2025 will mark the Dallas Cowboys’ 66th NFL season. Love them or hate them, the Cowboys are easily one of the most influential and recognizable brands in all of sports.
While the current generation of Cowboys have big shoes to fill, some have already made their mark and are closing in on some of the more prominent records in the team’s history.
A few of the Cowboys’ longstanding records could be broken this season, including some possible single-season records.
Here are three Cowboys that could break team records this season.
Dak Prescott
All-time franchise passing record
Since emerging from seemingly nowhere in 2016 and claiming Rookie of the Year honors, Dak Prescott has been a staple of the franchise as its quarterback. Now entering his tenth season as the team’s starting quarterback, Prescott seeks to break the records of the quarterback he replaced, Tony Romo. Prescott might have broken the franchise’s passing records last year, but he was sidelined by a hamstring injury that prematurely ended his 2024 campaign.
Now healthy, that record is very much in reach this season. Romo stands as the franchise leader with 34,183 passing yards. Meanwhile, Prescott is only 2,746 yards behind Romo. Provided Prescott remains healthy, that record will easily be broken.
All-time franchise passing touchdowns record
The record for passing touchdowns in a single season was set by Romo (36 touchdowns in 2007) only to be broken by Prescott who eclipsed the mark in 2021 with 37 passing touchdowns (he also threw for 36 touchdowns in 2023). We bring this up because Prescott is only 35 passing TDs away from Romo’s all-time passing TD mark of 248. If Prescott ahs a big year, he could tie or surpass Romo.
Although the Cowboys have intimated a renewed focus on physicality and running the football, the Cowboys have a mixture of inexperience at running back and should have grounded expectations for the veterans they signed this offseason. The Cowboys also have several red zone veterans to choose from including newcomer George Pickens. If Prescott is dialed in, he could catch Romo by season’s end.
Micah Parsons
Most sacks in the first five years as a Dallas Cowboy
Entering the final year of his contract, there’s not much else Micah Parsons needs to prove as a premier talent. He’s been to the Pro Bowl in each of his four NFL seasons and has been named to the All-Pro team on different occasions. Outside of winning a Super Bowl and Defensive Player of the Year, Parsons hasn’t much else left to achieve individually. However, he could set two more records. Demarcus Ware is arguably the greatest pass rusher in the history of the Cowboys. Parsons is at 52.5 in his first four seasons and if Parsons gets 13 sacks this year, he would edge Ware’s 64.5 sacks in five seasons.
Cowboys single-season sack record
In a much loftier ambition, Parsons could also attack Ware’s 20 sack single-season record that he recorded in 2008. As of now, Parsons’ career-high in sacks is 14. Yet, with more help along the defensive line and a 17-game schedule, Parsons only needs to average 1.2 sacks per game to break Ware’s record.
Brain Schottenheimer
Most wins by a Cowboys rookie head coach
It’s surprising it has taken Brian Schottenheimer this long to get a chance being a head coach. Brian, the son of Marty Schottenheimer, has almost 30 years of coaching experience and has worked with the likes of Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, Russell Wilson, and most recently, Dak Prescott.
Since being named the head coach, there’s been a different optimism around the team. Schottenheimer carries himself with an infectious personality that the players have responded well to. Could Schottenheimer break the franchise record for most wins by a rookie head coach? He’ll have a high bar to climb.
Barry Switzer won 12 games in his first year as coach of the Cowboys in 1994 before eventually winning the Super Bowl. The odds are stacked against it with the Cowboys playing in a fiercely competitive division that features the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles and upstart Washington Commanders. That said, Schottenheimer has a lot to work with in first year as an NFL coach:
- An offensive line that is quickly developing
- Dak Prescott two years removed from an All-Pro season
- CeeDee Lamb
- KaVontae Turpin who is a star return specialist
- Brandon Aubrey is near automatic and can probably make a 70-yard field goal
- Micah Parsons
13 wins would surprise many but if the coaching chops don’t fall far from the family tree, Schottenheimer could win that many games, leaving him one win shy of his father’s most wins in a season as well.
