Cowboys vs. Buccaneers: New History and Instant Trivia

Many of the headlines yesterday and today inserted the phrase “without T.O.” in one way or another to describe yesterday’s game, and hopefully that will end now that Owens has [...]

Dallas 34, Tampa Bay 21: Big Plays Allow Cowboys to Pull Away

The Cowboys relied on three huge touchdown passes to Miles Austin, Roy Williams, and Patrick Crayton to pull away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a 34-21 Dallas win on [...]

Cowboys are Overwhelming Favorites at Tampa Bay

The Cowboys open their 50th season on Sunday at Tampa Bay. The overwhelming consensus is that the Cowboys will manage to win their third consecutive opener against a Buccaneer squad [...]

The Cowboys’ Biggest Playoff Rout: Dallas 38, Tampa Bay 0 (1981)

Today’s Research: When the Cowboys Gain Fewer Than 200 Total Yards

In 48 out of 730 regular season games over the past 49 seasons, the Cowboys have gained fewer than 200 total yards. These 48 games thus represent only 6.6% of [...]

Cowboys 13, Buccaneers 9: Not a Work of Art, but It Works

The Cowboys’ 13-9 win over Tampa Bay had all of the ingredients of a potential loss: * The Cowboys had trouble protecting Brad Johnson, who very rarely threw the ball [...]

Cowboys-Buccaneers Prediction in 100 Words

Another blog asked for me to write a 100-word piece predicting the Cowboys-Giants game next week. I was so anxious to get started that I wrote one for tomorrow’s game [...]

A Look Back: Timmy Newsome’s Sideline Scamper (1983)

In 1983, the Cowboys entered a week 6 matchup with Tampa Bay as an unbeaten team. The Buccaneers, on the other hand, were winless, trying to find a way to [...]