| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1997 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 77137 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 38 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 31 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Brad Daluiso 27 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Brad Daluiso 22 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 27 FG | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Tito Wooten 61 interception return (Brad Daluiso kick) | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Charles Way 3 run (Brad Daluiso kick) | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Anthony Miller 2 pass from Troy Aikman (Eric Bjornson pass from Troy Aikman) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ILB | Vinson Smith |
| 55 | MLB | Fred Strickland |
| 52 | WLB | Dexter Coakley |
| 26 | LCB | Kevin Smith |
| 28 | SS | Darren Woodson |
| 31 | FS | Brock Marion |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Chris Calloway |
| 72 | LOT | Roman Oben |
| 78 | LOG | Greg Bishop |
| 53 | C | Lance Scott |
| 65 | ROG | Ron Stone |
| 74 | ROT | Scott Gragg |
| 87 | TE | Howard Cross |
| 84 | TE | Aaron Pierce |
| 17 | QB | Dave Brown |
| 28 | RB | Tyrone Wheatley |
| 30 | FB | Charles Way |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Michael Strahan |
| 97 | LDT | Robert Harris |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Hamilton |
| 77 | RDE | Chad Bratzke |
| 98 | LOLB | Jessie Armstead |
| 90 | MLB | Corey Widmer |
| 57 | ROLB | Corey Miller |
| 22 | LCB | Phillippi Sparks |
| 20 | SS | Sam Garnes |
| 29 | FS | Tito Wooten |
| 31 | RCB | Jason Sehorn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 19 | 91 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Sherman Williams | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tyrone Wheatley | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Danny Kanell | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 2 | 317 | 6.1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 72.4 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Danny Kanell | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 101 | 5.9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.9 |
| Dave Brown | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 8 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Eric Bjornson | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Stepfret Williams | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18 | 1 |
| David LaFleur | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tyrone Wheatley | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Kevin Alexander | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Chris Calloway | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Erric Pegram | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Pierce | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Howard Cross | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tito Wooten | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 61t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 58 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brad Maynard | 8 | 355 | 44.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 0 | 0 | -4 | -4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Amani Toomer | 3 | 0 | 41 | 13.7 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 5 | 301 | 60.2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||
| Brad Daluiso | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Herschel Walker | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 47 | 0 | |
| Brock Marion | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| David Patten | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Kevin Alexander | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| New York Giants | |
| Robert Harris | 1.0 |
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