Cowboys 20-17 49ers (10 Nov, 1996) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

6-4, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL					20
SF					17

San Francisco 49ers

7-3, 4-1 home

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/39	230	5.9	1	1	2-8	75.8
24/39	222	5.9	1	1	2-8	75.8

San Francisco Passing


Elvis Grbac
Steve Young
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
10/17	88	5.2	0	2	1-11	33.1
7/13	83	6.4	1	0	2-4	99.2
17/30	156	5.7	1	2	3-15	56.4

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Troy Aikman
Sherman Williams
Daryl Johnston
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	81	3.1	0	16
3	8	2.7	1	4
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	1	1.0	0	1
31	94	3.0	1	16

San Francisco Rushing


Terry Kirby
William Floyd
Steve Young
Jerry Rice
Dexter Carter
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	55	4.6	1	27
10	55	5.5	0	11
2	4	2.0	0	3
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
26	111	4.3	1	27

Dallas Receiving


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

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	88	14.7	0	28
8	45	5.6	1	11
2	34	17.0	0	27
5	33	6.6	0	16
2	19	9.5	0	10
1	11	11.0	0	11
24	230	9.6	1	28

San Francisco Receiving


Jerry Rice
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
William Floyd
Ted Popson
Terry Kirby
Terrell Owens
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	49	9.8	0	17
2	39	19.5	1	29
4	36	9.0	0	16
2	24	12.0	0	21
3	18	6.0	0	16
1	5	5.0	0	5
17	171	10.1	1	29

Dallas Fumbles


Leon Lett
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

San Francisco Fumbles


Steve Young
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Dallas Defense



Darren Woodson
Kevin Smith
Brock Marion
Fred Strickland
Chad Hennings
George Teague
Darrin Smith
Shante Carver
Tony Tolbert
Jim Schwantz
Broderick Thomas
Deion Sanders
Leon Lett
Tony Casillas
Roger Harper
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	1	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	43	3	0	6	0	0

San Francisco Defense



Ken Norton
Lee Woodall
Marquez Pope
Bryant Young
Chris Doleman
Tim McDonald
Merton Hanks
Tyronne Drakeford
Gary Plummer
Steve Israel
Roy Barker
Dedrick Dodge
Dana Stubblefield
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	4	0	0
6	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
55	55	2	0	7	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Darren Woodson
Fred Strickland
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	2	0
1	0	0
2	2	0

San Francisco Interceptions


Marquez Pope
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	6	0
1	6	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Herschel Walker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	87	17.4	22	0
5	87	17.4	22	0

San Francisco Kick Returns


Dexter Carter
Derek Loville
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	33	16.5	20
1	26	26.0	26
3	59	19.7	26

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
Deion Sanders
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	50	16.7	22
1	4	4.0	4
4	54	13.5	22

San Francisco Punt Returns


Dexter Carter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	64	16.0	52	0
4	64	16.0	52	0

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	29	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	29	2/2	8

San Francisco Kicking


Jeff Wilkins
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	327	46.7	1	2	60
7	327	46.7	1	2	60

San Francisco Punting


Tommy Thompson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	241	48.2	0	0	56
5	241	48.2	0	0	56

5:00 AM, 10 November 1996

Attendance: 68,919

Referees:
Dick Hantak

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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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