{"id":41533,"date":"2025-07-05T19:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41533\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T19:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:47:11","slug":"dallas-cowboys-countdown-to-the-season-opener-day-61-andre-gurode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41533\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys countdown to the season opener: Day 61 Andre Gurode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"QTIzye\">We\u2019re counting down the days until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/strong><\/a> battle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a> in the season opener of the 2025 NFL season. To pass the time and mark the days, we running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to football.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3ygwWk\"><strong>Today &#8211; number 61.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andre Gurode<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"QBRqAI\"><strong>Born:<\/strong> March 6, 1978. Houston, Texas<br \/><strong>Position: <\/strong>Center<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/strong><\/a>: 2002-2010<br \/><strong>Awards<\/strong>:\tAll-Pro- 2007, 2009<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-pro-bowl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Bowl<\/a>&#8211; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"Dallas Cowboys v Baltimore Ravens\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"2346\" width=\"2346\" height=\"3600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1261981216.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Photo by Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"ed7ty4\">Andre Gurode played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys from 2002 to 2010, after being selected in the second round (pick 37) out of the University of Colorado. Initially playing both guard and center, Gurode eventually settled in as the Cowboys\u2019 starting center, where he became a dominant force thanks to his size, strength, and nasty streak. He earned five Pro Bowl selections and two All-Pro honors, anchoring an offensive line with his talents that the league considered as one of the best centers of his era. <\/p>\n<p id=\"HG5o6z\"><strong>Best known for:<\/strong><br \/>Gurode was best known for his physical dominance and Pro Bowl consistency as the Cowboys\u2019 starting center, serving as a tone-setter in the trenches for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today in Sports History <br \/>2006 &#8211; Albert Haynesworth (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Titans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Titans<\/a>) kicked off the helmet of Andre Gurode (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Cowboys<\/a>) and then scraped his cleat across his head. Gurode required 30 stitches &amp; suffered blurry vision from the attack. The NFL suspended Haynesworth for 5 games without pay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EAnmdk5hVI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EAnmdk5hVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 History of Sports (@BeforeFamePics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeforeFamePics\/status\/1046747381478412289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 1, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"xEY7k4\"><strong>Lesser known fact:<\/strong><br \/>Gurode was involved in one of the most shocking moments in NFL history. He was the victim of Albert Haynesworth\u2019s face stomp in a 2006 game, which led to Haynesworth receiving a five-game suspension, the longest for an on-field incident at the time. Despite suffering facial injuries that required stitches, Gurode chose not to press charges, earning widespread respect for his professionalism and composure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"Football - NFL - Cowboys vs. 49ers\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"3000\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/577386050.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Photo by James D. Smith \/Icon SMI\/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re counting down the days until the Dallas Cowboys battle the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,15914,7316,7317,7312,7311,1596,7318,2385,204,32804,7313,5950,358,448,447,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-41533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andre","10":"tag-blogging","11":"tag-boys","12":"tag-countdown","13":"tag-cowboys","14":"tag-dallas","15":"tag-dallas-cowboys-history","16":"tag-day","17":"tag-front-page","18":"tag-gurode","19":"tag-opener","20":"tag-season","21":"tag-texas","22":"tag-the","23":"tag-to","24":"tag-tx","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114802356956334345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}