Cowboys 12-6 Patriots (15 Dec, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

10-5, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					6
DAL					12

Dallas Cowboys

10-5, 6-2 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/40	178	4.5	0	3	0-0	31.0
20/40	178	4.5	0	3	0-0	31.0

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/28	169	6.0	0	2	3-25	45.1
16/28	144	6.0	0	2	3-25	45.1

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
David Meggett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
20	91	4.6	21
1	10	10.0	10
21	101	4.8	21

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Kevin R. Williams
Troy Aikman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
27	85	3.1	10
4	15	3.8	8
1	9	9.0	9
3	-2	-0.7	1
35	107	3.1	10

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Keith Byars
Shawn Jefferson
Curtis Martin
Troy Brown
David Meggett
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	83	10.4	29
5	46	9.2	19
2	21	10.5	15
3	19	6.3	9
1	9	9.0	9
1	0	0.0	0
20	178	8.9	29

Dallas Receiving


Michael Irvin
Emmitt Smith
Kevin R. Williams
Daryl Johnston
Eric Bjornson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	76	12.7	20
5	55	11.0	21
1	19	19.0	19
3	15	5.0	6
1	4	4.0	4
16	169	10.6	21

New England Fumbles


Curtis Martin
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Dallas Fumbles


Chad Hennings
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Ty Law
Willie McGinest
Todd Collins
Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Jerome Henderson
Ferric Collons
Mark Wheeler
Corwin Brown
Chris Slade
Otis Smith
Michael David Jones
Chad Eaton
Mike McGruder
Dwayne Sabb
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	3	0	0
7	6	1	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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
1	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
54	48	3	0	4	0	0

Dallas Defense



Darren Woodson
Tony Tolbert
Broderick Thomas
Deion Sanders
Kevin Smith
George Teague
Fred Strickland
Randall Godfrey
Tony Casillas
Roger Harper
Chad Hennings
Jim Schwantz
Darrin Smith
Herschel Walker
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	3	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	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	2	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	35	0	0	8	0	0

New England Interceptions


Ty Law
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	7	0
2	7	0

Dallas Interceptions


Darren Woodson
Roger Harper
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	22	0
1	15	0
3	37	0

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	78	15.6	18	0
5	78	15.6	18	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Herschel Walker
Kevin R. Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	89	44.5	70
1	17	17.0	17
3	106	35.3	70

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	27	9.0	13	0
3	27	9.0	13	0

Dallas Punt Returns


Kelvin Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	15	7.5	10	0
2	15	7.5	10	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	30	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	30	0/0	6

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	36	0/0	12
4/4	100.0	36	0/0	12

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	113	37.7	0	1	48
3	113	37.7	0	1	48

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	183	45.8	0	2	53
4	183	45.8	0	2	53

5:00 AM, 15 December 1996

Attendance: 64,578

Referees:
Gerald Austin

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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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