Bengals 31-24 Cowboys (14 Dec, 1997) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

6-9, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL					24
CIN					31

Cincinnati Bengals

6-9, 5-2 home

Dallas Passing


Troy Aikman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
28/53	285	5.4	2	2	1-11	65.4
28/53	274	5.4	2	2	1-11	65.4

Cincinnati Passing


Boomer Esiason
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/25	269	10.8	2	1	1-7	100.3
13/25	262	10.8	2	1	1-7	100.2

Dallas Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Sherman Williams
Anthony Miller
Herschel Walker
Troy Aikman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	68	5.7	0	15
16	53	3.3	1	16
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
31	128	4.1	1	16

Cincinnati Rushing


Corey Dillon
Eric Bieniemy
Ki-Jana Carter
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	127	4.9	1	14
2	28	14.0	1	20
3	2	0.7	0	2
31	157	5.1	2	20

Dallas Receiving


Michael Irvin
Anthony Miller
Sherman Williams
David LaFleur
Herschel Walker
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	117	13.0	0	20
9	93	10.3	0	19
6	44	7.3	0	16
3	29	9.7	2	13
1	2	2.0	0	2
28	285	10.2	2	20

Cincinnati Receiving


Darnay Scott
James Hundon
David Dunn
Eric Bieniemy
Corey Dillon
Ki-Jana Carter
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	112	28.0	1	48
2	75	37.5	0	61
2	45	22.5	1	32
2	27	13.5	0	17
2	7	3.5	0	4
1	3	3.0	0	3
13	269	20.7	2	61

Dallas Fumbles


Wendell Davis
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Cincinnati Fumbles


James Hundon
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Dallas Defense



Brock Marion
Kevin Smith
Vinson Smith
Randall Godfrey
Kevin Mathis
Fred Strickland
Darren Woodson
Leon Lett
Broderick Thomas
Darren Benson
Dexter Coakley
Chad Hennings
Charlie Williams
Kavika Pittman
Omar Stoutmire
Antonio Anderson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	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	1	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
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	39	1	0	5	0	0

Cincinnati Defense



Sam Shade
Corey Sawyer
Ricardo McDonald
Greg Myers
James Francis
Ashley Ambrose
Steve Tovar
John Copeland
Tito Paul
Brentson Buckner
Andre Collins
Gerald Dixon
Jimmy Spencer
Kimo Von von Oelhoffen
Billy Granville
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	4	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	6	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	55	1	0	15	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Omar Stoutmire
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Cincinnati Interceptions


Corey Sawyer
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	7	0
2	7	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Herschel Walker
Brock Marion
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	88	17.6	25
1	28	28.0	28
6	116	19.3	28

Cincinnati Kick Returns


Eric Bieniemy
Ki-Jana Carter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	63	21.0	25
1	9	9.0	9
4	72	18.0	25

Dallas Punt Returns


Stepfret Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Cincinnati Punt Returns


Greg Myers
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Dallas Kicking


Richie Cunningham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	23	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	23	3/3	6

Cincinnati Kicking


Doug Pelfrey
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	42	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	42	4/4	7

Dallas Punting


Toby Gowin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	185	37.0	0	1	46
5	185	37.0	0	1	46

Cincinnati Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	192	48.0	0	3	66
4	192	48.0	0	3	66

5:00 AM, 14 December 1997

Attendance: 60,043

Referees:
Gerald Austin

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	2	.857	369	247
Washington	9	5	.643	396	315
Dallas	6	8	.429	298	380
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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