Regular Season Week 3: Big Horns at Cowboys
September 22, 1996 70° San Antonio Super Dome
Attendance: 61,250 (82%)
Big Horns 0 3 0 14 - 17
Cowboys 6 3 0 11 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Cowboys: 4-6-DEN 9 (9:45) 14-Don Lambert 26 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 3 DEN 0
(Qtr 1) Cowboys: 4-5-DEN 19 (5:41) 14-Don Lambert 37 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 6 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Cowboys: 4-19-DEN 36 (8:49) 14-Don Lambert 53 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 9 DEN 0
(Qtr 2) Big Horns: 4-1-S.A 11 (4:15) 2-Richard Pressley 28 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 9 DEN 3
(Qtr 4) Big Horns: 1-4-S.A 4 (3:12) 48-Duck Billingsworth ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Richard Pressley. S.A 9 DEN 10
(Qtr 4) Cowboys: 4-10-S.A 41 (2:00) 8-Jerry Bryant pass complete to 25-Ernest German for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 33-Randall Pickett ran to DEN 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! S.A 17 DEN 10
(Qtr 4) Big Horns: 3-8-DEN 27 (1:42) 12-Johnny Callahan pass complete to 20-Leo Taylor to S.A 0 for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Richard Pressley. S.A 17 DEN 17
(Qtr 4) Cowboys: 3-7-DEN 30 (0:02) 14-Don Lambert 47 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 20 DEN 17
Team Statistics
Cowboys Big Horns
First Downs 14 11
- Rushing 6 7
- Passing 7 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 281 291
- Offensive Plays 71 67
- Yards Per Play 3.96 4.34
Net Rushing Yards 90 105
- Rushing Attempts 34 23
- Yards Per Rush 2.65 4.57
Net Passing Yards 191 186
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 18 / 2 43 / 16 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 209 194
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.16 4.23
- Yards Per Completion 11.61 12.13
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 18 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 7.9
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 1 2 / 12
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 32
Time of Possession 34:05 25:56
Drive Charts
Cowboys
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:18 OWN 25 10 66 Field Goal
1 7:35 1:58 OPP 24 3 5 Field Goal
1 4:12 1:27 OWN 30 3 4 Punt
1 2:25 4:04 OWN 44 7 33 Fumble
2 11:51 0:54 OWN 33 3 1 Punt
2 10:12 1:28 OPP 27 3 -9 Field Goal
2 6:56 0:04 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
2 4:12 2:18 OWN 25 5 36 Punt
3 14:03 7:24 OWN 24 12 54 Missed FG
3 5:56 1:35 OPP 44 3 0 Punt
3 0:07 1:25 OWN 17 3 -6 Punt
4 10:46 1:28 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
4 7:48 2:14 OWN 4 3 8 Punt
4 3:09 1:19 OWN 23 5 77 Touchdown
4 1:31 0:07 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 1:13 0:16 OWN 19 3 0 Punt
4 0:46 0:46 OPP 33 2 3 Field Goal
Big Horns
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:42 2:07 OWN 25 5 14 Fumble
1 5:37 1:25 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 2:45 0:20 OWN 21 3 -10 Punt
2 13:21 1:30 OWN 40 3 13 Interception
2 10:57 0:44 OWN 21 3 4 Interception
2 8:44 1:48 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 6:52 2:40 OPP 39 5 29 Field Goal
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 12 3 13 Half
3 15:00 0:57 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 6:39 0:43 OWN 29 3 5 Interception
3 4:20 4:14 OWN 7 10 29 Punt
4 13:42 2:56 OWN 40 5 20 Punt
4 9:19 1:30 OWN 41 3 7 Punt
4 5:34 2:25 OWN 38 5 62 Touchdown
4 1:50 0:20 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
4 1:24 0:11 OPP 21 3 0 Interception
4 0:57 0:12 OWN 33 4 1 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Cowboys
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Randall Pickett 26 63 2.42 10 2 0
#41 Frederick Marshall 4 22 5.50 11 1 0
#31 Roy Nathan 4 5 1.25 3 0 0
Big Horns
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Over Underwood 7 56 8.00 14 3 0
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 11 28 2.55 7 0 0
#46 Don Miller 3 12 4.00 5 0 0
#25 Jim Crowley 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
#48 Duck Billingsworth 1 4 4.00 4 0 1
Passing Stats
Cowboys
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Jerry Bryant 35 18 209 2 / 18 1 59 2 55.54
Big Horns
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Johnny Callahan 43 16 194 1 / 8 1 73 4 20.88
Receiving Stats
Cowboys
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#25 Ernest German 3 75 25.00 59 1
#88 Kelly Gonzalez 6 52 8.67 16 0
#80 Tony Otte 2 27 13.50 17 0
#14 Oscar Spradlin 3 26 8.67 14 0
#33 Randall Pickett 2 14 7.00 11 0
#89 Daniel Longino 1 13 13.00 13 0
#31 Roy Nathan 1 2 2.00 2 0
Big Horns
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#20 Leo Taylor 4 124 31.00 73 1
#30 Charles Raper 3 39 13.00 19 0
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 4 23 5.75 8 0
#18 Machine Gun Kelly 2 4 2.00 4 0
#46 Don Miller 2 2 1.00 2 0
#28 Over Underwood 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Cowboys
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 Robert Baxter 50 40 1 1
#60 Stephen Mapp 50 41 1 2
#69 Joseph Wyatt 36 37 0 2
#75 Clifton Davis 36 37 0 2
#73 Paul Hughes 39 42 0 1
#14 Oscar Spradlin 0 19 0 1
#31 Roy Nathan 11 18 0 3
#80 Tony Otte 7 30 0 1
#33 Randall Pickett 10 7 0 0
#89 Daniel Longino 0 14 0 0
#79 Vincent Fitzpatrick 5 0 0 0
#71 Byron McVeigh 7 1 0 0
#68 Tyrone Bradford 13 1 0 0
#67 James Frazier 12 1 0 0
#56 Raymond Deane 9 0 0 0
#67 Thomas Spahn 13 0 0 0
#57 Damion Stephens 0 1 0 0
#93 Norman Uribe 0 7 0 0
#94 Joshua Gomez 0 2 0 0
#41 Frederick Marshall 3 8 0 0
#87 Alan Rogers 0 10 0 2
#23 Walter Ryan 0 5 0 0
#88 Kelly Gonzalez 0 15 0 0
#20 Ray Davenport 4 2 0 0
#35 Jeffery Matthews 0 2 0 2
#63 Jordan Sandoval 0 4 0 0
#59 Glenn Pusey 0 1 0 0
#52 Norman Walker 0 3 0 0
#51 John White 0 1 0 0
#43 Zackary George 0 2 0 0
#94 Ernest Crawford 0 1 0 0
#42 Thomas Wade 0 1 0 0
#25 Ernest German 1 1 0 0
Big Horns
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Jerome Daniel 54 30 1 3
#23 Garrett Peace 0 5 0 1
#61 Kenneth Goodloe 52 34 0 0
#46 Don Miller 30 13 0 0
#30 Charles Raper 6 20 0 0
#66 Melvin Caverly 54 37 0 0
#50 Jeffrey Johnson 47 28 0 1
#67 Scott Roundtree 44 30 0 1
#18 Machine Gun Kelly 0 15 0 1
#20 Leo Taylor 0 12 0 1
#76 Charles Bowman 4 1 0 0
#32 Harry Stuhldreher 13 6 0 0
#88 Robert Soares 0 14 0 2
#48 Duck Billingsworth 10 2 0 0
#28 Over Underwood 12 7 0 0
#75 Thomas Sage 0 2 0 0
#56 James Howell 0 1 0 0
#19 Ronnie Lott 0 3 0 1
#54 Richard Matherly 0 1 0 0
#53 James Moore 0 3 0 0
#79 John Ford 5 1 0 0
#24 Felix Wright 0 2 0 0
#58 Joshua Simmons 0 1 0 0
#74 Merlin Olsen 0 1 0 0
#52 Gino Marchetti 0 1 0 0
#27 Don Shula 0 2 0 0
#72 Armand Thornton 0 1 0 0
#65 James Campbell 3 0 0 0
#25 Jim Crowley 1 4 0 0
#45 Russell Lyons 0 1 0 0
#39 Donald Doman 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Cowboys
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#94 Ernest Crawford 2 1 0.50 0
#42 Thomas Wade 2 0 0.00 0
Big Horns
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#37 Randy Purcell 1 12 12.00 0
#54 Richard Matherly 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Cowboys
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#33 Randall Pickett 1 0 0 0
#59 Glenn Pusey 0 1 1 0
Big Horns
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#12 Johnny Callahan 1 0 0 0
#27 Don Shula 0 1 1 0
Punting
Cowboys
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 William Graddy 8 353 44.13 43.38 51 2
Big Horns
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Rolando Wilson 7 302 43.14 43.14 49 3
Kicking
Cowboys
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Don Lambert 4 / 5 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 0 / 0
Big Horns
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Richard Pressley 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 28 2 / 2
Punt Return
Cowboys
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Big Horns
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#48 Duck Billingsworth 1 6 6.0 6 0
Kick Return
Cowboys
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#25 Ernest German 1 25 25.0 0
Big Horns
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Cowboys
Name Tackles Sacks
#52 Norman Walker 8 0
#20 Ray Davenport 6 0
#94 Ernest Crawford 5 0
#23 Walter Ryan 4 0
#42 Thomas Wade 4 0
#59 Glenn Pusey 3 1
#35 Jeffery Matthews 3 0
#43 Zackary George 2 0
#57 Damion Stephens 1 0
#93 Norman Uribe 1 0
#88 Kelly Gonzalez 1 0
#51 John White 1 0
#8 Jerry Bryant 1 0
Big Horns
Name Tackles Sacks
#54 Richard Matherly 9 0
#53 James Moore 8 0
#24 Felix Wright 6 0
#58 Joshua Simmons 6 0
#40 Joseph Guerra 5 0
#27 Don Shula 4 0
#19 Ronnie Lott 3 0
#74 Merlin Olsen 3 0
#75 Thomas Sage 2 1
#88 Robert Soares 2 0
#18 Machine Gun Kelly 2 0
#79 John Ford 2 1
#37 Randy Purcell 2 0
#66 Melvin Caverly 1 0
#39 Donald Doman 1 0
#20 Leo Taylor 1 0