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New England Patriots 6 at Dallas Cowboys 12

Sunday, December 15, 1996

New England Patriots 6, Dallas Cowboys 12

1234Final
New England Patriots (10-5-0)60006
Dallas Cowboys (10-5-0)336012

Scoring

NWEDAL
1stNWEAdam Vinatieri 21 yard field goal30
NWEAdam Vinatieri 30 yard field goal60
DALChris Boniol 23 yard field goal63
2ndDALChris Boniol 36 yard field goal66
3rdDALChris Boniol 35 yard field goal69
DALChris Boniol 29 yard field goal612

Team Stats

NWEDAL
First downs1616
Rush-yards-TDs21-101-035-107-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-40-178-0-316-28-169-0-2
Sacked-yards0-03-25
Net pass yards178144
Total yards279251
Fumbles-lost1-10-0
Turnovers42
Penalties-yards4-298-67

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Curtis Martin NWE 20 91 0 21 3 19 0 9
Drew Bledsoe NWE 20 40 178 0 3 29
Terry Glenn NWE 8 83 0 29
Keith Byars NWE 5 46 0 19
Shawn Jefferson NWE 2 21 0 15
Dave Meggett NWE 1 10 0 10 1 0 0 0
Troy Brown NWE 1 9 0 9
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Emmitt Smith DAL 27 85 0 10 5 55 0 21
Troy Aikman DAL 16 28 169 0 2 21 3 -2 0 1
Michael Irvin DAL 6 76 0 20
Kevin Williams DAL 1 9 0 9 1 19 0 19
Daryl Johnston DAL 3 15 0 6
Sherman Williams DAL 4 15 0 8
Eric Bjornson DAL 1 4 0 4

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Ferric Collons NWE 0.5 0 0 0 0
Ty Law NWE 2 7 0 0
Willie McGinest NWE 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dave Meggett NWE 0 0 0 0 5 78 15.6 0 0 3 27 9.0 0 0
Dwayne Sabb NWE 0.5 0 0 0 0
Chris Slade NWE 1.0 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Roger Harper DAL 1 15 0 0
Kelvin Martin DAL 0 0 0 0 2 15 7.5 0 0
Herschel Walker DAL 0 0 0 0 2 89 44.5 0 0
Kevin Williams DAL 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Darren Woodson DAL 2 22 0 0