2005 Season Results

 
Manager: Brad Ziegler
   
Record: 7 - 10
   
Division Place: fourth
   
Playoff Results: lost in first round
   

2005 Standings, Playoff Results, League Leaders

Dallas Cowboys Schedule
Matchup Date/Score
Dallas at Pittsburgh Win 31-30
Dallas at Denver Loss 12-21
Chicago at Dallas Loss 25-24
Dallas at Kansas City Loss 9-41
St. Louis at Dallas Win 6-20
Dallas at Cleveland Loss 16-26
Houston at Dallas Loss 28-9
Dallas at Indianapolis Win 38-24
New York at Dallas Win 24-30
Dallas at San Diego Win 38-35
Carolina at Dallas Win 23-27
Pittsburgh at Dallas Loss 19-17
Denver at Dallas Loss 40-24
Dallas at Chicago Loss 31-50
Kansas City at Dallas Loss 24-17
Dallas at St. Louis Win 45-7
Playoff Results
Dallas at Denver Loss 45-48
   

 

 

 

 
 

Team Statistics

  2005 Dallas Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 131-156-13-300 93-195-12-300
Third Down Efficiency 63-199-32% 53-181-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency 7-14-50% 6-14-43%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 266-364-73% 272-350-77%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 5534-1014-5.5 5847-967-6.0
Total Net Yards Rushing 2448 1709
Total Rushes 533 405
Average Per Rush 4.6 4.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 237/446 (53.1%) 305/510 (59.8%)
Net Yards Passing 3086 4138
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.5 8.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 35/238 52/332
Punts/Average 77/42.3 72/44.1
Punts Received/Return Yardage 29/406 34/283
Kickoffs/Returns 66/1519 74/1773
Interceptions/Returns 20/253 25/299
Penalties/Yards 135/1101 135/1063
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 22/12 23/11
Time of Possession 490 mins 9 secs 469 mins 51 secs
Average Drive Start DAL 30 OPP 29

Passing Stats

  Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2005 Dallas
Chris Simms 236 121 1810 51.3 7.7 14 5.9 12 5.1 75 18/125 75.4
Drew Brees 185 101 1301 54.6 7.0 5 2.7 13 7.0 66 17/113 56.6
Steve McNair 25 15 213 60.0 8.5 3 12.0 0 0 35 0/0 127.2

Rushing Stats

  No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2005 Dallas
Larry Johnson 341 1684 4.9 49 7 0 6/3
Marion Barber III 106 419 4.0 28 1 0 1/1
DeShaun Foster 37 218 5.9 30 3 0 0/0
Justin Griffith 25 82 3.3 16 3 0 1/1
Chris Simms 11 22 2.0 10 1 0 4/2
Drew Brees 9 4 0.4 3 2 0 5/3
Steve McNair 4 19 4.8 19 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

  No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2005 Dallas
Chris Cooley 70 684 9.8 34 5 0
Jimmy Smith 47 1000 21.3 66 8 0
Koren Robinson 28 556 19.9 75 4 0
Larry Johnson 23 266 11.6 36 1 0
Anthony Becht 19 173 9.1 30 4 0
Reche Caldwell 14 202 14.4 34 0 0
Wes Welker 12 200 16.7 66 0 0
Marion Barber III 8 66 8.3 21 0 0
Drew Bennett 8 107 13.4 38 0 0
DeShaun Foster 5 38 7.6 9 0 0
Justin Griffith 3 32 10.7 17 0 0

Field Goals

  1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2005 Dallas
Mike Nugent 0/0 8/9 9/11 9/11 0/0 26/31 83.9

Punting

  No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2005 Dallas
Mat McBriar 77 42.3 36.6 8 37 65 0

Kickoff Returns

  No Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Dallas
Koren Robinson 43 944 22.0 92 1
Wes Welker 23 575 25.0 46 0

Punt Returns

  Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Dallas
Wes Welker 16 10 144 9.0 43 0
Bobby Wade 13 2 262 20.2 70 2

Individual Defense

  Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2005 Dallas
Antonio Pierce 93 3 1
Ken Lucas 92 1 1
Adalius Thomas 72 12 2
Marcus Trufant 56 1 0
Lamont Thompson 53 7 0
DeMarcus Ware 44 2 0
Jason Ferguson 44 1 0
Bradie James 41 3 0
Aaron Schobel 40 10 0
Kerry Rhodes 33 0 1
Will Smith 31 10 0
Michael Boulware 25 0 1
Angelo Crowell 24 2 3
Ike Taylor 17 0 0
Marcus Stroud 14 0 1
Shawntae Spencer 11 0 0
Nick Collins 10 0 0
Renaldo Wynn 10 0 0
Larry Johnson 0 0 3
Drew Brees 0 0 1
Jon Jansen 0 0 1
Kynan Forney 0 0 2
Chris Cooley 0 0 2
Chris Simms 0 0 1
Wes Welker 0 0 1

Interceptions

  No Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Dallas
Marcus Trufant 6 116 19.3 41 1
Ken Lucas 4 23 5.8 13 0
Lamont Thompson 3 37 12.3 25 0
Adalius Thomas 1 12 12.0 12 0
Jason Ferguson 1 13 13.0 13 0
Ike Taylor 1 13 13.0 13 0
Shawntae Spencer 1 13 13.0 13 0
Antonio Pierce 1 13 13.0 13 0
Kerry Rhodes 1 13 13.0 13 0
Angelo Crowell 1 0 0.0 0 0

            Roster

  SALARY CAP $79,500,000 $79,900,000 $79,900,000 $79,900,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000
  $$$ USED $78,100,000 $77,100,000 $76,800,000 $66,100,000 $51,400,000 $23,200,000
  $$$ AVAILABLE $1,400,000 $2,800,000 $3,100,000 $13,800,000 $28,600,000 $56,800,000
               
POS. NAME 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
QB Drew Brees $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000
QB Steve McNair $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
QB Chris Simms (13gms) $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000    
HB Larry Johnson $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000  
HB DeShaun Foster $600,000 $600,000 $600,000      
HB Marion Barber (15gms) $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000
FB Mike Karney $500,000 $500,000 $500,000      
FB Justin Griffith $500,000 $500,000 $500,000      
WR Jimmy Smith (SE) $1,000,000          
WR Drew Bennett (FL) (15gms) $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000  
WR Reche Caldwell (FL,SE) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
WR Koren Robinson (SE,FL) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
WR Wes Welker (FL,SE,PR,KR) $200,000 $200,000 $200,000      
TE Chris Cooley $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000    
TE Anthony Becht $400,000 $400,000 $400,000      
OT Jon Jansen (RT) $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000      
OT Levi Jones (LT) $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000  
OT Tra Thomas (LT) $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000    
OG Mike Wahle (LG) $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000      
OG Brian Waters (RG) $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000 $2,800,000
OG Kynan Forney (RG) $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000  
C Nick Hardwick  $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
C Andre Gurode $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
K Mike Nugent $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000
P Mat McBriar $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000  
DE Will Smith (LE) $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
DE Aaron Schobel (RE) $3,800,000 $3,800,000 $3,800,000 $3,800,000    
DE Renaldo Wynn (LE) $300,000 $300,000        
DT Marcus Stroud (LT) $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000  
DT Jason Ferguson (LT,RT) $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
DT John Thornton (RT) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000      
OLB Demarcus Ware (ROLB) $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
OLB Adalius Thomas (LOLB) $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000  
OLB DD Lewis (LOLB) (14gms) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000      
ILB Antonio Pierce $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000    
ILB Bradie James $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000
ILB Kawika Mitchell $300,000 $300,000 $300,000      
CB Ken Lucas (LCB) $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000  
CB Marcus Trufant (RCB) $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000  
CB Ike Taylor (LCB) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
CB Shawtae Spencer (RCB) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
SS Kerry Rhodes (SS) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000  
SS Marlon McCree $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
FS Lamont Thompson $400,000 $400,000 $400,000      
FS Nick Collins $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000  
EXTRA Tom Ashworth (RT) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
EXTRA Derrick Dockery (LG) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000  
EXTRA Kendall Simmons (RG) $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
EXTRA Angelo Crowell (ROLB) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
EXTRA Pat Williams (LT) $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000      
  cut Paris Lenon -$100,000 -$100,000 -$100,000 -$100,000