| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 30, 1990 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 75923 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Ingram 12 pass from Phil Simms (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ken Willis 22 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Matt Bahr 34 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Mrosko 7 pass from Phil Simms (Matt Bahr kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Emmitt Smith 4 run (Ken Willis kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Rodney Hampton 27 pass from Phil Simms (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Jeff Hostetler 12 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jay Novacek 7 pass from Troy Aikman (Ken Willis kick) | 17 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 85 | WR | Dennis McKinnon |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 68 | LOG | Crawford Ker |
| 53 | C | Mark Stepnoski |
| 65 | ROG | Tony Slaton |
| 61 | ROT | Nate Newton |
| 84 | TE | Jay Novacek |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 32 | FB | Alonzo Highsmith |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Danny Stubbs |
| 78 | LDT | Dean Hamel |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 55 | SLB | Jack Del Rio |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | WLB | Ken Norton |
| 30 | LCB | Issiac Holt |
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton |
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mark Ingram |
| 76 | LOT | John Elliott |
| 66 | LOG | Bill Roberts |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 60 | ROG | Eric Moore |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 87 | TE | Howard Cross |
| 80 | TE | Bob Mrosko |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 24 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 44 | FB | Maurice Carthon |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Eric Dorsey |
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard |
| 73 | RDE | John Washington |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 99 | LILB | Steve DeOssie |
| 52 | RILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 21 | LCB | Reyna Thompson |
| 47 | SS | Greg Jackson |
| 29 | FS | Myron Guyton |
| 47 | RCB | Everson Walls |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Alexander Wright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alonzo Highsmith | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Rodney Hampton | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Lewis Tillman | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 26 | 21 | 80.8 | 1 | 233 | 9.0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.8 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 188 | 8.5 | 27t | 3 | 2 | 14 | 137.9 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jay Novacek | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 22 | 1 |
| Kelvin Martin | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rodney Hampton | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 27t | 1 |
| Howard Cross | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Stephen Baker | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Mrosko | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7t | 1 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Odessa Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 35 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Rod Harris | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Alexander Wright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rodney Hampton | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Eugene Lockhart | 1.0 |
| New York Giants |
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