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| team = Dallas Cowboys
| year = 2009
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| record = 2-1
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| division_place = 3rd [[NFC East]]
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| coach = [[Wade Phillips]]
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Revision as of 23:25, 4 October 2009

2009 Dallas Cowboys season
Head coachWade Phillips
Home fieldCowboys Stadium
Results
Record2-2
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishTBD
Uniform
File:NFCE-Uniform-DAL.PNG

The 2009 Dallas Cowboys season is the 50th season for the team in the National Football League. It is the team's first season playing at Cowboys Stadium.

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game Site TV
Final score Team record
1 August 13 9:00pm CDT at Oakland Raiders L 31-10 0-1 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2 August 21 7:00pm CDT Tennessee Titans W 30-10 1-1 Cowboys Stadium FOX
3 August 29 7:00pm CDT San Francisco 49ers L 20-13 1-2 Cowboys Stadium NBC Recap
4 September 4 7:00pm CDT at Minnesota Vikings W 35-31 2-2 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome CBS

Regular Season

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game Site TV NFL Recap
Final score Team record
1 September 13 12noon CDT at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 34-21 1-0 Raymond James Stadium Fox
2 September 20 7:20pm CDT New York Giants L 31-33 1-1 Cowboys Stadium NBC
3 Sept. 28 (Monday) 7:30pm CDT Carolina Panthers W 21-7 2-1 Cowboys Stadium ESPN
4 October 4 3:15pm CDT at Denver Broncos L 17-10 2-2 Invesco Field at Mile High Fox
5 October 11 12noon CDT at Kansas City Chiefs † Arrowhead Stadium Fox
6 Bye
7 October 25 3:15pm CDT Atlanta Falcons Cowboys Stadium Fox
8 November 1 12noon CST Seattle Seahawks Cowboys Stadium Fox
9 November 8 7:20 p.m. CST at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field NBC
10 November 15 3:15pm CST at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field Fox
11 November 22 3:15pm CST * Washington Redskins Cowboys Stadium Fox
12 Nov. 26 (Thursday) 3:15pm CST Oakland Raiders † Cowboys Stadium CBS
13 December 6 3:15pm CST at New York Giants Giants Stadium Fox
14 December 13 3:15pm CST * San Diego Chargers Cowboys Stadium CBS
15 Dec. 19 (Saturday) 7:20pm CST at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome NFLN
16 December 27 7:20pm CST * at Washington Redskins FedExField NBC
17 January 3, 2010 12noon CST * Philadelphia Eagles Cowboys Stadium Fox
NOTES:

Division games are in bold text.

All game dates are on Sunday unless indicated otherwise.

An asterisk (*) indicates that Sunday kickoffs from Weeks 11-17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling. However, due to intra-division flex-scheduling procedures, the Week 13 game at the N.Y. Giants cannot be flexed into primetime.

† These two games are among the 16 that the NFL has designated as "AFL Legacy Games", in honor of the 50th anniversary of the AFL. The Cowboys will wear their throwback uniforms during those two games, as will the Kansas City Chiefs (formerly the Dallas Texans) and the Oakland Raiders[1].

Regular season results

Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 6 7 7 14 34
Buccaneers 0 7 0 14 21

at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

The Cowboys began their season at Raymond James Stadium for a Week 1 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Dallas shot first as kicker Nick Folk got a 51-yard and a 22-yard field goal. The Buccaneers responded in the second quarter as running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams got a 1-yard touchdown run. The Cowboys regain the lead as quarterback Tony Romo completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Miles Austin.

Dallas would increase their lead in the third quarter as Romo completed a 66-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roy Williams. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay answered with running back Derrick Ward getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet the Cowboys struck right back with Romo completing an 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Crayton, along with running back Marion Barber getting a 6-yard touchdown run. Afterwards, Tampa Bay's rally only produced a 2-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Byron Leftwich to tight end Kellen Winslow.

With the win, Dallas began its season at 1-0.

Week 2: vs. New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 10 10 0 13 33
Cowboys 7 10 7 7 31

at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Coming off their road win over the Buccaneers, the Cowboys would play their very first regular season home game at the new Cowboys Stadium. With an NFL-record regular season crowd on hand, Dallas would play a Sunday night game against their NFC East rival, the New York Giants.

In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes got a 30-yard field goal. Dallas would respond with running back Marion Barber getting a 2-yard touchdown run, but New York would retake the lead as cornerback Bruce Johnson returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Giants would add onto their lead as Tynes made a 28-yard field goal. The Cowboys would take the lead as quarterback Tony Romo completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten, yet New York went back on top as quarterback Eli Manning complted a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mario Manningham. Dallas would close out the half as kicker Nick Folk made a 47-yard field goal.

The Cowboys would regain the lead in the third quarter as Romo got a 3-yard touchdown run. However, in the fourth quarter, the Giants again got the lead as Manning completed a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Smith, followed by Tynes kicking a 36-yard field goal. Dallas once again got the lead as running back Felix Jones got a 7-yard touchdown run, but New York got the last laugh as Tynes nailed the game-winning 37-yard field goal.

With the loss, the Cowboys fell to 1-1.

Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 7 0 0 7
Cowboys 0 0 10 11 21

at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Hoping to rebound from their tough divisional loss to the Giants, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 3 Monday night duel with the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas would trail in the second quarter as Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dante Rosario. The Cowboys would take control in the third quarter as kicker Nick Folk nailed a 24-yard field goal, followed by running back Tashard Choice getting a 5-yard touchdown run. Dallas would pull away with Folk's 19-yard field goal and cornerback Terence Newman returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown (with Choice getting the 2-point conversion run).

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 2-1.

Week 4: at Denver Broncos

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 10 0 0 0 10
Broncos 0 7 0 10 17

at Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado

Division standings

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(3) Dallas Cowboys 11 5 0 .688 4–2 9–3 361 250 W3
(6) Philadelphia Eagles 11 5 0 .688 4–2 9–3 429 337 L1
New York Giants 8 8 0 .500 4–2 6–6 402 427 L2
Washington Redskins 4 12 0 .250 0–6 2–10 266 336 L3

Players

Movement

After news reports about a 2007 shooting allegation surfaced, the Cowboys released talented but controversial starting cornerback Adam Jones on February 9, 2009.[2] Their next move was to release backup quarterback Brad Johnson on February 26, 2009 and to not re-sign QB Brooks Bollinger.[3] The Cowboys had been 1-3 when Johnson started in 2008. Two days later, the Cowboys traded starting cornerback Anthony Henry, age 32, to the Detroit Lions in exchange for quarterback Jon Kitna to back up starting quarterback Tony Romo.[4] The same day the team signed five-time Pro Bowl, two-time second-team All-Pro linebacker Keith Brooking away from the Atlanta Falcons.[5] The 33-year-old Brooking had led the Falcons in sacks the previous eight seasons, and he signed a three-year deal worth $7.8 million and includes $2.5 million guaranteed.[6]

The team lost starting defensive end Chris Canty to the New York Giants on March 1, 2009.[7] To fill the need left by Canty's departure, the team signed former Chargers defensive end Igor Olshansky to a four-year, $18 million contract, with $8 million guaranteed on March 6, 2009.[8] Linebacker Matt Stewart, who played for Wade Phillips in Atlanta, and had 108 tackles in 2003, signed a one-year contract on March 3, 2009.[9] Stewart helped replace free-agent linebacker Kevin Burnett, who signed a two-year contract worth $5.5 million with a $2 million signing bonus to play for the San Diego Chargers.[10]

On March 4, 2009, the Cowboys cut Terrell Owens, a five-time All-Pro wide receiver who ranks second in NFL history in career touchdowns.[11] The next morning, the team also released five-time Pro Bowl strong safety Roy Williams. Williams had struggled to excel in the 3-4 defense Phillips installed when he became head coach.[12] The Cowboys bolstered its secondary in the wake of Williams' departure by signing strong safety Gerald Sensabaugh, who started 13 games in 2008 for the Jacksonville Jaguars, to a one-year, $1.75 million deal.[10]

In April, the Cowboys addressed their restricted free agents, whose signing period ran through April 17, 2009.[13] Offensive lineman Cory Procter signed a one-year tender offer on April 4, 2009.[14] Defensive end Stephen Bowen also signed a tender offer two days later.[15] Wide receiver Sam Hurd signed a one-year offer worth $1.545 million on April 20, 2009.[13] The team signed their final restricted free agent, wide receiver Miles Austin, and both exclusive-rights free agents, running back Alonzo Coleman and tight end Rodney Hannah, to one-year contracts worth $1.54 million, $385,000, and $310,000 respectively on April 23, 2009.[16]

The team released thirty-four year-old, Pro-Bowl defensive end Greg Ellis on June 2, 2009. The move saved the Cowboys $4.15 million.[17]

Free agents in 2009

RFA: Restricted free-agent, UFA: Unrestricted free-agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent

Position Player Free agency
tag		 Date signed 2009 team
OG/OL Joe Berger UFA February 27, 2009 Miami Dolphins[18]
WR Miles Austin RFA April 23, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[16]
QB Brooks Bollinger UFA
DE Stephen Bowen RFA April 6, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[15]
LB Kevin Burnett UFA March 10, 2009 San Diego Chargers[10]
DE Chris Canty UFA March 1, 2009 New York Giants[7]
RB Alonzo Coleman ERFA April 23, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[16]
OT Marc Colombo UFA December 25, 2008 Dallas Cowboys[19]
TE Tony Curtis UFA April 24, 2009 Kansas City Chiefs[20]
SS Keith Davis UFA May 21, 2009 Oakland Raiders[21]
TE Rodney Hannah ERFA April 23, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[16]
WR Sam Hurd RFA April 20, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[13]
QB Brad Johnson Released February 26, 2009 TBD[3]
DL Tank Johnson UFA April 7, 2009 Cincinnati Bengals[22]
CB Adam Jones Released February 9, 2009 TBD[2]
P Sam Paulescu UFA
LB Carlos Polk UFA
OG Cory Procter RFA April 4, 2009 Dallas Cowboys[14]
LB Zach Thomas UFA April 13, 2009 Kansas City Chiefs[23]

2009 NFL Draft selections

Main article: 2009 NFL Draft
2009 Dallas Cowboys NFL Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position Height Weight College
Round Pick
3 69 (from CLE) Jason Williams Outside linebacker 6 ft 3 in 235 lb Western Illinois
3 75 (from BUF) Robert Brewster Offensive tackle 6 ft 4 in 325 lb Ball State
4 101 (from DET) Stephen McGee Quarterback 6 ft 3 in 222 lb Texas A&M
4 110 (from BUF) Victor Butler Outside linebacker 6 ft 2 in 248 lb Oregon State
4 117 Brandon Williams Defensive end 6 ft 5 in 246 lb Texas Tech
5 156 DeAngelo Smith Cornerback 5 ft 10 in 191 lb Cincinnati
5 166 (from TEN) Michael Hamlin Safety 6 ft 2 in 207 lb Clemson
5 172 David Buehler Kicker 6 ft 2 in 220 lb USC
6 197 (from MIA) Stephen Hodge Safety 6 ft 0 in 234 lb TCU
6 208 John Phillips Tight end 6 ft 6 in 250 lb Virginia
7 227 Mike Mickens Cornerback 5 ft 11 in 176 lb Cincinnati
7 229 (from CHI) Manuel Johnson Wide receiver 5 ft 11 in 189 lb Oklahoma
  • Selections 172 and 208 are compensatory selections awarded by the league.
  • Dallas traded its first-round (No. 20), third-round (No. 84), and sixth-round selections in 2009 to Detroit in exchange for wide receiver Roy Williams and a seventh-round selection in the 2010 draft.[24]
  • Dallas traded its second-round selection (51st overall) to Buffalo for their third-round selection (75th overall) and a fourth-round selection (110th overall).[25]
  • Cleveland traded its third-round selection in 2009 (No. 69) to Dallas for Dallas' fourth-round selection in 2008 (No, 111: used to select tight end Martin Rucker).[26]
  • Detroit traded its fourth-round selection in 2009 and third-round selection in 2008 (No. 111: traded to Cleveland, see above trade for Martin Rucker) to Dallas for Dallas' 2008 third-round selection (No. 92: used to select defensive end Cliff Avril).[27]
  • The suspension of cornerback Pacman Jones on October 15, 2008 triggered a clause in his trade agreement that required Tennessee to give Dallas its fifth-round selection. Had Jones not been suspended, Dallas would have owed Tennessee a sixth-round selection.[28]
  • Miami traded its sixth-round selection in 2009 and sixth-round selection in 2008 (No. 167: used to select linebacker Erik Walden) to Dallas for defensive tackle Jason Ferguson and Dallas' sixth-round selection (No. 195: used to select offensive guard Donald Thomas).[29]

Roster

Dallas Cowboys roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


As of November 27, 2024. Rookies in italics.

53 active, 9 reserve, 14 practice squad (+1 exempt)

References

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