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1996 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

Regular Season Scores, Rosters and Statistics

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sat	12/28/1996	H	Minnesota Vikings	40-15	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64682
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/5/1997	A	Carolina Panthers	17-26	L		Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	72808

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Troy Aikman	8	QB	6-4	220	30	Oklahoma; UCLA	2	2
Larry Allen	73	ROG	6-3	329	25	Butte CC; Sonoma State	2	2
Tyji Armstrong	81	TE	6-4	253	26	Iowa Central CC; Mississippi	2	0
Bill Bates	34	S	6-1	207	35	Tennessee	2	0
Eric Bjornson	86	TE	6-4	237	25	Washington	2	2
Chris Boniol	18	K	5-11	167	25	Louisiana Tech	2	0
Alan Campos	57	LB	6-3	236	23	Louisville	2	0
Shante Carver	96	RDE	6-5	253	25	Arizona State	2	2
Tony Casillas	75	RDT	6-3	279	33	Oklahoma	2	2
Ray Childress	72	DT	6-6	275	34	Texas A&M	2	0
Billy Davis	87	WR	6-1	205	24	Pittsburgh	2	0
Ray Donaldson	53	C	6-3	291	38	Georgia	2	2
Derrick Frazier	23	CB	5-10	178	26	Texas A&M	2	0
Jason Garrett	17	QB	6-2	197	30	Princeton; Columbia; Princeton	1	0
Randall Godfrey	56	SLB	6-2	243	23	Georgia	1	1
Roger Harper	24	S	6-2	223	26	Ohio State	2	0
George Hegamin	69	OT	6-7	331	23	North Carolina State	2	0
Dale Hellestrae	70	C-OG	6-5	288	34	Southern Methodist	2	0
Chad Hennings	95	LDT	6-6	291	31	Air Force	2	2
Michael Irvin	88	WR	6-2	205	30	Miami (Florida)	2	2
John Jett	19	P	6-0	198	28	East Carolina	2	0
Daryl Johnston	48	FB	6-2	241	30	Syracuse	2	2
Derek Kennard	60	OG-C	6-3	290	34	Nevada-Reno	2	0
Kelvin Martin	83	WR	5-9	162	31	Boston College	2	0
Hurvin McCormack	99	DL	6-5	284	24	Indiana	2	0
Johnny Mitchell	82	TE	6-3	263	25	Nebraska	1	0
Godfrey Myles	98	LB	6-1	241	28	Florida	2	0
Nate Newton	61	LOG	6-2	325	35	Florida A&M	2	2
Kavika Pittman	97	DE	6-6	272	22	McNeese State	2	0
Dominique Ross	36	RB	6-0	216	24	Valdosta State	1	0
Deion Sanders	21	RCB	6-1	193	29	Florida State	2	2
Jim Schwantz	52	LB	6-2	240	26	Purdue	2	0
Darrin Smith	59	WLB	6-1	232	26	Miami (Florida)	2	2
Emmitt Smith	22	RB	5-9	212	27	Florida	2	2
Kevin Smith	26	LCB	5-11	190	26	Texas A&M	2	2
Fred Strickland	55	MLB	6-2	251	30	Purdue	2	2
George Teague	30	FS	6-1	195	25	Alabama	2	2
Broderick Thomas	51	SLB	6-4	248	29	Nebraska	2	1
Tony Tolbert	92	LDE	6-6	264	29	Texas-El Paso	2	2
Mark Tuinei	71	LOT	6-5	299	36	UCLA; Hawaii	2	2
Herschel Walker	34	FB	6-1	225	34	Georgia	2	0
Charlie Williams	42	CB	6-0	197	24	Bowling Green State	2	0
Erik Williams	79	ROT	6-6	318	28	Central State (Ohio)	2	2
Kevin Williams	85	WR	5-9	195	25	Miami (Florida)	2	2
Sherman Williams	20	RB	5-8	202	23	Alabama	1	0
Darren Woodson	28	SS	6-1	217	27	Arizona State	2	2

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	10	31	10	6	57
Opponents Totals	7	10	10	14	41

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	36:20	48	21	22	5	11/26 42.3%	0/1 0.0%	5	54
Opponents Totals	23:40	30	11	14	5	11/25 44.0%	1/3 33.3%	8	53

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chris Boniol	0	4	4	100.0	0	0	7	7	100.0	0	25
Emmitt Smith	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Troy Aikman	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Daryl Johnston	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
George Teague	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	5	4	4	100.0	0	1	7	7	100.0	1	57
Opponents Totals	4	3	3	100.0	1	1	4	4	100.0	0	41

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Chris Boniol	7	7	100.0	0/0	6/6	1/1	0/0	0/0
OWN	7	7	100.0	0/0	6/6	1/1	0/0	0/0
OPP	4	4	100.0	0/0	1/1	1/1	2/2	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emmitt Smith	39	196	5.0	37t	2
Sherman Williams	17	67	3.9	20	0
Herschel Walker	8	62	7.8	23	0
Deion Sanders	1	16	16.0	16	0
Daryl Johnston	1	5	5.0	5	0
Troy Aikman	3	4	1.3	2t	1
Kevin Williams	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	70	351	5.0	37	3
Opponents Totals	52	190	3.7	12	1

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Troy Aikman	65	37	56.9	24	343	5.3	9.3	23	1	1.5	4	6.2	3	26	317	51.0
Jason Garrett	2	2	100.0	0	14	7.0	7.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	14	95.8
Team Totals	67	39	58.2	24	357	5.3	9.2	23	1	1.5	4	6.0	3	26	331	52.9
Opponents Totals	49	27	55.1	19	308	6.3	11.4	50	3	6.1	3	6.1	2	3	305	69.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Irvin	9	125	13.9	22	0
Emmitt Smith	7	24	3.4	15	0
Kevin Williams	6	89	14.8	23	0
Daryl Johnston	6	25	4.2	7	1
Kelvin Martin	5	61	12.2	18	0
Eric Bjornson	4	23	5.8	7	0
Herschel Walker	1	8	8.0	8	0
Sherman Williams	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals		39		357	9.2	23	1
Opponents Totals		27		308	11.4		3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Teague	1	29	29.0	29t	1
Deion Sanders	1	22	22.0	22	0
Darren Woodson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	3	51	17.0	29t	1
Opponents Totals	4	126	31.5	49	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Jett	4	196	49.0	59	0	0	1	25	171	57.0
Team Totals	4	196	49.0	59	0	0	1	25	171	42.8
Opponents Totals	3	118	39.3	48	0	0	3	6	112	37.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kelvin Martin	1	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	1	1	6	6.0	6	0
Opponents Totals	3	1	25	8.3	15	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	OSA	OSR
Chris Boniol	14	885	63.2	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	14	885	63.2	0	1	0	0
Opponents Totals	11	722	65.6	0	4	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	3	0	50	16.7	21	0
Kevin Williams	3	0	44	14.7	17	0
Deion Sanders	1	0	28	28.0	28	0
Team Totals	7	0	122	17.4	28	0
Opponents Totals	13	0	308	23.7	51	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Broderick Thomas	1.0	3.0
Shante Carver	1.0	0.0
Team Totals	2.0	3.0
Opponents Totals	3.0	26.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Troy Aikman	1	0	0	0	0	-5	0
Eric Bjornson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Shante Carver	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Daryl Johnston	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Deion Sanders	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Darrin Smith	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Emmitt Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Sherman Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	3	1	1	4	5	17	0
Opponents Totals	6	4	1	1	2	-37	0

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