards - fifth all-time amongDallas rookies - and six touchdowns - tied for second all-timeamong Cowboys rookies. On punt returns, Bryant took back twopunts for scores to become the seventh Cowboy to accomplish thefeat and only the second rookie to do so. Along with his six receiv-ing touchdowns, Bryant’s eight total scores tied him for fourth all-time among Dallas rookies.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Got off to a hot start in the opener, haulingin three passes for 71 yards with a long of 42 and a touchdown. Allof his receptions came in the first quater.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Inactive with a thigh injury sufferedon a punt return at the Jets.

vs. Washington (9/26): Returned to action after missing theprevious game with a thigh injury to finish second on the team withfour grabs for 63 yards, including a 30-yard catch. A 15-yard face mask penalty was drawn on the play that helped Dallas get posi-tion to boot home the game-winning field goal.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Caught three passes for 37 yards with apair of touchdowns - his second career multiple receiving touch-down game.

WIDE RECEIVER

Receiving Leaders Since Week 5 2009Player Yards Player Rec.

1. Andre Johnson ..............2,801 1. Wes Welker ....................2362. Wes Welker ....................2,795 2. Roddy White ....................2173. Roddy White ..................2,775 3. Reggie Wayne ................207... ...6. Miles Austin ..................2,513 9. Miles Austin....................159

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PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE (cont.)wide receiver, cont.

Behind Austin and Bryant lies a former undrafted rookie inKevin Ogletree. Ogletree originally made the squad after animpressive preseason performance in 2009 that saw him lead allwide receivers with seven catches for 87 yards and a team-hightwo touchdowns. He earned playing time as a rookie with the ribinjury to Williams and played in 11 games to catch seven passesfor 96 yards while also returning eight kickoffs for 166 yards. Hereturned in 2010 to play in six games while mixed into the receiv-ing rotation. Jesse Holley plays into the mix at receiver after see-ing the most playing time of his career in 2010 after being activat-ed off the practice squad. He went on to play in 11 games, mainlyon special teams, but continued to show flashes of his ability atreceiver through the season. Dwayne Harris was drafted in thesixth round (176th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft but showedcoaches he was worth a roster spot with his play in the preseason.Harris led all Dallas pass catchers with 138 yards and two touch-downs on six catches while also seeing time on special teams as areturner. Laurent Robinson, who originally signed with the teamon Sept. 7 but was released on Sept. 13, returned to the club onSept. 20 to fill a need for receiver depth. He is a five-year veteranwith previous playing experience with the Atlanta Falcons (2007-08) and St. Louis Rams (2009-10).

Ogletree @ San Francisco (9/18): Earned his first careerstart in place of an injured Bryant (thigh) and finished with twocatches for 50 yards, including a career-long 33-yarder.

Holley @ San Francisco (9/18): Saw time late in the gamewith Austin (hamstring) limited and responded with his first careerreception - an 11-yarder - finishing with three catches for 96 yards.His final catch was a 77-yard catch-and-run that setup theCowboys at the 49ers one-yard line for the game-winning field goalin overtime.

Robinson vs. Washington (9/26): Made his first appearanceas a Cowboy and caught three passes for 49 yards including a longcatch of 25 yards.

Robinson vs. Detroit (10/2): Led the team with 116 yards onseven catches to give him his second career 100-yard outing anda single-game career-best in receiving yards. His seven catchestied a personal-best.

A staple in the Cowboys offense virtually since the day he wasdrafted, Jason Witten will lead the charge once again at tight end.With his selection to his seventh consecutive and overall Pro Bowlin 2010, Witten has made more appearances than any other tightend in club history. In eight pro seasons, Witten has emerged asone of the most prolific tight ends in league history. He has strungtogether seven consecutive season with at least 50 (one-of-threetight ends to accomplish the feat) and 60 catches (one-of-two to doit). He has topped 80 catches in a season five times, and in fourstraight and has tallied at least 90 catches in a season three times- the second-most by a tight end in league history. He finished 2010with a team-best 94 catches - tops among league tight ends - andhis third career 1,000-yard season (1,002) to become the fourthtight end with at least three 1,000-yard seasons. For his career, hehas 636 catches for 7,239 yards and ranks second on the club’s all-time receptions chart and fifth on the all-time receiving yards chart.He has the top-five single-season receiving yards totals by a tightend in club history and seven of the top-10 and is only the fifthDallas pass catcher to reach 6,000 career receiving yards. He alsojoined Michael Irvin in 2010 as the only Dallas pass catchers with600 career receptions. A model of durability, Witten has played in135 of a possible 136 games, missing just one with a broken jaw in2003.

Thus far in 2011, he is tied for 14th in the league, tied for sec-ond among tight ends, with 27 catches and is 17th, tied for secondamong tight ends with 366 yards.

TIGHT END

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Led theteam with six catches and 110yards. He improved his club tightend record of 100-yard outings to13 while also reaching the 7,000-yard mark for his career. Hebecame the fifth Dallas Cowboyand the seventh tight end to reachthe plateau. Witten accomplishedthe feat in 128 games, the thirdfastest tight end to 7,000 yardsbehind Antonio Gates (119) andPete Retzlaff (125). He had a longreception of 64 yards - his second-longest career catch.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Caught seven passes for 102 yards- his 14th career 100-yard performance. With his 110 from the pre-vious week, racked up consecutive 100-yard games for the thirdtime in his career.

vs. Washington (9/26): Once again led the team with sixreceptions for 60 yards along with a long catch of 23 yards.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Caught a team-high eight passes for 37yards and his first touchdown of the season. Brought his careerreceiving yardage total to 7,333 to pass Bob Hayes (7,295) forfourth all-time in team history.

After a 2008 draft-day trade sent 2006 second round selectionAnthony Fasano to Miami, the Dallas Cowboys showed theirdependency on a athletic tight end when they selected MartellusBennett in the second round (61st overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.Bennett proved to compliment Witten as a rookie, tying for secondon the team in 2008 with four touchdown catches and finishing fifthin yards (283) and sixth in receptions (20). Among his four touch-down catches was a streak of three consecutive games with atouchdown catch to make him just the third club rookie to catch atouchdown pass in three consecutive games. After a season oflearning the pro game, Bennett added 15 receptions for 159 yardsin his second season as a pro.

The Cowboys showed their emphasis on the importance onthe tight end position when the club drafted John Phillips with theirsecond pick in the sixth round (208th overall) of the 2009 NFLDraft. Phillips showed good promise in his first professional seasonwith seven receptions for 62 yards. He notched his first careertouchdown with a one-yard catch in the Wild Card Playoff Game atCowboys Stadium. Phillips suffered a setback in 2010 when a tornACL during the opening preseason game wiped out his entire sea-son.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Returned to the playing field for the firsttime since tearing his ACL in the first preseason game of the 2010season. He started the game lined up as the full back and finishedwith two catches for 19 yards and a kickoff return for 16 yards.

For the first time since the 2007 season, the offensive line ofthe Dallas Cowboys will feature a re-vamped starting five in 2011.Only two starters return in left tackle Doug Free and left guardKyle Kosier, who will move to the right side, to provide stabilityand leadership on the line. The offensive line held true in 2010,assisting the offense as it compiled 5,828 total net yards to rank asthe seventh-highest yardage output in franchise history. The linewas faced with the challenge of protecting three starting quarter-backs during the season after Romo (collarbone) and later Kitna(abdominal) suffered injuries that opened the door for McGee whogained the first playing experience of his career. The group willintroduce three new starters on the line at right guard, right tackleand center following the release of Leonard Davis, Marc Colomboand Andre Gurode, respectively.

At right tackle, 2011 rookie first round draft choice TyronSmith has taken the spot. With his selection with Dallas’ ninthoverall pick, Smith became just the fourth offensive lineman to beselected in the first round by the Cowboys. He is the second-high-est lineman ever drafted by the club.

Kosier moved to the right side to help Smith, and, at leftguard, 2011 Cowboys draft choice Bill Nagy (seventh round,252nd overall) has settled in the spot with his consistent playthrough the preseason.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Top NFL Tight Ends Since 2003Player Catches Player Yards

1. Tony Gonzalez ..............699 1. Tony Gonzalez ............8,0212. Jason Witten................644 2. Jason Witten ............7,3333. Antonio Gates ..............537 3. Antonio Gates ............7,0794. Jeremy Shockey ..........450 4. Jeremy Shockey ........4,9935. Chris Cooley ................427 5. Chris Cooley ..............4,704

All-Time Dallas CowboysReceiving Leaders

Receptions 1. Michael Irvin ........750 (1988-99)2. Jason Witten ......644 (2003-11)3. Drew Pearson......489 (1973-83)4. Emmitt Smith .......486 (1990-02)5. Tony Hill ...............479 (1977-86)

Receiving Yards 1. Michael Irvin....11,904 (1988-99)2. Tony Hill ............7,988 (1977-86)3. Drew Pearson...7,822 (1973-83)4. Jason Witten ...7,333 (2003-11)5. Bob Hayes ........7,295 (1965-74)

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Phil Costa, who made the 2010 squad as an undrafted rook-ie reserve, improved his play through the preseason enough to benamed the starter at center going into the 2011 season.

Free returns to man the left side after starting all 16 games atthe position in 2010. He stepped up to the role and performed aftertaking the position from Flozell Adams.

In reserve roles lie tackle Jermey Parnell, who came to Dallasas a reserve lineman in 2010, 2011 fourth round selection DavidArkin - a guard - 2011 undrafted rookie free agent Kevin Kowalski- center - and Derrick Dockery, a former third round draft pick bythe Washington Redskins in 2003. Dockery spent the first fouryears of his career with the Redskins before spending two inBuffalo. He returned to Washington for the 2009-10 seasons andhas started 111 of the 117 games he played at guard in his eightseasons.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): The opener featured two rookies startingon the offensive line – RT Tyron Smith and LG Bill Nagy. It was thefirst time in franchise history a Cowboys team started two rookieson the offensive line in the season opener. The duo also becamethe seventh and eighth rookie linemen to ever start in a season

opener for Dallas, and it was the first time a rookie lineman startedfor Dallas since Rob Petitti opened the season at right tackle in2005. Overall, Smith and Nagy are the 38th and 39th rookies tostart a season opener for Dallas. The young line blocked forRomo’s 27th career 300-yard game.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Dockery made his Cowboys debutand earned the start in place of Nagy (neck) while Kowalski madehis NFL debut at center, filling in for Costa late in the game. Theline allowed Romo to throw for his 28th career 300-yard gamewhile providing time for the club to throw for three touchdowns -Romo, two and Kitna, one.

vs. Washington (9/26): Nagy (neck) returned to the startinglineup at left guard while Dockery (knee) was held out. The lineopened holes for a running game that amassed a season-high 125yards including a career-best 115-yard individual effort by FelixJones to mark only the second 100-yard regular season game ofhis career.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Blocked for Romo’s 29th career 300-yardday while Robinson set a career-best with 116 receiving yardswhile allowing just one sack on 47 pass attempts.

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PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- DEFENSE* The Dallas Cowboys have given up an average of 291.8 yards-per-game - tops in the NFC and fourth in the conference thus far. Theteam is allowing 4.9 yards-per-play whichleads the conference and is fifth in the NFL.* On the ground, Dallas is giving up 61.8rushing yards - tops in the conference andthe league. In permitting 3.1 yards-per-rush,the Cowboys are leading the NFC third theleague.* Through the air, the Cowboys are allowing230.0 yards which is fifth in the NFC and 14thin the league. Dallas yields 6.2 yards-per-pass play which ranks third in the conferenceand eighth in the league.* In giving up 25.3 points-per-game, Dallasis 12th in the NFC and 23rd in the league.* The Cowboys are giving up 17.8 firstdowns-per-game which is third in the NFC,tied for eighth in the NFL. On first down plays,the club permits 5.52 yards which is fifth inthe NFC and 13th in the league.* Opponents have entered the red zone ninetimes - the fewest in the division and tied forthe fewest in the league. The club’s 55.6touchdown percentage allowed is 14th in theNFC and tied for 22nd in the league. The club’s 88.9 red zone scoring percentage allowed is tied for 13th in the conference and tiedfor 21st in the league. * Dallas opponents convert 21-of-55 (38.2%) of their third down opportunities to place 10th in the NFC and tied for 15th in the NFL.* The Cowboys 13 sacks through their first four games is tied for eighth in the league. * Dallas’ strongest quarter has been the opener where they have allowed just six points.

2011 DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS* Dallas held the Jets (9/11) to just 45 rushing yards in the opener then held Frank Gore toa 2.4-yard rushing average at San Francisco (9/18). * Alan Ball intercepted his third career pass with his theft at San Francisco.* Jason Hatcher racked up a pair of sacks at San Francisco for his first career two-sackgame.* Danny McCray had his first career sack with a takedown of Mark Sanchez at the Jets.He also forced his first career fumble on the sack.* In his first career start, Sean Lee intercepted his third career pass in the opener at theJets. He returned it 37 yards to setup a one-yard touchdown. For his career, he has netted81 interception return yards with a touchdown.* Lee had another two-takeaway game with an interception and fumble recovery againstWashington.* In the opener at the Jets, Anthony Spencer notched his first sack of the season.* Spencer sacked Rex Grossman late in the fourth quarter, forced a fumble on the sackthat was recovered by Lee to preserve the Cowboys win. It was Spencers fourth straightgame with a sack- the longest streak of his career.* DeMarcus Ware notched the club’s first sack of the season on the first defensive play ofthe game in the opener at the Jets. His sack extended his streak of games with a sack tofour. He added his second sack later for his 18th career multi-sack game.* Ware had his second consecutive two-sack game with two at San Francisco.* Ware notched a sack in his sixth straight game with one takedown against Washington.

When the Dallas Cowboys transi-tioned to the 3-4 defense under BillParcells, Bradie James may havebenefitted the most from the change.As the signal caller of the defense,James notched 100-plus tackles andled the team in tackles each of theprevious six seasons. He is the firstDallas defender since tackles were

tracked in 1979 to lead the team in tackles six consecutive timesand just the first to lead the team in tackles six times. His careerreached an apex in 2008 as he finished with a career-best 202 tack-les, joining Eugene Lockhart (222 in 1989) as the only two Dallasdefenders to reach 200 tackles in a season. In 2009 James led theteam with 181 tackles, had 10-or-more tackles in 11 games duringthe season and led or tied for the team lead 12 times. In 2008

LINEBACKERJames also tied for the team lead with eight tackles for losses, wassecond with three forced fumbles and tied for second with a career-high 8.0 sacks. On the year, he led or tied for the team lead in tack-les nine times and posted 11 double-digit tackle games - a career-high. James led the defense in 2010 with 163 tackles.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Notched five tackles in the overtimewin.

Dallas used its second round draft pick in 2010 to select PennState’s Sean Lee to work behind Brooking. Lee was slowed early inhis rookie season, but came on late to demonstrate his ability at themiddle linebacker position, finishing his initial campaign 11th on thesquad with 45 tackles. He earned his first career start in the 2011season opener and has started each of the games this season.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Lee made his first career start and tallied ateam-high and career-best 15 tackles along with an interception - thethird of his career - and a fumble recovery.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Lee once again led the team with hissecond consecutive double-digit tackle total - 13.

Dallas Cowboys Single-Season Tackle Leaders

Yrs LeadingPlayer Team

1. Bradie James ............62. Bob Breunig ................4

Eugene Lockhart ........44. Michael Downs............3

Dat Nguyen ................3

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PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- DEFENSE (cont.)linebacker, cont.

vs. Washington (9/26): Lee picked off his second pass of theseason, fourth of his career, while also recovering a fumble to markhis second game of the season with multiple takeaways. He also ledthe team in tackles for the third consecutive game with 13 stopswhile also adding a tackle for loss and two pass breakups.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles whileadding a hurry and a pair of breakups.

Arguably one the biggest passrushing threat in the NFL, DeMarcusWare earned his fifth consecutivePro Bowl nod after another solid sea-son that saw him lead the league insacks (15.0) - the second time in hiscareer was the league’s sack leader.It was also his sixth consecutive sea-son he has led or tied for the teamlead in sacks. In leading the club withthe 20.0 sacks in 2008 - tying Derrick

Thomas for the sixth-most sacks in a season in league history -Ware became the first Dallas defender to lead or tie for the teamlead in sacks in each of his first four seasons with the team. He alsobecame the fourth Cowboys defender - second since 1982 whensacks became official - to register three consecutive 10-plus sackseasons. He now has fivestraight seasons with 10-or-more sacks making him theninth eighth league defender toaccomplish the feat. Among his85.0 career sacks was a streakof 10 consecutive games witha sack - spanning the finalthree games of 2007 and thefirst seven of 2008 - and 10games with multiple sacks. Notonly a pass rushing threat,Ware can play the run andcover receivers as he logged acareer-high 110 tackles in2008 and topped the 100-tack-le plateau once again in 2010with 108. A model of depend-ability, Ware has played in all99 regular season games andthe four playoff games of hiscareer. He started 98 regularseason contests, missing theonly start of his career at NewOrleans (12/19/09) as a pre-caution due to a neck injury hesuffered in the game before(vs. San Diego, 12/13/09)though he did play in thegame. He earned his fifth con-secutive Pro Bowl nod after fin-ishing the 2010 season thirdon the team with 108 tacklesand tops on the team with 15.5sacks and 36 hurries.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Tallied four tackles, two sacks and a team-high tying three pressures in the season opener. His two sacksmarked his 18th career multiple sack game and was also his fourthstraight game with a sack - his sixth career streak of sacks in four-or-more games.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Had another big day with two sacksto go with three tackles while tying for third on the squad with sixtackles. His sack streak is at five games for the third-longest streakof his career. It was also his 19th career multi-sack game to tie JimJeffcoat and Greg Ellis for the most in team history. With his twosacks from the prior week’s game, it was the third time in his careerhe had back-to-back multiple sack games.

vs. Washington (9/26): Posted four tackles and collected asack, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry. Ware’s sack marked

his sixth straight game with a quarterback takedown - the thirdlongest streak of his career (10 - 12/16/07-10/12/08 - and 7 - 11/2/08-12/20/08). With sacks in each of the first three games this season, itwas the second time in his career he opened the season with sacksin each of the first three games. The first was in 2008 when heopened the season with at least one sack in each of the first sevengames.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Had three tackles, one for a loss and threepressures.

Starting opposite Ware is Anthony Spencer, a 2007 firstround choice, who continues to improve each season. He toppedthe century mark in tackles for the first time in his career in 2010with a career-best 105 stops (fourth on the team) along with fivesacks and 14 quarterback pressures - both good for second on theteam.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Notched two tackles, two pressures and hisfirst sack of the season.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Tallied five tackles, a tackle for a lossand his second sack of the season.

vs. Washington (9/26): Logged four tackles, a sack, two hur-ries and a forced fumble. Spencer’s sack marked his fourth straightgame with a sack - the longest streak of his career - while his forcedfumble of Rex Grossman on the same play helped the defensesecure the win while the Redskins were attempting to drive down thefield with seconds remaining.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Tallied five tackles, one tackle for a loss andtwo hurries.

Making his home outside of the state of Georgia for the firsttime in his life was one of three newcomers to Dallas’ startingdefense in 2009, Keith Brooking. Brooking, a five-time ProBowler, stepped in as the team’s starting “Mo” linebacker. Upon hisarrival in Dallas, he reunited with Wade Phillips, who was theFalcons defensive coordinator for two seasons (2002-03).Brooking’s 11-year Falcons career had him make five consecutivePro Bowls (2001-2005), one Super Bowl appearance (XXXIII) andlead the team in tackles eight consecutive times (2001-08). He hasreached 200 tackles twice in his career and has amassed 1,778tackles in his 13 pro seasons. Brooking finished second on theteam with 156 tackles in 2009. By the end of his first season in hisnew surroundings, Brooking emerged as one of the team leaderson and off the field, teaming up with James in the same capacity.Both middle linebackers teamed up in 2010 to compile 314 tackles.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Finished the opener with four tackles and apass breakup.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Added six tackles in the overtime win.Backing up the outside spots are Victor Butler, a fourth round

(110th overall) draft pick from the 2009 NFL Draft and 2011 rookiefree agent Alex Albright. Butler was a collegiate defensive end,but began his transition to outside linebacker as a rookie. He willalso be counted on to play special teams. Albright had an activerookie camp and will also have to compete on special teams forplaying time.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles.Albright @ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Made his NFL debut but did not

record any defensive stats.

Marcus Spears, a former first round pick (20th overall) byDallas, returns to man the starting left defensive end position in2011 after a left calf strain suffered in the eighth game of the 2010season limited him to only 24 tackles and forced him to break astreak of 88 consecutive games played since his rookie season.

Jay Ratliff, now in his sixth season, is coming off three con-secutive (2008-2010) Pro Bowls after posting 34 tackles, 3.5 sacksand 10 pressures in 2010. He anchors the defensive line at nosetackle after beginning his career as a reserve defensive end andcontinues to show his dominance in the middle of the trenches.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Tied for the team lead with three pressureswhile adding two tackles.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Had a third quarter sack that led to athird-and-long on the 49ers final drive of the fourth quarter. Also hadtwo tackles.

DEFENSIVE LINE

Dallas Cowboys All-TimeSack Leaders

Player Sacks1. Harvey Martin ........114.02. Randy White ..........111.03. Ed Jones ................106.04. George Andrie ..........97.05. Jethro Pugh ..............95.56. Jim Jeffcoat ..............94.57. Bob Lilly....................94.08. DeMarcus Ware ......85.0

2011 NFL SACK LEADERSPlayer Sacks

1 Jared Allen ....................8.52. Jason Babin ..................7.0

Jason Pierre-Paul ..........7.54. Cullen Jenkins................4.0

Von Miller ......................5.0Richard Seymour ..........5.0DeMarcus Ware ............5.0Mario Williams................5.0

NFL SACK LEADERS SINCE 2005Player Sacks

1. DeMarcus Ware ..........85.02. Jared Allen ..................82.53. Robert Mathis ..............63.54. John Abraham..............61.55. Julius Peppers ............61.0

SINGLE-SEASON NFLSACK LEADERS

1. Michael Strahan (2001) ....22.52. Mark Gastineau (1984) ....22.03. Chris Doleman (1989) ......21.0

Reggie White (1987) ........21.05. Lawrence Taylor (1986)* ..20.56. Derrick Thomas (1990)* ....20.0

DeMarcus Ware (2008)* ..20.0* indicates linebacker

COWBOYS SINGLE-SEASON SACK LEADERS (LBs)

Player Sacks1. DeMarcus Ware (2008) ........20.02. DeMarcus Ware (2010) ........15.53. DeMarcus Ware (2007) ........14.04. Greg Ellis (2007)....................12.55. DeMarcus Ware (206) ..........11.5

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vs. Washington (9/26): Totaled three stops with one for a loss.The Cowboys brought in Kenyon Coleman, a player who was

acquired in free agency in 2011 from Cleveland where he logged68 tackles, 2.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries. Coleman entershis second stint with the Cowboys, having previously appeared onthe defensive line for four seasons (2003-07) earlier in his career.He also brings familiarity of Rob Ryan’s defensive scheme as heplayed for Ryan for two seasons in Cleveland.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Tallied a tackle and a tackle for a loss.vs. Washington (9/26): Notched five tackles to go with a tack-

le for loss.Behind Spears and Coleman lie Jason Hatcher, a proven vet-

eran and regular in the Cowboys defensive end rotation the pastfive years, Sean Lissemore (Dallas’ 2010 seventh round selec-tion), who showed flashes of his intensity before landing onReserve/Injured, and first-year man Clifton Geathers, who’s sizeand speed were on display for Dallas through the preseason.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Hatcher notched four tackles and a tacklefor a loss while Lissemore added two tackles in his return to theplaying field.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Hatcher registered a pair of sacks togive him his first career multi-sack game along with four tackles.

vs. Washington (9/26): Hatcher made one tackle before beingforced to leave the game with a left calf injury.

Behind Ratliff at nose is 2010 Supplemental Draft choice JoshBrent, who proved to be the perfect compliment to Ratliff, notching 17tackles while spelling the Pro Bowl nose tackle.

At cornerback, the Cowboys boast two Pro Bowlers inTerence Newman and Mike Jenkins - who both earned trips tothe 2009 Pro Bowl.

Newman recorded career-bests with 81 tackles - good for fifthon the team - and five interceptions - tied for first on the team - topush his career interception total to 28 where he ranks ninth all-time in team history. He also had 14 pass breakups - second on theteam. After earning the starting corner spot opposite Newman, oneof Dallas’ two first round picks from 2009, Jenkins, put a stamp onhis first season as a starter by leading the team in both intercep-tions (five) and pass breakups (33) - both career-highs - to earn hisfirst trip to the Pro Bowl. In 2010 his totals were 59 tackles, oneinterception and a team-best 15 pass breakups.

Newman @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) and @ San Francisco (9/18): Satout the first two games of the season while recovering from a groininjury suffered in camp.

vs. Washington (9/26): Returned to the starting lineup whilemaking his 2011 season debut in the home opener, making fourtackles and a pass breakup in the contest.

SECONDARY

vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles.In Orlando Scandrick, the Cowboys boast a corner able to

play the role as the team’s nickel cornerback along with the abilityto start. He registered 50 tackles - eighth on the team - and career-highs in sacks (2.5), tackles for loss (five) and pass breakups(eight) in 2010.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Contributed a tackle before an ankle injuryin the second quarter sidelined him for the remainder of the game.

Alan Ball, a 2007 Cowboys draft choice who began his careeras a cornerback but filled in at safety the past two seasons, returnsto the cornerback position in 2011 after serving as the team’s start-ing free safety in 2010 where he totaled 50 tackles, a half sack, twointerceptions, five pass breakups and two forced fumbles - allcareer-highs.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Finished with five stops and a pass breakup.@ San Francisco (9/18): Finished with five tackles, a pass

breakup and an interception that led to a touchdown to tie the gameat 14-14.

Dallas added veteran Frank Walker to the roster on Sept. 13to add depth to its injury-riddled cornerback corps. Walker spentthe first four years of his career with the N.y. Giants before playingin Green Bay (2007), Baltimore (2008-09) and Minnesota (2010).

@ San Francisco (9/18): Made his Cowboys debut and fin-ished with one tackle.

Gerald Sensabaugh returns for his third season with the team.The 2009 free agent established a career-best in 2010 with a team-high tying five interceptions along with 53 tackles, two sacks andnine pass breakups.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Led all defensive backs and finishedsecond on the team with seven tackles.

vs. Washington (9/26): Finished second on the team with sixtackles while also blocking a field goal on special teams - his fourthcareer blocked kick, third field goal and second as a Cowboy.

Abram Elam, who spent one previous season with theCowboys in 2006, returned to Dallas in 2011 as a free agent pickupand will man the starting free safety spot opposite Sensabaugh.Elam is another player familiar with Rob Ryan’s defense, havingspent two seasons with him in Cleveland and notching 77 tackles,two interceptions, 10 pass breakups, two sacks, two fumble recov-eries and two forced fumbles in 2010.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Was second on the squad with seven tack-les with a tackle for lost yardage.

Behind the two veteran safeties are a pair of former 2010 rook-ie free agents in Barry Church and Danny McCray.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): McCray had a tackle and his first career sackin which he forced his first career fumble that was recovered by Lee.

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* The Dallas Cowboys are averaging25.0 yards-per-kickoff return andrank seventh in the NFC and 14th inthe league.* With an average of 7.9 yards-per-punt return, the club is 11th in theconference and 23rd in the NFL.* On the coverage side, theCowboys have given up 22.8 yards-per-kickoff return, which is good foreighth in the conference and 12th in the league.* On punt coverage, Dallas has yielded 8.6 yards-per-return to rank eighth in the NFC and 14th in the league.* Following a kickoff, the Cowboys average drive starts at their 22.0-yard line - eighth in the conference and 14th in the NFL.* Dallas opponents average a start at their 22.4-yard line to rank 12th in the NFC and 24th in the league.

2011 SPECIAL TEAMS HIGHLIGHTS* Dan Bailey made his NFL debut at place kicker and split the uprights on a 34-yard fieldgoal - his first career field goal attempt - and was true on all three PAT tries.* Bailey went two-of-three with a 48-yard long and a 19-yard game-winning field goal in theovertime win at San Francisco (9/18).* Bailey set a club rookie record and tied a league rookie record with six made field goalsin the home-opening win over Washington (9/26). Bailey also handled kickoffs, bootingseven with four reaching the end zone and two going for touchbacks.* Bailey connected on three more field goals against Detroit (10/2).

Punter Mat McBriar had a stellar campaign in 2010. For the firsttime in franchise history, Dallas featured a punter who led the leaguein both gross punting average (47.9) and net punting average (41.7)- with the 41.7 net average marking a single-season career-best - asMcBriar’s performance earned him his second career Pro Bowl invi-tation. McBriar also landed 20 punts downed inside the opponents’20-yard line to tie him for 20th in league rankings.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Punted six times for a 47.2 average and a33.8 net with two inside the 20 and one touchback. He also sufferedhis third career blocked kick.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Had four punts for a 48.5-yard grossaverage and a 37.3-yard net.

vs. Washington (9/26): Punted three times for a 50.7-yardaverage, a net average of 45.3 with two punts downed inside theopponent’s 20-yard line and a long punt of 65 yards.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Punted three times with a 53.7 gross aver-age, 43.0 net and a season-high 68-yard long.

Kicker David Buehler wrapped up his second pro season in2010, but his first season as the squad’s featured placekicker afterseeing time as a rookie in 2009 as the club’s kickoff specialist. Heresponded to his role as a rookie and led the NFL with a club sin-gle-season record 29 touchbacks. Buehler finished the 2010 sea-son tied for the league lead in 50+ yard field goals made (four), andwas 10th in scoring (112) and tied for 13th in total field goals made(24). In total, he was 24-of-32 on field goals (75.0%) and 42-of-44on PATs. He also resumed his role as the kickoff specialist, finish-ing fifth in the league with 22 touchbacks.

Buehler @ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Kicked off five times with threereaching the end zone and one touchback.

vs. Washington (9/26): Inactive due to a groin injury.Rookie free agent placekicker Dan Bailey (Oklahoma State)

had a solid camp and earned a roster spot for kicking field goalsand PATs.

Bailey@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Made his NFL debut and was true onhis first career field goal attempt - a 34-yarder and all three of his PATtries.

Bailey @ San Francisco (9/18): Converted two of three fieldgoal tries, including a career-long 48-yarder at the end of regulationand the game-winning 19-yarder in overtime.

Bailey vs. Washington (9/26): With Buehler sidelined with agroin injury, Bailey took over all kicking duties. He established a clubrookie record while going a perfect six-of-six on field goal attempts.It also allowed him to become just the third rookie in NFL history(since 1960) to convert six field goals in a single game. The first wasGaro yepremian (Detroit, at Minnesota, 11/13/66) followed by Jeff

KICKING GAMEReed (Pittsburgh, at Jacksonville, 12/1/02). He also made his debuton kickoffs, finishing the contest with seven kickoffs and four reach-ing the end zone with two touchbacks.

Bailey vs. Detroit (10/2): Finished three-of-three on his fieldgoal tries and converted all three of his PAT tries. Also logged threetouchbacks on six kickoffs with Buehler (groin) inactive.

Deep snapper Louis-Philippe Ladouceur signed with Dallasprior to their Week Four contest at Oakland in 2005 and has beensolid and mistake-free on 432 punts, 184 field goals and 270 PATssince joining the team.

On kickoff returns, 2011 third round draft choice DeMarcoMurray, who averaged 27.6 yards-per-kickoff return with twotouchdowns through his career at Oklahoma, and third-year vetKevin Ogletree, who has 14 returns under his belt through twoprevious seasons, look to get the inside job at the top returnerspots.

Rookie draft pick receiver Dwayne Harris looks to also pro-vide some looks at kick returner and a boost as a punt returnerafter averaging 9.4 yards while returning punts at East Carolina.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): In the opener, Bryant returned one punt 12yards, and in his NFL debut, Harris returned two for 17 yards.Murray handled the kickoff returns, posting 14 yards on his lone try.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Harris had two punt returns for 25yards with a long of 14 and McCann returned two for 13 yards witha long of 16. McCann also added a kickoff return for 26 yards.

vs. Washington (9/26): Harris had two punt returns for 10yards.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Harris had three punt returns for 18 yardsand two kickoff returns for 56 yards.

The Cowboys boast solid coverage units while returning amajority of their top tacklers, including 2010’s tackle leader DannyMcCray, who’s 28 stops ranked third in a season in team historysince the club started recording special teams tackles in 1988. Theunit also features Jesse Holley and Barry Church, who both tiedfor third in 2010 with 16 tackles each. Along with Dallas’ veteranspecial teamers, coupled with the 2011 additions, the Cowboysspecial teams coverage units looks to continue to thrive underCoach Joe DeCamillis’ in his third season in Dallas.

@ N.Y. Jets (9/11): Albright notched his first career specialteams tackle in his NFL debut while McCray led the unit with threetackles while Butler, Lee and Phillips all finished with two.

@ San Francisco (9/18): Albright and Holley tied for the teamlead in special teams tackles (two).

vs. Washington (9/26): McCray had a team-high two specialteams stops. Sensabaugh notched his fourth career blocked kick ona 36-yard field goal attempt.

vs. Detroit (10/2): Butler and Church each had two tackleswhile Holley, Phillips, Sensabaugh and Walker each finished withone.

COVERAGE UNITS

RETURN GAME

PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- SPECIAL TEAMS

Top NFL Punters Since 2004Player Gross Avg. Player Net Avg.

1. Shane Lechler (Oak)....48.3 1. Shane Lechler (Oak) ....40.02. Mat McBriar (Dal) ......45.6 2. Donnie Jones (StL) ......39.23. Donnie Jones (StL) ......45.5 3. Dustin Colquitt (KC)......38.74. Andy Lee (SF)..............45.3 4. Andy Lee (SF) ..............38.55. Brandon Fields (Mia)....45.2 5. Brian Moorman (Buf) ....38.5

6. Mat McBriar (Dal) ........38.4

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Results and Attendance (2-2)9/11 L 24-27 at N.y. Jets 78,7029/18 W 27-24 at San Francisco (OT) 69,7329/26 W 18-16 WASHINGTON 90,01710/2 L 30-34 DETROIT 78,122 10/9 ByE10/16 Sun. at New England 3:15 p.m.10/23 Sun. ST. LOUIS 3:15 p.m.10/30 Sun. at Philadelphia 7:20 p.m.11/6 Sun. SEATTLE 12:00 p.m.11/13 Sun. BUFFALO 12:00 p.m.11/20 Sun. at Washington 12:00 p.m.11/24 Thu. MIAMI 3:15 p.m.12/4 Sun. at Arizona 3:15 p.m.12/11 Sun. N.y. Giants 7:20 p.m.12/17 Sat. at Tampa Bay 7:20 p.m.12/24 Sat. PHILADELPHIA 3:15 p.m.1/1/12 Sun. at N.y. Giants 12:00 p.m.

Team Statistics Dallas OppFirst Downs ................................83.............71

Rushing ......................................12.............10Passing ......................................66.............57Penalty..........................................5...............4Third Down-Made/Att ............18/52........21/55Third Down Efficiency..............34.6..........38.2Fourth Down-Made/Att ..............1/3............0/0

Total Net Yards........................1671 .........1167Avg. Per Game ......................417.8........291.8Total Plays ................................270...........240Avg. Per Play ............................6.2............4.9

Net Yards Rushing....................347...........247Avg. Per Game ........................86.8..........61.8Total Rushes ............................101.............79Avg. Per Rush ..........................3.4............3.1

Net Yards Passing ..................1324...........920Avg. Per Game ......................331.0........230.0Sacked/yards Lost ..................7/36........13/84Gross yards............................1360.........1004

Attempts/Completions..........162/105......148/85Pct. of Completions ................64.8..........57.4Had Intercepted............................7...............4

Punts/Average ....................16/46.4.....23/46.3Net Punting Average ..............36.3..........40.4

Punt Return/Avg. ..................12/7.9.......10/8.6Kickoff Return/Avg. ..............6/25.0.....13/22.8Interception Return/Avg.......4/19.3.......7/18.3Penalties/Yards ....................28/211......19/135Fumbles/Ball Lost....................12/3............4/2Touchdowns..................................9 .............11

Rushing ........................................1...............1Passing ........................................8...............7Returns ........................................0...............3

Extra Points/Attempts ..................9/9 ........11/11Two Point Conversion/Att. ..........0/0............0/0Field Goals/Atts. ......................12/13............8/9Avg. Time of Possession ........33:11........26:49

Rushing Att Yds Avg. Lg TDJones..................56 241 4.3 40t 1Choice ................21 53 2.5 14 0Murray ................14 39 2.8 8 0Romo....................5 8 1.6 7t 0Ogletree................2 3 1.5 7t 0Bryant ..................1 5 5.0 5 0Fiammetta ............1 0 0.0 0 0Austin ..................1 -2 -2.0 -2 0Dal. Total ........101 347 3.4 40 1Opp. Total..........79 247 3.1 19t 1

Receiving Att Yds Avg. Lg TDWitten ................27 366 13.6 64t 1Austin ................14 233 16.6 53t 4Jones..................12 86 7.2 27t 0Bryant ................10 171 17.1 42 3Robinson ............10 165 16.5 44 0Ogletree................8 94 11.8 33t 0Choice ..................8 55 6.9 18t 0Phillips ..................6 35 5.8 12 0Holley ..................3 96 32.0 77 0Bennett ................3 28 9.3 15t 0Murray ..................3 16 5.3 15t 0Fiammetta ............1 15 15.0 15t 0Dal. Total ........105 1360 13.0 77 8Opp. Total..........85 1004 11.8 36 7

Interceptions No Yds Avg Lg TDLee ......................2 51 25.5 37t 0Ball ......................1 15 15.0 15t 0Sensabaugh ........1 11 11.0 11t 0Dal. Total ............4 77 19.3 37t 0Opp. Total............7 128 18.3 56t 0

Punting No Yds Avg TB 20 Lg B NetMcBriar ........15 743 49.5 2 4 68 1 38.6Dal. Total ....15 743 46.4 2 4 68 1 38.6Opp. Total ..23 1065 46.3 2 7 64 0 40.4

Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC Lg TDHarris..................9 70 7.8 6 14 0McCann ..............2 13 6.5 0 16 0Bryant ................1 12 12.0 0 12 0Dal. Total ........12 95 7.9 6 16 0Opp. Total........10 86 8.6 3 20t 0

Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg Lg TDHarris....................2 56 28.0 32 0Lissemore ............1 38 38.0 38 0McCann................1 26 26.0 26 0Phillips ..................1 16 16.0 16t 0Murray ..................1 14 14.0 14t 0Dal. Total ............6 150 25.0 38t 0Opp. Total..........13 297 22.8 43 0

Scoring R P Rt 2 FG PAT S TPBailey ............0 0 0 0 12/13 9/9 0 45Austin............0 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24Bryant ..........0 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18Jones ............1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6Witten............0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6

Dal. Tot...........1 8 0 0 12/13 9/9 0 99Opp. Tot. ......1 7 3 * 0 8/9 11/11 0 101

2-pt Conversions: Dallas 0/0, Opponents 0/0

*-I. Trufant 18-yd blk punt return, @ N.y. Jets (9/11)B. Carpenter 34-yd interception return, vs. Detroit (10/2)C. Houston 56-yd interception return, vs. Detroit

(10/2)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT T

Dal. Total ................17 29 27 23 3 99

Opp. Total ................6 27 31 37 0 10

Field Goals 11-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+

Bailey ..............1-1 3-4 3-3 5-5 0-0

Dal. Total........1-1 3-4 3-3 5-5 0-0

Opp. Total ......0-0 1-1 2-3 1-1 4-4

Bailey: (34);(21M,48,19);(41,27,32,41,23,40);

(41,35,23);

Opp: (34,50);(55);(46,27,36B,50);(33,51);

Sacks: D.Ware 5.0, A.Spencer 3.0, J.Hatcher 2.0,

V. Butler 1.0, D.McCray 1.0, J.Ratliff 1.0. Total:

13.0.

Fumbles Lost: P. Costa 3, F.Jones 2, T.Romo 2, K.

Ogletree 1. Total: 8

Opponent Fumble Recoveries: S. Lee 1, D.

McCray 1. Total: 2.

Avg/ Pct PctPassing Att Comp Yds Pct Att TD TD Int Int Lg Sks/Yds RatingRomo ................152 99 1273 65.1 8.4 7 4.6 5 3.3 77t 7/36 92.9Kitna ....................10 6 87 60.0 8.7 1 10.0 2 20.0 33 0/0 82.1Dal. Total ..........162 105 1360 64.8 8.4 8 4.9 7 4.3 77t 7/36 89.5Opp. Total ........148 85 1004 57.4 6.8 7 4.7 4 2.7 36t 13/84 82.7

DALLAS COWBOyS 2011 STATISTICSGame 4

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Solo - Ast. -- Total Sacks Loss Pres. Int Def. For.-Rec.1. Lee, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 - 13 -- 47 1(-2) 2 4 0-22. Sensabaugh, Gerald . . . . . .18 - 2 -- 20 1 13. Brooking, Keith . . . . . . . . . .14 - 6 -- 20 24. Spencer, Anthony . . . . . . . .16 - 1 -- 17 3.0(-18) 2(-2) 6 2-05. Ware, DeMarcus . . . . . . . . .11 - 6 -- 17 5.0(-34) 1(-1) 126. Ball, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 - 4 -- 16 1(-2) 1 27. Elam, Abram . . . . . . . . . . . .12 - 3 -- 158. Newman, Terence . . . . . . . . .8 - 2 -- 10 19. Hatcher, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - 4 -- 9 2.0(-15) 1(-2) 2

James, Bradie . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - 4 -- 911. Church, Barry . . . . . . . . . . . .8 - 0 -- 8

Jenkins, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 - 0 -- 8 413. Coleman, Kenyon . . . . . . . . .7 - 1 -- 8 2(-4) 114. Ratliff, Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - 3 -- 8 1.0(-8) 1(-3) 3 215. Brent, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 3 -- 5

Lissemore, Sean . . . . . . . . . .2 - 3 -- 5. Spears, Marcus . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 3 -- 5

18. McCray, Danny . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 1 -- 3 1.0(-7) 1 1-019. Walker, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 0 -- 220. Scandrick, Orlando . . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 121. McCann, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . .0 - 1 -- 1 122. Butler, Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0(-6) 3

DALLAS COWBOYS 2011 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

INTERCEPTIONS1. Lee, Sean ..................................2

Ball, Alan....................................1Sensabaugh, Gerald..................1

QB PRESSURES1. Ware, DeMarcus......................122. Spencer, Anthony ......................63. Ratliff, Jay ..................................3

Butler, Victor ..............................35. Hatcher, Jason ..........................2

SACKS1. Ware, DeMarcus ............5.0 (-34)2. Spencer, Anthony ..........3.0 (-14)3. Hatcher, Jason ..............2.0 (-15)4. Ratliff, Jay ......................1.0 (-8)

McCray, Danny ..............1.0 (-7)Butler, Victor ..................1.0 (-6)

FORCED FUMBLES1. Spencer, Anthony ..............2

McCray, Danny..................1

PASSES DEFENSED1. Jenkins, Mike ............................4

Lee, Sean ..................................43. Ball, Alan....................................2

Brooking, Keith ..........................2Ratliff, Jay ..................................2

Tackles Fumbles BlockSolo - Ast. -- Total For.-Rec. Kick

1. McCray, Danny . . . . . . . . . . .7 - 3 -- 102. Church, Barry . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - 1 -- 63. Butler, Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 - 1 -- 4

Phillips, John . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 - 1 -- 45. Holley, Jesse . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 - 3 -- 46. Albright, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 - 0 -- 37. Lee, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 1 -- 38. Walker, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . .2 - 0 -- 29. Ball, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 1

Buehler, David . . . . . . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 1Elam, Abram . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 1Ladouceur, L.P. . . . . . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 1Sensabaugh, Gerald . . . . . . .1 - 0 -- 1 1

14. Bailey, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 - 1 -- 1

SPECIAL TEAMS

TACKLES/LOSSES1. Coleman, Kenyon..............2 (-4)

Spencer, Anthony ..............2 (-2)3. Ratliff, Jay ........................1 (-3)

Ball, Alan ..........................1 (-2)Hatcher, Jason ..................1 (-2)Lee, Sean..........................1 (-2)Ware, DeMarcus ..............1 (-1)

FUMBLE RECOVERIES1. Lee, Sean..........................2

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Rookies Underlined, [injured]

2011 UNOFFICIAL DALLAS COWBOYS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

SPECIAL TEAMS

WR -- 88 Dez Bryant 85 Kevin Ogletree 17 Dwayne Harris

LT -- 68 Doug Free 78 Jermey Parnell

LG -- 61 Bill Nagy 62 David Arkin

C -- 67 Phil Costa 60 Kevin Kowalski

RG -- 63 Kyle Kosier 75 Derrick Dockery

RT -- 77 Tyron Smith 78 Jermey Parnell

TE -- 82 Jason Witten 80 Martellus Bennett 89 John Phillips

WR -- 19 Miles Austin 81 Laurent Robinson 16 Jesse Holley

QB -- 9 Tony Romo 3 Jon Kitna 7 Stephen McGee

FB -- 24 Tony Fiammetta 89 John Phillips

RB -- 28 Felix Jones 23 Tashard Choice 29 DeMarco Murray 34 Phillip Tanner

LE -- 99 Kenyon Coleman 95 Sean Lissemore

NT -- 90 Jay Ratliff 92 Josh Brent

RE -- 97 Jason Hatcher 98 Marcus Spears 96 Clifton Geathers

SLB -- 93 Anthony Spencer 57 Victor Butler

MLB -- 56 Bradie James

WLB -- 50 Sean Lee 51 Keith Brooking

JLB -- 94 DeMarcus Ware 55 Alex Albright

LCB -- 41 Terence Newman 32 Orlando Scandrick

RCB -- 21 Mike Jenkins 20 Alan Ball 25 Frank Walker

FS -- 43 Gerald Sensabaugh 40 Danny McCray

SS -- 26 Abram Elam 42 Barry Church

P -- 1 Mat McBriar

KO -- 18 David Buehler 5 Dan Bailey

PK -- 5 Dan Bailey 18 David Buehler

H -- 1 Mat McBriar

KOR-- 17 Dwayne Harris 29 DeMarco Murray 85 Kevin Ogletree

PR -- 17 Dwayne Harris 88 Dez Bryant

LS -- 91 L.P. Ladouceur

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEBrett BECH ....................................................................BESHDavid BUEHLER........................................................ BEE-lerTASHARD Choice ................................................tuh-SHARDMatt EBERFLUS..................................................EE-ber-floosTony FIAMMETTA ..........................................FEE-uh-met-uhKyle KOSIER ..............................................................KOZAR

Louis-Philippe LADOUCEUR............................LAH-doo-sahrSean LISSEMORE ................................................LISS-moreBill NAGy ................................................................NAy-gheeLAURENT Robinson ....................................................luh-ronTyRON Smith ..............................................................TIE-rinMike WOICIK ..........................................................WOy-sick

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Jason GarrettAssistants: Brian Baker (Defensive Line); Brett Bech (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Ben Bloom (Defensive QualityControl/Linebackers); Chris Boniol (Assistant Special Teams/Kickers); Dave Campo (Secondary); Joe DeCamillis (SpecialTeams); Matt Eberflus (Linebackers); John Garrett (Passing Game Coordinator/Tight Ends); Hudson Houck (Running GameCoordinator/Offensive Line); Brett Maxie (Secondary); Keith O’Quinn (Offensive Quality Control/Wide Receivers); Skip Peete(Running Backs); Wes Phillips (Assistant Offensive Line); Jimmy Robinson (Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers); RobRyan (Defensive Coordinator); Wade Wilson (quarterbacks); Walt Williams (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); MikeWoicik (Strength and Conditioning).

Rookies Underlined [injured players]

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2011 DALLAS COWBOYS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER(as of Oct. 10, 2011)

BIRTH- NFL HIGH SCHOOLNO NAME POS HGT WGT DATE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN55 Albright, Alex LB 6-5 256 1/29/88 R Boston College Cincinnati, Ohio62 Arkin, David G 6-5 310 10/7/87 R Missouri State Wichita, Kan.19 Austin, Miles WR 6-2 215 6/30/84 6 Monmouth Garfield, N.J.

5 Bailey, Dan K 6-0 188 1/26/88 R Oklahoma State Mustang, Okla.20 Ball, Alan CB 6-2 197 3/29/85 4 Illinois Detroit, Mich.80 Bennett, Martellus TE 6-6 270 3/10/87 4 Texas A&M Alief, Texas92 Brent, Josh NT 6-2 320 1/30/88 2 Illinois Bloomington, Ill.51 Brooking, Keith LB 6-2 240 10/30/75 14 Georgia Tech Senoia, Ga.88 Bryant, Dez WR 6-2 218 11/4/88 2 Oklahoma State Lufkin, Texas18 Buehler, David K 6-2 230 2/5/87 3 Southern California Anaheim, Calif.57 Butler, Victor LB 6-2 249 7/29/87 3 Oregon State Rialto, Calif.23 Choice, Tashard RB 5-10 218 11/20/84 4 Georgia Tech Riverdale, Ga.42 Church, Barry S 6-2 220 2/11/88 2 Toledo Pittsburgh, Pa.99 Coleman, Kenyon DE 6-5 306 4/10/79 11 UCLA Alta Loma, Calif.67 Costa, Phil C 6-3 314 7/11/87 2 Maryland Moorestown, N.J.75 Dockery, Derrick G 6-6 325 9/7/80 9 Texas Lakeview, Texas26 Elam, Abram S 6-0 212 10/15/81 7 Kent State West Palm Beach, Fla.24 Fiammetta, Tony FB 6-0 242 8/22/86 3 Syracuse Walkersville, Md.68 Free, Doug T 6-6 323 1/6/84 5 Northern Illinois Manitowoc, Wisc.96 Geathers, Clifton DE 6-7 320 12/11/87 1 South Carolina Georgetown, S.C.17 Harris, Dwayne WR 5-10 208 9/16/87 R East Carolina Stone Mountain, Ga.97 Hatcher, Jason DE 6-6 302 7/13/82 6 Grambling State Jena, La.16 Holley, Jesse WR 6-2 220 1/8/84 2 North Carolina Roselle, N.J.56 James, Bradie LB 6-2 246 1/17/81 9 Louisiana State Monroe, La.21 Jenkins, Mike CB 5-10 202 3/22/85 4 South Florida Bradenton, Fla.28 Jones, Felix RB 5-10 217 5/8/87 4 Arkansas Tulsa, Okla.

3 Kitna, Jon QB 6-2 220 9/21/72 15 Central Washington Tacoma, Wash.63 Kosier, Kyle G 6-5 305 11/27/78 10 Arizona State Peoria, Ariz.60 Kowalski, Kevin C/G 6-4 301 1/2/89 R Toledo Macedonia, Ohio91 Ladouceur, Louis-Philippe LS 6-5 260 3/13/81 7 California Pointe-Claire, Quebec50 Lee, Sean LB 6-2 245 7/22/86 2 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa.95 Lissemore, Sean DE 6-4 306 9/11/87 2 William & Mary Dumont, N.J.

1 McBriar, Mat P 6-0 227 7/8/79 8 Hawaii East Brighton, Australia40 McCray, Danny S 6-1 222 3/10/88 2 Louisiana State Houston, Texas

7 McGee, Stephen QB 6-3 225 9/27/85 3 Texas A&M Burnet, Texas29 Murray, DeMarco RB 6-0 227 2/12/88 R Oklahoma Los Angeles, Calif.61 Nagy, Bill G 6-3 303 10/26/87 R Wisconsin Hudson, Ohio41 Newman, Terence CB 5-10 192 9/4/78 9 Kansas State Salina, Kan.85 Ogletree, Kevin WR 6-1 190 8/5/87 3 Virginia Queens, N.y.78 Parnell, Jermey T 6-6 305 7/20/86 2 Mississippi Blytheville, Ark.89 Phillips, John TE 6-5 261 6/11/87 3 Virginia Warm Springs, Va.90 Ratliff, Jay NT 6-4 287 8/29/81 7 Auburn Valdosta, Ga.81 Robinson, Laurent WR 6-2 194 5/20/85 5 Illinois State Fort Lewis, Wash.

9 Romo, Tony QB 6-2 228 4/21/80 9 Eastern Illinois Burlington, Wisc.32 Scandrick, Orlando CB 5-10 191 2/10/87 4 Boise State Los Alamitos, Calif.43 Sensabaugh, Gerald S 6-1 208 6/13/83 7 North Carolina Kingsport, Tenn.77 Smith, Tyron T 6-5 311 12/12/90 R Southern California Moreno Valley, Calif.98 Spears, Marcus DE 6-4 315 3/8/83 7 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La.93 Spencer, Anthony LB 6-3 257 1/23/84 5 Purdue Fort Wayne, Ind.34 Tanner, Phillip RB 6-0 218 8/8/88 R Middle Tennessee State Dallas, Texas25 Walker, Frank CB 5-11 196 8/6/81 9 Tuskegee Tuskegee, Ala.94 Ware, DeMarcus LB 6-4 260 7/31/82 7 Troy Auburn, Ala.82 Witten, Jason TE 6-6 265 5/6/82 9 Tennessee Elizabethton, Tenn.

Practice Squad31 Butler, Mario CB 6-1 191 10/20/88 R Georiga Tech Jacksonville, Fla.72 Calloway, Robert DT 6-5 312 2/14/88 1 Saginaw Valley State Mt. Morris, Mich.45 Chapas, Shaun FB 6-2 249 5/2/88 R Georgia St. Augustine, Fla.15 Holmes, Andre WR 6-5 208 6/16/88 R Hillsdale Elk Grove, Ill.58 Lemon, Orie LB 6-1 251 9/9/87 R Oklahoma State Houston, Texas11 Owusu-Ansah, Akwasi WR 6-0 209 4/10/88 2 Indiana (PA) Columbus, Ohio83 Rucker, Martin TE 6-5 251 5/4/85 4 Missouri St. Joseph, Mo.10 Williams, Teddy WR 6-3 205 7/3/88 1 Texas, San Antonio Tyler, Texas

Reserve/NFI54 Carter, Bruce LB 6-3 246 2/19/88 R North Carolina Havelock, N.C.

2 Forbath, Kai K 6-0 193 9/2/87 R UCLA Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Reserve/Injured86 Radway, Raymond WR 6-3 198 7/5/87 R Abilene Christian McKinney, Texas

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2011 DALLAS COWBOYS NUMERICAL ROSTER(as of Oct. 10, 2011)

NFL '11 GAMES/NO. NAME POS HGT WGT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOW ACQ GP-GS-DNP-IA

1 Mat McBriar P 6-0 227 32 8 Hawaii FA-'04 4 -0 - 0 - 03 Jon Kitna QB 6-2 220 39 15 Central Washington T(Det)-'09 1 -0 - 3 - 05 Dan Bailey K 6-0 188 23 R Oklahoma State FA-'11 4 -0 - 0 - 07 Stephen McGee QB 6-3 225 26 3 Texas A&M D4a-'09 0 -0 - 2 - 29 Tony Romo QB 6-2 228 31 9 Eastern Illinois FA-'03 4 -4 - 0 - 0

16 Jesse Holley WR 6-2 220 27 2 North Carolina FA-'09 4 -0 - 0 - 017 Dwayne Harris WR 5-10 208 24 R East Carolina D6-'11 4 -0 - 0 - 018 David Buehler K 6-2 230 24 3 Southern California D5c-'09 2 -0 - 0 - 219 Miles Austin WR 6-2 215 27 6 Monmouth FA-'06 2 -2 - 0 - 220 Alan Ball CB 6-2 197 26 5 Illinois D7b-'07 4 -1 - 0 - 021 Mike Jenkins CB 5-10 202 26 4 South Florida D1b-'08 4 -4 - 0 - 023 Tashard Choice RB 5-10 218 26 4 Georgia Tech D4-'08 4 -0 - 0 - 024 Tony Fiammetta FB 6-0 242 25 3 Syracuse W(Car)-'11 2 -1 - 0 - 125 Frank Walker CB 5-11 196 30 9 Tuskegee FA-'11 3 -0 - 0 - 026 Abram Elam S 6-0 212 29 7 Kent State UFA(Cle)-'11 4 -4 - 0 - 028 Felix Jones RB 5-10 217 24 4 Arkansas D1a-'08 4 -4 - 0 - 029 DeMarco Murray RB 6-0 227 23 R Oklahoma D3-'11 4 -0 - 0 - 032 Orlando Scandrick CB 5-10 191 24 4 Boise State D5-'08 1 -1 - 0 - 334 Phillip Tanner RB 6-0 218 23 R Middle Tennessee St FA-'11 2 -0 - 0 - 240 Danny McCray S 6-1 222 23 2 Louisiana State FA-'10 4 -0 - 0 - 041 Terence Newman CB 5-10 192 33 9 Kansas State D1-'03 2 -2 - 0 - 242 Barry Church S 6-2 220 23 2 Toledo FA-'10 4 -0 - 0 - 043 Gerald Sensabaugh S 6-1 208 28 7 North Carolina UFA(Jac)-'09 4 -4 - 0 - 050 Sean Lee LB 6-2 245 25 2 Penn State D2-'10 4 -4 - 0 - 051 Keith Brooking LB 6-2 240 35 14 Georgia Tech UFA(Atl)-'09 4 -0 - 0 - 055 Alex Albright LB 6-5 256 23 R Boston College FA-'11 4 -0 - 0 - 056 Bradie James LB 6-2 246 30 9 Louisiana State D4-'03 4 -4 - 0 - 057 Victor Butler LB 6-2 249 24 3 Oregon State D4b-'09 4 -0 - 0 - 060 Kevin Kowalski C/G 6-4 301 22 R Toledo FA-'11 2 -0 - 2 - 061 Bill Nagy G 6-3 303 23 R Wisconsin D7b-'11 3 -3 - 0 - 162 David Arkin G 6-5 310 24 R Missouri State D4-'11 0 -0 - 0 - 463 Kyle Kosier G 6-5 305 32 10 Arizona State UFA(Det)-'06 4 -4 - 0 - 067 Phil Costa C 6-3 314 24 2 Maryland FA-'10 4 -4 - 0 - 068 Doug Free T 6-6 323 27 5 Northern Illinois D4b-'07 4 -4 - 0 - 075 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 325 31 9 Texas FA-'11 1 -1 - 1 - 277 Tyron Smith T 6-5 311 20 R Southern California D1-'11 4 -4 - 0 - 078 Jermey Parnell T 6-6 305 25 2 Mississippi FA-'10 0 -0 - 4 - 080 Martellus Bennett TE 6-6 270 24 4 Texas A&M D2-'08 3 -1 - 0 - 181 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 194 26 5 Illinois State FA-'11 2 -1 - 0 - 082 Jason Witten TE 6-6 265 29 9 Tennessee D3-'03 4 -4 - 0 - 085 Kevin Ogletree WR 6-1 190 24 3 Virginia FA-'09 4 -1 - 0 - 088 Dez Bryant WR 6-2 218 22 2 Oklahoma State D1-'10 3 -3 - 0 - 189 John Phillips TE 6-5 261 24 3 Virginia D6b-'09 4 -3 - 0 - 090 Jay Ratliff NT 6-4 287 30 7 Auburn D7-'05 4 -4 - 0 - 091 Louis-Philippe Ladouceur LS 6-5 260 30 7 California FA-'05 4 -0 - 0 - 092 Josh Brent NT 6-2 320 23 2 Illinois S7-'10 4 -0 - 0 - 093 Anthony Spencer LB 6-3 257 27 5 Purdue D1-'07 4 -4 - 0 - 094 DeMarcus Ware LB 6-4 260 29 7 Troy D1a-'05 4 -4 - 0 - 095 Sean Lissemore DE 6-4 306 24 2 William & Mary D7-'10 4 -0 - 0 - 096 Clifton Geathers DE 6-7 320 23 1 South Carolina W(Sea)-'10 0 -0 - 1 - 397 Jason Hatcher DE 6-6 302 29 6 Grambling State D3b-'06 3 -3 - 0 - 198 Marcus Spears DE 6-4 315 28 7 Louisiana State D1b-'05 4 -1 - 0 - 099 Kenyon Coleman DE 6-5 306 32 11 UCLA UFA(Cle)-'11 4 -4 - 0 - 0

Practice Squad10 Teddy Williams WR 6-3 205 23 1 Texas, San Antonio FA-'1011 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah WR 6-0 209 23 2 Indiana (PA) D4-'1015 Andre Holmes WR 6-5 208 23 R Hillsdale FA-'1131 Mario Butler CB 6-1 191 22 R Georgia Tech FA-'1145 Shaun Chapas FB 6-2 249 23 R Georgia D7a-'1158 Orie Lemon LB 6-1 251 24 R Oklahoma State FA-'1172 Robert Calloway DT 6-5 312 23 1 Saginaw Valley State FA-'1183 Martin Rucker TE 6-5 251 26 4 Missouri FA-'11

Reserve/NFI2 Kai Forbath K 5-11 193 24 R UCLA FA-'11

54 Bruce Carter LB 6-3 246 23 R North Carolina D2-'11

Reserve/Injured86 Raymond Radway WR 6-3 198 24 R Abilene Christian FA-'11

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2011 DALLAS COWBOYS POSITION BY POSITION ROSTER(as of Oct. 10, 2011)

NFLNO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOW ACQ

Quarterback (3)3 Jon Kitna QB 6-2 220 38 15 Central Washington T(Det)-'097 Stephen McGee QB 6-3 225 26 3 Texas A&M D4a-'099 Tony Romo QB 6-2 228 31 9 Eastern Illinois FA-'03

Running Back (5)23 Tashard Choice RB 5-10 218 26 4 Georgia Tech D4-'0824 Tony Fiammetta FB 6-0 242 25 3 Syracuse FA-'1128 Felix Jones RB 5-10 217 24 4 Arkansas D1a-'0829 DeMarco Murray RB 6-0 227 23 R Oklahoma D3-'1134 Phillip Tanner RB 6-0 218 23 R Middle Tennessee St FA-'11

Wide Receiver (5)16 Jesse Holley WR 6-2 220 24 2 North Carolina FA-'0917 Dwayne Harris WR 5-10 208 24 R East Carolina D6-'1119 Miles Austin WR 6-2 215 27 6 Monmouth University FA-’0681 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 194 26 5 Illinois State FA-'1185 Kevin Ogletree WR 6-1 190 24 3 Virginia FA-'0988 Dez Bryant WR 6-2 218 22 2 Oklahoma State D1-'10

Tight End (3)80 Martellus Bennett TE 6-6 270 24 4 Texas A&M D2-'0882 Jason Witten TE 6-6 265 29 9 Tennessee D3-’0389 John Phillips TE 6-5 261 24 3 Virginia D6b-'09

Offensive Line (9)60 Kevin Kowalski G/C 6-4 301 22 R Toledo FA-'1161 Bill Nagy G 6-3 303 23 R Wisconsin D7b-'1162 David Arkin G 6-5 310 24 R Missouri State D4-'1163 Kyle Kosier G 6-5 305 32 10 Arizona State UFA(Det)-'0667 Phil Costa C 6-3 314 24 2 Maryland FA-'1068 Doug Free T 6-6 323 27 5 Northern Illinois D4b-'0775 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 325 31 9 Texas FA-'1177 Tyron Smith T 6-5 311 20 R Southern California D1-'1178 Jermey Parnell T 6-6 305 25 2 Mississippi FA-'10

Defensive Backs (9)20 Alan Ball CB 6-2 197 26 4 Illinois D7b-'0721 Mike Jenkins CB 5-10 202 26 4 South Florida D1b-'0825 Frank Walker CB 5-11 196 30 9 Tuskegee FA-'1126 Abram Elam S 6-0 212 29 7 Kent State UFA(Cle)-'1132 Orlando Scandrick CB 5-10 191 24 4 Boise St. D5-'0840 Danny McCray S 6-1 222 23 2 Louisiana State FA-'1041 Terence Newman CB 5-10 192 33 9 Kansas State D1-’0342 Barry Church S 6-2 220 23 2 Toledo FA-'1043 Gerald Sensabaugh S 6-1 208 28 7 North Carolina UFA(Jac)-'09

Linebackers (7)50 Sean Lee LB 6-2 245 25 2 Penn State D2-'1051 Keith Brooking LB 6-2 240 35 14 Georgia Tech UFA(Atl)-'0955 Alex Albright LB 6-5 256 23 R Boston College FA-'1156 Bradie James LB 6-2 246 30 9 Louisiana State D4-’0357 Victor Butler LB 6-2 249 24 3 Oregon State D4b-'0993 Anthony Spencer LB 6-3 257 27 5 Purdue D1-’0794 DeMarcus Ware LB 6-4 260 29 7 Troy D1a-’05

Defensive Line (7)90 Jay Ratliff NT 6-4 287 30 7 Auburn D7-’0592 Josh Brent NT 6-2 320 23 2 Illinois S7-'1095 Sean Lissemore DE 6-4 306 24 2 William & Mary D7-'1096 Clifton Geathers DE 6-7 320 23 1 South Carolina W(Sea)-'1097 Jason Hatcher DE 6-6 302 29 6 Grambling State D3b-'0698 Marcus Spears DE 6-4 315 28 7 Louisiana State D1b-'0599 Kenyon Coleman DE 6-5 306 32 11 UCLA UFA(Cle)-'11

Specialists (4)1 Mat McBriar P 6-0 227 32 8 Hawaii FA-'045 Dan Bailey K 6-0 188 23 R Oklahoma State FA-'11

18 David Buehler K 6-2 230 24 3 Southern California D5c-'0991 Louis-Philippe Ladouceur LS 6-5 260 30 7 California FA-’05

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2011 Transactions By DateJan. 3 ............Signed Troy Bergeron, Robert Brewster, Alex Daniels, Jeff Moturi, Jason Pociask, Kelvin Smith and Ross Weaver.Jan. 4 ............Signed Travis Bright.Jan. 5 ............Named Jason Garrett head coach.

Jan. 15 ..........Hired Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator.

Jan. 28 ..........Signed Titus Ryan.

Jan. 26 ..........Hired Matt Eberflus as linebackers coach.

Jan. 31 ..........Hired Ben Bloom as defensive quality control coach/linebackers.

Feb. 7 ............Hired Brian Baker as defensive line coach.

Feb. 9 ............Hired Mike Woicik as strength and conditioning coach.

Feb. 11 ..........Hired Jimmy Robinson as assistant head coach/wide receivers coach.

Feb. 14 ..........Hired Walt Williams as assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Feb. 15 ..........Acquired Mike Balogun in waivers from Buffalo.

Feb. 17 ..........Named John Garrett passing game coordinator/tight ends coach, Hudson Houck running game coordinator/offensive line coach and WesPhillips assistant offensive line coach.

March 1 ........Signed Isaiah Greenhouse. Tendered Alan Ball, Stephen Bowen, Doug Free and Jason Hatcher.April 28 ..........Drafted Tyron Smith.

April 29 ..........Drafted Bruce Carter and DeMarco Murray.

April 30 ..........Drafted David Arkin, Josh Thomas, Dwayne Harris, Shaun Chapas and Bill Nagy.

July 28 ..........Signed Jose Acuna, Corey Adams, Alex Albright, David Arkin, Dan Bailey, Billy Blackard, Mario Butler, Bruce Carter, Shaun Chapas,

Zack Eskridge, Dwayne Harris, Chris Jones, Kevin Kowalski, Orie Lemon, Lyle Leong, Pepa Letuli, DeMarco Murray, Bill Nagy,

Raymond Radway, Chris Randle, Tyron Smith, Josh Thomas, Phillip Tanner, and Collin Zych.

July 28 ..........Released Marion Barber, Troy Bergeron, Robert Brewster, Travis Bright, Kris Brown, Marc Colombo, Leonard Davis, Kelvin Smith and

Roy Williams.

July 28 ..........Placed Andre Gurode on active non-football injury list.

July 29 ..........Signed Alan Ball, Kenyon Coleman, Doug Free, Jesse Holley, Alex Ibiloye, Kyle Kosier, Bryan McCann, Lawon Scott, Marcus Spears and

Frank Warren. Placed Bruce Carter and DeMarco Murray on active non-football injury list.

July 31 ..........Signed Tysson Poots.

Aug. 1 ............Signed James Cleveland. Claimed Jimmy Saddler-McQueen off of waivers.

Aug. 2 ............Released Jeff Moturi and Lawon Scott. Signed Kai Forbath and placed him on active non-football injury list.

Aug. 3 ............Signed Jason Hatcher and Gerald Sensabaugh.

Aug. 5 ............Signed Abram Elam.

Aug. 6 ............Released Billy Blackard and Zack Eskridge.

Aug. 7 ............Claimed Tom Brandstater and Dominique Edison off of waivers.

Aug. 12 ..........Released Titus Ryan and signed Curtis Clay.

Aug. 13 ..........Released Jose Acuna and Alex Ibiloye. Andre Gurode passed his physical.

Aug. 15 ..........Released Dominique Edison.

Aug. 16 ..........Released Alex Daniels and Ross Weaver.Aug. 22 ..........DeMarco Murray passed his physical.

Aug. 23 ..........Released Corey Adams, James Cleveland and Frank Warren. Signed Shayne Graham.

Aug. 25 ..........Signed Orlando Scandrick to a five-year contract extension.

Aug. 29 ..........Released Curtis Clay and Andre Gurode.

Aug. 30 ..........Placed Bruce Carter and Kai Forbath on reserved non-football injury list. Signed Dave Rayner.Sept. 3 ..........Released Mike Balogun, Tom Brandstater, Mario Butler, Shaun Chapas, Kenwin Cummings, Shayne Graham, Isaiah Greenhouse, Chris

Gronkowski, Manuel Johnson, Chris Jones, Orie Lemon, Lyle Leong, Pepa Letuli, Lonyae Miller, Igor Olshansky, AkwasiOwusu-Ansah, Jason Pociask, Tysson Poots, Chris Randle, Dave Rayner, Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, Andrew Sendejo, JoshThomas, Brandon Williams, Teddy Williams and Collin Zych. Placed Raymond Radway on injured reserve.

Sept. 4 ..........Released Montrae Holland. Claimed Tony Fiammetta off of waivers.

Sept. 5 ..........Released Sam Young. Signed Derrick Dockery. Signed Mario Butler, Shaun Chapas, Isaiah Greenhouse, Andre Holmes, Orie Lemon,Akwasi Owusu-Ansah and Teddy Williams to the practice squad.

Sept. 7 ..........Released Tony Fiammetta. Signed Laurent Robinson.Sept. 8 ..........Signed Robert Calloway to the practice squad.

Sept. 9 ..........Signed Jay Ratliff to a five-year contract extension through 2017.

Sept. 10 ........Signed Jason Witten to a five-year contract extension through 2017.

Sept. 13 ........Released Martin Rucker, Laurent Robinson and Isaiah Greenhouse from the practice squad. Signed Tony Fiammetta and Frank Walker.Sept. 14 ........Signed Martin Rucker to the practice squad.

Sept. 20 ........Released Bryan McCann. Signed Laurent Robinson.

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2011 Transactions by PlayerACUNA, Jose - T

7/28 ......Signed8/13 ......Released

ADAMS, Corey - LS7/28 ......Signed8/23 ......Released

ALBRIGHT, Alex - LB7/28 ......Signed

ARKIN, David - G4/30 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed

BAILEY, Dan - K7/28 ......Signed

BAKER, Brian2/7 ........Hired as defensive line coach

BALL, Alan - S3/1 ........Tendered7/29 ......Signed

BALOGUN, Mike - LB2/15 ......Acquired via waivers - Buffalo9/3 ........Released

BARBER, Marion - RB7/28 ......Released

BLACKARD, Billy - NT7/28 ......Signed8/6 ........Released

BERGERON, Troy - WR1/3 ........Signed7/28 ......Released

BLOOM, Ben1/31 ...... Hired as defensive quality control/

linebackersBOWEN , Stephen - DE

3/1 ........TenderedBRANDSTATER, Tom - QB

8/7 ........Acquired via waivers - Miami9/3 ........Released

BREWSTER, Robert - T1/3 ........Signed7/28 ......Released

BRIGHT, Travis - G1/4 ........Signed7/28 ......Released

BROWN, Kris - K7/28 ......Released

BUTLER, Mario - CB7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

CALLOWAY, Robert - DT9/8 ........Signed to practice squad

CARTER, Bruce - LB4/29 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed7/29 ......Placed on active NFI8/30 ......Placed on reserve NFI

CHAPAS, Shaun - FB4/30 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

CLAY, Curtis - WR8/12 ......Signed8/29 ......Released

CLEVELAND, James - WR8/1 ........Signed8/23 ......Released

COLEMAN, Kenyon - DE7/29 ......Signed

COLOMBO, Marc - T7/28 ......Released

DANIELS, Alex - DE1/3 ........Signed8/16 ......Released

DAVIS, Leonard - G7/28 ......Released

DOCKERY, Derrick - T9/5 ........Signed

EBERFLUS, Matt1/26 ......Hired as linebackers coach

EDISON, Dominique - WR8/7 ........Claimed off waivers - Seattle8/15 ......Released

ELAM, Abram - S7/5 ........Signed

ESKRIDGE, Zack - QB7/28 ......Signed8/6 ........Released

FIAMMETTA, Tony - FB9/4 ........Claimed off of waivers - Carolina9/7 ........Released9/13 ......Signed

FORBATH, Kai - K8/2 ........Signed8/2 ........Placed on active NFI8/30 ......Placed on reserve NFI

FREE, Doug - T3/1 ........Tendered7/29 ......Signed

GARRETT, Jason1/5 ........Named head coach

GARRETT, John2/17 ......Named passing game coordinator

GRAHAM, Shayne - K8/23 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

GURODE, Andre - G7/28 ......Placed on active NFI8/13 ......Passed physical8/29 ......Released

GREENHOUSE, Isaiah - LB3/1 ........Signed9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad9/13 ......Released from practice squad

HARRIS, Dwayne - WR4/30 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed

HATCHER, Jason - DE3/1 ........Tendered8/3 ........Signed

HOLLAND, Montrae - G9/4 ........Released

HOLLEY, Jesse - WR7/29 ......Signed

HOLMES, Andre - WR9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

HOUCK, Hudson2/17 ......Named running game coordinator

IBILOYE, Alex - CB7/29 ......Signed8/13 ......Released

JONES, Chris - P7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

KOSIER, Kyle - G7/29 ......Signed

KOWALSKI, Kevin - C/G7/28 ......Signed

LEMON, Orie - LB7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

LEONG, Lyle - WR7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

LETULI, Pepa - T7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

McCANN, Bryan - CB7/29 ......Signed9/20 ......Released

MILLER, Lonyae - RB9/3 ........Released

MOTURI, Jeff - WR1/3 ........Signed8/2 ........Released

MURRAY, DeMarco - RB4/29 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed7/29 ......Placed on active NFI8/22 ......Passed physical

NAGY, Bill - G4/30 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed

OLSHANSKY, Igor - DE9/3 ........Released

OWUSU-ANSAH, Akwasi - S9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

PHILLIPS, Wes2/17 ......Named assistant offensive line coach

POCIASK, Jason - TE1/3 ........Signed9/3 ........Released

POOTS, Tysson - WR7/31 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

RADWAY, Raymond - WR7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Placed on injured reserve

RANDLE, Chris - CB7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

RATLIFF, Jay - NT9/9 ........Signed a five-year contract extension

RAYNER, Dave - K8/30 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

ROBINSON, Jimmy2/11 ......Hired as assistant head coach/wide

receiversROBINSON, Laurent - WR

9/7 ........Signed9/13 ......Released9/20 ......Re-signed

RUCKER, Martin - TE9/13 ......Released9/14 ......Signed to practice squad

RYAN, Rob 1/15 ......Hired as defensive coordinator

RYAN, Titus - WR1/28 ......Signed8/12 ......Released

SADDLER-McQUEEN, Jimmy - NT8/1 ........Claimed off waivers9/3 ........Released

SCANDRICK, Orlando - CB8/25 ......Five-year contract extension

SCOTT, Lawon - DT7/29 ......Signed8/2 ........Released

SENDEJO, Andrew - S9/3 ........Released

SENSABAUGH, GERALD - S8/3 ........Signed

SMITH, Kelvin - LB1/3 ........Signed7/28 ......Released

SMITH, Tyron - T4/28 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed

SPEARS, Marcus - DE7/29 ......Signed

TANNER, Phillip - RB7/28 ......Signed

THOMAS, Josh - CB4/30 ......Drafted7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released

WALKER, Frank - CB9/13 ......Signed

WARREN, Frank - RB7/29 ......Signed8/23 ......Released

WEAVER, Ross - CB1/3 ........Signed8/16 ......Released

WILLIAMS, Brandon - LB9/3 ........Released

WILLIAMS, Roy - WR7/28 ......Released

WILLIAMS, Teddy - WR9/3 ........Released9/5 ........Signed to practice squad

WILLIAMS, Walt2/14 ......Hired as assistant strength and con-

ditioning coachWITTEN, Jason - TE

9/10 ......Signed a five-year contract extensionWOICIK, Mike

2/9 ........Hired as strength and conditioningcoach

YOUNG, Sam - T9/5 ........Released

ZYCH, Collin - S7/28 ......Signed9/3 ........Released