Week 16, 1996

played in Cleveland, OH

39 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	6	3	0	7	-	16
Cleveland Browns	0	0	0	6	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:23 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 44 field goal
1Q: 03:09 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 44 field goal
2Q: 00:38 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 18 field goal
4Q: 14:29 DAL - Charlie Babbit 15 pass from Tony Eason (Donald Igwebuike extra point)
4Q: 00:58 CLE - Terance Mathis 14 pass from Matt Dunigan (Matt Dunigan pass for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:23 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 44 field goal
1Q: 03:09 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 44 field goal
2Q: 00:38 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 18 field goal
4Q: 14:29 DAL - Charlie Babbit 15 pass from Tony Eason (Donald Igwebuike extra point)
4Q: 00:58 CLE - Terance Mathis 14 pass from Matt Dunigan (Matt Dunigan pass for conversion failed)

Team Statistics DAL CLE
Record 8-7 5-10
First Downs 17 12
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 10 6
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 331 229
- Offensive Plays 70 58
- Yards per Play 4.73 3.95
Net Rushing Yards 142 79
- Rushing Attempts 36 26
- Yards per Rush 3.94 3.04
Net Passing Yards 189 150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 19 - 0 31 - 19 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 208 153
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 5.56 4.69
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/18 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/33 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/38 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/57
Interception Ret./Yards 2/16 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 19
Time of Possession 32:54 27:06

Team Statistics	DAL	CLE
Record	8-7	5-10
First Downs	17	12
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	10	6
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	331	229
- Offensive Plays	70	58
- Yards per Play	4.73	3.95
Net Rushing Yards	142	79
- Rushing Attempts	36	26
- Yards per Rush	3.94	3.04
Net Passing Yards	189	150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 19 - 0	31 - 19 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	208	153
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	5.56	4.69
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/18	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/33	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/38	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/57
Interception Ret./Yards	2/16	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 19
Time of Possession	32:54	27:06

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:29	1:25	OWN 3	3	7	Punt
1	8:31	1:14	OWN 33	4	40	Field Goal
1	5:36	2:33	OWN 31	5	42	Field Goal
2	14:43	2:01	OWN 38	4	10	Punt
2	11:17	1:09	OPP 31	3	-14	Punt
2	7:36	2:45	OWN 7	6	25	Punt
2	2:49	2:17	OWN 27	8	72	Field Goal
3	15:00	6:10	OWN 3	10	44	Punt
3	4:20	5:02	OWN 40	11	60	Touchdown
4	13:04	4:41	OWN 26	9	28	Punt
4	5:55	2:26	OWN 39	3	5	Punt
4	0:51	0:41	OPP 43	3	9	Punt
4	0:02	0:02	OWN 25	1	-2	Game

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:31	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
1	10:04	1:33	OWN 27	3	-3	Punt
1	7:17	1:41	OWN 21	3	-1	Punt
1	3:03	3:20	OWN 22	6	12	Punt
2	12:42	1:25	OWN 7	3	-1	Punt
2	10:08	2:32	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
2	4:51	2:02	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	0:32	0:32	OWN 44	3	3	Interception
3	8:50	4:30	OWN 20	8	47	Missed FG
4	14:18	1:14	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
4	8:23	2:28	OWN 3	5	14	Punt
4	3:29	2:38	OWN 11	8	89	Touchdown
4	0:10	0:08	OWN 20	1	0	Interception

Game MVP: Tony Eason, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Napoleon Kaufman	26	107	4.12	20	3
Neal Anderson	8	34	4.25	14	1
Tony Eason	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0
Tony Carter	1	3	3.00	3	0

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	12	14	1.17	8	0
Ron Rivers	10	21	2.10	8	0
Matt Dunigan	2	27	13.50	22	1
Rod Bernstine	1	21	21.00	21	1
Terance Mathis	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Eason	31	19	208	3/19	1	41	0	91.8

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Dunigan	31	19	153	1/3	1	37	2	57.5

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Wade Word	6	12	58	9.67	13	17	0
WR Charlie Babbit	4	4	67	16.75	18	37	1
FB Bruce Perkins	2	2	40	20.00	41	41	0
FB Tony Carter	2	2	6	3.00	5	5	0
RB Napoleon Kaufman	2	3	5	2.50	3	3	0
TE Rickey Dudley	2	4	20	10.00	1	17	0
TE Pat Carter	1	2	12	12.00	4	12	0
WR J.J. Birden	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Alvin Harper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Alexander	4	7	52	13.00	3	24	0
WR Andre Reed	3	8	17	5.67	2	12	0
RB Ron Rivers	3	3	2	0.67	4	3	0
WR Eddie Brown	2	3	16	8.00	1	9	0
WR Terance Mathis	2	5	13	6.50	9	14	1
WR Bobby Howard	1	1	37	37.00	24	37	0
RB Rod Bernstine	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Billy Shinners	1	1	6	6.00	3	6	0
TE Robert Faurot	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Henry Jones	2	16	8.00	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ned Flanders	8	369	46.1	38.6	56	3

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Don Silvestri	9	424	47.1	42.9	62	3

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Donald Igwebuike	3/3	2/2	0/0	44	1/1

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chip Lohmiller	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charlie Babbit	2	38	19.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Brown	2	44	22.0	0
Bobby Howard	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Henry Jones	7	2	0.0	26	31
ILB Nate Thornton	6	1	0.0	24	30
CB Fred Foggie	5	3	0.0	25	30
DT Michael Dean Perry	4	1	0.5	16	17
CB Darrell Malone	4	1	0.0	19	27
DE Jeff Cross	3	2	0.5	16	21
OLB Aundray Bruce	3	2	0.0	20	29
CB Donnie Abraham	3	2	0.0	25	32
OLB John Roper	2	0	0.0	17	15
S Marcus Robertson	2	0	0.0	23	30
DE Chad Brown	2	0	0.0	19	20
S John Baylor	1	1	0.0	7	13
DE Harald Hasselbach	1	1	0.0	10	11
ILB Michael Barrow	1	0	0.0	7	4
CB Tony Stargell	0	1	0.0	2	3
DT Devin Wyman	0	1	0.0	10	15

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Hamilton	7	0	0.0	23	16
DE Jamal Duff	6	0	1.0	22	22
S Scott Cater	6	0	0.0	25	24
DE Dennis Byrd	4	2	1.0	27	19
CB Dexter Bahr	4	3	0.0	34	33
OLB Terry Wooden	4	2	0.0	24	27
DT John Jurkovic	3	2	1.0	15	19
S Thomas Everett	3	3	0.0	36	32
ILB Sam Mills	3	2	0.0	31	29
DT Mike Gray	3	0	0.0	14	12
S Chet Brooks	3	0	0.0	19	18
DT Frank Bruno	3	0	0.0	21	15
CB Sammy Lilly	2	1	0.0	30	34
OLB Steve Grant	2	0	0.0	14	11
DE Vaughn Booker	1	1	0.0	9	15
OLB Terry Irving	1	1	0.0	29	24
CB Mat Hoffman	1	1	0.0	18	19
WR Andre Reed	1	0	---	---	---
WR Mike Alexander	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Michael Dean Perry	0.5	0	1	0	17
DE Jeff Cross	0.5	0	0	0	21
DE Chad Brown	0.0	1	0	2	20
OLB John Roper	0.0	1	0	0	15
DE Harald Hasselbach	0.0	1	0	0	11
OLB Aundray Bruce	0.0	0	2	0	29

Cleveland	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT John Jurkovic	1.0	1	19
DE Jamal Duff	1.0	1	22
DE Dennis Byrd	1.0	0	19
DT Frank Bruno	0.0	1	15
DE Vaughn Booker	0.0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Fred Foggie	3	0	0	30
ILB Nate Thornton	3	0	0	30
CB Donnie Abraham	3	0	0	32
CB Darrell Malone	2	1	0	27
S Henry Jones	2	0	2	31
S Marcus Robertson	2	0	0	30
S John Baylor	1	0	0	13
OLB Aundray Bruce	1	0	0	29
DE Jeff Cross	1	0	0	21
OLB John Roper	1	0	0	15

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dexter Bahr	4	0	33
ILB Rick Hamilton	3	0	16
S Scott Cater	3	0	24
S Thomas Everett	2	0	32
OLB Terry Wooden	2	0	27
OLB Steve Grant	2	0	11
CB Sammy Lilly	1	0	34
DT Frank Bruno	1	0	15
DE Jamal Duff	1	0	22
ILB Sam Mills	0	1	29
S Chet Brooks	0	1	18
ILB Reggie Givens	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mayberry	5	10	1	36	0	34
Gary Zimmerman	2	5	0	36	0	34
Chris Wiltz	1	5	0	36	1	34
Channing Carpenter	1	3	0	36	1	34
Bruce Perkins	1	3	0	20	0	14
Ralph Tamm	0	6	0	36	1	34
Rickey Dudley	0	2	0	31	0	27
Tony Carter	0	1	0	11	0	9

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Darian Rose	3	3	26	1	32
Chris Port	2	6	26	0	32
Joey Banes	2	5	26	0	32
Tommy Bailey	2	5	26	0	32
Willie Hennings	0	4	26	0	32
Jeff Thomason	0	1	6	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Neal Anderson	2	26
Bruce Perkins	1	10

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Bobby Howard	2	17

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ralph Tamm	36	34	---	---	11	81
Wade Word	27	28	---	---	16	71
Tony Eason	36	34	---	---	---	70
Gary Zimmerman	36	34	---	---	---	70
Tony Mayberry	36	34	---	---	---	70
Channing Carpenter	36	34	---	---	---	70
Chris Wiltz	36	34	---	---	---	70
Rickey Dudley	31	27	---	---	11	69
Henry Jones	---	---	26	31	1	58
Napoleon Kaufman	27	19	---	---	12	58
Donnie Abraham	---	---	25	32	1	58
Marcus Robertson	---	---	23	30	3	56
Fred Foggie	---	---	25	30	1	56
Nate Thornton	---	---	24	30	2	56
Aundray Bruce	---	---	20	29	2	51
Darrell Malone	---	---	19	27	4	50
Neal Anderson	8	14	---	---	26	48
Charlie Babbit	7	16	---	---	25	48
Chad Brown	---	---	19	20	6	45
Bruce Perkins	20	14	---	---	10	44
Pat Carter	14	12	---	---	16	42
Jeff Cross	---	---	16	21	3	40
Alvin Harper	14	15	---	---	9	38
J.J. Birden	21	16	---	---	---	37
Michael Dean Perry	---	---	16	17	3	36
John Roper	---	---	17	15	4	36
Tony Carter	11	9	---	---	9	29
Harald Hasselbach	---	---	10	11	7	28
John Baylor	---	---	7	13	7	27
Junior Bryant	---	---	4	6	16	26
Devin Wyman	---	---	10	15	1	26
Tony Stargell	---	---	2	3	16	21
Dan Chandler	---	---	7	12	---	19
Rich Powers	---	---	7	3	5	15
Michael Barrow	---	---	7	4	2	13
Tom Baugh	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tim McDonald	---	---	0	1	10	11
Joe Tofflemire	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ricky Siglar	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ned Flanders	0	0	---	---	11	11
Kendyl Clarke	0	0	---	---	11	11
Rod Stephens	---	---	2	2	6	10
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mark Rypien	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dan McGwire	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ron Davis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dexter Bahr	---	---	34	33	17	84
Thomas Everett	---	---	36	32	2	70
Tommy Bailey	26	32	---	---	10	68
Willie Hennings	26	32	---	---	10	68
Sammy Lilly	---	---	30	34	3	67
Mat Hoffman	---	---	18	19	27	64
Sam Mills	---	---	31	29	3	63
Scott Cater	---	---	25	24	12	61
Matt Dunigan	26	32	---	---	---	58
Chris Port	26	32	---	---	---	58
Joey Banes	26	32	---	---	---	58
Darian Rose	26	32	---	---	---	58
Terry Irving	---	---	29	24	3	56
Terry Wooden	---	---	24	27	3	54
Andre Reed	23	27	---	---	1	51
Dennis Byrd	---	---	27	19	3	49
Steve Grant	---	---	14	11	23	48
Mike Alexander	19	21	---	---	7	47
Jamal Duff	---	---	22	22	3	47
Terance Mathis	22	24	---	---	---	46
Rick Hamilton	---	---	23	16	6	45
Ray Zellars	14	14	---	---	15	43
John Jurkovic	---	---	15	19	8	42
Chet Brooks	---	---	19	18	4	41
Eddie Brown	9	16	---	---	15	40
Frank Bruno	---	---	21	15	3	39
Ron Rivers	12	19	---	---	5	36
Vaughn Booker	---	---	9	15	8	32
Mike Gray	---	---	14	12	1	27
Rod Bernstine	4	6	---	---	17	27
Bobby Howard	1	8	---	---	17	26
Robert Faurot	6	8	---	---	12	26
Billy Shinners	2	3	---	---	17	22
Jeff Thomason	6	7	---	---	8	21
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	12	7	---	---	---	19
Reggie Givens	---	---	5	5	---	10
George Thornbladh	0	0	---	---	10	10
Tony Berti	0	0	---	---	10	10
Quentin Neujahr	0	0	---	---	10	10
Don Silvestri	0	0	---	---	9	9
Chip Lohmiller	0	0	---	---	3	3
Tim Worley	0	0	---	---	2	2
Barry Rostosky	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leo Araguz	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	56	5.6
Middle	19	48	2.5
Right	6	40	6.7
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	34	2.1
Middle	5	41	8.2
Right	5	4	0.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Eason	31	19	2	2	3	3	4	0	0

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Dunigan	31	19	2	1	2	1	3	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	46	7.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	63	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	47	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	52	17.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	44	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	74	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	24	4.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wade Word	12	6	1	58	0	28
WR Charlie Babbit	4	4	0	67	1	16
TE Rickey Dudley	4	2	0	20	0	27
RB Napoleon Kaufman	3	2	1	5	0	19
TE Pat Carter	2	1	0	12	0	12
FB Bruce Perkins	2	2	0	40	1	14
FB Tony Carter	2	2	0	6	0	9
WR J.J. Birden	1	0	0	0	0	16
WR Alvin Harper	1	0	1	0	0	15

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Andre Reed	8	3	1	17	0	27
WR Mike Alexander	7	4	1	52	1	21
WR Terance Mathis	5	2	0	13	0	24
WR Eddie Brown	3	2	0	16	0	16
RB Ron Rivers	3	3	0	2	0	19
WR Bobby Howard	1	1	0	37	1	8
RB Rod Bernstine	1	1	0	2	0	6
TE Billy Shinners	1	1	0	6	0	3
TE Robert Faurot	1	1	0	4	0	8
RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar	1	1	0	4	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Neal Anderson	2	-2	-1.00	4.25

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Eason	4	2	23	5.75	6.71

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Dunigan	1	1	14	14.00	4.94

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wade Word	3	1	8	2.67	4.83
WR Charlie Babbit	1	1	15	15.00	16.75

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Terance Mathis	1	1	14	14.00	2.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Neal Anderson	3	1
Napoleon Kaufman	3	2

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	2	1
Rod Bernstine	1	1
Terance Mathis	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Eason	11	5	4

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Dunigan	11	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wade Word	5	1	1
TE Pat Carter	1	0	0
WR Charlie Babbit	1	1	1
FB Bruce Perkins	1	1	0
WR Alvin Harper	1	0	0
RB Napoleon Kaufman	1	1	1
TE Rickey Dudley	1	1	1

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Andre Reed	3	0	0
WR Mike Alexander	2	1	1
WR Terance Mathis	2	0	0
WR Bobby Howard	1	1	1
RB Rod Bernstine	1	1	0
TE Billy Shinners	1	1	1
TE Robert Faurot	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,900 (21,400)
End Zone 14,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,900 (21,400)
End Zone	14,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)