Cowboys 24-20 Panthers (24 Dec, 2005) Box Score

Dallas Cowboys

9-6, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	7	3	7	7	24
CAR	10	3	0	7	20

Carolina Panthers

10-5, 5-3 home

Dallas Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/23	209	9.1	1	1	5-29	90.7
15/23	180	9.1	1	1	5-29	90.7

Carolina Passing


Jake Delhomme
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/31	260	8.4	2	1	3-13	82.7
14/31	247	8.4	2	1	3-13	82.7

Dallas Rushing


Julius Jones
Marion Barber
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
34	194	5.7	2	43
6	20	3.3	0	10
1	0	0.0	0	0
41	214	5.2	2	43

Carolina Rushing


DeShaun Foster
Nick Goings
Jake Delhomme
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22	68	3.1	9
1	4	4.0	4
1	-1	-1.0	-1
24	71	3.0	9

Dallas Receiving


Keyshawn Johnson
Terry Glenn
Julius Jones
Jason Witten
Marion Barber
Lousaka Polite
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	89	14.8	0	19
4	88	22.0	1	51
2	17	8.5	0	15
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	1	1.0	0	1
15	209	13.9	1	51

Carolina Receiving


Ricky Proehl
Drew Carter
Kris Mangum
Nick Goings
Steve Smith Sr.
DeShaun Foster
Brad Hoover
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	104	52.0	1	69
3	55	18.3	1	32
3	35	11.7	0	24
2	24	12.0	0	19
1	18	18.0	0	18
2	13	6.5	0	9
1	11	11.0	0	11
14	260	18.6	2	69

Dallas Fumbles


Tyson Thompson
Drew Bledsoe
Terence Newman
Greg Ellis
team

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

Carolina Fumbles


Jake Delhomme
Sean Tufts
team

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

Dallas Defense



DeMarcus Ware
Bradie James
Terence Newman
Jason Ferguson
Scott Fujita
Greg Ellis
Kevin Burnett
Ryan Fowler
La'Roi Glover
Kenyon Coleman
Keith Davis
Nate Jones
Jacques Reeves
Aaron Glenn
Quinton Caver
Roy Williams
Willie Pile
Marcus Spears
Marion Barber
Tyson Thompson
Chris Canty
Terrance Copper
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	3	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	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	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	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
54	44	3	0	8	0	0

Carolina Defense



Chris Draft
Marlon McCree
Chris Gamble
Julius Peppers
Will Witherspoon
Mike Minter
Mike Rucker
Ken Lucas
Thomas Davis Sr.
Brentson Buckner
Ricky Manning
Vinny Ciurciu
Jordan Carstens
Karl Hankton
Brandon Short
Tutan Reyes
Dan Morgan
Kemp Rasmussen
Keary Colbert
Kindal Moorehead
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	1	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	3	0	1	0	0
8	6	1	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	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
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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	61	5	0	3	0	0

Dallas Interceptions


Roy Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	6	0
1	6	0

Carolina Interceptions


Ken Lucas
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	8	0
1	8	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Tyson Thompson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	132	26.4	40	0
5	132	26.4	40	0

Carolina Kick Returns


Jamal Robertson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	104	26.0	31	0
4	104	26.0	31	0

Dallas Punt Returns


Patrick Crayton
Terence Newman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	8	4.0	6
2	2	1.0	2
4	10	2.5	6

Carolina Punt Returns


Chris Gamble
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	14	7.0	9	0
2	14	7.0	9	0

Dallas Kicking


Billy Cundiff
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	24	3/3	6
1/2	50.0	24	3/3	6

Carolina Kicking


John Kasay
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	47	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	47	2/2	8

Dallas Punting


Mat McBriar
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	340	48.6	2	1	63
7	340	48.6	2	1	63

Carolina Punting


Jason Baker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	317	45.3	1	1	54
7	317	45.3	1	1	54

6:00 PM, 24 December 2005

Attendance: 73,436

Referees:
Terry McAulay

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
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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