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OPPONENT PREVIEW - WASHINGTON
High-Profile Moves Will Lead Commanders
by Mike Rabun
http://www.dallascowboysstar.com/article-details&nid=3649&vid=3650&uid=35812
This Sunday night, amid all the appropriate pomp designed for the opening of another season of America's most popular sport, the Washington Commanders will be the Cowboys' initial test for the ninth time.
On the previous eight occasions these venomous old rivals have met to kick things off, the Cowboys have had six victories and one loss. There also has been a tie, something that is still within the rules but which is out of fashion.
In every locale where NFL football is played, there will be a certain amount of breath-holding as the teams line up and display what they really have - or don't have. Yes, it is a long season and fortunes will rise and fall throughout the league between now and the coming of 2011, but no one will argue the point that it is better to start with a victory instead of the alternative.
The state of affairs for the fans in Government City will be particularly tense since the team has made two major moves this year in hopes they will pay large dividends.
It is possible that one of those moves will not even see the light of day - in this case, the artificial light - when the Cowboys make their annual appearance.
One of the moves, of course, was the hiring of Mike Shanahan to coach a team that since 1992 has had a playoff record of 2-3.
Shanahan is a taskmaster from the old school and he has demonstrated that this summer by making an example of nine-year veteran defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. The end result of that ploy has yet to be determined.
The other move came when the Commanders handed Philadelphia a couple of draft picks to obtain quarterback Donovan McNabb, who is a hard 33 years old and has appeared in 128 regular-season games.
It is quite rare for a team to trade its marquee player to another team in its own division unless the team that did the trading thinks its marquee player can no longer get the job done. Over the past five years, McNabb has missed the equivalent of an entire season because of injuries. And in the second preseason game this year he suffered a twisted ankle.
As of this writing, his ability to play against the Cowboys was in question, although that could be another ploy. Nevertheless, he has not had the amount of practice time the Commanders would have preferred.
Last year Washington stayed in games thanks chiefly to its defense. Running back Clinton Portis missed half the campaign and the offense consisted of an occasional big play. And receiver Santana Moss, who has done his share of damage to the Cowboys over the years, is still around to provide those big plays.
The Commanders, however, needed a major overhaul this year and their answer was to make a change in the two most high-profile spots on the team - the head coach and the quarterback.
The Cowboys will become the first in the NFL to get a glimpse as to the wisdom of those changes.
Washington is starting its 79th campaign and its record in season openers is exactly breakeven, 37-37-4. The Cowboys, at 34-15-1, have the best winning percentage on opening day in all of the NFL.
KEY MATCHUP
Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware vs. Commanders LT Trent Williams
It's hard enough to be a rookie left tackle in the NFL without having to begin your career against perhaps the most prolific pass rusher in the league, against your team's most bitter rival, and all in full view of a national television audience. But such is the task for the former Oklahoma lineman Williams, the Commanders' first-round draft pick (No. 4 overall) last April. Ware has averaged close to 14 sacks per season the last four years, including a career-high 20 in 2008. There's every reason to believe Williams will not be out on an island against Ware. Running backs and, perhaps, an extra tight end are certain to be deployed to Ware's side of the field on occasion. Ware's reputation makes him a key matchup for every opponent, but this first one against Williams could be a battle to watch for years to come.
Commanders UPDATE
By Sam Iannuzzi
Donovan McNabb isn't the only new quarterback in Washington this season. The Commanders also added a pair of signal callers with starts on their résumé - Rex Grossman and John Beck. Grossman started 31 games over six seasons with the Chicago Bears but only saw action in one game as a backup in Houston last year. Beck, who was acquired via trade on Aug. 2, started four games as a Dolphins' rookie in 2007 but did not attempt a pass in 2008 and again last season after moving on to Baltimore.
The Commanders drafted former Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly in the second round of the 2008 draft to develop another weapon to the attack. However, in two seasons, Kelly has battled nagging injuries and inconsistency. He's started 10 games, has 28 career receptions and has yet to score an NFL touchdown. And now he is out for the season with a hamstring injury, having been placed on IR.
Washington defensive backs coach Bob Slowik was a defensive assistant on the Cowboys coaching staff in 1992 when Dallas won Super Bowl XXVII. Slowik then left Dallas to join Dave Wannstedt's staff in Chicago when the former Cowboys defensive coordinator was named the Bears head coach for the following season. Washington is Slowik's sixth NFL stop.
Fred Davis started last season with few expectations as the Commanders second-string tight end. That all changed when starting tight end Chris Cooley suffered a season-ending fractured ankle against Philadelphia on Oct. 26. Davis ended up starting 10 games and caught 48 passes, 41 of which came after Cooley's injury. Davis also led the team with three touchdown receptions.
The Commanders are banking on veteran Josh Bidwell to settle in as the team's regular punter. Bidwell, in his 11th NFL?season, has punted for both Green Bay and Tampa Bay, making the Pro Bowl with the Buccaneers following the 2005 season. Bidwell missed all of last year with a hip injury, then was signed by the Commanders as an unrestricted free agent in March. Washington used four different punters in 2009.
FOCUS on DONOVAN McNABB
The last time the Cowboys saw Donovan McNabb he was wearing the familiar green and silver of the Philadelphia Eagles. He was also on the back end of consecutive poor performances in lopsided losses to Dallas in a division championship showdown the final week of the season and in a first-round playoff game the very next Saturday. The Cowboys won both by a combined score of 58-14.
Mostly, McNabb and the Eagles were in the losing column of the scoreboard because he was on his backside a good portion of the time. The Cowboys chased him all over the field en route to eight sacks over two games. McNabb was a combined 39 of 73 passing for 453 yards, did not throw an interception but did fumble three times, losing two. He then earned the wrath of some Philly folks when he intimated that the Eagles younger players made mistakes that cost the team in each loss.
After a few months of speculation that had McNabb going to Oakland or Minnesota via trade, the former Syracuse star woke up from a post-Easter brunch nap to the shocking news that the Eagles had traded him to their bitter rival located a short drive down Interstate 95.
The Commanders seemed like an unlikely trading partner but in the end they offered the Eagles a couple of moderately high draft picks (second round this year, conditional third next) and McNabb a quarterback-friendly new coach (Mike Shanahan) of a team with obsessed, success-starved fans that won just four games in 2009.
The beginning of the Washington chapter of McNabb's career begins, ironically, against the same team as the one that marked the end of the Philadelphia story - maybe. McNabb, who has missed parts of five of the last six seasons with an assortment of injuries, sprained his ankle against Baltimore and missed the final two games of the preseason. Although it appears likely McNabb will recover in time for the opener against the Cowboys, his status for the game is much like his future - uncertain.
SERIES HISTORY
COWBOYS VS Commanders
The Cowboys and Commanders have played at least twice a season every year since 1961 ... Not surprisingly, Dallas has played Washington more times (100 games) than any other NFL franchise ... The Cowboys won both meetings during the 2009 season (7-6 and 17-0), the first time since 2005, when Washington won both games, that either team has swept the season series ... This is the ninth time the sides have met in the regular-season opener and the seventh at Washington ... Dallas leads the series in wins with 59, including six on opening day ... Washington's only victory against Dallas in the season opener was a 35-16 win to start the 1993 campaign ... The teams first opened the season against each other on Sept. 16, 1962. The game ended 35-35, just the second tie in the series history. The only other tie game between Dallas and Washington came on Nov. 11, 1961 in Dallas, 28-28.
All-Time Results • Dallas Leads Series, 59-39-2
Date Site Winner Score Att.
10/9/60 Washington Washington 14-26 21,142
11/19/61 Dallas Tie 28-28 17,500
12/17/61 Washington Washington 24-34 21,451
9/16/62 Dallas Tie 35-35 15,730
11/4/62 Washington Dallas 38-10 49,888
9/29/63 Washington Washington 17-21 40,101
11/3/63 Dallas Dallas 35-20 18,838
9/20/64 Dallas Dallas 24-18 25,158
11/22/64 Washington Washington 16-28 49,219
9/26/65 Dallas Dallas 27-7 61,577
11/28/65 Washington Washington 31-34 50,205
11/13/66 Washington Dallas 31-30 50,927
12/11/66 Dallas Washington 31-34 64,198
10/8/67 Washington Dallas 17-14 50,566
11/19/67 Dallas Washington 20-27 75,538
11/17/68 Dallas Dallas 29-20 66,076
11/28/68 Washington Dallas 44-24 50,816
11/16/69 Washington Dallas 41-28 50,474
12/21/69 Dallas Dallas 20-10 56,924
11/22/70 Washington Dallas 45-21 50,415
12/6/70 Dallas Dallas 34-0 57,936
10/3/71 Dallas Washington 16-20 72,000
11/21/71 Washington Dallas 13-0 53,041
10/22/72 Washington Washington 20-24 53,039
12/9/72 Dallas Dallas 34-24 65,136
12/31/72* Washington Washington 3-26 53,129
10/8/73 Washington Washington 7-14 54,314
12/9/73 Dallas Dallas 27-7 64,458
11/17/74 Washington Washington 21-28 54,395
11/28/74 Dallas Dallas 24-23 63,243
11/2/75 Washington Washington 24-30 (OT) 55,004
12/13/75 Dallas Dallas 31-10 61,091
10/31/76 Washington Dallas 20-7 55,004
12/12/76 Dallas Washington 14-27 59,916
10/16/77 Dallas Dallas 34-16 62,115
11/27/77 Washington Dallas 14-7 55,031
10/2/78 Washington Washington 5-9 55,031
11/23/78 Dallas Dallas 37-10 64,905
11/18/79 Washington Washington 20-34 55,031
12/16/79 Dallas Dallas 35-34 62,867
9/8/80 Washington Dallas 17-3 55,045
11/23/80 Dallas Dallas 14-10 58,809
9/6/81 Washington Dallas 26-10 55,045
11/22/81 Dallas Dallas 24-10 64,583
12/5/82 Washington Dallas 24-10 54,633
1/22/83* Washington Washington 17-31 55,045
9/5/83 Washington Dallas 31-30 55,045
12/11/83 Dallas Washington 10-31 65,074
10/14/84 Washington Washington 14-34 55,431
12/9/84 Dallas Washington 28-30 64,286
9/9/85 Dallas Dallas 44-14 62,292
11/10/85 Washington Dallas 13-7 55,750
10/12/86 Dallas Dallas 30-6 63,264
11/23/86 Washington Washington 14-41 55,642
10/19/87 Dallas Washington 7-13 60,415
12/13/87 Washington Washington 20-24 54,882
10/9/88 Dallas Washington 17-35 63,235
12/11/88 Washington Dallas 24-17 51,526
9/24/89 Dallas Washington 7-30 63,200
11/5/89 Washington Dallas 13-3 53,187
9/23/90 Washington Washington 15-19 53,804
11/22/90 Dallas Dallas 27-17 60,355
9/9/91 Dallas Washington 31-33 63,025
11/24/91 Washington Dallas 24-21 55,561
9/7/92 Dallas Dallas 23-10 63,538
12/13/92 Washington Washington 17-20 56,437
9/6/93 Washington Washington 16-35 53,345
12/26/93 Dallas Dallas 38-3 64,497
10/2/94 Washington Dallas 34-7 55,394
11/20/94 Dallas Dallas 31-7 64,644
10/1/95 Washington Washington 23-27 55,489
12/3/95 Dallas Washington 17-24 64,866
11/28/96 Dallas Dallas 21-10 64,955
12/22/96 Washington Washington 10-37 56,454
10/13/97 Washington Washington 21-16 76,159
11/16/97 Dallas Dallas 17-14 64,559
10/4/98 Washington Dallas 31-10 72,284
12/27/98 Dallas Dallas 23-7 63,565
9/12/99 Washington Dallas 41-35 (OT) 79,237
10/24/99 Dallas Dallas 38-20 64,377
9/18/00 Washington Dallas 27-21 84,431
12/10/00 Dallas Dallas 32-13 63,467
10/15/01 Dallas Dallas 9-7 63,941
12/2/01 Washington Dallas 20-14 85,112
11/28/02 Dallas Dallas 27-20 63,606
12/29/02 Washington Washington 14-20 84,142
11/2/03 Dallas Dallas 21-14 64,002
12/14/03 Washington Dallas 27-0 70,284
9/27/04 Washington Dallas 21-18 90,367
12/26/04 Dallas Dallas 13-10 63,705
9/19/05 Dallas Washington 13-14 65,207
12/18/05 Washington Washington 7-35 90,588
9/17/06 Dallas Dallas 27-10 63,153
11/5/06 Washington Washington 19-22 90,250
11/18/07 Dallas Dallas 28-23 63,706
12/30/07 Washington Washington 6-27 90,910
9/28/08 Dallas Washington 24-26 63,462
11/16/08 Washington Dallas 14-10 90,830
11/22/09 Dallas Dallas 7-6 85,277
12/27/09 Washington Dallas 17-0 88,221
2010 Sept. 12 at Washington
2010 Dec. 19 at Dallas
*NFC Championship Game
High-Profile Moves Will Lead Commanders
by Mike Rabun
http://www.dallascowboysstar.com/article-details&nid=3649&vid=3650&uid=35812
This Sunday night, amid all the appropriate pomp designed for the opening of another season of America's most popular sport, the Washington Commanders will be the Cowboys' initial test for the ninth time.
On the previous eight occasions these venomous old rivals have met to kick things off, the Cowboys have had six victories and one loss. There also has been a tie, something that is still within the rules but which is out of fashion.
In every locale where NFL football is played, there will be a certain amount of breath-holding as the teams line up and display what they really have - or don't have. Yes, it is a long season and fortunes will rise and fall throughout the league between now and the coming of 2011, but no one will argue the point that it is better to start with a victory instead of the alternative.
The state of affairs for the fans in Government City will be particularly tense since the team has made two major moves this year in hopes they will pay large dividends.
It is possible that one of those moves will not even see the light of day - in this case, the artificial light - when the Cowboys make their annual appearance.
One of the moves, of course, was the hiring of Mike Shanahan to coach a team that since 1992 has had a playoff record of 2-3.
Shanahan is a taskmaster from the old school and he has demonstrated that this summer by making an example of nine-year veteran defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. The end result of that ploy has yet to be determined.
The other move came when the Commanders handed Philadelphia a couple of draft picks to obtain quarterback Donovan McNabb, who is a hard 33 years old and has appeared in 128 regular-season games.
It is quite rare for a team to trade its marquee player to another team in its own division unless the team that did the trading thinks its marquee player can no longer get the job done. Over the past five years, McNabb has missed the equivalent of an entire season because of injuries. And in the second preseason game this year he suffered a twisted ankle.
As of this writing, his ability to play against the Cowboys was in question, although that could be another ploy. Nevertheless, he has not had the amount of practice time the Commanders would have preferred.
Last year Washington stayed in games thanks chiefly to its defense. Running back Clinton Portis missed half the campaign and the offense consisted of an occasional big play. And receiver Santana Moss, who has done his share of damage to the Cowboys over the years, is still around to provide those big plays.
The Commanders, however, needed a major overhaul this year and their answer was to make a change in the two most high-profile spots on the team - the head coach and the quarterback.
The Cowboys will become the first in the NFL to get a glimpse as to the wisdom of those changes.
Washington is starting its 79th campaign and its record in season openers is exactly breakeven, 37-37-4. The Cowboys, at 34-15-1, have the best winning percentage on opening day in all of the NFL.
KEY MATCHUP
Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware vs. Commanders LT Trent Williams
It's hard enough to be a rookie left tackle in the NFL without having to begin your career against perhaps the most prolific pass rusher in the league, against your team's most bitter rival, and all in full view of a national television audience. But such is the task for the former Oklahoma lineman Williams, the Commanders' first-round draft pick (No. 4 overall) last April. Ware has averaged close to 14 sacks per season the last four years, including a career-high 20 in 2008. There's every reason to believe Williams will not be out on an island against Ware. Running backs and, perhaps, an extra tight end are certain to be deployed to Ware's side of the field on occasion. Ware's reputation makes him a key matchup for every opponent, but this first one against Williams could be a battle to watch for years to come.
Commanders UPDATE
By Sam Iannuzzi
Donovan McNabb isn't the only new quarterback in Washington this season. The Commanders also added a pair of signal callers with starts on their résumé - Rex Grossman and John Beck. Grossman started 31 games over six seasons with the Chicago Bears but only saw action in one game as a backup in Houston last year. Beck, who was acquired via trade on Aug. 2, started four games as a Dolphins' rookie in 2007 but did not attempt a pass in 2008 and again last season after moving on to Baltimore.
The Commanders drafted former Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly in the second round of the 2008 draft to develop another weapon to the attack. However, in two seasons, Kelly has battled nagging injuries and inconsistency. He's started 10 games, has 28 career receptions and has yet to score an NFL touchdown. And now he is out for the season with a hamstring injury, having been placed on IR.
Washington defensive backs coach Bob Slowik was a defensive assistant on the Cowboys coaching staff in 1992 when Dallas won Super Bowl XXVII. Slowik then left Dallas to join Dave Wannstedt's staff in Chicago when the former Cowboys defensive coordinator was named the Bears head coach for the following season. Washington is Slowik's sixth NFL stop.
Fred Davis started last season with few expectations as the Commanders second-string tight end. That all changed when starting tight end Chris Cooley suffered a season-ending fractured ankle against Philadelphia on Oct. 26. Davis ended up starting 10 games and caught 48 passes, 41 of which came after Cooley's injury. Davis also led the team with three touchdown receptions.
The Commanders are banking on veteran Josh Bidwell to settle in as the team's regular punter. Bidwell, in his 11th NFL?season, has punted for both Green Bay and Tampa Bay, making the Pro Bowl with the Buccaneers following the 2005 season. Bidwell missed all of last year with a hip injury, then was signed by the Commanders as an unrestricted free agent in March. Washington used four different punters in 2009.
FOCUS on DONOVAN McNABB
The last time the Cowboys saw Donovan McNabb he was wearing the familiar green and silver of the Philadelphia Eagles. He was also on the back end of consecutive poor performances in lopsided losses to Dallas in a division championship showdown the final week of the season and in a first-round playoff game the very next Saturday. The Cowboys won both by a combined score of 58-14.
Mostly, McNabb and the Eagles were in the losing column of the scoreboard because he was on his backside a good portion of the time. The Cowboys chased him all over the field en route to eight sacks over two games. McNabb was a combined 39 of 73 passing for 453 yards, did not throw an interception but did fumble three times, losing two. He then earned the wrath of some Philly folks when he intimated that the Eagles younger players made mistakes that cost the team in each loss.
After a few months of speculation that had McNabb going to Oakland or Minnesota via trade, the former Syracuse star woke up from a post-Easter brunch nap to the shocking news that the Eagles had traded him to their bitter rival located a short drive down Interstate 95.
The Commanders seemed like an unlikely trading partner but in the end they offered the Eagles a couple of moderately high draft picks (second round this year, conditional third next) and McNabb a quarterback-friendly new coach (Mike Shanahan) of a team with obsessed, success-starved fans that won just four games in 2009.
The beginning of the Washington chapter of McNabb's career begins, ironically, against the same team as the one that marked the end of the Philadelphia story - maybe. McNabb, who has missed parts of five of the last six seasons with an assortment of injuries, sprained his ankle against Baltimore and missed the final two games of the preseason. Although it appears likely McNabb will recover in time for the opener against the Cowboys, his status for the game is much like his future - uncertain.
SERIES HISTORY
COWBOYS VS Commanders
The Cowboys and Commanders have played at least twice a season every year since 1961 ... Not surprisingly, Dallas has played Washington more times (100 games) than any other NFL franchise ... The Cowboys won both meetings during the 2009 season (7-6 and 17-0), the first time since 2005, when Washington won both games, that either team has swept the season series ... This is the ninth time the sides have met in the regular-season opener and the seventh at Washington ... Dallas leads the series in wins with 59, including six on opening day ... Washington's only victory against Dallas in the season opener was a 35-16 win to start the 1993 campaign ... The teams first opened the season against each other on Sept. 16, 1962. The game ended 35-35, just the second tie in the series history. The only other tie game between Dallas and Washington came on Nov. 11, 1961 in Dallas, 28-28.
All-Time Results • Dallas Leads Series, 59-39-2
Date Site Winner Score Att.
10/9/60 Washington Washington 14-26 21,142
11/19/61 Dallas Tie 28-28 17,500
12/17/61 Washington Washington 24-34 21,451
9/16/62 Dallas Tie 35-35 15,730
11/4/62 Washington Dallas 38-10 49,888
9/29/63 Washington Washington 17-21 40,101
11/3/63 Dallas Dallas 35-20 18,838
9/20/64 Dallas Dallas 24-18 25,158
11/22/64 Washington Washington 16-28 49,219
9/26/65 Dallas Dallas 27-7 61,577
11/28/65 Washington Washington 31-34 50,205
11/13/66 Washington Dallas 31-30 50,927
12/11/66 Dallas Washington 31-34 64,198
10/8/67 Washington Dallas 17-14 50,566
11/19/67 Dallas Washington 20-27 75,538
11/17/68 Dallas Dallas 29-20 66,076
11/28/68 Washington Dallas 44-24 50,816
11/16/69 Washington Dallas 41-28 50,474
12/21/69 Dallas Dallas 20-10 56,924
11/22/70 Washington Dallas 45-21 50,415
12/6/70 Dallas Dallas 34-0 57,936
10/3/71 Dallas Washington 16-20 72,000
11/21/71 Washington Dallas 13-0 53,041
10/22/72 Washington Washington 20-24 53,039
12/9/72 Dallas Dallas 34-24 65,136
12/31/72* Washington Washington 3-26 53,129
10/8/73 Washington Washington 7-14 54,314
12/9/73 Dallas Dallas 27-7 64,458
11/17/74 Washington Washington 21-28 54,395
11/28/74 Dallas Dallas 24-23 63,243
11/2/75 Washington Washington 24-30 (OT) 55,004
12/13/75 Dallas Dallas 31-10 61,091
10/31/76 Washington Dallas 20-7 55,004
12/12/76 Dallas Washington 14-27 59,916
10/16/77 Dallas Dallas 34-16 62,115
11/27/77 Washington Dallas 14-7 55,031
10/2/78 Washington Washington 5-9 55,031
11/23/78 Dallas Dallas 37-10 64,905
11/18/79 Washington Washington 20-34 55,031
12/16/79 Dallas Dallas 35-34 62,867
9/8/80 Washington Dallas 17-3 55,045
11/23/80 Dallas Dallas 14-10 58,809
9/6/81 Washington Dallas 26-10 55,045
11/22/81 Dallas Dallas 24-10 64,583
12/5/82 Washington Dallas 24-10 54,633
1/22/83* Washington Washington 17-31 55,045
9/5/83 Washington Dallas 31-30 55,045
12/11/83 Dallas Washington 10-31 65,074
10/14/84 Washington Washington 14-34 55,431
12/9/84 Dallas Washington 28-30 64,286
9/9/85 Dallas Dallas 44-14 62,292
11/10/85 Washington Dallas 13-7 55,750
10/12/86 Dallas Dallas 30-6 63,264
11/23/86 Washington Washington 14-41 55,642
10/19/87 Dallas Washington 7-13 60,415
12/13/87 Washington Washington 20-24 54,882
10/9/88 Dallas Washington 17-35 63,235
12/11/88 Washington Dallas 24-17 51,526
9/24/89 Dallas Washington 7-30 63,200
11/5/89 Washington Dallas 13-3 53,187
9/23/90 Washington Washington 15-19 53,804
11/22/90 Dallas Dallas 27-17 60,355
9/9/91 Dallas Washington 31-33 63,025
11/24/91 Washington Dallas 24-21 55,561
9/7/92 Dallas Dallas 23-10 63,538
12/13/92 Washington Washington 17-20 56,437
9/6/93 Washington Washington 16-35 53,345
12/26/93 Dallas Dallas 38-3 64,497
10/2/94 Washington Dallas 34-7 55,394
11/20/94 Dallas Dallas 31-7 64,644
10/1/95 Washington Washington 23-27 55,489
12/3/95 Dallas Washington 17-24 64,866
11/28/96 Dallas Dallas 21-10 64,955
12/22/96 Washington Washington 10-37 56,454
10/13/97 Washington Washington 21-16 76,159
11/16/97 Dallas Dallas 17-14 64,559
10/4/98 Washington Dallas 31-10 72,284
12/27/98 Dallas Dallas 23-7 63,565
9/12/99 Washington Dallas 41-35 (OT) 79,237
10/24/99 Dallas Dallas 38-20 64,377
9/18/00 Washington Dallas 27-21 84,431
12/10/00 Dallas Dallas 32-13 63,467
10/15/01 Dallas Dallas 9-7 63,941
12/2/01 Washington Dallas 20-14 85,112
11/28/02 Dallas Dallas 27-20 63,606
12/29/02 Washington Washington 14-20 84,142
11/2/03 Dallas Dallas 21-14 64,002
12/14/03 Washington Dallas 27-0 70,284
9/27/04 Washington Dallas 21-18 90,367
12/26/04 Dallas Dallas 13-10 63,705
9/19/05 Dallas Washington 13-14 65,207
12/18/05 Washington Washington 7-35 90,588
9/17/06 Dallas Dallas 27-10 63,153
11/5/06 Washington Washington 19-22 90,250
11/18/07 Dallas Dallas 28-23 63,706
12/30/07 Washington Washington 6-27 90,910
9/28/08 Dallas Washington 24-26 63,462
11/16/08 Washington Dallas 14-10 90,830
11/22/09 Dallas Dallas 7-6 85,277
12/27/09 Washington Dallas 17-0 88,221
2010 Sept. 12 at Washington
2010 Dec. 19 at Dallas
*NFC Championship Game
