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  FINAL
New England 13, Dallas 6
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Dallas 3 0 0 3 6
New England 3 3 0 7 13

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 41 YD, 4:46. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 4:46. Key plays: 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Spellman on 3rd-and-5 to New England 29; Bledsoe 21-yard pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-6 to Dallas 46; Allen 13-yard run to Dallas 33; Warren 7-yard run to Dallas 26. NEW ENGLAND 3-0
DAL   FG   RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 20 YD, 12:11. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 2:06. Key plays: Coakley 18-yard interception return to New England 8. DALLAS 3, NEW ENGLAND 3
2ND QUARTER
NWE   FG   ADAM VINATIERI 23 YD, 8:11. Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards in 5:15. Key plays: Brown 9-yard punt return to Dallas 44; Bledsoe 17-yard pass to Faulk to Dallas 27; Faulk 6-yard run to Dallas 21; Faulk 6-yard run to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 6-3
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY ALLEN 3 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 8:21. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards in 5:25. Key plays: Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Glenn to New England 46; Bledsoe 19-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 32; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Brown to Dallas 17; Bledsoe 7-yard pass to Brisby to Dallas 8: Bledsoe 4-for-5 for 48 yards. NEW ENGLAND 13-3
DAL   FG   RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 34 YD, 12:10. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards in 3:49. Key plays: Aikman 15-yard pass to McGarrity to midfield; Aikman 13-yard pass to Ogden 3rd-and-13 to New England 40; Aikman 22-yard to Tucker to New England 23; Aikman 10-yard pass to Ismail to New England 16; Aikman 5-for-8 for 64 yards. NEW ENGLAND 13-6

TEAM STATISTICS
  DAL NWE
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
12
4-13
0-2
203
56
3.6
63
23
2.7
140
20-30
4.2
3-20
4-44.3
136
1-15
4-103
2-18
6-35
2-0
30:31
18
6-13
0-0
284
62
4.6
108
36
3.0
176
14-25
6.8
1-0
4-40.5
82
3-32
2-50
0-0
2-20
0-0
29:29

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Dallas (Richie Cunningham 43).
Dallas rushing
Emmitt Smith 19-75, Troy Aikman 2-minus 1, Chris Warren 1-minus 3, Raghib Ismail 1-minus 8.
New England rushing
Terry Allen 18-53, Kevin Faulk 9-36, Drew Bledsoe 7-10, Lamont Warren 1-7, Chris Floyd 1-2.
Dallas passing
Troy Aikman 20-30 for 160 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 14-25 for 176 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
Dallas receiving
Raghib Ismail 8-58, Wane Mcgarity 3-31, Emmitt Smith 3-10, Jeff Ogden 2-21, David Lafleur 2-21, Jason Tucker 1-22, Chris Warren 1-minus 3.
New England receiving
Troy Brown 4-40, Kevin Faulk 3-43, Terry Glenn 3-27, Shawn Jefferson 2-46, Lamont Warren 1-13, Vincent Brisby 1-7.
Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Randall Godfrey 12-5-0, George Teague 6-5-0, Darren Hambrick 4-2-0, Chad Hennings 4-2-0, Dexter Coakley 2-4-0, Kavika Pittman 5-0-0, Darren Woodson 3-1-0, Deion Sanders 3-0-0, Charlie Williams 2-1-0, Brandon Noble 2-0-0, Greg Ellis 1-1-1, Singor Mobley 1-0-0, Alonzo Spellman 0-1-0, Ebenezer Ekuban 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 4-4-0, Ferric Collons 5-1-1, Ty Law 4-2-0, Ted Johnson 4-2-0, Chris Slade 4-1-0, Chris Carter 3-2-0, Larry Whigham 4-0-1, Steve Israel 3-1-0, Chad Eaton 3-1-0, Willie Mcginest 2-1-1, Brandon Mitchell 2-1-0, Lawyer Milloy 2-0-0, Henry Thomas 1-1-0, Kato Serwanga 1-1-0, Tebucky Jones 1-0-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Dallas (Dexter Coakley 1 for 18 yards, Darren Woodson 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-James Wilson, Line judge-Ron Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Ken Baker, Back judge-Jim Howey.
A: 58,444; T: 2:46.

 


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Dallas Clubhouse

New England Clubhouse