Behind the numbers.
Sources, calculation notes, and definitions for exploring the Cowboys’ 2024 season.
Data and background
- Original coursework
The 17 game records are reused from Bowden’s Cowboys table and interactive assignments. This mini-site reorganizes that content and calculates additional summaries from the same records.
- NFL: Dallas Cowboys 2024 schedule
Official schedule reference for the season’s games and results.
- Dallas Cowboys: Week 18 recap
Team coverage of the final 23–19 loss to Washington on January 5, 2025.
How the numbers work
Win rate: wins ÷ games × 100. Away: 5 ÷ 8 = 62.5%; home: 2 ÷ 9 ≈ 22.2%.
Point margin: Dallas score − opponent score. Add the margins to get total margin.
Per-game averages: total points or margin ÷ games at that location. Averages are rounded to one decimal; +0.25 away margin rounds to +0.3.
Median margin: sort the margins. Use the middle value for nine home games; average the two middle values for eight away games.
Scope: regular season only, excluding preseason and playoffs. No game is recorded for the Week 7 bye.
Glossary
Select a term to expand its definition.
Week and bye
Week is the numbered NFL regular-season week. A bye is a scheduled week without a game.
Date
The calendar date, written year-month-day. The 2024 regular season concluded in January 2025.
Opponent and location
Opponent is the team Dallas faced. Home means Dallas’s own stadium; away means the opponent’s stadium.
Points for and against
Points for are Dallas’s points. Points against are the opposing team’s points.
Point margin
Dallas points minus opponent points. Positive means a win; negative means a loss.
Result and record
W means a win; L means a loss. A record such as 5–3 means five wins and three losses.
Percentage points
The difference between two percentages. Here, 62.5% minus 22.2% is approximately 40.3 percentage points.
Table walkthrough
On the Data page, select a location button to outline those rows. Select an opponent to read its score and margin. Use “Giants comparison” for Weeks 4 and 13, then “Clear highlights” to reset. All buttons work with a keyboard; narrow screens can scroll the table horizontally.
For interpretation, return to the Analysis page or the overview.