2008 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Wade Phillips (9-7)
Location: Dallas, Texas
2008 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cowboys scored 362 points, but the defensive squad yielded 365. Tony Romo triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,448 yards. Jason Witten paced all receivers, hauling in 81 passes, while Terrell Owens accumulated 1,052 receiving yards.
Marion Barber ran for a team-best 885 yards for Dallas.
Terence Newman intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. DeMarcus Ware topped pass rushers with 20 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 58 sacks.
Wade Phillips coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Tony Romo | 450 | 276 | 61.3 | 3448 | 7.7 | 26 | 5.8 | 14 | 3.1 | 75 | 20 | 123 | 91.4 | Brad Johnson | 78 | 41 | 52.6 | 427 | 5.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 6.4 | 36 | 8 | 54 | 50.5 | Brooks Bollinger | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 71 | 4.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 63.6 | Jason Witten | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Patrick Crayton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 547 | 328 | 60.0 | 3988 | 7.3 | 29 | 5.3 | 20 | 3.7 | 75 | 31 | 199 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marion Barber | 238 | 885 | 3.7 | 35 | 7 | Tashard Choice | 92 | 472 | 5.1 | 38 | 2 | Felix Jones | 30 | 266 | 8.9 | 60 | 3 | Tony Romo | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 15 | 0 | Terrell Owens | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | Roy Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Patrick Crayton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Deon Anderson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Brad Johnson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 401 | 1723 | 4.3 | 60 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jason Witten | 81 | 952 | 11.8 | 42 | 4 | Terrell Owens | 69 | 1052 | 15.2 | 75 | 10 | Marion Barber | 52 | 417 | 8.0 | 70 | 2 | Patrick Crayton | 39 | 550 | 14.1 | 55 | 4 | Tashard Choice | 21 | 185 | 8.8 | 50 | 0 | Martellus Bennett | 20 | 283 | 14.2 | 37 | 4 | Roy Williams | 19 | 198 | 10.4 | 38 | 1 | Miles Austin | 13 | 278 | 21.4 | 63 | 3 | Tony Curtis | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | Isaiah Stanback | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | Felix Jones | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | Deon Anderson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 328 | 3988 | 12.2 | 75 | 29 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Sam Paulescu | 53 | 2213 | 41.8 | 70 | Mat McBriar | 24 | 1175 | 49.0 | 66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 3388 | 44.0 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Patrick Crayton | 15 | 143 | 9.5 | 33 | 0 | Adam Jones | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | Tra Battle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 238 | 6.4 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Miles Austin | 29 | 624 | 21.5 | 36 | 0 | Felix Jones | 16 | 434 | 27.1 | 98 | 1 | Isaiah Stanback | 10 | 218 | 21.8 | 58 | 0 | Adam Jones | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 41 | 0 | Orlando Scandrick | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 25 | 0 | Anthony Spencer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Patrick Crayton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Deon Anderson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Tony Curtis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 70 | 1554 | 22.2 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terence Newman | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | Mike Jenkins | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | Greg Ellis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Ken Hamlin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Henry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 23 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | DeMarcus Ware | 20.0 | 0.0 | Greg Ellis | 8.0 | 0.0 | Bradie James | 8.0 | 0.0 | Jay Ratliff | 7.5 | 0.0 | Chris Canty | 3.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Burnett | 2.0 | 0.0 | Anthony Henry | 2.0 | 0.0 | Anthony Spencer | 1.5 | 0.0 | Tank Johnson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ken Hamlin | 1.0 | 0.0 | Zach Thomas | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jason Hatcher | 1.0 | 0.0 | Marcus Spears | 1.0 | 0.0 | Orlando Scandrick | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Nick Folk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 102 | Terrell Owens | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Marion Barber | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Patrick Crayton | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jason Witten | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Martellus Bennett | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Felix Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Miles Austin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tashard Choice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Deon Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roy Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Carlos Polk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 362 |
