All time Cowboys QB Stats

[RustyBourneHorse]

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Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Tony Romo	2004	2016	156	QB	115	78-49-0	2829	4335	65.3	34183	248	5.7	117	2.7	85	7.9	7.8	12.1	219.1	97.1		248	1672	5.4	7.09	7.03	24	29
2	Troy Aikman	1989	2000	165	QB	120	94-71-0	2898	4715	61.5	32942	165	3.5	141	3.0	90	7.0	6.3	11.4	199.6	81.6		259	1748	5.2	6.27	5.66	15	20
3	Dak Prescott	2016	2022	97	QB	88	61-36-0	2185	3283	66.6	24943	166	5.1	65	2.0	90	7.6	7.7	11.4	257.1	97.8		196	1162	5.6	6.84	6.95	12	19
4	Roger Staubach	1969	1979	131	QB	127	85-29-0	1685	2958	57.0	22700	153	5.2	109	3.7	91	7.7	7.1	13.5	173.3	83.4		313	2154	9.6	6.28	5.72	13	21
5	Danny White	1976	1988	166	QB	104	62-30-0	1761	2950	59.7	21959	155	5.3	132	4.5	80	7.4	6.5	12.5	132.3	81.7		241	2083	7.6	6.23	5.34	11	14
6	Don Meredith	1960	1968	104	QB	84	47-32-4	1170	2308	50.7	17199	135	5.8	111	4.8	95	7.5	6.5	14.7	165.4	74.8		257	1900	10.0	5.96	5.07	8	8
7	Craig Morton	1965	1974	101	QB	50	32-14-1	685	1308	52.4	10279	80	6.1	73	5.6	89	7.9	6.6	15.0	101.8	75.6		114	907	8.0	6.59	5.41	3	5
8	Steve Pelluer	1984	1988	47	QB	23	8-19-0	520	922	56.4	6555	28	3.0	38	4.1	84	7.1	5.9	12.6	139.5	71.7		73	509	7.3	6.08	4.92	2	4
9	Quincy Carter	2001	2003	31	QB	15	16-15-0	507	902	56.2	5839	29	3.2	36	4.0	80	6.5	5.3	11.5	188.4	70.0		68	371	7.0	5.64	4.56	4	6
10	Eddie LeBaron	1960	1963	52	QB	20	5-22-1	359	692	51.9	5331	45	6.5	53	7.7	85	7.7	5.6	14.8	102.5	67.2		59	495	7.9	6.44	4.46	4	2

When you compare us to other teams, I'd say that the Cowboys have done well overall at QB.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

actually, not that shows they were ON FAR BETTER TEAMS with better players and coaches, teams win championships. IMHO Romo and Dak every bit belong in the debate whos the best to ever wear the star but the tie breakers being SBs is about the team and coaches, not the individual players

Look at those SB QBS who were the coaching staffs and who were their teammates?

Troy and Staubach would not have had that success with the teams Romo and dak have had includes the coaches and the changes around the NFL with the cap, FA, FT, and all the other nonsense.

That's the thing, if not for the massive success that we have had traditionally with QBs, Romo and Dak would be far and away the best, but, we were fortunate to also have had Aikman, Staubach, and also Danny White. So, we've done well at QB.

 

[gtb1943]

actually, not that shows they were ON FAR BETTER TEAMS with better players and coaches, teams win championships. IMHO Romo and Dak every bit belong in the debate whos the best to ever wear the star but the tie breakers being SBs is about the team and coaches, not the individual players

Look at those SB QBS who were the coaching staffs and who were their teammates?

Troy and Staubach would not have had that success with the teams Romo and dak have had includes the coaches and the changes around the NFL with the cap, FA, FT, and all the other nonsense.

ITs always about the whole enchilada. No matter how many seem to think otherwise.

You look at the whole organization of the Landry Era and then when Jimmy was here versus what has been here since and there you are

 

[gtb1943]

That's the thing, if not for the massive success that we have had traditionally with QBs, Romo and Dak would be far and away the best, but, we were fortunate to also have had Aikman, Staubach, and also Danny White. So, we've done well at QB.

no team has had overall better or as good QB play as the boys have since their inception. Unfortunately in the last 25+ years they have been forced to carry a lot more of the load then they should have.

 

[GMO415]

Don't care about passing percentages.

Romo will never surpass Staubach, Aikman, and White.

Romo is a footnote who never accomplished what other Cowboys QBs have done.

Dak is on the same path as Romo....a never was.

 

[blueblood70]

So quick math tells us Dak will probably break Romo's passing record in 2-3 years if he plays full seasons. To me this is more Today's NFL vs Yesterday's NFL. Not Dak vs Tony. I remember when Romo was close to beating Aikman's record and someone said, and I'm paraphrasing, "just think of the poor guy who has to follow you". Well in terms of yardage Dak looks to easily get there and pass it. Again, this is more of an indictment of how much the NFL has changed even as little as 10 years ago and makes offence so much easier.

LMAO wrong..

threw were Offenses and qbs back in both troys era(Marino, farve, and Montanya come to mind, heck Kelly lit up Passing stats as well) and rogers that were lighting up the friendly slies, air coreyell, run and shoot and other started way back then, huge passing stats..stop making excuses. lots of changes to business side rules and what not that could have made it easier for both generations, like keeping teams that longer for dynasty's and having deeper rosters that are harder today..

Troy rode the coattails of Jimmy, Emmitt, that OL and defense teams win sbs, he had one of the bets as did Roger with Landry and all those super star HOFers..

exactly what did Romo and dak get?? jerry on his own, list all those wonderful coaching staffs all those deep teams with great defenses?? ill wait..

 

[blueblood70]

Don't care about passing percentages.

Romo will never surpass Staubach, Aikman, and White.

Romo is a footnote who never accomplished what other Cowboys QBs have done.

Dak is on the same path as Romo....a never was.

disagree

ill take romo and dak over white , period end of story, team accomplishments are not set at the feet of one payer IE the QB.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

no team has had overall better or as good QB play as the boys have since their inception. Unfortunately in the last 25+ years they have been forced to carry a lot more of the load then they should have.

Exactly, and that's the unfortunate part. Most teams surround their QB with help.

 

[KJJ]

Just goes to show you that it's not the stats, but the superbowl wins.

For some reason some fans don’t seem to realize those QB’s played during different eras. You have younger fans who think Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman weren’t that good based on their career yards and TDs. I’ve seen QB polls on this board with fans ranking Tony Romo as the greatest Cowboys QB based strictly on his career numbers.

 

[blueblood70]

For some reason some fans don’t seem to realize those QB’s played during different eras. You have younger fans who think Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman weren’t that good based on their career yards and TDs. I’ve seen QB polls on this board with fans ranking Tony Romo as the greatest Cowboys QB based strictly on his career numbers.

and some of you do NOT understand how great of teams those other qbs played for , HOF players, coaches and other factors ie more depth when there wasn't cap, franchise tags, TT, FA etc etc , kept teams their longer

dang right it was different era but i never saw Troy win without 22 and that OL or that defense featuring multiple HOFers, back to coaching staffs etc etc same with Landry and Staubach umm how many HOFers on those teams?

22 carried those offenses with that OL, Moose, and the dedication to the run, Troy was great but hardly the reason for those sbs the gap between Troy/romo./dak not as big as you might seem, Dak has had now 3 straight playoff loses where our OL didn't show up and play physical ie NO RUN GAME, poor pass protection and well we didn't have the support for dak that toy got every game. Staubach plays with great OL, 2 great rbs and Landry

somehow you trying to convince us that pas happy league with rules to help the offense is somehow making those QBs less of what their stats are.

nope, put dak, romo, or white on those exact team int eh exact situations just swap the qb, bet they are successful... take emmitt away from troy , hae 2 best OL not be available for the playoff runs etc and see how he comes out.. its a team game Dak and romo have not had the complete teams and coaching staffs those players had and that why we have went 30 years without anther sb, not he quality of qb play.. they are at distinct disadvantage,

asking Dak to not have smith , OL and Jimmy Johnson staffs. right thats fair..LOL

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

LMAO wrong..

threw were Offenses and qbs back in both troys era(Marino, farve, and Montanya come to mind, heck Kelly lit up Passing stats as well) and rogers that were lighting up the friendly slies, air coreyell, run and shoot and other started way back then, huge passing stats..stop making excuses. lots of changes to business side rules and what not that could have made it easier for both generations, like keeping teams that longer for dynasty's and having deeper rosters that are harder today..

Troy rode the coattails of Jimmy, Emmitt, that OL and defense teams win sbs, he had one of the bets as did Roger with Landry and all those super star HOFers..

exactly what did Romo and dak get?? jerry on his own, list all those wonderful coaching staffs all those deep teams with great defenses?? ill wait..

No, offenses have changed dramatically, even in the last 5 years due to DB rule changes.

You can’t say a Marino, maybe a top 5 QB who ever lived, is a proper barometer for everyone else. You need to look at all the other guys who aren’t going to the hall of fame.

Look at Kirk Cousins for instance, maybe the 12th best QB today. Dude has better stats than top 5 guys even just 10 years ago. Go back 20 years, Mcnabb was considered a fringe top 5 QB… his stats were awful by today’s standards.

Stats today are incomparable to stats of yesteryear. You can’t compare stats straight up, but instead it needs to be how players fared in their era. Staubach was a top 3 QB during his prime. Romo made a 2nd team all pro, typically bouncing around 5th to 8th best QB in his era. Dak is right around 10th right now, with a career best of maybe 6th-7th last year? Career average then roughly… 8th-ish? That’s not a story the stats tell, because the stats remove enormous amounts of context.

 

[jazzcat22]

and some of you do NOT understand how great of teams those other qbs played for , HOF players, coaches and other factors ie more depth when there wasn't cap, franchise tags, TT, FA etc etc , kept teams their longer

dang right it was different era but i never saw Troy win without 22 and that OL or that defense featuring multiple HOFers, back to coaching staffs etc etc same with Landry and Staubach umm how many HOFers on those teams?

22 carried those offenses with that OL, Moose, and the dedication to the run, Troy was great but hardly the reason for those sbs the gap between Troy/romo./dak not as big as you might seem, Dak has had now 3 straight playoff loses where our OL didn't show up and play physical ie NO RUN GAME, poor pass protection and well we didn't have the support for dak that toy got every game. Staubach plays with great OL, 2 great rbs and Landry

somehow you trying to convince us that pas happy league with rules to help the offense is somehow making those QBs less of what their stats are.

nope, put dak, romo, or white on those exact team int eh exact situations just swap the qb, bet they are successful... take emmitt away from troy , hae 2 best OL not be available for the playoff runs etc and see how he comes out.. its a team game Dak and romo have not had the complete teams and coaching staffs those players had and that why we have went 30 years without anther sb, not he quality of qb play.. they are at distinct disadvantage,

asking Dak to not have smith , OL and Jimmy Johnson staffs. right thats fair..LOL

Look up Troy's stats and wins and losses in the playoffs. Was some of the best at that time.
Troy was a HUGE part of those SB wins. He did not get rattled, nor anything phased him. Almost led them back against SF in 1994, if not for some refs BS.
Don't try to down play as Troy being some bum that could not win otherwise. He could. The entire team was torn apart by FA, including the defense.

You are tearing down Troy to build up Dak and Tony.
Danny White took over a SB caliber team from Roger, made it to the NFCCG 3 times and lost all 3 times. So you can't say he, or Dak or Tony would have won with those 90's teams using that as a comparison.
Dak = Tony = Danny. That is the bottom line for now.

 

[Rockport]

Don't care about passing percentages.

Romo will never surpass Staubach, Aikman, and White.

Romo is a footnote who never accomplished what other Cowboys QBs have done.

Dak is on the same path as Romo....a never was.

Yeah, Romo and Dak really suck at defense. They can’t catch a ball if it is handed to them. Pass blocking? They’re the worst.

 

[perrykemp]

no team has had overall better or as good QB play as the boys have since their inception. Unfortunately in the last 25+ years they have been forced to carry a lot more of the load then they should have.

Packers are on par probably…. Starr, Favre, Rodgers. 7 championships (5 of them Superbowls).

 

[Rockport]

Look up Troy's stats and wins and losses in the playoffs. Was some of the best at that time.
Troy was a HUGE part of those SB wins. He did not get rattled, nor anything phased him. Almost led them back against SF in 1994, if not for some refs BS.
Don't try to down play as Troy being some bum that could not win otherwise. He could. The entire team was torn apart by FA, including the defense.

You are tearing down Troy to build up Dak and Tony.
Danny White took over a SB caliber team from Roger, made it to the NFCCG 3 times and lost all 3 times. So you can't say he, or Dak or Tony would have won with those 90's teams using that as a comparison.
Dak = Tony = Danny. That is the bottom line for now.

Larry Allen
Michael Irvin
Emmitt Smith
Charles Haley
Deion Sanders
Jimmy Johnson

That’s just the Hall of Famers Troy (Hall of Famer) played with or for.

 

[blueblood70]

Look up Troy's stats and wins and losses in the playoffs. Was some of the best at that time.
Troy was a HUGE part of those SB wins. He did not get rattled, nor anything phased him. Almost led them back against SF in 1994, if not for some refs BS.
Don't try to down play as Troy being some bum that could not win otherwise. He could. The entire team was torn apart by FA, including the defense.

You are tearing down Troy to build up Dak and Tony.
Danny White took over a SB caliber team from Roger, made it to the NFCCG 3 times and lost all 3 times. So you can't say he, or Dak or Tony would have won with those 90's teams using that as a comparison.
Dak = Tony = Danny. That is the bottom line for now.

W-Ls once again TEAM GAME Team stats this debate is MOOT

show me the ones he didn't have his OL and Run game to support him..never happened that what dak gets ROMO and Dak have never had the OL/RUN GAME and the defense coupled with those coaching's staffs to support them, EVER!!
easier to play QB when you know 22 and that OL will be drawing attention from the defense EVERY GAME..Troy never carried this team, heck 0-2 that 22 holdout bet the playoffs against the best Ds you take away 22 and that OL and find out what happens.

the teams Troy and Staubach played for were night and day to dak and Romos teams. Those are facts, huge holes going into every payoff game and this pace expects the qb to overcome those holes that Roger and troy never had too.

no way troy and roger makes our Dak and Romo led teams better, given 100% the same circumstances and coaches..nope.

you guys are blinded by Lombardi's and HOF busts and can't see that those teams were superior to anything romo and dak ever got to pay with.

 

[shabazz]

“All Time Bears Quarterback Stats”…… a thread that will never appear in a Bears Fan Forum.


We‘ve been fortunate here.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

W-Ls once again TEAM GAME Team stats this debate is MOOT

show me the ones he didn't have his OL and Run game to support him..never happened that what dak gets ROMO and Dak have never had the OL/RUN GAME and the defense coupled with those coaching's staffs to support them, EVER!!
easier to play QB when you know 22 and that OL will be drawing attention from the defense EVERY GAME..Troy never carried this team, heck 0-2 that 22 holdout bet the playoffs against the best Ds you take away 22 and that OL and find out what happens.

the teams Troy and Staubach played for were night and day to dak and Romos teams. Those are facts, huge holes going into every payoff game and this pace expects the qb to overcome those holes that Roger and troy never had too.

no way troy and roger makes our Dak and Romo led teams better, given 100% the same circumstances and coaches..nope.

you guys are blinded by Lombardi's and HOF busts and can't see that those teams were superior to anything romo and dak ever got to pay with.

Staubach also beat teams far superior to anything we face now. Both sides were loaded, but that’s what parity stopped.

Roger Staubach with the 2007 or 2016 Dallas Cowboys wins 14 or 15 games and easily wins the SB (NYG in 2007, Atlanta collapse in 2016)

 

[jazzcat22]

Larry Allen
Michael Irvin
Emmitt Smith
Charles Haley
Deion Sanders
Jimmy Johnson

That’s just the Hall of Famers Troy (Hall of Famer) played with or for.

W-Ls once again TEAM GAME Team stats this debate is MOOT

show me the ones he didn't have his OL and Run game to support him..never happened that what dak gets ROMO and Dak have never had the OL/RUN GAME and the defense coupled with those coaching's staffs to support them, EVER!!
easier to play QB when you know 22 and that OL will be drawing attention from the defense EVERY GAME..Troy never carried this team, heck 0-2 that 22 holdout bet the playoffs against the best Ds you take away 22 and that OL and find out what happens.

the teams Troy and Staubach played for were night and day to dak and Romos teams. Those are facts, huge holes going into every payoff game and this pace expects the qb to overcome those holes that Roger and troy never had too.

no way troy and roger makes our Dak and Romo led teams better, given 100% the same circumstances and coaches..nope.

you guys are blinded by Lombardi's and HOF busts and can't see that those teams were superior to anything romo and dak ever got to pay with.

Moving the goal posts again, or still.
I am not putting down Dak or Tony. But I am not defending them by tearing down a 3 time SB winning HOF QB either.

Yes it is a team game. But you are taking it to a different level to defend others. Of course it is a different game and time. But you just can't say they would have had the same success with those teams.
Just like Troy may not have had success with the current teams that Tony and Dak had. It is a moot point to compare. But yet some are doing it, but it is not a justification by any means.

 

[SinceDayOne]

Ten NFL championship/Super Bowl starts. Meredith 2; Morton 1, Staubach 4 and Aikman 3. Five Super Bowl winners: Staubach 2 and Aikman 3. From 1960 to 1995 the Cowboys were in the BIG game ten times and won it all five.