2006 Week 7 (New York Giants 36 @ Dallas Cowboys 22; Tony Romo's 1st Game)
Tony Romo appeared under center for the first time in his NFL career on Monday Night Football on October 23, 2006. He came off the bench after halftime to replace struggling starter Drew Bledsoe. Tony provided an immediate impact simply with his ability to avoid pressure but his inexperience cost him as he threw 3 Interceptions. Still the Cowboys offense showed some spark as Tony led the Cowboys to two second half touchdowns but it was not enough as the Cowboys fell to the New York Giants 36-22.

2006 Week 8 (Dallas Cowboys 35 @ Carolina Panthers 14)
Tony Romo's second career game started out slowly. After falling behind to the Carolina Panthers 14-0 in the first quarter, Romo led the Cowboys to 10 points in the second quarter and a team record 25 points in the 4th quarter to give the Cowboys an impressive 35-14 win.

2006 Week 9 (Dallas Cowboys 19 @ Washington Redskins 22)
Tony Romo continued to improve and had his first zero interception game while tossing 2 more Touchdown passes. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, they invented a new way to loose a game. Tony Romo led the Cowboys down the field during the final minutes of the game setting them up for a last second victory. As the Cowboys attempted a last second game winning field goal, a Redskin defender burst through the line unblocked and blocked the field goal attempt, during the Redskin return, the Cowboys were flagged with a 15 yard face mask, the subsequent penalty ontop of the return put the Redskins in position to kick their own game winning field goal with NO TIME on the clock. Despite the disappointing loss, the Cowoys appear to have found a future in young Tony Romo.

2006 Week 10 (Dallas Cowboys 27 @ Arizona Cardinals 10)
Tony Romo had his first career 300 yard game vs the struggling Cardinals. The Cowboys dominated the Cardinals as Romo continued to shine in his new role as Cowboy savior. His mobility is the most impressive part of his game. He has improved each game and appears to settled in well. Romo tossed 2 more touchdown passes and was not sacked for the first time in a game and threw 0 interceptions for the second straight game.

2006 Week 11 (Indianapolis Colts 14 @ Dallas Cowboys 21)
Tony Romo's home debut as the starting quarterback came against the NFL's lone undefeated team. The Colts played poorly but were still contrilling the game due to the Cowboys lack luster effort on offense. For the first time since becoming a starter, Romo failed to throw a touchdown pass. He did have his best completion percentage though completing 19 of 23 passes. The Cowboys failed to score in the 1st half but were sparked by a Kevin Burnett Interception return for a touchdown early in the 3rd quarter. Romo led the Cowboys to 2 long touchdown drives in the 4th quarter to take the lead and the defense held on for a much needed win.

2006 Week 12 (Tampa Bay Buccaneeers 10 @ Dallas Cowboys 38)
Romomania officially began after this record setting performance by Tony Romo. Romo tied a Dallas Cowboys record by tossing 5 touchdown passes in a single game on his first Thanksgiving Day performance as the Cowboys starting quarterback. He did this without tossing an interception in a game where he was almost perfect with a 148.9 passer rating. The Buccanneer scored first and then it was all Cowboys as they outscored the Bucs 38-3 after the Bucs took a 7-0 lead. The Cowboys improved their record to 7 and 4 making them legitimate playoff contenders.

2006 Week 13 (Dallas Cowboys 23 @ New York Giants 20)
The Dallas Cowboys and Tony Romo avenged an earlier season loss to the New York Giants by winning on a last second field goal. by recently signed Martin Gramatica. The Cowboys won their 4th straight game and the 5th in 6 games with Tony Romo as the starting quarterback. Despite not tossing a touchdown pass, Romo was effecient enough to have the Cowboys in position to win the game before the Giants tied it at 20 with just over 1 minute remaining in the game. On the very first play after getting the ball back, Tony Romo hit a streaking Jason Witten on a perfect pass for 42 yards to set the Cowboys up for the game winning score.

2006 Week 14 (New Orleans Saints 42 @ Dallas Cowboys 17)
The Cowboys were embarrassed by the New Orleans Saints at home, giving up the most points of the season; 42. The Cowboys 4 game win streak was halted as they struggled on both sides of the ball. Tony Romo had his worst performance since his first game several weeks back and had his worst completion percentage of the season.

2006 Week 15 (Dallas Cowboys 38 @ Atlanta Falcons 28)
The Cowboys rebounded from a terrible performance the previous week by defeating the Atlanta Falcons and Michael Vick in Atlanta securing a playoff spot for the first time in 3 seasons. Terrell Owens set the stage early by grabbing 2 touchdown passes in the first half and Marion Barber sealed the deal late by scoring 2 rushing touchdowns in the second half. Tony Romo rebounded from a poor performance against New Orleans to toss 2 more TD passes.

2006 Week 16 (Philadelphia Eagles 23 @ Dallas Cowboys 7)
With the division in their grasp the Cowboys laid an egg to Division Rival Philadelphia loosing 23-7. Scoring the fewest points since Tony Romo became the starter, the Cowboys returned to a very familiar late season form by failing to live up to the Hype and challenge of winning the NFC East. The Eagles turned Romomania into nomomania holding him to his lowest passing yard performance of the season.

2006 Week 17 (Detroit Lions 39 @ Dallas Cowboys 31)
With the division lost and the Wild Card wrapped up, the Cowboys played like a team with nothing to win and everything to loose. The offense showed some spark after being held to a season low 7 points the previous week. Tony Romo threw 2 touchdown passes and a season high 321 yards but the defense gave up 4 touchdown passes to John Kitna as the Lions spoiled the Cowboys season finally at home 39-31.

2006 WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (Dallas Cowboys 20 @ Seattle Seahawks 21)
The Cowboys 2006 season ended abruptly after a botched field goal snap swept victory from their grasp. In their first playoff game in 3 seasons, the Dallas Cowboys went toe to toe with the defending NFC Champions in their backyard and were poised to upset the Seahawks when a shiney football slipped through Tony Romo's fingers. It was a very disappointing end to an otherwise very surprising and uplifting season. Regardless of the ending, the Cowboys lookto have found a future at QB in young Tony Romo!.

2006 Tony Romo Season Stats
Despite struggling at times, Tony Romo proved that their is light at the end of the tunnel finishing off his first season as the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys with Pro Bowl numbers. Romo led the Cowboys to a 9-7 record and their first playoff appearance in 3 seasons. Romo became the first Cowboys QB to make the Pro Bowl since Troy Aikman.