2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Cowboys

by Chase Stuart on July 6, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

Dolphins

For the Cowboys, it’s not hard to figure out who is the best coach in team history. Tom Landry was so good for so long, that he’s really inflated the team’s overall mark. Consider Jason Garrett, who has gone a very respectable 77-59 as head coach of the Cowboys. That’s a 0.566 winning percentage, but that’s actually lower than the team’s overall winning percentage of 0.573. In other words, Dallas has a better career record in games without Garrett than with Garrett, which is a harbinger of things to come in today’s post. Meanwhile, Dave Campo is the only coach in Dallas history who had a losing record.

Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
21	Tom Landry	418	250	162	6	0.605	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.546	2.8%
108	Barry Switzer	64	40	24	0	0.625	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.57	0.4%
132	Wade Phillips	56	34	22	0	0.607	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.571	0.2%
204	Chan Gailey	32	18	14	0	0.563	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	0%
251	Jason Garrett	136	77	59	0	0.566	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.575	-0.1%
290	Jimmy Johnson	80	44	36	0	0.55	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.2%
330	Bill Parcells	64	34	30	0	0.531	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.577	-0.3%
498	Dave Campo	48	15	33	0	0.313	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.588	-1.5%

Troy Aikman went 94-71 (57.0%) as quarterback of the Cowboys. That means that that — as hard as this may be to believe — the Cowboys have a lower winning percentage in games started by Aikman than in games started by all other quarterbacks. Roger Staubach, of course, is the man who has helped the team’s winning percentage the most. I recommend sorting the table by games started, even though by default it is sorted by the final column. As for the worst quarterback? That honor goes to the first one, Eddie LeBaron.

Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
19	Roger Staubach	114	85	29	0	0.746	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.548	2.5%
54	Danny White	92	62	30	0	0.674	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.562	1.1%
88	Tony Romo	127	78	49	0	0.614	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.567	0.7%
89	Craig Morton	47	32	14	1	0.691	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.567	0.7%
103	Dak Prescott	48	32	16	0	0.667	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.568	0.5%
196	Steve Beuerlein	4	4	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.572	0.2%
210	Don Meredith	83	47	32	4	0.590	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.572	0.2%
271	Jason Garrett	9	6	3	0	0.667	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0.1%
346	Clint Longley	1	1	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0%
347	Glenn Carano	1	1	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0%
348	Rodney Peete	1	1	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0%
349	Drew Henson	1	1	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0%
350	Stephen McGee	1	1	0	0	1.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.573	0%
466	Clint Stoerner	2	1	1	0	0.500	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	0%
493	Kevin Sweeney	4	2	2	0	0.500	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	0%
657	Don Heinrich	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
658	Reggie Collier	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
659	Babe Laufenberg	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
660	Bernie Kosar	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
661	Wade Wilson	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
662	Kyle Orton	1	0	1	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
674	Drew Bledsoe	22	12	10	0	0.545	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
685	Jerry Rhome	3	1	2	0	0.333	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
686	Randall Cunningham	3	1	2	0	0.333	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
687	Brad Johnson	3	1	2	0	0.333	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
701	Troy Aikman	165	94	71	0	0.570	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
725	Gary Hogeboom	12	6	6	0	0.500	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.574	-0.1%
808	Kellen Moore	2	0	2	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.575	-0.1%
813	Jon Kitna	9	4	5	0	0.444	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.575	-0.1%
922	Ryan Leaf	3	0	3	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.575	-0.2%
940	Quincy Carter	31	16	15	0	0.516	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.2%
945	Steve Walsh	5	1	4	0	0.200	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.2%
946	Anthony Wright	5	1	4	0	0.200	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.2%
997	John Roach	4	0	4	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.3%
998	Brandon Weeden	4	0	4	0	0.000	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.576	-0.3%
1058	Matt Cassel	7	1	6	0	0.143	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.577	-0.3%
1069	Chad Hutchinson	9	2	7	0	0.222	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.577	-0.4%
1093	Vinny Testaverde	15	5	10	0	0.333	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.578	-0.4%
1186	Steve Pelluer	27	8	19	0	0.296	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.582	-0.9%
1210	Eddie LeBaron	28	5	22	1	0.196	898	512	380	6	0.573	0.586	-1.2%

When it comes to running backs, you are not going to be surprised with the results here. Emmitt Smith led the Cowboys in rushing in 195 games, which you won’t be surprised to learn that that is by far the most of any player for any team.

Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Emmitt Smith	1990	2002	195	218	89%
Tony Dorsett	1977	1987	140	174	80%
Don Perkins	1961	1968	65	111	59%
DeMarco Murray	2011	2014	49	55	89%
Calvin Hill	1969	1974	44	81	54%
Marion Barber	2005	2010	43	92	47%
Ezekiel Elliott	2016	2018	41	43	95%
Herschel Walker	1986	1997	38	83	46%
Julius Jones	2004	2007	36	55	65%
Robert Newhouse	1972	1983	34	191	18%
Felix Jones	2008	2012	30	66	45%
Duane Thomas	1970	1971	21	31	68%
Walt Garrison	1966	1974	21	134	16%
Troy Hambrick	2000	2003	19	52	37%
Dan Reeves	1965	1972	14	110	13%
Amos Marsh	1961	1964	13	54	24%
Darren McFadden	2015	2017	11	21	52%

When it comes to wide receivers, the Cowboys have had a number of strong receivers: Drew Pearson, Tony Hill, Jason Witten, Bob Hayes, and Dez Bryant, among others. But Michael Irvin stands alone in this regard, leading the team in receiving yards in a whopping 102 of 175 games. He is one of just 8 players who led their teams in receiving yards on 55% of their games or more while playing in at least 100 games (Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, Sterling Sharpe, Andre Johnson, Michael Irvin, Jerry Rice, A.J. Green, and Antonio Brown being the others.

Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
Michael Irvin	1988	1999	102	175	58%
Drew Pearson	1973	1983	61	178	34%
Tony Hill	1977	1986	57	158	36%
Jason Witten	2003	2017	54	247	22%
Bob Hayes	1965	1974	53	143	37%
Dez Bryant	2010	2017	51	116	44%
Frank Clarke	1960	1967	34	107	32%
Lance Rentzel	1967	1970	25	57	44%
Joey Galloway	2000	2003	22	49	45%
Rocket Ismail	1999	2001	21	40	53%
Miles Austin	2006	2013	21	110	19%
Terry Glenn	2003	2007	19	57	33%
Terrell Owens	2006	2008	18	49	37%
Billy Joe DuPree	1973	1983	18	181	10%
Terrance Williams	2013	2018	17	86	20%
Alvin Harper	1991	1999	16	75	21%
Kelvin Martin	1987	1996	16	105	15%
Mike Renfro	1984	1987	12	59	20%
James McKnight	2000	2000	11	16	69%
Billy Howton	1960	1963	11	50	22%
Preston Pearson	1975	1980	11	92	12%
Tony Dorsett	1977	1987	11	174	6%
Herschel Walker	1986	1997	10	83	12%
Jay Novacek	1990	1995	10	108	9%
Butch Johnson	1976	1983	10	129	8%
Doug Cosbie	1979	1988	10	155	6%

That’s it for the Dallas version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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