IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys will have Craig Wrolstad as the referee for the first time in Sunday’s meeting with the Arizona Cardinals.
Wrolstad is in his first year as a referee. He had been a field judge on Ed Hochuli’s crew for 11 years.
Last week Wrolstad’s crew worked the Minnesota Vikings-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. They called 19 penalties with 14 accepted. The Vikings had six penalties for 59 yards and the Buccaneers had eight penalties for 52 yards.
The breakdown:
False start – 1
Defensive holding- 3
Illegal use of hands – 2
Offensive holding – 6
Delay of game – 1
Illegal contact – 1
Face mask – 1
Offensive pass interference – 1
Defensive pass interference – 2
Horse collar – 1
Quarter-by-quarter:
First – 3
Second – 5
Third – 4
Fourth – 5
Overtime – 2