Sunday, January 5, 1997
| DAL | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Chris Boniol 22 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Panthers | Wesley Walls 1 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Panthers | Willie Green 10 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 14 |
| Cowboys | Daryl Johnston 2 yard pass from Troy Aikman (pass failed) | 9 | 14 | |
| Cowboys | Safety, Carolina bad snap on punt went out of end zone | 11 | 14 | |
| Panthers | John Kasay 24 yard field goal | 11 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Chris Boniol 21 yard field goal | 14 | 17 |
| Panthers | John Kasay 40 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| 4th | Panthers | John Kasay 40 yard field goal | 14 | 23 |
| Cowboys | Chris Boniol 21 yard field goal | 17 | 23 | |
| Panthers | John Kasay 32 yard field goal | 17 | 26 |
| DAL | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-96-0 | 37-127-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-36-165-1-3 | 12-22-100-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 100 |
| Total yards | 244 | 227 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-61 | 5-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 6 | 89 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | DAL | 18 | 36 | 165 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 22 | 80 | 0 | 25 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 3 | 31 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 4 | 18 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | DAL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Eric Bjornson | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 26 | 104 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 12 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Willie Green | CAR | 5 | 53 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 3 | 25 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Howard Griffith | CAR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rohn Stark | CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Darren Woodson | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 155 | 31.0 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||
| Chad Cota | CAR | 0.0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Lamar Lathon | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Les Miller | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Mills | CAR | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Mark Rodenhauser | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -37 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pat Terrell | CAR | 0.0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Chris Boniol | DAL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Jett | DAL | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 59 | ||||
| John Kasay | CAR | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rohn Stark | CAR | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | ||||