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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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
"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.
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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. 
The
Cowboys clinched a playoff spot for the first time in three years Sunday,
beating the New York
Giants
19-3 at Texas Stadium 
LANDOVER,
Md. (Dec. 14, 2003) -- Rain, mud and defense, defense, defense. A perfect Bill
Parcells recipe
to get the Dallas Cowboys back on track. 
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. 
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. 
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.
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.
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
IRVING, Texas (Oct. 5,
2003) -- Emmitt Smith's return to Texas Stadium was painful, brief and the least
productive of his career. 
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.
