2024 Dallas Cowboys season

2024 Dallas Cowboys season
Owner	Jerry Jones
General manager	Jerry Jones
Head coach	Mike McCarthy
Home field	AT&T Stadium
Results
Record	7–10
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	WR CeeDee Lamb G Tyler Smith DE Micah Parsons K Brandon Aubrey RS KaVontae Turpin
Uniform
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The 2024 season was the Dallas Cowboys' 65th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Mike McCarthy. This is their first season since 2020 without Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator, as the Washington Commanders hired him to be their head coach. He was replaced in that role by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, who returned to the Cowboys after eighteen years. The Cowboys failed to improve upon their 12–5 record from the past three seasons following a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9 and guaranteed a worse record after suffering their sixth loss to the Philadelphia Eagles the following week. After the Eagles defeated the Carolina Panthers in Week 14, the Cowboys were knocked out of NFC East contention, marking the 20th straight season the division will not have a repeat champion. With the Commanders upsetting the Eagles in Week 16, the Cowboys were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2020.^[1] After their 7-41 loss at Philadelphia in Week 17, the Cowboys suffered a losing season for the first time since that same year and were also swept by the Eagles for the first time since 2011.

For the first time since 2010, offensive tackle Tyron Smith was not on the roster, as he signed with the New York Jets during free agency.^[2] On April 29, running back Ezekiel Elliott signed a one-year contract to return to the team after a year away.^[3]

Position	Player	Age	2023 team	Contract
RB	Ezekiel Elliott	29	New England Patriots	1 year, $3 million
RB	Royce Freeman	28	Los Angeles Rams	1 year, $1.25 million
LB	Eric Kendricks	32	Los Angeles Chargers	1 year, $3 million

Position	Player	Age	Contract
RB	Rico Dowdle	25	1 year, $1.25 million
G	Chuma Edoga	27	1 year, $1.3 million
CB	C. J. Goodwin	34	1 year, $3.7 million
CB	Jourdan Lewis	29	1 year, $2.8 million
LS	Trent Sieg	29	1 year, $1.3 million

Position	Player	Age	2023 team	Contract	Traded away
CB	Andrew Booth Jr.	24	Minnesota Vikings	2 years, $3.3 million	CB Nahshon Wright

Position	Player	Age	2024 team
RB	Tony Pollard	27	Tennessee Titans
WR	Michael Gallup	28	Retired
TE	Sean McKeon	27	Detroit Lions
OT	Tyron Smith	34	New York Jets
C	Tyler Biadasz	27	Washington Commanders
DE	Dorance Armstrong	27	Washington Commanders
DE	Dante Fowler	30	Washington Commanders
DT	Neville Gallimore	27	Miami Dolphins
DT	Johnathan Hankins	32	Seattle Seahawks
LB	Leighton Vander Esch	28	Retired
CB	Stephon Gilmore	34	Minnesota Vikings
CB	Noah Igbinoghene	25	Washington Commanders
CB	Nahshon Wright	26	Minnesota Vikings
SS	Jayron Kearse	30	TBD

2024 Dallas Cowboys Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	29	Tyler Guyton	OT	Oklahoma
2	56	Marshawn Kneeland	DE	Western Michigan
3	73	Cooper Beebe	G	Kansas State
	87	Marist Liufau	LB	Notre Dame
4	124	Traded to the San Francisco 49ers[A]
5	159	Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs[B]
	174	Caelen Carson	CB	Wake Forest
6	216	Ryan Flournoy	WR	Southeast Missouri State
7	233	Nathan Thomas	OT	Louisiana
	244	Justin Rogers	DT	Auburn

Notes

2024 Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agents

Name	Position	College	Ref.
Corey Crooms	WR	Minnesota	[6][7]
Denzel Daxon	DT	Illinois
Josh DeBerry	CB	Texas A&M
Alec Holler	TE	UCF
Cam Johnson	WR	Northwestern
Emany Johnson	S	Nevada
Jason Johnson	LB	UCF
Brock Mogensen	LB	South Dakota
Nathaniel Peat	RB	Missouri
Brevyn Spann-Ford	TE	Minnesota
Byron Vaughns	DE	Baylor
Julius Wood	S	East Carolina

2024 Dallas Cowboys staff

Front office Owner/president/general manager – Jerry Jones COO/executive vice president/director of player personnel – Stephen Jones Senior director of football operations/football administration – Todd Williams Executive vice president/chief brand officer – Charlotte Jones Anderson Executive vice president/chief of sales – Jerry Jones Jr. Director of salary cap & player contracts – Adam Prasifka Vice president player personnel – Will McClay Director of football administration and technology – Jason McKay Head coaches Head coach – Mike McCarthy Assistant head coach/defensive backs – Al Harris Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Brian Schottenheimer Quarterbacks – Scott Tolzien Assistant quarterbacks/game management – Ryan Feder Run game coordinator/running backs – Jeff Blasko Pass game coordinator/wide receivers – Robert Prince Tight ends – Lunda Wells Offensive line – Mike Solari Assistant offensive line/quality control – Ramon Chinyoung Offensive assistant/minority fellowship – Evan Harrington Pass game specialist – Chase Haslett Offensive assistant/quality control – Steve Shimko

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mike Zimmer Defensive line – Jeff Zgonina Assistant defensive line/quality control – Greg Ellis Linebackers – Scott McCurley Quality control/assistant linebackers – Darian Thompson Safeties – Cannon Matthews Assistant defensive backs/quality control – Cristian Garcia Defensive run game coordinator – Paul Guenther Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – John Fassel Assistant special teams – Rayna Stewart Coaching operations manager/football analytics – Justin Rudd Quality control/head coach assistant – Eric Simonelli Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Harold Nash Assistant strength and conditioning – Cedric Smith Assistant strength and conditioning – Kendall Smith

2024 Dallas Cowboys roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 14 Will Grier 19 Trey Lance 10 Cooper Rush Running backs (RB) 23 Rico Dowdle 40 Hunter Luepke FB 42 Deuce Vaughn Wide receivers (WR) 83 Jalen Brooks  3 Brandin Cooks 80 Ryan Flournoy 81 Jonathan Mingo  1 Jalen Tolbert  9 KaVontae Turpin Tight ends (TE) 85 Princeton Fant 87 Jake Ferguson 86 Luke Schoonmaker 89 Brevyn Spann-Ford

Offensive linemen (OL) 66 T. J. Bass G 56 Cooper Beebe C 71 Chuma Edoga LT 60 Tyler Guyton LT 67 Brock Hoffman C 76 Asim Richards LT 73 Tyler Smith LG 78 Terence Steele RT 79 Matt Waletzko RT Defensive linemen (DL) 51 Earnest Brown IV DE 99 Chauncey Golston DE 93 Linval Joseph DT 94 Marshawn Kneeland DE 55 Carl Lawson DE 97 Osa Odighizuwa DT 96 Justin Rogers DT 58 Mazi Smith DT 92 Carlos Watkins DE 91 Tyrus Wheat DE

Linebackers (LB) 18 Damone Clark OLB 47 Darius Harris OLB 57 Buddy Johnson MLB 50 Eric Kendricks MLB 35 Marist Liufau OLB 11 Micah Parsons OLB 41 Nick Vigil MLB Defensive backs (DB) 26 DaRon Bland CB 25 Andrew Booth Jr. CB 29 C. J. Goodwin CB 28 Malik Hooker FS  2 Jourdan Lewis CB 24 Israel Mukuamu S 30 Juanyeh Thomas FS  6 Donovan Wilson SS Special teams  5 Bryan Anger P 17 Brandon Aubrey K 44 Trent Sieg LS

Practice squad 61 Jack Anderson G 38 Luq Barcoo CB 20 Dalvin Cook RB 16 Jalen Moreno-Cropper WR 72 Jalen Dalton DE 34 Malik Davis RB 95 Denzel Daxon DT (IPP) 37 Dee Delaney FS 84 Kelvin Harmon WR 59 Brock Mogensen MLB 32 Troy Pride CB 65 Dakoda Shepley RT 53 Luiji Vilain DE 13 Seth Williams WR Reserve 14 Markquese Bell SS (IR) 64 Earl Bostick Jr. RT (IR) 31 Josh Butler CB (IR) 21 Caelen Carson CB (IR)  7 Trevon Diggs CB (IR) 43 Kemon Hall CB (IR) 88 CeeDee Lamb WR (IR) 90 DeMarcus Lawrence DE (IR) 70 Zack Martin RG (IR) 27 Amani Oruwariye CB (IR) 13 DeMarvion Overshown OLB (IR)  4 Dak Prescott QB (IR) 81 John Stephens Jr. TE (IR) 62 Nathan Thomas LT (IR) 54 Sam Williams DE (IR) Rookies in italics 53 active, 15 reserve, 13 practice squad (+1 exempt)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 11	at Los Angeles Rams	L 12–13	0–1	SoFi Stadium	Recap
2	August 17	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 27–12	1–1	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
3	August 24	Los Angeles Chargers	L 19–26	1–2	AT&T Stadium	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 8	at Cleveland Browns	W 33–17	1–0	Huntington Bank Field	Recap
2	September 15	New Orleans Saints	L 19–44	1–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap
3	September 22	Baltimore Ravens	L 25–28	1–2	AT&T Stadium	Recap
4	September 26	at New York Giants	W 20–15	2–2	MetLife Stadium	Recap
5	October 6	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–17	3–2	Acrisure Stadium	Recap
6	October 13	Detroit Lions	L 9–47	3–3	AT&T Stadium	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 27	at San Francisco 49ers	L 24–30	3–4	Levi's Stadium	Recap
9	November 3	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–27	3–5	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Recap
10	November 10	Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–34	3–6	AT&T Stadium	Recap
11	November 18	Houston Texans	L 10–34	3–7	AT&T Stadium	Recap
12	November 24	at Washington Commanders	W 34–26	4–7	Northwest Stadium	Recap
13	November 28	New York Giants	W 27–20	5–7	AT&T Stadium	Recap
14	December 9	Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–27	5–8	AT&T Stadium	Recap
15	December 15	at Carolina Panthers	W 30–14	6–8	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
16	December 22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 26–24	7–8	AT&T Stadium	Recap
17	December 29	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–41	7–9	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
18	January 5	Washington Commanders	L 19–23	7–10	AT&T Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

With the win, the Cowboys started 1–0 for the second consecutive year. This was also the Cowboys' first Week 1 win not over the Giants since 2008 (coincidentally also against the Browns).

With the loss, the Cowboys fell to 1–1, and this was their first home loss to the Saints since 2012.

Despite the Cowboys falling behind 28–6 after three quarters, which included a franchise-record 65-yard field goal by Brandon Aubrey in the first quarter, the Cowboys nearly mounted a comeback. Following a Ravens missed field goal, the Cowboys were able to score a touchdown to cut the score to 28–12. The Cowboys then proceeded to recover an onside kick and score another touchdown to cut down the lead to 28–18. Despite the subsequent onside kick attempt being unsuccessful, the Cowboys defense forced a stop and got the ball back with over five and a half minutes remaining, and the Cowboys were able to score another touchdown to cut the lead down to 28–25. However, the Cowboys were unable to get a defensive stop and proceeded to lose by that score.^[8] This was the first time since 2010 the Cowboys started 0–2 at home.

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 2–2, and Dak Prescott recorded his 13th consecutive win as a starter against the Giants.

A thunderstorm delayed the game, pushing the original start time from 8:20 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. EDT. The game ended with a Dallas victory at 12:59 a.m. EDT, marking the longest day in NFL history since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger at 15 hours and 37 minutes (the game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings had kicked off in London at 9:30 a.m. EDT).^[10] The Cowboys improved to 3–2 with the win.

This was tied for the Cowboys' worst loss at AT&T Stadium, dropping them to 3–3 (and 0–3 at home) and their first loss to Detroit since 2013.

With the loss, the Cowboys fell to 3–4, and lost to the 49ers for the fourth straight season (including playoffs).

During the game, quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a hamstring injury and missed the remainder of the game. Prescott would later undergo surgery for what was revealed as a partial tendon avulsion, causing him to miss the rest of the season.^[11]

With their third straight loss (their longest losing streak since 2020), the Cowboys fell to 3–5.

This was the Cowboys' first home loss to the Eagles since 2017, and also dropped them to 3–6, and 0–4 at home for the season.

The Cowboys set an NFL record by trailing by over 20 points in six straight home games, dating back to last season's wild-card loss to the Packers, and fell to 3–7. This was their first-ever home loss to the Texans.

Despite entering as 10.5 point underdogs, the Cowboys shocked their division rivals, returning two kickoffs for touchdowns in the game, and snapped their five-game losing streak, improving to 4–7.

Thanksgiving Day games

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 5–7 and won at home for the first time this season. They also swept the Giants for the fourth consecutive season.

The Cowboys continued their homestand with a matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. Dallas entered this game having been eliminated from contention for the NFC East title due to the Philadelphia Eagles' win over the Carolina Panthers the day before. In addition, the retractable roof of AT&T Stadium was opened for the first time since 2022. While the Cowboys played the Bengals close for most of the game, a devastating special teams blunder would ultimately cost them the game — after the Cowboys blocked a Bengals punt late in the fourth quarter, Amani Oruwariye would inadvertently touch the ball past the line of scrimmage, which the Bengals recovered. Three plays later, Joe Burrow threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Ja'Marr Chase with 1:09 remaining. The Cowboys failed to respond on their final drive, and dropped to 5–8 on the season. This was the Cowboys' first loss to the Bengals since the 2004 season, as well as their first home loss to Cincinnati since 1988.

Despite the win, the Cowboys were eliminated via Washington's win over Philadelphia earlier that day.

The Cowboys traveled to Philadelphia seeking to avenge their Week 10 loss. A promising opening drive for the Cowboys ended in disaster when Cooper Rush threw a 69-yard pick six to C. J. Gardner-Johnson to give the Eagles a 7–0 lead. The Cowboys responded with a twelve-play, 70-yard drive culminating in a game-tying Jalen Tolbert touchdown reception for what ultimately would be Dallas' only points of the afternoon. After the teams traded punts twice, the Eagles reclaimed a 14–7 lead with a DeVonta Smith touchdown and never looked back. The Cowboys would turn the ball over twice before halftime, leading to 10 more Eagles points and a 24–7 deficit. Philadelphia would then score 17 points in the second half to put the game out of reach for Dallas. With the crushing 41–7 loss, the Cowboys dropped to 7–9 on the year, thus sealing their first losing season since 2020. It was also the first time since 2011 that the Cowboys were swept by the Eagles.

With the close loss the Cowboys finish the season at 7–10. They also finished the year 2–7 at home, their worst home record since 2015.

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(2) Philadelphia Eagles	14	3	0	.824	5–1	9–3	463	303	W2
(6) Washington Commanders	12	5	0	.706	4–2	9–3	485	391	W5
Dallas Cowboys	7	10	0	.412	3–3	5–7	350	468	L2
New York Giants	3	14	0	.176	0–6	1–11	273	415	L1

NFC v t e
Seed	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Detroit Lions	North	15	2	0	.882	6–0	11–1	.516	.494	W3
2	Philadelphia Eagles	East	14	3	0	.824	5–1	9–3	.453	.424	W2
3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	10	7	0	.588	4–2	8–4	.502	.465	W2
4	Los Angeles Rams	West	10	7	0	.588	4–2	6–6	.505	.441	L1
Wild cards
5	Minnesota Vikings	North	14	3	0	.824	4–2	9–3	.474	.408	L1
6	Washington Commanders	East	12	5	0	.706	4–2	9–3	.436	.358	W5
7	Green Bay Packers	North	11	6	0	.647	1–5	6–6	.533	.412	L2
Did not qualify for the postseason
8	Seattle Seahawks	West	10	7	0	.588	4–2	6–6	.498	.424	W2
9	Atlanta Falcons	South	8	9	0	.471	4–2	7–5	.519	.426	L2
10	Arizona Cardinals	West	8	9	0	.471	3–3	4–8	.536	.404	W1
11	Dallas Cowboys	East	7	10	0	.412	3–3	5–7	.522	.387	L2
12	San Francisco 49ers	West	6	11	0	.353	1–5	4–8	.564	.402	L4
13	Chicago Bears	North	5	12	0	.294	1–5	3–9	.554	.388	W1
14	Carolina Panthers	South	5	12	0	.294	2–4	4–8	.498	.329	W1
15	New Orleans Saints	South	5	12	0	.294	2–4	4–8	.505	.306	L4
16	New York Giants	East	3	14	0	.176	0–6	1–11	.554	.412	L1

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