Week 16, 1998

played in Dallas, TX

38 degrees, rain, 7 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	3	0	0	-	3
Dallas Cowboys	3	9	3	14	-	29

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:09 DAL - Gary Anderson 46 field goal
2Q: 15:00 DAL - Gary Anderson 45 field goal
2Q: 06:22 DAL - Gary Anderson 29 field goal
2Q: 01:28 DAL - Gary Anderson 40 field goal
2Q: 00:06 HOU - Chris Jacke 52 field goal
3Q: 08:24 DAL - Gary Anderson 19 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DAL - Larry Long 4 run (Gary Anderson extra point)
4Q: 00:56 DAL - Pat Terrell 31 interception return (Gary Anderson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:09 DAL - Gary Anderson 46 field goal
2Q: 15:00 DAL - Gary Anderson 45 field goal
2Q: 06:22 DAL - Gary Anderson 29 field goal
2Q: 01:28 DAL - Gary Anderson 40 field goal
2Q: 00:06 HOU - Chris Jacke 52 field goal
3Q: 08:24 DAL - Gary Anderson 19 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DAL - Larry Long 4 run (Gary Anderson extra point)
4Q: 00:56 DAL - Pat Terrell 31 interception return (Gary Anderson extra point)

Team Statistics HOU DAL
Record 7-8 7-8
First Downs 18 16
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 385 332
- Offensive Plays 72 62
- Yards per Play 5.35 5.35
Net Rushing Yards 117 105
- Rushing Attempts 21 24
- Yards per Rush 5.57 4.38
Net Passing Yards 268 227
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 28 - 4 35 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 291 242
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/23 3/15
- Yards per Pass Play 5.25 5.97
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/46 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/31
Kick Returns/Yards 1/18 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 4/70
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 17 OWN 41
Time of Possession 27:55 32:05

Team Statistics	HOU	DAL
Record	7-8	7-8
First Downs	18	16
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	385	332
- Offensive Plays	72	62
- Yards per Play	5.35	5.35
Net Rushing Yards	117	105
- Rushing Attempts	21	24
- Yards per Rush	5.57	4.38
Net Passing Yards	268	227
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 28 - 4	35 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	291	242
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/23	3/15
- Yards per Pass Play	5.25	5.97
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/46	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/31
Kick Returns/Yards	1/18	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	4/70
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 17	OWN 41
Time of Possession	27:55	32:05

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:03	2:36	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
1	6:01	0:58	OWN 9	3	9	Punt
1	3:07	1:50	OWN 10	3	-3	Punt
2	14:55	3:11	OWN 20	8	23	Punt
2	10:22	1:49	OWN 10	4	15	Interception
2	6:14	3:03	OWN 20	6	54	Missed FG
2	1:23	1:23	OWN 20	6	45	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:57	OWN 20	5	40	Interception
3	8:16	3:12	OWN 30	7	37	Downs
4	14:51	3:56	OWN 20	10	63	Interception
4	8:59	2:11	OWN 28	5	9	Punt
4	2:56	1:23	OWN 4	7	34	Downs
4	0:56	0:12	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
4	0:44	0:44	OWN 20	2	29	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:57	OWN 20	8	51	Field Goal
1	8:27	2:26	OWN 32	4	18	Punt
1	5:03	1:56	OWN 44	3	4	Punt
1	1:17	1:22	OPP 37	3	9	Field Goal
2	11:44	1:22	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	8:33	2:19	OPP 14	5	2	Field Goal
2	3:11	1:48	OWN 33	6	44	Field Goal
3	13:03	4:47	OWN 29	8	69	Field Goal
3	5:04	5:13	OWN 33	11	67	Touchdown
4	10:55	1:56	OWN 37	3	36	Interception
4	6:48	3:52	OWN 33	5	18	Punt
4	1:33	0:37	OPP 38	3	-1	Punt

Game MVP: John Roper, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Charlie Garner	17	46	2.71	28	1	0
George Jones	4	71	17.75	44	2	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Larry Long	9	22	2.44	10	1	1
Napoleon Kaufman	9	62	6.89	37	2	0
Randall Cunningham	3	20	6.67	13	1	0
Ed Toner	3	1	0.33	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kerry Collins	27	16	168	2/14	0	29	2	46.5
Neil O'Donnell	21	12	123	1/9	0	28	2	34.5

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	35	25	242	3/15	0	33	1	78.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Charlie Garner	5	5	50	10.00	42	29
WR Germane Crowell	5	8	47	9.40	8	15
WR Troy Brown	4	7	48	12.00	27	28
WR Terrell Owens	4	6	56	14.00	6	20
WR James Jett	3	8	49	16.33	35	22
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	10	5.00	0	8
TE Dwayne Carswell	2	7	4	2.00	0	3
RB Rashaan Salaam	2	4	26	13.00	2	14
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Keenan McCardell	5	9	81	16.20	20	33
RB Napoleon Kaufman	5	5	73	14.60	50	25
WR Ike Hilliard	5	7	20	4.00	0	8
TE Rickey Dudley	4	4	10	2.50	10	12
WR J.J. Birden	2	3	38	19.00	2	26
WR Charlie Babbit	1	1	4	4.00	2	4
FB Dan Majerle	1	3	-2	-2.00	0	-2
TE Jackie Harris	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
RB Larry Long	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
WR Chris Cornell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Tedy Bruschi	1	0	0.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB John Roper	1	23	23.00	0
S Pat Terrell	1	31	31.00	1
OLB Eddie Robinson	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Nate Thornton	1	16	16.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Le Roy Butler	0	0	1	0

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ike Hilliard	1	0	0	0
Jackie Harris	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	5	221	44.2	34.0	57	0

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ned Flanders	5	215	43.0	39.0	56	4

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	1/2	1/2	1/1	52	0/0

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gary Anderson	5/5	3/3	0/0	46	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charlie Babbit	3	31	10.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dave Whitmore	1	18	18.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tedy Bruschi	9	1	1.0	23	35
OLB Mo Lewis	8	0	1.0	13	31
S Le Roy Butler	7	1	0.0	19	33
CB Dexter McCleon	6	0	0.0	19	36
CB Ramos McDonald	4	0	0.0	8	25
OLB Kurt Cobain	2	1	0.0	11	7
DE Kevin Carter	2	1	0.0	13	27
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	2	1	0.0	22	35
TE Dwayne Carswell	2	0	---	---	---
S Jay Bellamy	2	0	0.0	5	5
OLB Ike Reese	1	2	1.0	13	32
ILB Marvin Jones	1	1	0.0	13	11
DE Bernard Whittington	1	1	0.0	12	15
S Dave Whitmore	1	0	0.0	6	3
DT David Rocker	1	0	0.0	18	25
OLB Martin Bishop	1	0	0.0	11	7
WR James Jett	1	0	---	---	---
S Sam Shade	1	0	0.0	16	34
ILB Dennis Stallings	1	0	0.0	5	3
CB Eric Stokes	1	0	0.0	6	6
DT Bert Tharpe	0	1	0.0	14	20
DE Daryl King	0	1	0.0	12	23

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Donnie Abraham	8	0	0.0	21	51
S Eric Brown	7	1	0.0	21	51
CB Vinnie Clark	6	1	0.0	18	48
DT Lional Dalton	6	1	0.0	15	32
CB William Strong	3	2	0.0	9	44
OLB Aundray Bruce	3	1	0.0	8	19
ILB Nate Thornton	3	1	0.0	21	44
ILB Rod Stephens	3	0	0.0	12	7
OLB John Roper	2	0	2.0	11	25
DE Kenny Holmes	2	0	1.0	15	34
CB Saleem Dawson	2	1	0.0	6	21
DE Tony Tolbert	2	0	0.0	13	28
DE Steve Lattimer	1	2	0.0	8	14
DT Michael Dean Perry	1	1	0.0	6	20
OLB Eddie Robinson	1	1	0.0	15	38
FB Dan Majerle	1	0	---	---	---
S Pat Terrell	1	0	0.0	21	51
OLB Nate Wayne	1	0	0.0	5	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ike Reese	1.0	0	2	2	32
OLB Mo Lewis	1.0	0	0	1	31
ILB Tedy Bruschi	1.0	0	0	0	35
DT Bert Tharpe	0.0	1	0	0	20
DE Kevin Carter	0.0	0	3	3	27
DE Daryl King	0.0	0	1	0	23

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB John Roper	2.0	0	0	25
DE Kenny Holmes	1.0	0	2	34
DT Lional Dalton	0.0	1	0	32
DT Michael Dean Perry	0.0	0	2	20
OLB Eddie Robinson	0.0	0	2	38
S Pat Terrell	0.0	0	1	51

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Mo Lewis	5	0	0	31
CB Dexter McCleon	5	0	0	36
S Le Roy Butler	3	1	0	33
ILB Tedy Bruschi	3	0	1	35
CB Ramos McDonald	3	0	0	25
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	2	0	0	35
OLB Kurt Cobain	1	0	0	7
S Jay Bellamy	1	0	0	5
S Sam Shade	1	0	0	34
CB Eric Stokes	1	0	0	6

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Donnie Abraham	8	2	0	51
S Eric Brown	5	1	0	51
CB Vinnie Clark	5	0	0	48
CB William Strong	3	0	0	44
CB Saleem Dawson	2	1	0	21
OLB Aundray Bruce	2	0	0	19
OLB Eddie Robinson	1	1	1	38
S Pat Terrell	1	0	1	51
ILB Rod Stephens	1	0	0	7
OLB John Roper	0	0	1	25
ILB Nate Thornton	0	0	1	44

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Adam Treu	2	5	1	21	0	44
Sale Isaia	1	8	0	21	1	48
Doug Karczewski	1	2	0	21	0	46
Tommy Vardell	1	1	0	10	0	16
Todd Steussie	0	3	0	21	2	45
Len Bias	0	1	0	7	0	9
Kyle Turley	0	1	0	21	0	48

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mayberry	4	4	1	24	0	38
Mo Elewonibi	3	3	0	19	1	38
Mark Stepnoski	1	5	0	22	0	38
Dan Majerle	0	3	0	17	0	20
Channing Carpenter	0	3	0	5	0	0
Joe Tofflemire	0	2	0	24	2	38
Gene Williams	0	2	0	24	0	38

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Troy Brown	2	15
James Jett	1	15

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Long	1	8

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Karczewski	21	46	---	---	7	74
Todd Steussie	21	45	---	---	7	73
James Jett	17	37	---	---	15	69
Charlie Garner	17	36	---	---	16	69
Sale Isaia	21	48	---	---	---	69
Terrell Owens	18	42	---	---	9	69
Kyle Turley	21	48	---	---	---	69
Adam Treu	21	44	---	---	---	65
Tedy Bruschi	---	---	23	35	5	63
Emmanuel McDaniel	---	---	22	35	5	62
Dexter McCleon	---	---	19	36	5	60
Le Roy Butler	---	---	19	33	5	57
Dwayne Carswell	17	34	---	---	6	57
Sam Shade	---	---	16	34	3	53
Kerry Collins	20	29	---	---	---	49
Ike Reese	---	---	13	32	4	49
Mo Lewis	---	---	13	31	4	48
David Rocker	---	---	18	25	4	47
Kevin Carter	---	---	13	27	5	45
Tommy Vardell	10	16	---	---	15	41
Troy Brown	4	22	---	---	15	41
Daryl King	---	---	12	23	4	39
Bert Tharpe	---	---	14	20	4	38
Ramos McDonald	---	---	8	25	3	36
Marvin Jones	---	---	13	11	11	35
Bernard Whittington	---	---	12	15	8	35
Kurt Cobain	---	---	11	7	15	33
Martin Bishop	---	---	11	7	14	32
Eric Stokes	---	---	6	6	19	31
Germane Crowell	8	23	---	---	---	31
Tyji Armstrong	3	11	---	---	16	30
Neil O'Donnell	1	22	---	---	---	23
Dave Whitmore	---	---	6	3	14	23
Len Bias	7	9	---	---	5	21
Jay Bellamy	---	---	5	5	8	18
George Jones	4	14	---	---	---	18
Zack Wiegert	0	9	---	---	7	16
Bryson Helfenstein	0	8	---	---	7	15
Gilbert Brown	---	---	5	5	2	12
Rashaan Salaam	0	11	---	---	---	11
Dennis Stallings	---	---	5	3	2	10
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	7	7
Oliver North	0	7	---	---	---	7
Kris Hastings	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	3	3
Gilbert Coster	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Pat Terrell	---	---	21	51	12	84
Donnie Abraham	---	---	21	51	10	82
Eric Brown	---	---	21	51	2	74
Joe Tofflemire	24	38	---	---	8	70
William Strong	---	---	9	44	16	69
Mark Stepnoski	22	38	---	---	8	68
Vinnie Clark	---	---	18	48	2	68
Nate Thornton	---	---	21	44	2	67
Tony Mayberry	24	38	---	---	2	64
Gene Williams	24	38	---	---	2	64
Randall Cunningham	24	38	---	---	---	62
Ike Hilliard	17	30	---	---	13	60
Mo Elewonibi	19	38	---	---	---	57
Eddie Robinson	---	---	15	38	1	54
Keenan McCardell	17	34	---	---	---	51
Lional Dalton	---	---	15	32	4	51
Kenny Holmes	---	---	15	34	1	50
Jackie Harris	16	24	---	---	8	48
Rickey Dudley	13	18	---	---	17	48
Dan Majerle	17	20	---	---	10	47
Tony Tolbert	---	---	13	28	3	44
Saleem Dawson	---	---	6	21	12	39
Aundray Bruce	---	---	8	19	10	37
John Roper	---	---	11	25	1	37
Larry Long	10	17	---	---	8	35
Ed Toner	4	4	---	---	24	32
Napoleon Kaufman	11	21	---	---	---	32
Charlie Babbit	5	3	---	---	21	29
Mack Richardson	---	---	6	17	6	29
Michael Dean Perry	---	---	6	20	---	26
Steve Lattimer	---	---	8	14	2	24
J.J. Birden	7	13	---	---	3	23
Rod Stephens	---	---	12	7	---	19
Chris Cornell	3	6	---	---	10	19
Nate Wayne	---	---	5	2	12	19
Channing Carpenter	5	0	---	---	10	15
Gary Anderson	0	0	---	---	13	13
Ray Roberts	2	0	---	---	10	12
Kendyl Clarke	0	0	---	---	10	10
Devin Wyman	---	---	0	8	2	10
Mike Crawford	---	---	0	7	---	7
Ned Flanders	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ryan Leaf	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cornell Brown	---	---	0	0	1	1
Mark Rypien	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ken Oxendine	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	50	7.1
Middle	11	24	2.2
Right	3	43	14.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	58	6.4
Middle	12	31	2.6
Right	3	16	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kerry Collins	27	16	3	0	0	4	4	0	2
Neil O'Donnell	21	12	1	1	2	1	3	0	2

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	35	25	6	0	1	1	6	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	85	9.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	98	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	7	92	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	16	2.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	27	3.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	14	105	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	51	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	59	14.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR James Jett	8	3	0	49	1	37
WR Germane Crowell	8	5	0	47	0	23
WR Troy Brown	7	4	1	48	1	22
TE Dwayne Carswell	7	2	0	4	0	34
WR Terrell Owens	6	4	1	56	1	42
RB Charlie Garner	5	5	0	50	1	36
RB Rashaan Salaam	4	2	0	26	0	11
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	0	10	0	16
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	0	1	0	11

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Keenan McCardell	9	5	1	81	2	34
WR Ike Hilliard	7	5	0	20	0	30
RB Napoleon Kaufman	5	5	0	73	3	21
TE Rickey Dudley	4	4	0	10	0	18
WR J.J. Birden	3	2	0	38	1	13
FB Dan Majerle	3	1	0	-2	0	20
WR Charlie Babbit	1	1	0	4	0	3
TE Jackie Harris	1	1	0	8	0	24
RB Larry Long	1	1	0	10	0	17
WR Chris Cornell	1	0	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Larry Long	2	3	1.50	2.44
Randall Cunningham	1	13	13.00	6.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil O'Donnell	1	0	0	0.00	5.86
Kerry Collins	1	0	0	0.00	6.22

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	5	3	9	1.80	6.91

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Dwayne Carswell	2	0	0	0.00	0.57

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ike Hilliard	3	2	4	1.33	2.86
WR Keenan McCardell	1	0	0	0.00	9.00
RB Napoleon Kaufman	1	1	5	5.00	14.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Charlie Garner	3	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	1	0
Ed Toner	1	0
Larry Long	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kerry Collins	6	5	3
Neil O'Donnell	3	1	1

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	9	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Charlie Garner	2	2	2
WR Germane Crowell	2	1	0
WR Troy Brown	1	1	0
WR James Jett	1	1	1
TE Dwayne Carswell	1	0	0
RB Rashaan Salaam	1	0	0
WR Terrell Owens	1	1	1

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Keenan McCardell	3	1	1
WR J.J. Birden	2	2	1
WR Charlie Babbit	1	1	0
RB Larry Long	1	1	1
WR Chris Cornell	1	0	0
TE Rickey Dudley	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 54,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	54,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)