Panthers 26-17 Cowboys (5 Jan, 1997) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

10-6, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL					17
CAR					26

Carolina Panthers

12-4, 8-0 home

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/36	165	4.6	1	3	2-17	37.4
18/36	148	4.6	1	3	2-17	37.4

Carolina Passing


Kerry Collins
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/22	100	4.5	2	1	0-0	77.8
12/22	100	4.5	2	1	0-0	77.8

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Deion Sanders
Troy Aikman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22	80	3.6	25
1	16	16.0	16
1	0	0.0	0
24	96	4.0	25

Carolina Rushing


Anthony Johnson
Winslow Oliver
Raghib Ismail
Kerry Collins
Rohn Stark
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
26	104	4.0	12
3	11	3.7	9
1	7	7.0	7
6	5	0.8	8
1	0	0.0	0
37	127	3.4	12

Dallas Receiving


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

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	89	14.8	0	23
3	31	10.3	0	13
1	22	22.0	0	22
4	18	4.5	1	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
3	-2	-0.7	0	3
18	165	9.2	1	23

Carolina Receiving


Willie Green
Wesley Walls
Anthony Johnson
Mark Carrier
Winslow Oliver
Howard Griffith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	53	10.6	1	22
3	25	8.3	1	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	1	1.0	0	1
12	100	8.3	2	22

Dallas Fumbles


Troy Aikman
Daryl Johnston
team

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

Carolina Fumbles


Winslow Oliver
Mark Rodenhauser
team

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

Dallas Defense



Fred Strickland
Tony Casillas
Shante Carver
Darren Woodson
Broderick Thomas
Tony Tolbert
Jim Schwantz
Kevin Smith
Chad Hennings
Darrin Smith
Hurvin McCormack
Charlie Williams
Deion Sanders
George Teague
Derrick Frazier
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
47	43	0	0	3	0	0

Carolina Defense



Sam Mills
Tyrone Poole
Lamar Lathon
Eric Davis
Pat Terrell
Carlton Bailey
Greg Kragen
Brett Maxie
Les Miller
Mike Fox
Chad Cota
Gerald Williams
Rod Smith
Kevin Greene
Mark Thomas
Duane Bickett
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	2	0	0
8	7	0	0	2	0	0
8	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	37	2	0	8	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Darren Woodson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Carolina Interceptions


Chad Cota
Pat Terrell
Sam Mills
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	49	0
1	49	0
1	24	0
3	122	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Kevin R. Williams
Herschel Walker
Deion Sanders
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	44	14.7	17
2	29	14.5	19
1	28	28.0	28
6	101	16.8	28

Carolina Kick Returns


Michael Bates
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	155	31.0	51	0
5	155	31.0	51	0

Dallas Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Dallas Punt Returns

Carolina Punt Returns


Winslow Oliver
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	17	8.5	15	0
2	17	8.5	15	0

Dallas Kicking


Chris Boniol
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	22	0/0	9
3/3	100.0	22	0/0	9

Carolina Kicking


John Kasay
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	40	2/2	14
4/4	100.0	40	2/2	14

Dallas Punting


John Jett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	153	51.0	0	1	59
3	153	51.0	0	1	59

Carolina Punting


Rohn Stark
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	39	39.0	0	1	39
1	39	39.0	0	1	39

5:00 AM, 5 January 1997

Attendance: 72,808

Referees:
Johnny Grier

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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