To avoid focusing on the very real possibility that the Cowboys may be out of the playoff hunt even before they play Philadelphia on January 3 (sigh), today’s post will focus on some trivial items related to career statistics.
Did You Know…
That Tony Romo’s career interception percentage is the same right now as Troy Aikman’s? Both are 3.0%. Aikman threw 141 interceptions on 4715 attempts. Romo has thrown 53 picks on 1751 attempts. (I guess if we didn’t round up or down, Aikman’s is still slightly better).
Did You Know…
That Tony Romo’s career TD percentage of 5.9% is better than the percentages of Aikman, Roger Staubach, Don Meredith, and Danny White, but not Eddie LeBaron or Craig Morton?
Did You Know…
That though Jason Witten is now second on the team’s list for career receptions, he is only third on the list as far as number of touchdowns by a tight end? His 26 career TDs rank below Billy Joe DuPree (41) and Doug Cosbie (30). Jay Novacek only had 22.
Did You Know…
That Patrick Crayton now ranks #19 on the team’s all-time receptions list? His 190 receptions are one more than Preston Pearson, who now ranks 20th.
Did You Know…
That with two punt returns, Crayton will surpass Bob Hayes in total punt returns for a career? Crayton has returned a total of 103 punts, one fewer than Hayes and six fewer than Mel Renfro. Among players with at least 50 punt returns, Crayton’s 9.8 average ranks fifth behind Deion Sanders (13.3), Hayes (11.1), Reggie Swinton (10.9), and Kelvin Martin (10.1). Renfro only averaged 7.7 yards per return.
Did You Know…
That Nick Folk has fallen all the way to fourth on the team’s all-time list for field goal percentage? He has made 79.7% of his field goals, which is worse than the career percentages of Chris Boniol (87.1%), Eddie Murray (83.3%), and Richie Cunningham (79.8%).
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If Folk is cut this week, he and Cunningham may want to sit down and share stories about their Cowboys’ careers over a drink. Recommended drinks may include Everclear or Bicardi 151. Consider these stats:
1997: 34/37 (91.9%)
1998: 29/35 (82.9%)
1999: 12/22 (54.5%) (cut after 12 games)
Dallas career: 75/94 (79.8%)
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2007: 26/31 (83.9%)
2008: 20/22 (90.9%)
2009: 17/26 (65.4%) (after 13 games)
Dallas career: 63/79 (79.7%)
Cunningham missed field goals in four of five games in 1999, which was a frustrating season in which the Cowboys led in nearly every game but only finished 8-8. He was released after week 12 but was picked up by Carolina for the last two weeks of the season. After the Cowboys released him in 1999, he appeared only seven more NFL games over the next three years.
Folk has now missed field goals in six of his last seven games, including the last five in a row.
