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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 2.4, Offense: -2.9, Defense: 5.3, SoS: 0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Barry Switzer

 Offensive Coordinator: Ernie Zampese
 Defensive Coordinator: Dave Campo

Training Camp: St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.6 260 271 484 2806 10 19 5.4 144 437 1576 10 3.6 89 33 14 27
Lg Rank Offense 25 24 23 23 20 28 6 9 9 18 10 22 12 25
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 3 3 2 1 14 8 12 9 9 8 12 7

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 2 boxscore L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 6 22 18 256 173 83 4 14 304 213 91 2
2 Sun September 8 boxscore W 1-1 New York Giants 27 0 21 368 228 140 7 105 42 63 2
3 Sun September 15 boxscore L 1-2 Indianapolis Colts 24 25 18 295 184 111 1 18 321 218 103 2
4 Sun September 22 boxscore L 1-3 @ Buffalo Bills 7 10 12 192 160 32 4 14 224 89 135 2
5 Mon September 30 boxscore W 2-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 19 15 239 131 108 2 14 259 174 85 5
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 boxscore W 3-3 Arizona Cardinals 17 3 22 324 199 125 1 13 178 120 58 1
8 Sun October 20 boxscore W 4-3 Atlanta Falcons 32 28 17 306 250 56 2 22 369 256 113
9 Sun October 27 boxscore W 5-3 @ Miami Dolphins 29 10 27 482 359 123 10 221 173 48 3
10 Sun November 3 boxscore L 5-4 Philadelphia Eagles 21 31 22 296 179 117 2 22 347 217 130
11 Sun November 10 boxscore W OT 6-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 20 316 222 94 1 16 267 156 111 3
12 Mon November 18 boxscore W 7-4 Green Bay Packers 21 6 15 317 205 112 15 254 164 90
13 Sun November 24 boxscore L 7-5 @ New York Giants 6 20 15 305 272 33 5 14 215 104 111 1
14 Thu November 28 boxscore W 8-5 Washington Redskins 21 10 19 247 46 201 1 13 209 163 46 3
15 Sun December 8 boxscore W 9-5 @ Arizona Cardinals 10 6 15 334 254 80 2 20 347 213 134 4
16 Sun December 15 boxscore W 10-5 New England Patriots 12 6 16 251 144 107 2 16 279 178 101 4
17 Sun December 22 boxscore L 10-6 @ Washington Redskins 10 37 14 235 116 119 2 32 483 326 157 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 28 boxscore W 11-6 Minnesota Vikings 40 15 27 438 183 255 2 12 268 205 63 6
Division Sun January 5 boxscore L 11-7 @ Carolina Panthers 17 26 21 244 148 96 3 18 227 100 127 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
8 Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 10-5-0 296 465 63.7 3126 12 2.6 13 2.8 61 6.7 6.0 10.6 208.4 80.1 18 120 6.22 5.51 3.7 2 2
11 Wade Wilson 37 qb 3 1 0-1-0 8 18 44.4 79 0 0.0 1 5.6 20 4.4 1.9 9.9 26.3 34.3 1 7 3.79 1.42 5.3
17 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 14.67 14.67 0.0
20 Sherman Williams 23 rb 16 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 27.9 16 10-6-0 307 487 63.0 3249 12 2.5 14 2.9 61 6.7 5.9 10.6 203.1 78.6 19 127 6.17 5.40 3.8 2 2
Opp Total 16 271 484 56.0 3025 10 2.1 19 3.9 6.3 4.90 11.2 189.1 65.3 37 219 5.4 4.1 7.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
22 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
20 Sherman Williams 23 rb 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
8 Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 35 42 1 10 1.2 2.8 2.3 42 1 6
48 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
34 Herschel Walker 34 KR 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
85 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
11 Wade Wilson 37 qb 3 1 4 5 0 8 1.3 1.7 1.3 5 0 0
21 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
19 John Jett 28 P 16 0 1 -23 0 -23 -23.0 -1.4 0.1 -23 0 0
88 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
86 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
83 Kelvin Martin 31 PR 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 380 15.2 1 60 1.6 23.8 380 1 1
81 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
82 Johnny Mitchell 25 te 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.3 4.3 17 0 0
89 Derek Ware 29 te 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.2 1.0 5 0 0
80 Stepfret Williams 23 wr 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
83 Kelvin Martin 31 PR 16 1 41 373 0 22 9.1 753
34 Herschel Walker 34 KR 16 1 27 779 0 89 28.9 951
85 Kevin Williams 25 WR 10 9 2 17 0 9 8.5 21 471 0 39 22.4 822
31 Brock Marion 26 FS 10 10 3 68 0 37 22.7 68
42 Charlie Williams 24 7 0 2 21 0 21 10.5 21
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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
19 John Jett 28 P 16 0 74 3150 60 0 42.6
18 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 3457 46.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Fred Strickland 30 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 79 24
28 Darren Woodson*+ 27 SS 16 16 3.0 5 43 0 21 0 1 1 1 0 0 62 16
59 Darrin Smith 26 RLB 16 16 1.0 54 27
92 Tony Tolbert* 29 LDE 16 16 12.0 3 0 2 0 0 45 16
30 George Teague 25 fs 16 8 4 47 0 22 0 47 10
26 Kevin R. Smith 26 LCB 16 16 5 45 0 24 0 48 3
51 Broderick Thomas 29 LLB 16 9 4.5 1 0 3 23 0 43 10
31 Brock Marion 26 FS 10 10 0 1 1 45 0 41 10
95 Chad Hennings 31 LDT 15 15 4.5 2 0 1 0 0 33 7
21 Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 15 1 31 2
78 Leon Lett 28 RDT 13 13 3.5 2 0 2 0 0 28 8
56 Randall Godfrey 23 llb 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 25 3
96 Shante Carver 25 RDE 10 7 3.0 17 6
24 Roger Harper 26 14 0 2 30 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 5
75 Tony Casillas 33 dt 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 6
52 Jim Schwantz* 26 16 0 12 4
99 Hurvin McCormack 24 dt 16 4 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 9 7
29 Alundis Brice 26 db 14 1 11 1
98 Godfrey Myles 28 16 0 10 2
40 Bill Bates 35 14 0 6 2
35 Wendell Davis 23 13 0 7 0
94 Charles Haley 32 rde 5 5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
42 Charlie Williams 24 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
8 Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 0 6 2 -8 0
72 Ray Childress 34 3 0 1.0 3 0
22 Emmitt Smith 27 RB 15 15 0 5 1 0 0
97 Kavika Pittman 22 15 0 2 0
93 Mike Ulufale 24 3 0 2 0
57 Alan Campos 23 15 0 1 0
53 Ray Donaldson* 38 C 16 16 0 2 0 -3 0
48 Daryl Johnston 30 FB 16 15 0 1 1 0 0
20 Sherman Williams 23 rb 16 1 0 2 0 0 0
86 Eric Bjornson 25 TE 14 10 0 1 0 0 0
88 Michael Irvin 30 WR 11 11 0 1 0 0 0
83 Kelvin Martin 31 PR 16 1 0 1 0 0 0
34 Herschel Walker 34 KR 16 1 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.9 16 37.0 19 168 0 24 0 16 24 19 72 1 653 170
Opp Total 16 19 26 12 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
18 Chris Boniol 25 K 16 0 24 32 120
22 Emmitt Smith 27 RB 15 15 12 3 15 90
86 Eric Bjornson 25 TE 14 10 3 3 1 20
88 Michael Irvin 30 WR 11 11 2 2 1 14
21 Deion Sanders*+ 29 RCB/wr 16 15 1 1 2 12
8 Troy Aikman* 30 QB 15 15 1 1 6
48 Daryl Johnston 30 FB 16 15 1 1 6
83 Kelvin Martin 31 PR 16 1 1 1 6
34 Herschel Walker 34 KR 16 1 1 1 6
85 Kevin Williams 25 WR 10 9 1 1 6
Team Total 27.9 16 14 12 1 27 2 24 32 286
Opp Total 16 10 10 20 28 1 250