Cowboys 17-3 Cardinals (13 Oct, 1996) Box Score

Arizona Cardinals

2-4, 1-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ARI					3
DAL					17

Dallas Cowboys

3-3, 2-1 home

Arizona Passing


Kent Graham
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/31	141	4.5	0	1	3-21	50.6
16/31	120	4.5	0	1	3-21	50.6

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
23/37	199	5.4	0	1	0-0	65.0
23/37	199	5.4	0	1	0-0	65.0

Arizona Rushing


Larry Centers
Leshon Johnson
Kent Graham
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	24	4.8	11
14	21	1.5	5
3	13	4.3	7
22	58	2.6	11

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Daryl Johnston
Troy Aikman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	112	5.3	2	18
3	9	3.0	0	11
3	6	2.0	0	2
2	-2	-1.0	0	-1
29	125	4.3	2	18

Arizona Receiving


Rob Moore
Larry Centers
Pat Carter
Frank Sanders
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	45	15.0	20
8	40	5.0	14
3	39	13.0	20
2	17	8.5	11
16	141	8.8	20

Dallas Receiving


Michael Irvin
Eric Bjornson
Deion Sanders
Kelvin Martin
Daryl Johnston
Emmitt Smith
Herschel Walker
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	51	10.2	13
5	49	9.8	19
4	42	10.5	12
1	25	25.0	25
3	17	5.7	15
4	10	2.5	7
1	5	5.0	5
23	199	8.7	25

Arizona Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Arizona Fumbles

Dallas Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Dallas Fumbles

Arizona Defense



Seth Joyner
Aeneas Williams
Ronnie Bradford
Matt Darby
Bernard Wilson
Eric Swann
Brent Alexander
Jamir Miller
Michael Bankston
Simeon Rice
Eric Hill
Brad Ottis
Kwamie Lassiter
D.J. Johnson
Eric England
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	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
54	43	0	0	5	0	0

Dallas Defense



Broderick Thomas
Fred Strickland
Tony Tolbert
Brock Marion
Darren Woodson
Darrin Smith
Kevin Smith
Leon Lett
Chad Hennings
Bill Bates
George Teague
Hurvin McCormack
Jim Schwantz
Godfrey Myles
Tony Casillas
Roger Harper
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	2	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	4	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	36	3	0	6	0	0

Arizona Interceptions


Aeneas Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Kevin Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Leeland McElroy
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	66	16.5	20	0
4	66	16.5	20	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Herschel Walker
Brock Marion
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	28	28.0	28
1	26	26.0	26
2	54	27.0	28

Arizona Punt Returns


Marcus Dowdell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	18	6.0	11	0
3	18	6.0	11	0

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	42	14.0	21	0
3	42	14.0	21	0

Arizona Kicking


Greg Davis
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	49	0/0	3
1/1	100.0	49	0/0	3

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	23	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	23	2/2	5

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	298	42.6	0	4	52
7	298	42.6	0	4	52

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	199	39.8	0	3	46
5	199	39.8	0	3	46

5:00 AM, 13 October 1996

Attendance: 64,096

Referees:
Larry Nemmers

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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