Sunday, January 5, 1997
Dallas Cowboys 17, Carolina Panthers 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (11-7-0) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Carolina Panthers (13-4-0) | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| DAL | CAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | Chris Boniol 22 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 1 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 7 |
| CAR | Willie Green 10 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 14 |
| DAL | Daryl Johnston 2 yard pass from Troy Aikman (pass failed) | 9 | 14 |
| DAL | Safety, Carolina bad snap on punt went out of end zone | 11 | 14 |
| CAR | John Kasay 24 yard field goal | 11 | 17 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 21 yard field goal | 14 | 17 |
| CAR | John Kasay 40 yard field goal | 14 | 20 |
| CAR | John Kasay 40 yard field goal | 14 | 23 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 21 yard field goal | 17 | 23 |
| CAR | John Kasay 32 yard field goal | 17 | 26 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 6 | 89 | |||||||||
| Troy Aikman | DAL | 18 | 36 | 165 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 22 | 80 | 3 | -2 | |||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 3 | 31 | |||||||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 1 | 22 | |||||||||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 4 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||
| Eric Bjornson | DAL | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 26 | 104 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 12 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Willie Green | CAR | 5 | 53 | 1 | ||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 3 | 25 | 1 | ||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Howard Griffith | CAR | 1 | 1 | |||||||||