TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Dallas Cowboys 2025 vs Houston Texans 2023
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 2023
| Metric | DAL | Shift | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,101 | — | 1,160 |
| Pass rate | 61.9% | +0.3% | 61.6% |
| Shotgun rate | 60.7% | +0.1% | 60.6% |
| Explosive rate | 12.9% | −1.5% | 14.4% |
| Success rate | 46.5% | +6.1% | 40.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.8% | +7.5% | 60.3% |
| 12 personnel | 17.3% | +5.7% | 11.6% |
| 21 personnel | 8.1% | −12.6% | 20.7% |
| 13 personnel | 1.6% | +0.4% | 1.2% |
| 22 personnel | 3.5% | −0.3% | 3.8% |
| 20 personnel | 0.0% | −1.7% | 1.7% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +1.0% | 0.7% |
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 · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 569 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 163 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 126 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 85 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 70 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 45 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 40 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 14 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 20 personnel → Under Center | 8 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 3 |
| Other → Shotgun | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 578 |
| Under Center → Run | 310 |
| Under Center → Pass | 131 |
| Shotgun → Run | 125 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Pistol → Pass | 4 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 394 |
| Run → Failure | 297 |
| Pass → Success | 197 |
| Pass → Explosive | 123 |
| Run → Success | 105 |
| Run → Explosive | 44 |