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Box Score: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

Posted: Sun December 20, 1998 at 8:13 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

PHILADELPHIA 3 0 3 3 9 DALLAS 7 0 6 0 13 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 21 YD, 4:46. Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 4:46. Key plays: Rossum 23-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Dallas' C. Williams to Philadelphia 48; Detmer 8-yard pass to Staley to Philadelphia 49; Detmer 16-yard pass to Fontenot on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 27; Staley 15-yard run to Dallas 12. PHILADELPHIA 3-0 DAL - TD, ERIC BJORNSON 7 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 11:31. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Aikman 41-yard pass to Irvin on 3rd-and-7 to Philadelphia 15. DALLAS 7-3 2ND QUARTER: NONE 3RD QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 41 YD, 1:29. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 0:41. Key plays: Zordich 14-yard interception return to Dallas 31. DALLAS 7-6 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 42 YD, 10:00. Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Hughes 4-yard punt return to Philadelphia 46; Aikman 27-yard pass to Clay to Philadelphia 31; E Smith 6-yard run to Philadelphia 25. DALLAS 10-6 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 41 YD, 13:07. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:32. Key plays: K Smith 9-yard interception return to Philadelphia 30. DALLAS 13-6 4TH QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 39 YD, 2:58. Drive: 6 plays, 28 yards in 3:06. Key plays: J Harris 2-yard return of E Smith fumble to Dallas 49; Detmer 23-yard pass to Staley to Dallas 24. DALLAS 13-9 TEAM STATISTICS PHI DAL
FIRST DOWNS 15 11 Rushing 6 7 Passing 8 4 Penalty 1 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-15 2-13 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-3 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 356 248 Total plays 69 60 Average gain 5.2 4.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 125 153 Rushes 26 34 Average per rush 4.8 4.5 NET YARDS PASSING 231 95 Completed-attempted 24-43 10-23 Yards per pass 5.4 3.7 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 3-25 Had intercepted 1 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-33.5 7-38.7 RETURN YARDAGE 78 83 Punts-returns 4-2 3-4 Kickoffs-returns 3-62 3-70 Interceptions-returns 1-14 1-9 PENALTIES-YARDS 9-60 7-64 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 1-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:52 29:08 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Philadelphia (Chris Boniol 48); Dallas (Richie Cunningham 51). Philadelphia rushing: Duce Staley 18-67, Corey Walker 3-40, Kevin Turner 3-10, Koy Detmer 2-8. Dallas rushing: Emmitt Smith 25-110, Chris Warren 2-18, Sherman Williams 3-16, Eric Bjornson 1-7, Troy Aikman 3-2. Philadelphia passing: Koy Detmer 24-43 for 231 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD. Dallas passing: Troy Aikman 10-23 for 120 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD. Philadelphia receiving: Duce Staley 7-53, Jeff Graham 6-71, Irving Fryar 5-61, Kevin Turner 3-18, Chris Fontenot 2-27, Andrew Jordan 1-1. Dallas receiving: Michael Irvin 4-56, Patrick Jeffers 2-23, Emmitt Smith 2-9, Hayward Clay 1-27, 0-0, Chris Warren 1-5. Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Mike Caldwell 5-0-0, James Willis 5-0-0, Steve Martin 5-0-2, Al Harris 4-0-0, Troy Vincent 4-0-0, Michael Zordich 3-1-0, Greg Jefferson 3-0-0, Brandon Whiting 2-1-0, Jeremiah Trotter 2-0-0, Bryan Dawkins 2-0-0, William Thomas 2-0-0, Clarence Love 2-0-0, Allen Rossum 2-0-1, Bobby Taylor 1-0-0, Tim Mctyer 1-0-0. Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Kevin Mathis 7-0-0, George Teague 7-0-0, Greg Ellis 5-2-0, Kavika Pittman 5-0-0, Randall Godfrey 4-1-0, Fred Strickland 3-2-0, Dexter Coakley 3-2-0, Darren Woodson 3-1-0, Kevin Smith 3-0-0, Chad Hennings 2-1-0, Omar Stoutmire 1-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-0-0, Leon Lett 1-0-0, Artie Smith 0-1-0. Interceptions: Philadelphia (Michael Zordich 1 for 14 yards); Dallas (Kevin Smith 1 for 9 yards). Fumbles lost: Dallas (Emmitt Smith). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Philadelphia (Jon Harris). Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Don Carey, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Peter Morelli. A: 62,722; T: 3:12.


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