MIN 15 @ DAL 40 - 1996 NFL

NFC Wild Card

Minnesota VikingsMIN

#6 seed

15-40

Dallas CowboysDAL

#3 seed

Sat, December 28, 1996 · 4:00PM · Texas Stadium

Attendance: 64,682Surface: astroturfLine: Dallas Cowboys -10.0O/U: 40.0 (over)

MIN: Dennis Green · DAL: Barry Switzer

MIN

Team Stats

DAL

1st Downs

15-63

Rushing

46-255

15-27-208

Passing

21-31-192

268

Scoring

1st Quarter

Troy Aikman 2 yard rush (Chris Boniol kick)

2nd Quarter

Chris Boniol 28 yard field goal

9:43

Emmitt Smith 37 yard rush (Chris Boniol kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Brad Johnson	15/27	208	1	2	2	62.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Brad Johnson	3	14	1	8	0
Amp Lee	7	26	0	8	1
Leroy Hoard	3	21	0	12	1
Scottie Graham	2	2	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Amp Lee	5	2	59	0	43
Leroy Hoard	1	1	7	0	7
Scottie Graham	1	1	-1	0	-1
Qadry Ismail	6	3	78	0	50
Cris Carter	7	3	36	1	30
Jake Reed	2	1	10	0	10
Andrew Jordan	1	1	10	0	10
Charles Evans	4	3	9	0	7
DAL
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Troy Aikman	19/29	178	0	1	1	67.9
Jason Garrett	2/2	14	0	0	0	95.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Troy Aikman	2	4	1	2	0
Emmitt Smith	17	116	2	37	0
Sherman Williams	17	67	0	20	1
Herschel Walker	8	62	0	23	0
Daryl Johnston	1	5	0	5	0
Kevin Williams	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Emmitt Smith	4	4	26	0	15
Sherman Williams	1	1	2	0	2
Herschel Walker	1	1	8	0	8
Daryl Johnston	2	2	7	0	5
Kevin Williams	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Irvin	15	8	103	0	21
Kelvin Martin	2	2	30	0	18
Eric Bjornson	5	3	16	0	7

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Orlando Thomas	2	2	0	1			0	0
Derrick Alexander	3	3	1	0			0	0
Jason Fisk	9	9	0	0			1	0
Jeff Brady	8	7	0	0			1	0
Darryl Talley	6	4	0	0			0	1
Robert Griffith	5	5	0	0			0	0
Dewayne Washington	5	5	0	0			0	0
Dixon Edwards	4	3	0	0			0	0
Corey Fuller	3	3	0	0			0	0
Martin Harrison	3	3	0	0			0	0
Fernando Smith	3	1	0	0			0	0
John Randle	2	2	0	0			0	0
Harlon Barnett	7	6	0					0
Chris Johnson	4	4	0					0
James Manley	3	3	0					0
Pete Bercich	2	2	0					0
DAL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
George Teague	5	4	0	1			2	0
Deion Sanders	0	0	0	1			0	1
Shante Carver	2	2	1	0			0	0
Broderick Thomas	2	2	1	0			0	0
Chad Hennings	4	2	0	0			0	0
Darrin Smith	3	3	0	0			0	1
Darren Woodson	3	3	0	0			0	0
Tony Tolbert	2	2	0	0			0	0
Randall Godfrey	1	1	0	0			0	0
Kevin Smith	1	1	0	0			0	0
Fred Strickland	1	0	0	0			0	0
Eric Bjornson	0	0	0	0			0	1
Herschel Walker	0	0	0	0			1	0
Roger Harper	3	3	0					0
Jim Schwantz	2	1	0				1	0
Godfrey Myles	1	1	0					0
Charlie Williams	1	1	0					0
Derrick Frazier	1	1	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Scott Sisson	1/1	-	0	0	-	0
Mitch Berger	-	-	2	79	39.5	48
DAL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Chris Boniol	4/4	4/4	0	0	-	0
John Jett	-	-	1	43	43.0	43

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
David Palmer	6	130	0	1	8	0
John Gerak	1	12	0	0	0	0
Amp Lee	1	11	0	0	0	0
DAL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Kelvin Martin	0	0	0	1	6	0
Herschel Walker	1	21	0	0	0	0

MIN

Expected Points Added

DAL

-27.7Total27.7

-15.2Off Total15.1

-13.6Off Pass12.5

-1.4Off Rush3.9

-15.1Def Total15.2

-12.5Def Pass13.6

-3.9Def Rush1.4

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBBrad Johnson

RBScottie Graham

FBCharles Evans

WRCris Carter

TEGreg DeLong

TEHunter Goodwin

LTTodd Steussie

LGRandall McDaniel

CJeff Christy

RGDavid Dixon

MIN at DAL, 1996 NFL game