Dak Prescott etched his name into Dallas Cowboys history at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, throwing a 24-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in the fourth quarter to become the franchise's all-time leader in career passing touchdowns. The score, his 249th, came during a 37-20 rout of the Washington Commanders and pushed Prescott past a mark that had stood since Tony Romo retired a decade ago.
Prescott's milestone throw was his 249th career touchdown pass, surpassing the 248 that Romo threw for the Dallas Cowboys from 2006 through 2016, according to the NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Prescott reached the record in his 11th NFL season, a notably faster climb than Romo's, and he did it despite originally taking over the starting job only after Romo went down with an injury during the 2016 preseason.
The record-breaking connection with Lamb was hardly a one-off. It marked the 37th career touchdown between the two, making Lamb the most frequent scoring target of Prescott's career. Lamb capped his own big day with eight catches for 153 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
Sunday's record wasn't Prescott's first Cowboys milestone of the past year. He broke Romo's franchise record for career passing yards on November 23, 2025, connecting with George Pickens on a 9-yard completion during a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, needing just 160 yards entering that game to pass Romo's 34,183-yard mark, as detailed by NFL.com.
Staubach's Jersey And A Nod To His Mother
Prescott marked the occasion with a personal touch after the game, wearing the jersey of Hall of Famer Roger Staubach during his postgame press conference. He also said he felt the spiritual presence of his late mother, Peggy, as he threw the record-setting pass, and identified Staubach as the greatest quarterback in Cowboys history, according to DallasCowboys.com.
The moment comes in the third year of the four-year, $240 million contract extension Prescott signed in September 2024, a deal that pays him an average of $60 million annually, according to AS USA. The deal included $231 million in total guarantees, tying the franchise's financial future to Prescott's arm through 2028.
Wins, Not Yards, Remain The Last Frontier
Sunday's win also pushed Prescott to 84 regular-season wins as a starter, placing him one victory behind Staubach's 85 and 10 behind Aikman's franchise-record 94. Wins are widely treated as the ultimate measure of quarterback success in Dallas, and that record now stands as the last major franchise mark Prescott has yet to claim.
Despite holding both career passing records for the Cowboys, Prescott has just two career playoff victories, and the franchise has not reached an NFC Championship Game or Super Bowl since the 1995 season. Staubach and Aikman won two and three Super Bowls, respectively, a postseason success that continues to shape how Prescott's statistical dominance is weighed against the franchise's postseason drought. Where his pursuit of Aikman's wins record and a long-awaited playoff breakthrough eventually lands will likely determine how Prescott's place among Dallas' Hall of Fame quarterbacks is ultimately judged.
