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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Chris Boniol 22 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 1 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | 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 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Chris Boniol 21 yard field goal | 14 | 17 |
| CAR | John Kasay 40 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| 4th | 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 |
| DAL | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-96-0 | 37-127-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-36-165-1-3 | 12-22-100-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 100 |
| Total yards | 244 | 227 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-61 | 5-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 6 | 89 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | DAL | 18 | 36 | 165 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 22 | 80 | 0 | 25 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 3 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 4 | 18 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | DAL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Eric Bjornson | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 26 | 104 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 12 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Willie Green | CAR | 5 | 53 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 3 | 25 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | CAR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rohn Stark | CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Darren Woodson | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 155 | 31.0 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||
| Chad Cota | CAR | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Lamar Lathon | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Les Miller | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Mills | CAR | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Mark Rodenhauser | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Terrell | CAR | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | QB |
| Emmitt Smith | RB |
| Daryl Johnston | FB |
| Kevin Williams | WR |
| Michael Irvin | WR |
| Eric Bjornson | TE |
| Mark Tuinei | LT |
| Nate Newton | LG |
| Ray Donaldson | C |
| Larry Allen | RG |
| Erik Williams | RT |
| Tony Tolbert | LDE |
| Chad Hennings | LDT |
| Tony Casillas | DT |
| Shante Carver | RDE |
| Broderick Thomas | LLB |
| Fred Strickland | MLB |
| Darrin Smith | RLB |
| Kevin R. Smith | LCB |
| Deion Sanders | RCB |
| Darren Woodson | SS |
| George Teague | FS |
| Kerry Collins | QB |
| Anthony Johnson | RB |
| Howard Griffith | FB |
| Willie Green | WR |
| Mark Carrier | WR |
| Wesley Walls | TE |
| Matt Campbell | LT |
| Matt Elliott | LG |
| Frank Garcia | C |
| Greg Skrepenak | RG |
| Norbert Davidds-Garrido | RT |
| Mike Fox | LDE |
| Greg Kragen | NT |
| Gerald Williams | RDE |
| Kevin Greene | LOLB |
| Sam Mills | LILB |
| Carlton Bailey | RILB |
| Lamar Lathon | ROLB |
| Eric Davis | LCB |
| Tyrone Poole | RCB |
| Brett Maxie | SS |
| Pat Terrell | FS |