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List of Dallas Cowboys starting quarterbacks

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List of Dallas Cowboys starting quarterbacks

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Cowboys.

Tables

· Starting quarterbacks
1960
1960
Season
1960
Regular season
Eddie LeBaron (0–9–1) / Don Heinrich (0–1) / Don Meredith (0–1)
1961
1961
Season
1961
Regular season
Eddie LeBaron (2–8) / Don Meredith (2–1–1)
1962
1962
Season
1962
Regular season
Don Meredith (2–5–1) / Eddie LeBaron (3–3)
1963
1963
Season
1963
Regular season
Don Meredith (4–8) / Eddie LeBaron (0–2)
1964
1964
Season
1964
Regular season
Don Meredith (5–4–1) / John Roach (0–4)
1965
1965
Season
1965
Regular season
Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (0–2) / Jerry Rhome (0–1)
1966
1966
Season
1966
Regular season
Don Meredith (9–3–1) / Jerry Rhome (1–0)
Postseason
Don Meredith (0–1)
1967
1967
Season
1967
Regular season
Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (2–1)
Postseason
Don Meredith (1–1)
1968
1968
Season
1968
Regular season
Don Meredith (11–2) / Craig Morton (1–0)
Postseason
Don Meredith (0–1)
1969
1969
Season
1969
Regular season
Craig Morton (10–2–1) / Roger Staubach (1–0)
Postseason
Craig Morton (0–1)
1970
1970
Season
1970
Regular season
Craig Morton (8–3) / Roger Staubach (2–1)
Postseason
Craig Morton (2–1)
1971
1971
Season
1971
Regular season
Roger Staubach (10–0) / Craig Morton (1–3)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (3–0)
1972
1972
Season
1972
Regular season
Craig Morton (10–4)
Postseason
Craig Morton (1–0) / Roger Staubach (0–1)
1973
1973
Season
1973
Regular season
Roger Staubach (10–4)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (1–1)
1974
1974
Season
1974
Regular season
Roger Staubach (8–6)
1975
1975
Season
1975
Regular season
Roger Staubach (9–4) / Clint Longley (1–0)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (2–1)
1976
1976
Season
1976
Regular season
Roger Staubach (11–3)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (0–1)
1977
1977
Season
1977
Regular season
Roger Staubach (12–2)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (3–0)
1978
1978
Season
1978
Regular season
Roger Staubach (11–4) / Danny White (1–0)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (2–1)
1979
1979
Season
1979
Regular season
Roger Staubach (11–5)
Postseason
Roger Staubach (0–1)
1980
1980
Season
1980
Regular season
Danny White (12–4)
Postseason
Danny White (2–1)
1981
1981
Season
1981
Regular season
Danny White (11–4) / Glenn Carano (1–0)
Postseason
Danny White (1–1)
1982
1982
Season
1982
Regular season
Danny White (6–3)
Postseason
Danny White (2–1)
1983
1983
Season
1983
Regular season
Danny White (12–4)
Postseason
Danny White (0–1)
1984
1984
Season
1984
Regular season
Gary Hogeboom (6–4) / Danny White (3–3)
1985
1985
Season
1985
Regular season
Danny White (10–4) / Gary Hogeboom (0–2)
Postseason
Danny White (0–1)
1986
1986
Season
1986
Regular season
Steve Pelluer (3–6) / Danny White (4–2) / Reggie Collier (0–1)
1987
1987
Season
1987
Regular season
Danny White (3–6) / Steve Pelluer (2–2) / Kevin Sweeney (2–0)
1988
1988
Season
1988
Regular season
Steve Pelluer (3–11) / Kevin Sweeney (0–2)
1989
1989
Season
1989
Regular season
Troy Aikman (0–11) / Steve Walsh (1–4)
1990
1990
Season
1990
Regular season
Troy Aikman (7–8) / Babe Laufenberg (0–1)
1991
1991
Season
1991
Regular season
Troy Aikman (7–5) / Steve Beuerlein (4–0)
Postseason
Steve Beuerlein (1–1)
1992
1992
Season
1992
Regular season
Troy Aikman (13–3)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1993
1993
Season
1993
Regular season
Troy Aikman (11–3) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Bernie Kosar (0–1)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1994
1994
Season
1994
Regular season
Troy Aikman (10–4) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Rodney Peete (1–0)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (1–1)
1995
1995
Season
1995
Regular season
Troy Aikman (12–4)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1996
1996
Season
1996
Regular season
Troy Aikman (10–5) / Wade Wilson (0–1)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (1–1)
1997
1997
Season
1997
Regular season
Troy Aikman (6–10)
1998
1998
Season
1998
Regular season
Troy Aikman (7–4) / Jason Garrett (3–2)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (0–1)
1999
1999
Season
1999
Regular season
Troy Aikman (7–7) / Jason Garrett (1–1)
Postseason
Troy Aikman (0–1)
2000
2000
Season
2000
Regular season
Troy Aikman (4–7) / Randall Cunningham (1–2) / Anthony Wright (0–2)
2001
2001
Season
2001
Regular season
Quincy Carter (3–5) / Anthony Wright (1–2) / Ryan Leaf (0–3) / Clint Stoerner (1–1)
2002
2002
Season
2002
Regular season
Chad Hutchinson (2–7) / Quincy Carter (3–4)
2003
2003
Season
2003
Regular season
Quincy Carter (10–6)
Postseason
Quincy Carter (0–1)
2004
2004
Season
2004
Regular season
Vinny Testaverde (5–10) / Drew Henson (1–0)
2005
2005
Season
2005
Regular season
Drew Bledsoe (9–7)
2006
2006
Season
2006
Regular season
Tony Romo (6–4) / Drew Bledsoe (3–3)
Postseason
Tony Romo (0–1)
2007
2007
Season
2007
Regular season
Tony Romo (13–3)
Postseason
Tony Romo (0–1)
2008
2008
Season
2008
Regular season
Tony Romo (8–5) / Brad Johnson (1–2)
2009
2009
Season
2009
Regular season
Tony Romo (11–5)
Postseason
Tony Romo (1–1)
2010
2010
Season
2010
Regular season
Jon Kitna (4–5) / Tony Romo (1–5) / Stephen McGee (1–0)
2011
2011
Season
2011
Regular season
Tony Romo (8–8)
2012
2012
Season
2012
Regular season
Tony Romo (8–8)
2013
2013
Season
2013
Regular season
Tony Romo (8–7) / Kyle Orton (0–1)
2014
2014
Season
2014
Regular season
Tony Romo (12–3) / Brandon Weeden (0–1)
Postseason
Tony Romo (1–1)
2015
2015
Season
2015
Regular season
Matt Cassell (1–6) / Tony Romo (3–1) / Brandon Weeden (0–3) / Kellen Moore (0–2)
2016
2016
Season
2016
Regular season
Dak Prescott (13–3)
Postseason
Dak Prescott (0–1)
2017
2017
Season
2017
Regular season
Dak Prescott (9–7)
2018
2018
Season
2018
Regular season
Dak Prescott (10–6)
Postseason
Dak Prescott (1–1)
2019
2019
Season
2019
Regular season
Dak Prescott (8–8)
2020
2020
Season
2020
Regular season
Andy Dalton (4–5) / Dak Prescott (2–3) / Garrett Gilbert (0–1) / Ben DiNucci (0–1)
2021
2021
Season
2021
Regular season
Dak Prescott (11–5) / Cooper Rush (1–0)
Postseason
Dak Prescott (0–1)
2022
2022
Season
2022
Regular season
Dak Prescott (8–4) / Cooper Rush (4–1)
Postseason
Dak Prescott (1–1)
2023
2023
Season
2023
Regular season
Dak Prescott (12–5)
Postseason
Dak Prescott (0–1)
2024
2024
Season
2024
Regular season
Dak Prescott (3–5) / Cooper Rush (4–4) / Trey Lance (0–1)
2025
2025
Season
2025
Regular season
Dak Prescott (3–4–1)
Season
Regular season
Postseason
Ref.
1960
Eddie LeBaron (0–9–1) / Don Heinrich (0–1) / Don Meredith (0–1)
1961
Eddie LeBaron (2–8) / Don Meredith (2–1–1)
1962
Don Meredith (2–5–1) / Eddie LeBaron (3–3)
1963
Don Meredith (4–8) / Eddie LeBaron (0–2)
1964
Don Meredith (5–4–1) / John Roach (0–4)
1965
Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (0–2) / Jerry Rhome (0–1)
1966
Don Meredith (9–3–1) / Jerry Rhome (1–0)
Don Meredith (0–1)
1967
Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (2–1)
Don Meredith (1–1)
1968
Don Meredith (11–2) / Craig Morton (1–0)
Don Meredith (0–1)
1969
Craig Morton (10–2–1) / Roger Staubach (1–0)
Craig Morton (0–1)
1970
Craig Morton (8–3) / Roger Staubach (2–1)
Craig Morton (2–1)
1971
Roger Staubach (10–0) / Craig Morton (1–3)
Roger Staubach (3–0)
1972
Craig Morton (10–4)
Craig Morton (1–0) / Roger Staubach (0–1)
1973
Roger Staubach (10–4)
Roger Staubach (1–1)
1974
Roger Staubach (8–6)
1975
Roger Staubach (9–4) / Clint Longley (1–0)
Roger Staubach (2–1)
1976
Roger Staubach (11–3)
Roger Staubach (0–1)
1977
Roger Staubach (12–2)
Roger Staubach (3–0)
1978
Roger Staubach (11–4) / Danny White (1–0)
Roger Staubach (2–1)
1979
Roger Staubach (11–5)
Roger Staubach (0–1)
1980
Danny White (12–4)
Danny White (2–1)
1981
Danny White (11–4) / Glenn Carano (1–0)
Danny White (1–1)
1982
Danny White (6–3)
Danny White (2–1)
1983
Danny White (12–4)
Danny White (0–1)
1984
Gary Hogeboom (6–4) / Danny White (3–3)
1985
Danny White (10–4) / Gary Hogeboom (0–2)
Danny White (0–1)
1986
Steve Pelluer (3–6) / Danny White (4–2) / Reggie Collier (0–1)
1987
Danny White (3–6) / Steve Pelluer (2–2) / Kevin Sweeney (2–0)
1988
Steve Pelluer (3–11) / Kevin Sweeney (0–2)
1989
Troy Aikman (0–11) / Steve Walsh (1–4)
1990
Troy Aikman (7–8) / Babe Laufenberg (0–1)
1991
Troy Aikman (7–5) / Steve Beuerlein (4–0)
Steve Beuerlein (1–1)
1992
Troy Aikman (13–3)
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1993
Troy Aikman (11–3) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Bernie Kosar (0–1)
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1994
Troy Aikman (10–4) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Rodney Peete (1–0)
Troy Aikman (1–1)
1995
Troy Aikman (12–4)
Troy Aikman (3–0)
1996
Troy Aikman (10–5) / Wade Wilson (0–1)
Troy Aikman (1–1)
1997
Troy Aikman (6–10)
1998
Troy Aikman (7–4) / Jason Garrett (3–2)
Troy Aikman (0–1)
1999
Troy Aikman (7–7) / Jason Garrett (1–1)
Troy Aikman (0–1)
2000
Troy Aikman (4–7) / Randall Cunningham (1–2) / Anthony Wright (0–2)
2001
Quincy Carter (3–5) / Anthony Wright (1–2) / Ryan Leaf (0–3) / Clint Stoerner (1–1)
2002
Chad Hutchinson (2–7) / Quincy Carter (3–4)
2003
Quincy Carter (10–6)
Quincy Carter (0–1)
2004
Vinny Testaverde (5–10) / Drew Henson (1–0)
2005
Drew Bledsoe (9–7)
2006
Tony Romo (6–4) / Drew Bledsoe (3–3)
Tony Romo (0–1)
2007
Tony Romo (13–3)
Tony Romo (0–1)
2008
Tony Romo (8–5) / Brad Johnson (1–2)
· Most games as starting quarterback
GP
GP
Name
GP
Col 2
Games played
GS
GS
Name
GS
Col 2
Games started
W
W
Name
W
Col 2
Number of wins as starting quarterback
L
L
Name
L
Col 2
Number of losses as starting quarterback
T
T
Name
T
Col 2
Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct
Pct
Name
Pct
Col 2
Winning percentage as starting quarterback
Name
GP
Games played
GS
Games started
W
Number of wins as starting quarterback
L
Number of losses as starting quarterback
T
Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct
Winning percentage as starting quarterback
· Most games as starting quarterback
Troy Aikman
Troy Aikman
Name
Troy Aikman
Period
1989–2000
GP
165
GS
165
W
94
L
71
T
%
570
Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott
Name
Dak Prescott
Period
2016–present
GP
130
GS
130
W
79
L
50
T
1
%
612
Tony Romo
Tony Romo
Name
Tony Romo
Period
2006–2015
GP
156
GS
127
W
78
L
49
T
%
614
Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach
Name
Roger Staubach
Period
1969–1979
GP
131
GS
114
W
85
L
29
T
%
746
Danny White
Danny White
Name
Danny White
Period
1976–1988
GP
166
GS
92
W
62
L
30
T
%
674
Don Meredith
Don Meredith
Name
Don Meredith
Period
1960–1968
GP
104
GS
85
W
48
L
33
T
4
%
588
Craig Morton
Craig Morton
Name
Craig Morton
Period
1965–1974
GP
101
GS
47
W
32
L
14
T
1
%
691
Quincy Carter
Quincy Carter
Name
Quincy Carter
Period
2001–2003
GP
31
GS
31
W
16
L
15
T
%
516
Name
Period
GP
GS
W
L
T
%
Troy Aikman
1989–2000
165
165
94
71
570
Dak Prescott
2016–present
130
130
79
50
1
612
Tony Romo
2006–2015
156
127
78
49
614
Roger Staubach
1969–1979
131
114
85
29
746
Danny White
1976–1988
166
92
62
30
674
Don Meredith
1960–1968
104
85
48
33
4
588
Craig Morton
1965–1974
101
47
32
14
1
691
Quincy Carter
2001–2003
31
31
16
15
516
· Team career passing records
Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott
Name
Dak Prescott
Comp
2,984
Att
4,449
%
67.1
Yds
33,506
TD
229
Int
87
Troy Aikman
Troy Aikman
Name
Troy Aikman
Comp
2,898
Att
4,715
%
61.4
Yds
32,942
TD
165
Int
141
Tony Romo
Tony Romo
Name
Tony Romo
Comp
2,829
Att
4,335
%
65.3
Yds
34,183
TD
248
Int
117
Danny White
Danny White
Name
Danny White
Comp
1,761
Att
2,950
%
59.7
Yds
21,959
TD
155
Int
132
Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach
Name
Roger Staubach
Comp
1,685
Att
2,958
%
57.0
Yds
22,700
TD
153
Int
109
Don Meredith
Don Meredith
Name
Don Meredith
Comp
1,170
Att
2,308
%
50.7
Yds
17,199
TD
135
Int
111
Craig Morton
Craig Morton
Name
Craig Morton
Comp
685
Att
1,308
%
52.4
Yds
10,279
TD
80
Int
73
Name
Comp
Att
%
Yds
TD
Int
Dak Prescott
2,984
4,449
67.1
33,506
229
87
Troy Aikman
2,898
4,715
61.4
32,942
165
141
Tony Romo
2,829
4,335
65.3
34,183
248
117
Danny White
1,761
2,950
59.7
21,959
155
132
Roger Staubach
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
153
109
Don Meredith
1,170
2,308
50.7
17,199
135
111
Craig Morton
685
1,308
52.4
10,279
80
73

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