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Dez Bryant caught one pass for 44 yards. He now has 3,620 career receiving yards and passed Terrell Owens (3,587) for ninth in Cowboys history.

Dwayne Harris returned five kickoffs for 121 yards to give him 1,086 career kickoff return yards and become the 18th player in club history with 1,000 kickoff return yards.

Along with his 676 punt return yards, Harris became the sixth player in franchise history with 1,000-plus kickoff return yards and 500-plus punt return yards.

Harris’ 1,086 career kickoff return yards moved him past Kelvin Martin (997), Kevin Mathis (1,029) and Craig Baynham (1,035) for 16th in squad history.

DeMarco Murray rushed 16 times for 89 yards and a touchdown tonight. He now has 436 career rushing attempts to pass Amos Marsh (427) for 14th in Cowboys history.

Murray’s 89 rushing yards gave him 2,108 for his career and allowed him to pass Amos Marsh (2,065) for 13th in club history.

Tony Romo completed 10-of-24 passes (41.7%) for 128 yards and a touchdown tonight.

Romo now has 3,610 career attempts and passed Steve Grogan (3,593) and Joe Theismann and Ken O’Brien (3,602 each) for 62nd in NFL history.

Romo’s 10 completions tonight gave him 2,336 career completions to pass Chris Chandler (2,328) for 44th in league history.

For his career, Romo now has 28,418 passing yards to pass Y.A. Tittle (28,339) for 48th all-time in NFL history.

Romo’s touchdown toss tonight gave him at least one in each of the previous 23 games and extend his club record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass.

Romo’s scoring toss was the 198th of his career and broke a tie with Ken Anderson for 38th all-time in NFL history.

Terrance Williams now has 29 catches for 498 yards and five touchdowns through 10 games of his rookie season. All-time among Dallas Cowboys rookies, Williams receptions are tied for ninth in a season, while his yards are seventh and touchdowns are tied for fourth.

Cowboys Rookie Receptions (Season)

Player Rec. Season

Herschel Walker.............. 76 1986

Bob Hayes........................ 47 1965

Dez Bryant........................ 45 2010

Antonio Bryant.................. 44 2002

Mike Sherrard................... 41 1986

Jason Witten..................... 35 2003

Michael Irvin...................... 32 1988

Don Perkins..................... 32 1961

Billy Joe DuPree.............. 29 1973

Tony Dorsett..................... 29 1977

Terrance Williams......... 29 2013

Cowboys Rookie Receiving Yards (Season)

Player Yards Season

Bob Hayes.................. 1,023 1965

Herschel Walker........... 837 1986

Mike Sherrard................ 744 1986

Antonio Bryant................ 733 2002

Michael Irvin................... 654 1988

Dez Bryant..................... 561 2010

Terrance Williams....... 498 2013



Cowboys Rookie Rec. TDs (Season)

Player TDs Season

Bob Hayes........................ 12 1965

Antonio Bryant.................... 6 2002

Dez Bryant.......................... 6 2010

Billy Joe DuPree................ 5 1973

Mike Sherrard..................... 5 1986

Michael Irvin........................ 5 1988

Terrance Williams............ 5 2013

With his two catches for 27 yards, Jason Witten has now caught at least one pass in 80 straight games and trails only Michael Irvin (117 from 1990-98) for the team record. Witten’s last game without a reception was at the N.Y. Giants (11/2/08).

Witten now has 853 career catches to break a tie with Irving Fryar (851) for sole possession of 19th in NFL history.

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