Dallas City News

Sunday was a unique day for the Dallas Cowboys in that they achieved something, at least they did in partnership with the New Orleans Saints, that nobody in NFL history ever had.

The final score from the game was an official Scorigami (a score never before seen). Shout out to the first 44-19 to ever happen.

Beyond the Scorigami aspect of Sunday though there were several other historical marks, mostly bad ones to be honest, set by America’s Team and their opponent. Every week here at BTB we take a look at the latest Cowboys game to see what they did that stands out relative to their storied team history. This is all made possible thanks to our friends at Stathead and Pro Football Reference given their search tool product.

Here are this week’s historical notes.

Put this game up there with 2020 Browns and all of that 2013 mess

You’ll see reference to New Orleans’ total production a few times here so it is worth knowing. The Saints had 432 total yards, scored 44 total points and held the ball for just over half of the game (aka just past 30 minutes).

This type of offensive production had not happened against the Cowboys since the Cleveland Browns did it back in 2020.

That 2013 season was a dark time for the Cowboys although many fans have positive memories of the first game against the Denver Broncos. But what is notable about the timeline in question is that a performance of this poor variety literally never happened in the entire Dan Quinn era from 2021 through 2023.

Rough start at home for Mike Zimmer.

The Saints probably like going against Mike Zimmer’s defense

As far as these offensive numbers are concerned, they had not happened for them as a franchise in four years. The last time it did, though? It came in 2020 against, if you can believe it, Mike Zimmer’s Minnesota Vikings.

This is just an unfortunate coincidence for Mike Zimmer and he obviously has a lot of games where he has dominated his opposition as well. But that won’t make anybody feel better.

Derek Carr was highly efficient despite barely completing any passes

It will not surprise you to learn that Derek Carr threw for 243 yards in this game given how often the Saints were moving down the field against the Cowboys. That passes the smell test.

But what if I told you that his 243 yards came on just 11 completions? That is insane, right?

A quarterback has thrown for 243 yards on 11 or fewer completions just seven times this century.

Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb are climbing the franchise record books

As noted previously here on the blog, the touchdown between Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb (the only Dallas one from the day) was significant from a milestone perspective.

Entering Sunday the duo was tied for seventh in team history as far as most passing touchdowns between a quarterback and pass-catcher. They are now all alone in seventh place.

It is conceivable that the duo could finish this season in third place, but obviously they need to continue to be productive together. Given that they both just signed extensions with the team it stands to reason they will own this record when they are all said and done.

Technically speaking a 1-1 record does not bode well for the Cowboys

Jumping to conclusions about anything through two weeks of a season is ridiculous and not worth doing, but the data is what the data is at this point in time. We are just speaking factually.

With that being the case, the Cowboys now officially have a 1-1 record. Amazingly, they have never won the Super Bowl (obviously of the five times they have) or even appeared in it (that takes us up to eight total instances) when starting the season 1-1.

Hopefully next week brings some more positive history for us to comb through!