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SIDELINES HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON PLAYERS JASON
RECORDS
GARRETT
Witten led the team in receptions (79) - for the fifth
straight season and sixth overall - and receiving
yards (942) while finishing fourth with five touchdown
receptions. In his second season, Bryant finished
second on the team in catches (63), receiving yards
(928) and touchdowns (nine), while veteran Laurent
Robinson led the team with 11 touchdown receptions
on 54 catches for 858 yards. Rookie running
back Murray provided a mid-season spark as he set
a club rushing record with 253 rushing yards against
St. Louis (10/23). Murray led the team with 167 carries
for 897 yards and two touchdowns despite
starting only seven games and missing the final
three games after landing on Reserve/Injured with a
broken ankle. With an offensive line in transition,
rookie Tyron Smith emerged as a solid building block
for the long term after starting all 16 games at right
tackle and earning All-Rookie honors.
After taking over the offensive coordinator’s
responsibilities under Wade Phillips in 2007, the
Dallas offense reached high levels of productivity in
several categories, and the unit finished among the
NFL’s top-10 in total offense in five of his seven years
at the helm: 2013 (10th), 2012 (6th), 2010 (10th),
2009 (2nd) and 2007 (2nd). Inclusively from the
start of the 2007 season, the club has averaged
25.2 points-per-game and 368.6 total yards-per-outing
- both sixth in the league over that span. Since his
arrival in 2007, not only has the team set single-season
records in numerous offensive categories, but
the club’s cumulative numbers for total net yards
(47,179), gross passing yards (32,891) and total
points (3,223) represent the best totals over a eightyear
span in the history of the organization. Under
Garrett’s tutelage, 13 different offensive players
have earned 30 total trips to the Pro Bowl.
Although the 2010 club faced its share of challenges,
the offense continued to put up big numbers,
amassing 5,828 total yards for the seventh-highest
yardage output in franchise history. Dallas also
topped the 4,000 passing yard mark for the third
time in four years with the third-most in club history
(4,042). Romo started the season running the
offense, but a fractured left clavicle suffered against
the N.Y. Giants (10/25) led the way for Jon Kitna to
take over. Before the injury, Romo completed 148-of-
213 passes (69.5%) for 1,605 yards, 11 touchdowns
and seven interceptions. At the time of his
injury, he had a 94.9 quarterback rating that was
sixth in the NFL and tops in the NFC. Witten also finished
with 1,002 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
His 1,002 yards marked his third career
1,000-yard season and his second consecutive,
while his nine touchdowns tied a team tight end
record. Miles Austin notched his second straight
1,000-yard season (1,041) to give the Cowboys
their fifth instance of two pass catchers topping
1,000 yards. Rookie wide receiver Bryant was well
on his way to a record-breaking rookie season before
fracturing his ankle at Indianapolis (12/5). Prior to
his injury, Bryant collected 45 catches (second alltime
among team rookies) for 564 yards (fifth) and
six touchdown catches (tied for second). The club
sent three offensive players to the Pro Bowl: Austin
(second consecutive), Andre Gurode (fifth consecutive)
and Witten (seventh consecutive).
En route to winning the 2009 NFC Eastern
Division title, Dallas established club records for total
offensive yards (6,390), net passing yards (4,287)
and pass completions (347). Dallas ranked second
in the NFL in yards-per-game (399.4), sixth in passing
(267.9) and seventh in the league in rushing
(131.4). Romo broke his previous single season
records for completions (347) and passing yards
(4,483), while Austin (1,320 receiving yards) and
Witten (1,030) became just the fourth pair of
Cowboys pass catchers to gain more than 1,000
yards in a season in team annals. On the ground,
18
second-year running back Felix Jones eclipsed a 47-
year old record for rushing yards-per-carry with a
season average of 5.9.
The 2009 club led the NFL in average gain on
first down plays (6.52), and five offensive players
made trips to the Pro Bowl in South Florida: Witten,
Leonard Davis, Gurode, Romo and Austin.
In 2008 Dallas finished the season 13th in the
NFL in total offense with an average of 344.5 yardsper-game.
The team was ninth in the league in passing
offense (236.8 yards-per-game), and the team’s
total of 3,789 net yards passing was the fifth-highest
in club history since the 16-game NFL regular season
was implemented in 1978. Following the season,
offensive linemen Davis, Gurode and Flozell
Adams were selected to represent the Cowboys in
the Pro Bowl along with Witten.
In 2007 Garrett directed a Dallas unit that produced
one of the most explosive seasons in club history.
Following the season in which the Cowboys won
the NFC Eastern Division crown with a team-record
tying 13 victories, Head Coach Wade Phillips added to
Garrett’s responsibilities by naming him the club’s
assistant head coach on January 17, 2008. Regarded
as one of the bright young offensive minds in the
league, Garrett was named Pro Football Weekly’s
NFL’s Assistant Coach of the Year in March of 2008.
The award, which is presented annually at the Ed
Block Courage Awards Banquet in Baltimore, is selected
by a vote of the Pro Football Writers of America.
Dallas finished the 2007 season second in the
NFL in scoring (first in the NFC) with an average of
28.4 points-per-game. The 455 points scored in
marked the second-highest figure to date in club history
behind the 1983 squad (479 points). The
Cowboys scored at least 20 points in 14 of its 16
games in 2007, marking the most 20-plus point
games since the 1995 club also had 14. The 2007
offense also set a club record by scoring 24 pointsor-more
in the first 13 games of the season.
With a 16-game average of 365.7 yards-pergame,
the Cowboys were third in the NFL (second in
the NFC) in total offense. Dallas closed the 2007
season fourth in the NFL (third in the NFC) in passing
with an average of 256.6 yards-per-game. In the
rushing offense category, the Cowboys were 17th in
the NFL (seventh in the NFC) with an average of
109.1 yards-per-game. The 5,851 yards in total
offense by Dallas in 2007 marked the fifth-highest
total yardage output in team history at the time. The
Cowboys established a club record with 217 passing
first downs in 2007, while also leading the NFL in
average yards gained on first downs. Dallas picked
up an average of 6.24 yards on first down plays,
while New England (6.09) was second.
In his first full season as an NFL starter, Romo
finished the campaign as the NFC’s top rated passer
(97.4), marking the third-highest single season passer
rating in club history. With 36 touchdown passes
in 2007, Romo established a Cowboys record for
single season scoring tosses - eclipsing the mark of
29 set by Danny White in 1983. Romo also set what
were then season club marks for completions (335)
and passing yardage (4,211).
Terrell Owens closed the year second in the NFC
in receiving yardage with 1,355 (fifth in the NFL), and
he led the NFC in touchdown catches (third in the
NFL) with a club-record 15 scoring receptions.
Witten finished the year second among all NFL tight
ends (first in the NFC) in both receptions (96) and
yardage (1,145). Both totals represented club
records for a Dallas tight end in a single season.
Marion Barber’s 4.8-yard rushing average was
fifth among all NFL backs, and his 10 rushing touchdowns
tied for fifth in the NFL. The one-two punch of
Barber and Julius Jones combined for 1,563 yards
on the ground and a combined average of 97.7
yards-per-game.