2023 Dallas Cowboys season

The 2023 season is the Dallas Cowboys' 64th season in the National Football League and their fourth under head coach Mike McCarthy. The Cowboys attempt to improve upon their 12–5 record from the previous two seasons and win the NFC East for the first time since 2021.

2023 Dallas Cowboys season
OwnerJerry Jones
General managerJerry Jones
Head coachMike McCarthy
Home fieldAT&T Stadium
Results
Record4–2
Division place2nd NFC East
Uniform

This is the first season since 2015 that running back Ezekiel Elliott will not be on the roster, as he was released on March 15, 2023,[1] and later signed with the New England Patriots on August 14, 2023.[2]

Offseason

Signings
Position Player Age 2022 team Contract
RBRonald Jones II26Kansas City Chiefs1 year, $1.232 million
GChuma Edoga26New York Jets1 year, $1.232 million
LSTrent Sieg28Las Vegas Raiders1 year, $1.232 million

Re-signings
Position Player Age Contract
QBCooper Rush302 years, $6 million
RBRico Dowdle251 year, $1 million
DEDante Fowler281 year, $3 million
DTJohnathan Hankins311 year, $1.5 million
MLBLeighton Vander Esch272 years, $8 million
CBC. J. Goodwin331 year, $1.3 million
SSDonovan Wilson283 years, $21 million

Trade acquisitions
Position Player Age 2022 team Contract Traded away
QBTrey Lance23San Francisco 49ers2 years, $16 million2024 fourth-round selection
WRBrandin Cooks29Houston Texans2 years, $40 million2023 fifth-round selection (Nick Hampton) and 2024 sixth-round selection
CBStephon Gilmore32Indianapolis Colts1 year, $10 million2023 fifth-round selection (Evan Hull)
CBNoah Igbinoghene24Miami Dolphins1 year, $2.1 millionCB Kelvin Joseph

Departures
Position Player Age 2023 team
QBWill Grier28New England Patriots
RBEzekiel Elliott28New England Patriots
WRNoah Brown27Houston Texans
WRSimi Fehoko25Los Angeles Chargers
WRT. Y. Hilton33TBD
TEDalton Schultz26Houston Texans
OTAviante Collins29Chicago Bears
OTJason Peters41Seattle Seahawks
G/CMatt Farniok25Chicago Bears
G/CConnor McGovern26Buffalo Bills
DTQuinton Bohanna24Detroit Lions
DTCarlos Watkins29Arizona Cardinals
LBDevin Harper25Cincinnati Bengals
MLBJabril Cox25Washington Commanders
OLBAnthony Barr30TBD
OLBLuke Gifford28Tennessee Titans
CBAnthony Brown29San Francisco 49ers
CBKelvin Joseph24Miami Dolphins
KBrett Maher33Los Angeles Rams
LSJake McQuaide35TBD
LSMatt Overton37TBD

Draft
Main article: 2023 NFL Draft
2023 Dallas Cowboys Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
126 Mazi SmithDTMichigan
258 Luke SchoonmakerTEMichigan
390 DeMarvion OvershownLBTexas
4129 Viliami FehokoDESan Jose State
5169 Asim RichardsOTNorth CarolinaCompensatory pick
6178 Eric Scott Jr.CBSouthern MissCompensatory pick
6212 Deuce VaughnRBKansas State
7244 Jalen BrooksWRSouth Carolina
2023 Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agents
Name Position College Ref.
Jose Barbon WR Temple [3]
T. J. Bass OT Oregon
Earl Bostick Jr. Kansas
David Durden WR West Florida
Princeton Fant TE Tennessee
Durrell Johnson LB Liberty
Isaiah Land DE Florida A&M
Hunter Luepke FB North Dakota State
De'Angelo Mandell CB BYU
Jalen Moreno-Cropper WR Fresno State
Tyrus Wheat OLB Mississippi State

Staff
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 & marketing for officer – Jerry Jones Jr.
  • Director of salary cap & player contracts – Adam Prasifka
  • Vice president player personnel – Will McClay
  • Director of team travel and logistics – Craig Glieber
  • Director of football administration and technology – Jason McKay
Scouting department
  • Director of college scouting – Mitch LaPointe
  • Director of pro scouting – Alex Loomis
  • Advance scouting coordinator – Keith O'Quinn
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Chris Vaughn
  • College scouting coordinator – Chris Hall
  • Scouting video coordinator – Rich Behm
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Brian Schottenheimer
  • Quarterbacks – Scott Tolzien
  • Run game coordinator/running backs – Jeff Blasko
  • Wide receivers – Robert Prince
  • Tight ends – Lunda Wells
  • Assistant tight ends – Chase Haslett
  • Offensive line – Mike Solari
  • Quality control/assistant offensive line – Ramon Chinyoung
  • Quality control/offensive assistant – Will Harriger
  • Offensive assistant – Evan Harrington
  • Game management/offensive assistant – Ryan Feder
  • Video/analytics – Justin Rudd
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Dan Quinn
  • Defensive line – Aden Durde
  • Quality control/assistant defensive line – Sharrif Floyd
  • Linebackers – Scott McCurley
  • Quality control/assistant linebackers – Darian Thompson
  • Secondary/defensive passing game coordinator – Joe Whitt Jr.
  • Defensive backs – Al Harris
  • Assistant defensive backs – Cannon Matthews
  • Quality control/analytics – Eric Simonelli
  • Quality control/defensive assistant – Pete Ohnegian
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Harold Nash
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Kendall Smith
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Cedric Smith

→ Coaching staff
→ Management
→ More NFL staffs

Current roster
Dallas Cowboys roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad


Rookies in italics

Roster updated October 25, 2023

53 active, 9 inactive, 16 practice squad

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 12 Jacksonville Jaguars L 23–28 0–1 AT&T Stadium Recap
2 August 19 at Seattle Seahawks L 14–22 0–2 Lumen Field Recap
3 August 26 Las Vegas Raiders W 31–16 1–2 AT&T Stadium Recap

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Time (CT) Opponent Result Record Venue TV Recap
1 September 10 7:20 p.m. at New York Giants W 40–0 1–0 MetLife Stadium NBC Recap
2 September 17 3:25 p.m. New York Jets W 30–10 2–0 AT&T Stadium CBS Recap
3 September 24 3:25 p.m. at Arizona Cardinals L 16–28 2–1 State Farm Stadium Fox Recap
4 October 1 3:25 p.m. New England Patriots W 38–3 3–1 AT&T Stadium Fox Recap
5 October 8 7:20 p.m. at San Francisco 49ers L 10–42 3–2 Levi's Stadium NBC Recap
6 October 16 7:15 p.m. at Los Angeles Chargers W 20–17 4–2 SoFi Stadium ESPN/ABC Recap
7 Bye
8 October 29 12:00 p.m. Los Angeles Rams AT&T Stadium Fox
9 November 5 3:25 p.m. at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Fox
10 November 12 3:25 p.m. New York Giants AT&T Stadium Fox
11 November 19 12:00 p.m. at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium Fox
12 November 23 3:30 p.m. Washington Commanders AT&T Stadium CBS
13 November 30 7:15 p.m. Seattle Seahawks AT&T Stadium Prime Video
14 December 10 7:20 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles AT&T Stadium NBC
15 December 17 3:25 p.m. at Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium Fox
16 December 24 3:25 p.m. at Miami Dolphins Hard Rock Stadium Fox
17 December 30 7:15 p.m. Detroit Lions AT&T Stadium ESPN/ABC
18 TBD (January 6/7) TBD at Washington Commanders FedExField TBD

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 8–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
  • The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.

Week 1: at New York Giants
Week 1: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 16 10 7740
Giants 0 0 000

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

The Cowboys started the season by traveling to MetLife Stadium to face one of their longtime NFC East rivals - the New York Giants.

In rain-soaked conditions, they demolished the Giants, 40–0, on the back of a 70-yard, 2 touchdown performance by Tony Pollard, the defense blocking a field goal, intercepting Daniel Jones twice, and a pick-six. The defense recorded a total of seven sacks during the game on the Giants quarterback Daniel Jones.

With the shutout win, the Cowboys started the season 1–0.

Week 2: vs. New York Jets
Week 2: New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Jets 0 10 0010
Cowboys 7 11 6630

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Game information

After a raging shutout win over the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys went back home to face New York's other NFL team, the New York Jets. The Cowboys benefitted from the Jets having to start Zach Wilson because of Aaron Rodgers injuring his Achilles' tendon the week before. Dallas scored the only points of the first quarter, with Dak Prescott hitting Jake Ferguson with a 4-yard touchdown pass to put the Cowboys up, 7-0.

In the second quarter, Brandon Aubrey extended the Cowboys' lead to 10-0 upon booting a 35-yard field goal. However, they would allow Zach Wilson to pass for his only touchdown of the game by hitting Garrett Wilson with a 68-yard touchdown pass to drop the Cowboys' lead to three points. However, the Cowboys wouldn't go away, as Dak Prescott hit Luke Schoonmaker with a 1-yard touchdown pass with the two-point conversion to put Dallas up by 11. With 4 seconds until halftime, the Jets would score their final points, with Austin Seibert booting a 34-yard field goal to bring New York within eight.

The second half belonged to Brandon Aubrey, as he booted 4 field goals, with 2 coming in the 3rd quarter, and the other two coming in the 4th, to reach the final score of 30–10.

The Cowboys' defense thoroughly harassed Zach Wilson, intercepting him 3 times and sacking him 3 times for 19 yards.

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 2–0, and won their first game against the Jets since 2007.

Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra was played as the game ended.

Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals
Week 3: Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 3 7 3316
Cardinals 9 12 0728

at State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Game information

After two consecutive blowout wins over both New York teams, the Cowboys traveled to State Farm Stadium, hoping to give the Arizona Cardinals their 10th consecutive loss dating back to last season. Despite intercepting 5 passes in the previous two games, the Cowboys defense struggled throughout the game and could not intercept Cardinals' quarterback Joshua Dobbs at all. After falling into a 15–3 hole in the second quarter, Dallas failed to rebound, ultimately losing 28–16, and extending their losing streak against the Cardinals to three games. With the upset loss, the Cowboys fell to 2–1, and allowed their division rival Eagles to take sole possession of the division lead after their win the following night over the Buccaneers. Additionally, it was Dak Prescott's first game of the season throwing an interception.

Week 4: vs. New England Patriots
Week 4: New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Patriots 3 0 003
Cowboys 10 18 3738

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Game information

After a loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the Cowboys went back home to face the New England Patriots. This was Ezekiel Elliott's return to AT&T Stadium for the first time since being released from the Cowboys. He played 7 seasons with the Cowboys from 2016 to 2022. The Cowboys dominated from start to finish against Bill Belichick and the Patriots. Leighton Vander Esch scored the first defensive touchdown of his career on an 11-yard fumble recovery.

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 3–1, and gave Belichick his worst loss as a head coach.

Week 5: at San Francisco 49ers
Week 5: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 0 7 3010
49ers 7 14 71442

at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 7:20 p.m. CDT/5:20 p.m. PDT
  • Game weather: Sunny, 78 °F (26 °C)
  • Game attendance: 71,617
  • Referee: Alan Eck
  • TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

In one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the season, the Cowboys traveled to San Francisco to face the undefeated 49ers in a rematch of the previous season's Divisional Round meeting, which San Francisco won, 19–12. The Cowboys were dominated on both sides of the ball from start to finish in a devastating 42–10 loss, their third straight to the 49ers. Dak Prescott tied a career worst by throwing three interceptions, and the defense allowed 421 total yards. Dallas dropped to 3–2 on the season with the blowout loss.

Week 6: at Los Angeles Chargers
Week 6: Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Chargers – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 7 3 01020
Chargers 7 0 3717

at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

Game information

The Cowboys traveled to SoFi Stadium to take on Justin Herbert and the Kellen Moore-led Chargers. Moore had been the Cowboys' offensive coordinator between 2019 and 2022. The Cowboys and the Chargers exchanged points throughout the game, including a point when Jalen Tolbert muffed a catch that led to a Chargers touchdown. The Cowboys responded by kicking a field goal to make the game 20–17, which proved to be the final score. Strangely, the score drew a coincidence to the 2021 season when the Cowboys and Chargers played each other, which was also a 20–17 Cowboys win over the Chargers. The Cowboys defense stood tall in the final minutes of the game, with Micah Parsons sacking Justin Herbert, with Stephon Gilmore intercepting Herbert to seal the Cowboys win. The win improved the Cowboys to 4–2 on the season.

Week 8: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Week 8: Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rams 0 0 000
Cowboys 0 0 000

at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
  • Referee: Adrian Hill
  • TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
  • Preview

Division
NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Philadelphia Eagles 6 1 0 .857 1–0 4–0 186 141 W1
Dallas Cowboys 4 2 0 .667 1–0 1–2 154 100 W1
Washington Commanders 3 4 0 .429 0–2 2–3 140 190 L1
New York Giants 2 5 0 .286 1–1 2–3 85 174 W1

Conference
NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Philadelphia Eagles East 6 1 0 .857 1–0 4–0 .458 .452 W1
2[lower-alpha 1] Detroit Lions North 5 2 0 .714 1–0 4–1 .522 .455 L1
3[lower-alpha 1] San Francisco 49ers West 5 2 0 .714 2–0 4–1 .457 .424 L2
4 Atlanta Falcons South 4 3 0 .571 2–0 3–2 .457 .320 W1
Wild cards
5[lower-alpha 2] Seattle Seahawks West 4 2 0 .667 1–1 4–1 .350 .296 W1
6[lower-alpha 2] Dallas Cowboys East 4 2 0 .667 1–0 1–2 .375 .346 W1
7[lower-alpha 3] Minnesota Vikings North 3 4 0 .429 1–0 3–2 .511 .350 W2
In the hunt
8[lower-alpha 3] Los Angeles Rams West 3 4 0 .429 2–1 2–2 .565 .400 L1
9[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 3 4 0 .429 1–1 3–3 .560 .381 L3
10[lower-alpha 3] Washington Commanders East 3 4 0 .429 0–2 2–3 .440 .333 L1
11[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] New Orleans Saints South 3 4 0 .429 1–1 1–2 .378 .211 L2
12 Green Bay Packers North 2 4 0 .333 1–1 2–2 .452 .357 L3
13[lower-alpha 5] New York Giants East 2 5 0 .286 1–1 2–3 .563 .286 W1
14[lower-alpha 5] Chicago Bears North 2 5 0 .286 0–2 1–3 .458 .429 W1
15 Arizona Cardinals West 1 6 0 .143 0–3 1–5 .522 .667 L4
16 Carolina Panthers South 0 6 0 .000 0–2 0–5 .585 .000 L6
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 6]
  1. Detroit wins tie break over San Francisco based on strength of victory.
  2. Seattle wins tie break over Dallas based on conference record.
  3. Minnesota, LA Rams, Tampa Bay, Washington and New Orleans are ranked based on conference record. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate New Orleans (see below)
  4. Tampa Bay wins tie break over New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  5. NY Giants wins tie break over Chicago based on conference record.
  6. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.
Legend
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
y — Clinched division
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage

References
  1. Archer, Todd (March 15, 2023). "Cowboys officially release RB Ezekiel Elliott after 7 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. Baca, Michael (August 14, 2023). "Patriots signing ex-Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott to one-year deal worth up to $6 million". NFL.com. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  3. "LIVE: Tracking the UDFA's Being Linked to Dallas". dallascowboys.com. April 29, 2023.
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