Cowboys 27-0 Giants (8 Sep, 1996) Box Score

New York Giants

0-2, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYG					0
DAL					27

Dallas Cowboys

1-1, 1-0 home

New York Passing


Dave Brown
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
10/19	55	2.9	0	1	3-13	36.5
10/19	42	2.9	0	1	3-13	36.5

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
19/27	228	8.4	3	0	0-0	132.9
19/27	228	8.4	3	0	0-0	132.9

New York Rushing


Rodney Hampton
Tyrone Wheatley
Dave Brown
Charles Way
Keith Elias
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	44	2.9	9
6	8	1.3	3
1	5	5.0	5
1	4	4.0	4
1	2	2.0	2
24	63	2.6	9

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Herschel Walker
Daryl Johnston
Kevin R. Williams
Deion Sanders
Troy Aikman
Wade Wilson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
24	82	3.4	16
7	38	5.4	12
3	9	3.0	6
1	7	7.0	7
1	4	4.0	4
1	3	3.0	3
1	0	0.0	0
2	-3	-1.5	-1
40	140	3.5	16

New York Receiving


Chris Calloway
Aaron Pierce
Amani Toomer
Keith Elias
Rodney Hampton
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	15	7.5	11
2	15	7.5	11
1	12	12.0	12
3	12	4.0	6
2	1	0.5	5
10	55	5.5	12

Dallas Receiving


Kevin R. Williams
Eric Bjornson
Deion Sanders
Kelvin Martin
Daryl Johnston
Emmitt Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	86	14.3	1	20
4	41	10.3	0	23
3	38	12.7	1	17
1	38	38.0	0	38
2	13	6.5	0	11
3	12	4.0	1	5
19	228	12.0	3	38

New York Fumbles


Dave Brown
Tyrone Wheatley
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

Dallas Fumbles


Emmitt Smith
Ray Donaldson
Tony Tolbert
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
2	0	1

New York Defense



Corey Widmer
Jesse Campbell
Phillippi Sparks
Tito Wooten
Jason Sehorn
Michael Strahan
Jessie Armstead
Thomas Randolph
Chad Bratzke
Marcus Buckley
Corey Miller
Keith Hamilton
Scott Galyon
Cedric Jones
Conrad Hamilton
Bernard Holsey
Maurice Douglass
Coleman Rudolph
Ray Agnew
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	46	0	0	0	0	0

Dallas Defense



Darrin Smith
Fred Strickland
Chad Hennings
Alundis Brice
Tony Tolbert
Darren Woodson
Broderick Thomas
Charles Haley
Leon Lett
Brock Marion
Bill Bates
Kevin Smith
Hurvin McCormack
Kavika Pittman
Jim Schwantz
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
43	35	3	0	2	0	0

New York Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New York Interceptions

Dallas Interceptions


Kevin Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	22	0
1	22	0

New York Kick Returns


Tyrone Wheatley
Amani Toomer
Omar Douglas
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	57	19.0	21
2	36	18.0	20
1	11	11.0	11
6	104	17.3	21

Dallas Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Dallas Kick Returns

New York Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New York Punt Returns

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	31	7.8	16	0
4	31	7.8	16	0

New York Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No New York Kicking

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	29	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	29	3/3	9

New York Punting


Mike Horan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	384	48.0	0	1	53
8	384	48.0	0	1	53

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	181	36.2	0	3	50
5	181	36.2	0	3	50

5:00 AM, 8 September 1996

Attendance: 63,069

Referees:
Ron Blum

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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