| Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 2016 Location: Arlington, TX |
| Venue: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 92885 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Brice Butler 21 pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Zach Zenner 7 run (Matt Prater kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ezekiel Elliott 55 run (Dan Bailey kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Matthew Stafford 1 run (Matt Prater kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Zach Zenner 5 run (Matt Prater kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dez Bryant 25 pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ezekiel Elliott 1 run (Dan Bailey kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jason Witten 10 pass from Dez Bryant (Dan Bailey kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dez Bryant 19 pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick) | 21 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Anquan Boldin |
| 11 | WR | Marvin Jones |
| 15 | WR | Golden Tate |
| 68 | LOT | Taylor Decker |
| 72 | LOG | Laken Tomlinson |
| 60 | C | Graham Glasgow |
| 75 | ROG | Larry Warford |
| 71 | ROT | Riley Reiff |
| 85 | TE | Eric Ebron |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 34 | RB | Zach Zenner |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Devin Taylor |
| 91 | LDT | A'Shawn Robinson |
| 92 | RDT | Haloti Ngata |
| 94 | RDE | Ziggy Ansah |
| 54 | LLB | DeAndre Levy |
| 59 | MLB | Tahir Whitehead |
| 57 | RLB | Josh Bynes |
| 29 | LCB | Johnson Bademosi |
| 30 | SS | Asa Jackson |
| 27 | FS | Glover Quin |
| 24 | RCB | Nevin Lawson |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Cole Beasley |
| 88 | WR | Dez Bryant |
| 83 | WR | Terrance Williams |
| 77 | LOT | Tyron Smith |
| 65 | LOG | Ronald Leary |
| 72 | C | Travis Frederick |
| 70 | ROG | Zack Martin |
| 68 | ROT | Doug Free |
| 82 | TE | Jason Witten |
| 4 | QB | Dak Prescott |
| 21 | RB | Ezekiel Elliott |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | David Irving |
| 96 | LDT | Maliek Collins |
| 97 | RDT | Terrell McClain |
| 93 | RDE | Benson Mayowa |
| 59 | MLB | Anthony Hitchens |
| 50 | WLB | Sean Lee |
| 39 | LCB | Brandon Carr |
| 42 | SS | Barry Church |
| 31 | FS | Byron Jones |
| 30 | RCB | Anthony Brown |
| 32 | NB | Orlando Scandrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Zach Zenner | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Dwayne Washington | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 12 | 80 | 6.7 | 55t | 2 |
| Darren McFadden | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dak Prescott | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 46 | 26 | 56.5 | 1 | 260 | 5.7 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 63.7 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Dak Prescott | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 0 | 212 | 10.6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 148.3 |
| Dez Bryant | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eric Ebron | 12 | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Golden Tate | 6 | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Anquan Boldin | 7 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Zach Zenner | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Marvin Jones | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Andre Roberts | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| T.J. Jones | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Matthew Mulligan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dwayne Washington | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dez Bryant | 5 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 25t | 2 |
| Terrance Williams | 4 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Cole Beasley | 5 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jason Witten | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Darren McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| J.J. Wilcox | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Sam Martin | 4 | 196 | 49.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chris Jones | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Lucky Whitehead | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Sam Martin | 3 | 182 | 60.7 | 0 |
| Matt Prater | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Dan Bailey | 7 | 457 | 65.3 | 5 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 2 | 0 | 64 | 32.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Lucky Whitehead | 2 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Darren McFadden | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Ziggy Ansah | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Benson Mayowa | 1.5 | 14.0 |
| David Irving | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| Maliek Collins | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tavon Wilson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziggy Ansah | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson Bademosi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tahir Whitehead | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bynes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Lawson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haloti Ngata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Hyder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Charles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Harbor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Ebron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Zenner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrunn Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwione Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Barry Church | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hitchens | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Scandrick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Carr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Wilcox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Heath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Irving | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Gregory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benson Mayowa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maliek Collins | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Wilber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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