Exhibition Week 2, 1998

played in Houston, AL

78 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	10	0	0	6	-	16
Houston Texans	3	0	3	7	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:13 DAL - Randall Cunningham 8 run (Gary Anderson extra point)
1Q: 07:19 HOU - Chris Jacke 42 field goal
1Q: 00:42 DAL - Gary Anderson 42 field goal
3Q: 08:48 HOU - Chris Jacke 27 field goal
4Q: 13:26 DAL - Gary Anderson 48 field goal
4Q: 08:36 DAL - Gary Anderson 42 field goal
4Q: 06:26 HOU - Martin Bishop 4 fumble return (Chris Jacke extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:13 DAL - Randall Cunningham 8 run (Gary Anderson extra point)
1Q: 07:19 HOU - Chris Jacke 42 field goal
1Q: 00:42 DAL - Gary Anderson 42 field goal
3Q: 08:48 HOU - Chris Jacke 27 field goal
4Q: 13:26 DAL - Gary Anderson 48 field goal
4Q: 08:36 DAL - Gary Anderson 42 field goal
4Q: 06:26 HOU - Martin Bishop 4 fumble return (Chris Jacke extra point)

Team Statistics DAL HOU
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 14 16
- by Rushing 4 5
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 281 260
- Offensive Plays 56 66
- Yards per Play 5.02 3.94
Net Rushing Yards 81 106
- Rushing Attempts 27 31
- Yards per Rush 3.00 3.42
Net Passing Yards 200 154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 21 - 0 35 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 215 154
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.90 4.40
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 1/10 8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 5/50
Punt Returns/Yards 4/29 1/1
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 4/95
Interception Ret./Yards 1/25 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 26
Time of Possession 29:07 30:53

Team Statistics	DAL	HOU
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	14	16
- by Rushing	4	5
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	281	260
- Offensive Plays	56	66
- Yards per Play	5.02	3.94
Net Rushing Yards	81	106
- Rushing Attempts	27	31
- Yards per Rush	3.00	3.42
Net Passing Yards	200	154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 21 - 0	35 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	215	154
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.90	4.40
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	1/10	8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	5/50
Punt Returns/Yards	4/29	1/1
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	4/95
Interception Ret./Yards	1/25	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 26
Time of Possession	29:07	30:53

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:58	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
1	7:12	1:31	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
1	3:45	3:08	OWN 29	9	46	Field Goal
2	12:48	5:19	OWN 20	10	78	Fumble
2	6:00	1:26	OPP 45	3	4	Punt
2	1:49	1:22	OWN 18	3	-4	Punt
3	8:42	0:58	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	1:40	3:19	OWN 20	6	49	Field Goal
4	11:31	3:01	OWN 40	5	35	Field Goal
4	6:26	0:06	OWN 1	1	3	Fumble
4	6:20	2:57	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
4	2:00	0:39	OWN 22	3	-1	Punt
4	1:10	1:10	OPP 16	2	0	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:02	4:50	OWN 34	9	41	Field Goal
1	5:41	1:56	OWN 16	5	19	Punt
1	0:37	2:49	OWN 37	6	21	Punt
2	7:29	1:29	OWN 2	3	-1	Punt
2	4:34	2:45	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
2	0:27	0:27	OWN 36	4	23	Half
3	15:00	6:18	OWN 30	10	60	Field Goal
3	7:44	6:04	OWN 28	12	39	Punt
4	13:21	1:50	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	8:30	2:04	OWN 27	4	29	Punt
4	3:23	1:23	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
4	1:21	0:11	OWN 40	1	0	Interception

Game MVP: Ryan Leaf, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Ken Oxendine	10	38	3.80	8	0
Ed Toner	9	21	2.33	7	0
Napoleon Kaufman	5	17	3.40	8	0
Randall Cunningham	2	6	3.00	8	1
Ryan Leaf	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Charlie Garner	24	90	3.75	19	4
Rashaan Salaam	4	1	0.25	3	0
David Klingler	2	10	5.00	6	0
Damon Huard	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Leaf	18	15	144	3/15	0	23	0	100.0
Randall Cunningham	8	6	71	0/0	0	32	0	101.5

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Klingler	24	14	114	0/0	0	29	1	53.1
Damon Huard	11	5	40	0/0	0	18	0	55.1

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Chris Cornell	6	7	99	16.50	42	32
WR J.J. Birden	3	4	34	11.33	10	21
WR Keenan McCardell	3	4	21	7.00	0	10
WR Ike Hilliard	3	4	11	3.67	0	6
RB Napoleon Kaufman	2	2	32	16.00	29	20
TE Rickey Dudley	2	2	17	8.50	0	18
WR Charlie Babbit	1	2	0	0.00	0	0
FB Robert Thomas	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Keith Poole	5	6	32	6.40	3	18
WR James Jett	3	5	29	9.67	7	17
WR Terrell Owens	3	8	38	12.67	5	18
WR Troy Brown	2	3	7	3.50	0	11
RB Charlie Garner	2	3	10	5.00	3	7
FB Tommy Vardell	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Dwayne Carswell	1	4	4	4.00	0	4
RB Rashaan Salaam	1	1	29	29.00	29	29
RB George Jones	1	2	2	2.00	0	2
TE Len Bias	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Tyji Armstrong	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Donnie Abraham	1	25	25.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ed Toner	1	0	0	0
Ken Oxendine	1	0	0	0

Houston	Recov	Force	TD
Martin Bishop	1	0	1
Tedy Bruschi	1	0	0
Le Roy Butler	0	1	0
David Rocker	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ned Flanders	6	274	45.7	42.2	51	0

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	8	347	43.4	34.8	55	3

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gary Anderson	3/3	3/3	0/0	48	1/1

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charlie Babbit	4	29	7.3	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Hill	1	1	1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Cornell	1	23	23.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Patrick Surtain	3	70	23.3	0
Bruce Hill	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB June Buenning	6	4	16	19
CB Fred Foggie	6	1	27	31
DE Kenny Holmes	5	1	23	24
OLB Aundray Bruce	5	0	23	18
CB Donnie Abraham	4	4	31	35
S John Baylor	4	1	23	23
ILB Mike Crawford	3	3	8	9
ILB Rod Stephens	2	1	15	13
S Pat Terrell	2	1	16	25
DT Lional Dalton	2	1	20	26
OLB Nate Wayne	2	1	17	15
CB Ron Davis	2	0	21	31
DT Devin Wyman	2	0	25	23
DE Leonard Little	2	0	8	11
S Eric Brown	1	1	27	31
OLB John Roper	1	0	15	20
OLB Cornell Brown	1	0	9	10
DT Mack Richardson	0	1	6	12

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tedy Bruschi	6	2	0.0	26	20
S Le Roy Butler	5	2	0.0	17	13
ILB Dennis Stallings	5	2	0.0	18	22
DT David Rocker	4	1	0.0	17	15
S Dave Whitmore	4	0	0.0	18	25
S Sam Shade	4	0	0.0	13	16
DE Bernard Whittington	3	0	1.0	21	26
OLB Mo Lewis	3	0	0.5	15	17
OLB Ike Reese	3	1	0.0	16	20
DE Daryl King	2	1	1.5	21	24
S Jay Bellamy	2	2	0.0	16	18
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	2	1	0.0	16	22
CB Dexter McCleon	2	0	0.0	20	24
CB Patrick Surtain	2	0	0.0	20	20
ILB Marvin Jones	1	1	0.0	11	8
DE Kevin Carter	1	0	0.0	9	7
RB George Jones	1	0	---	---	---
DT Bert Tharpe	0	1	0.0	10	14
DE Kimo Von Oelhoffen	0	1	0.0	3	1

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Lional Dalton	1	2	26
OLB Aundray Bruce	0	1	18
OLB John Roper	0	1	20
DT Devin Wyman	0	1	23

Houston	Sack	Knock	PPlay
DE Daryl King	1.5	0	24
DE Bernard Whittington	1.0	1	26
OLB Mo Lewis	0.5	2	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Fred Foggie	4	1	0	31
ILB Mike Crawford	3	0	0	9
OLB June Buenning	2	1	0	19
OLB Aundray Bruce	2	0	0	18
CB Ron Davis	2	0	0	31
OLB Nate Wayne	2	0	0	15
S Eric Brown	1	2	0	31
S John Baylor	1	1	0	23
CB Donnie Abraham	1	0	1	35
S Pat Terrell	1	0	0	25

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Tedy Bruschi	5	0	20
S Sam Shade	3	0	16
S Le Roy Butler	2	1	13
S Dave Whitmore	2	0	25
ILB Dennis Stallings	2	0	22
CB Dexter McCleon	2	0	24
CB Patrick Surtain	1	3	20
DE Bernard Whittington	1	0	26
S Jay Bellamy	1	0	18
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	1	0	22
OLB Ike Reese	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mo Elewonibi	2	6	23	2	26
Joe Tofflemire	2	3	19	0	20
Mark Stepnoski	2	2	15	0	12
Tony Mayberry	1	5	24	1	26
Jackie Harris	1	1	13	0	13
Ralph Tamm	0	4	18	0	23
Gene Williams	0	3	24	0	25
Channing Carpenter	0	1	12	0	13

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Sale Isaia	3	6	26	28
Jim Dombrowski	2	7	27	26
Adam Treu	1	5	23	25
Derek Cook	1	3	23	29
Len Bias	1	1	13	14
Todd Steussie	0	3	31	35
Oliver North	0	2	8	10
Zack Wiegert	0	1	11	15

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Charlie Babbit	2	22
Ron Davis	1	32
Chris Cornell	1	12
Pat Terrell	1	7

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Tyji Armstrong	2	19
Rashaan Salaam	1	23
Dave Whitmore	1	16
James Jett	1	5

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Davis	---	---	21	31	32	84
Fred Foggie	---	---	27	31	11	69
Donnie Abraham	---	---	31	35	2	68
Eric Brown	---	---	27	31	2	60
John Baylor	---	---	23	23	10	56
Tony Mayberry	24	26	---	---	4	54
Gene Williams	24	25	---	---	5	54
Aundray Bruce	---	---	23	18	10	51
Kenny Holmes	---	---	23	24	4	51
Ralph Tamm	18	23	---	---	9	50
Devin Wyman	---	---	25	23	2	50
Lional Dalton	---	---	20	26	4	50
Mo Elewonibi	23	26	---	---	---	49
Chris Cornell	20	17	---	---	12	49
Joe Tofflemire	19	20	---	---	9	48
Pat Terrell	---	---	16	25	7	48
Nate Wayne	---	---	17	15	16	48
Charlie Babbit	11	14	---	---	22	47
Ed Toner	10	10	---	---	26	46
Rickey Dudley	12	14	---	---	17	43
Ike Hilliard	8	17	---	---	17	42
Ryan Leaf	18	21	---	---	3	42
June Buenning	---	---	16	19	4	39
John Roper	---	---	15	20	2	37
J.J. Birden	15	15	---	---	4	34
Channing Carpenter	12	13	---	---	9	34
Dan Majerle	11	9	---	---	13	33
Robert Thomas	9	9	---	---	14	32
Rod Stephens	---	---	15	13	1	29
Mark Stepnoski	15	12	---	---	---	27
Jackie Harris	13	13	---	---	---	26
Mack Richardson	---	---	6	12	6	24
Steve Lattimer	---	---	11	9	4	24
Leonard Little	---	---	8	11	4	23
Ken Oxendine	12	8	---	---	---	20
Keenan McCardell	9	10	---	---	---	19
Cornell Brown	---	---	9	10	---	19
Randall Cunningham	9	8	---	---	---	17
Mike Crawford	---	---	8	9	---	17
Napoleon Kaufman	5	9	---	---	---	14
Kendyl Clarke	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gary Anderson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ned Flanders	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mark Rypien	0	0	---	---	---	0
Junior Bryant	---	---	0	0	---	0
Edwin Dorsett	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Todd Steussie	31	35	---	---	9	75
Sale Isaia	26	28	---	---	10	64
Derek Cook	23	29	---	---	10	62
Dave Whitmore	---	---	18	25	16	59
Charlie Garner	27	28	---	---	2	57
Keith Poole	21	21	---	---	15	57
Bernard Whittington	---	---	21	26	8	55
Tedy Bruschi	---	---	26	20	9	55
Jim Dombrowski	27	26	---	---	---	53
Emmanuel McDaniel	---	---	16	22	15	53
Jay Bellamy	---	---	16	18	16	50
Bruce Hill	12	16	---	---	21	49
Tyji Armstrong	15	15	---	---	19	49
Terrell Owens	23	25	---	---	1	49
Adam Treu	23	25	---	---	---	48
Patrick Surtain	---	---	20	20	8	48
Daryl King	---	---	21	24	2	47
David Klingler	22	24	---	---	---	46
Dennis Stallings	---	---	18	22	6	46
Dexter McCleon	---	---	20	24	2	46
James Jett	14	20	---	---	5	39
Dwayne Carswell	13	13	---	---	13	39
Ike Reese	---	---	16	20	1	37
Zack Wiegert	11	15	---	---	10	36
Mo Lewis	---	---	15	17	2	34
Len Bias	13	14	---	---	6	33
Le Roy Butler	---	---	17	13	2	32
David Rocker	---	---	17	15	---	32
Troy Brown	10	8	---	---	14	32
Bert Tharpe	---	---	10	14	7	31
Rashaan Salaam	4	4	---	---	23	31
Sam Shade	---	---	13	16	1	30
Marvin Jones	---	---	11	8	10	29
Kevin Carter	---	---	9	7	7	23
Damon Huard	9	11	---	---	---	20
Oliver North	8	10	---	---	---	18
Tommy Vardell	3	9	---	---	6	18
Martin Bishop	---	---	10	7	1	18
Doug Karczewski	6	7	---	---	1	14
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	10	10
Kris Hastings	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kimo Von Oelhoffen	---	---	3	1	1	5
Gilbert Brown	---	---	0	0	3	3
George Jones	0	2	---	---	---	2
Neil O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	17	2.8
Middle	17	50	2.9
Right	3	15	5.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	34	4.3
Middle	15	40	2.7
Right	8	32	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Leaf	18	15	4	0	0	3	0	0	0
Randall Cunningham	8	6	1	1	0	1	0	3	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Klingler	24	14	1	2	2	0	4	0	1
Damon Huard	11	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	34	11.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	12	71	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	87	14.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	23	5.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	34	4.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	58	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	62	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Chris Cornell	7	6	99	3	17
WR J.J. Birden	4	3	34	1	15
WR Keenan McCardell	4	3	21	0	10
WR Ike Hilliard	4	3	11	0	17
WR Charlie Babbit	2	1	0	0	14
RB Napoleon Kaufman	2	2	32	1	9
TE Rickey Dudley	2	2	17	0	14
FB Robert Thomas	1	1	1	0	9

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terrell Owens	8	3	0	38	0	25
WR Keith Poole	6	5	0	32	0	21
WR James Jett	5	3	0	29	0	20
TE Dwayne Carswell	4	1	1	4	0	13
WR Troy Brown	3	2	0	7	0	8
RB Charlie Garner	3	2	1	10	0	28
RB George Jones	2	1	0	2	0	2
TE Len Bias	1	0	0	0	0	14
FB Tommy Vardell	1	1	0	3	0	9
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	15
RB Rashaan Salaam	1	1	0	29	1	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ken Oxendine	2	7	3.50	3.80
Randall Cunningham	1	8	8.00	3.00
Ed Toner	1	7	7.00	2.33
Ryan Leaf	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rashaan Salaam	1	-4	-4.00	0.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Klingler	2	2	9	4.50	4.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Dwayne Carswell	1	1	4	4.00	1.00
WR Keith Poole	1	1	5	5.00	5.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Ed Toner	1	0
Napoleon Kaufman	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Charlie Garner	3	2
David Klingler	1	0
Rashaan Salaam	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Leaf	5	4	0
Randall Cunningham	2	1	0

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Klingler	8	4	4
Damon Huard	5	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch
WR Keenan McCardell	3	2
WR J.J. Birden	1	0
WR Chris Cornell	1	1
TE Rickey Dudley	1	1
WR Ike Hilliard	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terrell Owens	5	2	2
WR James Jett	3	2	2
WR Keith Poole	3	2	2
TE Len Bias	1	0	0
RB Charlie Garner	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,000 (21,400)
End Zone 11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,000 (21,400)
End Zone	11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,300 (3,300)