Our offensive stats for the first game last year....
Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
T. Romo 20/25 324 3 1
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
J. Jones 13 57 1 15
M. Barber 16 56 1 16
B. Johnson 3 -3 0 -1
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
T. Owens 10 174 1 45
J. Witten 3 77 1 53
M. Barber 3 50 0 22
J. Jones 3 22 0 11
T. Curtis 1 1 1 1
For the second game...
Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
T. Romo 13/36 214 0 3
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
M. Barber 7 32 0 11
T. Romo 2 15 0 16
J. Jones 6 6 0 5
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
J. Witten 8 113 0 53
P. Crayton 2 54 0 41
T. Owens 2 37 0 19
A. Fasano 1 10 0 10
Obviously, there is a drastic difference between the two games statistically speaking. Same players, way different results. That points to one thing: Coaching. I think we were simply out-coached last year in the second game. Owens was all but eliminated. You can say that Romo's thumb was a major reason, but what happened to the running game? 13 total rushes for our running backs is absolutely ridiculous. Therefor, we must do a better job coaching and controlling the game clock. We obviously have the better talent, but the coaches need to put it all together.