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   Dallas Cowboys 2003 Game Day Results  


NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 28, 2003) -- For the New Orleans Saints, Donte' Stallworth's big day was too little too late. For the Dallas Cowboys it was a negative end to a positive turnaround.

Stallworth's 76-yard touchdown reception in the Saints' 13-7 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday sent Dallas into the playoffs on a down note and New Orleans home happier.

"I'm just disappointed," Dallas coach Bill Parcells said. "When you don't get your best and you don't do your best, it's disappointing."

Dallas (10-6) had already clinched a playoff spot, but the loss dropped the Cowboys to the sixth seed in the NFC. The real winner was Seattle, which sneaked into the No. 5 seed under the NFL's complicated playoff formula.

After three straight 5-11 seasons, the Cowboys have had a remarkable turnaround in Parcells' first season as coach. Dallas clinched its first playoff spot since 1999 last week, which might have led to a letdown against the Saints.

The Cowboys clinched a playoff spot for the first time in three years Sunday, beating the New York Giants 19-3 at Texas Stadium

The Cowboys (10-5) still could fall as low as the sixth seed if they lose their final contest to the Saints and a combination of other factors occur.

As of now, the Cowboys are the wild-card team with the best record. The second wild- card team is yet to be determined, but will be either Seattle (10-6), or the loser of the NFC North, Minnesota (9-6) or Green Bay (8-6). The division winner with the worst record will be the fourth seed and face the wild-card team with the best record, the fifth seed.
 

LANDOVER, Md. (Dec. 14, 2003) -- Rain, mud and defense, defense, defense. A perfect Bill Parcells recipe to get the Dallas Cowboys back on track.

Rookie Terence Newman tied a team record with three interceptions, Pete Hunter had two fumble recoveries and an interception, and Troy Hambrick ran for a career-high 189 yards Sunday to power the Cowboys to a 27-0 victory over the Washington Redskins.

It was the first shutout in the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry in 32 years and the first time Washington coach Steve Spurrier has been held scoreless in a regular season game since he was with Duke in 1987. The Redskins also hadn't been shut out at home in 10 years.

The victory kept the Cowboys (9-5) in solid position for a wild card berth in coach Parcells' first season with the team.

   With yet another chance to prove themselves as something more than a playoff team Sunday, the Cowboys limped out of Philadelphia with a 36-10 loss in front of 69,773 at spanking new Lincoln Financial Field, which was just as inhospitable as Veterans Stadium.

For the first time under coach Bill Parcells, the Cowboys have lost two in a row, and they are now two games behind the Eagles in the NFC East with three to play.

Less than a month after optimism reigned, the Cowboys find themselves slipping back into the wild-card chase at 8-5.

"It's about as upset at the team as I've been," Parcells said. "I hate to keep using, 'We're young,' and we are, but you only get so many chances to do things. We've had two weeks in a row ... one week we didn't respond, and this week we tried to respond. We did well early on and we were ready to play the game, then we just can't keep it."

Sunday marked the Cowboys' third straight road loss, and two of the final three games are away from Texas Stadium. There's nothing next week's foe, Washington, would like more than to further hinder the Cowboys' playoff plans with a win.

Even the No. 1-ranked defense in the NFL can have an off day. The Cowboys’ top-rated unit proved that Thursday afternoon, surrendering three first-half touchdowns to the Miami Dolphins.

The Cowboys’ 40-21 loss to the Dolphins dropped them out of a first-place tie with Philadelphia in the NFC East. With an 8-4 record, the Cowboys will head into Philadelphia next Sunday either tied or a game behind the Eagles, who play 8-3 Carolina on Sunday.

11/23/03 - Against a team that could be their mirror image, the Cowboys had to reach deep into their playbook to pull out a 24-20 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Jeff Robinson, used primarily as a long-snapper, scored a third-quarter touchdown on his first catch of the season and Aveion Cason ran in the game-winning TD on an option play as Dallas improved to 8-3 to stay in a first-place tie with the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East. Quincy Carter threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to their highest scoring output in their last five games. "We have a lot of football left, but we're going to be in the hunt for a while," said coach Bill Parcells. "I think we've got a real shot to do something here."

11/16/03 - Bill Parcells' personal winning streak against his former teams came to an end Sunday night in New England as the Patriots blanked the Cowboys 12-0. Dallas struggled with penalties all night and were unable to capitalize on good field position and a time of possession advantage to put points on the board. It's the second time this season the Cowboys have been shutout with the previous shutout coming against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers three weeks ago.
 

11/09/03 - The Bill Parcells era continues to move ahead successfully. The Cowboys kept the Bills out of the end zone while doing just enough on offense to put together a 10-6 win at Texas Stadium on Sunday. Veteran running back Adrian Murrell had 16 carries for 76 yards while quarterback Quincy Carter kept the offense in good graces with 116 passing yards and a touchdown to Dan Campbell. Eight Cowboys defenders had at least four tackles or more.
 "This is a young team that doesn't understand everything there is to understand about what this league is," Parcells said following the game. "The more you win, the more that people get ready for you. You're going to run into some tough games."
 

Irving, Texas -11/02/03 - In a game in which precision took a backseat, the Cowboys were able to pull out a 21-14 victory over Washington Sunday at Texas Stadium. Dallas (6-2) maintains a one-game lead in the NFC East over Philadelphia, which held on to win at Atlanta Sunday. Washington fell to 3-5.

The most amazing thing about Sunday's two-hour first half was that the Cowboys were able to take a 7-6 lead despite four turnovers and two penalties that negated 2 touchdowns.
          
 

10/26/03 - The Cowboys offense never got started on Sunday against the Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay as their five-game winning streak was snapped, 16-0. Quincy Carter was intercepted twice and sacked five times as the Cowboys were shutout for the first time since 2000. Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica connected on three-of-four field goals while Cowboys kicker Billy Cundiff saw his streak of 12-straight field goals snapped with a miss from 41 yards. The Cowboys fall to 5-2 for the season.

 

10/19/03 - Quincy Carter, meet Terry Glenn. After the pair connected for just one
 touchdown in the first five games, Carter found Glenn for three touchdowns in the first half alone as the Cowboys routed the Detroit Lions 38-7 on Sunday. Carter finished 18 of 25 for 190 yards before giving way to Chad Hutchinson in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys defense was dominant, holding the Detroit  Lions to 56 total yards in the first half and just 157 yards for the game. Dallas improved to 5-1 for the first time since 1995.

 

 
Irving, Texas 10/12/03 - A 28-yard field goal from Billy Cundiff with 1:11 remaining and a fumble recovery on a Donovan McNabb sack with 49 seconds remaining gave the Cowboys a 23-21 victory Sunday in Texas Stadium for their fourth consecutive win.

 

  IRVING, Texas (Oct. 5, 2003) -- Emmitt Smith's return to Texas Stadium was painful, brief and the least productive of his career.

Smith's former Dallas Cowboys teammates bashed him hard on six of the eight times he touched the ball and savored every hit. Roy Williams delivered the knockout blow, spraining Smith's left shoulder with a charging pop early in the second quarter.

Dallas already was leading by a touchdown, then went on to beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-7.  Giving the Cowboys a three-game winning streak for the first time since they were 3-0 in 1999.

   
Bill Parcells has his new team feeling right at home, as the Cowboys captured their second consecutive win at Giants Stadium Sunday, punching out a 17-6 victory.

"We knew it was going to be hard-fought game here today," said Parcells, who was even doused with a Gatorade bucket of water after beating another one of his former teams. "It was a scuffle. Both teams played hard, but I'm glad we were able to get some things done and get out of here with a win." And not only did the Cowboys pick up another win away from home, marking the first time in five seasons to collect consecutive road victories, but the team was able to show improvement in several areas deemed questionable two weeks ago.

 
  In their win over the Giants, the Cowboys moved inside New York's 20 six times. They scored one touchdown. The good news is the Cowboys scored on each of those possessions for 22 points, but it's hard to win games if a team consistently settles for three points instead of seven.

If Dallas had scored touchdowns on one or two of its earlier possessions, New York probably wouldn't have been in position to mount a fourth-quarter rally.

The Cowboys did meet Parcells' objective of scoring seven points for every 100 yards of offense, though they needed kicker Billy Cundiff to tie the franchise and NFL record of seven field goals to do it. The Cowboys won 35-32 in overtime.

Not even Bill Parcells can keep the Dallas Cowboys from making the kind of mistakes that lead to losses.

Despite vowing to be more disciplined and to play smarter, the Cowboys were as sloppy as they were under coaches Dave Campo, Chan Gailey and Barry Switzer in losing 27-13 to the Atlanta Falcons in their first game for Parcells.

Quincy Carter offset some big plays with a fumble and an ill-advised pass that was intercepted, while the rest of the offense made silly penalties. The defense went from a good first half to a porous second half. And kicker Billy Cundiff missed a short field goal and an extra point.

"That's a recipe for disaster," Parcells said. 

 

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