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1996 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 286 points (17.9/g), 25th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 250 points (15.6/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 36 points (2.2/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Barry Switzer (10-6-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 2 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 6 22 18 256 173 83 4 14 304 213 91 2
2 Sun September 8 box W 1-1 New York Giants 27 0 21 368 228 140 7 105 42 63 2
3 Sun September 15 box L 1-2 Indianapolis Colts 24 25 18 295 184 111 1 18 321 218 103 2
4 Sun September 22 box L 1-3 @ Buffalo Bills 7 10 12 192 160 32 4 14 224 89 135 2
5 Mon September 30 box W 2-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 19 15 239 131 108 2 14 259 174 85 5
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 box W 3-3 Arizona Cardinals 17 3 22 324 199 125 1 13 178 120 58 1
8 Sun October 20 box W 4-3 Atlanta Falcons 32 28 17 306 250 56 2 22 369 256 113
9 Sun October 27 box W 5-3 @ Miami Dolphins 29 10 27 482 359 123 10 221 173 48 3
10 Sun November 3 box L 5-4 Philadelphia Eagles 21 31 22 296 179 117 2 22 347 217 130
11 Sun November 10 box W 6-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 20 316 222 94 1 16 267 156 111 3
12 Mon November 18 box W 7-4 Green Bay Packers 21 6 15 317 205 112 15 254 164 90
13 Sun November 24 box L 7-5 @ New York Giants 6 20 15 305 272 33 5 14 215 104 111 1
14 Thu November 28 box W 8-5 Washington Redskins 21 10 19 247 46 201 1 13 209 163 46 3
15 Sun December 8 box W 9-5 @ Arizona Cardinals 10 6 15 334 254 80 2 20 347 213 134 4
16 Sun December 15 box W 10-5 New England Patriots 12 6 16 251 144 107 2 16 279 178 101 4
17 Sun December 22 box L 10-6 @ Washington Redskins 10 37 14 235 116 119 2 32 483 326 157 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 28 box W 11-6 Minnesota Vikings 40 15
Division Sun January 5 box L 11-7 @ Carolina Panthers 17 26

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 286 4763 981 4.9 286 307 487 3122 12 14 6.2 163 475 1641 14 3.5 105 29 15 18
Team Defense 250 4382 958 4.6 431 271 484 2806 10 19 5.4 144 437 1576 10 3.6 260 33 14 27
Lg Rank Offense 25 24 23 23 20 28 6 6 9 18 10 22 12 25
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 2 3 2 1 14 8 12 9 9 8 12 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 296 465 63.7 3126 12 2.6 13 2.8 61 6.7 5.7 10.6 208.4 80.1 18 120 6.2 5.3 3.7
Wade Wilson 37 3 1 8 18 44.4 79 0 0.0 1 5.6 20 4.4 1.9 9.9 26.3 34.3 1 7 3.8 1.4 5.3
Jason Garrett 30 1 0 3 3 100.0 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 14.7 14.7 14.7 44.0 118.7 0 0 14.7 14.7 0.0
Sherman Williams 23 16 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.9 16 307 487 63.0 3249 12 2.5 14 2.9 61 6.7 5.6 10.6 203.1 78.6 19 127 6.2 5.2 3.8
Opp Total 16 271 484 56.0 2806 10 2.1 19 3.9 5.8 4.2 10.4 175.4 63.4 37 219 5.4 3.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Emmitt Smith 27 RB 15 15 327 1204 12 42 3.7 80.3 21.8 47 249 5.3 3 21 3.1 16.6 1453 15 5
Sherman Williams 23 16 1 69 269 0 27 3.9 16.8 4.3 5 41 8.2 0 13 0.3 2.6 310 0 2
Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 35 42 1 10 1.2 2.8 2.3 42 1 6
Daryl Johnston 30 FB 16 15 22 48 0 7 2.2 3.0 1.4 43 278 6.5 1 23 2.7 17.4 326 1 1
Herschel Walker 34 RET 16 1 10 83 1 39 8.3 5.2 0.6 7 89 12.7 0 24 0.4 5.6 172 1 0
Kevin Williams 25 WR 10 9 4 11 0 9 2.8 1.1 0.4 27 323 12.0 1 31 2.7 32.3 334 1 0
Wade Wilson 37 3 1 4 5 0 8 1.3 1.7 1.3 5 0 0
Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 3 2 0 3 0.7 0.1 0.2 36 475 13.2 1 41 2.3 29.7 477 1 2
John Jett 28 P 16 0 1 -23 0 -23 -23.0 -1.4 0.1 -23 0 0
Michael Irvin 30 WR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 962 15.0 2 61 5.8 87.5 962 2 1
Eric Bjornson 25 TE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 388 8.1 3 25 3.4 27.7 388 3 1
Kelvin Martin 31 RET 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 380 15.2 1 60 1.6 23.8 380 1 1
Tyji Armstrong 26 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 10 5.0 0 6 0.1 0.6 10 0 0
Johnny Mitchell 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.3 4.3 17 0 0
Derek Ware 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.2 1.0 5 0 0
Stepfret Williams 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 32 32.0 0 32 0.2 6.4 32 0 0
Team Total 27.9 16 475 1641 14 42 3.5 102.6 29.7 307 3249 10.6 12 61 19.2 203.1 4890 26 24
Opp Total 16 437 1576 10 3.6 98.5 27.3 271 2806 10.4 10 16.9 175.4 4382 20 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kelvin Martin 31 RET 16 1 41 373 0 22 9.1 753
Herschel Walker 34 RET 16 1 27 779 0 89 28.9 951
Kevin Williams 25 WR 10 9 2 17 0 9 8.5 21 471 0 39 22.4 822
Brock Marion 26 FS 10 10 3 68 0 37 22.7 68
Charlie Williams 24 7 0 2 21 0 21 10.5 21
Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 1 4 0 4 4.0 481
Team Total 27.9 16 44 394 0 22 9.0 53 1339 0 89 25.3 6623
Opp Total 16 32 0 70 1431 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Jett 28 P 16 0 74 3150 60 0 42.6
Chris Boniol 25 K 16 0 1 1 13 13 13 12 7 5 2 1 36 32 88.9% 25 24 96.0%
Team Total 27.9 16 1 1 13 13 13 12 7 5 2 1 36 32 88.9% 25 24 96.0% 74 3150 60 0 42.6
Opp Total 16 32 28 87.5% 20 20 100.0% 75 3458 46.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tony Tolbert* 29 LDE 16 16 12.0 3 0 2 0 0 45 16
Darren Woodson*+ 27 SS 16 16 3.0 5 43 0 21 1 1 1 0 0 62 16
Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 6 2 -8 0
Broderick Thomas 29 LLB 16 9 4.5 1 0 3 23 0 43 10
Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 15 1 31 2
Emmitt Smith 27 RB 15 15 5 1 0 0
Chad Hennings 31 LDT 15 15 4.5 2 0 1 0 0 33 7
Leon Lett 28 RDT 13 13 3.5 2 0 2 0 0 28 8
Kevin R. Smith 26 LCB 16 16 5 45 0 24 48 3
George Teague 25 fs 16 8 4 47 0 22 47 10
Shante Carver 25 RDE 10 7 3.0 17 6
Fred Strickland 30 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 79 24
Hurvin McCormack 24 16 4 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 9 7
Ray Donaldson* 38 C 16 16 2 0 -3 0
Roger Harper 26 14 0 2 30 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 5
Daryl Johnston 30 FB 16 15 1 1 0 0
Brock Marion 26 FS 10 10 0 1 1 45 0 41 10
Sherman Williams 23 16 1 2 0 0 0
Eric Bjornson 25 TE 14 10 1 0 0 0
Ray Childress 34 3 0 1.0 3 0
Charles Haley 32 rde 5 5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
Michael Irvin 30 WR 11 11 1 0 0 0
Kelvin Martin 31 RET 16 1 1 0 0 0
Darrin Smith 26 RLB 16 16 1.0 54 27
Herschel Walker 34 RET 16 1 0 1 0 0
Charlie Williams 24 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Team Total 27.9 16 37.0 19 168 0 24 16 24 19 72 1 653 170
Opp Total 16 19 26 12 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chris Boniol 25 K 16 0 24 32 120
Emmitt Smith 27 RB 15 15 12 3 90
Eric Bjornson 25 TE 14 10 3 1 20
Michael Irvin 30 WR 11 11 2 1 14
Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 1 1 12
Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 1 6
Daryl Johnston 30 FB 16 15 1 6
Kelvin Martin 31 RET 16 1 1 6
Herschel Walker 34 RET 16 1 1 6
Kevin Williams 25 WR 10 9 1 6
Team Total 27.9 16 14 12 1 2 24 32 286
Opp Total 16 10 10 20 28 1 250