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Box Score: Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints

Posted: Sun December 6, 1998 at 10:43 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

DALLAS 3 0 0 0 3 NEW ORLEANS 2 17 3 0 22 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NOR - SAFETY. DALLAS QUARTERBACK TROY AIKMAN WAS CALLED FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING IN THE END ZONE., 0:55. NEW ORLEANS 2-0 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 33 YD, 13:47. Drive: 4 plays, 0 yards in 0:23. Key plays: Mathis interception at New Orleans 16. DALLAS 3-2 2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, AARON CRAVER 4 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 7:06. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 8:19. Key plays: Collins 13-yard pass to Craver to New Orleans 33; Hastings 16-yard run to Dallas 47; Collins 18-yard pass to Dawkins to Dallas 29; Collins 9-yard pass to Davis to Dallas 21; Davis 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Dallas 17. NEW ORLEANS 9-3 NOR - TD, ANDRE HASTINGS 89 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:11. Drive: 3 plays, 97 yards in 1:21. NEW ORLEANS 16-3 NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 53 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards in 1:06. Key plays: Collins 9-yard pass to Dawkins to Dallas 42; Collins 8-yard run to Dallas 34. NEW ORLEANS 19-3 3RD QUARTER: NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 53 YD, 6:19. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 6:19. Key plays: 5-yard illegal use of hands penalty on Cowboys' Pittman on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 27; Collins 19-yard pass to Guliford on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 46; Collins 24-yard pass to Guliford on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 30. NEW ORLEANS 22-3 4TH QUARTER: NONE TEAM STATISTICS DAL NOR
FIRST DOWNS 10 17 Rushing 1 6 Passing 8 10 Penalty 1 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-14 8-15 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 1-2 TOTAL NET YARDS 182 328 Total plays 52 66 Average gain 3.5 5.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 8 113 Rushes 18 36 Average per rush 0.4 3.1 NET YARDS PASSING 174 215 Completed-attempted 16-32 16-28 Yards per pass 5.1 7.2 Sacked-yards lost 2-18 2-24 Had intercepted 0 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-45.6 3-51.0 RETURN YARDAGE 52 59 Punts-returns 1-9 3-25 Kickoffs-returns 2-43 1-34 Interceptions-returns 1-0 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 9-84 7-37 FUMBLES-LOST 2-0 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:47 34:13 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. Dallas rushing: Emmitt Smith 15-6, Sherman Williams 2-2, Troy Aikman 1-0. New Orleans rushing: Wilmont Perry 12-38, Troy Davis 13-36, Andre Hastings 1-16, Aaron Craver 5-14, Kerry Collins 4-10, Lamar Smith 1-minus 1. Dallas passing: Troy Aikman 16-32 for 192 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. New Orleans passing: Kerry Collins 16-28 for 239 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD. Dallas receiving: Michael Irvin 5-74, Patrick Jeffers 3-40, Billy Davis 3-36, Sherman Williams 3-26, David Lafleur 1-12, Eric Bjornson 1-4. New Orleans receiving: Aaron Craver 5-19, Andre Hastings 4-122, Eric Guliford 4-62, Sean Dawkins 2-27, Troy Davis 1-9. Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Fred Strickland 7-5-0, George Teague 5-3-2, Charlie Williams 7-0-0, Darren Woodson 6-1-0, Greg Ellis 3-2-0, Dexter Coakley 4-0-0, Randall Godfrey 3-1-0, Kevin Mathis 3-1-0, Chad Hennings 3-0-0, Leon Lett 2-1-0, Artie Smith 2-1-0, Michael Myers 1-2-0, Kenny Wheaton 2-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-1-0, Larry Brown 1-0-0, Kavika Pittman 1-0-0, Robert Thomas 0-1-0, Omar Stoutmire 0-1-0. New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Tyronne Drakeford 6-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 4-1-0, Fred Weary 4-0-0, La'roi Glover 3-1-2, Chad Cota 2-2-0, Chris Bordano 3-0-0, Mark Fields 3-0-0, Wayne Martin 2-1-0, Alex Molden 1-2-0, Sammy Knight 2-0-0, Joe Johnson 2-0-0, Keith Mitchell 1-1-0, Austin Robbins 1-1-0, Kevin Mitchell 1-1-0, Jared Tomich 1-0-0. Interceptions: Dallas (Kevin Mathis 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Wilmont Perry). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Dallas (Greg Ellis). Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Ed Fiffick, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner(84), Back judge-Don Hakes, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Field judge-Bob Mcgrath. A: 65,065; T: 2:58.


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