A diving tackle by defensive back Jordan Babineaux sealed an improbable victory for the Seattle Seahawks. The regular season spelled success for the Dallas Cowboys. Winners of 11 of their first 12 games, Romo helped Dallas earn home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. He continued to struggle in December, throwing three interceptions, fumbling twice, and completing 13 of 36 passes as the 'Boys lost a home game to the Eagles.
The Cowboys also lost their seventh consecutive season finale, as Romo threw an interception and completed 43 percent of his passes against the Redskins. In the postseason, the Cowboys made history—dubious history.
Romo completed just 50 percent of his passes and threw a game-sealing, fourth-down interception in the end zone with nine seconds remaining. The season was an interesting roller-coaster ride for Tony Romo. A broken pinky on his throwing hand reminder: Donovan McNabb played with a broken right thumb sidelined the fragile Cowboys quarterback for three games, while the inept, immobile Brad Johnson struggled to run America's offense.
Following Romo's return, a pivotal December matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers looked to be a Super Bowl preview. Romo turned in his usual stellar performance, throwing an interception touchdown to Deshea Townsend with the game tied and under a minute remaining. Romo's four turnovers raised serious questions about the legitimacy of Dallas as a playoff team. Two interceptions and another fumble resulted in a heartbreaking loss against the Baltimore Ravens in the last game in the history of Texas Stadium.
Following a gift loss by the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cowboys needed just a win to reach the playoffs. In a win-or-die situation, the Dallas Cowboys, led by their superstar quarterback Tony Romo, turned in arguably the most lifeless performance of the NFL season. Romo threw an interception and lost two fumbles in the worst beatdown in the history of the Eagles-Cowboys rivalry. I call it the Christmas Massacre Part Two. A third straight season for the Cowboys ended in the most heartbreaking situation imaginable.
Combined, his skill position players have been selected to 13 Pro Bowls. Yet he cannot get the job done. He is in playoff games. In a Divisional Round loss to the Giants, Romo completed half of 36 passes and threw a touchdown pass and an interception.
Romo placed well in several passing categories. He was second in passing yards per attempt 8. Romo had a solid year in , leading the Cowboys to a division title and earning a Pro Bowl nomination.
Also, Romo earned his first playoff victory that season. Romo had his highest total for passing yards and lowest number of interceptions in a full season. Romo had his share of solid games. Starting the year off with a bang, he threw for yards and three touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In a win against the Atlanta Falcons , Romo threw for yards and three touchdowns on for passing. In the playoffs, Romo delivered only to fall off the mark. He pushed the Cowboys past the Eagles in the Wild Card Round with passing yards and two touchdowns.
Then, he threw for yards, an interception and no touchdowns in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the Division Round. Romo did pretty well in a few statistical rankings. He was fourth in passing yards per attempt 8. One can safely say that was Romo's best season yet. Romo came back after suffering a broken rib and punctured lung against the 49ers to rally the Cowboys from a point deficit to an overtime win.
The next week, he led a comeback win against the Redskins with his rib still in intense pain. Also, Romo went for against the Buffalo Bills with three touchdown passes and yards. He was for for yards, three passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in a win against the Bucs.
The Cowboys lost four of their last five games, but that was due more to defensive struggles than Romo's performance.
Romo came back in the final seconds of the third quarter and played the fourth quarter throwing for a touchdown and driving down the field for the game-tying field goal with four seconds left in the game to force overtime. The 49ers won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball. The Cowboys defense forced the punt and Romo started the drive at their yard line. On the first offensive possession for the Cowboys in overtime, Romo connected with Jesse Holley for 77 yards to set up the 19 yard game-winning field goal.
Romo finished the game with yards and two touchdowns with a In Week 10, Romo posted the second highest QB rating of his career with a rating of In the win against the Buffalo Bills, Romo was 23 of 26 for yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Romo elevated his game in the last month of the season as he completed In Week 14 against the eventual Super Bowl champion Giants, Romo had 21 completions out of 31 passes two spikes for yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
Romo had his second highest quarterback rating of the season with a rating of In one of the more memorable plays of the season, with left in the game and the Cowboys leading 34 to 29, on third down with five yards to go, Romo overthrew Miles Austin for a wide open pass on a "go" route though the injured Austin later admitted to "losing" the ball in the stadium lights.
The Giants got the ball back at their yard line with in the game, and marched down 58 yards in 8 plays for a touchdown, leaving just 51 seconds left in the game.
With 46 seconds left and down by three points, Romo and the offense advanced 51 yards in 40 seconds and five plays three passes and two "spikes" from their own yard line to the Giants yard line, stopping the clock with six seconds left and setting up a game-tying yard field goal try.
The Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul blocked the field goal and robbed the Cowboys of the opportunity for the win in overtime that would have made it very difficult for the Giants to advance to the playoffs.
In this game, Romo had the highest quarterback rating In Week 16 against the Eagles, Romo suffered a severely bruised hand when he smashed it against an opposing player's helmet. He left the game after attempting just two passes with no completions. The next week, in the season finale at MetLife Stadium against the Giants, the NFC East title and a playoff spot was at stake for whichever team won, with the loser eliminated from playoff contention.
Romo started the game despite the hand injury the previous week. He posted 29 out of 37 passing for yards, two touchdowns and one interception for a The Cowboys went for the season when rookie running back DeMarco Murray received at least touches in the game, and when he did not.
In the five games where Murray got 20 or more touches, Romo averaged a passer rating of The Cowboys established a new franchise low in rushing touchdowns in the season with five, including one by Romo. The Cowboys' rushing attack ranked 18th in the league with 1, yards, and the five rushing touchdowns tied for 30th in the league.
Romo and the Cowboys had not had a 1,yard rusher on the team since Julius Jones in the campaign, the season Romo took over as a starter.
Romo had thus not played with a 1,yard rusher for 5 seasons. Daniel Jeremiah, an NFL. In Week 13 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Romo threw three touchdown passes. The first pass, a yard throw to Dez Bryant with left in the third quarter, gave Romo career touchdown passes, surpassing the previous franchise record of which had been held by Troy Aikman.
The fourth quarter comeback consisted of a yard touchdown pass from Romo to Bryant and a last-second yard field goal by Bailey. Romo went for for yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Topping a three-game winning streak and winning its fifth out of six games, Dallas beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime in Week 15 December Romo surpassed 25, career passing yards in this game with for passing for yards and two touchdowns. However, Dallas finished with an record and failed to make the playoffs for the third straight season after losing the last two games.
On Week 16 December 23 , despite Romo's four touchdown passes and passing yards on for passing , Dallas lost to New Orleans Saints, , in overtime.
Dallas lost, With overall for passing, Romo threw a total of three interceptions, including on Dallas' first two drives. With left and down , Romo made a touchdown pass to Kevin Ogletree and two-point conversion pass to Dwayne Harris. After Dallas took over with left down , Romo threw an interception to Redskins linebacker Rob Jackson, and Washington clinched the victory with another touchdown. Following the season, the future of Romo's career was called into question.
Mac Engel of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram commented: "Tony Romo has one year remaining on his contract, but the time has come for him to move on He will be 33 in April of '13, and still has a few good years left but at this point he needs to go to another team that needs a quarterback. Although it was characterized as a minor procedure by the team, he would end up missing all of the mini-camp and organized team activities. Romo opened the season with a win over the Giants, passing for yards and two touchdowns.
He briefly left the game with a rib injury, but returned after halftime and finished the game. After Week 7, his th career start, Romo had thrown for 27, yards, the most by a quarterback in his first starts since In the fifteenth game of the season playing against the Washington Redskins, with the Cowboys trailing in the fourth quarter and needing to win to keep its playoff hopes alive, he led the team to a touchdown drive with remaining in a victory, with what was later diagnosed as a season-ending herniated disk injury.
Head coach Jason Garrett would later say: "He might have had his finest hour … We talk about mental toughness, being your best, regardless of circumstances. Somehow, some way, he helped us win that ballgame. Romo underwent back surgery on December 27, and was placed on the Cowboys' injured reserve list.
Garrett announced that Kyle Orton as the starting quarterback for the Week 17 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, which the team lost , to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight year.
After a poor performance in the season opening loss versus the San Francisco 49ers, Romo and the Cowboys won six consecutive games, including back-to-back road games against the Tennessee Titans and the St. The Cowboys also defeated the defending champion Seattle Seahawks on the road, becoming only the second team to win a road game against the Seahawks in the three seasons.
In Week 8, a Monday night game against the Washington Redskins, Romo went down with a back injury when linebacker Keenan Robinson sacked him, with his knee going into Romo's back.
After the loss to Washington, it was revealed that Romo had two fractures in his transverse process. He missed the next game, a 28—17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, but came back the next week and went on to lead the Cowboys to a 12—4 record and their first divisional title since He also set his personal best quarterback rating in a single game with In the wild card round of the playoffs, Romo led the Cowboys to a 24—20 comeback victory over the Detroit Lions after being down 17—7 at halftime.
Romo was for yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. In the divisional round of the playoffs, Romo and the Cowboys were defeated by the Green Bay Packers, 26— Romo led the NFL in completion percentage and passer rating en route to the NFC East title, and he was ranked 34th in the NFL's list of the top players of , [48] the highest undrafted player on the year's list.
Romo started strong in the season, throwing a game-winning pass to Jason Witten with seven seconds left in the Cowboys' season opener against the New York Giants. He continued to show success in a week 2 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, but suffered a broken left collarbone in the third quarter after being sacked by linebacker Jordan Hicks. Romo returned to the starting lineup in a week 11 game against the Miami Dolphins.
Despite throwing two interceptions, he completed 18 of 28 passes for yards and two touchdowns in a victory, ending the Cowboys' seven-game losing streak. The Cowboys then faced the Carolina Panthers in a week 12 Thanksgiving game. Although up against an undefeated team and holding only a record, the Romo-led Cowboys were favored to win and still had hopes for the playoffs in a weak NFC East division. However, Romo threw three interceptions in the first half, two of which were returned for touchdowns, helping the Panthers take a lead.
At the end of the third quarter, Romo was sacked by linebacker Thomas Davis, reinjuring his left shoulder and ending his season. Romo was unable to start in the regular season after suffering a compression fracture to the L1 vertebra in his back during the Cowboys' third preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Although Cowboys owner Jerry Jones initially said Romo would remain the team's starter when he returned, Prescott's success with the team and the length of Romo's injury led to Jones reconsidering his decision. Amid Prescott guiding the team to an eight-game winning streak, Romo conceded his role as starting quarterback to Prescott ] and began serving as the Cowboys' backup when he returned to the active roster in Week
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