Cowboys 10-6 Cardinals (8 Dec, 1996) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

9-5, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL					10
ARI					6

Arizona Cardinals

6-8, 4-3 home

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/24	255	10.6	1	0	1-1	112.3
15/24	254	10.6	1	0	1-1	112.3

Arizona Passing


Boomer Esiason
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/36	224	6.2	0	2	2-11	46.5
18/36	213	6.2	0	2	2-11	46.5

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Troy Aikman
Daryl Johnston
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
27	70	2.6	11
3	8	2.7	5
3	1	0.3	2
2	1	0.5	1
35	80	2.3	11

Arizona Rushing


Leeland McElroy
Larry Centers
Leshon Johnson
Boomer Esiason
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
14	90	6.4	32
8	34	4.3	9
3	10	3.3	8
1	0	0.0	0
26	134	5.2	32

Dallas Receiving


Michael Irvin
Kevin R. Williams
Kelvin Martin
Eric Bjornson
Tyji Armstrong
Emmitt Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	198	24.8	1	55
3	29	9.7	0	11
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
15	255	17.0	1	55

Arizona Receiving


Rob Moore
Frank Sanders
Pat Carter
Stevie Anderson
Anthony Edwards
Larry Centers
Cedric Smith
Leeland McElroy
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	94	23.5	49
5	75	15.0	34
2	22	11.0	14
1	17	17.0	17
1	12	12.0	12
3	8	2.7	7
1	2	2.0	2
1	-6	-6.0	-6
18	224	12.4	49

Dallas Fumbles


Troy Aikman
Emmitt Smith
Deion Sanders
Broderick Thomas
team

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

Arizona Fumbles


Boomer Esiason
Leeland McElroy
Leshon Johnson
Eric Swann
Matt Darby
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
4	2	2

Dallas Defense



Darrin Smith
George Teague
Randall Godfrey
Shante Carver
Darren Woodson
Kevin Smith
Fred Strickland
Chad Hennings
Alundis Brice
Tony Casillas
Roger Harper
Wendell Davis
Tony Tolbert
Jim Schwantz
Ray Childress
Broderick Thomas
Kavika Pittman
Herschel Walker
Godfrey Myles
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	43	2	0	8	0	0

Arizona Defense



Aeneas Williams
Eric Swann
Eric Hill
Seth Joyner
Jamir Miller
Matt Darby
Simeon Rice
Michael Bankston
Bernard Wilson
Ronnie Bradford
Brad Ottis
Tito Paul
Jerry Drake
Brent Alexander
Kwamie Lassiter
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	2	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	45	1	0	4	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Darren Woodson
George Teague
Deion Sanders
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	7	0
1	0	0
0	1	0
2	8	0

Arizona Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Arizona Interceptions

Dallas Kick Returns


Kevin R. Williams
Herschel Walker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	53	26.5	39
1	0	0.0	0
3	53	17.7	39

Arizona Kick Returns


Leeland McElroy
Leshon Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	50	25.0	28
1	11	11.0	11
3	61	20.3	28

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	6	6.0	6	0
1	6	6.0	6	0

Arizona Punt Returns


Anthony Edwards
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	11	5.5	8	0
2	11	5.5	8	0

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	31	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	31	1/1	4

Arizona Kicking


Kevin Butler
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	33	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	33	0/0	6

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	266	44.3	1	3	56
6	266	44.3	1	3	56

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	255	51.0	2	1	55
5	255	51.0	2	1	55

5:00 AM, 8 December 1996

Attendance: 70,763

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	8	2	.800	259	179
Washington	7	4	.636	308	243
Dallas	3	7	.300	187	293
New York	2	8	.200	156	222

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