Historically, the more we've run the ball in the red zone, the greater our TD percentage. Out two best seasons in the red zone (2006 and 2008), we ran more than half the time. Our two worst seasons (2011 and 2012) were when we ran the least.
Percentage of red zone plays that were runs
Cowboys' offensive rank in red zone TD%
2006 61.5% (5th)
2007 49.3% (15th)
2008 50.9% (8th)
2009 47.0% (18th)
2010 49.0% (9th)
2011 43.2% (20th)
2012 32.5% (20th)
We've had 16 red zone plays in our first two games this year. 12 passes and 4 runs (and one of the "runs" was a botched snap).
Here is the percentage of plays from inside the 10-yard line that were runs, along with red zone TD rank:
2006 64.1% (5th)
2007 45.9% (15th)
2008 53.5% (8th)
2009 48.8% (18th)
2010 58.9% (9th)
2011 40.7% (20th)
2012 42.9% (20th)
When we've run more than passed inside the 10, our average red zone rank is 7th.
When we've passed more than run, the average rank is 18th.
Plays that resulted in TD or 1st down (from 10-yard line in), 2012:
38.1% of 21 runs
35.7% of 28 passes