| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 1997 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63746 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Brad Daluiso 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Chris Calloway 21 pass from Danny Kanell (Brad Daluiso kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Brad Daluiso 42 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Rodney Hampton 1 run (Brad Daluiso kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Emmitt Smith 4 run (Richie Cunningham kick) | 20 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Chris Calloway |
| 83 | WR | David Patten |
| 72 | LOT | Roman Oben |
| 78 | LOG | Greg Bishop |
| 53 | C | Lance Scott |
| 65 | ROG | Ron Stone |
| 74 | ROT | Scott Gragg |
| 87 | TE | Howard Cross |
| 13 | QB | Danny Kanell |
| 21 | RB | Tiki Barber |
| 30 | FB | Charles Way |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Michael Strahan |
| 97 | LDT | Robert Harris |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Hamilton |
| 79 | RDE | Bernard Holsey |
| 98 | LOLB | Jessie Armstead |
| 90 | MLB | Corey Widmer |
| 57 | ROLB | Corey Miller |
| 23 | LCB | Thomas Randolph |
| 20 | SS | Sam Garnes |
| 29 | FS | Tito Wooten |
| 31 | RCB | Jason Sehorn |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 73 | LOT | Larry Allen |
| 69 | LOG | George Hegamin |
| 50 | C | Clay Shiver |
| 63 | ROG | John Flannery |
| 79 | ROT | Erik Williams |
| 89 | TE | David LaFleur |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 45 | FB | Nicky Sualua |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Tony Tolbert |
| 75 | LDT | Tony Casillas |
| 78 | RDT | Leon Lett |
| 98 | RDE | Shante Carver |
| 56 | SLB | Randall Godfrey |
| 55 | MLB | Fred Strickland |
| 52 | WLB | Dexter Coakley |
| 26 | LCB | Kevin Smith |
| 28 | SS | Darren Woodson |
| 31 | FS | Brock Marion |
| 23 | RCB | Kevin Mathis |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYG | 35:11 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7/19 | 0/0 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
| DAL | 24:49 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2/13 | 0/2 | 9 | 88 | 2 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tiki Barber | 17 | 82 | 4.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Rodney Hampton | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Charles Way | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Lane | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erric Pegram | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 147 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Sherman Williams | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Danny Kanell | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 129 | 8.1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.2 |
| Dave Brown | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 14 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 143 | 5.7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 72.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 73 | 4.6 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 26.3 |
| Jason Garrett | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 56 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 78.3 |
| Wade Wilson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 1 | 136 | 4.3 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 51.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Chris Calloway | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 41 | 1 |
| David Patten | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Pierce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 143 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Anthony Miller | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
| David LaFleur | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Stepfret Williams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Scott Galbraith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sherman Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jason Sehorn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||
| Brad Maynard | 8 | 317 | 39.6 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 317 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Toby Gowin | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Amani Toomer | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kevin Mathis | 6 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||
| Brad Daluiso | 5 | 355 | 71.0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 2 | 147 | 73.5 | 2 |
| Team Totals | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Herschel Walker | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Bernard Holsey | 1.5 |
| Ray Agnew | 1.0 |
| Robert Harris | 1.0 |
| Christian Peter | 0.5 |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Chad Hennings | 1.5 |
| Kavika Pittman | 1.0 |
| Leon Lett | 0.5 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |