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Troy Aikman: Year-by Year
(From Dallas Cowboys Press Guide)
After leading Dallas on three touchdown drives of 70-or-more yards
vs. Kansas City (11/23) while completing 21 of 29 passes (72.4%),
Aikman attempted a career-high 47 passes, completing a season-high
29 for 285 yards and a touchdown vs. Washington (12/3). On a windy,
19 degree day at Philadelphia (12/10), Aikman recorded his worst
day as a passer in over five years when he was 11 of 28 (39.3%)
for 110 yards.
The next week in the rain against the N.Y. Giants (12/17), he
guided Dallas to a game-winning field goal in the final two minutes
of the fourth quarter, the ninth time he had led Dallas from behind
to win in the fourth quarter, including three in the final two
minutes, and the 14th time in his career he has led Dallas to
victory when the team was tied or behind in the fourth quarter.
In the regular season finale at Arizona (12/25), Aikman posted
the second-best regular season yardage day of his career with
350 yards on 21 of 32 passes (65.6%), including two touchdowns
- his fifth multiple touchdown game of the season. That game vaulted
him past the 3,000 yard mark for the season - his third career
3,000 yard season.
As history shows, once Aikman reaches post-season play, he takes
his game to another level, and things were no different in January
1996, when he opened post-season play by completing 70.8% of his
passes (17 of 24) for 253 yards and a touchdown in a divisional
playoff win over Philadelphia (1/7/96). It was the fourth best
post-season completion percentage in Dallas history.
Against Green Bay (1/14/96) in his fourth consecutive NFC Championship
Game, Aikman moved past Staubach (2,820 yards) to become the club's
all-time leader in post-season passing yards, as he finished the
day 21 of 33 for 255 yards and two first quarter touchdowns in
guiding Dallas to its third Super Bowl in four years.
In Super Bowl XXX, Aikman became just the third player to quarterback
a team to three titles when he completed 10 consecutive passes
in the first half and finished the day 15 of 23 (65.2%) for 209
yards and a touchdown against Pittsburgh (1/28/96) in a 27-17
win.
It was the fifth consecutive post-season game he has thrown a
touchdown pass, setting a club record. The NFL career post-season
record holder for completion percentage (68.3) and average gain
per attempt (8.65), Aikman has the second highest post-season
quarterback rating in NFL history at 104.3, trailing Bart Starr's
104.8 mark.
He also has the five highest single-game playoff completion percentages
in club history and the club-record for post-season career 300-yard
passing days with four. Following the season, Aikman missed the
Pro Bowl to have surgery to remove loose bodies from his right
elbow on Feb. 6.
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