Giants 20-6 Cowboys (24 Nov, 1996) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

7-5, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL					6
NYG					20

New York Giants

5-7, 3-3 home

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
28/39	280	7.2	0	2	1-8	70.5
28/39	272	7.2	0	2	1-8	70.5

New York Passing


Dave Brown
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/18	110	6.1	1	1	1-6	78.5
12/18	104	6.1	1	1	1-6	78.5

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Daryl Johnston
Deion Sanders
Troy Aikman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
11	18	1.6	6
1	8	8.0	8
2	5	2.5	3
1	3	3.0	3
1	-1	-1.0	-1
16	33	2.1	8

New York Rushing


Tyrone Wheatley
Rodney Hampton
Dave Brown
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	69	3.3	8
14	38	2.7	7
3	4	1.3	2
38	111	2.9	8

Dallas Receiving


Michael Irvin
Daryl Johnston
Deion Sanders
Kevin R. Williams
Sherman Williams
Emmitt Smith
Kelvin Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	77	12.8	38
7	57	8.1	23
2	55	27.5	41
5	34	6.8	9
3	27	9.0	13
4	24	6.0	10
1	6	6.0	6
28	280	10.0	41

New York Receiving


Chris Calloway
Howard Cross
Lawrence Dawsey
Charles Way
Kevin Alexander
Gary Downs
Brian Kozlowski
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	48	12.0	0	17
3	25	8.3	0	10
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	1	4
12	110	9.2	1	17

Dallas Fumbles


Michael Irvin
Deion Sanders
Daryl Johnston
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
3	3	0

New York Fumbles


Tyrone Wheatley
Jessie Armstead
Tito Wooten
Jesse Campbell
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	3

Dallas Defense



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

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
16	13	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	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
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	50	1	0	3	0	0

New York Defense



Jessie Armstead
Jason Sehorn
Conrad Hamilton
Phillippi Sparks
Corey Widmer
Thomas Randolph
Robert Harris
Michael Strahan
Chad Bratzke
Marcus Buckley
Percy Ellsworth
Tito Wooten
Jesse Campbell
Keith Hamilton
Charles Way
Scott Galyon
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	1	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	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	1
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	38	1	0	5	0	2

Dallas Interceptions


Kevin Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	24	0
1	24	0

New York Interceptions


Percy Ellsworth
Jason Sehorn
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	29	0
1	24	0
2	53	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Herschel Walker
Charlie Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	41	20.5	24
1	21	21.0	21
3	62	20.7	24

New York Kick Returns


Conrad Hamilton
Tyrone Wheatley
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	65	21.7	26
0	4	0.0	4
3	69	23.0	26

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	23	11.5	20	0
2	23	11.5	20	0

New York Punt Returns


Arthur Marshall
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	10	10.0	10	0
1	10	10.0	10	0

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	37	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	37	0/0	6

New York Kicking


Brad Daluiso
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	46	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	46	2/2	8

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	154	38.5	1	0	46
4	154	38.5	1	0	46

New York Punting


Mike Horan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	228	38.0	0	1	45
6	228	38.0	0	1	45

5:00 AM, 24 November 1996

Attendance: 77,081

Referees:
Thomas White

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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