Cowboys were a very different team last time they played internationally

Dallas was a very different team last time they played internationally

The last time in which the Cowboys played a game internationally they were the “road” team in a contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The game took place in London at Wembley Stadium for those who don’t remember. If you do not remember, that was a magical time for the Cowboys. That 2014 season is one of the more precious ones in our memory banks throughout The Drought™ and that year the team was really finding a way to make things happen in what was easily ’s finest season to date from an overall perspective. Romo was hardly alone, though. was setting the league on fire with how he was leading it in rushing, rookie helped fortify the offensive line group that and Travis Frederick were in the process of leading a few years prior, and Dez Bryant was in peak form. Dez actually had the signature moment from the Wembley game. This was some of his finest work. caught Romo’s other touchdown pass in this game. had a 40-yard run for a score. Read that last sentence again. On the Jacksonville side of things the only touchdowns were scored by . We are here to talk about the Cowboys, but this also helps contextualize just how long ago all of this was. Dallas had three takeaways on defense, that season’s group was particularly fortunate to benefit from turnovers on the year at large. Jack Crawford and forced fumbles, both and each had a recovery, and picked off . Quite the trip down memory lane. This game carried a lot of stress in the lead-up to it, by the way. Again, for those who don’t recall or didn’t experience it. You see two weeks prior Romo, who the season hinged upon despite Murray’s excellence, was injured during a Monday night loss to Washington. The Cowboys lost that game and the next against the with under center. The Cowboys were 6-1 before those two losses and had a bye after the Jacksonville game in London. Many offered, at the time, that even if Dallas fell to 6-4 that it wasn’t worth Romo rushing himself back and potentially compromising the rest of the season. He played though, Dallas won, and they sat at the bye at 7-3 before returning and winning five of the last six games in the regular season. Those Cowboys would go on to win the NFC East, beat the in the Wild Card Round, and we don’t really have to talk about anything else.