| Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 15, 1997 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63942 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 90 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Chris Boniol 49 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 46 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | William Thomas 37 opponents fumble recovery (Chris Boniol kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Chad Lewis 12 pass from Ty Detmer (Chris Boniol kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 48 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 25 FG | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Chris Boniol 44 FG | 20 | 9 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 29 FG | 20 | 12 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 22 FG | 20 | 15 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Anthony Miller 14 pass from Troy Aikman (Troy Aikman pass failed) | 20 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 81 | WR | Mark Seay |
| 83 | WR | Michael Timpson |
| 71 | LOT | Jermane Mayberry |
| 72 | LOG | Joe Panos |
| 61 | C | Steve Everitt |
| 62 | ROG | Ian Beckles |
| 76 | ROT | Barrett Brooks |
| 89 | TE | Chad Lewis |
| 14 | QB | Ty Detmer |
| 32 | RB | Ricky Watters |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDT | Hollis Thomas |
| 97 | RDT | Rhett Hall |
| 59 | RDE | Mike Mamula |
| 56 | LLB | Darrin Smith |
| 54 | ILB | Jeff Herrod |
| 50 | MLB | James Willis |
| 51 | RLB | William Thomas |
| 23 | LCB | Troy Vincent |
| 36 | SS | Mike Zordich |
| 20 | FS | Brian Dawkins |
| 21 | RCB | Bobby Taylor |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 50 | C | Clay Shiver |
| 73 | ROG | Larry Allen |
| 79 | ROT | Erik Williams |
| 86 | TE | Eric Bjornson |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 48 | FB | Daryl Johnston |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Tony Tolbert |
| 75 | LDT | Tony Casillas |
| 95 | RDT | Chad Hennings |
| 98 | RDE | Shante Carver |
| 56 | SLB | Randall Godfrey |
| 57 | MLB | Vinson Smith |
| 52 | WLB | Dexter Coakley |
| 26 | LCB | Kevin Smith |
| 28 | SS | Darren Woodson |
| 31 | FS | Brock Marion |
| 21 | RCB | Deion Sanders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ricky Watters | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Garner | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Kevin Turner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Hutton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 27 | 91 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Ty Detmer | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 0 | 184 | 6.1 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 88.8 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 0 | 205 | 5.7 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 74.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ricky Watters | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Timpson | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Chad Lewis | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12t | 1 |
| Kevin Turner | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Seay | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jason Dunn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Irvin | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Eric Bjornson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Emmitt Smith | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Stepfret Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom Hutton | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Mark Seay | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||
| Chris Boniol | 5 | 320 | 64.0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 7 | 452 | 64.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Derrick Witherspoon | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Herschel Walker | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| Brock Marion | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Bobby Taylor | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Shante Carver | 1.0 |
| Broderick Thomas | 1.0 |
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