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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 321 points (20.1/g), 16th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 265 points (16.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 56 points (3.5/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 7th.
Coached by Jimmy Johnson (10-6-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 24 | 15 | 15 | 272 | 135 | 137 | 1 | 24 | 337 | 273 | 64 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | W | 2-0 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 7 | 12 | 259 | 143 | 116 | 12 | 187 | 77 | 110 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 3-0 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 0 | 11 | 219 | 109 | 110 | 1 | 13 | 200 | 78 | 122 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | New York Jets | 9 | 20 | 11 | 153 | 119 | 34 | 3 | 22 | 289 | 172 | 117 | 1 |
| 6 | Mon | October 12 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 21 | 28 | 25 | 374 | 307 | 67 | 2 | 12 | 385 | 199 | 186 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | W | 4-2 | St. Louis Rams | 14 | 0 | 16 | 245 | 104 | 141 | 1 | 15 | 204 | 128 | 76 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | W | 5-2 | New England Patriots | 12 | 9 | 18 | 333 | 263 | 70 | 3 | 13 | 251 | 225 | 26 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 30 | 15 | 296 | 168 | 128 | 1 | 16 | 313 | 197 | 116 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | W | 6-3 | Indianapolis Colts | 27 | 14 | 20 | 359 | 207 | 152 | 2 | 21 | 254 | 140 | 114 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 9 | 15 | 315 | 131 | 184 | 1 | 12 | 210 | 148 | 62 | 2 |
| 12 | Mon | November 23 | box | L | 7-4 | @ | New England Patriots | 23 | 26 | 17 | 322 | 289 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 455 | 414 | 41 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 8-4 | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 10 | 24 | 375 | 255 | 120 | 1 | 11 | 157 | 70 | 87 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 9-4 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 17 | 9 | 260 | 170 | 90 | 1 | 20 | 314 | 207 | 107 | 7 |
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 9-5 | New York Jets | 16 | 21 | 22 | 357 | 278 | 79 | 2 | 16 | 314 | 232 | 82 | 2 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 21 | box | W | 10-5 | Denver Broncos | 31 | 21 | 19 | 391 | 355 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 219 | 161 | 58 | 2 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 27 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 38 | 20 | 400 | 362 | 38 | 6 | 15 | 346 | 203 | 143 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | January 2 | box | W | 11-6 | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 9 | box | L | 11-7 | @ | Denver Broncos | 3 | 38 | ||||||||||