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2006 Pro Football Hall of Fame Information Guideline to the Giants 14-yard line, where he had two shots atthe end zone before time expired on the comebackattempt. The following week against Arizona (10/22),Aikman completed nine-of-15 passes for 154 yards andtwo touchdowns while helping guide Dallas to points onseven-of-nine possessions and a 48-0 lead before givingway to Randall Cunningham in the fourth quarter.Against Jacksonville (10/29), he opened the game completingfour-of-five passes for 43 yards and a touchdown(13-yard pass to Harris) on the game’s opening drive. Hesuffered a low back contusion on that drive and thenbegan experiencing back spasms on the next possession,forcing him from the game. He did not travel toPhiladelphia (11/5) because of his back. AgainstCincinnati (11/12), Aikman recorded his only 300-yardpassing game of the season and the 13th of his careerwith 308 yards and one touchdown on 24-of-37 passing.During the game, he moved past Sonny Jurgensen intothe NFL’s all-time top 20 in career passing yards. TheCowboys offense struggled against the future Super Bowlchampion Ravens. At Baltimore (11/19), he completed19-of-33 passes for 138 yards and three interceptions.On Thankgiving Day against Minnesota (11/23), theCowboys turned Aikman loose. He completed a seasonhigh30 passes — the fifth highest total of his career —on a season-high 43 attempts for 276 yards, one touchdownand one interception. His completion totals movedhim past Jim Kelly and Steve DeBerg (2,874 career completionseach) into 10th on the NFL’s all-time completionlist with 2,880. At Tampa Bay (12/3), he completed 16-of- 30 passes for 158 yards and an interception beforegiving way to Anthony Wright midway through the fourthquarter in a 27-7 loss. Although no one knew it at thetime, Aikman took the field for the final time againstWashington (11/12) and completed his first two passattempts. On third-and-one from the Redskins’ oneyardline, his third attempt of the game fell incomplete as hewas pressured and hit by LaVar Arrington on the play,causing his second concussion of the season. Tim Sederhit a field goal on the next play to put Dallas up 6-0 butAikman did not return to the game. He was deactivatedthe final two weeks of the season against the N.Y. Giants(12/17) and at Tennessee (12/25) following concussion.1999: Aikman led the team in passing for the 11th consecutiveseason with an 81.1 quarterback rating, rankinghim seventh in the NFC and 13th in the NFL. Despitemissing two games with a concussion, he was fifth in theNFC, 13th in the NFL, with 2,964 yards passing (263-of-442). He was eighth in the NFL with a 59.5 completionpercentage. Aikman improved his record in season openersto 8-3 by engineering one of the greatest comebacksin Dallas Cowboys’ history at Washington (9/12). Despitethrowing two first-half touchdown passes to DavidLaFleur, the club was down 35-14 to the Redskins enteringthe fourth quarter before he put together 21 fourthquarter points, including a 10-play, 90-yard drive in thefinal 3:00, to tie the game. In the fourth quarter andovertime, he guided Dallas on scoring drives of 70, 66,90 and 95-yards and completed 15-of-23 passes for240 yards and three touchdowns. His fourth quarterscoring tosses were 37 and 12 yards to Michael Irvin inregulation to tie the game and then a 76 yarder to RaghibIsmail for the win in overtime – the second longest overtimetouchdown pass and the fifth longest overtime scoringplay in NFL history. On the day, Aikman posted season-highswith 28 completions, 49 pass attempts, 362yards and five touchdowns (a single-game career bestand club record tying touchdown total) to earn NFCOffensive (his ninth such honor) and Miller Lite NFLPlayer of the Week honors. In addition, he added to hisclub record by recording the 12th 300-yard passinggame of his career – his fourth-best single-game yardagetotal ever. It was the 21st time in his career he has ledthe team to victory in the fourth quarter after beingbehind or tied. Still recovering from the offensive outburstin Week One, Aikman completed just 10-of-22passes for 109 yards and two interceptions againstAtlanta (9/20). It was the lowest passing yardage total ina game he started and finished since Nov. 28, 1996against Washington when he threw for 63 yards (Dallaswon both games). Against Arizona (10/3), Aikmanpicked up his 1,000th career rushing yard on a threeyard run. He also completed 71.4 percent of his passes(15-of-21) for 192 yards and two touchdowns, includinga 63-yard scoring pass to Ismail. At the N.Y. Giants(10/18), Aikman completed 20-of-33 passes (60.6%) for266 yards and in the process quietly began a clubrecordstreak of pass attempts without an interception.In a rematch with the Redskins (10/24), he ran for hisonly touchdown of the season on a one-yard rollout.Through the air, Aikman was 20-of-32 for 244 yards andtwo touchdowns, the 150th and 151st of his career.Despite suffering a blow to the head and missing oneseries at Indianapolis (10/31), Aikman completed a season-high79.2% (19-of-24) of his passes, tying the sixthbestday of his career. The following week at Minnesota(11/8), he completed 14-of-24 passes for 129 yardsbefore being forced from the game after suffering a thirdquarter concussion on a sack by Jerry Ball. Following theinjury, Aikman was deactivated against Green Bay(11/14) and at Arizona (11/21), the first time in hiscareer he had missed a game after suffering a concussion.He returned to the lineup against Miami (11/25)and completed 16-of-29 passes for 232 yards, includinga 65-yard touchdown pass to Ismail. Along the way,Aikman became the 22nd player in NFL history to reachthe 30,000-yard mark for career passing yards. He came- 14 - Profootballhof.com