TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs Houston Texans 2016
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Dallas Cowboys 2025 minus Houston Texans 2016
| Metric | DAL | Shift | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,101 | — | 1,188 |
| Pass rate | 61.9% | +2.8% | 59.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 60.7% | +4.1% | 56.6% |
| Explosive rate | 12.9% | +2.7% | 10.2% |
| Success rate | 46.5% | +6.1% | 40.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.8% | +4.6% | 63.1% |
| 12 personnel | 17.3% | +0.2% | 17.1% |
| 21 personnel | 8.1% | −1.3% | 9.4% |
| 13 personnel | 1.6% | +1.6% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 3.5% | −0.5% | 4.0% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −2.0% | 2.0% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −2.6% | 2.6% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +0.0% | 1.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Dallas Cowboys · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 599 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 144 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 139 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 66 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 36 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 16 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 12 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 11 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Shotgun | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 2 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 527 |
| Under Center → Run | 267 |
| Under Center → Pass | 143 |
| Shotgun → Run | 141 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 352 |
| Run → Failure | 237 |
| Pass → Success | 226 |
| Run → Success | 144 |
| Pass → Explosive | 103 |
| Run → Explosive | 39 |
Houston Texans · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 573 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 111 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 92 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 90 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 71 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 39 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 35 |
| 20 personnel → I_Form | 28 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 12 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 8 |
| Other → Empty | 8 |
| Other → Singleback | 7 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 4 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → I_Form | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 486 |
| Shotgun → Run | 186 |
| Singleback → Run | 135 |
| I_Form → Run | 132 |
| Singleback → Pass | 87 |
| Empty → Pass | 72 |
| I_Form → Pass | 39 |
| Pistol → Run | 16 |
| Pistol → Pass | 12 |
| Jumbo → Run | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 3 |
| Empty → Run | 2 |
| Other → Run | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 389 |
| Run → Failure | 319 |
| Pass → Success | 235 |
| Run → Success | 124 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 43 |