Cowboys 42-21 Lions (27 Dec, 2016) Box Score

Detroit Lions

9-6, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	7	14	0	0	21
DAL	14	7	14	7	42

Dallas Cowboys

13-3, 7-1 home

Detroit Passing


Matthew Stafford#9
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
26/46	260	5.7	0	1	4-31	51.5	63.7
26/46	229	5.7	0	1	4-31	--	63.7

Dallas Passing


Dak Prescott#4
Dez Bryant#88
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15/20	212	10.6	3	1-11	86.3	148.3
1/1	10	10.0	1	0-0	100.0	147.9
16/21	211	10.6	4	1-11	--	149.2

Detroit Rushing


Zach Zenner#34
Dwayne Washington#36
Matthew Stafford#9
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	67	5.6	2	20
7	22	3.1	0	9
1	1	1.0	1	1
20	90	4.5	3	20

Dallas Rushing


Ezekiel Elliott#21
Darren McFadden#20
Dak Prescott#4
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	80	6.7	2	55
14	49	3.5	0	18
4	35	8.8	0	15
30	164	5.5	2	55

Detroit Receiving


Eric Ebron#85
Golden Tate#15
Anquan Boldin#80
Zach Zenner#34
Marvin Jones Jr.#11
Andre Roberts#12
TJ Jones#13
Matthew Mulligan#82
Dwayne Washington#36
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
8	93	11.6	21	12
6	58	9.7	16	6
5	33	6.6	9	7
2	25	12.5	13	3
1	16	16.0	16	7
1	14	14.0	14	1
1	9	9.0	9	6
1	8	8.0	8	1
1	4	4.0	4	2
26	260	10.0	21	45

Dallas Receiving


Dez Bryant#88
Terrance Williams#83
Jason Witten#82
Cole Beasley#11
Brice Butler#19
Ezekiel Elliott#21
Darren McFadden#20
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4	70	17.5	2	25	5
4	61	15.3	0	30	4
2	33	16.5	1	23	4
4	25	6.3	0	12	5
1	21	21.0	1	21	1
1	12	12.0	0	12	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
16	222	13.9	4	30	21

Detroit Fumbles


Matthew Stafford#9
Golden Tate#15
team

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

Dallas Fumbles


Kyle Wilber#51
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Detroit Defense



Tavon Wilson#32
Ezekiel Ansah#94
Johnson Bademosi#29
Tahir Whitehead#59
A'Shawn Robinson#91
Glover Quin#27
Josh Bynes#57
Nevin Lawson#24
DeAndre Levy#54
Haloti Ngata#92
Kerry Hyder Jr.#61
Don Juan Carey#26
Clay Harbor#84
Devin Taylor#98
Stefan Charles#96
Eric Ebron#85
Zach Zenner#34
Miles Killebrew#35
Rafael Bush#31
Tyrunn Walker#93
Brandon Copeland#51
Antwione Williams#52
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	0	1	0	0	0
7	4	1	2	0	1	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	1	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	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	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	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	37	1	4	0	1	0

Dallas Defense



Barry Church#42
Anthony Hitchens#59
Byron Jones#31
Orlando Scandrick#32
Sean Lee#50
Brandon Carr#39
Jack Crawford#58
J.J. Wilcox#27
Jeff Heath#38
David Irving#95
Randy Gregory#94
Benson Mayowa#93
Damien Wilson#57
Maliek Collins#96
Dan Bailey#5
Chris Jones#6
Kyle Wilber#51
Lance Dunbar#25
Anthony Brown#30
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	2	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	1.5	0	1	3	0
2	2	0	0	0	1	0
2	1	1.5	1	0	2	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	1	1	0	3	0
1	0	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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
65	35	4	2	9	10	0

Detroit Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Detroit Interceptions

Dallas Interceptions


J.J. Wilcox#27
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	8	0
1	8	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Andre Roberts#12
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	64	32.0	42	0
2	64	32.0	42	0

Dallas Kick Returns


Lucky Whitehead#13
Darren McFadden#20
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	44	22.0	22
1	30	30.0	30
3	74	24.7	30

Detroit Punt Returns


Andre Roberts#12
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	23	23.0	23	0
1	23	23.0	23	0

Dallas Punt Returns


Lucky Whitehead#13
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	5	0
2	5	2.5	5	0

Detroit Kicking


Matt Prater#5
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

Dallas Kicking


Dan Bailey#5
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Detroit Punting


Sam Martin#6
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	196	49.0	0	2	54
4	196	49.0	0	2	54

Dallas Punting


Chris Jones#6
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	189	47.3	0	1	57
4	189	47.3	0	1	57

AT&T Stadium

1:30 AM, 27 December 2016

Arlington, TX

Attendance: 92,885

Referees:
Allen Baynes
Keith Ferguson
John Hussey
Wayne Mackie
Tony Michalek
Ron Marinucci
Jimmy Buchanan

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	12	2	.857	369	252
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	6	8	.429	298	380
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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