ARLINGTON, Texas -- Dak Prescott now sits alone atop the Dallas Cowboys' record books in terms of all major passing statistics. After he threw for 279 yards and four passing touchdowns in a 37-20 victory over the Washington Commanders, Prescott's overtook predecessor Tony Romo as the team's all-time passing touchdowns leader at 249, and he did so in 15 fewer games. Prescott now owns Dallas' all-time records in completion percentage (67%), passing yards (36,443), passing touchdowns (249) and passer rating (98.6).
As I've told you earlier in the week, records are meant to be broken. It's my time to break this one," Prescott said on Sunday. "Pretty cool to do it against the team that I threw my first touchdown against, 10 years ago or so.
So definitely humbling, something I don't take for granted. The great history of this organization, of the past quarterbacks before me, obviously wearing to me the greatest one. And so super, super honored, super thankful.
I'm not taking it lightly, but as I told y'all, it's just the beginning. I plan to play for a while so I'm just getting started." At the podium on Sunday, Prescott wore Pro Football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach's No. 12 Cowboys jersey into and out of AT&T Stadium, and he said Staubach remains the best quarterback in franchise history. "Yeah, we were talking about it throughout the week.
Yeah, he's just on my mind and home opener, knew that this was an opportunity to break this record and just felt right. Just felt right," Prescott said. "As I said, he's the standard.
He was the first great one here, and I think he still is. And as we know, I was schooling up Q [Quinnen Williams] on the history of him to win the Heisman, to go serve for our country, and then to come back, win two Super Bowls, be the man that he is, be as great as he is off the field, do so much for the community. He's the epitome of what a Dallas Cowboys quarterback should be, and he's who I'm chasing.
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