News: Cowboys 100: Facts + Figures for Eagles Mark Lane

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Cowboys 100: Facts + Figures for Eagles

Mark Lane
http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1721892-cowboys-100-facts-figures-for-eagles



...DAK PRESCOTT FACTS



A win Sunday would make Prescott the second rookie quarterback in team history to defeat the Eagles. The first was Kevin Sweeney on Oct. 11, 1987.



Prescott is second in the NFL with a 68.7 completion percentage.



Prescott, Sam Bradford, and Russell Wilson are the only quarterbacks to play every game through Week 7 and have only thrown one interception.



Prescott is third in the NFL with an 8.7 adjusted yards gained per attempt.



Among quarterbacks who have played every game through Week 7, Prescott leads the NFL with a 73.1 completion percentage on third down.





CARSON WENTZ FACTS



Eagles rookie quarterbacks are 1-3 against the Cowboys. The lone winner was Jack Concannon in 1964 with a 24-14 win. Concannon went 10/20 for 134 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.



Wentz is the second Eagles rookie quarterback to start on NBC Sunday Night Football. The first was Nick Foles on Dec. 2, 2012 at Dallas in a 38-33 loss.



The only top-10 passing categories Wentz appears in are: fewest interceptions with three and longest pass with a 73-yard pass that is so far eighth-longest in the NFL.



Wentz is only the fifth first-round quarterback the Eagles have ever taken in club history.



Wentz’s four wins as a starting quarterback are the most for a Philadelphia rookie quarterback. Second place is a tie between Sonny Jurgensen and Mike Boryla with three apiece.



Through his first six starts, Wentz has faced the 31st (Cleveland), 20th (Chicago), 30th (Pittsburgh), 26th (Detroit), 21st (Washington), and first (Minnesota) passing defenses.


Among quarterbacks who have started at least four games, Wentz has the 14th-best third-down passer rating at 88.5.



Among quarterbacks who have started at least four games, Wentz has the 21st-best third-down pass completion rate at 56.3 percent.



Wentz has the 27th-most first downs off third-down conversions with 17.



Wentz has a 72.1 passer rating in the fourth quarter, good for 27th-best in the NFL among quarterbacks with at least four starts this season...

 

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...Since 2000, the Cowboys have had five 100-yard rushers against the Eagles while Philadelphia has had nine against Dallas.


The Eagles are tied for third in the NFL with 20 sacks.


The Eagles defense has the ninth-worst yards per carry in the NFL at 4.5.


The Cowboys offense is tied with Tennessee for the third-best third-down conversion rate at 47.3 percent.


The Eagles defense is 14th-worst in the NFL on third down with a 40.3 percent conversion rate.


Dallas’ defense is fourth-worst in the NFL on third down with a 45.1 percent conversion rate.


Philadelphia’s offense is fifth-worst in the NFL on third down conversions at 33.8 percent.


The Cowboys are tied for seventh in the NFL with a 65.2 red zone conversion rate.


Philadelphia’s defense is fifth-best in the NFL with a 45.0 percent red zone conversion rate.


The Eagles are tied for the 10th-worst red zone conversion rate at 50.0 percent.


Dallas’ defense is 14th in the NFL with a 52.4 percent red zone conversion rate.


The Eagles lead the NFL with two kickoff returns for touchdowns.


Cowboys special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia has had his units give up seven kickoff return touchdowns in his career.


Eagles special teams coordinator David Fipp’s units have accounted for nine return touchdowns, kickoffs and punts, since 2013, the most in the NFL.


Dan Bailey is tied with Philadelphia’s Caleb Sturgis for the 15th-best touchback conversion rate at 62.9 percent.


Bailey is 7/7 against the Eagles at AT&T Stadium...

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