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REGULAR SEASON GAME #5 SUNDAy , O CTOBER 16, 2011 COWBOyS AT -- 3:15 P.M. CDT

PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS: COWBOYS MEDIA CENTER Rich Dalrymple ...... 972-556-9953 [email protected] To download the 2011 Media Guide in PDF form, cur - Scott Agulnek ...... 972-556-9956 ...... [email protected] rent and previous game notes, stat packs and game information, go Jancy Briles ...... 972-556-9329 ...... [email protected] to the Cowboys media FTP site: www.dallascowboys.com/media. Joe Trahan ...... 214-647-4552 ...... [email protected] Enter the username: media and password: Qd7Tc4VDNe Emily Robbins ...... 972-556-9359 ...... [email protected] Whitney Brandon ..972-556-9955 ...... [email protected] COWBOYS & PATRIOTS Season Series: The Cowboys and Patriots have met 10 times, QUICK FACTS: with Dallas winning seven of those contests. DALLAS COWBOyS (2-2) Series Notables: AT * Dallas won the first seven games the two teams played. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-1) * Six of the nine games have been decided by a - Series Record: or-less. * The first-ever game played at was against Dallas leads the series 7-3. the Patriots 10/24/71, with Dallas winning 44-21. Last Meeting: A Cowboys Win Would: New England 48, @ Dallas 27, Oct. 14, 2007 * Improve Dallas’ record coming off the bye to 17-6. Last Meeting in New England: * Snap a three-game losing streak to the Patriots and a two- New England 12, Dallas 0, Nov. 16, 2003 game losing streak in New England. * Up the Cowboys record to 4-2 in games played at the Last Cowboys Win: Patriots. @ Dallas 12, New England 6, Dec. 15, 1996 * Give Dallas its 85th all-time win over an AFC team to tie Series Streak : San Francisco for the most wins by an NFC team over New England won the last three meetings. an AFC foe. RADIO & TELEVISION THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE RADIO KRLD-FM - 105.3 The Fan Tuesday, Oct. 11: Play-by-Play: Brad Sham Analyst: Players day off - no access Sideline Reporter: Kristi Scales Tune into 105.3 The Fan for pregame and postgame coverage Wednesday, Oct. 12: before and after every Dallas Cowboys game. 10:10 a.m. Coach Belichick conference call 10:30 a.m. conference call KMVK-FM 107.5 Mega (Spanish) 11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open Play-by-Play : Victor Villalba Analyst: Luis Perez 1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference Compass Media Network (National) 1:35 p.m. Locker room open Play-by-Play : Kevin Burkhardt Analyst: Thursday, Oct. 13: TELEVISION 11:15 a.m. Practice - first 25 minutes open Fox Sports, KDFW Fox 4 in Dallas/Fort Worth 1:20 p.m. Coach Garrett press conference Play-by-Play: Thom Brennaman Analyst: 1:35 p.m. Locker room open Sideline Reporter: Pam Oliver Cowboys Special Edition with Friday, Oct. 14: KTVT CBS11 in Dallas/Ft. 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HEAD COACHES JASON GARRETT (7-5, 1 st Year ) ( 181-101, 17th Year, NE - 140-55, 12th Year) Jason Garrett was named the eighth in Dallas Bill Belichick is in his 37th season as an NFL coach and is the Cowboys history on January 5, 2011. Garrett became the first for - only head coach in NFL history to win three champi - mer Dallas Cowboys player to become the team’s head coach. As onships in a four-year span. He has won more regular season a backup during his playing career in Dallas, he start - games (121) and more overall games (135) during a 10-year ed nine-of-23 games played and was a member of teams that won stretch (2001-10) than any other head coach in NFL history. six division titles and three Super Bowl championships. Garrett Belichick is currently ranked 10th on the NFL’s all-time list with 181 was elevated to the Cowboys top job after taking over as the wins. He was named the Patriots head coach on Jan. 27, 2000. team’s interim head coach at the midpoint of the 2010 season. He Through 11 seasons in New England, Belichick has claimed three went on to guide a Dallas team that had started the season with a Super Bowl titles, four conference titles, eight division crowns and 1-7 record to a 5-3 mark down the stretch. In the season’s second 14 playoff wins. He directed the Patriots to wins in Super Bowls half, three of the Cowboys five victories were against teams that XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX, and in 2007, he became the first NFL posted 10 regular season wins, while the three Dallas defeats coach to lead a team to a 16-0 regular season record. Only one were decided by a combined total of seven points. Since the 2007 NFL coach won more Super Bowl titles than Belichick (Chuck Noll, season, Garrett had been the Cowboys 4), and he is tied with Washington’s and San Francisco’s under head coach , and in 2008, he was assigned Bill Walsh for second all-time. Belichick has claimed a winning the additional duties of being the club’s assistant head coach. record in each of his 10 seasons with New England, making the Under Garrett, the Dallas offense has reached high levels of pro - Patriots the only NFL franchise to accomplish the feat in that span. ductivity in several categories, and the unit has finished among Only one other NFL team with 10 consecutive winning seasons the NFL’s top-10 in total offense in three of his four years at the since the 1970 merger was , who led Dallas to 16 helm: 2010 (10th), 2009 (2nd), and 2007 (2nd). From the start of straight winning seasons. With his 14-2 finish in 2010, Belichick is the 2007 season, the club has averaged 24.6 points-per-game the first coach with at least 14 regular season wins in four different and 368.5 total yards-per-outing. The team has set single-season seasons. His team also owns records for consecutive games won records in a handful of categories, and from 2007 to 2009 the (21) and consecutive playoff wins (10). Belichick started his coach - cumulative numbers for total net yards (17,753), gross yards ing career as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts (1975). (12,761) and passing yards (12,181) represented the best totals He then was the assistant special teams coach in Detroit (1976- over a three-year span in the history of the organization. Garrett 77), followed by stops in Denver (1978) and with the N.y. Giants returned to Dallas in 2007 as the offensive coordinator He entered (1979-1990). He was Cleveland’s head coach in 1991 then joined the coaching profession as the coach for two sea - New England in 1996. He then coached the Jets (1997-99) before sons (2005-06) for ’s first club. returning to the Patriots in 2000. ALL-TIME WINNING TRADITION A WINNING TREND The Dallas Cowboys have ’s second-highest all-time The Dallas Cowboys entered the 2011 season as one-of-13 regular season winning percentage by current NFL teams: teams in the league with at least 440 regular season wins. Among current NFL teams, Dallas’ 442 wins is the 13th-most: Team WLTPct. Chicago 706 515 42 .578 Chicago 706 Philadelphia 510 Dallas 442 326 6 .575 Green Bay 669 Detroit 501 Miami 394 294 4 .570 N.y. Giants 639 Arizona 489 Oakland 421 345 11 .549 Washington 550 Indianapolis 451 San Francisco 513 421 15 .548 544 Cleveland 451 N.y. Giants 639 526 33 .547 San Francisco 513 Dallas 442 St. Louis 511 * 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 DALLAS vs. AFC (1), Green Bay (6), Minnesota (2). This week’s game at New NFC vs. AFC England is Dallas’ second inter - Team Record Pct. COASTING EAST conference game of the sea - Dallas ...... 84-65-0 .564 By virtue of the NFL schedule, the Dallas Cowboys will be fac - son. Dallas is 0-1 against the Philadelphia ....81-67-2 .547 ing the AFC East this season. Dallas traveled to face the Jets for AFC so far in 2011 after drop - San Francisco ....85-71-0 .545 the season opener. The club will now head to New England before ping the season opener at the N.y. Giants ...... 72-68-0 .514 playing host to Buffalo followed by a Thanksgiving Day game N.y. Jets. St. Louis ...... 78-76-0 .506 against Miami. The Cowboys hold a 26-16 record against AFC On the horizon, Dallas clos - East opponents: es out its AFC schedule with a pair of home contests. The first pits Dallas vs. AFC East the Cowboys against the Bills on Nov. 13 followed by a Current Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Dolphins. Team WL T Win% Streak Since 1970, the Cowboys boast the NFC’s highest winning per - Buffalo ...... 7 3 0 .700 W-2 centage (.564) when facing an AFC team. Philadelphia is second New England ...... 7 3 0 .700 L-3 (.550), San Francisco third (.545), fourth (.514) and St. N.y. Jets ...... 7 3 0 .700 L-1 Louis fifth (.506). Dallas’ 84 wins against AFC teams are second Miami ...... 5 7 0 .417 W-1 behind San Francisco’s 85 for the most wins by an NFC team Div. Totals ...... 26 16 0 .619 when facing the AFC .

2 BYE-BYE BYE FIRST TIME...LAST TIME This week’s game at the New England Patriots marks the 23rd The first time these two clubs met was the first-ever game at game for Dallas following a regular season bye week. Since 1990 Texas Stadium on Oct. 24, 1971. Dallas earned the first win in the when the bye week was installed, the Cowboys hold an impres - new stadium with a 44-21 decision in front of 65,708 fans. sive 16-6 record in games following the bye. Dallas enjoyed a The last time these two clubs met, Dallas hosted the Patriots streak of five consecutive wins coming out of the bye week until in a battle of two 5-0 teams on Oct. 14, 2007. New England got losing to Tennessee last year coming out of the bye week.. The the better of Dallas, leaving Texas Stadium with a 48-27 win in club’s longest win streak following a bye is eight games (1993- front of 63,984 fans. 1999) which includes the 1993 season in which the team had two bye weeks. Dallas has played on the road 13 times following its bye week, SERIES HISTORY compiling a 9-4 record in those games. Currently, Dallas has won Dallas and New England have squared off 10 times with Dallas its last five road games coming off the bye. holding a 7-3 advantage. Dallas won the first seven meetings then New England took the last three. Below is a brief look into each game of the series: BYE WEEK BENEFITS Dal Dal Since the NFL instituted a bye week in the 1990 season, the Date Loc. W/L Score Date Loc. W/L Score Cowboys have enjoyed a 16-6 record following a week off. Dallas’ 10/24/71 Dal W 44-21 11/15/87 NE W(OT) 23-17 16 wins tie the third-most wins in the league following a bye week, 11/16/75 NE W 34-31 12/15/96 Dal W 12-6 and the club’s .727 win percentage also ties for third: 12/3/78 Dal W 17-10 12/5/99 NE L 6-13 9/21/81 NE W 35-21 11/16/03 NE L 0-12 Records After Bye Weeks 11/22/84 Dal W 20-17 10/14/07 Dal L 27-48 AFC NFC Team WLTPct Team WLTPct Den ...... 16 60.727 Phi ...... 18 40.804 ALL-TIME STAT COMPARISON Buf ...... 14 80.636 Min ...... 17 51.773 This week’s game is the 11th regular season game between Ind ...... 13 90.591 Dal ...... 16 60.727 Dallas and New England. Below is a brief look into the stats of the KC ...... 13 90.591 Chi ...... 14 80.636 series: Mia ...... 13 90.591 GB ...... 13 90.591 TEAM TOTALS NE ...... 13 90.591 Atl ...... 12 10 0 .545 Cowboys Patriots Ten ...... 13 90.591 StL ...... 11 11 0 .500 Wins ...... 7 3 Pit ...... 12 10 0 .545 Was ...... 11 11 0 .500 Points ...... 218 196 SD ...... 11 10 0 .524 Ari ...... 10 12 0 .455 Total Net yards ...... 3,336 3,120 NyJ ...... 11 11 0 .500 Det ...... 10 12 0 .455 Net Rushing yards ...... 1,276 1,083 Bal ...... 10 50.667 NO ...... 10 12 0 .455 Net Passing yards ...... 2,060 2,037 Oak ...... 9 13 0 .409 TB ...... 10 12 0 .455 Jac ...... 8 8 0 .500 SF ...... 9 13 0 .409 SINGLE-GAME TEAM-HIGHS Cle ...... 7 10 0 .412 Car ...... 8 8 0 .500 Cowboys Patriots Cin ...... 5 16 1 .250 NyG ...... 7 15 0 .318 Points ...... 44 10/24/71 48 10/14/07 Hou ...... 2 7 0 .222 Sea ...... 6 16 0 .273 Total Net yards ...... 455 9/21/81 448 10/14/07 Net Rushing yards ...... 237 9/21/81 213 12/3/78 2011 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Net Passing yards ...... 275 11/22/84 373 10/14/07 (league ranking) SINGLE-GAME INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Cowboys Patriots Cowboys Patriots Record ...... 2-2 4-1 Passing Yards Scoring Avg. (NFL rank) ...... 24.8 (12) 33.0 (2) 288 - D. White 11/22/84 388 - T. Brady 10/14/07 Opp. Scoring Avg. (NFL rank) ...... 25.3 (23) 23.8 (14) Total Off. (NFL rank) ...... 417.8 (6) 495.2 (1) Rushing Yards Rushing Off. (NFL rank) ...... 86.8 (26) 128.6 (6) 173 - H. Walker 11/15/87 112 - C. James 11/22/84 Passing Off. (NFL rank) ...... 331.0 (3) 366.6 (1) Total Def. (NFL rank) ...... 291.8 (4) 433.0 (32) Receiving Yards Rushing Def. (NFL rank) ...... 61.8 (1) 106.4 (13) 125 - T. Hill 11/22/84 136 - D. Stallworth 10/14/07 Passing Def. (NFL rank) ...... 230.0 (14) 326.6 (32) Kickoff Return Avg...... 25.0 (14) 21.9 (24) Return Avg...... 7.9 (23) 12.2 (8) INSIDE THE SERIES HISTORY Turnover Margin ...... -4 (25t) +3 (6t) Penalties ...... 28 34 The Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots have faced off Penalty yards ...... 211 318 10 times. Dallas holds a 7-3 series advantage. Opp. Penalties ...... 19 40 Opp. Penalty yards ...... 135 355 In the 10 games of the series there has been: * A seven-game win streak by Dallas * Two double-digit wins by Dallas DATING GAME * Two double-digit losses by Dallas This week’s game at the Patriots is being played on Oct. 16. In the * Six games decided by a touchdown-or-less 51-plus years of Cowboys football, there have been seven Oct. 16 * Four games decided by six points-or-less games. The Cowboys are 4-2-1 when playing on Oct. 16. They beat the * One shutout - a 12-0 New England win (11/16/03) N.y. Giants, Philadelphia (twice) and Washington and lost to Chicago * A 23-point win by Dallas - largest Cowboys win (10/24/71) and Cleveland. Dallas’ tie came against the St. Louis Cardinals. Its first- * A 21-point loss by Dallas - largest Cowboys loss (10/14/07) ever Oct. 16 game came in 1960, a 7-48 loss to Cleveland. Its last Oct. * 218 points scored by Dallas, 196 allowed 16 game was in 2005, a 16-13 win over the Giants. * Dallas scoring an average of 26 points in wins Opp/ Dal Opp/ Dal * Dallas winning by an average of 8.9 points Date Loc. W/L Score Date Loc. W/L Score * A 3-2 Dallas record in games played in New England 10/16/60 CLE L 7-48 10/16/88 @Chi L 7-17 * Dallas scoring 98 points and allowing 94 when playing the 10/16/66 @StL T 10-10 10/16/94 PHI W 24-13 Patriots on the road 10/16/77 WAS W 34-16 10/16/05 NyG W 16-13 * One Sunday night game, one Monday night game and a 10/16/83 PHI W 37-7 Thanksgiving Day game

3 PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS vs. PATRIOTS COWBOYS STADIUM RECORD WHEN... - LB The Dallas Cowboys are in their third season in Cowboys In his last two meetings while with Atlanta, tallied 26 tackles, Stadium. Dallas’ first game at its new venue was on Sept. 20, including a season-high tying 12 in 2005. 2009 - a 31-33 loss to the N.y. Giants. The club’s first win came - DE just a week later with a 21-7 decision over Carolina. So far, Dallas Had a career-best 12 tackles while with the N.y. Jets (9/9/07). owns a 9-9 regular season record and a 1-0 postseason record in - LB Cowboys Stadium. Below is a breakdown of the club’s record in Notched 10 tackles in the game in 2007. their new stadium: Mat McBriar - P Regular season: ...... 9-9 Averaged 53.8 yards-per-punt with a net of 42.4 on five punts in Postseason: ...... 1-0 his only game against the Patriots. Overall: ...... 10-9 - CB Regular Post Posted 13 tackles and a pass breakup in two games. September: ...... 2-2 - QB October: ...... 1-4 Lost his only game against New England, completing 18-of-29 November: ...... 3-1 passes for 199 yards, two and an . December: ...... 1-2 DeMarcus Ware - LB January: ...... 2-0 1-0 In one game, tied a season-high with 10 tackles with one tack - Playing at noon: ...... 4-3 le for a loss, a sack and a pressure. Playing at 3:15: ...... 3-3 - TE Playing in prime time ...... 2-3 1-0 In two games, caught four passes for 53 yards. Thursday: ...... 1-1 Saturday: ...... 0-0 1-0 NEW ENGLAND LAST WEEK Sunday: ...... 6-7 Monday ...... 2-1 The New England Patriots hosted the and hand - ed their division rival a 30-21 loss. completed 24-of-33 Fully closed stadium: ...... 4-6 1-0 passes for 321 yards with one touchdown and an interception. Fully open stadium: ...... 1-3 Wes Welker led the team with 124 receiving yards and BenJarvus Roof open, doors closed: ...... 2-0 Green-Ellis led the team with 136 rushing yards and a pair of Roof closed, doors open ...... 2-0 touchdowns. Playing against the NFC East: ...... 4-3 1-0 New England took a 10-0 lead with a Green-Ellis three-yard Playing against the NFC (non-NFC East): ....4-3 touchdown run in the first quarter and a Stephen Gostkowski 44- Playing against the AFC: ...... 1-3 yard in the second. made it 10-7 with a three-yard rushing score. caught a two-yard touch - down from Brady followed by a Jeremy Kerley scoring catch from TONY’S TARGETS for a 17-14 third quarter score. Green-Ellis rushed Through his career, Tony Romo has completed 1,425-of-2,222 in from three yards again then Gostkowski hit a 24-yard field goal passes for 17,923 yards with 125 touchdowns in 68 regular sea - to make the score 247-14 in the final frame. Santonio Holmes cut the Jets deficit to 27-27 on a 21-yard Sanchez pass, but son games played behind center. Below is a breakdown of Tony’s Gostkowski added the final points with a 28-yard field goal. targets by position and player: Position Breakdown Comp. Yds TD Comp. Yds TD DALLAS LAST GAME WR 692 10,720 93 RB 265 2,001 6 The overcame a 24-point deficit for the largest TE 449 5,059 24 FB 19 132 2 comeback win over a Cowboys opponent in team history with a Player Breakdown by Completions 34-30 win.Through the first two quarters, Dallas built a 17-0 lead. Comp. Yds TD Comp. Yds TD In the first quarter, caught a 25-yard touchdown pass J. Witten ...... 361 4,272 17 K. Ogletree ...... 14 157 0 from Tony Romo and then caught a six-yarder in the second. A 41- T. Owens ...... 199 3,122 34 J. Phillips ...... 13 97 0 yard Dan Bailey field goal gave the Cowboys a 17-0 lead by the P. Crayton ...... 143 2,188 19 L. Robinson ...... 10 165 0 middle of the second quarter. Detroit finally got on the board with M. Austin ...... 142 2,316 19 T. Curtis ...... 10 42 3 a 33-yard Jason Hanson field goal. Bailey hit one more field goal M. Barber ...... 137 1,031 6 D. Anderson ...... 8 61 1 - a 35-yarder - to bring the score to 20-3 at halftime. R. Williams ...... 75 1,062 12 C. Gronkowski ....5 13 1 Dallas opened the third quarter with a one-yard Romo-to-Jason F. Jones ...... 51 331 0 J. Holley ...... 3 96 0 Witten passing touchdown that pushed the Cowboys lead to 24 T. Choice ...... 47 376 0 D. Murray ...... 3 16 0 points at 27-3. However, the Lions crept back in the game with T. Glenn ...... 43 689 3 O. Hoyte ...... 3 12 0 back-to-back interception returns for touchdowns (Bobby M. Bennett ...... 43 440 3 I. Stanback ...... 2 24 0 Carpenter 34 yards; Chris Houston 56 yards) on consecutive dri - S. Hurd ...... 33 519 2 L. Polite ...... 2 21 0 ves that drew the game closer at 27-17. Dallas upped its score to D. Bryant ...... 28 382 4 T. Fiammetta ...... 1 15 0 30-17 late in the third quarter on a 23-yard Bailey field goal. In the J. Jones ...... 27 247 0 T. Romo ...... 0 11 0 fourth quarter, Detroit rallied from behind to post 17 unanswered A. Fasano ...... 22 208 1 points behind two touchdown grabs (23 yards; two yards) from and a Hanson 51-yard field goal italics indicate active Cowboy to complete the comeback victory for Detroit. TONY’S TD TARGETS SOLD OUT STADIUMS Through his career, Tony Romo has thrown 125 touchdown The Cowboys have played in front of sold out stadiums in 344 of passes - fifth in team history. Below is a look at Romo’s touch - their last 346 games (including playoffs) and in 146 consecutive down totals to each individual player: games. They played in front of sold out crowds in 153 consecutive Player TDs Player TDs games at Texas Stadium (including playoffs) - dating back to Dec. 16, 1990 against Phoenix, their last home non-sellout. Dallas ...... 34 ...... 3 opened Cowboys Stadium with the largest crowd to witness a reg - ...... 19 Tony Curtis ...... 3 ular season NFL game with 105,121 tickets distributed and have ...... 19 ...... 3 19 straight sellouts (including playoffs). The Cowboys have sold Jason Witten ...... 17 ...... 2 out each of their last 172 home games. ...... 12 ...... 1 On the road, Dallas has played in front of sold out crowds in 73 Marion Barber ...... 6 ...... 1 straight games (including playoffs), dating back to its last road Dez Bryant ...... 4 ...... 1 non-sellout - at Arizona (10/20/02). italics indicate active Cowboy

4 ROMO’S RECORD WHEN... ROMO’S ROAD As Dallas’ starting quarterback, Tony Romo has compiled a 41- With his 40-23 record as a starter, Tony Romo has had success 24 regular season record in 65 career starts. Below is a look at when playing on the road. Since being named the club’s starter lead - Romo’s record under several different circumstances: ing into the game at Carolina (10/29/06), Romo holds a 21-11 record on the road. Three of his 11 road losses came at Washington Playing at home: ...... 20-13 (11/5/06, 12/30/07 and 9/12/10). The rest were at Arizona (10/12/08), Playing on the road: ...... 21-11 Pittsburgh (12/7/08), Philadelphia (12/28/08), Denver (10/4/09), Playing indoors: ...... 10-5 Green Bay (11/15/09), the N.y. Giants (12/6/09), at Minnesota Playing outdoors: ...... 31-19 (10/17/10) and the N.y. Jets (9/11/11). Romo finished 2009 with a 5-3 road record. His 2010 season Playing against the NFC East: ...... 13-10 was ended just three road games in after he fractured his left clav - Playing against the NFC: ...... 31-17 icle against the N.y. Giants (10/25). For the season, he went 1-2 Playing against the AFC: ...... 9-7 on the road. Below is a look at his passing stats on the road: Playing on artificial turf: ...... 26-16 Att Comp Pct. Yards TD INT Playing on natural grass: ...... 15-7 Romo 1,116 724 64.9 8,909 52 29 Offense totals over 300 yards: ...... 40-15 Among quarterbacks with at least 30 career road starts who start - Throws for over 300 yards: ...... 21-8 ed their career in the Super Bowl era, Romo owns the third-best road Throws for 200-299 yards: ...... 15-10 winning percentage: Player Winning % Record Throws only one touchdown: ...... 10-8 .753 61-20 Throws more than one touchdown: ...... 28-11 Tom Brady .694 50-22 Completes 60.0% or more of his passes: ..32-14 Tony Romo .656 21-11 .655 36-19 Throws no : ...... 16-6 Throws one interception: ...... 22-8 Throws more than one interception: ...... 3-10 QUARTERBACK COMPARISON Records at least 100.0 : ...... 28-7 Tony Romo has started 65 games and owns a 41-24 record as Sacked one time-or-less: ...... 26-7 a starter. He has completed 1,409-of-2,198 passes for 17,661 Sacked more than once: ...... 15-15 yards, 122 touchdowns and 64 interceptions in those starts. Below is a look at Romo’s numbers after 65 starts and how they compare September: ...... 12-5 to other Cowboys quarterbacks through their first 65 starts: October: ...... 6-7 Player W-L Att Comp Yards Pct TD INT November: ...... 15-2 Staubach 48-16 1,492 863 11,830 57.8 78 56 December: ...... 7-10 White 46-19 1,882 1,118 14,313 59.4 105 86 January ...... 1-0 Aikman 35-30 1,849 1,137 12,991 61.5 63 66 Romo 41-24 2,198 1,409 17,661 64.1 122 64 300 Among active quarterbacks, Romo’s 41-24 record through his Tony Romo opened the 2011 with 342 yards at the N.y. Jets first 65 starts is fifth: (9/11). He then tossed for 345 at San Francisco (9/18) for his 28th Active QB Records Through First 65 Starts career 300-yard outing. At home against Detroit (10/2), he topped Player Record 66th Start 300 yards for the third time this season and 29th time in his career. Tom Brady ...... 50-15 50-16 Dallas owns a 21-8 record (.724) when Romo tops 300 yards. ...... 46-19 47-19 ...... 46-19 47-19 300-yard Donovan McNabb ...... 44-21 45-21 Player Games Tony Romo ...... 41-24 ??-?? Tony Romo 29 Troy Aikman 13 A TD GAME AFTER GAME AFTER... Danny White 10 Tony Romo threw at least one touchdown pass in 12 straight games in 2009 - the second-longest streak of his career - tying Don PAR 3 Meredith (1965-66) and Roger Staubach (1977-78) for the third- Since becoming the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback mid - longest streak in club history. He took ownership of third with a way through 2006, Tony Romo has thrown three-or-more touch - touchdown pass in the 2010 season opener - his 13th straight game downs in a game 20 times. He did it four times in 2009 with three with a touchdown pass. He then continued the streak for the next touchdown tosses at Tampa Bay (9/13), against Atlanta (10/25) five games to establish the club record with a touchdown pass in 18 and Seattle (11/1) and at the N.y. Giants (12/6). Romo had two straight games before suffering a season-ending injury against the three-touchdown games in an injury-shortened 2010 season. He N.y. Giants (10/25/10). He added two touchdowns in each of the first two games of the 2011 season to push his streak to 20, but the had his first three-touchdown game against Detroit (10/2) to tie streak ended Week 3 against Washington (9/26): Danny White for the most three-touchdown games in club history: Games with Consec. Games Player 3-or-more TDs Player TD Pass Danny White ...... 20 Tony Romo (2009-11) ...... 20 Tony Romo ...... 20 Tony Romo (2006-07) ...... 17 Roger Staubach ...... 17 Troy Aikman (1993-94) ...... 16 In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Romo had six games with three- At the time, Romo’s streak was also the second-longest among or-more touchdown passes to establish a single-season club-high: current active NFL quarterbacks: Consec. Games Games in a season Player TD Pass Player with 3-or-more TDs (10/18/09-9/18/11) ...... 30 Tony Romo ...... 6 (2007) Tony Romo (10/11/09-9/18/11) ...... 20* Tony Romo ...... 6 (2008) Tom Brady (9/12/10-9/18/11) ...... 19 Roger Staubach ...... 5 (1979) (10/10/10-9/18/11) ...... 15* Danny White ...... 5 (1980) *ended Week 3

5 FOURTH QUARTER QB QUICK WITT-ED With his come-from-behind wins at San Francisco (9/18) in Jason Witten has steadily climbed Dallas’ all-time receiving overtime and against Washington (9/26), Tony Romo continued yards charts. In 2008 he became the sixth player in Cowboys his - what he has been doing through his career late in games, being tory to reach 4,000 career receiving yards. He topped the 5,000- efficient. Among active NFL quarterbacks, Romo has the second- yard barrier in the 2009 opener, making him the sixth pass catch - highest fourth quarter quarterback rating: er in club history to reach 5,000 career receiving yards. Later that Player Att Com Pct Yds TD Int Rate same season, he moved past Frank Clarke (5,247) for fifth on Rivers ...... 646 406 62.8 5,097 42 15 99.3 Dallas’ all-time receiving yards chart. Two weeks into 2010, Witten Romo ...... 567 360 63.5 4,988 35 18 99.0 became the fifth Cowboy to top 6,000 career receiving yards. He Rodgers ...... 409 256 62.6 3,106 26 12 94.9 opened 2011 with 110 yards at the N.y. Jets (9/11) to become the Brady ...... 1,084 657 60.6 7,586 65 31 89.8 fifth Cowboy to reach 7,000. His 94-yard outing against Detroit P. Manning ...... 1,740 1,096 63.0 12,568 93 54 89.6 (10/2) put him past (7,333) for fourth all-time in club Brees ...... 1,284 806 62.8 9,361 64 42 87.8 history, and he now trails Drew Pearson (7,822) by 489 yards for third and Tony Hill (7,988) by 655 for second :

CLIMBING THE TE CHARTS All-Time Cowboys Receiving Yards List Since entering the league as Dallas’ third round selection in the 1. ...... 11,904 (1988-99) 2003 NFL Draft, Jason Witten has proven his skills as an offensive 2. Tony Hill ...... 7,988 (1977-86) weapon. He has provided Dallas with the full package as a block - 3. Drew Pearson ...... 7,822 (1973-83) er and receiver. Through his eight years in the league, he has 4. Jason Witten ...... 7,333 (2003-Present) caught 644 passes for 7,333 yards and 37 touchdowns. Witten is 5. Bob Hayes ...... 7,295 (1965-74) the fourth all-time leading in career receptions and sixth in receiving yards. Among his 7,333 yards are 14 games in which he reached 100 To open the 2011 season, Witten rattled off 110 yards - his 13th career 100-yard outing to become the senventh tight end in yards - a club tight end record. His 14 100-yard outings is also league history to reach 7,000 receiving yards. He topped 100 tied for fifth all-time among league tight ends since 1970: yards again in the overtime win at San Francisco (9/18) before hauling in six passes for 60 yards against Washington (9/26). 100-yard 100-yard Witten then had a 94-yard day against Detroit (10/2) to put him Tight End Games Tight End Games just 79 yards behind Pete Retzlaff (7,412) to etch into the top-five. 1. Jason Witten ...... 14 1. ...... 27 Witten’s had a team-best six catches in the 2011 opener then 2. ...... 4 2. , Sr...... 24 added seven more at San Francisco (9/18) and six in the home ...... 4 3. ...... 19 opener against Washington (9/26). He again led the team with 4. ...... 18 eight catches against Detroit to give him 644. He trails Ozzie 5. Todd Christensen ...... 14 Newsome (662) by 18 receptions for third: Jason Witten ...... 14 NFL Career Receptions NFL Career Receiving Leaders (TEs) Yards Leaders (TEs) In 2008 Witten became the fifth pass catcher in team history to 1. Tony Gonzalez* ...... 1,090 1. Tony Gonzalez* ...... 12,692 top 400 career receptions. Four weeks into 2009, he became the 2. Shannon Sharpe ...... 815 2. Shannon Sharpe ...... 10,060 fifth Dallas pass catcher to reach 450 catches. He jumped past 3. ...... 662 3. Ozzie Newsome ...... 7,980 Tony Hill (fifth in club annals) and (fourth) also in 4. Jason Witten* ...... 644 4. ...... 7,918 5. Kellen Winslow Sr...... 541 5. Pete Retzlaff ...... 7,412 2009. He took second from Drew Pearson near the end of the 2009 6. Antonio Gates* ...... 537 6. Jason Witten* ...... 7,333 season with his 14 catches at the N.y. Giants (12/6) - the second- 7. * ...... 521 7. Antonio Gates* ...... 7,079 most of his career. He enters Week 6 with 644 career catches: * indicates active players All-Time Cowboys Receptions List 1. Michael Irvin ...... 750 (1988-99) WITTEN AT 7,000 2. Jason Witten ...... 644 (2003-Present) With his 110 yards in the season-opener at the N.y. Jets (9/11), Jason 3. Drew Pearson ...... 489 (1973-83) Witten became the seventh tight end in league history to reach 7,000 4. Emmitt Smith ...... 486 (1990-02) career yards. He reached the 7,000-yard mark in 128 games - the third 5. Tony Hill ...... 479 (1977-86) fastest 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: Since 2006, Witten has caught the most passes (456) for the Games to Games to most yards (5,249) among league tight ends. Player 7,000 Yds. Player 7,000 Yds. Antonio Gates ...... 119 Jackie Smith ...... 143 Player Rec. Player Yards Pete Retzlaff ...... 125 Shannon Sharpe ...... 146 Jason Witten ...... 456 Jason Witten ...... 5,249 Jason Witten ...... 128 Ozzie Newsome ...... 150 Tony Gonzalez ...... 448 Tony Gonzalez ...... 4,942 Tony Gonzalez ...... 129 Kellen Winslow ...... 379 Antonio Gates ...... 4,625 He also became the fifth Dallas Cowboy to reach the milestone. Antonio Gates ...... 343 Kellen Winslow ...... 4,240 Chris Cooley ...... 319 Chris Cooley ...... 3,616 Games to Games to Player 7,000 Yds. Player 7,000 Yds. Michael Irvin ...... 91 Drew Pearson ...... 126 Bob Hayes ...... 96 Jason Witten ...... 128 Tony Hill ...... 103

6 50x7 100x14 With his four catches in the win against Detroit (11/21/10), Already holding the club tight end record for 100-yard games, Jason Witten hit 50 catches for the seventh consecutive season. Jason Witten added to it, racking up his 13th and 14th career 100- He became just the third tight end in league history with seven yard outing with 110 yards 2011 season opener at the N.y. Jets straight 50-plus catch seasons: (9/11) and 102 the next week at San Francisco (9/18). His 110 yards also tied his 10th-best single game receiving yards total: 50-plus catch seasons by a tight end Witten’s 100-yard games Tight End Consec. Total Yards Opp Date Yards Opp Date Tony Gonzalez* ...... 12 12 Shannon Sharpe ...... 7 11 156 @NyG 12/6/09 113 PHI 12/16/07 Jason Witten* ...... 7 7 140 WAS 12/19/10 112 @GB 10/24/04 * indicates active player 138 @Det 12/9/07 110 PHI 9/15/08 133 PHI 11/15/04 110 @NYJ 9/11/11 117 @Was 12/27/09 107 Oak 11/26/09 116 NyG 9/9/07 103 @Buf 10/8/07 60x7 115 Sea 11/27/08 102 @SF 9/18/11 Since coming into the league in 2003, Jason Witten has strung together seven consecutive seasons (2004-10) with at least 60 Top-Five Dallas Cowboys Tight End Receiving Days receptions. He reached 60 catches in 2010 with his 10-catch per - Player Yards Opp Date formance on Thanksgiving Day against New Orleans (11/25). Doug Cosbie 159 @Det 9/15/85 Witten is just the second tight end in league history to string Jason Witten 156 @NYG 12/6/09 together at least seven straight seasons with 60-or-more catches, Jason Witten 140 WAS 12/19/10 joining Tony Gonzalez (11 - 1999-2009). Witten’s seven total sea - Jason Witten 138 @Det 12/9/07 sons of at least 60 receptions is the third-most behind Gonzalez Jason Witten 133 PHI 11/15/04 (11) and Shannon Sharpe (10). 3x1,000 70x5 Jason Witten finished 2010 with 1,002 yards - his third career 1,000-yard season and the third 1,000-yard season by a Cowboys In leading the team with seven catches for 69 yards and a pair tight end. Witten’s 1,000 yards was the 29th time an NFL tight end of touchdowns against Philadelphia (12/12), Jason Witten reached 1,000, and he is the fifth tight end to register at least three notched his 72nd catch of the season. 2010 marked his fifth 1,000-yard seasons - Tony Gonzalez (four), Todd Christensen, career season with at least 70 catches. Witten tied Antonio Gates Shannon Sharpe and Kellen Winslow Sr. (three eac h). With his and Shannon Sharpe for the second-most 70-plus catch seasons 1,030 yards in 2009, Witten became the fifth tight end in league his - by a tight end in league history: tory with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons: Seasons Tight End of 70 Rec Tight End Seasons Tony Gonzalez ...... 10 Kellen Winslow Sr. 1980-81 Shannon Sharpe ...... 5 Shannon Sharpe 1996-97 Antonio Gates ...... 5 Todd Christensen 1983-84 Jason Witten ...... 5 Tony Gonzalez 2007-08 Jason Witten 2009-10 Along with Witten in 2010, Miles Austin finished with his second 80x5 career and second consecutive 1,000-yard season. Austin became In surpassing 80 catches in 2010, Witten now has four straight the 10th undrafted player in league history to record multiple 1,000 80+ catch seasons to tie Todd Christensen for the most by a tight yard seasons. He is the eighth to do it in consecutive seasons: end in league history. Player No. Yrs Player No. Yrs For his career, Witten has five seasons of 80-or-more catches - ...... 6 97-02,04-05 ....2 81-82 96 (2007), 94 (2009 and 2010), 87 (2004) and 81 (2008) - to tie Gary Clark ...... 5 86-87,89,90-91 J.T. Smith ...... 2 86-87 the for the most 80+ catch seasons by a tight end: Steve Watson ..3 81,83-84 Ricky Sanders ....2 88-89 Wes Welker ....3 07-09 Antonio Gates ....2 05,09 Seasons Drew Pearson ..2 74,79 Miles Austin ...... 2 09-10 Tight End of 80+ Rec As two Dallas pass catchers finished with 1,000 yards each in Tony Gonzalez ...... 5 2010, it marked the fifth time in club history Dallas had multiple Jason Witten ...... 5 1,000-yard pass catchers. Along with Austin and Witten’s 1,000-yard Todd Christensen ...... 4 season in 2009, 2010 is the second time in club history Dallas had Kellen Winslow, Sr...... 3 consecutive seasons with two receivers over 1,000 yards: Shannon Sharpe ...... 3 Players Year T. Hill (1,062), D. Pearson (1,026) ...... 1979 T. Owens (1,180), T. Glenn (1,047) ...... 2006 90x3 T. Owens (1,355), J. Witten (1,145) ...... 2007 Jason Witten finished 2010 with 94 receptions. Along with his M. Austin (1,320), J. Witten (1,030) ...... 2009 96 catches in 2007 and 94 in 2009, Witten’s three 90-catch sea - M. Austin (1,041), J. Witten (1,002) ...... 2010 sons are the second-most by a tight end in league history. Tony Austin crossed the 1,000-yard threshold in the first quarter of Gonzalez has the most with four (2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009). In the season finale and Witten did it in the fourth - the 26th and 27th posting back-to-back seasons with 90+ catches, Witten joins time a Cowboy had 1,000 receiving yards in a season. It was the Gonzalez as the only tight ends in league history with consecutive sixth straight year Dallas had a pass catcher with 1,000 receiving 90-catch seasons. Only one other tight end in NFL history posted yards, and Austin became the eighth Cowboy with multiple 1,000- multiple 90-catch seasons - Todd Christensen (1983 and 1986). yard seasons. Austin became the sixth, and Witten the seventh, players in team history with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons: 90-Catch Seasons (Tight Ends) Multiple 1,000-yard Seasons Consec. 1,000-yard Seasons Tight End Rec Year Tight End Rec Year Michael Irvin ...... 7 Michael Irvin ...... 5,2 Tony Gonzalez 102 2004 Todd Christensen 95 1986 Tony Hill ...... 3 Terrell Owens ...... 3 Terrell Owens ...... 3 Bob Hayes ...... 2 100 2009 Jason Witten 94 2009 Jason Witten ...... 3 Tony Hill ...... 2 Tony Gonzalez 99 2007 Tony Gonzalez 93 2000 Bob Hayes ...... 2 Terry Glenn ...... 2 Ben Coates 96 1994 Todd Christensen 92 1983 Drew Pearson ...... 2 Miles Austin ...... 2 Tony Gonzalez 96 2008 Jason Witten 94 2010 Terry Glenn ...... 2 Jason Witten ...... 2 Jason Witten 96 2007 Miles Austin ...... 2

7 UNDRAFTED, BUT NOT OVERLOOKED FREQUENT FLYER MILES Originally coming into the league as an undrafted free agent in After establishing a club record with 250 receiving yards and a 2006, Miles Austin came to the forefront of the Cowboys receiving pair of touchdowns on a career-best 10 catches starting in place of corps in 2009. He emerged as a deep threat and scoring leader, Roy Williams (ribs) at Kansas City (10/11/09), Miles Austin earned finishing the season with 1,320 yards - third in the league - and 11 a starting nod for the club’s next game against Atlanta (10/25). The touchdowns - tied for fourth - to earn his first trip to the . next week, he racked up 171 yards on six catches with two touch - Heading up the Cowboys offense is another former undrafted free down catches. His 250 yards made him the 15th NFL player since agent in Tony Romo. Since becoming a starter midway through the the 1970 merger to reach 250 yards in a game, and his 171 yards 2006 season, Romo has re-written club passing records. He finished the following week were the second-most yards following a 250- 2009 with a career-high and team record 4,483 passing yards. yard performance behind Chad Ochocinco’s 190. His 171 yards With Austin’s 1,230 yards and Romo with 4,483 passing yards, also made him just the fifth player since the merger (seventh all- the quarterback/ duo became just the second time) to top 100 yards following a 250-plus yard game: undrafted tandem in league history with the quarterback topping 3,000 yards and the receiver over 1,000. The first occurred in Players with 100-yard performance following 250-yard game 2006 when current Cowboys backup quarterback and undrafted 250-plus Following free agent threw for 4,208 yards and undrafted free Player Yard Game (date) game (date) agent wide receiver recorded 1,086 yards. Chad Ochocinco ...... 265 (11/19/06) 190 (11/26/06) Miles Austin ...... 250 (10/11/09) 171 (10/25/09) ...... 289 (12/18/95) 153 (11/24/95) ALL-TIME UNDRAFTED ...... 260 (12/20/82) 118 (12/26/82) Miles Austin finished 2009 third in the league with 1,320 yards ...... 258 (12/12/99) 115 (12/19/99) and tied for fourth with 11 touchdowns. His yardage total was sixth all-time among undrafted pass catchers while his 11 touchdowns Austin’s 171 yards were the most by a Dallas receiver coming tied for seventh. Below is a look at where Austin’s 2009 receiving off a 200-plus yard game: season matched up against previously undrafted pass catchers: Cowboys 100-yard performance following 200-yard game Single-Season Receiving Yards 200-plus Following Player Year Yards Player Year Yards Player Yard Game (date) game (date) Rod Smith 2000 1,602 Rod Smith 2001 1,343 Miles Austin ...... 250 (10/11/09) 171 (10/25/09)* Alfred Jenkins 1981 1,358 Gary Clark 1991 1,340 ...... 223 (11/19/67) 145 (11/23/67) Wes Welker 2009 1,348 Miles Austin 2009 1,320 Kevin Williams ...... 203 (12/25/95) 124 (1/7/96)** Michael Irvin ...... 210 (9/20/92) 105 (10/5/92)* Single-Season Receiving Touchdowns * coming off a bye week ** a playoff game Player Year TDs Player Year TDs Antonio Gates 2004 13 Miles Austin 2009 11 Austin’s two-game receiving yards total of 421 yards is the most Alfred Jenkins 1981 13 Drew Bennett 2004 11 by a Cowboys pass catcher in consecutive games. It is also the Steve Watson 1981 13 Paul Coffman 1983 11 fourth-most in the NFL since the merger: James Jett 1997 12 Stephone Paige 1986 11 Two-game Rec. Ricky Sanders 1988 12 Rod Smith 2001 11 Player Yards Total Rod Smith 1997 12 Chad Ochocinco (2006) ...... 450 John Taylor (1989) ...... 448 Austin’s 1,320-yard season made him just the 15th undrafted Jerry Rice (1995) ...... 442 player in league history to reach 1,000 yards. He is also the 12th Miles Austin (2009) ...... 421 undrafted player to have 10-or-more touchdowns in a season. Austin managed to top 1,000 yards in 2010 to mark the 36th In his third career start - against Seattle (11/1) - Austin led the time an undrafted player notched 1,000 receiving yards in a sea - team with 61 yards to extend his league record of receiving yards son. Of the 15 undrafted players to reach 1,000 yards in a season, through a player’s first career starts to 482 yards: Austin is one-of-10 to post multiple 1,000-yard seasons: Most receiving yards in first three career starts Player Yards Player Years Player Years Miles Austin, Dal...... 482 D. Pearson ....1974,79 R. Sanders ....1988-89 , Ari...... 378 A. Jenkins ....1980-81 R. Smith ...... 1997-02,04-05 Marcus Robinson, Chi...... 377 S. Watson ...... 1981,83-84 A. Gates ...... 2005-09 Dave Stief, St.L. Cards ...... 361 G. Clark ...... 1986-87,89-91 W. Welker ...... 2007-09 Mike Quick, Phi ...... 340 J.T. Smith ...... 1986-87 M. Austin ...... 2009-10 He did not start at Philadelphia (11/8) as the club opened with three tight ends, but came up huge, catching one pass for the MILES AHEAD game-winning 49-yard touchdown. Austin’s four-game total of 531 Breaking onto the scene in Week 5 of the 2009 season by mak - yards is the club’s third-highest four-game receiving yards total: ing club history in his first career start, Miles Austin has not looked Player Yards (Date) back. Since his 250-yard club record game at Kansas City (10/11), Terrell Owens ...... 575 (10/21/07 - 11/18/07) Austin is sixth in yards (2,513), ninth in receptions (159) and tied Terrell Owens ...... 537 (11/4/07 - 11/22/07) for third in touchdown catches (21) among receivers. Miles Austin ...... 531 (10/11/09 - 11/8/09) Receiving Leaders Since Week 5 2009 He topped 1,000 yards again in 2010 with a team-best 1,041. He Player Yards Player Rec. was off to a hot start in 2011 before a nagging hamstring injury will ...... 2,801 Wes Welker ...... 236 sideline him for this week’s game against Washington. In the first Wes Welker ...... 2,795 ...... 217 two games, he caught 14 passes for 233 yards and four touch - downs. In the Week 2 overtime win at San Francisco, Austin’s team- Roddy White ...... 2,775 Reggie Wayne ...... 207 best nine catches gave him 182 for his career to pass Marion Barber ...... 2,586 ...... 197 and tie for 22nd in team history. His team-best 143 Reggie Wayne ...... 2,552 ...... 193 yards gave him 2,948 for his career to pass Patrick Crayton (2,888) Miles Austin ...... 2,513 Andre Johnson ...... 192 for 16th and was his 12th career 100-yard outing, sixth-most in a Santana Moss ...... 167 game in his career: Greg Jennings ...... 162 Miles Austin ...... 159 Yds Opp Date Yds Opp Date 250 @ KC 10/11/09 142 vs. Chi 9/19/10 Player TDs 171 vs. Atl 10/25/09 139 @ NO 12/19/09 Calvin Johnson ...... 24 166 vs. Ten 10/10/10 117 vs. Jac 10/31/10 Roddy White ...... 22 146 @ Was 9/12/10 115 @ GB 9/21/08 Miles Austin ...... 21 145 vs. Oak 11/26/09 115 @ Ari 12/25/10 ...... 21 143 @ SF 9/18/11 104 @ NYG 12/6/09

8 ROOKIE RECEIVING RECORDS IT’S “luh-ron” Dez Bryant emerged as a viable receiving threat in the Dallas earned his first start as a Dallas Cowboy in offense. He displayed tremendous athletic ability and the knack to the game against Detroit as Miles Austin continued to rehab his go up and get the ball around and over defensive backs. His rook - hamstring injury. Robinson led the team with a career-best 116 ie season came to a crashing end at Indianapolis (12/5) after frac - yards on a career-high tying seven catches to become the sev - turing his ankle on a kickoff return. His rookie season had him fin - enth Cowboy to reach the 100-yard mark in his first start in Dallas: ish second all-time among club rookies with 45 receptions for 564 Player Opp Date Yds Player Opp Date Yd s yards - fifth all-time among Dallas rookies - and six touchdowns - R. Sellers @Bal 10/15/72 113 K. Johnson @Min 9/12/04 111 tied for second all-time among Cowboys rookies. Along with two K. Powe @SF 12/22/85 127 M. Austin @GB 9/21/08 115 punt return touchdowns on the season, Bryant’s eight total scores K. Edwards PHI 10/11/87 100 L. Robinson DET 10/2/11 116 tied him for fourth all-time among Dallas rookies: R. Ismail @Was 9/12/99 149 Dallas Cowboys Rookie Receptions Player Year Rec. Yds Avg. TD THE WHOLE KITNA KABOODLE Bob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12 Jon Kitna arrived in Dallas via a 2009 offseason trade with the Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6 Detroit Lions for DB Anthony Henry. In Kitna, the Cowboys wel - 2002 44 733 16.7 6 comed in a seasoned veteran with solid experience in both the 1986 41 744 18.2 5 starting and backup quarterback role. In his first season with the Dallas Cowboys Rookie Receiving Yards Cowboys, he did not play in a single game as Romo became the Player Year Rec. Yds Avg. TD club’s first quarterback to be on the field for every snap of the sea - Bob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12 son. Following Romo’s fractured clavicle suffered against the N.y. Mike Sherrard 1986 41 744 18.2 5 Giants (10/25), Kitna was thrust into the spotlight as Dallas’ starting Antonio Bryant 2002 44 733 16.7 6 quarterback in 2010. In his first start since 2008, Kitna completed Michael Irvin 1988 32 654 20.4 5 34-of-49 passes for 379 yards, a touchdown and four interceptions Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6 against Jacksonville (10/31). Through his 14-year NFL career, Kitna started 124 regular season games while with Seattle (1997-2000), Dallas Cowboys Rookie Touchdown Receptions Cincinnati (2001-05), Detroit (2006-08) and Dallas (2010) and owns Player Year Rec. Yds Avg. TD a 50-74 record as a starter. In total, he has completed 2,677-of- Bob Hayes 1965 46 1,003 21.8 12 4,442 passes for 29,745 yards with 169 touchdowns and 165 inter - Antonio Bryant 2002 44 733 16.7 6 ceptions for a career quarterback rating of 77.4. Dez Bryant 2010 45 564 12.5 6 Among active NFL quarterbacks, Kitna is eighth in attempts Billy Joe DuPree 1973 29 392 13.5 5 (4,442), completions (2,677), passing yards (29,745), and touch - Mike Sherrard 1986 41 744 18.2 5 downs (169) and 14th in completion percentage (60.3): Michael Irvin 1988 32 654 20.4 5 ACTIVE NFL QUARTERBACK CAREER RANKINGS Dallas Cowboys Rookie Overall Touchdowns Passing Attempts Passing Completions Player Year Tot Rec. KR PR Leaders Leaders 1. ...... 7,210 1. Peyton Manning ...... 4,682 1977 13 12 100 2. ...... 6,261 2. Kerry Collins ...... 3,487 Bob Hayes 1965 13 1 12 00 3. Donovan McNabb ...... 5,350 3. Drew Brees ...... 3,297 Emmitt Smith 1990 11 11 000 4. Drew Brees ...... 5,041 4. Donovan McNabb ...... 3,151 1969 88000 5. Tom Brady ...... 4,906 5. Tom Brady ...... 3,129 Dez Bryant 2010 80602 6. ...... 4,637 6. Mark Brunell ...... 2,760 2004 77000 7. Matt Hasselbeck ...... 4,460 7. Matt Hasselbeck ...... 2,689 8. Jon Kitna ...... 4,442 8. Jon Kitna ...... 2,677 9. ...... 3,496 9. Eli Manning ...... 2,036 88, 88, 88 10. Ben Roethlisberger ....2,972 10. Ben Roethlisberger ...... 1,875 With the selection of Dez Bryant in the first round of the 2010 NFL Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Leaders Leaders Draft, the Dallas Cowboys looked to add to their lineage of home- 1. Peyton Manning ...... 54,828 1. Peyton Manning ...... 399 grown talent at wide receiver. It should come as no shock that 2. Kerry Collins ...... 40,922 2. Tom Brady ...... 275 Bryant was issued the jersey number 88 to follow in the footsteps 3. Donovan McNabb ....37,099 3. Drew Brees ...... 247 of two of the previous 88s in club history - Drew Pearson (1973-83) 4. Drew Brees ...... 37,035 4. Donovan McNabb ...... 234 and Michael Irvin (1988-99). His progress as a rookie was slowed 5. Tom Brady ...... 36,618 5. Kerry Collins ...... 208 after landing on IR with an ankle injury suffered at Indianapolis 6. Mark Brunell ...... 32,045 6. Matt Hasselbeck ...... 185 7. Matt Hasselbeck ...... 30,993 7. Mark Brunell ...... 184 (12/5/10). He returned to the playing field to open the 2011 season 8. Jon Kitna ...... 29,745 8. Jon Kitna ...... 169 in style, catching three passes for 71 yards and a touchdown in the 9. Ben Roethlisberger ..24,132 9. Eli Manning ...... 167 first quarter at the N.y. Jets (9/11). He missed the overtime win at 10. Eli Manning ...... 23,878 10. Ben Roethlisberger ...... 152 San Francisco (9/18) with a thigh injury, but returned the following week for the win against Washington (9/26). He had his second career two-touchdown game against Detroit (10/2). Below is a com - FIRST AID KIT-NA parison between the Cowboys 88s after 15 professional games: Entering the Giants game (10/25/10) in place of Tony Romo (frac - GP Rec Yds Avg TD tured clavicle), Jon Kitna made his first appearance in a game since Drew Pearson ...... 15 64 1,093 17.1 3 Oct. 5, 2008 while with Detroit. Kitna again saw action this season Michael Irvin ...... 15 46 900 19.3 6 in place of Romo (rib) in at San Francisco (9/18). In three drives, Dez Bryant ...... 15 55 735 13.4 9 Kitna went six-of-10 for 87 yards with one touchdown and two inter - ceptions. Throughout his career including playoffs, Kitna has entered a game due to injury or roster change on seven occasions JONESING FOR THE BALL which then led to 38 starts. As a replacement due to injury or roster opened the 2011 season as the starting tailback for changes, Kitna has completed 893-of-1,434 (62.3%) passes for the Dallas Cowboys. In the game at the N.y. Jets (9/11), Jones 9,647 yards, 60 touchdowns and 57 interceptions. In those 38 rushed a team-high 17 times to give him 348 career rushing attempts starts, he owns a 16-22 record while his teams own a 16-28 record and allow him to pass Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in team his- in the 43 games he took the helm: tory. He added 14 carries against Washington (9/26) to bring his Partial Game Stat Line career total to 371. He trails Roger Staubach (410) by 39 for 14th. GP Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record Jones was displayed his big-play ability in the 18-16 win over 7 168 90 53.6 940 59 1-6 Washington (9/26) as he rushed for a career-best 115 yards. It Starts as a Reserve was his second career regular season 100-yard outing. GS Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record Jones reached 115 yards on 14 carries for an 8.2 yard-per-carry 38 1,276 809 63.4 8,794 56 50 16-22 average, a career-high when rushing 10-or-more times. TOTALS With his 115-yard effort, Jone increased his career rushing yards GP/GS Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Record total to 1,935 to pass (1,896) for 14th in team history. 7/38 1,444 899 62.3 9,734 61 59 17-28

9 KITNA’S RECORD WHEN... B-WARE OF D-WARE With Jon Kitna stepping in for nine games as the starting quar - DeMarcus Ware exploded in 2008, leading the league with a terback after Tony Romo suffered a broken clavicle, Dallas’ back - club-record 20.0 sacks. He was rewarded on Oct. 26, 2009 by up quarterback went 4-5. For his career, Kitna owns a 50-74 reg - signing a six-year contract extension. He opened 2008 with at ular season record as a starter in his 13 years. Below is a look at least one sack in each of the first seven games. Along with his Kitna’s record under several different circumstances: streak of three consecutive games with a sack to close 2007, With Seattle (1997-2000): ...... 18-15 Ware tied Simon Fletcher (Denver) for the league record with a With Cincinnati (2001-05): ...... 18-28 sack in 10 consecutive games. Ware’s record-tying effort came With Detroit (2006-08): ...... 10-26 after tying his single-game career-high with three sacks at St. With Dallas (2010): ...... 4-5 Louis (10/19/08). His streak ended the next week against Tampa Playing at home: ...... 20-42 Bay (10/26/08) as he was held without a sack. Playing on the road: ...... 30-32 Throws for over 300 yards: ...... 6-10 Consecutive games with a sack - since 1982 Throws for 200-299 yards: ...... 27-43 1. Simon Fletcher (Den) 10 Nov. 15, 1992–Sept. 20, 1993 DeMarcus Ware (Dal) 10 Dec. 16, 2007-Oct. 19, 2008 Throws only one touchdown: ...... 16-31 2. (Buf) 9 Nov. 16, 1986-Oct. 25, 1987 Throws more than one touchdown: ...... 29-21 Kevin Greene (SF-Car) 9 Dec. 7, 1997-Oct. 18, 1998 Completes 60.0% or more of his passes: ..29-37 Throws no interceptions: ...... 27-12 His streak of 10 games with a sack is the longest in club histo - Throws one interception: ...... 17-24 ry since sacks became official in 1982, and is the second-longest Throws more than one interception: ...... 6-38 streak all-time in club history: Records at least 100.0 passer rating: ...... 22-8 Consec. Sacked one time-or-less: ...... 21-20 Player Games Year(s) Sacked more than once: ...... 29-54 1. 11 1976-77 September: ...... 9-14 2. DeMarcus Ware 10 2007-08 October: ...... 9-15 3. Harvey Martin 9 1977 November: ...... 16-16 December: ...... 14-28 Ware’s 20.0 sacks led the league, tied (1990) January ...... 2-1 for the second-most sacks in a season by a league and tied for the sixth-most by any defender in league history:

BAILEY’S ON ICE NFL SINGLE SEASON SACK LEADERS The Dallas Cowboys 18-16 win over Washington (9/26) high - lighted rookie kicker Dan Bailey. Bailey was responsible for all 18 italics indicate linebacker of Dallas’ points, ringing true on six-of-six field goal tries. Player Sacks Bailey’s six field goals made established a club rookie record, 1. (2001-NyG.) ...... 22.5 surpassing Roger Ruzek and Richie Cunningham (twice), who 2. (1984-NyJ) ...... 22.0 both nailed five field goal tries: 3. (1989-Min) ...... 21.0 (1987-Phi) ...... 21.0 Player FGM Opponent, Date 5. (1986-NYG) ...... 20.5 Dan Bailey 6 vs. Washington, 9/26/11 6. Derrrick Thomas (1990-KC) ...... 20.0 Roger Ruzek 5 at L.A. Rams, 12/21/87 Richie Cunningham 5 at Arizona, 9/7/97 DeMarcus Ware (2008-Dal) ...... 20.0 Richie Cunningham 5 vs. Philadelphia, 9/15/97 Bailey’s six-pack of field goals made him just the third rookie in Ware also owns four of the top-five spots for sacks in a season the NFL since 1960 to convert six field goals in a game: by a Dallas linebacker in club history. Player Team Opponent, Date Garo yepremian Detroit at Minnesota, 11/13/66 COWBOYS SINGLE-SEASON SACK LEADERS (LBs) Jeff Reed Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 12/1/02 Player Sacks Dan Bailey Dallas vs. Washington, 9/26/11 1. DeMarcus Ware (2008) ...... 20.0 Bailey also registered the third-most field goals in a game in 3. DeMarcus Ware (2010) ...... 15.5 team history: 3. DeMarcus Ware (2007) ...... 14.0 Player FGM Opponent, Date 4. Greg Ellis (2007) ...... 12.5 7 vs. Green Bay, 11/18/96 5. DeMarcus Ware (2006) ...... 11.5 7 at N.y. Giants, 9/15/03 Dan Bailey 6 vs. Washington, 9/26/11 Ware has five consecutive seasons (2006-10) with 10-or-more sacks, becoming the first Cowboys player to accomplish this feat ONE AFTER THE OTHER since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He is also the only Rookie Dan Bailey made the club out of training camp as the player in the league to reach 10 sacks over the past five seasons. club’s . Through the first five weeks of the season, Bailey has gone 12-of-13 (.923) on field goal tries and is perfect Ware opened the 2011 season with a pair of sacks in each of the on all nine PAT tries. first two games to up his current streak of sacks to five games - the Bailey’s lone miss was on his second career attempt, and since third-longest streak of his career. It was also the third time in his then, he has converted 11 consecutive - the seventh-longest career he had consecutive multi-sack games and the first time he did streak in club history and the second-longest among club r ookies: it to open a season. He then added a sack in his sixth straight game Consec. with a takedown against Washington (9/26). Player FGM Season Chris Boniol 27 1996 2011 NFL SACK LEADERS Chris Boniol 26 1995 Player (Team) Sacks Richie Cunningham* 18 1997 1. (Min) ...... 8.5 16 2008-09 2. Jason Babin (Phi) ...... 7.0 13 1992 Jason Pierre-Paul (NyG) ...... 7.0 Billy Cundiff 12 2003 4. DeMarcus Ware (Dal) ...... 5.0 Dan Bailey* 11 2011 Four others ...... 5.0 * indicates rookie

10 DEMARC-ING HIS TERRITORY 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0 Since coming into the league as Dallas’ first draft pick in the first With his 2.0 sacks against Washington (12/19/10), DeMarcus round of the 2005 NFL Draft (11th overall), DeMarcus Ware has Ware topped 10.0 sacks on the season for the fifth straight sea - led or tied for the team lead in sacks each of his first six years in son. Ware is the only defender currently in the league with the the league - the first Cowboy to pace the team in sacks through streak. The closest league defenders are Jared Allen (2007-09) each of his first six seasons. He has put together five straight sea - and James Harrison (2008-10) with three consecutive seasons sons of 10-or-more sacks to become the first Dallas defender to each. accomplish that feat. He is the only defender in the league to Ware’s five straight seasons of 10-or-more sacks marks the reach at least 10 sacks over the past five seasons. In 2008 Ware ninth time a league player had five consecutive seasons with 10+ established an official club sack record with a league-leading 20.0 sacks, it makes him the eighth different player to accomplish it, sacks. He followed that up with a 2009 season where he finished and the first since (2001-05). with 11.0 sacks for the season. Ware closed out the 2010 season at Philadelphia (1/2/11) with a career-high tying 3.0 sacks to give Consecutive him 15.5 for the season. It marked his seventh career three-sack Player 10+ Sack Seasons game and his 17th career multi-sack game. Ware’s 15.5 sacks in Reggie White ...... 9 (1985-93) 2010 led the league for the second time in his career. He opened ...... 8 (1992-99) 2011 with his 18th career multi-sack game with two takedowns at Lawrence Taylor ...... 7 (1984-90) the N.y. Jets (9/11) then added two more at San Francisco (9/18). Bruce Smith ...... 7 (1992-98) He had one more in the close win against Washington (9/26). ...... 5 (1984-88) Below is a breakdown of DeMarcus Ware’s 85.0 career sacks : Bruce Smith ...... 5 (1986-90 BY CONFERENCE AND DIVISION Simon Fletcher ...... 5 (1989-93) Sks Yds/Lst Sks Yds/Lst Simeon Rice ...... 5 (2001-05) NFC 66.5 -461 AFC 18.5 -94 DeMarcus Ware ...... 5 (2006-10) NFC EAST 28.5 -221 AFC EAST 4.5 -30 NFC NORTH 10.5 -77 AFC SOUTH 6.0 -26 MULTIPLE MULTIPLES NFC SOUTH 11.5 -64 AFC NORTH 4.0 -16 In 2010 DeMarcus Ware tied his single-game career-high with NFC WEST 16.0 -99 AFC WEST 4.0 -22 three sacks at Houston (9/26/10) and again with three at BY TEAM Philadelphia (1/2/11). Since he was drafted in 2005, Ware has had Team Sks Yds/Lst Team Sks Yds/Lst seven games with three sacks. Ware’s seven games with at least Washington 10.0 -75 Chicago 2.0 -21 three sacks are the most in the league since 2005: Philadelphia 9.5 -81 Kansas City 2.0 -14 Games with N.y. Giants 9.0 -65 N.y. Jets 2.0 -11 Player 3.0+ sacks (since ‘05) St. Louis 5.0 -28 Oakland 2.0 -8 DeMarcus Ware ...... 7 Carolina 5.0 -25 Tennessee 2.0 -3 ...... 6 Green Bay 4.0 -28 Buffalo 1.5 -14 Aaron Kampman ...... 4 New Orleans 4.0 -28 Minnesota 1.0 -12 ...... 4 Seattle 4.0 -28 Indianapolis 1.0 -7 Six tied ...... 3 San Francisco 4.0 -21 Pittsburgh 1.0 -7 Detroit 3.5 -16 Baltimore 1.0 -6 Ware’s 3.0 sacks in the Houston game also marked his 14th Arizona 3.0 -22 New England 1.0 -5 career multiple-sack game to tie Randy White for the third-most Houston 3.0 -16 Cincinnati 1.0 -3 multi-sack games in club history since sacks became an official Atlanta 2.5 -11 Cleveland 1.0 0 statistic. Ware then took sole possession of third place with two sacks against Tennessee (10/10/10) to give him his 15th career BY QUARTERBACK multi-sack game and the second time in his career he had back- Quarterback Sks Yds/Lst Quarterback Sks Yds/Lst to-back multi-sack games - the first in 2009 (at Kansas City, 10/11 Eli Manning 9.0 -66 2.0 -3 and against Atlanta, 10/25) with two sacks in each game. Ware Donovan McNabb 6.5 -47 Trent Edwards 1.5 -14 then notched his 16th multi-sack game with two against 5.0 -37 Shaun Hill 1.5 -9 Washington (12/19/10) before adding his 17th multi-sack game Matt Hasselbeck 4.0 -28 Jeff Garcia 1.0 -16 with three at Philadelphia (1/2/11). He opened the 2011 season Drew Brees 4.0 -23 1.0 -10 with a pair of sacks at the N.y. Jets (9/11) and another pair at San 4.0 -23 Matt Leinart 1.0 -9 Francisco (9/18): 3.0 -27 Kerry Collins 1.0 -8 Multi-Sack 3.0 -20 Todd Collins 1.0 -7 Player Games 3.0 -19 Peyton Manning 1.0 -7 Greg Ellis ...... 19 Matt Schaub 3.0 -16 Ben Roethlisberger 1.0 -7 ...... 19 Jake Delhomme 3.0 -13 1.0 -6 DeMarcus Ware ...... 19 Jon Kitna 3.0 -11 Tom Brady 1.0 -5 2.0 -21 Jamie Martin 1.0 -5 SACK ATTACK Mark Brunell 2.0 -20 John Skelton 1.0 -5 With his three-sack performance in the 2010 season finale at 2.0 -15 1.0 -3 Philadelphia (1/2/11), DeMarcus Ware finished the season with a 2.0 -14 1.0 -2 league-leading 15.5 sacks. It marked the second time in his Matt Moore 2.0 -12 Bruce Gradkowski 1.0 -1 career to lead the league in sacks. His first was in 2008 when he Mark Sanchez 2.0 -11 Derek Anderson 1.0 0 finished with 20.0. Matt Ryan 2.0 -10 0.5 -1 Ware became just the fifth league defender to have led the league in sacks in two different seasons:

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

11 WARE AT 100 NO RUSH Dallas game against Detroit (10/2) leading into the bye was Five weeks into the 2011 season, ’s defense is DeMarcus Ware’s 100th career game played. He brought a six- ranked fourth overall with the league’s best rush defense. The game sack streak into his milestone game but was unable to Dallas D is yielding just 61.8 rushing yards-per-game and just 3.1 extend it as he was held without a quarterback takedown for the yards-per-rush - also tops in the league. first time this season. The Cowboys defense has not allowed an opposing running Through his first 100 professional games, Ware racked up 85.0 back to top the 100-yard barrier in the last six games. The last sacks - the second-most sacks through a player’s first 100 career 100-yard rusher against Dallas was LeSean McCoy, 149 yards games in NFL history: against Philadelphia, 12/12/10. Sacks Through First Player 100 Games Reggie White ...... 105.0 NO TD, NO PROBLEM DeMarcus Ware ...... 85.0 The Dallas Cowboys were unable to find the end zone in their Bruce Smith ...... 84.5 18-16 win over Washington (9/26), but that didn’t seem to be a Derrick Thomas ...... 81.5 problem as the outcome determined. The game featured six Dan Leslie O’Neal ...... 80.5 Bailey field goals to lead Dallas to a 2-1 open. The game was the 41st in which Dallas failed to score a touchdown, and it was just the sixth time the Cowboys have been victorious in a game with - LEE DING THE WAY out scoring a touchdown: Dallas’ 2010 second round draft choice spent his first season learning the rigors of the NFL behind two veteran middle Dallas Wins - No Touchdowns . He returned in 2011 to earn the first start of his career Score Opponent, Date in the season opener at the N.y. Jets (9/11). 6-2 vs. Cleveland, 12/12/70 In his first start, Lee led the team with a career-high 15 tackles 9-3 vs. N.y. Giants, 11/7/76 (12 solo) which also led the team. Lee also picked off his third 21-6 vs. Green Bay, 11/18/96 career pass that he returned 37 yards to the Jets one-yard line to 12-6 vs. New England, 12/15/96 setup a Dallas touchdown. For his career, his three interception 9-7 vs. Washington, 10/15/01 returns have netted 81 yards and a touchdown. 18-16 vs. Washington, 9/26/11 Lee’s work did not stop there as he also recovered his first career following a Danny McCray sack. Lee once again topped the chart with his second career and second consecutive double-digit game with 13 at San AS AUTUMN ROLLS IN Francisco (9/18). In the 51 years of Cowboys football, Dallas owns a regular In the home-opening win over Washington (9/26), Lee again led season record of 442-326-6. As the temperatures start to drop, the the squad with 13 tackles while also adding a tackle for a loss, an Cowboys hold a 114-95-2 record in the second month of the NFL interception and a fumble recovery that sealed the win for Dallas. season. The club’s .545 winning percentage in the month is the third-highest winning percentage of any month other. Below is a LEE P OF FAITH month-by-month look at the Cowboys record: As Dallas opened the 2011 season in New york (9/11), a new - August ...... 1-0 comer to the starting linebacker corps emerged in Sean Lee. A September: ...... 108-54-1 2010 second round draft choice, Lee saw time as a rookie in a October: ...... 114-95-3 reserve capacity. Three weeks into the 2011 season, elevating November: ...... 124-95-2 him to a starting role is beginning to pay dividends. December: ...... 91-78-1 Lee is the club’s tackle leader with 36 stops, already approach - January ...... 4-4 ing his total of 45 from last year. Not only is Lee finding himself in Totals ...... 442-326-6 on virtually every tackle, but he has also come to the forefront as a ball hawk. Through three games, he has a pair of interceptions Playoffs and a pair of fumble recoveries. December: ...... 11-8 In the opener at the Jets, he had his second two-takeaway January: ...... 22-17 game with an interception and a fumble recovery. He added his Totals ...... 33-25 third two-takeaway game in the home-opening win against Washington (9/26), providing the same stat line as the Jets game, Total ...... 468-351-6 an interception and a fumble recovery. His recovery of a Rex Grossman fumble in the waning minutes of the Washington game, sealed the win for Dallas.

12 THIS WEEK’S PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR -- 19 Miles Austin: Became the starting wideout after making RE -- 99 Kenyon Coleman: Returns for his second stint in Dallas his first career start for an injured Roy Williams (ribs) at Kansas after playing for the club from 2003-06. Spent the previous two sea - City (10/11/09). He responded with 10 receptions for a team-record sons in Cleveland under current Cowboys 250 yards with two touchdowns to earn a full-time starting role. Rob Ryan. Was held without a tackle last game. Racked up 2,513 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns in 30 gam es NT -- 90 Jay Ratliff: Drafted in the seventh round in the 2005 draft since becoming a starter to earn his first two Pro Bowl selections. as a and was a reserve for two seasons. Switched to Missed the last two games with a hamstring injury re-aggravated nose tackle in 2007 after Jason Ferguson was lost in the season- at San Francisco (9/18). opener. Finished 2008 with his first Pro Bowl selection as he had LT -- 68 : Took over the starting position from Flozell career-highs in tackles (83), sacks (7.5) and pressures (31). Adams last season who was released prior to the start of the sea - Selected to the Pro Bowl again in 2009 and 2010. Had one tackle son. Started all 16 games for the first time in his career and returns and a pair of pass breakups last game. to man the blind side once again. LE -- 97 : Drafted in the sixth round (92nd overall) LG -- 61 : Selected by Dallas in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Spent the majority of his career as a reserve (252nd overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. Had a strong training camp lineman but has started the previous two games. Missed the game and won the battle. Made his first career start in the season open - after suffering a calf injury the week before. er at the N.y. Jets (9/11). Missed the game at San Francisco SLB -- 93 : Named the full-time starter with the (9/18) with a neck injury, but returned for the last two starts. release of Greg Ellis last season. Came on strong, notching 6.0 sacks C -- 67 Phil Costa: Takes over the starting role after the release of over the final six games of the 2009 season. Led the team with 36 five-time Pro Bowler in the middle of training camp. pressures. Originally drafted in the first round in 2007 as a college Arrived in Dallas in 2010 as an undrafted free agent and played in defensive end switching to linebacker in the NFL. Had five tackles, four games with one start at guard as a rookie. Started all four one tackle for a loss and two breakups in the last game. games of the season thus far. MLB -- 56 Bradie James: Became the starting MLB in 2005 and led RG -- 63 : Makes the move to the right side after start - the team in tackles in each of the previous six seasons - the first Dallas ing the last five seasons with Dallas on the left side. Will help tutor defender to accomplish that feat. Had a career-high 202 tackles in first round draft choice and starting right tackle . Signed 2008 - joining (222) as the only Cowboys with 200- with Dallas as an unrestricted free agent from Arizona in 2007. or-more tackles in a season. Posted double-digit tackles in seven Has started 108 of the 131 games he played in his nine-year games and led or tied for the lead in tackles eight games last season. career. Originally drafted in the seventh round (248th overall) by Added one tackle last game. San Francisco in 2002. WLB -- 50 Sean Lee: Drafted in the second round (55th overall) of RT -- 77 Tyron Smith: Dallas’ first round pick - ninth overall - in the the 2010 NFL Draft. Played in 14 games as a rookie reserve line - 2011 NFL Draft. Became only the fourth offensive lineman drafted man in 2010. Has three career interceptions with one returned for by Dallas in the first round and the second-highest offensive line - a touchdown. Earned his first career start in the 2011 season open - man drafted by the club behind John Niland - fifth in 1966. er and responded with a career-best 15 tackles. Tied for the team lead with six tackles to go with a pressure and a pair of breakups. TE -- 82 Jason Witten: Selected to his seventh consecutive Pro Bowl in 2010 - the most Pro Bowl selections by a tight end in club his - JLB -- 94 DeMarcus Ware: Earned his fifth consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl last season after leading the team and the league in sacks tory. In 2007 established single-season team tight end records for (15.5). Is the first Cowboys player to lead the club in sacks through catches (96 - third-most in league history) and receiving yards (1,145) each of his first six seasons. Is the ninth league defender with five - the 13th tight end in league history to top 1,000 yards in a season. straight 10-plus sack seasons and only the second to lead the league In 2009 broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the second time in his career in sacks multiple times. In 2008 led the league with a club-record 20.0 and did it again in 2010 with 1,002 yards. Topped 7,000 career yards sacks. Had a streak of 10 consecutive games with a sack to tie in Week 1, 2011 in 128 games - the third-fastest among tight ends Simon Fletcher for the longest official sack streak. Got the starting with 7,000-plus yards. Caught a team-best eight passes for 94 yards nod in the Pro Bowl last season for his fifth straight time. Tallied three - second on the team - to move into fourth in team history. tackles, one tackle for a loss and three pressures before the bye. WR -- 88 Dez Bryant: Dallas’ first round selection (24th overall) in the RCB -- 21 Mike Jenkins: Took over the starting role in 2009 after 2010 NFL Draft. Sniffed club rookie records with second with 45 a short battle with Orlando Scandrick. Led the team in 2009 with catches, third with six touchdown catches, fifth with 564 yards and five interceptions and earned his first career Pro Bowl selection in tied for fifth with eight overall touchdowns before an injury sidelined the process. him for the final four games. Caught three passes for 37 yards and two touchdowns - his second career two-touchdown game. LCB -- 41 Terence Newman: Earned his first career Pro Bowl QB -- 9 Tony Romo: Earned his second consecutive Pro Bowl trip selection in 2007 despite missing three games due to injury (foot). in 2007 after establishing club records for passing yards (4,211), Tied his career-best with four interceptions, including one returned touchdowns (36), completions (335) and 300-yard games (seven). for a touchdown - his first career interception return for a touchdown Also owns the club mark for consecutive games with a touchdown - in 2007. Led the team again with four picks in 2008 before tying pass (20) and career 300-yard outings (29). Broke his club record for the team lead with a personal-high five interceptions in 2010. for attempts (550), completions (347), yards (4,483) and 300-yard Was named to his second Pro Bowl as an alternate in 2009. games (eight) in 2009. Owns a 41-24 regular season record as a Finished last game with six tackles. starter. Has completed 1,425-of-2,222 passes for 17,923 yards SS -- 26 : Returns to Dallas for his second stint after and 125 touchdowns. His 2010 season was cut short after suffer - spending his rookie season (2006) with the Cowboys, playing ing a fractured clavicle in Week 7. Completed 34-of-47 passes for mainly on special teams. Spent the previous two seasons with the 331 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions before , starting 31 of the 32 games. Was coached by the bye. current Cowboys defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan while with the RB -- 28 Felix Jones: Became Dallas’ full time starting tail back Browns. Also spent two seasons with the N.y. Jets (2007-08). after the release of Marion Barber prior to training camp. Rushed a Added a pair of tackles last game. career-high 185 times for a career-best 800 yards in 2010. Has FS -- 43 : Makes the move to free safety after averaged 5.1 yards-per-carry since being drafted in the first round joining the club in 2009 at strong safety. Arrived in Dallas after spend - (22nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. Rushed 16 times for 57 yards ing the first four years of his career in Jacksonville. Has 335 tackles before the bye. and 12 interceptions. Racked up career-highs in tackles (86) and TE -- 24 : Arrived in Dallas Week 2 after spend - interceptions (five - tied for the team lead) while tying his career-best ing his first two pro seasons in Carolina. Was a fourth round with 10 breakups in 2010. Had four tackles an interception and a (128th overall) draft choice by the Panthers in 2009. Was inactive breakup before suffering a head injury and missing the remainder of with a hamstring injury before the bye week. the game against Detroit (10/2).

13 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE * The Dallas Cowboys are averaging 417.8 yards of offense which is fifth in the NFC and sixth in the league. The team averages 6.2 yards-per-play which places them fifth in the conference and sixth in the 2011 OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS league. * Dallas opened the season with 390 total yards of offense at the N.y. Jets (9/11). Dallas then * On the ground, Dallas is gaining 86.8 racked up 472 yards at San Francisco (9/18) and 434 against Detroit (10/2). yards-per-game which is 14th in the * Miles Austin’s touchdown catch at the Jets tied him with Jay Novacek (22) for 12th in NFC and 26th in the NFL. The club’s 3.4 Cowboys history. yard-per-rush average is 15th in the * Austin topped 100 yards for the 12th time in his career with 143 - sixth-most in his career conference and 28th in the league. - at San Francisco. * Through the air, the Cowboys average * Dez Bryant’s two touchdown catches against Detroit was his second career two receiving 331.0 yards-per-game, second in the touchdown game. conference, third in the NFL. In averag - * Felix Jones topped Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in career rushing attempts in team his - ing 8.0 yards-per-pass play, Dallas is tory at the Jets. He brought his total to 348 with his 17 carries. Jones also scored the first second in the conference, and third in rushing touchdown of the season in the game with a one-yard run. the league. * Jones rushed for a career-best 115 yards - second career 100-yard game - on 14 carries * Dallas’ 24.8 average points-per-game for an 8.2-yard average in the home opener against Washington. is good for seventh in the NFC and 12th * had his first career receptions at San Francisco, finishing with three for 96 in the league. yards, including a 77-yarder in overtime to setup the game-winning field goal. * The Cowboys are making 20.8 first * Laurent Robinson tied his career high with seven catches and established a high with 116 downs-per-game and rank seventh in yards - his second career 100-yard day - against Detroit. the NFC and 13th in the NFL. On first * Tony Romo improved his club record of 300-yard games to 27 with his 342 yards at the down plays, the club averages 5.50 Jets. He also upped his club record streak of consecutive games with a touchdown to 19. yards which places them 11th in the * Romo had his 28th career 300-yard outing at San Francisco (345) despite suffering a rib NFC and 21st in the league. injury early in the first quarter. He also extended his club record of consecutive games with * The club’s 15 red zone trips is tied for a touchdown pass to 20 with two. eighth in the NFC and tied for 14th in * At the Jets, Jason Witten caught a team-best six passes for a team-high 110 yards with the league. Dallas’ 33.3 red zone touch - a long of 64 yards. It was his 13th career 100-yard outing and his 64-yard catch was the down percentage is tied for 14th in the second-longest of his career. He also topped 7,000 career receiving yards in the game to NFC and tied for 27th in the league. The become the fifth Dallas Cowboy and seventh league tight end to reach the mark. He hit club’s 80.0 red zone scoring percentage 7,000 in his 128th career game, the third-fastest league tight end to get to 7,000. is 11th in the conference and 23rd in the * Witten had his 14th career 100-yard day - second of the season - with 102 at San league. Francisco. * Dallas converted 18-of-52 (34.6%) * Witten moved into fourth all-time in receiving yards in Cowboys history with his 94 against third down opportunities to place ninth Detroit. in 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. rest of the season when the team placed him on the QUARTERBACK Reserve/Injured list on Dec. 21. Before attempting his last pass of After spending the first four years the season, he was well on his way towards another solid year with of his NFL career as a backup quarter - Passing Touchdown 1,605 yards on 148-of-213 passes (69.5%) with 11 touchdowns back, Tony Romo was thrust into the Leaders Since 2006 and seven interceptions and a quarterback rating of 94.9. He also spotlight, taking over the starting role surpassed 2,000 career attempts (2,070) to become only the fifth Player TDs Dallas passer to do so and established a club record with 18 con - midway through the 2006 season. In 1. D. Brees ...... 167 just 10 games, Romo led the team to a secutive games with a touchdown pass. Before his injury in the 2. P. Manning ...... 155 sixth game of the season, Romo’s five-game passing yard total of 6-4 record and a playoff berth. His 3. T. Brady ...... 152 overnight sensation earned him his 1,556 yards was the highest yardage output during the first five 4. P. Rivers ...... 141 games in a season in team history. first career Pro Bowl selection. He 5. Eli Manning ...... 137 returned as the full-time starter in 2007 6. T. Romo ...... 125 Thus far in 2011, Romo has completed 99-of-152 passes for and established then franchise marks 1,273 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions with a quar - for completions (335), passing yards (4,211) and touchdowns (36) terback rating of 92.9. He is ranked ninth in the NFL in rating, eighth among several others. He also led Dallas to a franchise record in completion percentage, 14th in yards, tied for 14th in touchdown tying 13-3 finish and its 20th division title. In 2008, despite being passes, tied for 16th in completions and 23rd in attempts. injured for three games, Romo finished his second full season as a @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Completed 23-of-36 passes (63.9%) for starter with 3,448 yards (12th in the NFL) on 450 attempts for a rat - 342 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He improved his ing of 91.4 (eighth in the league) despite missing three games with club record of 300-yard games to 27 while extending his club a fractured pinkie finger on his throwing hand. In his third full sea - record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 19 games. son as a starter in 2009, Romo eclipsed 15,000 career passing @ San Francisco (9/18) : Went 20-33 for 345 yards and two yards, became the fifth Dallas passer with 100 career touchdown touchdowns despite suffering a rib fracture on the first series and throws and finished the season as the only quarterback in fran - sitting out most of the third quarter. His touchdown tosses extend - chise history to be on the field for every snap from center. With ed his club record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to Romo at the helm, the club secured its second NFC East Divisional 20 which is also the second-longest among current active NFL Championship over the quarterbacks. His 345 yards tied the sixth-most in his career and past three seasons (2007) were good for his 28th career 300-yard day. Led the team to a Quarterback TD/INT Differential - 21st overall and 17th come-from-behind overtime victory, erasing a 10-point fourth quar - NFL Totals since 2006 NFC East crown - and led ter deficit and completing a 77-yard pass - the second-longest Player TDs INTs DIF the team to its first playoff completion of his career - to set Dallas up at the San Francisco 1. T. Brady ...... 152 43 +109 win in 13 years with a vic - one-yard line for the game-winning field goal. 2. P. Manning ...... 155 68 +87 tory over Philadelphia in vs. Washington (9/26) : Threw for 255 yards with one inter - 3. D. Brees ...... 167 84 +83 ception on 22-of-36 passes while leading the offense on six scor - 4. P. Rivers ...... 141 64 +77 the Wild Card Playoff Game. In 2010, Romo ing drives - all field goals - including what would be the game-win - 5. A. Rodgers ...... 101 33 +68 ner on a 40-yard field goal with 1:47 left in regulation. Without a 5. T. Romo ...... 125 67 +58 dealt with his most signifi - cant injury after a fractured touchdown in the contest, Romo’s streak of consecutive games Dallas Cowboys all-time single-season with a touchdown pass ended at 20 which was the second-longest Player (year) TDs INTs DIF clavicle suffered in the active streak in the NFL. 1. T. Romo (2007) ...... 36 19 +17 vs. Detroit (10/2) : Notched his 29th career 300-yard game, T. Romo (2009) ...... 26 9 +17 Game against the N.y. 3. T. Staubach (1979) ..27 11 +16 Giants (10/25) forced him passing for 331 yards on 34-of-47 attempts with three touchdowns 4. D. Meredith (1966) ..24 12 +12 to miss the next eight and three interceptions. His 47 attempts tied the fourth-most in a T. Romo (2008) ...... 26 14 +12 games and ultimately the game in his career, his 34 completions tied the third. 14 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE (cont.) quarterback, cont. , an undrafted rookie out of Middle Tennessee The Dallas Cowboys acquired Jon Kitna in a 2009 offseason State, impressed coaches with his play in the preseason enough to trade with the Detroit Lions, giving the club a seasoned veteran earn a spot on the active roster. Tanner led the team with 128 yards with 14 years of NFL experience who has thrown for 29,658 yards and 24 carries in preseason play. and 168 touchdowns on 2,671-of-4,432 career attempts. Kitna did Dallas picked up a fullback off waivers from Carolina when not take a single snap during the 2009 season as Romo was the they signed Tony Fiammetta . Fiammetta begins his third season only quarterback on the roster to be on the field for every snap from after starting 11 of the 24 games he played the previous two sea - center. Kitna was forced to take the reigns of the offense in 2010 sons with the Panthers. He was originally a fourth round pick after a season-ending injury to Romo in the sixth game of the year. (128th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft from Syracuse. He led the team to a 4-5 record in nine games as the starter while passing for 2,365 yards on 209-of-318 attempts with 16 touch - downs and 12 interceptions. WIDE RECEIVER @ San Francisco (9/18) : Stepped in for an injured Romo Miles Austin used his first career start in 2009 as a launching (ribs) in the third quarter and completed six-of-10 passes for 87 pad for his career after hauling in a team-record 250 yards on a yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. career-best 10 catches while subbing for an injured Roy Williams Behind Romo and Kitna is Stephen McGee , Dallas’ first selec - (ribs) at Kansas City (10/11). His effort at Kansas City propelled tion in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. McGee, who did not him into the starting role for the remainder of the season, and he see the field in any of the team’s games in 2009 while serving as led the team with 1,320 yards and 11 touchdowns while finishing the team’s third quarterback, got the first playing action of his second on the squad with 81 receptions to earn the first Pro Bowl career in 2010. Playing in two games, including the first start of his selection of his career. The 2010 season marked Austin’s first full career in the season finale at Philadelphia (1/2/11), he passed for season as a starter, getting the starting nod in all 16 games for the 238 yards on 22-of-44 passes with two touchdowns and collected first time in his career to lead the team for the second straight sea - his first career win in the comeback victory in at the Eagles. son with 1,041 yards on 69 catches and seven touchdowns. His yardage tally allowed him to top 1,000-yards for the second con - secutive season to become one-of-10 undrafted players to post multiple 1,000-yard seasons. He also notched his second consec - The Dallas Cowboys re-shuffled their stable of running backs utive Pro Bowl nod - this time as an injury replacement. in the offseason, but still boast a talented yet youthful trio in Felix Receiving Leaders Since Week 5 2009 Jones, , and 2011 third round draft choice Player Yards Player Rec. DeMarco Murray . 1. Andre Johnson ...... 2,801 1. Wes Welker ...... 236 After becoming the first running back Dallas selected in the 2. Wes Welker ...... 2,795 2. Roddy White ...... 217 first round since drafting Emmitt Smith in 1990, Jones showed 3. Roddy White ...... 2,775 3. Reggie Wayne ...... 207 flashes of versatility before injuries landed him on Reserve/Injured ...... as a rookie in 2008. Jones became the first rookie in club history to 6. Miles Austin ...... 2,513 9. Miles Austin ...... 159 score a touchdown in each of his first three professional games Thus far in 2011, he has 14 catches for 233 yards and four with an 11-yard touchdown run on his first career carry in the sea - touchdowns . son opener, a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the home @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Caught five passes for 90 yards - both opener, followed by a 60-yard touchdown run in Week 3. He fin - good for second on the team - with a 36-yard touchdown in the ished the season with 266 yards on 30 carries (8.9 avg.). A strong season opener. His touchdown catch was the 22nd of his career to second half allowed Jones to post increased numbers in 2009 in tie Jay Novacek for 12th in team history. attempts (116), yards (685) and tied his career-best with three @ San Francisco (9/18) : Led the team with nine catches for rushing touchdowns. He led the team in rushing in the postseason, a team-best 143 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. His gaining 217 yards on 30 attempts with one touchdown in his first 143 yards were the sixth-most in his career and gave him his 12th two career playoff appearances. Jones had his most successful career 100-yard game. They also allowed him to pass Patrick season to date in 2010 while playing in all 16 games for the first Crayton (2,888) for 16th in team history. His nine catches gave him time in his career to boast single-season career-bests in attempts 182 for his career and moved him past Marion Barber and tie Walt (185), yards (800), receptions (48), receiving yards (450) and Garrison for 22nd in franchise history. receiving touchdowns (one), making a career-high seven starts. vs. Washington (9/26) and vs. Detroit (10/2) : : Inactive after @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : The 17 carries in the opener gave him 348 re-aggravating a hamstring injury against the 49ers that was origi - for his career to pass Timmy Newsome (340) for 15th in team his - nally suffered during training camp. tory. He also added his eighth career touchdown on a one-yard Former 2010 first round draft choice Dez Bryant moves into a push. starting role in 2011 opposite Austin after taking the league by vs. Washington (9/26) : Led all rushers with a career-best 115 storm as a rookie. The 2010 season saw the former Oklahoma yards on 14 carries, a career-high 8.2 rushing average and a sea - State star pay immediate dividends for the Cowboys both as a son-long rush of 40 yards. His 100-yard effort was the second of receiver and returner after he finished second all-time among club his career and his yardage output allowed him to pass Troy rookies with 45 receptions for 564 yards - fifth all-time among Hambrick (1,896) for 14th in team history. Dallas rookies - and six touchdowns - tied for second all-time Since being selected in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft, among Cowboys rookies. On punt returns, Bryant took back two Choice has proved to be more than an insurance policy, making punts for scores to become the seventh Cowboy to accomplish the the most of his playing time in his first two seasons. His rookie year feat and only the second rookie to do so. Along with his six receiv - saw him finish second on the roster with 92 carries for 472 yards ing touchdowns, Bryant’s eight total scores tied him for fourth all- (5.1 avg.) and two touchdowns with an increase in playing time due time among Dallas rookies. to injuries to both Marion Barber and Jones. Choice took snaps in @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Got off to a hot start in the opener, hauling the team’s “Razorback” formation in 2009 to increase his playing in three passes for 71 yards with a long of 42 and a touchdown. All time, allowing him to finish the season third in rushing with 349 of his receptions came in the first quater. yards on 64 carries with three touchdowns while also catching 15 @ San Francisco (9/18) : Inactive with a thigh injury suffered passes for 132 yards. Choice totaled 243 yards on 66 carries while on a punt return at the Jets. adding three rushing touchdowns - good for second on the squad. vs. Washington (9/26) : Returned to action after missing the vs. Detroit (10/2) : Averaged 6.5 yards-per-carry, rushing for previous game with a thigh injury to finish second on the team with 39 yards on six attempts. four grabs for 63 yards, including a 30-yard catch. A 15-yard face Murray was a heralded multi-purpose running back out of mask penalty was drawn on the play that helped Dallas get posi - Oklahoma. The former Sooner left the school with career records tion to boot home the game-winning field goal. in total touchdowns (65), points scored (390), kickoff return aver - vs. Detroit (10/2) : Caught three passes for 37 yards with a age (27.6) and all-purpose yards (6,718). pair of touchdowns - his second career multiple receiving touch - @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Made his NFL debut in the opener and down game. rushed two times for no yards, caught one pass for 13 yards and returned a kickoff for 14.

15 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE (cont.) wide receiver, cont. @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Led the Behind Austin and Bryant lies a former undrafted rookie in All-Time Dallas Cowboys team with six catches and 110 . Ogletree originally made the squad after an Receiving Leaders yards. He improved his club tight impressive preseason performance in 2009 that saw him lead all Receptions end record of 100-yard outings to wide receivers with seven catches for 87 yards and a team-high 1. Michael Irvin ...... 750 (1988-99) 13 while also reaching the 7,000- 2. Jason Witten ...... 644 (2003-11) two touchdowns. He earned playing time as a rookie with the rib 3. Drew Pearson ...... 489 (1973-83) yard mark for his career. He injury to Williams and played in 11 games to catch seven passes 4. Emmitt Smith ...... 486 (1990-02) became the fifth Dallas Cowboy for 96 yards while also returning eight kickoffs for 166 yards. He 5. Tony Hill ...... 479 (1977-86) and the seventh tight end to reach returned in 2010 to play in six games while mixed into the receiv - the plateau. Witten accomplished ing rotation. Jesse Holley plays into the mix at receiver after see - Receiving Yards the feat in 128 games, the third 1. Michael Irvin ....11,904 (1988-99) ing the most playing time of his career in 2010 after being activat - 2. Tony Hill ...... 7,988 (1977-86) fastest tight end to 7,000 yards ed off the . He went on to play in 11 games, mainly 3. Drew Pearson ...7,822 (1973-83) behind Antonio Gates (119) and on special teams, but continued to show flashes of his ability at 4. Jason Witten ...7,333 (2003-11) Pete Retzlaff (125). He had a long receiver through the season. was drafted in the 5. Bob Hayes ...... 7,295 (1965-74) reception of 64 yards - his second- sixth round (176th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft but showed longest career catch. coaches he was worth a roster spot with his play in the preseason. @ San Francisco (9/18) : Caught seven passes for 102 yards Harris led all Dallas pass catchers with 138 yards and two touch - - his 14th career 100-yard performance. With his 110 from the pre - downs on six catches while also seeing time on special teams as a vious week, racked up consecutive 100-yard games for the third returner. Laurent Robinson , who originally signed with the team time in his career. on Sept. 7 but was released on Sept. 13, returned to the club on vs. Washington (9/26) : Once again led the team with six Sept. 20 to fill a need for receiver depth. He is a five-year veteran receptions for 60 yards along with a long catch of 23 yards. with previous playing experience with the (2007- vs. Detroit (10/2) : Caught a team-high eight passes for 37 08) and St. Louis Rams (2009-10). yards and his first touchdown of the season. Brought his career Ogletree @ San Francisco (9/18) : Earned his first career receiving yardage total to 7,333 to pass Bob Hayes (7,295) for start in place of an injured Bryant (thigh) and finished with two fourth all-time in team history. catches for 50 yards, including a career-long 33-yarder. After a 2008 draft-day trade sent 2006 second round selection Holley @ San Francisco (9/18) : Saw time late in the game Anthony Fasano to Miami, the Dallas Cowboys showed their with Austin (hamstring) limited and responded with his first career dependency on a athletic tight end when they selected Martellus reception - an 11-yarder - finishing with three catches for 96 yards. Bennett in the second round (61st overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. His final catch was a 77-yard catch-and-run that setup the Bennett proved to compliment Witten as a rookie, tying for second Cowboys at the 49ers one-yard line for the game-winning field goal on the team in 2008 with four touchdown catches and finishing fifth in overtime. in yards (283) and sixth in receptions (20). Among his four touch - Robinson vs. Washington (9/26) : Made his first appearance down catches was a streak of three consecutive games with a as a Cowboy and caught three passes for 49 yards including a long touchdown catch to make him just the third club rookie to catch a catch of 25 yards. touchdown pass in three consecutive games. After a season of Robinson vs. Detroit (10/2) : Led the team with 116 yards on learning the pro game, Bennett added 15 receptions for 159 yards seven catches to give him his second career 100-yard outing and in his second season as a pro. a single-game career-best in receiving yards. His seven catches The Cowboys showed their emphasis on the importance on tied a personal-best. the tight end position when the club drafted John Phillips with their second pick in the sixth round (208th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. Phillips showed good promise in his first professional season TIGHT END with seven receptions for 62 yards. He notched his first career A staple in the Cowboys offense virtually since the day he was touchdown with a one-yard catch in the Wild Card Playoff Game at drafted, Jason Witten will lead the charge once again at tight end. Cowboys Stadium. Phillips suffered a setback in 2010 when a torn With his selection to his seventh consecutive and overall Pro Bowl ACL during the opening preseason game wiped out his entire sea - in 2010, Witten has made more appearances than any other tight son. end in club history. In eight pro seasons, Witten has emerged as @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Returned to the playing field for the first one of the most prolific tight ends in league history. He has strung time since tearing his ACL in the first preseason game of the 2010 together seven consecutive season with at least 50 (one-of-three season. He started the game lined up as the full back and finished tight ends to accomplish the feat) and 60 catches (one-of-two to do with two catches for 19 yards and a kickoff return for 16 yards. it). He has topped 80 catches in a season five times, and in four straight and has tallied at least 90 catches in a season three times - the second-most by a tight end in league history. He finished 2010 OFFENSIVE LINE with a team-best 94 catches - tops among league tight ends - and For the first time since the 2007 season, the offensive line of his third career 1,000-yard season (1,002) to become the fourth the Dallas Cowboys will feature a re-vamped starting five in 2011. tight end with at least three 1,000-yard seasons. For his career, he Only two starters return in left tackle Doug Free and left guard has 636 catches for 7,239 yards and ranks second on the club’s all- Kyle Kosier , who will move to the right side, to provide stability time receptions chart and fifth on the all-time receiving yards chart. and leadership on the line. The offensive line held true in 2010, He has the top-five single-season receiving yards totals by a tight assisting the offense as it compiled 5,828 total net yards to rank as end in club history and seven of the top-10 and is only the fifth the seventh-highest yardage output in franchise history. The line Dallas pass catcher to reach 6,000 career receiving yards. He also was faced with the challenge of protecting three starting quarter - joined Michael Irvin in 2010 as the only Dallas pass catchers with backs during the season after Romo (collarbone) and later Kitna 600 career receptions. A model of durability, Witten has played in (abdominal) suffered injuries that opened the door for McGee who 135 of a possible 136 games, missing just one with a broken jaw in gained the first playing experience of his career. The group will 2003. introduce three new starters on the line at right guard, right tackle and center following the release of Leonard Davis, Top NFL Tight Ends Since 2003 and Andre Gurode, respectively. Player Catches Player Yards At right tackle, 2011 rookie first round draft choice Tyron 1. Tony Gonzalez ...... 699 1. Tony Gonzalez ...... 8,021 2. Jason Witten ...... 644 2. Jason Witten ...... 7,333 Smith has taken the spot. With his selection with Dallas’ ninth 3. Antonio Gates ...... 537 3. Antonio Gates ...... 7,079 overall pick, Smith became just the fourth offensive lineman to be 4. Jeremy Shockey ...... 450 4. Jeremy Shockey ...... 4,993 selected in the first round by the Cowboys. He is the second-high - 5. Chris Cooley ...... 427 5. Chris Cooley ...... 4,704 est lineman ever drafted by the club. Kosier moved to the right side to help Smith, and, at left Thus far in 2011, he is tied for 14th in the league, tied for sec - guard, 2011 Cowboys draft choice Bill Nagy (seventh round, ond among tight ends, with 27 catches and is 17th, tied for second 252nd overall) has settled in the spot with his consistent play among tight ends with 366 yards. through the preseason.

16 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- OFFENSE (cont.) offensive line, cont. opener for Dallas, and it was the first time a rookie lineman started Phil Costa , who made the 2010 squad as an undrafted rook - for Dallas since opened the season at right tackle in ie reserve, improved his play through the preseason enough to be 2005. Overall, Smith and Nagy are the 38th and 39th rookies to named the starter at center going into the 2011 season. start a season opener for Dallas. The young line blocked for Free returns to man the left side after starting all 16 games at Romo’s 27th career 300-yard game. the position in 2010. He stepped up to the role and performed after @ San Francisco (9/18) : Dockery made his Cowboys debut taking the position from . and earned the start in place of Nagy (neck) while Kowalski made In reserve roles lie tackle , who came to Dallas his NFL debut at center, filling in for Costa late in the game. The as a reserve lineman in 2010, 2011 fourth round selection David line allowed Romo to throw for his 28th career 300-yard game Arkin - a guard - 2011 undrafted rookie free agent Kevin Kowalski while providing time for the club to throw for three touchdowns - - center - and , a former third round draft pick by Romo, two and Kitna, one. the Washington Redskins in 2003. Dockery spent the first four vs. Washington (9/26) : Nagy (neck) returned to the starting years of his career with the Redskins before spending two in lineup at left guard while Dockery (knee) was held out. The line Buffalo. He returned to Washington for the 2009-10 seasons and opened holes for a running game that amassed a season-high 125 has started 111 of the 117 games he played at guard in his eight yards including a career-best 115-yard individual effort by Felix seasons. Jones to mark only the second 100-yard regular season game of @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : The opener featured two rookies starting his career. on the offensive line – RT Tyron Smith and LG Bill Nagy. It was the vs. Detroit (10/2) : Blocked for Romo’s 29th career 300-yard first time in franchise history a Cowboys team started two rookies day while Robinson set a career-best with 116 receiving yards on the offensive line in the season opener. The duo also became while allowing just one sack on 47 pass attempts. the seventh and eighth rookie linemen to ever start in a season

. 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. The team is allowing 4.9 yards-per-play which leads the conference and is fifth in the NFL. 2011 DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS * On the ground, Dallas is giving up 61.8 * Dallas held the Jets (9/11) to just 45 rushing yards in the opener then held Frank Gore to rushing yards - tops in the conference and a 2.4-yard rushing average at San Francisco (9/18). the league. In permitting 3.1 yards-per-rush, * Alan Ball intercepted his third career pass with his theft at San Francisco. the Cowboys are leading the NFC third the * Jason Hatcher racked up a pair of sacks at San Francisco for his first career two-sack league. game. * Danny McCray had his first career sack with a takedown of Mark Sanchez at the Jets. * Through the air, the Cowboys are allowing He also forced his first career fumble on the sack. 230.0 yards which is fifth in the NFC and 14th * In his first career start, Sean Lee intercepted his third career pass in the opener at the in the league. Dallas yields 6.2 yards-per- Jets. He returned it 37 yards to setup a one-yard touchdown. For his career, he has netted pass play which ranks third in the conference 81 interception with a touchdown. and eighth in the league. * Lee had another two-takeaway game with an interception and fumble recovery against * In giving up 25.3 points-per-game, Dallas Washington. is 12th in the NFC and 23rd in the league. * In the opener at the Jets, Anthony Spencer notched his first sack of the season. * The Cowboys are giving up 17.8 first * Spencer sacked Rex Grossman late in the fourth quarter, forced a fumble on the sack downs-per-game which is third in the NFC, that was recovered by Lee to preserve the Cowboys win. It was Spencers fourth straight tied for eighth in the NFL. On first down plays, game with a sack- the longest streak of his career. the club permits 5.52 yards which is fifth in * DeMarcus Ware notched the club’s first sack of the season on the first defensive play of the NFC and 13th in the league. the game in the opener at the Jets. His sack extended his streak of games with a sack to * Opponents have entered the red zone nine four. He added his second sack later for his 18th career multi-sack game. times - the fewest in the division and tied for * Ware had his second consecutive two-sack game with two at San Francisco. the fewest in the league. The club’s 55.6 * Ware notched a sack in his sixth straight game with one takedown against Washington. touchdown percentage allowed is 14th in the NFC 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 tied for 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. James also tied for the team lead with eight tackles for losses, was LINEBACKER second with three forced and tied for second with a career- high 8.0 sacks. On the year, he led or tied for the team lead in tack - Dallas Cowboys Single- When the Dallas Cowboys transi - tioned to the 3-4 defense under Bill les nine times and posted 11 double-digit tackle games - a career- Season Tackle Leaders high. James led the defense in 2010 with 163 tackles. Yrs Leading Parcells, Bradie James may have benefitted the most from the change. @ San Francisco (9/18) : Notched five tackles in the overtime Player Team win. 1. Bradie James ...... 6 As the signal caller of the defense, 2. ...... 4 James notched 100-plus tackles and Dallas used its second round draft pick in 2010 to select Penn Eugene Lockhart ...... 4 led the team in tackles each of the State’s Sean Lee to work behind Brooking. Lee was slowed early in 4. ...... 3 previous six seasons. He is the first his rookie season, but came on late to demonstrate his ability at the ...... 3 Dallas defender since tackles were middle linebacker position, finishing his initial campaign 11th on the tracked in 1979 to lead the team in tackles six consecutive times squad with 45 tackles. He earned his first career start in the 2011 and just the first to lead the team in tackles six times. His career season opener and has started each of the games this season. reached an apex in 2008 as he finished with a career-best 202 tack - @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Lee made his first career start and tallied a les, joining Eugene Lockhart (222 in 1989) as the only two Dallas team-high and career-best 15 tackles along with an interception - the defenders to reach 200 tackles in a season. In 2009 James led the third of his career - and a fumble recovery. team with 181 tackles, had 10-or-more tackles in 11 games during @ San Francisco (9/18) : Lee once again led the team with his the season and led or tied for the team lead 12 times. In 2008 second consecutive double-digit tackle total - 13. 17 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- DEFENSE (cont.) linebacker, cont. his sixth straight game with a quarterback takedown - the third vs. Washington (9/26) : Lee picked off his second pass of the longest streak of his career (10 - 12/16/07-10/12/08 - and 7 - 11/2/08- season, fourth of his career, while also recovering a fumble to mark 12/20/08). With sacks in each of the first three games this season, it his second game of the season with multiple takeaways. He also led was the second time in his career he opened the season with sacks the team in tackles for the third consecutive game with 13 stops in each of the first three games. The first was in 2008 when he while also adding a tackle for loss and two pass breakups. opened the season with at least one sack in each of the first seven vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles while games. adding a hurry and a pair of breakups. vs. Detroit (10/2): Had three tackles, one for a loss and three Arguably one the biggest pass pressures. Dallas Cowboys All-Time Sack Leaders rushing threat in the NFL, DeMarcus Starting opposite Ware is Anthony Spencer , a 2007 first Ware earned his fifth consecutive round choice, who continues to improve each season. He topped Player Sacks Pro Bowl nod after another solid sea - the century mark in tackles for the first time in his career in 2010 1. Harvey Martin ...... 114.0 2. Randy White ...... 111.0 son that saw him lead the league in with a career-best 105 stops (fourth on the team) along with five 3. Ed Jones ...... 106.0 sacks (15.0) - the second time in his sacks and 14 quarterback pressures - both good for second on the 4. ...... 97.0 career was the league’s sack leader. team. 5. ...... 95.5 It was also his sixth consecutive sea - @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Notched two tackles, two pressures and his 6. Jim Jeffcoat ...... 94.5 son he has led or tied for the team first sack of the season. 7. ...... 94.0 lead in sacks. In leading the club with @ San Francisco (9/18) : Tallied five tackles, a tackle for a loss 8. DeMarcus Ware ...... 85.0 the 20.0 sacks in 2008 - tying Derrick and his second sack of the season. Thomas for the sixth-most sacks in a season in league history - vs. Washington (9/26) : Logged four tackles, a sack, two hur - Ware became the first Dallas defender to lead or tie for the team ries and a forced fumble. Spencer’s sack marked his fourth straight lead in sacks in each of his first four seasons with the team. He also game with a sack - the longest streak of his career - while his forced became the fourth Cowboys defender - second since 1982 when fumble of Rex Grossman on the same play helped the defense sacks became official - to register three consecutive 10-plus sack secure the win while the Redskins were attempting to drive down the seasons. He now has five field with seconds remaining. straight seasons with 10-or- vs. Detroit (10/2): Tallied five tackles, one tackle for a loss and 2011 NFL SACK LEADERS more sacks making him the Player Sacks two hurries. ninth eighth league defender to 1 Jared Allen ...... 8.5 Making his home outside of the state of Georgia for the first accomplish the feat. Among his 2. Jason Babin ...... 7.0 time in his life was one of three newcomers to Dallas’ starting 85.0 career sacks was a streak Jason Pierre-Paul ...... 7.5 defense in 2009, Keith Brooking . Brooking, a five-time Pro of 10 consecutive games with 4. ...... 4.0 Bowler, stepped in as the team’s starting “Mo” linebacker. Upon his a sack - spanning the final ...... 5.0 arrival in Dallas, he reunited with Wade Phillips, who was the three games of 2007 and the ...... 5.0 Falcons defensive coordinator for two seasons (2002-03). first seven of 2008 - and 10 DeMarcus Ware ...... 5.0 Brooking’s 11-year Falcons career had him make five consecutive games with multiple sacks. Not Mario Williams ...... 5.0 Pro Bowls (2001-2005), one Super Bowl appearance (XXXIII) and only a pass rushing threat, NFL SACK LEADERS SINCE 2005 lead the team in tackles eight consecutive times (2001-08). He has Ware can play the run and Player Sacks reached 200 tackles twice in his career and has amassed 1,778 cover receivers as he logged a 1. DeMarcus Ware ...... 85.0 tackles in his 13 pro seasons. Brooking finished second on the 2. Jared Allen ...... 82.5 career-high 110 tackles in 3. ...... 63.5 team with 156 tackles in 2009. By the end of his first season in his 2008 and topped the 100-tack - 4. John Abraham ...... 61.5 new surroundings, Brooking emerged as one of the team leaders le plateau once again in 2010 5. Julius Peppers ...... 61.0 on and off the field, teaming up with James in the same capacity. with 108. A model of depend - SINGLE-SEASON NFL Both middle linebackers teamed up in 2010 to compile 314 tackles. ability, Ware has played in all SACK LEADERS @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Finished the opener with four tackles and a 99 regular season games and 1. Michael Strahan (2001) ....22.5 pass breakup. the four playoff games of his 2. Mark Gastineau (1984) ....22.0 @ San Francisco (9/18) : Added six tackles in the overtime win. career. He started 98 regular 3. Chris Doleman (1989) ...... 21.0 Backing up the outside spots are , a fourth round season contests, missing the Reggie White (1987) ...... 21.0 (110th overall) draft pick from the 2009 NFL Draft and 2011 rookie only start of his career at New 5. Lawrence Taylor (1986)* ..20.5 free agent Alex Albright . Butler was a collegiate defensive end, Orleans (12/19/09) as a pre - 6. Derrick Thomas (1990)* ....20.0 but began his transition to outside linebacker as a rookie. He will DeMarcus Ware (2008)* ..20.0 caution due to a neck injury he * indicates linebacker also be counted on to play special teams. Albright had an active suffered in the game before COWBOYS SINGLE-SEASON rookie camp and will also have to compete on special teams for (vs. San Diego, 12/13/09) SACK LEADERS (LBs) playing time. though he did play in the Player Sacks vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles. game. He earned his fifth con - 1. DeMarcus Ware (2008) ...... 20.0 Albright @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Made his NFL debut but did not secutive Pro Bowl nod after fin - 2. DeMarcus Ware (2010) ...... 15.5 record any defensive stats. ishing the 2010 season third 3. DeMarcus Ware (2007) ...... 14.0 on the team with 108 tackles 4. Greg Ellis (2007) ...... 12.5 and tops on the team with 15.5 5. DeMarcus Ware (206) ...... 11.5 DEFENSIVE LINE sacks and 36 hurries. Marcus Spears , a former first round pick (20th overall) by @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Tallied four tackles, two sacks and a team- Dallas, returns to man the starting left defensive end position in high tying three pressures in the season opener. His two sacks 2011 after a left calf strain suffered in the eighth game of the 2010 marked his 18th career multiple sack game and was also his fourth season limited him to only 24 tackles and forced him to break a straight game with a sack - his sixth career streak of sacks in four- streak of 88 consecutive games played since his rookie season. or-more games. Jay Ratliff , now in his sixth season, is coming off three con - @ San Francisco (9/18) : Had another big day with two sacks secutive (2008-2010) Pro Bowls after posting 34 tackles, 3.5 sacks to go with three tackles while tying for third on the squad with six and 10 pressures in 2010. He anchors the defensive line at nose tackles. His sack streak is at five games for the third-longest streak tackle after beginning his career as a reserve defensive end and of his career. It was also his 19th career multi-sack game to tie Jim continues to show his dominance in the middle of the trenches. Jeffcoat and Greg Ellis for the most in team history. With his two @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Tied for the team lead with three pressures sacks from the prior week’s game, it was the third time in his career while adding two tackles. he had back-to-back multiple sack games. @ San Francisco (9/18) : Had a third quarter sack that led to a vs. Washington (9/26) : Posted four tackles and collected a third-and-long on the 49ers final drive of the fourth quarter. Also had sack, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry. Ware’s sack marked two tackles.

18 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- DEFENSE (cont.) defensive line, cont. vs. Detroit (10/2): Tied for the team lead with six tackles. vs. Washington (9/26) : Totaled three stops with one for a loss. In Orlando Scandrick , the Cowboys boast a corner able to The Cowboys brought in Kenyon Coleman , a player who was play the role as the team’s nickel along with the ability acquired in free agency in 2011 from Cleveland where he logged to start. He registered 50 tackles - eighth on the team - and career- 68 tackles, 2.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries. Coleman enters highs in sacks (2.5), tackles for loss (five) and pass breakups his second stint with the Cowboys, having previously appeared on (eight) in 2010. the defensive line for four seasons (2003-07) earlier in his career. @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Contributed a tackle before an ankle injury He also brings familiarity of Rob Ryan’s defensive scheme as he in the second quarter sidelined him for the remainder of the game. played for Ryan for two seasons in Cleveland. Alan Ball , a 2007 Cowboys draft choice who began his career @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Tallied a tackle and a tackle for a loss. as a cornerback but filled in at safety the past two seasons, returns vs. Washington (9/26) : Notched five tackles to go with a tack - to the cornerback position in 2011 after serving as the team’s start - le for loss. ing free safety in 2010 where he totaled 50 tackles, a half sack, two Behind Spears and Coleman lie Jason Hatcher , a proven vet - interceptions, five pass breakups and two forced fumbles - all eran and regular in the Cowboys defensive end rotation the past career-highs. five years, (Dallas’ 2010 seventh round selec - @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Finished with five stops and a pass breakup. tion), who showed flashes of his intensity before landing on @ San Francisco (9/18) : Finished with five tackles, a pass Reserve/Injured, and first-year man Clifton Geathers , who’s size breakup and an interception that led to a touchdown to tie the game and speed were on display for Dallas through the preseason. at 14-14. @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Hatcher notched four tackles and a tackle Dallas added veteran Frank Walker to the roster on Sept. 13 for a loss while Lissemore added two tackles in his return to the to add depth to its injury-riddled cornerback corps. Walker spent playing field. the first four years of his career with the N.y. Giants before playing @ San Francisco (9/18) : Hatcher registered a pair of sacks to in Green Bay (2007), Baltimore (2008-09) and Minnesota (2010). give him his first career multi-sack game along with four tackles. @ San Francisco (9/18) : Made his Cowboys debut and fin - vs. Washington (9/26) : Hatcher made one tackle before being ished with one tackle. forced to leave the game with a left calf injury. Gerald Sensabaugh returns for his third season with the team. Behind Ratliff at nose is 2010 Supplemental Draft choice Josh The 2009 free agent established a career-best in 2010 with a team- Brent , who proved to be the perfect compliment to Ratliff, notching 17 high tying five interceptions along with 53 tackles, two sacks and tackles while spelling the Pro Bowl nose tackle. nine pass breakups. @ San Francisco (9/18) : Led all defensive backs and finished second on the team with seven tackles. SECONDARY vs. Washington (9/26) : Finished second on the team with six At cornerback, the Cowboys boast two Pro Bowlers in tackles while also blocking a field goal on special teams - his fourth Terence Newman and Mike Jenkins - who both earned trips to career blocked kick, third field goal and second as a Cowboy. the . Abram Elam , who spent one previous season with the Newman recorded career-bests with 81 tackles - good for fifth Cowboys in 2006, returned to Dallas in 2011 as a free agent pickup on the team - and five interceptions - tied for first on the team - to and will man the starting free safety spot opposite Sensabaugh. push his career interception total to 28 where he ranks ninth all- Elam is another player familiar with Rob Ryan’s defense, having time in team history. He also had 14 pass breakups - second on the spent two seasons with him in Cleveland and notching 77 tackles, team. After earning the starting corner spot opposite Newman, one two interceptions, 10 pass breakups, two sacks, two fumble recov - of Dallas’ two first round picks from 2009, Jenkins , put a stamp on eries and two forced fumbles in 2010. his first season as a starter by leading the team in both intercep - vs. Detroit (10/2): Was second on the squad with seven tack - tions (five) and pass breakups (33) - both career-highs - to earn his les with a tackle for lost yardage. first trip to the Pro Bowl. In 2010 his totals were 59 tackles, one Behind the two veteran safeties are a pair of former 2010 rook - interception and a team-best 15 pass breakups. ie free agents in and Danny McCray . Newman @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) and @ San Francisco (9/18): Sat @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : McCray had a tackle and his first career sack out the first two games of the season while recovering from a groin in which he forced his first career fumble that was recovered by Lee. injury suffered in camp. vs. Washington (9/26) : Returned to the while making his 2011 season debut in the home opener, making four tackles and a pass breakup in the contest.

19 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN -- SPECIAL TEAMS * The Dallas Cowboys are averaging 2011 SPECIAL TEAMS HIGHLIGHTS 25.0 yards-per-kickoff return and * Dan Bailey made his NFL debut at place kicker and split the uprights on a 34-yard field rank seventh in the NFC and 14th in goal - his first career field goal attempt - and was true on all three PAT tries. the league. * Bailey went two-of-three with a 48-yard long and a 19-yard game-winning field goal in the * With an average of 7.9 yards-per- overtime win at San Francisco (9/18). punt return, the club is 11th in the * Bailey set a club rookie record and tied a league rookie record with six made field goals conference and 23rd in the NFL. in the home-opening win over Washington (9/26). Bailey also handled kickoffs, booting * On the coverage side, the seven with four reaching the end zone and two going for touchbacks. Cowboys have given up 22.8 yards- * Bailey connected on three more field goals against Detroit (10/2). per-kickoff return, which is good for eighth 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.

Reed (Pittsburgh, at Jacksonville, 12/1/02). He also made his debut KICKING GAME on kickoffs, finishing the contest with seven kickoffs and four reach - Mat McBriar had a stellar campaign in 2010. For the first ing the end zone with two touchbacks. time in franchise history, Dallas featured a punter who led the league Bailey vs. Detroit (10/2): Finished three-of-three on his field in both gross punting average (47.9) and net punting average (41.7) goal tries and converted all three of his PAT tries. Also logged three - with the 41.7 net average marking a single-season career-best - as touchbacks on six kickoffs with Buehler (groin) inactive. McBriar’s performance earned him his second career Pro Bowl invi - Deep snapper Louis-Philippe Ladouceur signed with Dallas tation. McBriar also landed 20 punts downed inside the opponents’ prior to their Week Four contest at Oakland in 2005 and has been 20-yard line to tie him for 20th in league rankings. solid and mistake-free on 432 punts, 184 field goals and 270 PATs since joining the team. Top NFL Punters Since 2004 Player Gross Avg. Player Net Avg. 1. (Oak) ....48.3 1. Shane Lechler (Oak) ....40.0 RETURN GAME 2. Mat McBriar (Dal) ...... 45.6 2. Donnie Jones (StL) ...... 39.2 On kickoff returns, 2011 third round draft choice DeMarco 3. Donnie Jones (StL) ...... 45.5 3. Dustin Colquitt (KC) ...... 38.7 4. Andy Lee (SF) ...... 45.3 4. Andy Lee (SF) ...... 38.5 Murray , who averaged 27.6 yards-per-kickoff return with two 5. Brandon Fields (Mia) ....45.2 5. (Buf) ....38.5 touchdowns through his career at Oklahoma, and third-year vet 6. Mat McBriar (Dal) ...... 38.4 Kevin Ogletree , who has 14 returns under his belt through two @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Punted six times for a 47.2 average and a previous seasons, look to get the inside job at the top returner 33.8 net with two inside the 20 and one touchback. He also suffered spots. his third career blocked kick. Rookie draft pick receiver Dwayne Harris looks to also pro - @ San Francisco (9/18) : Had four punts for a 48.5-yard gross vide some looks at kick returner and a boost as a punt returner average and a 37.3-yard net. after averaging 9.4 yards while returning punts at East Carolina. vs. Washington (9/26) : Punted three times for a 50.7-yard @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : In the opener, Bryant returned one punt 12 average, a net average of 45.3 with two punts downed inside the yards, and in his NFL debut, Harris returned two for 17 yards. opponent’s 20-yard line and a long punt of 65 yards. Murray handled the kickoff returns, posting 14 yards on his lone try. vs. Detroit (10/2): Punted three times with a 53.7 gross aver - @ San Francisco (9/18) : Harris had two punt returns for 25 age, 43.0 net and a season-high 68-yard long. yards with a long of 14 and McCann returned two for 13 yards with Kicker wrapped up his second pro season in a long of 16. McCann also added a kickoff return for 26 yards. 2010, but his first season as the squad’s featured placekicker after vs. Washington (9/26) : Harris had two punt returns for 10 seeing time as a rookie in 2009 as the club’s . He yards. responded to his role as a rookie and led the NFL with a club sin - vs. Detroit (10/2): Harris had three punt returns for 18 yards gle-season record 29 touchbacks. Buehler finished the 2010 sea - and two kickoff returns for 56 yards. son tied for the league lead in 50+ yard field goals made (four), and was 10th in scoring (112) and tied for 13th in total field goals made COVERAGE UNITS (24). In total, he was 24-of-32 on field goals (75.0%) and 42-of-44 on PATs. He also resumed his role as the kickoff specialist, finish - The Cowboys boast solid coverage units while returning a ing fifth in the league with 22 touchbacks. majority of their top tacklers, including 2010’s tackle leader Danny Buehler @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Kicked off five times with three McCray , who’s 28 stops ranked third in a season in team history reaching the end zone and one touchback. since the club started recording special teams tackles in 1988. The vs. Washington (9/26) : Inactive due to a groin injury. unit also features Jesse Holley and Barry Church , who both tied Rookie free agent placekicker Dan Bailey (Oklahoma State) for third in 2010 with 16 tackles each. Along with Dallas’ veteran had a solid camp and earned a roster spot for kicking field goals special teamers, coupled with the 2011 additions, the Cowboys and PATs. special teams coverage units looks to continue to thrive under Bailey@ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Made his NFL debut and was true on Coach Joe DeCamillis’ in his third season in Dallas. his first career field goal attempt - a 34-yarder and all three of his PAT @ N.Y. Jets (9/11) : Albright notched his first career special tries. teams tackle in his NFL debut while McCray led the unit with three Bailey @ San Francisco (9/18) : Converted two of three field tackles while Butler, Lee and Phillips all finished with two. goal tries, including a career-long 48-yarder at the end of regulation @ San Francisco (9/18) : Albright and Holley tied for the team and the game-winning 19-yarder in overtime. lead in special teams tackles (two). Bailey vs. Washington (9/26) : With Buehler sidelined with a vs. Washington (9/26) : McCray had a team-high two special groin injury, Bailey took over all kicking duties. He established a club teams stops. Sensabaugh notched his fourth career blocked kick on rookie record while going a perfect six-of-six on field goal attempts. a 36-yard field goal attempt. It also allowed him to become just the third rookie in NFL history vs. Detroit (10/2): Butler and Church each had two tackles (since 1960) to convert six field goals in a single game. The first was while Holley, Phillips, Sensabaugh and Walker each finished with Garo yepremian (Detroit, at Minnesota, 11/13/66) followed by Jeff one.

20 DALLAS COWBOyS 2011 STATISTICS Game 4 Results and Attendance (2-2) Rushing Att Yds Avg. Lg TD Scoring RPRt 2 FG PAT S TP 9/11 L 24-27 at N.y. Jets 78,702 Jones ...... 56 241 4.3 40 t 1 Bailey ...... 0 0 0 0 12/13 9/9 0 45 9/18 W 27-24 at San Francisco (OT) 69,732 Choice ...... 21 53 2.5 14 0 Austin ...... 0 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24 9/26 W 18-16 WASHINGTON 90,017 Murray ...... 14 39 2.8 80Bryant ...... 0 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 10/2 L 30-34 DETROIT 78,122 Romo ...... 5 8 1.6 7t 0 Jones ...... 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 06 10/9 ByE Ogletree ...... 2 3 1.5 7t 0 Witten ...... 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 06 10/16 Sun. at New England 3:15 p.m. Bryant ...... 1 5 5.0 50Dal. Tot...... 1 8 0 0 12/13 9/9 0 99 10/23 Sun. ST. LOUIS 3:15 p.m. Fiammetta ...... 1 0 0.0 00Opp. Tot...... 1 7 3 * 0 8/9 11/11 0 101 10/30 Sun. at Philadelphia 7:20 p.m. Austin ...... 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 11/6 Sun. SEATTLE 12:00 p.m. Dal. Total ...... 101 347 3.4 40 1 2-pt Conversions: Dallas 0/0, Opponents 0/0 11/13 Sun. BUFFALO 12:00 p.m. Opp. Total ...... 79 247 3.1 19 t 1 11/20 Sun. at Washington 12:00 p.m. Receiving Att Yds Avg. Lg TD *-I. Trufant 18-yd blk punt return, @ N.y. Jets (9/11) 11/24 Thu. MIAMI 3:15 p.m. B. Carpenter 34-yd interception return, vs. Detroit (10/2) 12/4 Sun. at Arizona 3:15 p.m. Witten ...... 27 366 13.6 64 t 1 Austin ...... 14 233 16.6 53t 4 C. Houston 56-yd interception return, vs. Detroit 12/11 Sun. N.y. Giants 7:20 p.m. (10/2 ) 12/17 Sat. at Tampa Bay 7:20 p.m. Jones ...... 12 86 7.2 27 t 0 Bryant ...... 10 171 17.1 42 3 12/24 Sat. PHILADELPHIA 3:15 p.m. Robinson ...... 10 165 16.5 44 0 Score by Quarters 1234OT T 1/1/12 Sun. at N.y. Giants 12:00 p.m. Ogletree ...... 8 94 11.8 33 t 0 Dal. Total ...... 17 29 27 23 3 99 Choice ...... 8 55 6.9 18 t 0 Team Statistics Dallas Opp Opp. Total ...... 6 27 31 37 0 10 Phillips ...... 6 35 5.8 12 0 First Downs ...... 83 ...... 71 Holley ...... 3 96 32.0 77 0 Rushing ...... 12 ...... 10 Field Goals 11-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Bennett ...... 3 28 9.3 15 t 0 Passing ...... 66 ...... 57 Bailey ...... 1-1 3-4 3-3 5-5 0-0 Murray ...... 3 16 5.3 15 t 0 Penalty ...... 5...... 4 Fiammetta ...... 1 15 15.0 15 t 0 Dal. Total ...... 1-1 3-4 3-3 5-5 0-0 Third Down-Made/Att ...... 18/52 ...... 21/55 Dal. Total ...... 105 1360 13.0 77 8 Opp. Total ...... 0-0 1-1 2-3 1-1 4-4 Third Down Efficiency ...... 34.6 ...... 38.2 Opp. Total ...... 85 1004 11.8 36 7 Fourth Down-Made/Att ...... 1/3 ...... 0/0 Bailey: (34);(21M,48,19);(41,27,32,41,23,40); Total Net Yards ...... 1671 ...... 1167 Interceptions No Yds Avg Lg TD (41,35,23); Avg. Per Game ...... 417.8 ...... 291.8 Lee ...... 2 51 25.5 37 t 0 Opp: (34,50);(55);(46,27,36B,50);(33,51); Total Plays ...... 270 ...... 240 Ball ...... 1 15 15.0 15 t 0 Avg. Per Play ...... 6.2 ...... 4.9 Sensabaugh ...... 1 11 11.0 11 t 0 Net Yards Rushing ...... 347 ...... 247 Dal. Total ...... 4 77 19.3 37 t 0 Sacks: D.Ware 5.0, A.Spencer 3.0, J.Hatcher 2.0, Avg. Per Game ...... 86.8 ...... 61.8 Opp. Total ...... 7 128 18.3 56t 0 V. Butler 1.0, D.McCray 1.0, J.Ratliff 1.0. Total: Total Rushes ...... 101 ...... 79 13.0. Avg. Per Rush ...... 3.4 ...... 3.1 Punting No Yds Avg TB 20 Lg B Net McBriar ...... 15 743 49.5 2468 1 38.6 Net Yards Passing ...... 1324 ...... 920 Fumbles Lost: P. Costa 3, F.Jones 2, T.Romo 2, K. Dal. Total ....15 743 46.4 2468 1 38.6 Avg. Per Game ...... 331.0 ...... 230.0 Ogletree 1. Total: 8 Sacked/yards Lost ...... 7/36 ...... 13/84 Opp. Total ..23 1065 46.3 2764 0 40.4 Gross yards ...... 1360 ...... 1004 Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC Lg TD Attempts/Completions ...... 162/105 ...... 148/85 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: S. Lee 1, D. Harris ...... 9 70 7.8 6 14 0 Pct. of Completions ...... 64.8 ...... 57.4 McCray 1. Total: 2. McCann ...... 2 13 6.5 0 16 0 Had Intercepted ...... 7...... 4 Bryant ...... 1 12 12.0 0 12 0 Punts/Average ...... 16/46.4 .....23/46.3 Dal. Total ...... 12 95 7.9 6 16 0 Net Punting Average ...... 36.3 ...... 40.4 Opp. Total ...... 10 86 8.6 3 20 t 0 Punt Return/Avg...... 12/7.9 ...... 10/8.6 Kickoff Return/Avg...... 6/25.0 .....13/22.8 Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg Lg TD Interception Return/Avg...... 4/19.3 ...... 7/18.3 Harris ...... 2 56 28.0 32 0 Penalties/Yards ...... 28/211 ...... 19/135 Lissemore ...... 1 38 38.0 38 0 Fumbles/Ball Lost ...... 12/3 ...... 4/2 McCann ...... 1 26 26.0 26 0 Touchdowns ...... 9 ...... 11 Phillips ...... 1 16 16.0 16 t 0 Rushing ...... 1...... 1 Murray ...... 1 14 14.0 14 t 0 Passing ...... 8...... 7 Dal. Total ...... 6 150 25.0 38 t 0 Returns ...... 0...... 3 Opp. Total ...... 13 297 22.8 43 0 Extra Points/Attempts ...... 9/9 ...... 11/11 Two Point Conversion/Att...... 0/0 ...... 0/0 Field Goals/Atts...... 12/13 ...... 8/9 Avg. Time of Possession ...... 33:11 ...... 26:49

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

21 DALLAS COWBOYS 2011 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (from coaching film) Tackles Tkl/ QB Pass Fumbles Solo - Ast. -- Total Sacks Loss Pres. Int Def. For.-Rec. 1. Lee, Sean ...... 34 - 13 -- 47 1(-2) 24 0-2 2. Sensabaugh, Gerald ...... 18 -2-- 20 11 3. Brooking, Keith ...... 14 -6-- 20 2 4. Spencer, Anthony ...... 16 -1-- 17 3.0(-18) 2(-2) 6 2-0 5. Ware, DeMarcus ...... 11 -6-- 17 5.0(-34) 1(-1) 12 6. Ball, Alan ...... 12 -4-- 16 1(-2) 12 7. Elam, Abram ...... 12 -3-- 15 8. Newman, Terence ...... 8 - 2 -- 10 1 9. Hatcher, Jason ...... 5 - 4 -- 9 2.0(-15) 1(-2) 2 James, Bradie ...... 5 - 4 -- 9 11. Church, Barry ...... 8 - 0 -- 8 Jenkins, Mike ...... 8 - 0 -- 84 13. Coleman, Kenyon ...... 7 - 1 -- 8 2(-4) 1 14. Ratliff, Jay ...... 5 - 3 -- 8 1.0(-8) 1(-3) 32 15. 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 1-0 19. Walker, Frank ...... 2 - 0 -- 2 20. Scandrick, Orlando ...... 1 - 0 -- 1 21. McCann, Bryan ...... 0 - 1 -- 11 22. Butler, Victor ...... 1.0(-6) 3

SACKS QB PRESSURES PASSES DEFENSED 1. Ware, DeMarcus ...... 5.0 (-34) 1. Ware, DeMarcus ...... 12 1. Jenkins, Mike ...... 4 2. Spencer, Anthony ...... 3.0 (-14) 2. Spencer, Anthony ...... 6 Lee, Sean ...... 4 3. Hatcher, Jason ...... 2.0 (-15) 3. Ratliff, Jay ...... 3 3. Ball, Alan ...... 2 4. Ratliff, Jay ...... 1.0 (-8) Butler, Victor ...... 3 Brooking, Keith ...... 2 McCray, Danny ...... 1.0 (-7) 5. Hatcher, Jason ...... 2 Ratliff, Jay ...... 2 Butler, Victor ...... 1.0 (-6) FORCED FUMBLES INTERCEPTIONS TACKLES/LOSSES 1. Spencer, Anthony ...... 2 1. Lee, Sean ...... 2 1. Coleman, Kenyon ...... 2 (-4) McCray, Danny ...... 1 Ball, Alan ...... 1 Spencer, Anthony ...... 2 (-2) Sensabaugh, Gerald ...... 1 3. Ratliff, Jay ...... 1 (-3) FUMBLE RECOVERIES Ball, Alan ...... 1 (-2) Hatcher, Jason ...... 1 (-2) 1. Lee, Sean ...... 2 Lee, Sean ...... 1 (-2) Ware, DeMarcus ...... 1 (-1)

SPECIAL TEAMS Tackles Fumbles Block Solo - Ast. -- Total For.-Rec. Kick 1. McCray, Danny ...... 7 - 3 -- 10 2. Church, Barry ...... 5 - 1 -- 6 3. Butler, Victor ...... 3 - 1 -- 4 Phillips, John ...... 3 - 1 -- 4 5. Holley, Jesse ...... 1 - 3 -- 4 6. Albright, Alex ...... 3 - 0 -- 3 7. Lee, Sean ...... 2 - 1 -- 3 8. Walker, Frank ...... 2 - 0 -- 2 9. Ball, Alan ...... 1 - 0 -- 1 Buehler, David ...... 1 - 0 -- 1 Elam, Abram ...... 1 - 0 -- 1 Ladouceur, L.P...... 1 - 0 -- 1 Sensabaugh, Gerald ...... 1 - 0 -- 11 14. Bailey, Dan ...... 0 - 1 -- 1

22 2011 UNOFFICIAL DALLAS COWBOYS DEPTH CHART Rookies Underlined , [injured] OFFENSE 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

DEFENSE LE -- 99 Kenyon Coleman 95 Sean Lissemore NT -- 90 Jay Ratliff 92 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

SPECIAL TEAMS 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 Rookies Underlined [injured players]

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ...... BESH Louis-Philippe LADOUCEUR ...... LAH-doo-sahr David BUEHLER ...... BEE-ler Sean LISSEMORE ...... LISS-more TASHARD Choice ...... tuh-SHARD Bill NAGy ...... NAy-ghee ...... EE-ber-floos LAURENT Robinson ...... luh-ron Tony FIAMMETTA ...... FEE-uh-met-uh TyRON Smith ...... TIE-rin Kyle KOSIER ...... KOZAR ...... WOy-sick

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Jason Garrett Assistants: Brian Baker (Defensive Line); Brett Bech (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Ben Bloom (Defensive Quality Control/Linebackers); Chris Boniol (Assistant Special Teams/Kickers); (Secondary); Joe DeCamillis (Special Teams); Matt Eberflus (Linebackers); John Garrett (Passing Game Coordinator/Tight Ends); (Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line); Brett Maxie (Secondary); Keith O’Quinn (Offensive Quality Control/Wide Receivers); Skip Peete (Running Backs); (Assistant Offensive Line); Jimmy Robinson (Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers); Rob Ryan (Defensive Coordinator); Wade Wilson (quarterbacks); Walt Williams (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Mike Woicik (Strength and Conditioning). 23 2011 DALLAS COWBOYS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER (as of Oct. 10, 2011) BIRTH- NFL HIGH SCHOOL NO NAME POS HGT WGT DATE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN 55 Albright, Alex LB 6-5 256 1/29/88 R Boston College Cincinnati, Ohio 62 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, Texas 92 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, Texas 18 Buehler, David K 6-2 230 2/5/87 3 Southern 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, Texas 26 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 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, Ohio 91 Ladouceur, Louis-Philippe LS 6-5 260 3/13/81 7 California Pointe-Claire, Quebec 50 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, Australia 40 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, Texas 29 Murray, DeMarco RB 6-0 227 2/12/88 R Oklahoma , Calif. 61 Nagy, Bill G 6-3 303 10/26/87 R Hudson, Ohio 41 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, Texas 25 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 Squad 31 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, Texas 11 Owusu-Ansah, Akwasi WR 6-0 209 4/10/88 2 (PA) Columbus, Ohio 83 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/NFI 54 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/Injured 86 Radway, Raymond WR 6-3 198 7/5/87 R Abilene Christian McKinney, Texas

24 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 4-0-0-0 3 Jon Kitna QB 6-2 220 39 15 Central Washington T(Det)-'09 1-0-3-0 5 Dan Bailey K 6-0 188 23 R Oklahoma State FA-'11 4-0-0-0 7 Stephen McGee QB 6-3 225 26 3 Texas A&M D4a-'09 0-0-2-2 9 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 4-0-0-0 17 Dwayne Harris WR 5-10 208 24 R East Carolina D6-'11 4-0-0-0 18 David Buehler K 6-2 230 24 3 Southern California D5c-'09 2-0-0-2 19 Miles Austin WR 6-2 215 27 6 Monmouth FA-'06 2-2-0-2 20 Alan Ball CB 6-2 197 26 5 Illinois D7b-'07 4-1-0-0 21 Mike Jenkins CB 5-10 202 26 4 South Florida D1b-'08 4-4-0-0 23 Tashard Choice RB 5-10 218 26 4 Georgia Tech D4-'08 4-0-0-0 24 Tony Fiammetta FB 6-0 242 25 3 Syracuse W(Car)-'11 2-1-0-1 25 Frank Walker CB 5-11 196 30 9 Tuskegee FA-'11 3-0-0-0 26 Abram Elam S 6-0 212 29 7 Kent State UFA(Cle)-'11 4-4-0-0 28 Felix Jones RB 5-10 217 24 4 Arkansas D1a-'08 4-4-0-0 29 DeMarco Murray RB 6-0 227 23 R Oklahoma D3-'11 4-0-0-0 32 Orlando Scandrick CB 5-10 191 24 4 Boise State D5-'08 1-1-0-3 34 Phillip Tanner RB 6-0 218 23 R Middle Tennessee St FA-'11 2-0-0-2 40 Danny McCray S 6-1 222 23 2 Louisiana State FA-'10 4-0-0-0 41 Terence Newman CB 5-10 192 33 9 Kansas State D1-'03 2-2-0-2 42 Barry Church S 6-2 220 23 2 Toledo FA-'10 4-0-0-0 43 Gerald Sensabaugh S 6-1 208 28 7 North Carolina UFA(Jac)-'09 4-4-0-0 50 Sean Lee LB 6-2 245 25 2 Penn State D2-'10 4-4-0-0 51 Keith Brooking LB 6-2 240 35 14 Georgia Tech UFA(Atl)-'09 4-0-0-0 55 Alex Albright LB 6-5 256 23 R Boston College FA-'11 4-0-0-0 56 Bradie James LB 6-2 246 30 9 Louisiana State D4-'03 4-4-0-0 57 Victor Butler LB 6-2 249 24 3 Oregon State D4b-'09 4-0-0-0 60 Kevin Kowalski C/G 6-4 301 22 R Toledo FA-'11 2-0-2-0 61 Bill Nagy G 6-3 303 23 R Wisconsin D7b-'11 3-3-0-1 62 David Arkin G 6-5 310 24 R Missouri State D4-'11 0-0-0-4 63 Kyle Kosier G 6-5 305 32 10 Arizona State UFA(Det)-'06 4-4-0-0 67 Phil Costa C 6-3 314 24 2 Maryland FA-'10 4-4-0-0 68 Doug Free T 6-6 323 27 5 Northern Illinois D4b-'07 4-4-0-0 75 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 325 31 9 Texas FA-'11 1-1-1-2 77 Tyron Smith T 6-5 311 20 R Southern California D1-'11 4-4-0-0 78 Jermey Parnell T 6-6 305 25 2 Mississippi FA-'10 0-0-4-0 80 Martellus Bennett TE 6-6 270 24 4 Texas A&M D2-'08 3-1-0-1 81 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 194 26 5 Illinois State FA-'11 2-1-0-0 82 Jason Witten TE 6-6 265 29 9 Tennessee D3-'03 4-4-0-0 85 Kevin Ogletree WR 6-1 190 24 3 Virginia FA-'09 4-1-0-0 88 Dez Bryant WR 6-2 218 22 2 Oklahoma State D1-'10 3-3-0-1 89 John Phillips TE 6-5 261 24 3 Virginia D6b-'09 4-3-0-0 90 Jay Ratliff NT 6-4 287 30 7 Auburn D7-'05 4-4-0-0 91 Louis-Philippe Ladouceur LS 6-5 260 30 7 California FA-'05 4-0-0-0 92 Josh Brent NT 6-2 320 23 2 Illinois S7-'10 4-0-0-0 93 Anthony Spencer LB 6-3 257 27 5 Purdue D1-'07 4-4-0-0 94 DeMarcus Ware LB 6-4 260 29 7 Troy D1a-'05 4-4-0-0 95 Sean Lissemore DE 6-4 306 24 2 William & Mary D7-'10 4-0-0-0 96 Clifton Geathers DE 6-7 320 23 1 South Carolina W(Sea)-'10 0-0-1-3 97 Jason Hatcher DE 6-6 302 29 6 Grambling State D3b-'06 3-3-0-1 98 Marcus Spears DE 6-4 315 28 7 Louisiana State D1b-'05 4-1-0-0 99 Kenyon Coleman DE 6-5 306 32 11 UCLA UFA(Cle)-'11 4-4-0-0 Practice Squad 10 Teddy Williams WR 6-3 205 23 1 Texas, San Antonio FA-'10 11 Akwasi Owusu-Ansah WR 6-0 209 23 2 Indiana (PA) D4-'10 15 WR 6-5 208 23 R Hillsdale FA-'11 31 Mario Butler CB 6-1 191 22 R Georgia Tech FA-'11 45 FB 6-2 249 23 R Georgia D7a-'11 58 Orie Lemon LB 6-1 251 24 R Oklahoma State FA-'11 72 Robert Calloway DT 6-5 312 23 1 Saginaw Valley State FA-'11 83 Martin Rucker TE 6-5 251 26 4 Missouri FA-'11 Reserve/NFI 2 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/Injured 86 WR 6-3 198 24 R Abilene Christian FA-'11 25 2011 DALLAS COWBOYS POSITION BY POSITION ROSTER (as of Oct. 10, 2011)

NFL NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOW ACQ

Quarterback (3) 3 Jon Kitna QB 6-2 220 38 15 Central Washington T(Det)-'09 7 Stephen McGee QB 6-3 225 26 3 Texas A&M D4a-'09 9 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-'08 24 Tony Fiammetta FB 6-0 242 25 3 Syracuse FA-'11 28 Felix Jones RB 5-10 217 24 4 Arkansas D1a-'08 29 DeMarco Murray RB 6-0 227 23 R Oklahoma D3-'11 34 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-'09 17 Dwayne Harris WR 5-10 208 24 R East Carolina D6-'11 19 Miles Austin WR 6-2 215 27 6 FA-’06 81 Laurent Robinson WR 6-2 194 26 5 Illinois State FA-'11 85 Kevin Ogletree WR 6-1 190 24 3 Virginia FA-'09 88 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-'08 82 Jason Witten TE 6-6 265 29 9 Tennessee D3-’03 89 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-'11 61 Bill Nagy G 6-3 303 23 R Wisconsin D7b-'11 62 David Arkin G 6-5 310 24 R Missouri State D4-'11 63 Kyle Kosier G 6-5 305 32 10 Arizona State UFA(Det)-'06 67 Phil Costa C 6-3 314 24 2 Maryland FA-'10 68 Doug Free T 6-6 323 27 5 Northern Illinois D4b-'07 75 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 325 31 9 Texas FA-'11 77 Tyron Smith T 6-5 311 20 R Southern California D1-'11 78 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-'07 21 Mike Jenkins CB 5-10 202 26 4 South Florida D1b-'08 25 Frank Walker CB 5-11 196 30 9 Tuskegee FA-'11 26 Abram Elam S 6-0 212 29 7 Kent State UFA(Cle)-'11 32 Orlando Scandrick CB 5-10 191 24 4 Boise St. D5-'08 40 Danny McCray S 6-1 222 23 2 Louisiana State FA-'10 41 Terence Newman CB 5-10 192 33 9 Kansas State D1-’03 42 Barry Church S 6-2 220 23 2 Toledo FA-'10 43 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-'10 51 Keith Brooking LB 6-2 240 35 14 Georgia Tech UFA(Atl)-'09 55 Alex Albright LB 6-5 256 23 R Boston College FA-'11 56 Bradie James LB 6-2 246 30 9 Louisiana State D4-’03 57 Victor Butler LB 6-2 249 24 3 Oregon State D4b-'09 93 Anthony Spencer LB 6-3 257 27 5 Purdue D1-’07 94 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-’05 92 Josh Brent NT 6-2 320 23 2 Illinois S7-'10 95 Sean Lissemore DE 6-4 306 24 2 William & Mary D7-'10 96 Clifton Geathers DE 6-7 320 23 1 South Carolina W(Sea)-'10 97 Jason Hatcher DE 6-6 302 29 6 Grambling State D3b-'06 98 Marcus Spears DE 6-4 315 28 7 Louisiana State D1b-'05 99 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-'04 5 Dan Bailey K 6-0 188 23 R Oklahoma State FA-'11 18 David Buehler K 6-2 230 24 3 Southern California D5c-'09 91 Louis-Philippe Ladouceur LS 6-5 260 30 7 California FA-’05 26 2011 Transactions By Date

Jan. 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 Wes Phillips 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 , , 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 , , 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 , , 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 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 . 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 . Sept. 3 ...... Released Mike Balogun, Tom Brandstater, Mario Butler, Shaun Chapas, Kenwin Cummings, Shayne Graham, Isaiah Greenhouse, Chris Gronkowski, , Chris Jones, Orie Lemon, Lyle Leong, Pepa Letuli, , , Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Jason Pociask, Tysson Poots, Chris Randle, Dave Rayner, Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, , Josh Thomas, Brandon Williams, Teddy Williams and Collin Zych . Placed Raymond Radway on injured reserve. Sept. 4 ...... Released . 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 .

27 2011 Transactions by Player

ACUNA, Jose - T FIAMMETTA, Tony - FB POOTS, Tysson - WR 7/28 ...... Signed 9/4 ...... Claimed off of waivers - Carolina 7/31 ...... Signed 8/13 ...... Released 9/7 ...... Released 9/3 ...... Released ADAMS, Corey - LS 9/13 ...... Signed RADWAY, Raymond - WR 7/28 ...... Signed FORBATH, Kai - K 7/28 ...... Signed 8/23 ...... Released 8/2 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Placed on injured reserve ALBRIGHT, Alex - LB 8/2 ...... Placed on active NFI RANDLE, Chris - CB 7/28 ...... Signed 8/30 ...... Placed on reserve NFI 7/28 ...... Signed ARKIN, David - G FREE, Doug - T 9/3 ...... Released 4/30 ...... Drafted 3/1 ...... Tendered RATLIFF, Jay - NT 7/28 ...... Signed 7/29 ...... Signed 9/9 ...... Signed a five-year contract extension BAILEY, Dan - K GARRETT, Jason RAYNER, Dave - K 7/28 ...... Signed 1/5 ...... Named head coach 8/30 ...... Signed BAKER, Brian GARRETT, John 9/3 ...... Released 2/7 ...... Hired as defensive line coach 2/17 ...... Named passing game coordinator ROBINSON, Jimmy BALL, Alan - S GRAHAM, Shayne - K 2/11 ...... Hired as assistant head coach/wide 3/1 ...... Tendered 8/23 ...... Signed receivers 7/29 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released ROBINSON, Laurent - WR BALOGUN, Mike - LB GURODE, Andre - G 9/7 ...... Signed 2/15 ...... Acquired via waivers - Buffalo 7/28 ...... Placed on active NFI 9/13 ...... Released 9/3 ...... Released 8/13 ...... Passed physical 9/20 ...... Re-signed BARBER, Marion - RB 8/29 ...... Released RUCKER, Martin - TE 7/28 ...... Released GREENHOUSE, Isaiah - LB 9/13 ...... Released BLACKARD, Billy - NT 3/1 ...... Signed 9/14 ...... Signed to practice squad 7/28 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released RYAN, Rob 8/6 ...... Released 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad 1/15 ...... Hired as defensive coordinator BERGERON, Troy - WR 9/13 ...... Released from practice squad RYAN, Titus - WR 1/3 ...... Signed HARRIS, Dwayne - WR 1/28 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Released 4/30 ...... Drafted 8/12 ...... Released BLOOM, Ben 7/28 ...... Signed SADDLER-McQUEEN, Jimmy - NT 1/31 ...... Hired as defensive quality control/ HATCHER, Jason - DE 8/1 ...... Claimed off waivers linebackers 3/1 ...... Tendered 9/3 ...... Released BOWEN , Stephen - DE 8/3 ...... Signed SCANDRICK, Orlando - CB 3/1 ...... Tendered HOLLAND, Montrae - G 8/25 ...... Five-year contract extension BRANDSTATER, Tom - QB 9/4 ...... Released SCOTT, Lawon - DT 8/7 ...... Acquired via waivers - Miami HOLLEY, Jesse - WR 7/29 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released 7/29 ...... Signed 8/2 ...... Released SENDEJO, Andrew - S BREWSTER, Robert - T HOLMES, Andre - WR 9/3 ...... Released 1/3 ...... Signed 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad SENSABAUGH, GERALD - S 7/28 ...... Released HOUCK, Hudson 8/3 ...... Signed BRIGHT, Travis - G 2/17 ...... Named running game coordinator SMITH, Kelvin - LB 1/4 ...... Signed IBILOYE, Alex - CB 1/3 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Released 7/29 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Released BROWN, Kris - K 8/13 ...... Released SMITH, Tyron - T 7/28 ...... Released JONES, Chris - P 4/28 ...... Drafted BUTLER, Mario - CB 7/28 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released SPEARS, Marcus - DE 9/3 ...... Released KOSIER, Kyle - G 7/29 ...... Signed 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad 7/29 ...... Signed TANNER, Phillip - RB CALLOWAY, Robert - DT KOWALSKI, Kevin - C/G 7/28 ...... Signed 9/8 ...... Signed to practice squad 7/28 ...... Signed THOMAS, Josh - CB CARTER, Bruce - LB LEMON, Orie - LB 4/30 ...... Drafted 4/29 ...... Drafted 7/28 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released 9/3 ...... Released 7/29 ...... Placed on active NFI 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad WALKER, Frank - CB 8/30 ...... Placed on reserve NFI LEONG, Lyle - WR 9/13 ...... Signed CHAPAS, Shaun - FB 7/28 ...... Signed WARREN, Frank - RB 4/30 ...... Drafted 9/3 ...... Released 7/29 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed LETULI, Pepa - T 8/23 ...... Released 9/3 ...... Released 7/28 ...... Signed WEAVER, Ross - CB 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad 9/3 ...... Released 1/3 ...... Signed CLAY, Curtis - WR McCANN, Bryan - CB 8/16 ...... Released 8/12 ...... Signed 7/29 ...... Signed WILLIAMS, Brandon - LB 8/29 ...... Released 9/20 ...... Released 9/3 ...... Released CLEVELAND, James - WR MILLER, Lonyae - RB WILLIAMS, Roy - WR 8/1 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released 7/28 ...... Released 8/23 ...... Released MOTURI, Jeff - WR WILLIAMS, Teddy - WR COLEMAN, Kenyon - DE 1/3 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released 7/29 ...... Signed 8/2 ...... Released 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad COLOMBO, Marc - T MURRAY, DeMarco - RB WILLIAMS, Walt 7/28 ...... Released 4/29 ...... Drafted 2/14 ...... Hired as assistant strength and con - DANIELS, Alex - DE 7/28 ...... Signed ditioning coach 1/3 ...... Signed 7/29 ...... Placed on active NFI WITTEN, Jason - TE 8/16 ...... Released 8/22 ...... Passed physical 9/10 ...... Signed a five-year contract extension DAVIS, Leonard - G NAGY, Bill - G WOICIK, Mike 7/28 ...... Released 4/30 ...... Drafted 2/9 ...... Hired as strength and conditioning DOCKERY, Derrick - T 7/28 ...... Signed coach 9/5 ...... Signed OLSHANSKY, Igor - DE YOUNG, Sam - T EBERFLUS, Matt 9/3 ...... Released 9/5 ...... Released 1/26 ...... Hired as linebackers coach OWUSU-ANSAH, Akwasi - S ZYCH, Collin - S EDISON, Dominique - WR 9/3 ...... Released 7/28 ...... Signed 8/7 ...... Claimed off waivers - Seattle 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad 9/3 ...... Released 8/15 ...... Released PHILLIPS, Wes ELAM, Abram - S 2/17 ...... Named assistant offensive line coach 7/5 ...... Signed POCIASK, Jason - TE ESKRIDGE, Zack - QB 1/3 ...... Signed 7/28 ...... Signed 9/3 ...... Released 8/6 ...... Released

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