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Box Score: Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

Posted: Sun December 27, 1998 at 11:43 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

WASHINGTON 7 0 0 0 7 DALLAS 3 17 0 3 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 34 YD, 6:27. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards in 1:31. Key plays: Williams 24-yard run to Washington 22. DALLAS 3-0 WAS - TD, LESLIE SHEPHERD 6 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 2:24. Key plays: T. Green 39-yard to Shepherd to Dallas 14; Davis 7-yard run to Dallas 7. WASHINGTON 7-3 2ND QUARTER: DAL - TD, EMMITT SMITH 1 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 2:22. Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards in 2:22. Key plays: Aikman 51-yard pass to Irvin to Washington 14. DALLAS 10-7 DAL - TD, EMMITT SMITH 26 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 7:20. Drive: 4 plays, 88 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Aikman 19-yard pass to Davis to Dallas 31; Aikman 24-yard pass to Davis to Washington 45; Green 14-yard pass interference penalty to Washington 31. DALLAS 17-7 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 23 YD, 14:35. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Aikman 14-yard pass to Bjornson to Dallas 34; Aikman 14-yard pass to Bjornson to Dallas 48; Aikman 45-yard pass to Jeffers to Washington 12. DALLAS 20-7 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 26 YD, 2:59. Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards in 5:56. Key plays: Denton 32-yard pass interfernce penalty on 3rd-and-11 to Washington 30; Denton 33-yard pass interference penalty on 3rd-and-14 to Washington 1. DALLAS 23-7 TEAM STATISTICS WAS DAL
FIRST DOWNS 14 22 Rushing 3 9 Passing 11 10 Penalty 0 3 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 2-11 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 292 378 Total plays 58 62 Average gain 5.0 6.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 80 156 Rushes 21 34 Average per rush 3.8 4.6 NET YARDS PASSING 212 222 Completed-attempted 21-36 15-26 Yards per pass 5.7 7.9 Sacked-yards lost 1-11 2-13 Had intercepted 1 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-37.7 3-38.7 RETURN YARDAGE 71 76 Punts-returns 0-0 2-14 Kickoffs-returns 6-71 2-62 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 7-102 5-30 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:34 32:26 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Dallas (Richie Cunningham 49). Washington rushing: Stephen Davis 17-70, Trent Green 1-11, Brian Mitchell 2-4, Leslie Shepherd 1-minus 5. Dallas rushing: Sherman Williams 23-90, Emmitt Smith 10-67, Mike Quinn 1-minus 1. Washington passing: Trent Green 21-35 for 223 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Brian Mitchell 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Dallas passing: Troy Aikman 10-15 for 184 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Jason Garrett 5-11 for 51 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Washington receiving: Leslie Shepherd 5-79, Stephen Alexander 4-39, Mike Sellers 3-18, Albert Connell 2-30, Henry Ellard 2-29, Chris Thomas 2-18, Brian Mitchell 2-9, Stephen Davis 1-1. Dallas receiving: Billy Davis 4-60, Eric Bjornson 3-55, Sherman Williams 3-19, Patrick Jeffers 2-50, Michael Irvin 2-50, Emmitt Smith 1-1. Washington tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Marvcus Patton 7-0-0, Darryl Pounds 6-0-0, Darrell Green 5-0-0, Stanley Richard 5-0-0, Derek Smith 5-0-0, Leomont Evans 3-1-0, Kenard Lang 3-0-1, Greg Jones 3-0-0, Dan Wilkinson 3-0-0, Doug Brown 1-2-0, Cris Dishman 2-0-0, Marc Boutte 1-0-0, Jamal Duff 1-0-0, Ndukwe Kalu 1-0-1, Kelvin Kinney 0-1-0. Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Dexter Coakley 7-0-0, Randall Godfrey 4-2-0, George Teague 2-3-0, Kevin Mathis 3-0-0, Leon Lett 2-1-0, Artie Smith 2-1-0, Darren Woodson 2-1-0, Charlie Williams 2-0-0, Izell Reese 2-0-0, Omar Stoutmire 2-0-0, Greg Ellis 2-0-0, Kenny Wheaton 1-1-0, Kevin Smith 1-1-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-0-0, Fred Strickland 1-0-0, Singor Mobley 1-0-0, Michael Myers 1-0-1, Antonio Anderson 1-0-0. Interceptions: Dallas (Randall Godfrey 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: Washington (Stephen Alexander). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Dallas (Chad Hennings). Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Back judge-Bob Lawing, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Field judge-Dick Creed. A: 63,565; T: 2:58.


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