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Head Coach : Barry Switzer 1996 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, Tx.

1996 Team Roster
8 Troy Aikman PB QB
73 Larry Allen  AP PB G
81 Tyji Armsrtong TE
40 Bill Bates DB
86 Eric Bjornson TE
18 Chris Boniol AP K
29 Alundis Brice DB
57 Alan Campos LB
96 Shante Carver DE
75 Tony Cassillas DT
72 Ray Childress DT
35 Wendell Davis DB
87 Billy Davis WR
53 Ray Donaldson AP PB C
63 John Flannery G
23 Derrick Frazier DB
17 Jason Garrett QB
56 Randall Godfrey LB
94 Charles Haley DE
24 Roger Harper DB
69 George Hegamin T
70 Dale Hellestrae C
95 Chad Hennings DT
88 Michael Irvin WR
19 John Jett P
48 Daryl Johnston FB
60 Derrick Kennard G
78 Leon Lett DT
31 Brock Marion DB
83 Kelvin Martin WR
99 Hurvin McCormack DT
82 Johnny Mitchell TE
98 Godfrey Myles LB
61 Nate Newton AP PB G
97 Kavika Pittman DE
36 Dominique Ross HB
21 Deion Sanders AP PB DB
52 Jim Schwantz AP PB LB
50 Clay Shiver C
59 Darrin Smith LB
22 Emmitt Smith AP RB
26 Kevin Smith AP DB
55 Fred Strickland LB
31 George Teague DB
51 Broderick Thomas LB
92 Tony Tolbert AP PB DE
71 Mark Tuinei T
93 Mike Ulufale DT
34 Herschel Walker RB
89 Derek Ware TE
25 Charlie Williams DB
79 Erik Williams AP PB T
85 Kevin Williams WR
20 Sherman Williams RB
80 Stepfret Williams WR
11 Wade Wilson QB
28 Darren Woodson AP PB DB
*starters - all pro - probowl

1996 Draft

1 to Washington
2 Kavika Pittman DE Michigan State
2 Randall Godfrey LB Georgia
3 Clay Shiver C Florida State
3 Stepfret Williams WR Northeast Louisiana
3 Mike Ulufale DT Brigham Young
4 to Atlanta
5 Kenneth McDaniel T Norfolk State
5 Alan Campos LB Louisville
6 Wendell Davis DB Oklahoma
7 Ryan Wood RB Arizona State

1996 Schedule
Sept. 2 at Chicago 22-6
Sept. 8 NY GIANTS 27-0
Sept. 15

INDIANAPOLIS

 25-24
Sept. 22 at Buffalo 10-7
Oct. 30 at Philadelphia 23-19
Oct. 13 ARIZONA 17-3
Oct. 20 ATLANTA 32-28
Oct. 27 at Miami 29-10
Nov. 3 PHILADELPHIA 31-21
Nov. 10 at San Francisco 20-17
Nov. 18

GREEN BAY

 21-6
Nov. 24 at NY Giants 20-6
Dec. 28 WASHINGTON 21-10
Dec. 8 at Arizona 10-6
Dec. 15 NEW ENGLAND 12-6
Dec. 22 at Washington 37-10
Jan. 28 NFC Wild Card Game MINNESOTTA 40-15
Jan. 5 NFC Div. Playoff Game   at Carolina 26-17

1996 NFC East Standings
DAL 10 6 0 .625
*PHI 10 6 0 .625
WAS 9 7 0 .562
ARI 7 9 0 .438
NYG 6 10 0 .375
*Wild Card

1996 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 487 307 63.0 3249 6.7 12 14
OPP 484 271 56.0 3025 6.3 10 19
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 475 1641 3.5 14 286 17.9
OPP 437 1576 3.6 10 250 15.6
LEAGUE LEADER

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Boniol

 32/36 24/25 120
OPP 28/32 20/20 104

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 27 779 28.9 89 0
K.Williams 21 471 22.4 39 0
Marion 3 68 22.7 37 0
C.Williams 2 21 10.5 21 0
DAL 53 1339 25.3 89 0
OPP 70 1431 20.4 50 0










Passing
  Att Comp Yds % Avg TD Int Rtg
Aikman 465 296 3126 63.7 6.72 12 13 80.1
Wilson 18 8 79 44.4 4.39 0 1 34.3
Garrett 3 3 44 100.0 14.67 0 0 118.8
Sh.Williams 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0 39.6
DAL 487 307 3249 63.0 6.67 12 14 78.6
OPP 484 271 3025 56.0 6.25 10 19 65.3

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
E.Smith 327 1204 3.7 42 12
Sh.Williams 69 269 3.9 27 0
Walker 10 83 8.3 39t 1
Johnston 22 48 2.2 7 0
Aikman 35 42 1.2 10 1
K.Williams 4 11 2.8 9 0
Wilson 4 5 1.3 8 0
Sanders 3 2 0.7 3 0
Jett 1 -23 -23.0 -23 0
DAL 475 1641 3.5 42 14
OPP 437 1576 3.6 37 10

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Irvin 64 962 15.0 61 2
Bjornson 48 388 8.1 25 3
E.Smith 47 249 5.3 21 3
Johnston 43 278 6.5 23 1
Sanders 36 475 13.2 41 1
K.Williams 27 323 12.0 31 1
Martin 25 380 15.2 60t 1
Walker 7 89 12.7 24 0
Sh.Williams 5 41 8.2 13 0
Armstrong 2 10 5.0 6 0
St.Williams 1 32 32.0 32 0
Mitchell 1 17 17.0 17 0
Ware 1 5 5.0 5 0
DAL 307 3249 10.6 61 12
OPP 271 3025 11.2 52 10

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
K.Smith 5 45 9.0 24 0
Woodson 5 43 8.6 21 0
Teague 4 47 11.8 22 0
Harper 2 30 15.0 15 0
Sanders 2 3 1.5 2 0
Strickland 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 19 168 8.8 24 0
OPP 14 250 17.9 104t 1

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Jett 74 3150 42.6 9 22 60 0 36.8
OPP 75 3459 46.1 5 23 67 0 39.5

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Martin 41 10 373 9.1 22 0
K.Williams 2 0 17 8.5 9 0
Sanders 1 1 4 4.0 4 0
DAL 44 11 394 9.0 22 0
OPP 32 23 249 7.8 52 0