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1996 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Barry Switzer (10-6-0)

Points For: 286 (17.9/g) 25th of 30

Points Against: 250 (15.6/g) 3rd of 30

Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7

SRS: 2.38 (9th of 30), SOS: .13

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 40-15 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Lost Divisional Round 17-26 vs. Carolina Panthers

Offensive Coordinator: Ernie Zampese

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Campo

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Bates (Linebackers), Clancy Pendergast (Quality Control) and Mike Zimmer (Defensive Backs Coach)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Owner/President/General Manager: Jerry Jones (Owner serves as team's de facto General Manager)

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +600; O/U: 10.5

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	286	4763	981	4.9	29	15	286	307	487	3122	12	14	6.2	163	475	1641	14	3.5	105	103	832	18
Opp. Stats	250	4382	958	4.6	33	14	260	271	484	2806	10	19	5.4	144	437	1576	10	3.6	89	94	717	27
Lg Rank Offense	25	24			12	25	23		23	20	28	6	9		9	18	10	22
Lg Rank Defense	3	3			12	7	3		3	2	1	14	8		12	9	9	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	6	22	18	256	173	83	4	14	304	213	91	2	-20.77	6.63	-2.10
2	Sun	September 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		New York Giants	27	0	21	368	228	140		7	105	42	63	2	8.33	29.67	-9.15
3	Sun	September 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Indianapolis Colts	24	25	18	295	184	111	1	18	321	218	103	2	7.12	0.96	-7.64
4	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Buffalo Bills	7	10	12	192	160	32	4	14	224	89	135	2	-9.60	13.57	-4.14
5	Mon	September 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	19	15	239	131	108	2	14	259	174	85	5	-14.62	16.98	1.93
6									Bye Week
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Arizona Cardinals	17	3	22	324	199	125	1	13	178	120	58	1	7.39	10.36	-1.68
8	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Atlanta Falcons	32	28	17	306	250	56	2	22	369	256	113		5.18	-10.25	4.90
9	Sun	October 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	Miami Dolphins	29	10	27	482	359	123		10	221	173	48	3	15.05	11.24	-6.44
10	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		Philadelphia Eagles	21	31	22	296	179	117	2	22	347	217	130		-4.98	-11.31	3.57
11	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	17	20	316	222	94	1	16	267	156	111	3	-3.02	5.72	-0.43
12	Mon	November 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Green Bay Packers	21	6	15	317	205	112		15	254	164	90		-1.56	8.17	6.53
13	Sun	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	New York Giants	6	20	15	305	272	33	5	14	215	104	111	1	-21.54	9.98	-2.41
14	Thu	November 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Washington Redskins	21	10	19	247	46	201	1	13	209	163	46	3	-0.12	13.36	-1.27
15	Sun	December 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Arizona Cardinals	10	6	15	334	254	80	2	20	347	213	134	4	-1.99	7.51	1.51
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		New England Patriots	12	6	16	251	144	107	2	16	279	178	101	4	-15.02	18.83	3.65
17	Sun	December 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Washington Redskins	10	37	14	235	116	119	2	32	483	326	157	1	-5.76	-27.49	8.18
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6		Minnesota Vikings	40	15	27	438	183	255	2	12	268	205	63	6	15.10	15.23	-5.01
Division	Sun	January 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	Carolina Panthers	17	26	21	244	148	96	3	18	227	100	127	2	-14.91	-2.62	4.16

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Troy Aikman	30	QB	15	15	10-5-0	296	465	63.7	3126	12	2.6	13	2.8	158	47.4	61	6.7	6.0	10.6	208.4	80.1	18	120	3.73	6.22	5.5	2	2	PB
2	Wade Wilson	37	QB	3	1	0-1-0	8	18	44.4	79	0	0.0	1	5.6	4	31.6	20	4.4	1.9	9.9	26.3	34.3	1	7	5.26	3.79	1.4	0	0
3	Jason Garrett	30	QB	1	0		3	3	100.0	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	32	14.7	14.7	14.7	44.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	14.67	14.7	0	0
4	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	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	307	487	63.0	3122	12	2.5	14	2.9	163	46.6	61	6.7	5.9	10.6	195.1	78.6	19	127	3.75	6.17	5.40	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Troy Aikman	30	QB	2	2	1-1-0	37	65	56.9	343	1	1.5	4	6.2	21	44.1	23	5.3	2.8	9.3	171.5	51.0	3	26	4.41	4.66	2.3	0	0
2	Jason Garrett	30	QB	1	0		2	2	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	12	7.0	7.0	7.0	14.0	95.8	0	0	0.00	7.00	7.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	39	67	58.2	331	1	1.5	4	6.0	22	44.3	23	4.6	2.9	9.2	165.5	37.4	3	26	4.29	3.89	0.87	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Emmitt Smith	27	RB	15	15	327	1204	12	75	47.1	42	3.7	80.3	21.8	57	47	249	5.3	3	12	40.4	21	3.1	16.6	82.5	4.4	374	3.9	1453	15	5
2	Michael Irvin	30	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	105	64	962	15.0	2	46	57.1	61	5.8	87.5	61.0	9.2	64	15.0	962	2	1
3	Deion Sanders	29	RCB/WR	16	15	3	2	0	0	0.0	3	0.7	0.1	0.2	67	36	475	13.2	1	25	50.7	41	2.3	29.7	53.7	7.1	39	12.2	477	1	2	PB,AP-1
4	Eric Bjornson	25	TE	14	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	64	48	388	8.1	3	21	51.6	25	3.4	27.7	75.0	6.1	48	8.1	388	3	1
5	Kelvin Martin	31	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	44	25	380	15.2	1	21	56.8	60	1.6	23.8	56.8	8.6	25	15.2	380	1	1
6	Kevin Williams	25	WR	10	9	4	11	0	1	25.0	9	2.8	1.1	0.4	51	27	323	12.0	1	20	51.0	31	2.7	32.3	52.9	6.3	31	10.8	334	1	0
7	Daryl Johnston	30	FB	16	15	22	48	0	5	50.0	7	2.2	3.0	1.4	55	43	278	6.5	1	9	38.2	23	2.7	17.4	78.2	5.1	65	5.0	326	1	1
8	Sherman Williams	23	RB	16	1	69	269	0	9	43.5	27	3.9	16.8	4.3	12	5	41	8.2	0	2	33.3	13	0.3	2.6	41.7	3.4	74	4.2	310	0	2
9	Herschel Walker	34	RB	16	1	10	83	1	4	40.0	39	8.3	5.2	0.6	10	7	89	12.7	0	5	60.0	24	0.4	5.6	70.0	8.9	17	10.1	172	1	0
10	Troy Aikman	30	QB	15	15	35	42	1	10	37.1	10	1.2	2.8	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			35	1.2	42	1	6	PB
11	Stepfret Williams	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	32	32.0	0	1	100.0	32	0.2	6.4	100.0	32.0	1	32.0	32	0	0
12	Johnny Mitchell	25	TE	4	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	17	17.0	0	1	50.0	17	0.3	4.3	50.0	8.5	1	17.0	17	0	0
13	Tyji Armstrong	26	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	2	10	5.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.1	0.6	28.6	1.4	2	5.0	10	0	0
14	Derek Ware	29	TE	5	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.2	1.0	100.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
15	Wade Wilson	37	QB	3	1	4	5	0	1	25.0	8	1.3	1.7	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	1.3	5	0	0
16	Billy Davis	24	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	John Jett	28	P	16	0	1	-23	0	0	0.0	-23	-23.0	-1.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-23.0	-23	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	475	1641	14	105	45.1	42	3.5	102.6	29.7	477	307	3249	10.6	12	163	49.1	61	19.2	203.1	64.4	6.8	782	6.3	4890	26	19

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Emmitt Smith	27	RB	2	2	39	196	2	12	61.5	37	5.0	98.0	19.5	9	7	24	3.4	0	1	33.3	15	3.5	12.0	77.8	2.7	46	4.8	220	2	0
2	Michael Irvin	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	9	125	13.9	0	8	56.3	22	4.5	62.5	56.3	7.8	9	13.9	125	0	0
3	Kevin Williams	25	WR	2	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.5	0.5	11	6	89	14.8	0	6	54.5	23	3.0	44.5	54.5	8.1	7	12.9	90	0	0
4	Herschel Walker	34	RB	1	0	8	62	0	2	62.5	23	7.8	62.0	8.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	100.0	8	1.0	8.0	100.0	8.0	9	7.8	70	0	0
5	Sherman Williams	23	RB	1	0	17	67	0	3	35.3	20	3.9	67.0	17.0	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	1.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	18	3.8	69	0	1
6	Kelvin Martin	31	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	61	12.2	0	5	55.6	18	2.5	30.5	55.6	6.8	5	12.2	61	0	0
7	Daryl Johnston	30	FB	2	2	1	5	0	1	100.0	5	5.0	2.5	0.5	6	6	25	4.2	1	2	66.7	7	3.0	12.5	100.0	4.2	7	4.3	30	1	1
8	Eric Bjornson	25	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	23	5.8	0	0	33.3	7	2.0	11.5	44.4	2.6	4	5.8	23	0	0
9	Deion Sanders	29	RCB/WR	1	1	1	16	0	1	100.0	16	16.0	16.0	1.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
10	Troy Aikman	30	QB	2	2	3	4	1	2	66.7	2	1.3	2.0	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.3	4	1	1
11	Billy Davis	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	70	351	3	21	55.7	37	5.0	175.5	35.0	65	39	357	9.2	1	22	47.7	23	19.5	178.5	60.0	5.5	109	6.5	708	4	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Donaldson	38	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
2	Darrin Smith	26	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	81	54	27	0
3	Kevin Smith	26	LCB	16	16	5	45	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	51	48	3	0
4	Fred Strickland	30	MLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	103	79	24	0
5	Tony Tolbert	29	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	12.0	61	45	16	0	PB,AP-2
6	Darren Woodson	27	SS	16	16	5	43	0	21	2	1	1	0	0	3.0	78	62	16	0	PB,AP-1
7	Troy Aikman	30	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Chad Hennings	31	LDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4.5	40	33	7	0
9	Daryl Johnston	30	FB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Deion Sanders	29	RCB/WR	16	15	2	3	0	2	2	2	3	15	1	0.0	33	31	2	0	PB,AP-1
11	Emmitt Smith	27	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Leon Lett	28	RDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3.5	36	28	8	0
13	Michael Irvin	30	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Eric Bjornson	25	TE	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Brock Marion	26	FS	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	45	0	0.0	51	41	10	0
16	Broderick Thomas	29	LLB	16	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	23	0	4.5	53	43	10	0
17	George Teague	25	FS	16	8	4	47	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	57	47	10	0
18	Shante Carver	25	RDE	10	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	23	17	6	0
19	Randall Godfrey	23	LLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	28	25	3	0
20	Charles Haley	32	RDE	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	6	1	0
21	Hurvin McCormack	24	DT	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	16	9	7	0
22	Tony Casillas	33	DT	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	17	11	6	0
23	Alundis Brice	26	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	11	1	0
24	Kelvin Martin	31	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Herschel Walker	34	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Sherman Williams	23	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Bill Bates	35	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	2	0
28	Alan Campos	23	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
29	Ray Childress	34	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	0	0
30	Wendell Davis	23	DB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
31	Roger Harper	26	DB	14	0	2	30	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	20	15	5	0
32	Godfrey Myles	28	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
33	Kavika Pittman	22	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
34	Jim Schwantz	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	12	4	0	PB
35	Mike Ulufale	24	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
36	Charlie Williams	24	DB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	19	168	0	24	22	24	19	72	1	37.0	823	653	170	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Shante Carver	25	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1.0	8	8	0	0
2	Chad Hennings	31	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	2	0
3	Daryl Johnston	30	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Deion Sanders	29	RCB/WR	2	2	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
5	Darrin Smith	26	RLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
6	Kevin Smith	26	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
7	Fred Strickland	30	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	2	0
8	George Teague	25	FS	2	2	1	29	1	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0
9	Tony Tolbert	29	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
10	Darren Woodson	27	SS	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	8	0	0
11	Troy Aikman	30	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Eric Bjornson	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Tony Casillas	33	DT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
14	Randall Godfrey	23	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
15	Emmitt Smith	27	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
16	Broderick Thomas	29	LLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	1	0
17	Roger Harper	26	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
18	Hurvin McCormack	24	DT	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
19	Godfrey Myles	28	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
20	Jim Schwantz	26	LB	2	0						1	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2
21	Charlie Williams	24	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
22	Sherman Williams	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
	Team Totals			2	2	3	51	1	29	0	4	3	5	17	0	2.0	77	68	9	0

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