Romo ties Cowboys record with five TDs
NFL.com wire reports
IRVING, Texas (Nov. 23, 2006) -- In only his fifth career start, Tony Romo tied a Dallas Cowboys record with five touchdown passes against Tampa Bay.
Romo threw the five TD passes in a span of six drives, the last one putting the Cowboys up 35-10. The record-tying score was a 7-yarder to Terrell Owens, which the receiver capped by depositing the ball into one of the Salvation Army red kettles being used as a prop for the charity's annual holiday fund-raising campaign.
This marks the ninth time in team history a quarterback has had five TD passes and the first time on Thanksgiving.
It was last done by Troy Aikman in the 1999 opener, an overtime win over Washington. Danny White was the last to do it in regulation, back in 1983. Don Meredith (three times), Craig Morton (twice) and Eddie LeBaron are the other Dallas quarterbacks to pull off the feat.
The record for TD passes on Thanksgiving is six by Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals in 1929.
IRVING, Texas (Nov. 23, 2006) -- In only his fifth career start, Tony Romo tied a Dallas Cowboys record with five touchdown passes against Tampa Bay.
Romo threw the five TD passes in a span of six drives, the last one putting the Cowboys up 35-10. The record-tying score was a 7-yarder to Terrell Owens, which the receiver capped by depositing the ball into one of the Salvation Army red kettles being used as a prop for the charity's annual holiday fund-raising campaign.
This marks the ninth time in team history a quarterback has had five TD passes and the first time on Thanksgiving.
It was last done by Troy Aikman in the 1999 opener, an overtime win over Washington. Danny White was the last to do it in regulation, back in 1983. Don Meredith (three times), Craig Morton (twice) and Eddie LeBaron are the other Dallas quarterbacks to pull off the feat.
The record for TD passes on Thanksgiving is six by Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals in 1929.
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