Dallas Cowboys historical notes from win over Washington Commanders

The Dallas Cowboys took care of enterprise on Sunday in opposition to the Washington Commanders and it’s nonetheless onerous to consider. With the Cowboys again in motion so quickly on Thanksgiving Day there’s not a ton of dwelling on the sport, even when it yielded optimistic outcomes, however earlier than we absolutely bury it we should always pay attention to issues that had been spectacular in sure respects.

That is the place our the useful instruments at Stathead and Professional Soccer Reference come into play. Each week we use their choices to look by each Dallas Cowboys franchise historical past and NFL historical past at massive to see how sure issues that simply occurred stack up relative to the report books.

Listed here are this week’s historic notes. Fortunately they’re lastly of the optimistic selection!

The Dallas Cowboys have their twelfth hat trick in opposition to the Washington franchise

In case you didn’t notice, the Cowboys beat the Washington franchise for the third time in a row on Sunday. That it’s the twelfth win streak of no less than three video games that Dallas has had in opposition to Washington all through all of time.

The Dallas Cowboys have gained three video games in a row in opposition to the Washington franchise.
It’s the twelfth successful streak of no less than three video games that Dallas has had in opposition to Washington all-time.
Washington has solely had a successful streak of no less than three video games in opposition to Dallas twice.

You’ll be aware that the Washington franchise has solely achieved such a streak on two events.

Little brothers keep little brothers.

A Cowboys operating again hit 19 carries which has not been a standard factor

Right here these days the Cowboys have stated that they’re committing to Rico Dowdle as their lead again. It solely took them till mid-November to comprehend that this was in the very best curiosity of the workforce, however no less than they landed on the right conclusion.

On account of this Dowdle had 19 carries throughout Sunday’s win. It was solely the second time all season {that a} Cowboys runner was given the ball no less than 19 groups as Dowdle additionally had 20 carries within the workforce’s earlier win on the street in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Over the past three seasons (this one clearly isn’t completed) there have solely been 10 cases now of a operating again on the workforce getting no less than 19 carries. This isn’t to say “in case you run the ball 19 occasions you’ll robotically win!” however it’s fascinating to notice how occasionally the Cowboys have devoted a lot work to 1 participant.

A win regardless of permitting 412 yards with a backup quarterback is type of a Mike McCarthy particular

A lot of the general statistics of this recreation are/had been inflated by the chaotic ending, notably the huge landing that Washington had. However the numbers are the numbers and all informed the Commanders completed the sport with 412 whole yards in opposition to the Cowboys protection. The Cowboys have solely gained six video games underneath Mike McCarthy when permitting no less than 412 yards and would you consider that 4 of them had been with a backup quarterback underneath middle!

All three video games from 2020 featured Andy Dalton enjoying quarterback, however this little discovering is considerably fascinating. In case you are on the lookout for a single takeaway it’s most likely nothing actual, but it surely no less than partly means that McCarthy may help a backup quarterback energy by when all the things else is falling aside. This recreation wasn’t fairly that, clearly.

Washington is an ideal alternative for Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks lately

With regards to quarterbacks, Cooper Rush threw for over 240 yards, had two passing touchdowns and posted a completion share of 75%. That could be a very stable day on the workplace.

The final time {that a} Cowboys quarterback met these particular thresholds in a recreation was the final time they traveled to Washington (Week 18 of final season) when Dak Prescott did it.

Shout out to the Commanders.

Luke Schoonmaker had fairly the day for a Dallas Cowboys tight finish

We’ve got seen tight finish Luke Schoonmaker actually profit from his alternatives since Jake Ferguson suffered a concussion early on in opposition to the Houston Texans. Think about that Schoonmaker has posted back-to-back video games with no less than 55 yards receiving.

On this recreation particularly, Schoonmaker had 55 precisely and caught a landing. On condition that he had three receptions some fast math will inform you that he averaged over 18 yards per receptions.

This was solely the twenty first time in franchise historical past {that a} Cowboys tight finish had no less than 55 yards per reception whereas averaging no less than 18 per with a landing as well.

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Jayden Daniels now shares firm with Sonny Jurgensen relative to the Dallas Cowboys

As soon as once more, among the numbers concerned on this recreation had been inflated by the tip. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels had an enormous landing that basically modified what his field rating seems like, however the play was actual and occurred so it clearly counts.

That being stated, Daniels threw for 275 yards and had two touchdowns all whereas posting a completion share north of 65%. This was solely the twenty fourth time {that a} quarterback did this in a dropping effort in opposition to the Cowboys and as you may see in case you scroll all the way in which down, among the greatest quarterbacks in Washington franchise historical past are on the listing.

Possibly that’s excellent news for younger Jayden.

KaVontae Turpin is performing some fairly unbelievable issues and making them look regular

KaVontae Turpin returned a kickoff for a landing for the primary time in his profession on this recreation and what a return it was. Whereas that particular return stands out, he had a extremely stable day in that division usually and has put himself in some uncommon area because of this.

Over the past decade there have been 9 cases of a participant averaging no less than 44 yards per kickoff return with no less than 4 returns whole in a single recreation. You possibly can see that the final two cases belong to Turpin from mid-October to now.

Turpin is proving to be not only a serviceable return man, however an absolute weapon in that a part of the sport general. It’s wonderful to see.

The final two years have every featured a 4-7 workforce reaching the playoffs

It’s comprehensible if you wish to scoff at this concept, however we’re right here to speak about all related issues and there are probably some people who find themselves questioning if the playoffs are instantly one thing which might be again on the desk for the Cowboys.

For what it’s price, Dallas is now formally 4-7 and is taking a look at simply eight groups throughout all of NFL historical past for steerage on tips on how to flip that right into a postseason berth.

As you may see there have certainly been solely eight groups to be 4-7 (or worse) and play past the common season. It ought to be famous that the final 5 cases of this occurring have all occurred since 2008 and all featured groups finally successful subpar divisions. That won’t possible be the case for Dallas on condition that the Philadelphia Eagles are actually distancing themselves within the NFC East race.

Nonetheless although, these are the numbers in case you are curious. Apparently every of the final two seasons has seen a workforce rise from 4-7 to playoff soccer and so they every even gained a playoff recreation on prime of it.

Time will inform what the long run has in retailer for the Cowboys.