2024 Dallas Cowboys season | |
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Owner | Jerry Jones |
General manager | Jerry Jones |
Head coach | Mike McCarthy |
Offensive coordinator | Brian Schottenheimer |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Zimmer |
Home field | AT&T Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 3–6 |
Division place | 3rd NFC East |
Uniform | |
The 2024 season is the Dallas Cowboys' 65th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Mike McCarthy. This is their first season since 2020 without Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator, as the Washington Commanders hired him to be their head coach. He was replaced in that role by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, who returned to the Cowboys after eighteen years. The Cowboys failed to improve upon their 12–5 record from the past three seasons following a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9, and after suffering their sixth loss to the Philadelphia Eagles the following week, they are guaranteed to have a worse record. They still look to make the playoffs for the fourth straight year, and win the NFC East in back-to-back years, something the Cowboys have not done since 1996, and no NFC East team has done since the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004.
For the first time since 2010, offensive tackle Tyron Smith will not be on the roster, as he signed with the New York Jets during free agency. [1] On April 29, running back Ezekiel Elliott returned to the team after a year away. [2]
Position | Player | Age | 2023 team | Contract |
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RB | Ezekiel Elliott | 29 | New England Patriots | 1 year, $3 million |
RB | Royce Freeman | 28 | Los Angeles Rams | 1 year, $1.25 million |
LB | Eric Kendricks | 32 | Los Angeles Chargers | 1 year, $3 million |
Position | Player | Age | Contract |
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RB | Rico Dowdle | 25 | 1 year, $1.25 million |
G | Chuma Edoga | 27 | 1 year, $1.3 million |
CB | C. J. Goodwin | 34 | 1 year, $3.7 million |
CB | Jourdan Lewis | 29 | 1 year, $2.8 million |
LS | Trent Sieg | 29 | 1 year, $1.3 million |
Position | Player | Age | 2023 team | Contract | Traded away |
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CB | Andrew Booth Jr. | 24 | Minnesota Vikings | 2 years, $3.3 million | CB Nahshon Wright |
Position | Player | Age | 2024 team |
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RB | Tony Pollard | 27 | Tennessee Titans |
WR | Michael Gallup | 28 | Retired |
TE | Sean McKeon | 27 | Detroit Lions |
OT | Tyron Smith | 34 | New York Jets |
C | Tyler Biadasz | 27 | Washington Commanders |
DE | Dorance Armstrong | 27 | Washington Commanders |
DE | Dante Fowler | 30 | Washington Commanders |
DT | Neville Gallimore | 27 | Miami Dolphins |
DT | Johnathan Hankins | 32 | Seattle Seahawks |
LB | Leighton Vander Esch | 28 | Retired |
CB | Stephon Gilmore | 34 | Minnesota Vikings |
CB | Noah Igbinoghene | 25 | Washington Commanders |
CB | Nahshon Wright | 26 | Minnesota Vikings |
SS | Jayron Kearse | 30 | TBD |
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 29 | Tyler Guyton | OT | Oklahoma |
2 | 56 | Marshawn Kneeland | DE | Western Michigan |
3 | 73 | Cooper Beebe | G | Kansas State |
87 | Marist Liufau | LB | Notre Dame | |
4 | 124 | Traded to the San Francisco 49ers [A] | ||
5 | 159 | Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs [B] | ||
174 | Caelen Carson | CB | Wake Forest | |
6 | 216 | Ryan Flournoy | WR | Southeast Missouri State |
7 | 233 | Nathan Thomas | OT | Louisiana |
244 | Justin Rogers | DT | Auburn |
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Name | Position | College | Ref. |
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Corey Crooms | WR | Minnesota | [5] [6] |
Denzel Daxon | DT | Illinois | |
Josh DeBerry | CB | Texas A&M | |
Alec Holler | TE | UCF | |
Cam Johnson | WR | Northwestern | |
Emany Johnson | S | Nevada | |
Jason Johnson | LB | UCF | |
Brock Mogensen | LB | South Dakota | |
Nathaniel Peat | RB | Missouri | |
Brevyn Spann-Ford | TE | Minnesota | |
Byron Vaughns | DE | Baylor | |
Julius Wood | S | East Carolina |
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 11 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 12–13 | 0–1 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 17 | at Las Vegas Raiders | W 27–12 | 1–1 | Allegiant Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 24 | Los Angeles Chargers | L 19–26 | 1–2 | AT&T Stadium | Recap |
Week | Date | Time (CT) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | September 8 | 3:25 p.m. | at Cleveland Browns | W 33–17 | 1–0 | Huntington Bank Field | Fox | Recap |
2 | September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | New Orleans Saints | L 19–44 | 1–1 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
3 | September 22 | 3:25 p.m | Baltimore Ravens | L 25–28 | 1–2 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
4 | September 26 | 7:15 p.m. | at New York Giants | W 20–15 | 2–2 | MetLife Stadium | Prime Video | Recap |
5 | October 6 | 8:45 p.m. [A] | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 20–17 | 3–2 | Acrisure Stadium | NBC | Recap |
6 | October 13 | 3:25 p.m. | Detroit Lions | L 9–47 | 3–3 | AT&T Stadium | Fox | Recap |
7 | Bye | |||||||
8 | October 27 | 7:20 p.m. | at San Francisco 49ers | L 24–30 | 3–4 | Levi's Stadium | NBC | Recap |
9 | November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at Atlanta Falcons | L 21–27 | 3–5 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Fox | Recap |
10 | November 10 | 3:25 p.m. | Philadelphia Eagles | L 6–34 | 3–6 | AT&T Stadium | CBS | Recap |
11 | November 18 | 7:15 p.m. | Houston Texans | AT&T Stadium | ESPN/ABC | |||
12 | November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Washington Commanders | Northwest Stadium | Fox | |||
13 | November 28 | 3:30 p.m. | New York Giants | AT&T Stadium | Fox | |||
14 | December 9 | 7:15 p.m. | Cincinnati Bengals | AT&T Stadium | ESPN/ABC | |||
15 | December 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | Fox | |||
16 | December 22 | 7:20 p.m. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | AT&T Stadium | NBC | |||
17 | December 29 | 3:25 p.m. | at Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | Fox | |||
18 | January 4/5 | TBD | Washington Commanders | AT&T Stadium | TBD |
Notes
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
Browns | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, Ohio
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Saints | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 44 |
Cowboys | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 25 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
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Despite the Cowboys falling behind 28–6 after three quarters, which included a franchise-record 65-yard field goal by Brandon Aubrey in the first quarter, the Cowboys nearly mounted a comeback. Following a Ravens missed field goal, the Cowboys were able to score a touchdown to cut the score to 28–12. The Cowboys then proceeded to recover an onside kick and score another touchdown to cut down the lead to 28–18. Despite the subsequent onside kick attempt being unsuccessful, the Cowboys defense forced a stop and got the ball back with over five and a half minutes remaining, and the Cowboys were able to score another touchdown to cut the lead down to 28–25. However, the Cowboys were unable to get a defensive stop and proceeded to lose by that score. [8] This was the first time since 2010 the Cowboys started 0–2 at home.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Giants | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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A thunderstorm delayed the game, pushing the original start time from 8:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. EDT. The game ended with a Dallas victory at 12:59 a.m. EDT, marking the longest day in NFL history since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger at 15 hours and 37 minutes (the game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings had kicked off in London at 9:30 a.m. EDT). [9]
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Lions | 7 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
49ers | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 30 |
at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cowboys | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
Falcons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
Cowboys | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
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This was the Cowboys' first home loss to the Eagles since 2017, and also dropped them to 0–4 at home for the season.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Texans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
NFC East | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 233 | 161 | W5 |
Washington Commanders | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 290 | 217 | L1 |
Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 177 | 259 | L4 |
New York Giants | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 156 | 222 | L5 |
# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Detroit Lions | North | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2–0 | 6–1 | .500 | .514 | W7 |
2 | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2–0 | 4–2 | .368 | .328 | W5 |
3 [a] | Atlanta Falcons | South | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 4–1 | 6–2 | .495 | .414 | L1 |
4 [a] | Arizona Cardinals | West | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 2–0 | 3–3 | .581 | .455 | W4 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5 | Minnesota Vikings | North | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1–1 | 3–2 | .465 | .412 | W2 |
6 | Washington Commanders | East | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2–0 | 5–1 | .423 | .338 | L1 |
7 | Green Bay Packers | North | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 0–2 | 2–3 | .541 | .414 | L1 |
In the hunt | |||||||||||
8 | San Francisco 49ers | West | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 1–2 | 3–3 | .506 | .354 | W2 |
9 [b] | Chicago Bears | North | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 0–0 | 2–2 | .420 | .289 | L3 |
10 [b] [c] | Los Angeles Rams | West | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 2–1 | 3–4 | .549 | .500 | L1 |
11 [c] | Seattle Seahawks | West | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 0–2 | 1–4 | .512 | .436 | L2 |
12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 1–2 | 4–3 | .656 | .658 | L4 |
13 | Dallas Cowboys | East | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1–1 | 1–5 | .553 | .393 | L4 |
14 [d] | New Orleans Saints | South | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 2–3 | 3–4 | .542 | .414 | W1 |
15 [d] | Carolina Panthers | South | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 1–2 | 2–4 | .433 | .241 | W2 |
16 | New York Giants | East | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 0–4 | 1–6 | .543 | .333 | L5 |
Tiebreakers [e] | |||||||||||
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